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 I wanted to talk to you about God's sovereignty because as I was going through God's omnipotence,

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! mainly his strength and his power, so hard to not bleed into God's sovereignty.

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!

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 And my hope in mind is that you guys would walk in sovereignty with peace and trust

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 and see this as a source of comfort and not fear.

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 Along with that, that you guys would be equipped as we're a church plant with a correct mindset

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 in evangelism, in God's sovereignty.

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 So with all that, I want to talk about rocks.

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 There's a...

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 I love rocks.

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 There's one of my favorite classes in public school was earth science.

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 And my favorite part was geology, which dealt with fossils and rocks.

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 And it was fascinating to learn about igneous rocks, the cooling of lava to create igneous

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 rocks, diamonds being created under pressure, and crystals in their beautiful formation.

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 And while I was obsessed with rocks, I was also obsessed with the question, can God create

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 a rock so big that he could not lift it?

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 And I was haunted and plagued by this question for years.

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 And if I answered yes, I was wrong.

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 If I answered yes, could God create a rock so big that he couldn't lift it?

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 It was a lie about who God is.

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 If I answered no, it was a lie about who God is.

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 I was like, what do I do?

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 Right?

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 It wasn't until later in life that I realized that this is just a stupid question.

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 It's a silly question.

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 It's a contradiction.

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 Because it's not the truth, you could get no answer to the truth of who God is.

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 Right?

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 Because we know that God truly is all-powerful.

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 And this insufficient folly of a question, though so trivial, helps me introduce God's

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 omnipotence.

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 Right?

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 Um, Deocarsen defines omnipotence as God being so powerful, he can do anything he chooses

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 to do.

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 Uh, we can say that we are not omnipotent because we cannot do anything that we choose

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 to do.

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 We could try, but we cannot.

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 Uh, and to talk about God's omnipotence, it is impossible to separate it from his omniscience.

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 Uh, that, that is, um, God knowing everything and his omnipresence, which is God being everywhere.

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 Um, and for that, uh, I wanted to us to turn to Psalm 139, which I think clearly lays out

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 all three of these things.

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 Um, so I'll, I'll give you a second to turn there if you want to read along with me.

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 I'll start in verse one and then go to verse 16.

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 Lord, you have searched me and known me.

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 You know when I sit down and when I stand up.

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 You understand my thoughts from far away.

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 You observe my travels and my rest.

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 You are aware of all my ways.

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 Before a word is on my tongue.

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 You know all about it, Lord.

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 You have encircled me.

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 You have placed your hand upon me.

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 This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.

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 It is lofty.

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 I am unable to reach it.

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 That there is God's omniscience.

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 His knowing everything.

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 As David says, before I say another word, God already knows of what I'm going to say.

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 And now his, his omnipresence.

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 Where can I go to escape your spirit?

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 Where can I flee from your presence?

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 If I go up to heaven, you are there.

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 If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

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 If I live at the Eastern horizon or settle in the Western limits, even there, your hand will

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 lead me.

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 Your right hand will hold on to me.

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 If I say, surely the darkness will hide me and the light around me will be night.

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 Even the darkness is not dark to you.

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 The night shines like the day.

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 Darkness and light are alike to you.

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 This speaks of God's omnipresence.

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 He's everywhere.

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 There is no dark corner of this world that we can go, that we can hide from God.

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 Nothing that we do could hide us from God.

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 And now his power.

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 For it was you who created my inward parts.

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 You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

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 I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.

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 Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.

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 My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in the secret.

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 When I was formed in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw me when I was formless.

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 Because all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began.

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 That speaks of his power.

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 Now, to bring them all together and why these can't be separated is because God, as the causer

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 of all things, can have nothing happen outside of his authority.

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 So, David says,

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 That's the same for all of us.

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 That's the same for all of God's creation.

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 God's power has created everything.

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 He has caused everything.

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 If God has caused everything, if God does everything, then there's nothing that God does not know will happen.

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 Hence his omniscience.

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 If God knows everything will happen, and he's an eternal being outside of time, and he can be everywhere all at once,

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 there is nothing that can hide from him because he has caused everything to happen.

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 He knows where everything is.

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 And so, that means that nothing can escape God's authority.

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 He knows where everything and everyone is because he ordains where they are and where they will be.

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 Now, with that in mind, we can more clearly think of God's sovereignty, right, with these three connected.

