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 will begin. God's faithfulness.

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 That's what we'll be talking about today.

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 So a tried and true aspect of God's character.

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 Millions of believers have experienced personally, and it's

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 an attribute that's very precious, highly esteemed, and

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 our portion of times of trouble. God's faithfulness will be what we

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 consider today. So we'll look at what the Bible means when it

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 says God is faithful, three expressions of God's faithfulness, and then

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 conclude with application. And we'll have

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 some discussion together. So we began this series with the insight from A.W. Tozer

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 who said the most important thing about you is what comes into your mind when you

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 think about God. High views of God produce

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 high worship. Low views of God produce shallow worship.

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 Low views of God are figments of our imagination.

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 their idolatry. What the Bible writers understood about God was a shield to them

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 in times of trouble. It was a sword in the fight, in the battle of faith. It is a

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 foundation which you build your life upon, the wellspring of joy, a bright fire that

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 comforts us on a cold night. Sound doctrine, right thinking about God does that for the

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 Christian. It produces devotion. It produces doxology.

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 And I tend to think sound doctrine, what this whole series has been about, are like pieces

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 of wood that you stack together to create a fire. But the spirit produces the flame.

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 You put both these two things together, sound doctrine and the spirit, and it produces a

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 roaring, blazing fire in the soul. Without the spirit, we're merely pieces of dry wood.

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 We're dead. No power. There's no life. So with that, let's pray for the spirit's help before

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 we dive in. Father in heaven, we pray for your help this morning. We pray that God's faithfulness,

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 your faithfulness, Lord, would be the anchor that would ground us in the raging storms. We pray it

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 would be a precious truth that we would come back to time and time again.

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 Praise in Jesus' name. So before we dive in to God's faithfulness, what is the opposite of faithfulness?

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 What's the opposite of faithfulness?

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 Usually when you give a definition, you can't use the word in the definition, right? So you can't say

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 unfaithfulness.

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 Right, right. When you say unfaithfulness, what comes to mind?

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 Unfaithfulness.

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 I would say one word would be separation.

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 Okay.

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 Also one of those words where I feel like no one really, like, you never really think about

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 the definition, right? You just know what it is. But unfaithfulness or, again, lack of faithfulness,

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 I would say, you know, a loss of trust.

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 Leads to a loss of trust, yeah. Someone you can't trust if they're unfaithful. Yeah.

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 Disloyalty.

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 Mm-hmm.

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 Betrayal.

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 Betrayal, disloyalty. Yes. Yes.

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 Comes to mind wishy-washy. Someone who says they're going to do something, but they never actually

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 do it.

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 Lukewarmness.

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 Lukewarmness, yes.

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 Yeah, so what, and the opposite of that, what is faithfulness? And the faithfulness in the Bible

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 is called steadfast love, right? The Hebrew word is hesed, which occurs 250 times in the Old Testament.

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 And hesed refers to an unwavering commitment. Just this idea of loyalty, right? It's a,

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 do you say, who said loyalty? You say loyalty? Yeah. A solemn oath that cannot be broken.

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 Unwavering in a commitment to do something. Promising something and being absolutely reliable.

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 So we can say a faithful friend is someone who sticks closer than a brother, right? Proverbs.

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 Someone who is reliable. Someone who you can depend upon each day. And Louis Burkhoff,

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 in his systematic theology, would describe God's faithfulness as follows. He is ever mindful

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 of his covenant and fulfills all the promises which he has made to his people. He continues,

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 this is the utmost practical significance of the people of God. Paraphrasing Burkhoff,

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 he says, it is the ground of our confidence, the foundation of our hope, the cause of our rejoicing,

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 our comfort when we are conscious of our own failures and shortcomings. Amen. God's faithfulness

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 is lifted up in the scripture in many places. He can be trusted. He can be relied upon.

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 He's unwavering in his commitment to his people. Five verses.

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 Let us hold fast to our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

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 Hebrews 10. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Your faithfulness continues through all generations.

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 Moses proclaims the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him

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 to a thousand generations. God's signature line. The Lord, the Lord, merciful and gracious,

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 abounding in steadfast love. Welcome, friends. We're talking about God's faithfulness.

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 And perhaps the highest proclamation of God's faithfulness, great is your faithfulness.

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 In Lamentations 3. The late David Powelson, a biblical counselor,

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 frequently pointed out that the last phrase was the most used line in the Bible.

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 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end.

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 And Powelson would say, if God thinks it's worth repeating that his steadfast love lasts forever,

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 then it's worth our repeating it too.

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 God's faithfulness goes the second mile.

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 But then it goes the third mile, and it goes the fourth mile.

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 And then you realize it never ends.

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 God's faithfulness continues and follows us, his people, throughout our lives.

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 And each day is an opportunity to experience that mercy.

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 So, are there examples in nature that remind you of God's faithfulness?

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 Examples in nature that remind you of his faithfulness.

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 Yes.

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 The sunrise.

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 We always have oxygen to breathe.

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 I've been lost in the woods, and I was grateful for Polaris one time.

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 What is Polaris?

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 Polaris is the North Star.

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 Oh.

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 That's a great example.

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 Yes.

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 Yeah.

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 Yes.

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 He's a North Star.

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 Amen.

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 He is as reliable as the sun coming up each morning.

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 I don't remember where I heard this, or even how accurate it is,

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 but there's some crazy statistics about, like,

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 just where the Earth is positioned in relation to the sun,

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 if it was even, like, 1% further or closer,

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 life wouldn't happen.

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 And if the tilt of the axis were off just a little bit,

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 and everything would cease to be,

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 and just wind and waves and tides,

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 and just all of it somehow working together,

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 quite improbably, but not so hard to believe,

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 we consider who put it together.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Mm-hmm.

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 I remember Jeff Stevens opened up,

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 uh,

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 uh,

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 on Sunday,

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 this is maybe a year or two ago,

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 we were talking about,

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 uh,

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 I think one of his kids had, like,

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 bruised, you know,

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 an elbow or something like that,

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 and, you know,

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 he just kind of talked about, like,

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 how we don't have to worry about,

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 like,

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 the skin naturally just taking care of that,

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 right?

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 The blood clots,

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 you know,

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 for most people,

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 obviously, right?

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 The blood clots,

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 the skin reforms,

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 um,

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 and I still remember that.

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 Mm-hmm.

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 You know,

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 we don't,

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 we don't have to think about it.

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 It just happens.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Um,

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 the point that I wanted to bring home in the class last week,

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 which I think I forgot to mention,

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 is that,

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 um,

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 uh,

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 you know,

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 just how secure we are when we move towards the Lord,

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 enter into his presence,

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 you know,

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 he's,

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 he's like,

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 uh,

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 a bird that shows great,

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 faithful,

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 regular love for,

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 uh,

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 his,

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 his offspring,

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 you know,

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 whenever they move close,

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 uh,

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 wrapped into God's presence and protection.

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 Hmm.

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 Yes.

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 It's a great,

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 it's a great image.

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 God caring for his little chicklets as a mother would.

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 I think for me,

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 I,

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 I always picture like the,

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 the,

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 the breakers,

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 the waves always coming in,

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 never ending on the beach.

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 When I'm on the beach,

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 I see that.

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 I just always reminds me of God's faithfulness.

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 It just never ends.

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 Always coming in.

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 And God's faithfulness is that for us.

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 Is he not?

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 As sure as the season's changing,

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 as sure as the spring coming in the winter,

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 like God is always faithful.

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 He's always reliable.

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 He is always,

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 can be relied upon in every season of life.

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 And I looked up some hymns that talked about God's faithfulness.

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 And here are just a few.

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 There can be a lot more.

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 Great is thy faithfulness.

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 How firm a foundation.

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 It is well with my soul.

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 He will hold me fast.

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 The solid rock,

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 amazing grace.

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 And I'm just kind of skimming the surface there.

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 But all these hymns,

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 I think we,

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 what we find precious about them is it reminds us of God's unwavering goodness towards us.

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 And what an encouragement these hymns have been to the people of God,

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 reminding us that he is the solid rock,

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 an anchor in the raging seas.

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 We sang this at our wedding,

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 the solid rock.

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 His oath,

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 his covenant,

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 his blood support me in the whelming flood.

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 When all around my soul gives way,

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 he then is all my hope in this day.

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 On Christ,

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 the solid rock,

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 I stand.

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 And he is the solid rock in the flood,

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 in the storm.

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 And so for our time today,

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 we intuitively understand what God's faithfulness is.

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 We'll look at three expressions of God's faithfulness in the scripture.

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 So three expressions,

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 and then we'll conclude with some application in our lives.

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 First,

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 God is faithful to keep his covenant promises.

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 And this is the context of God's faithfulness.

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 It has been said the two certainties in life are death and taxes.

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 The other certainty is God always,

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 he always keeps his promises.

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 And these promises often take the form of covenants.

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 So a covenant is a solemn promise.

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 This is when you pinky promise when you're a child.

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 You know,

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 a pinky promise,

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 I'm going to do it.

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 And when you're older,

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 you enter into other kinds of covenants.

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 You enter into the solemn covenant of marriage through marriage vows,

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 for better or worse,

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 for richer or poorer,

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 for sickness and in health.

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 A church covenant.

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 You promise to love and give gifts of love and service.

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 We break our vows,

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 but God never breaks his.

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 And God made a solemn covenant with Abraham in chapter 12.

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 So if you turn there,

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 Genesis 12,

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 verses 1 to 3.

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 Would somebody mind reading that for us?

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 Genesis chapter 12,

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 verses 1 to 3.

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 Thank you.

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 Now the Lord said to Abraham,

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 Go from your country and your kindred,

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 and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

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 And I will make of you a great nation.

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 And I will bless you,

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 and make the name great,

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 so that you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you.

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 And him who dishonors you,

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 I will curse.

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 And in you,

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 all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So the context,

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 God calls Abraham out of the land of Ur

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 and promises him blessing.

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 And three things in the Abrahamic covenant.