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 And there's three common wrong worldviews of how the world works.

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 It's not exhaustive, but just common.

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 Before we jump into God's sovereignty.

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 The first is atheism, right?

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 The natural man.

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 He only believes in what he can see, what can be measured.

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 Hypothesis, the scientific theory.

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 Scientific theory.

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 Seeing is believing.

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 Maybe even money makes the world go round.

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 Only what I can spend is truly my God.

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 That is one worldview.

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 The other is deism.

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 That God created this world, and he left.

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 He's the great watchmaker.

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 Like, Garvin created this watch.

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 I know the watchmaker, though.

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 God created this watch and threw it out there.

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 The universe, right?

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 And it keeps ticking and keeps ticking and just keeps going.

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 And God, you know, God's outside.

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 He's like, hands off.

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 That's the world, right?

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 The other worldview is what Carson calls the God of the gaps,

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 which is what a lot of Christians believe.

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 This is where the world is going.

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 It's not totally deism, but, you know, the watch goes out of whack sometimes,

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 and God sticks his finger in there.

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 Boom, miracle.

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 And another one is, God, I really, really, really, really, really need your help.

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 Please help me.

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 But other than that, you never think about God.

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 God, it's God.

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 God only fills the gaps where he is needed by you.

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 And those are three wrong worldviews of how the world works.

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 And it wants to think clearly and soberly about God's sovereignty.

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 So let's do a little brain exercise.

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 Today, there's a mom that just gave birth.

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 I know this.

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 My wife is after birth.

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 A couple just got married.

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 A dude just skipped church and caught a massive fish.

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 A raccoon got snared by Max and Charlie or Joey.

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 And so many other good things that are happening today.

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 It's all caused by God.

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 But also, there's a flip side.

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 There are parents who just lost their son, their daughter.

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 There's a woman who was raped.

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 There is a drunk driver who just died in a car crash.

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 There's someone who just lost the battle with cancer and died.

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 A family's death stated by divorce.

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 There's so many good things, but yet so many evil things.

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 And it comes to the question, what is God's sovereignty, though, with all these evil things?

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 Is God's sovereignty just a chessboard match with Satan?

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 And when God is losing, bad things happen?

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 That's not sovereignty.

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 God is in control at all times.

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 God is in control at all times.

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 And we may think that he is not, but he is.

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 And I want us to take a look at the story of Job.

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 And Job gives, the story of Job gives a great picture of this.

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 So turn with me to Job 1, starting in verse 14.

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 Before this, Satan and God had a conversation.

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 And God gave Satan permission to afflict him in some of the most horrible ways.

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 Starting in verse 14.

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 A messenger came to Job and reported,

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 While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

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 the Sabians swooped down and took them away.

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 They struck down your servants with the sword,

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 So these people came down,

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 thieves, stole all of Job's oxen,

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 and murdered his servants.

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 A lot about God.

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 He was still speaking,

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 when another messenger came and reported,

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 God's fire fell from heaven,

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 it burned the sheep and the servants,

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 and devoured them,

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 Another devastation.

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 That messenger was still speaking,

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 yet another one came and reported,

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 The Chaldeans formed three bands,

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 made a raid on the camels,

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 took them away,

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 they have struck down the servants with the sword,

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 Another thieves,

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 murdered more servants.

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 He was still speaking,

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 when another messenger came and reported,

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 Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine

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 in their older brother's house.

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 Suddenly,

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 a powerful wind swept in from the desert

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 and struck the four corners of the house.

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 It collapsed on the young people,

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 so that they died,

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 Horrible.

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 Horrible.

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 Yet,

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 Job's,

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 Job's response is astounding.

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 Job stood up,

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 tore his robe,

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 shaved his head,

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 he fell to the ground,

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 and worshipped,

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 saying,

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 Naked I came from my mother's womb,

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 and naked I will leave this life.

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 The Lord gives,

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 and the Lord takes away.

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 Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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 God is not in some cosmic chess board game with Satan.

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 And when he loses,

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 bad things happen.

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 No.

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 This shows God is ordating,

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 allowing,

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 and controlling

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 all of these different things

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 to go on all at once.

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 Now, you know,

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 I wonder if our first instinct is to worship.

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 That certainly is not my first instinct.

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 I do not have trials like Job.

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 I mean, I have,

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 I mean,

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 the most trials I have in my life

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 is my two kids.