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 First is land in verse 1.

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 Numerous offspring in verse 2.

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 And then finally,

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 verse 3,

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 this offspring would be the source of blessing to all nations

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 through one of the seed that would come from Abraham.

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 And later on in Genesis 15,

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 God would tell Abraham that this,

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 his offspring would be as numerous as the stars of heaven.

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 And this is an eternal blessing.

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 Forgiven,

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 accepted,

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 sanctified,

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 glorified,

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 joy in the presence of God.

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 And in Genesis 12,

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 he's restoring what was lost in the garden.

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 God recreates the world.

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 Remember that promised seed that Genesis 3.15,

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 he will crush the head of the serpent.

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 That offspring is going to come through Abraham's line

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 and recreate what was lost.

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 in the garden.

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 And Abraham would be the progenitor of that offspring.

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 And then in chapter 15,

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 it says Abraham believed God's promise

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 and the Lord counts him,

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 reckons him as a righteous man.

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 As Romans 4 would tell us,

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 because of his faith in that promise,

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 he is accounted as righteous.

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 He lived his homeland,

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 his family,

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 everything he knew

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 and followed God to an unknown land

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 because he knew God was reliable.

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 But yet,

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 he believed God,

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 but he still seeks assurance.

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 Ten years

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 passes

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 since Genesis 12.

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 He is 75 years old

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 and he's still

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 childless.

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 He is doubting.

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 So Abraham is doubting.

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 He's wavering.

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 God,

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 you promised me ten years ago

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 that I would have an offspring

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 as numerous as the stars of heaven,

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 yet I don't even have a child.

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 He's getting older

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 and he's in an age where

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 it is almost impossible

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 to have children.

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 Where is this

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 promised seed

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 that you promised

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 to bless the nations?

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 And Abraham asked God

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 in Genesis 15,

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 Oh Lord God,

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 how may I know

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 that I will possess it?

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 God,

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 I need something more.

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 God,

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 I need

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 something

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 to assure me

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 that this promise,

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 you will keep it.

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 And God,

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 in his grace,

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 answers

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 that request.

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 Hebrews 6,

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 verse 17,

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 speaking about Abraham here,

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 says,

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 So when God desired

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 to show more convincingly

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 to the heirs of the promise

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 the unchangeable character

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 of his purpose,

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 he guaranteed it

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 with an oath.

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 He guaranteed it

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 with an oath.

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 God solemnly swears

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 an oath of allegiance

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 to fulfill his promise

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 to Abraham.

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 I mean,

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 he didn't have to do that,

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 right?

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 He could have just said,

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 Abraham,

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 stop asking so many questions.

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 Do what I tell you to do

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 and stop and just trust me.

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 God,

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 you're so wavering

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 in your faith.

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 What's wrong with you?

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 But God doesn't do that,

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 right?

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 He cares for Abraham's assurance

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 and he cares that you and I

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 have unshakable hope as well.

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 And if you're in Christ,

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 God is committed

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 to working for you.

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 He has made promises

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 in the scripture.

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 And if you turn there

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 to Genesis 15,

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 this oath that God takes

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 is in the form of a solemn ceremony

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 in Genesis 15,

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 verse 7 to 21.

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 Morning.

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 A curious ceremony takes place

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 to seal that solemn promise,

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 a solemn oath that God takes.

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 Genesis 15.

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 And covenants

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 in the ancient Near East

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 were sometimes ratified

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 through a ceremony

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 in which animals were cut up

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 and the pieces

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 were arranged on the ground.

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 And that's what's happening

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 in Genesis 15,

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 verses 9 to 10.

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 Abraham is called

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 to take a heifer,

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 a goat,

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 a ram,

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 and some birds

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 and cut them up.

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 The word for covenant

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 means to cut the covenants here.

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 So he's cutting them up

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 in that ancient

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 Near Eastern ceremony.

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 And the two parties

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 would walk

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 between the pieces

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 stigma,

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 a similar fate

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 would befall either of them

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 if either of them

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 broke their part

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 of the agreement.

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 They would be torn apart

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 like the animals

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 on the ground.

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 But something very interesting

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 happens in verse 12.

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 A deep sleep

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 fell on Abraham.

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 So God puts Abraham

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 to sleep

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 and it was only God

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 who walks

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 through the animal pieces

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 in a figure

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 of a smoking fire pot

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 and a flaming torch.

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 So God takes

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 Abraham's place

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 in that ceremony.

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 That's a dramatic moment

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 in the scripture.

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 What is this ceremony

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 intending to communicate?

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 Why would God put Abraham

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 to sleep

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 and then walk

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 through

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 the pieces?

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 The pieces.

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 Good morning.

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 Striking.

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 God not only takes

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 He not only walks

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 for Himself

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 He also walks

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 through for Abraham.

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 Is it a foreshadowing

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 of what Jesus

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 would do this?

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 In what way?

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 If you elaborate

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 a little more on that.

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 I'm not sure

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 but some of it

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 is that

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 in a covenant

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 to promise

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 to do something

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 it is not

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 assured that humans

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 that promise

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 to do something

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 are going to be pure

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 and the process

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 of that commitment

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 that God walks

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 in our place

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 and carries us

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 in some

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 substitutional way

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 then there's

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 an assurance

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 that

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 that covenant

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 will be maintained.

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.060
 Yeah.

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 I'll just

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 bumble a little one.

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 Hey, I'm following.

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 Amen, brother.

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 Chris, help.

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 Olivia.

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 So Tyler,

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 I thought that this was

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 when God makes

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 the covenant

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.080
 with Abraham

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 for land.

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 No?

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 Yeah, it's

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 Yeah, I know.

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 The 15 is a ceremony

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 for the covenant

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 he originally makes

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 in 12.

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.620
 Chapter 12.

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 And in chapter 12

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 he promises land

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 offspring

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 and that

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 numerous offspring

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 and that this offspring

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 would bless

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.500
 the entire world.

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 So this offspring

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 is sealing the promise

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.060
 that God makes earlier

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 which includes land.

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 And in this,

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.019
 in 15

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 he

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 says

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 you're going to have

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 an offspring

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 from your own body

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 you know,

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.759
 not the servant

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.439
 in your house

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 but

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 and

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 could somebody read

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 is like

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:14.799
 verse 8 or so

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 to follow up

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 on the living

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 question

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 where

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 after

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 Abraham

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.679
 sees the stars

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 you know,

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.159
 God says

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 you're offering them

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 to be as numerous

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.480
 as the stars

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 and Abraham

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 believes God

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 and it's counted

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.159
 to him as righteousness.

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 But then I think

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.859
 he asks another question

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.579
 but I can't remember

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 what it is.

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:37.779
 How can I know

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.640
 I will gain possession

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.039
 of it?

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.079
 What was that?

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:42.599
 How can I know

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.500
 I will gain possession

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.900
 of it?

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.019
 So it is about

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.539
 the land.

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.700
 Yeah.

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 Is that right?

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.900
 It's about

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.519
 the

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:51.539
 promise.

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 Like how can I know

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.599
 it's the land

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.019
 but it's also

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.500
 the offspring

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 because he doesn't

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.039
 have the offspring

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.440
 he doesn't have

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.019
 Isaac yet

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.779
 and he's seeking

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.440
 assurance

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 and God is

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.319
 he solemnly

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.480
 seals that

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.299
 promise

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.259
 through this covenant

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.419
 and God is saying

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:08.399
 I will keep my end

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:08.859
 of the deal

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.279
 and Abraham

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 if you fail

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.700
 on your side

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 I will take on

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.819
 myself

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.579
 the curse

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 of breaking

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.839
 the covenant.

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.579
 Right?

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:19.039
 So it's a

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.359
 unilateral covenant

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.899
 that God

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:22.000
 I am going to do it

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 on both of our sides

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 and that's a

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:26.099
 driving engine

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.839
 that keeps the narrative

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.419
 moving forward

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:27.939
 in the Bible.

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 Will God keep

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.859
 that promise?

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:30.980
 I mean consider

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.000
 God will keep

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.500
 his side

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 and we know

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.680
 that

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 but how can

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.039
 he really

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.920
 bless them

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.859
 when his people

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.539
 rebel against

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.799
 him?

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:40.960
 Right?

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.680
 God must judge

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.039
 the wicked

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.799
 because he is

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.099
 righteous

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:45.599
 but he made

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.220
 a promise

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 surely if he is

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.140
 faithful he must

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.440
 keep it

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:48.819
 but how?

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.240
 In Proverbs

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.779
 it says

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.799
 those who

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.720
 justify the wicked

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.579
 are an abomination

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.259
 to God

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:58.299
 so God

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.960
 promises to

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.539
 bless them

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.480
 eternally bless

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.759
 them

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.360
 but yet

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 they are

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.539
 rebellious

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 and God

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 doesn't just

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:08.120
 seal our assurance

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.799
 with oath

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.700
 and covenants

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.240
 but with blood

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 and the blood

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 as we said

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.539
 is foreshadowing

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.759
 the blood

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 of his own son

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 taking the curse

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.880
 upon himself

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:18.059
 to show his

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 faithfulness

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:18.940
 he would

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 engrave the names

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 in the palms

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 of his hands

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 I love this

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.759
 hymn from

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 Joseph Hart

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.960
 view him

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 prostrate

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.599
 in the garden

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:29.599
 on the ground

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.599
 your maker lies

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:32.339
 on the bloody

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 tree

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.559
 behold him

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.859
 sinner

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.299
 will not

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.799
 this

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.119
 suffice

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.159
 lo the incarnate

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.079
 God ascended

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.019
 plead the merits

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.519
 of his blood

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 venture on him

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.799
 venture holy

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.940
 let no other

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.539
 trust

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.379
 intrude

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:47.179
 that's a hymn

00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:47.759
 come

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.359
 you sinners

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.159
 poor and needy

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:50.880
 but we see

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.500
 that God

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.860
 is willing

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.300
 to keep

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:53.259
 that promise

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:55.060
 where the maker

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 would take

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.820
 on flesh

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 and prostrate

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.920
 himself on the

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.200
 ground

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.200
 in order to

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.779
 keep his

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.200
 promises

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.180
 and the

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.740
 covenants

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:05.660
 we did a study

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.160
 last year

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.800
 about all the

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:07.420
 different covenants

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.700
 and how they

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.560
 relate to each

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:08.820
 other

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:10.000
 but the covenants

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.420
 are like the

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.100
 steel structure

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.800
 of the skyscraper

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:14.259
 that keep it

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.860
 from collapsing

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:16.080
 into judgments

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:17.600
 in the same way

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.540
 God's faithfulness

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.599
 to those promises

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.460
 his covenants

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.599
 keep the plan

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.039
 of redemption

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.799
 from collapsing

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.299
 into judgments

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:27.059
 and there's a real

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.559
 drama

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.619
 in the doctrine

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:30.139
 of God's faithfulness

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:31.519
 consider the

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.980
 exodus

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.399
 exodus makes

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.220
 this point

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.879
 that the people

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.480
 left Egypt

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.980
 but they took

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.740
 Egypt with them

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.319
 in their hearts

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.819
 the covenant

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.799
 that God made

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.240
 with Moses

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.759
 was broken

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.500
 before the ink

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.180
 was even dry

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.879
 is God really

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.220
 going to be

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.019
 faithful to

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:47.039
 an adulterous

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.779
 idolatrous

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.519
 spouse

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:50.920
 and you can

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.460
 read about that

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.779
 in the book

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.259
 of Hosea

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:55.420
 but God

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.680
 there's

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.660
 there's

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:57.940
 there's a

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.559
 tension there

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:58.859
 right

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.160
 there's a

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.400
 tension

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.940
 how is God

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.259
 going to

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.660
 keep that

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.079
 promise

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.200
 and I think

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.599
 there's two

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.240
 ways this is

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.200
 often misunderstood

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.819
 of God's

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.359
 faithfulness

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.420
 I think in our

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.039
 selfie culture

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.099
 we might be

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.660
 tempted to think

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.460
 yeah God is

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.339
 faithful because

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.980
 of me

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.359
 I'm worth it

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.920
 right

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.559
 you know

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.059
 he makes

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.519
 promises

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.099
 and he must

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.420
 keep them

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.740
 because he

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.019
 made it

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.500
 with me

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:21.220
 and that's

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.680
 the flavor

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.160
 if you turn

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.660
 on the TV

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.379
 or some radio

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.819
 station

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:25.299
 everything God

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.960
 does is because

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.519
 I'm so worth it

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.879
 right

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.859
 but listen to how

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.819
 Jeremiah pleads

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.359
 for mercy

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.960
 for God to keep

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.379
 his covenant

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.879
 promises

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:36.059
 Jeremiah 14

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.619
 verse 21

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.339
 do not

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.939
 spurn us

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:38.439
 for your

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:38.979
 namesake

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.879
 do not

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.379
 dishonor

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.539
 your

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.959
 glorious

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.379
 throne

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:41.819
 remember

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.159
 and do

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.359
 not

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.719
 break

00:25:42.719 --> 00:25:43.359
 your

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.699
 covenant

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.599
 with us

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:46.399
 so that

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.699
 Jeremiah

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.699
 doesn't say

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:49.919
 keep the

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:50.119
 covenant

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.500
 because we're

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.019
 so awesome

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.759
 he's pleading

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.579
 for mercy

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.699
 using God's

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.399
 own name

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.759
 do not

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.199
 dishonor

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.839
 your own

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.459
 throne

00:25:58.459 --> 00:25:59.159
 God

00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.659
 by breaking

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.299
 your promise

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.539
 what a great

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.199
 way to pray

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:03.939
 pleading the

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:04.319
 promises

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.799
 back

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.859
 to God

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.639
 and if you

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.119
 struggle in your

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.679
 prayer life

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:09.240
 consider following

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.839
 Jeremiah's

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.319
 example

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.839
 and take

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.559
 some promises

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.000
 from the

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.240
 Bible

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.599
 and pleading

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.539
 them back

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.359
 to God

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.159
 saying God

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:17.740
 you have

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.539
 promised

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.519
 and pray

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.839
 that

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.740
 and God

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.799
 keeps his

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.139
 promises

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.879
 but there's a

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.259
 second way

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.659
 this gets

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.119
 twisted

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:27.299
 and James

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.779
 Montgomery

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.439
 Boyce

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.059
 a pastor

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.480
 for many

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.899
 years at

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.179
 10th

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.799
 Presbyterian

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.599
 in Philadelphia

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:33.220
 tells a story

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.539
 of a young

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.839
 man

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.679
 who had

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:35.000
 recently

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.319
 committed

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.819
 to Christ

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.899
 he had

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.279
 been involved

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.399
 in sexual

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.459
 sin

00:26:39.459 --> 00:26:40.819
 and he

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.379
 desperately

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.039
 wanted to

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.419
 straighten his

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.939
 life out

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:44.220
 to experience

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.599
 the true

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.039
 blessings

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.720
 of Christianity

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.139
 unable to

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.459
 shake it

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:47.839
 he made a

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.359
 white knuckle

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.779
 commitment

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.759
 that he

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.159
 would stop

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.679
 having sex

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:50.899
 with his

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.199
 girlfriends

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:52.379
 and maybe

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.679
 that would

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.079
 bring about

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.919
 the true

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.899
 blessings

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.319
 that he

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.720
 expected

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.099
 from being

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.500
 a Christian

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:58.019
 but it

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.519
 didn't work

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.259
 he actually

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.659
 stopped

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.819
 fornicating

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.879
 having sex

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.220
 but his

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.959
 life was

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.699
 still dry

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.759
 it didn't

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.120
 work

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.440
 he actually

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:08.759
 he thought

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.100
 he had done

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.680
 a great deal

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:09.920
 in his

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.220
 minds

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.440
 he sacrificed

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.080
 for God

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.299
 but God

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.680
 had not

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.120
 responded

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.559
 appropriately

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.059
 to him

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.019
 God

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.480
 you have

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.019
 not kept

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.200
 your part

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.720
 of the bargain

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.680
 in his heart

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.059
 he began

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.539
 to accuse

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.860
 God

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.480
 God

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.880
 I have

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.440
 been faithful

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.000
 yet you

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.460
 have been

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.059
 unfaithful

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.500
 to me

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.180
 God

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.480
 you are

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.900
 unjust

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.680
 the fault

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.120
 is at

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.680
 your feet

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.900
 in his heart

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.120
 he thought

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.600
 maybe God

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:29.799
 is like

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.100
 the wizard

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.579
 of us

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.599
 you pull

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.000
 the curtain

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.359
 back

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.619
 and you

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.079
 find that

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.679
 God

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.099
 really isn't

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.439
 that great

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:35.039
 after all

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.939
 God

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.480
 you say

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.740
 you're

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.159
 faithful

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:38.139
 but you

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.719
 really only

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:39.500
 half heartily

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.240
 love your

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.619
 people

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:42.159
 if you read

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.459
 the minor

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:42.939
 prophets

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.379
 this is

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.799
 exactly

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.179
 the kind

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.439
 of heart

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:44.939
 situation

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.539
 you'll find

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.299
 the people

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.019
 of Israel

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.319
 had

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.679
 especially

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.139
 Malachi

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.779
 does that

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.279
 describe

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.799
 you

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.379
 so let me

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.699
 ask this

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.099
 question

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.279
 what about

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.619
 God's

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.279
 faithfulness

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.759
 does this

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.119
 person

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.659
 misunderstand

00:27:57.660 --> 00:28:05.000
 how would

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.500
 you counsel

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.580
 this person

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.480
 who can

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.340
 I sacrifice

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.900
 for God

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.380
 but God's

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.680
 not doing

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.120
 anything

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.800
 for me

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:12.500
 what does

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.880
 this person

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.160
 need to

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.340
 hear

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:16.920
 well first

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.400
 it's not

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.540
 it's not

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:19.019
 a sacrifice

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.400
 to stop

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.680
 saying

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:23.120
 you can't

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.759
 claim that

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.080
 that is

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.360
 something

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.700
 that you

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.000
 can just

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.360
 give to

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.580
 God

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.100
 because he

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:27.140
 expects it

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.580
 and requires

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.039
 it already

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.039
 and that's

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.819
 there's a lot

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.339
 more to it

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.679
 than that

00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:32.099
 but that's

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.519
 the starting

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.899
 point

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:35.659
 you can't

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.099
 expect God

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.319
 to be

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.740
 grateful

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.159
 for

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.639
 you

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.500
 you're not

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.079
 doing any

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.859
 doing him

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.319
 any favors

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.000
 simply by

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.359
 doing

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.659
 what he

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:43.960
 commands

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.460
 yeah

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:47.799
 I'll probably

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.439
 think that

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.039
 what

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:50.079
 the person

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.879
 wanted

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.659
 from God

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.079
 is not

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.699
 necessarily

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.199
 what God

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.579
 wants

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.559
 for him

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.000
 and then

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.539
 also

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:57.419
 the timing

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:57.879
 of it

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:59.179
 God has

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.599
 his own

00:28:59.599 --> 00:28:59.919
 timing

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.339
 and it's

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.619
 not

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.659
 immediate

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.419