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 You know,

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 Reuben is

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 three years old,

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 he's

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 going to sleep,

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 and then he's up for the tenth time like,

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 Kid!

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 Get to bed!

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 That's my greatest trial.

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 Can I get upset by that?

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 Obviously,

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 I don't have afflictions like Job,

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 but for many,

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 it's hard to believe

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 that God can ordain

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 such hard things.

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 But he has.

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 And you might say,

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 what about famine?

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 Yes.

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 He's ordained them.

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 What about wars?

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 Yes.

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 What about Hitler?

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 He murdered millions.

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 Women,

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 men,

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 children?

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 Yes.

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 What about,

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 what about,

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 what about

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 he has ordained them?

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 And in case of God's

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 ordaining

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 and his sovereignty,

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 we might think

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 with all those,

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 especially with

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 all these people

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 who do

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 all these evil things,

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 you know,

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 what about hell?

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 You know,

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 if God ordains

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 all these things

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 and ordains

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 all these people

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 to do all these things,

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 why is it fair

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 that people go to hell?

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 Right?

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 That doesn't make any sense.

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 I'd be hard-pressed

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 to answer this question

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 if Paul didn't already.

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 please turn with me

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 to Romans,

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 Romans chapter 9.

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 Romans 9,

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 starting in verse 14.

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 What then should we say?

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 Is there injustice

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 with God?

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 Absolutely not.

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 For he tells Moses,

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 I will show mercy

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 to whom I will show mercy

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 and I will have compassion

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 on whom I will have compassion.

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 So it does not depend

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 on human will

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 or effort

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 but on God

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 who shows mercy.

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 For the scripture tells us,

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 Pharaoh I raised up

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 for this reason

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 that I might display

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 my power in you

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 and that my name

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 may be proclaimed

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 in the whole earth.

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 So then,

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 he has mercy

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 on whom he wants to

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 and harden

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 whom he wants to harden.

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 And you will say,

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 therefore,

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 why then

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 does he find fault?

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 Or,

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 why does he find fault

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 to send people to hell?

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 For who can resist his will?

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 Who can,

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 who can choose

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 not to do

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 what he has already ordained?

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 Is what Paul asks.

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 If God has ordained it,

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 how can we choose

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 not to do it?

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 But who are you,

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 mere man,

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.720
 to talk back to God?

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 Well,

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 what does form say

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 to the one who formed it,

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 why did you make me like this?

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 Or has the potter

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 have no right

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 over the clay

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 to make from the same lump

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 one piece

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 pottery for honor

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 and the other for dishonor?

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 And what if God,

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 wanting to display his wrath

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 and to make his power known,

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 endured with much patience

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 objects of wrath

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 prepared for destruction?

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 And what if he did this

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 to make known

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 the riches of his glory

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 on objects of mercy

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 that he prepared beforehand

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 for glory?

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 Even in God's

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 sovereignty,

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 he still

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 ordains

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 that men

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 who do sinful things

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 would go to hell.

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 And he is not responsible

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 in any way

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 for man's sin.

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 And some of you

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 might say,

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 really?

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 He ordained it.

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 How is that so?

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 Well,

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 I can say the word

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 ridiculous

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 and it be of my own

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 free will.

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 I can do anything

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 and be of my own

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 free will.

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 How does free will

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 and God's sovereignty

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.019
 work together?

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 They're not opposed

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 to one another at all.

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 How are we held

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 accountable

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 yet God is not?

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 And I think

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 the closest analogy

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 that I've found

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.980
 to this mystery

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 is in Psalm 139.

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 That God

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 has written

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 all of our lives

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 already.

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 I think

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 one of the

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 best analogies

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 is that of an author.

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 Consider with me

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 C.S. Lewis.

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 Lewis,

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 I don't know

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 that he's a sorcerer

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 and I don't know

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 that he's a murderer.

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 Yet he creates

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 the character

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 of the White Witch.

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 He creates

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 Aslan

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 to destroy her.

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 Yet

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.080
 C.S. Lewis

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 receives

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 glory

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 for all

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 of these characters

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 and is not

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 responsible

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 for anything

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.440
 that the White Witch

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 did.

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 It's mere

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 philosophy almost.

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 Or even

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.839
 A.W. Tozer.

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 A.W. Tozer

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 didn't create

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 orcs

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 in this life

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 yet he creates

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 Sauron

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 to create

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 these things.

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 Tolkien,

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 sorry.