 necessarily

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:04.019
 Abraham

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.339
 waited

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.019
 decades

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:08.480
 yes

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.480
 mm-hmm

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:23.180
 like a

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.920
 transactional

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.619
 like I'm

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.299
 doing something

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.779
 so I'm

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:25.960
 getting

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.279
 something

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.740
 in return

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.740
 yeah

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:41.279
 yeah

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.700
 you see

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:41.819
 that

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.059
 and look

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.500
 in Malachi

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.539
 when the

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.920
 people

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.819
 tell God

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.200
 we've done

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.000
 our sacrifices

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.059
 God

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.720
 we've

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.380
 we've

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.279
 tithed

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.980
 yet

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.019
 you

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.000
 are unjust

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.440
 in how

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.920
 you treated

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.279
 us

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.960
 and

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.420
 those

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.759
 people

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.220
 you know

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.299
 one of the

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.640
 problems

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:58.920
 is they're

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.640
 self-righteous

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.279
 right

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.279
 and they

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.799
 needed to

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.099
 repent

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.759
 immediately

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.420
 and I

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.279
 and I

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.740
 think

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:09.299
 yeah

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.680
 that

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:09.980
 that

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.700
 there's

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.000
 there's

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.640
 idolatry

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.980
 there

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.319
 their motivations

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.779
 for

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:15.200
 why they're

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.839
 sacrificing

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.619
 in the first

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.000
 place

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:19.359
 they're not

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.740
 really

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.079
 living

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.200
 as God

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.420
 as their

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.660
 ultimate

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.099
 treasure

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:25.199
 and that

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.459
 leads us

00:30:25.459 --> 00:30:25.679
 to our

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:25.939
 second

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.259
 point

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.439
 so the

00:30:27.439 --> 00:30:27.599
 first

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.740
 point

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.059
 was God

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.519
 is faithful

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.859
 to keep

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.480
 his promises

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.740
 but the

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:30.919
 second

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.279
 point

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.099
 God

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.779
 is faithful

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.579
 to afflict

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.319
 his people

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.399
 now this

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.199
 is counterintuitive

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:38.379
 TV preachers

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.980
 will tell you

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.279
 otherwise

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.919
 but this

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.279
 is not

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.619
 our best

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:40.819
 life

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.099
 now

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.379
 first

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.639
 comes

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.199
 the cross

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:43.779
 and then

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.299
 the crown

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.619
 we are not

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.240
 exempt from

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.879
 trials and

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.159
 troubles

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:47.819
 he is the

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.339
 God of

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:48.919
 the valleys

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.699
 as well

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:50.179
 as the hills

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:52.460
 and we

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.000
 know that

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.259
 right

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.080
 Psalm 23

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:55.039
 God is

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.400
 faithful

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.900
 through

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.539
 afflictions

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.360
 not apart

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.340
 from

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:59.060
 afflictions

00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.519
 you know

00:30:59.519 --> 00:30:59.820
 God is

00:30:59.820 --> 00:30:59.980
 even

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.420
 faithful

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.080
 in causing

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.880
 the affliction

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.279
 in the first

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.620
 place

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.820
 he knocks

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.360
 us down

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.299
 so you

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.500
 think about

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.240
 the context

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.640
 of the book

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.480
 of Lamentations

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:09.060
 we quoted

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:11.100
 chapter 3

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.940
 verse 21

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.100
 is that great

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.440
 verse

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.259
 great is thy

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.940
 faithfulness

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.160
 but in the

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.620
 context

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.039
 there are just

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.720
 teardrops

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.720
 all over

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.819
 the pages

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.380
 of that

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.660
 book

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.819
 it's a

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.440
 sorrowful

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.700
 book

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.120
 full of

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.680
 anguish

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:26.019
 and the

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.319
 author

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.960
 recognizes

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.620
 that God

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.100
 was behind

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.559
 it all

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:30.380
 the writer

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:31.000
 in chapter

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.700
 1 before

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.579
 chapter 3

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.720
 would say

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.339
 in verse 4

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.980
 the Lord

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.860
 has afflicted

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.339
 Jerusalem

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.200
 for the

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.539
 multitude

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.920
 of her

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.900
 transgressions

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.079
 verse 11

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.839
 if there is

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.539
 any sorrow

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.579
 like my sorrow

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.140
 which was

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.720
 brought upon

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.980
 me

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.640
 which the

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.839
 Lord

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.440
 inflicted

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.700
 on the

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:45.880
 day

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.200
 of his

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.480
 fierce

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.880
 anger

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:48.880
 verse 17

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.420
 he has

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.000
 carried out

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.580
 his word

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.920
 which he

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.340
 commanded

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.080
 long ago

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.700
 he has

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.440
 thrown down

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.100
 without pity

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.960
 the Lord

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.580
 has commanded

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.520
 against Jacob

00:31:56.520 --> 00:31:56.860
 that his

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.240
 neighbors

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.920
 should be

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.640
 his foes

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.480
 but in

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.180
 verse 18

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.340
 in chapter 1

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.040
 is very

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.520
 important

00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:04.580
 the writer

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:04.920
 says

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.580
 the Lord

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:05.920
 is in the

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.240
 right

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.200
 for I

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.660
 have rebelled

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.020
 against

00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:08.540
 his word

00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:10.180
 so he

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.840
 acknowledges

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.260
 that whatever

00:32:11.260 --> 00:32:11.900
 we're getting

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:13.040
 we deserve

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:14.300
 God is not

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.780
 unjust

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.099
 in 1st

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.359
 Samuel

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.700
 Eli

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.220
 the priest

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.660
 was a

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:17.980
 wicked

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.440
 man

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.079
 because

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:20.639
 it says

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.039
 he knew

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.500
 his sons

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.980
 were evil

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.220
 and did

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.420
 nothing

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.879
 to stop

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.119
 them

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.079
 he never

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.559
 disciplined

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.879
 them

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.500
 he never

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.980
 afflicted

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.160
 them

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.440
 in

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.220
 faithfulness

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.039
 but God

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.279
 is not

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.779
 like that

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.119
 he chastises

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.920
 and afflicts

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.279
 those whom

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.720
 he loves

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.779
 Psalm 119

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.079
 verse 75

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.779
 I know

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.359
 O Lord

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.740
 that your

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.339
 rules are

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.680
 righteous

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.240
 and that

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.539
 in

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.279
 faithfulness

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.339
 you have

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.819
 afflicted

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:40.980
 me

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.759
 in

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.460
 faithfulness

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.079
 you have

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.720
 afflicted

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.099
 me

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.700
 so the

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.000
 psalmist

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.319
 knew the

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.059
 afflictions

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:49.099
 were not

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.620
 they're not

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.079
 happened by

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.559
 chance

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.740
 but because

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.180
 in God's

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.460
 wisdom

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.019
 he wanted

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.299
 them to

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.720
 be so

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.059
 the

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.460
 psalmist

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.880
 knew there

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.120
 is a

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.420
 purpose

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.940
 behind it

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.160
 all

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.500
 he saw

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.860
 divine

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.539
 providence

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.299
 in his

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.900
 afflictions

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.539
 well to

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.240
 what end

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.700
 Psalm 119

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.240
 would say

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.200
 it is good

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.500
 for me

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.779
 that I

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.440
 was afflicted

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.980
 why

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.420
 that I

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.620
 might

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.180
 learn

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.599
 your

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.259
 statutes

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.059
 before

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.440
 I was

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.819
 afflicted

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.120
 I went

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.480
 astray

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.000
 but now

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.420
 I have

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.680
 kept

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.920
 your

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.240
 word

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:14.480
 Thomas

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.940
 Watson

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.339
 in his

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.680
 body

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:15.839
 of

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.140
 divinity

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.440
 says

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.559
 the

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.940
 trials

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.120
 and

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.599
 sufferings

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:17.839
 of the

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.180
 godly

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.460
 are to

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.940
 refine

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.599
 and purify

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:19.960
 them

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.819
 God's

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.120
 furnace

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.620
 is in

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.000
 Zion

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.960
 is it

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.140
 any

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.620
 injustice

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.079
 in God

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.360
 to put

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.539
 his

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.860
 gold

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.099
 into

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.279
 the

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.519
 furnace

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.680
 to

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.059
 purify

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.339
 it

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.019
 is

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.279
 any

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.740
 injustice

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.019
 in

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.240
 God

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.400
 by

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.759
 afflicting

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:28.940
 his

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.240
 people

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.720
 to

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:29.900
 make

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.059
 them

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.579
 partakers

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.839
 of

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:30.980
 his

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.299
 holiness

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.620
 what

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:32.900
 more

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.519
 proclaims

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.819
 God's

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.339
 faithfulness

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.579
 than to

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.960
 take such

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.299
 a course

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.500
 with

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.740
 them

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.299
 as

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.680
 God

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.519
 imposes

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.420
 causes

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.279
 for his

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.579
 people

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.140
 are for

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.400
 their

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.779
 good

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:46.019
 now

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.319
 granted

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.779
 our

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.220
 definition

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.420
 of

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.640
 good

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:47.819
 and

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.079
 God's

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.380
 definition

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.519
 of

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.620
 good

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.900
 might

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.059
 not

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.259
 be

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.620
 the

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:49.900
 same

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:51.160
 but

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.299
 in

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.579
 God's

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.980
 economy

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.180
 the

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.400
 weaker

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.620
 we

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.880
 are

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.079
 the

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.299
 more

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.480
 we

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.720
 rely

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:53.920
 on

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.120
 him

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.680
 there's

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.980
 truth

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.160
 in

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.319
 this

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.700
 statement

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.620
 God

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.940
 is

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.079
 all

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.220
 you

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.460
 need

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.640
 when

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.819
 God

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:57.940
 is

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.059
 all

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.180
 you

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.440
 have

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.180
 and

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.539
 sometimes

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.059
 God

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.220
 will

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.460
 knock

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.620
 us

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.000
 down

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.140
 when

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.400
 all

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.559
 we

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.839
 have

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:02.980
 is

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.420
 God

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:03.740
 for

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:03.860
 us

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:03.980
 to

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.400
 realize

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.019
 God

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.480
 Job

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.980
 5

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.199
 verse

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.800
 17

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.300
 blessed

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.039
 is

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.159
 the

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.380
 one

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.559
 whom

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.800
 God

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.400
 reproves

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.000
 therefore

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.539
 do

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.860
 not

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.440
 despise

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.599
 the

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.980
 discipline

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.219
 of

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.360
 the

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.719
 almighty

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:20.559
 and

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.380
 I

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.860
 love

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.019
 to

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.240
 hear

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.519
 a

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.840
 time

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.079
 in

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.280
 your

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.740
 life

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.360
 when

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.740
 in

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:25.940
 your

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.380
 weakness

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.780
 God

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.519
 demonstrated

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.280
 his

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.760
 faithfulness

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.900
 to

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.780
 you

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:37.159
 weakness

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.659
 sets

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:37.840
 the

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.159
 stage

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.340
 for

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.639
 God's

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.139
 faithfulness

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.320
 to

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.860
 really

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.300
 display

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.780
 itself

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:48.140
 there

00:34:48.140 --> 00:34:48.280
 was

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.400
 a

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.620
 time

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:48.740
 in

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:48.920
 my

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.280
 life

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.640
 when

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:51.760
 backpacking

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.680
 became

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:52.900
 an

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.220
 idol

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.980
 for

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.300
 me

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.780
 and

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.620
 I

00:34:56.620 --> 00:34:56.760
 was

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:56.880
 in

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.000
 the

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.220
 middle

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.500
 of

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.080
 a

00:34:58.080 --> 00:34:58.380
 trip

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.740
 with

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:58.920
 the

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.300
 family

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.580
 out

00:34:59.580 --> 00:34:59.720
 of

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.360
 Colorado

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.600
 and

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:01.740
 the

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.039
 high

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.320
 point

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.420
 of

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.560
 my

00:35:02.560 --> 00:35:02.840
 trip

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.060
 was

00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:03.840
 on

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.519
 Long's

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.800
 Peak

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.039
 the

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.420
 highest

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.780
 peak

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.060
 in

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.440
 Lucky

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.660
 Mount

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.080
 National

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:08.640
 Park

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.280
 and

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.740
 things

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.680
 were

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.060
 not

00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:12.460
 working

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.880
 out

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.600
 for

00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:13.940
 that

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.420
 to

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.820
 happen

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:16.180
 and

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:18.500
 you

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.700
 know

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.380
 I

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.740
 pushed

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.019
 God

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.440
 aside

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.880
 and put

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.800
 backpacking

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.100
 on

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.760
 a

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.760
 terrible

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.180
 weak

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:25.640
 point

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.000
 in my

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.360
 life

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:28.060
 and

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.559
 God

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:30.940
 got

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.159
 my

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.799
 attention

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:34.320
 in

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.539
 my

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.099
 weakness

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.980
 and

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.199
 said

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.460
 look

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.759
 Matt

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.039
 what

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.960
 you

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.159
 are

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.500
 doing

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.519
 here

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:42.860
 and

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:44.340
 I

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.599
 didn't

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.880
 climb

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.840
 Long's

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.079
 Peak

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.440
 but

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.799
 my

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:47.639
 appreciation

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.259
 of the

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.559
 Lord

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.820
 got

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.519
 wonderfully

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.079
 renewed

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.500
 to

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.900
 that

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.039
 miserable

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.159
 experience

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.500
 that's a

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.619
 great

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.000
 example

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.460
 thank you

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.719
 brother

00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:06.059
 my

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.480
 first year

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.960
 of teaching

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.699
 and subsequent

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.779
 being

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.980
 let go

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.659
 from teaching

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:12.859
 was a

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.259
 very low

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.559
 point

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.199
 and then

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.179
 that

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.759
 really

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:17.159
 drove me

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.559
 into

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:19.619
 seeking

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:19.920
 God

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.619
 specifically

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:20.960
 in

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:23.399
 my church

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.639
 at the

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:23.860
 time

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.920
 and

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.099
 it

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.300
 brought

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.599
 about

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.019
 a lot

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.599
 of

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.260
 blessings

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:30.920
 by being

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.400
 brought low

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.519
 and by

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:35.320
 relying on

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.539
 God's

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.820
 people

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.500
 because I

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.099
 was not

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.720
 strong or

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:39.160
 wise enough

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.780
 to understand

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.579
 the context

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.920
 of what I

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.240
 was doing

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.480
 here

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.680
 for

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:42.840
 long

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:46.740
 I guess

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.139
 I can

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.740
 share a

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.099
 little bit

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:50.160
 I've always

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.360
 wanted to

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.740
 sing

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:52.680
 but then

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.579
 I

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:55.099
 had a lot

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.259
 of

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.299
 health

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:57.000
 problems

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.440
 and a lot

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.579
 of

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.159
 family

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.639
 issues

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.000
 I just

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.359
 couldn't

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:00.579
 for a

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.000
 really long

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.319
 time

00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:02.059
 10-15

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.539
 years

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:05.659
 but God

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.000
 has really

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.659
 shown himself

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.379
 to be

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:08.279
 faithful

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:09.000
 to me

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.259
 throughout

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.679
 this healing

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.079
 process

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:12.480
 it's a

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.799
 journey

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.619
 so I'm

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.179
 still on

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.480
 the line

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.799
 up

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:16.379
 but I

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:16.739
 think to me

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.019
 that's one

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.299
 of the

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:18.219
 biggest signs

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.419
 of the

00:37:18.419 --> 00:37:18.659
 faith

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.000
 almost

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.440
 to me

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:25.300
 we thank

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.740
 God for

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:25.880
 it

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.340
 thank you

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:42.640
 anybody else

00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:43.420
 share

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:48.320
 I

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.659
 wanted to

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:49.720
 do

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.019
 like

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.300
 a

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:50.720
 really

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.180
 like

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:52.960
 awful

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.340
 like

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.079
 friendship

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.960
 friend group

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.740
 like

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.119
 five

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.019
 situations

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.500
 like

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.559
 two years

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.940
 ago

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.599
 and that

00:37:59.599 --> 00:37:59.820
 sort of

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.760
 exploded

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:02.760
 and

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.539
 that sort

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.880
 of led

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.599
 me

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.320
 like

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:07.059
 shame

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.320
 brokenness

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:11.340
 so

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.400
 I

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.620
 feel

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:11.940
 like

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.800
 spiritual

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.180
 group

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.680
 in a lot

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.080
 of ways

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:15.440
 but that

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.780
 was also

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.140
 like

00:38:16.140 --> 00:38:16.920
 when I

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.400
 started

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.580
 songwriting

00:38:18.580 --> 00:38:20.160
 and

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:21.960
 like

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.460
 learning how

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.680
 to play

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.120
 guitar

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:24.000
 and God

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.340
 brought me

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.840
 some tune

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.480
 and just

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.600
 playing the

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:26.900
 town

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:30.039
 with my

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.519
 guitar

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.240
 in the

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:31.720
 morning

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:33.059
 and

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.880
 that's

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.840
 the biggest

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.420
 part of my

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.700
 life

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:41.699
 couple

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.099
 years ago

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.339
 during

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.779
 COVID

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.980
 2020

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.559
 that is

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:46.539
 I

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.879
 remember

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.519
 you know

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.719
 I mean

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.199
 look for

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.500
 it

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.199
 changed

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.559
 all of