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.099
 Thanks.

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 Tolkien.

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.239
 Tolkien.

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 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:20:10.959 --> 00:20:11.359
 Tolkien.

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.279
 God-ordained it.

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 You're right.

00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.479
 Tolkien

00:20:16.479 --> 00:20:18.339
 creates Sauron

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 who's this evil

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:21.439
 maniacal

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:22.759
 fallen angel

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 in some sort of way.

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 Yet Tolkien

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:27.239
 is not a murderer

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 nor does he create

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.839
 orcs in that way

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 but yet

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:31.500
 he receives

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.659
 all of the glory

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 for his work.

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 And so

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.399
 in a similar way

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 with God

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 God

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 has written

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 a story

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 of all of us

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 in this incredible

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 awesome way

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.980
 yet we are still

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 responsible

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 for all of the actions

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 that we have done

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 and he receives

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.619
 all of the glory.

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 Why are you in this story?

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.480
 For his glory.

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.180
 Lewis receives

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.660
 the glory

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.339
 for his book.

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 Tolkien receives

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.539
 the glory

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.379
 for his book.

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.900
 God receives

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.400
 the glory

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.799
 for his book.

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.799
 God

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.700
 yet.

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:08.779
 Yet.

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 This would be

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 really

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.619
 this would be a really

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.279
 really hard pill

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.759
 to swallow

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:17.019
 if we didn't

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.720
 acknowledge that

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.359
 God is also

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:18.859
 good

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:20.619
 and holy

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:22.379
 and loving.

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.200
 Right?

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:26.379
 Like in Romans 8

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:28.379
 you don't have to

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:28.740
 turn there

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.579
 I can just read it

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:29.899
 it says

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.000
 for we know

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.660
 that God

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.720
 in verse 38

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.160
 for we know

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.720
 that God

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:35.620
 for we know

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.600
 that all things

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.200
 work together

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.000
 for the good

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.060
 of those

00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:39.920
 who love God

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.320
 who are called

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:42.220
 according to

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.940
 his purposes.

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.120
 God

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:46.120
 is working

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:46.500
 together

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.360
 all things.

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.180
 Right?

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:48.600
 Or

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.720
 another translation

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.300
 says

00:21:50.300 --> 00:21:51.320
 God works

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.800
 together

00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:52.680
 all things

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.259
 for the good

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.060
 of those

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.560
 who love him.

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.180
 Right?

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.580
 he is doing

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.019
 the working

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.660
 because

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.700
 he is good.

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.420
 He can do

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.880
 good things

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.880
 because he is good.

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.340
 This would be

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:03.360
 awful news

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.259
 if God

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.259
 was a tyrannical

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.019
 evil

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.259
 maniacal God

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.039
 but he is not.

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.940
 And if we continue

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:12.180
 in verse 31

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:14.519
 it says

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.220
 what are we

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.019
 to say

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:17.060
 about these things

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.960
 if God

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.920
 is for us

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:20.100
 who is

00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.880
 against us

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.420
 he did not

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.060
 even spare

00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:24.080
 his own son

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.960
 but offered

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.480
 him up

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.960
 for us

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.399
 how will

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.799
 he not

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.480
 also with

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.759
 him

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.599
 grant us

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:29.960
 everything.

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.679
 Right?

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.119
 In God's

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.879
 love

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.839
 his holiness

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:36.259
 his goodness

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.339
 he offered

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.879
 up his

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.359
 son

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:40.039
 for us.

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:41.240
 He ordained

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.079
 that his

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.579
 son

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.599
 would die

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.699
 for you

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.579
 and for me.

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.000
 This is

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.559
 good news.

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.859
 Is it good

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.059
 news?

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.720
 It is good

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:51.980
 news.

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.480
 He is so

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.819
 good

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.759
 to give

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.179
 you his

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:55.439
 son.

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.019
 You do

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.539
 not deserve

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.859
 that.

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.379
 Yet he

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.779
 ordained

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.000
 it.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.259
 And

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:10.099
 not only

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.439
 that

00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:11.119
 not only

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.639
 is God

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:14.119
 sorry

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:18.259
 not only

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.759
 is

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.559
 God

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:21.799
 good

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.440
 holy

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.919
 and loving

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.179
 there

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.480
 is no

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.039
 deceit

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.319
 found

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.599
 within

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.919
 God.