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.759
 our

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.480
 worlds

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.960
 obviously

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.460
 and you

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.539
 know

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.779
 work

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.279
 and personal

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.379
 I

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:54.739
 was

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.379
 I was

00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:55.659
 struggling

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.239
 with work

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.599
 I just

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.419
 I wasn't

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.879
 happy

00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.179
 and

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.879
 you might

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.119
 remember

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.500
 the story

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.819
 but

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:01.739
 a couple

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.239
 people came

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.619
 to me

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.419
 internally

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:04.219
 and said

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.439
 hey

00:39:04.439 --> 00:39:04.659
 you should

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:04.960
 talk to

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.419
 this guy

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.500
 long story

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.780
 kind of

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.000
 short

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.340
 we were

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.659
 doing

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:07.900
 like

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.139
 you know

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.360
 kind of

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.720
 an interview

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.000
 if you

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.180
 will

00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:09.720
 virtually

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.400
 obviously

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.519
 and

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.659
 I missed

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.079
 his call

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.380
 he missed

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.780
 my call

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.079
 we were playing

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.659
 back and forth

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.159
 and finally

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.019
 I finally got him

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.420
 on video

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.539
 and he closes

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.139
 his book

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.619
 and he goes

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.119
 oh sorry

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.780
 it's like

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.380
 6 o'clock

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.720
 at the end

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.079
 or whatever

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.380
 he goes

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.619
 sorry

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.079
 you just caught

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.840
 me preparing

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.420
 for a lesson

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.820
 tonight

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.019
 I thought it

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.360
 was work

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.680
 related

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:26.960
 and I was

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.240
 like oh

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:27.500
 do you want

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.740
 me to

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.099
 call you

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.260
 back

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.440
 he goes

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.579
 oh

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.740
 no

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:28.900
 it's

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.180
 all good

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.440
 I just

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.720
 run a

00:39:29.720 --> 00:39:29.940
 Ben's

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.500
 Bible study

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.940
 almost funny

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.599
 looking back

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.079
 to just be

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.980
 like you

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.200
 know

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.860
 it's so

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.700
 trivial also

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:40.139
 right

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.700
 like here

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:40.940
 I am

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.460
 struggling

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.220
 and annoyed

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:43.260
 and frustrated

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:43.760
 with work

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.320
 and all of a sudden

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.480
 God's just laughing

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.079
 just saying

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:47.180
 you don't think

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.700
 I have like

00:39:47.700 --> 00:39:48.240
 your best

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.840
 you know

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.639
 plan already

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.139
 laid out

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.480
 right

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.920
 I'm going to

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.360
 guide you

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.039
 to a Christian

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.619
 man who's

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.039
 going to lead

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.260
 you

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:54.579
 and I'm on

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.900
 his team

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.380
 ever since

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.680
 and it's

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.159
 just like

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:57.579
 so funny

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:57.920
 just

00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:00.300
 grateful

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.780
 every day

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.280
 yeah

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:07.100
 I

00:40:07.100 --> 00:40:09.800
 when I was

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.200
 younger

00:40:10.200 --> 00:40:11.500
 I was

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.940
 changing

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.519
 careers

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.680
 and I

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.300
 needed to

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:15.600
 take

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:16.080
 courses

00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:17.320
 and

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:18.320
 I was

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.580
 living

00:40:18.580 --> 00:40:19.100
 I moved

00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:19.560
 to New York

00:40:19.560 --> 00:40:19.900
 City

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.320
 and after

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.660
 a year

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.019
 I was

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.420
 broke

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.740
 I needed

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.320
 to work

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:26.019
 and

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.900
 a buddy

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:28.080
 called me

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:28.960
 I used

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.460
 to be a

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.820
 volunteer

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.360
 leader

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.800
 in Young

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.180
 Life

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:32.139
 he called

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.480
 me up

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:32.719
 and he

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:32.940
 says

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.119
 he's

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.419
 got a

00:40:33.419 --> 00:40:33.799
 problem

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:34.279
 he's

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.639
 someone

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.039
 to come

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.219
 up

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.559
 and be

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.679
 a

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:35.940
 good

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.579
 boss

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.679
 for a month

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.099
 up at

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.659
 Saranac

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.819
 and

00:40:39.819 --> 00:40:41.759
 I couldn't

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.199
 do it

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.619
 I was

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.039
 broke

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:44.139
 I needed

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.579
 to find

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.219
 some work

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.899
 and so I

00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:46.460
 asked the

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.039
 guys that I

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.500
 lived with

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.839
 what do you

00:40:47.839 --> 00:40:48.079
 think

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.559
 just to get

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.139
 some counsel

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:50.839
 and

00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:51.960
 there were

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.659
 four guys

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.119
 three of them

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.559
 didn't know

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:53.980
 the Lord

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:55.059
 and they said

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.719
 no you can't

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.039
 do it

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.779
 and this one

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.440
 Catholic guy

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.019
 said well

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:59.619
 you should

00:40:59.619 --> 00:40:59.919
 go

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:01.539
 and so

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:04.519
 how often

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.280
 do I actually

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:06.079
 go out

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.559
 on a way

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:06.940
 for the

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.180
 war

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:08.639
 not all

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.180
 the time

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:10.000
 but this

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.460
 time I

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.760
 did

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.960
 so I

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.260
 went up

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.800
 there for a

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.139
 month

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:14.960
 as a

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.340
 volunteer

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.840
 thing

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.700
 and

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:18.059
 during that

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:18.760
 time I met

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.420
 my wife

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:22.800
 and we

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.480
 were married

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:23.980
 for a

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.460
 year

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:27.099
 and four

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.639
 kids

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:29.639
 40 years

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.680
 and we're

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.180
 blessed with

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:31.900
 40 years

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.760
 together

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:34.000
 because

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:35.079
 for once

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.800
 behind me

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.139
 you trusted

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.619
 the Lord

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:40.259
 so I

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.779
 think about

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:41.219
 all the

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.719
 times

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.299
 where I

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:43.299
 didn't

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.779
 all the

00:41:43.779 --> 00:41:44.119
 gifts

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:45.299
 that were

00:41:45.299 --> 00:41:48.099
 left behind

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.079
 in some sense

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:50.059
 so it's

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.699
 an encouragement

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.980
 to trust

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:53.279
 the Father

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:54.359
 yeah

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:59.359
 God is

00:41:59.359 --> 00:41:59.799
 faithful

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:00.299
 yes

00:42:00.299 --> 00:42:01.920
 where would

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.319
 we be

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:02.579
 right

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:04.159
 if

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:05.759
 he hadn't

00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:06.239
 knocked us

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.579
 down

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.960
 in order

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.319
 to

00:42:08.319 --> 00:42:09.279
 show

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:10.019
 more of

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.400
 himself

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.139
 to us

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:12.519
 and

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.239
 we all

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.679
 recognize

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:14.259
 that

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:14.619
 we can

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.219
 see this

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:15.799
 backwards

00:42:15.799 --> 00:42:16.719
 looking backwards

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.019
 in our

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.380
 lives

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.759
 but

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:18.380
 it is

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:18.819
 hard

00:42:18.819 --> 00:42:19.739
 to see

00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:19.980
 that

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.719
 when it's

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.319
 going on

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:21.980
 at the

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.199
 moment

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:23.819
 and that's

00:42:23.819 --> 00:42:24.079
 just what

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.480
 principle

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.400
 that you

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.599
 have to

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:25.739
 look

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.159
 backwards

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:26.599
 to see

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.039
 God's

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.519
 faithfulness

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.659
 his

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.079
 providence

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.360
 in your

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:28.719
 life

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:30.940
 and

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:32.199
 he is

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:32.500
 faithful

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:32.639
 to

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:32.779
 his

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.019
 covenant

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.559
 promises

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:33.960
 he is

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.339
 faithful

00:42:34.339 --> 00:42:34.859
 in afflicting

00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:35.199
 us

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.899
 and the

00:42:35.899 --> 00:42:36.139
 last

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.599
 expression

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:36.779
 of

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.059
 God's

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.559
 faithfulness

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.859
 is

00:42:37.859 --> 00:42:38.599
 he is

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:38.980
 faithful

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.219
 to

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.599
 preserve

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:39.839
 and

00:42:39.839 --> 00:42:40.359
 save

00:42:40.359 --> 00:42:41.299
 his

00:42:41.299 --> 00:42:41.639
 people

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.259
 in our

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:43.719
 distress

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.839
 we can

00:42:44.839 --> 00:42:45.379
 be confident

00:42:45.379 --> 00:42:46.019
 that God

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.779
 will preserve

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:47.199
 us

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.399
 preserving

00:42:48.399 --> 00:42:48.960
 grace

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.559
 in our

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.960
 affliction

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.779
 he doesn't

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.179
 merely

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:52.939
 save us

00:42:52.939 --> 00:42:54.299
 afflict us

00:42:54.299 --> 00:42:54.579
 and then

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.039
 just stand

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.319
 back

00:42:55.319 --> 00:42:55.819
 waiting to

00:42:55.819 --> 00:42:56.079
 see if

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.279
 we're going

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:56.759
 to collapse

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.719
 under the

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:57.899
 weight

00:42:57.899 --> 00:42:58.099
 of it

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.359
 all

00:42:58.359 --> 00:42:59.819
 right

00:42:59.819 --> 00:43:00.059
 let's

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.259
 see if

00:43:00.259 --> 00:43:00.399
 this

00:43:00.399 --> 00:43:00.799
 person

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:01.639
 has enough

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.019
 strength

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.320
 to keep

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:02.659
 trusting

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.059
 Christ

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.460
 in the

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:03.880
 affliction

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:05.780
 Jude 24

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.559
 right

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:06.960
 now to

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.320
 him

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.119
 who is

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.420
 able to

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.639
 keep

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.820
 you

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.039
 from

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.480
 stumbling

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.320
 and to

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:10.699
 present

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:10.980
 you

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.559
 blameless

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.139
 before the

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:12.599
 presence

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:12.900
 of his

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.199
 glory

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.699
 with great

00:43:13.699 --> 00:43:14.019
 joy

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.320
 to the

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:14.519
 only

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.860
 God

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.119
 our

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.559
 Savior

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:16.380
 through

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:16.679
 Jesus

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.019
 Christ

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.199
 our

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.400
 Lord

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:17.920
 be glory

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.500
 majesty

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.099
 dominion

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.280
 and

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.719
 authority

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:20.079
 before

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.619
 all time

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:20.960
 and now

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.380
 and forever

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.699
 more

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:23.340
 amen

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:24.420
 Philippians 1

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:24.860
 verse 6

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:25.259
 and I'm

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.679
 sure of

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:25.900
 this

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.340
 that he

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.820
 who began

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.079
 a good

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.360
 work

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.699
 in you

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.300
 will bring

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:29.519
 it to

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.000
 completion

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.480
 at the

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.780
 day

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.960
 of Christ

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:33.300
 God can

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:33.760
 keep you

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.400
 from stumbling

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.260
 he is

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:35.920
 strong enough

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.519
 to preserve

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.860
 you

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:38.460
 in your

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.060
 affliction

00:43:39.060 --> 00:43:39.920
 God is

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.680
 strong enough

00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:41.260
 to finish

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.580
 the good

00:43:41.580 --> 00:43:42.000
 work he

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.560
 has started

00:43:42.560 --> 00:43:43.440
 in you

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.440
 he gives

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.080
 preserving

00:43:45.080 --> 00:43:45.800
 grace

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.580
 he preserves

00:43:46.580 --> 00:43:47.700
 his own

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:49.759
 my second

00:43:49.759 --> 00:43:50.279
 favorite book

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:50.460
 of the

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:50.719
 bible

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:51.059
 is

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.679
 pilgrim's

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.119
 progress

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:54.839
 so

00:43:54.839 --> 00:43:55.379
 I

00:43:55.379 --> 00:43:57.359
 probably

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:57.719
 quote

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.099
 pilgrim's

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:58.419
 progress

00:43:58.419 --> 00:43:58.859
 half the

00:43:58.859 --> 00:43:59.139
 time

00:43:59.139 --> 00:43:59.859
 if I'm

00:43:59.859 --> 00:44:00.119
 teaching

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:01.059
 John

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.419
 Bunyan

00:44:01.419 --> 00:44:01.980
 illustrates

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.579
 this so

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:02.879
 well

00:44:02.879 --> 00:44:03.239
 in his

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:03.879
 classic

00:44:03.879 --> 00:44:05.000
 the truth

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.339
 in 2

00:44:05.339 --> 00:44:05.759
 Corinthians

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.099
 12

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.719
 verse 9

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:07.259
 though

00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:07.639
 Paul

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:08.099
 had the

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.519
 thorn

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.899
 in the

00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:09.159
 side

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.599
 he prayed

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:09.819
 three

00:44:09.819 --> 00:44:10.259
 times

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:11.000
 for the

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.139
 Lord

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:11.579
 to remove

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:11.719
 it

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.039
 and God

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.279
 told

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:12.519
 Paul

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:13.359
 my grace

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:13.839
 is sufficient

00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:14.299
 for you

00:44:14.299 --> 00:44:15.019
 my power

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.460
 is made

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:15.759
 perfect

00:44:15.759 --> 00:44:16.339
 in weakness

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:17.360
 and Paul

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.500
 says

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:17.780
 therefore

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:18.220
 I will

00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:18.460
 boast

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:18.860
 all the

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.019
 more

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.420
 gladly

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.780
 of my

00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:20.160
 weakness

00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:20.980
 so the

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.320
 power

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.840
 of Christ

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.300
 may rest

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:22.860
 upon me

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:24.320
 if you haven't

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:24.539
 read it

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.019
 the central

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.700
 character

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:26.380
 in the

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.660
 book

00:44:26.660 --> 00:44:27.280
 is a

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:28.079
 person

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.280
 named

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:28.640
 Christian

00:44:28.640 --> 00:44:29.620
 and he

00:44:29.620 --> 00:44:30.019
 meets a

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:30.240
 helper

00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:30.620
 named

00:44:30.620 --> 00:44:31.200
 Interpreter

00:44:31.200 --> 00:44:31.940
 an

00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:32.500
 interpreter's

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.820
 job

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.140
 is to

00:44:33.140 --> 00:44:33.360
 teach

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.880
 Christians

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.960
 truth

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.300
 that he

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:35.660
 will need

00:44:35.660 --> 00:44:35.920
 for the

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.200
 journey

00:44:36.200 --> 00:44:36.800
 of faith

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:37.620
 an

00:44:37.620 --> 00:44:37.940
 interpreter

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.380
 shows

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:38.840
 Christian

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.400
 a fire

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.720
 that is

00:44:39.720 --> 00:44:39.980
 burning

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.360
 against

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.800
 a wall

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:42.559
 and how

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:43.600
 someone was

00:44:43.600 --> 00:44:44.320
 standing by

00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:44.920
 the fire

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.600
 trying to

00:44:45.600 --> 00:44:45.860
 put it

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.100
 out

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.880
 by throwing

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.239
 water

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:47.739
 on it

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:49.420
 but strangely

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.239
 the fire

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:50.759
 did not go

00:44:50.759 --> 00:44:51.039
 out

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.880
 not only

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.199
 did it not

00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:52.500
 go out

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:52.759
 but it

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:52.940
 burned

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.360
 brighter

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:54.380
 and hotter

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:55.639
 and Christian

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:55.980
 asked

00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:56.420
 interpreter

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:57.119
 what does

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.679
 this mean

00:44:57.679 --> 00:44:58.900
 interpreter

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.559
 explain

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.539
 the fire

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:00.819
 is the

00:45:00.819 --> 00:45:01.139
 work of

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.400
 grace

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:01.739
 that God

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:02.079
 produces

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.380
 in our

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.699
 hearts

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:03.579
 the grace

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.039
 of trust

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.480
 in Christ

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.920
 and our

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.099
 love

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.500
 for him

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.599
 but the

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:06.839
 devil

00:45:06.839 --> 00:45:07.519
 is constantly

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:08.079
 trying to

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.440
 put out

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.920
 this fire

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:09.480
 by pouring

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:09.880
 on it

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.339
 the water

00:45:10.339 --> 00:45:11.099
 of temptations

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:11.500
 worries

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:12.139
 and trials

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:13.159
 then

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.599
 interpreter

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.159
 wanted

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:14.420
 to show

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:14.779
 Christian

00:45:14.779 --> 00:45:15.139
 how the

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.339
 fire

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:15.739
 not only

00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:15.980
 kept

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:16.379
 burning

00:45:16.379 --> 00:45:17.039
 but kept

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.339
 burning

00:45:17.339 --> 00:45:17.739
 higher

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:18.440
 hotter

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:19.000
 and higher

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:19.739
 so he

00:45:19.739 --> 00:45:19.920
 took

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.239
 Christian

00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:20.719
 around

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:21.480
 the back

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.759
 of a

00:45:21.759 --> 00:45:22.039
 wall

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:23.000
 and behind

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.339
 the wall

00:45:23.339 --> 00:45:23.659
 he saw

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:24.019
 a man

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.279
 who had

00:45:24.279 --> 00:45:24.679
 a jar

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.139
 of oil

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:25.420
 in his

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:25.679
 hand

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.359
 which he

00:45:26.359 --> 00:45:26.659
 poured

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:27.279
 continually

00:45:27.279 --> 00:45:27.759
 into the

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.039
 fire

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.739
 and Christian

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:29.019
 asked

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:29.259
 what does

00:45:29.259 --> 00:45:29.739
 this mean

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:30.639
 interpreter

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.119
 answered

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.759
 this is

00:45:31.759 --> 00:45:32.139
 Christ

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:33.099
 who continually

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:33.400
 with the

00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:33.639
 oil

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:33.900
 of his

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:34.219
 grace

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.839
 maintains

00:45:34.839 --> 00:45:35.460
 the work

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.980
 already

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.379
 begun

00:45:36.379 --> 00:45:36.599
 in the

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:36.900
 heart

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.660
 despite

00:45:37.660 --> 00:45:38.340
 the devil's

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:39.500
 best efforts

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.660
 this person

00:45:40.660 --> 00:45:41.220
 is gracious

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:41.960
 to preserve

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.360
 the soul

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:42.559
 of his

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:42.900
 people

00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:43.680
 this man

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.119
 is behind

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:44.480
 the wall

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:44.980
 to maintain

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.440
 the fire

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:45.900
 of grace

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.340
 in the soul

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:46.780
 to teach

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.059
 you

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:48.240
 that is

00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:48.559
 hard

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:48.780
 for the

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.039
 tempted

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.639
 to show

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.200
 how this

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:50.599
 work of

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:50.800
 grace

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:51.380
 is maintained

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:53.220
 so Bunyan

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:54.220
 puts the man

00:45:54.220 --> 00:45:54.760
 behind the

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:55.039
 wall

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.720
 so he can't

00:45:55.720 --> 00:45:56.280
 actually see

00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:56.860
 what's going

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.160
 on

00:45:57.160 --> 00:45:57.559
 why is

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.480
 the fire

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.119
 burning

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.480
 hotter

00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:00.500
 and it's

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.079
 hard to see

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.700
 that in our

00:46:01.700 --> 00:46:02.340
 trials and

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:03.220
 temptations

00:46:03.220 --> 00:46:03.820
 is it not

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:04.740
 the fact

00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:05.480
 the spirit

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:06.460
 is just

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:08.039
 giving

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:09.659
 us power

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.220
 in our

00:46:10.220 --> 00:46:10.679
 weakness

00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:12.000
 and

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.199
 Paul

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.720
 understood

00:46:13.720 --> 00:46:14.119
 that

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:15.139
 and it's

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:15.740
 hard to see

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.320
 but he is

00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:16.840
 with us

00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:17.240
 in our

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:17.880
 afflictions

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:18.519
 and the

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:18.980
 flame will

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.440
 not go

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:19.760
 out

00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:20.579
 he is

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:21.019
 faithful

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:21.720
 to give

00:46:21.720 --> 00:46:22.199
 preserving

00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:22.699
 grace

00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:24.019
 there's so

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:24.179
 many

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:24.940
 great

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:25.380
 wonderful

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:25.980
 scripture

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.420
 passages

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:27.440
 he carries

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:27.760
 us through

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.240
 the water

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:29.039
 he will be

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:29.659
 with us

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:30.619
 through the

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:30.900
 rivers

00:46:30.900 --> 00:46:31.199
 they will

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:31.480
 not

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.019
 overflow

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:32.619
 he is

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.039
 faithful

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.679
 to preserve

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.139
 us

00:46:34.139 --> 00:46:35.539
 knowing

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.219
 God's

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:36.639
 faithfulness

00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:37.039
 prevents

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.239
 us

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:37.400
 from

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:37.860
 forsaking

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.300
 Christ

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:38.599
 in our

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:38.960
 affliction

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:40.519
 so he is

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:41.159
 faithful to

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:41.500
 keep his

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:41.739
 covenant

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:42.239
 promises

00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:42.860
 he is

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:43.400
 faithful to

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:44.340
 afflict us

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:45.179
 and he is

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:45.679
 faithful to

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:46.420
 preserve us

00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:47.000
 until the

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:47.320
 ends

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:49.699
 let's jump

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:49.960
 to some

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.500
 application

00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:51.019
 how does

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.460
 God's

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:52.239
 faithfulness

00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:54.239
 help us

00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:55.340
 in our

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:55.779
 anxiety

00:46:55.779 --> 00:46:57.279
 when we are

00:46:57.279 --> 00:46:57.860
 anxious about

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:58.539
 what tomorrow

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.239
 may bring

00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:01.980
 what are some

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.139
 of the

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:02.699
 passages in

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:03.300
 scripture that

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:03.960
 talks about

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.400
 God's

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.039
 faithfulness

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:06.340
 in our

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:06.740
 anxiety

00:47:06.739 --> 00:47:10.279
 you're

00:47:10.279 --> 00:47:10.759
 apenas

00:47:10.759 --> 00:47:11.279
 but

00:47:11.279 --> 00:47:25.099
 you're

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.119
 like

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:26.279
 you're

00:47:26.279 --> 00:47:28.519
 kind of

00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:30.739
 here

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:31.139
 today

00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:42.259
 Mm-hmm.

00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:43.559
 Yes.

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.079
 If God is faithful to feed these birds,

00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:51.059
 He will give you what you need.

00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:52.059
 Yeah.

00:47:54.059 --> 00:47:54.460
 Mm-hmm.

00:47:54.460 --> 00:48:01.280
 I think of Philippians 4, 6, and 7,

00:48:01.659 --> 00:48:04.519
 where it says,

00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:06.360
 Don't be anxious about anything,

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:09.000
 but in everything, by prayer and petition,

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:11.139
 present your request to God.

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:11.980
 With thanksgiving.

00:48:12.820 --> 00:48:13.300
 Thank you.

00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:16.420
 I forgot what comes next.

00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:20.280
 The peace of God which passes overstanding

00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:22.119
 but guard your heart in your mind,

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:22.880
 Christ Jesus.

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:23.599
 Mm-hmm.

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:24.440
 Mm-hmm.

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:27.679
 So when we're anxious,

00:48:27.820 --> 00:48:29.260
 we should go to God in prayer.

00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:29.880
 Mm-hmm.

00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:30.820
 Mm-hmm.

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:36.000
 Psalm 119 is very precious to me.

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:43.480
 And, you know, just God hemming you in

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:44.780
 before and behind.

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:47.420
 Knowing every moment of your life

00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:49.159
 before it began.

00:48:51.260 --> 00:48:54.440
 His presence filling the whole universe.

00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:55.639
 So that wherever you are,

00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:58.900
 if you think you are too low or too high for God,

00:48:58.980 --> 00:49:00.119
 you know who's already there.

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:01.380
 But it ends with,

00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:03.400
 Search me about it.

00:49:03.400 --> 00:49:04.019
 Know my heart.

00:49:04.579 --> 00:49:07.220
 Try me and know my thoughts or cares.

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.360
 Like anxious thoughts.

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.059
 Mm-hmm.

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:11.260
 And see if there's any grievous or offensive way

00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:13.059
 in leaving the everlasting way.

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:21.259
 It kind of reminds me that God's afflictions are meant to change something in me

00:49:21.259 --> 00:49:29.099
 rather than so often we want to change or we want God to change the circumstances around us.

00:49:29.099 --> 00:49:33.699
 Especially when, you know, sometimes our afflictions involve injustice.

00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:34.379
 Yeah.

00:49:34.379 --> 00:49:34.719
 Mm-hmm.

00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:39.259
 But God also tells us to commit justice to him.

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:41.719
 And usually that means waiting.

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:43.559
 Maybe, like, till eternity.

00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:47.139
 And we're not really okay with that.

00:49:47.299 --> 00:49:49.819
 That's, how could we be?

00:49:49.899 --> 00:49:55.519
 Unless Christ bore every injustice on himself.

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:57.639
 And so then we just have to say,

00:49:57.759 --> 00:50:00.519
 Okay, well that's something I need to change.

00:50:00.820 --> 00:50:02.300
 I need to be more like Christ,

00:50:02.619 --> 00:50:08.199
 committing my injustices or even just my effects, my suffering.

00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:09.880
 Sometimes suffering is meaningless.

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:14.739
 So that's, it comes seemingly out of nowhere by no human hand.

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:17.739
 You know, natural disaster or a health problem.

00:50:18.400 --> 00:50:22.380
 And so something in me needs changing.

00:50:22.380 --> 00:50:25.320
 I need more trust, more strength, more faith in God.

00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:28.820
 That he loves me.

00:50:29.340 --> 00:50:29.699
 Mm-hmm.

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:31.659
 That he cares for me.

00:50:31.780 --> 00:50:32.960
 And that this is for me good.

00:50:33.179 --> 00:50:34.519
 Mm-hmm.

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:38.079
 Mm-hmm.

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:41.659
 That's good work, brother.

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:42.119
 Thank you.

00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:45.559
 Mm-hmm.

00:50:49.300 --> 00:50:49.820
 Yes.

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:56.200
 I want to close with a story.

00:50:56.940 --> 00:51:00.980
 And this is a story of Benjamin Breckenridge Warfield.

00:51:01.380 --> 00:51:04.059
 In other words, he's known as B.B. Warfield.

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:07.460
 And some called him a brilliant theologian,

00:51:07.640 --> 00:51:11.660
 a champion of confessional Christianity during his time at Princeton,

00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:13.500
 a defender of the faith.

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:15.300
 But before all these things,

00:51:15.360 --> 00:51:18.380
 the people who knew him the best would say he was a faithful husband.

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:23.340
 And many know Warfield was a world-renowned theologian

00:51:23.340 --> 00:51:26.840
 for almost 34 years until he died in 1921.

00:51:27.059 --> 00:51:29.300
 And he wrote famous books about the doctrine of the Trinity

00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:30.480
 and the authority of Scripture.

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:34.079
 Some would say he was a formidable foe with his pen.

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:38.619
 But most people don't know what happened early in his life at age 25.

00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:43.079
 He married Annie Pierce Kenheed.

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:45.579
 And they took a honeymoon to Germany.

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:50.659
 And during a fierce storm while walking in the mountains,

00:51:51.460 --> 00:51:52.780
 Annie was struck by lightning,

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:56.099
 permanently paralyzing her.

00:51:56.099 --> 00:51:59.480
 There was severe trauma to her nervous system,

00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:01.079
 and she never recovered.

00:52:01.659 --> 00:52:03.699
 And her health got worse as time went on.

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:06.400
 So imagine for a moment, just pause,

00:52:06.860 --> 00:52:08.099
 you make your wedding vows.

00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:10.019
 Then on your honeymoon,

00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:13.900
 your spouse is permanently disfigured in a car accident,

00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:16.400
 a paraplegic as a result.

00:52:17.579 --> 00:52:19.920
 What do you do in that moment?

00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:22.239
 You made your vows.

00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:24.460
 You promised that you'd be with that person.

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:28.300
 Well, this is the situation that Warfield faced.

00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:30.900
 Writing about what gave him strength,

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:32.440
 he talked about God's faithfulness.

00:52:33.380 --> 00:52:34.500
 Romans 8, 28.

00:52:35.260 --> 00:52:38.159
 He wrote about the providence of God in his life.

00:52:38.940 --> 00:52:41.199
 The government of God ruling over all things,

00:52:41.260 --> 00:52:42.380
 his controlling hands.

00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:45.800
 He governs all so nothing but good

00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:49.320
 can befall those whom he seeks to do good.

00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:52.920
 And he took comfort that even in our deepest groanings,

00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:54.480
 too deep for words,

00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:56.240
 the Spirit intercedes for us

00:52:56.240 --> 00:52:58.019
 according to the gracious will of God.

00:52:58.900 --> 00:53:00.920
 And Warfield knew in his heart

00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:02.860
 that God was faithful to him,

00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:07.619
 unwavering in his commitment to do him good.

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:10.740
 He knew Jeremiah 32, verse 1,

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:12.000
 was true in his life.

00:53:12.420 --> 00:53:14.440
 I will rejoice in doing them good,

00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:16.880
 and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness

00:53:16.880 --> 00:53:18.539
 with all my heart and with all my soul.

00:53:19.300 --> 00:53:22.340
 Remembering God's faithfulness to him

00:53:22.340 --> 00:53:24.200
 reassured him in the presence.

00:53:25.059 --> 00:53:26.679
 And because he knew that God was faithful to him,

00:53:26.780 --> 00:53:32.059
 he in turn was faithful for 39 years to Annie.

00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:36.119
 And he seldom left the home for more than a couple hours

00:53:36.119 --> 00:53:38.579
 during all those years in marriage.

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:41.759
 He was a faithful husband,

00:53:42.519 --> 00:53:44.699
 imitating the faithful Savior he knew so well.

00:53:46.699 --> 00:53:47.940
 And this is the,

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:51.699
 this is what is going to allow us

00:53:51.699 --> 00:53:53.179
 to endure in our trials,

00:53:53.400 --> 00:53:55.420
 to know that God's steadfast love

00:53:55.420 --> 00:53:56.380
 endures forever,

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:58.360
 even in our afflictions.

00:53:59.420 --> 00:54:04.239
 Christ is going to be with us,

00:54:04.460 --> 00:54:05.920
 and he is faithful to us to the end.

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:11.579
 So let me pray and thank the Lord.

00:54:11.700 --> 00:54:13.639
 Father, thank you that you are faithful to us.

00:54:13.900 --> 00:54:14.740
 Lord, thank you that your,

00:54:14.740 --> 00:54:17.280
 your faithfulness reaches to the,

00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:18.619
 as high as the skies,

00:54:18.840 --> 00:54:20.119
 endures to all generations.

00:54:20.840 --> 00:54:22.800
 Great is your faithfulness to your people.

00:54:23.659 --> 00:54:25.200
 Oh, Lord, we do pray that's,

00:54:25.700 --> 00:54:26.480
 in our afflictions,

00:54:27.220 --> 00:54:27.880
 in our trials,

00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:28.420
 our troubles,

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:30.340
 that we would,

00:54:30.820 --> 00:54:33.619
 with faith,

00:54:33.740 --> 00:54:34.480
 look to you

00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:36.760
 and trust in your,

00:54:36.760 --> 00:54:37.500
 your,

00:54:37.500 --> 00:54:37.619
 your,

00:54:37.860 --> 00:54:39.260
 your providence in our lives.

00:54:39.699 --> 00:54:40.480
 Help us to,

00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:42.300
 to hope against hope,

00:54:42.760 --> 00:54:43.880
 to look to Christ

00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:45.579
 and to see that he will not leave us,

00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:47.139
 nor forsake us in our troubles.

00:54:47.679 --> 00:54:49.019
 We pray this in Jesus' name.

00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:49.880
 Amen.

00:54:51.360 --> 00:54:52.059
 All right.

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:53.559
 Thank you, friends.

00:54:54.119 --> 00:54:54.480
 Thank you.

00:54:55.260 --> 00:54:56.019
 Thank you.

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:56.980
 Thank you all.

00:54:57.940 --> 00:55:00.099
 There's one more class next week,

00:55:00.099 --> 00:55:01.420
 God's glory.

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:02.880
 And then,

00:55:02.920 --> 00:55:04.860
 that's the end of our attributes of God class.

00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:05.099
 Thank you.

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:05.639
 Thank you.

00:55:06.039 --> 00:55:06.539
 Thank you.

00:55:06.539 --> 00:55:07.019
 Thank you.

00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:22.799
 Thank you.

00:55:23.159 --> 00:55:23.559
 Thank you.