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:27.279
 I believe

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.700
 it is

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.579
 sorry

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.119
 I lost

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.899
 my page

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:36.339
 losing my

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.799
 page here

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.720
 there's

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.319
 Psalm 92

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.940
 15 that

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.159
 says

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.639
 the Lord

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.319
 is just

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.200
 he's my

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.579
 rock

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.639
 and there's

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.039
 no

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.919
 unrighteousness

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.319
 in him.

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:46.839
 yes

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.579
 there's

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.379
 unrighteousness

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.099
 and wickedness

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.399
 in the

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.759
 world

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.200
 but God

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.639
 is good.

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.639
 His purposes

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.579
 are still

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.460
 mysterious to

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.019
 us but his

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.700
 purposes are

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.339
 still good.

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.519
 All his

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.299
 purposes and

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.039
 his ways and

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 all his

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.099
 ordaining are

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:02.159
 still good.

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.099
 And

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:07.159
 of the

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 of man's

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.160
 accountability

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.560
 Jesus even

00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:13.320
 says before

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:13.840
 he's about

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.140
 to be

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.580
 betrayed

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:16.300
 of Jesus

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.779
 he says

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.360
 for the

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.759
 man

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.400
 the

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 son of

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 man

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.840
 will go

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.259
 away

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.640
 as it

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.100
 has been

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.560
 determined

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.440
 meaning

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.820
 Jesus will

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:25.140
 be

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.960
 crucified

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.180
 and hung

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.420
 on a

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.680
 tree

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.920
 as it

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.300
 has been

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:29.700
 determined

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.100
 as it

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.340
 has been

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.920
 ordained

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.440
 sovereignly

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 but woe

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.700
 to that

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.340
 man by

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 whom he

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:36.220
 is

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.680
 betrayed

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.120
 right

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:39.640
 there is

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.240
 God's

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.799
 ordaining

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.680
 yet man's

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.340
 responsibility

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:44.080
 in all

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.420
 of them

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.779
 and we

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.799
 are

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.680
 responsible

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.080
 for

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:49.759
 our sins

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:54.700
 and

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.560
 with

00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:56.120
 all

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 that

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:59.259
 I

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 wanted

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 us to

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.200
 just

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.700
 really

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 consider

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.380
 that

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.680
 God

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:02.960
 is

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.680
 for

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:03.980
 us

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.660
 those

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:04.860
 who are

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:04.980
 in

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.200
 Christ

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.460
 God

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.640
 is

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.060
 for

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.360
 us

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.899
 he's

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 not

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.439
 against

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:07.740
 us

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.359
 he's

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.699
 good

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.359
 faithful

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.839
 holy

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.439
 and loving

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:13.099
 and I'm

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.859
 not saying

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.539
 all this

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.479
 sovereignty

00:25:15.479 --> 00:25:17.019
 so that

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.319
 we can

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.019
 go outside

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.439
 and look

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:18.740
 at the

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.079
 sky

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.500
 and look

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.839
 sky is

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.099
 bluer

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.519
 now

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.679
 right

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.500
 it is

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.959
 to see

00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:24.319
 that

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.039
 even

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.799
 the grass

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.979
 is clothed

00:25:26.979 --> 00:25:27.500
 by God

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.359
 right

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.740
 Jesus

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.419
 in the

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.719
 story

00:25:30.719 --> 00:25:30.979
 with

00:25:30.979 --> 00:25:31.419
 Peter

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.300
 tells

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:32.519
 him

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.800
 to

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.460
 go

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.840
 and

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.300
 throw

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:35.500
 a

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.779
 hook

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.160
 and

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.300
 a

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.539
 coin

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.700
 will

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:37.840
 be

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:37.940
 in

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.060
 the

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.380
 fish's

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.600
 mouth

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.340
 right

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:40.440
 God

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.080
 ordains

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.680
 the

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.000
 fish

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:43.920
 not only

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.279
 that

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.240
 if we

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.620
 grumble

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.060
 against

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.279
 the

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.580
 weather

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.480
 we

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.759
 grumble

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.120
 against

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.380
 God

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.620
 because

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.920
 who's

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.060
 in

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.320
 control

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.440
 of

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.519
 the

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.740
 weather

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.580
 God

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:53.759
 he

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.279
 ordains

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.220
 volcanoes

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.619
 and

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.240
 tornadoes

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.339
 and

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.919
 hurricanes

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.339
 and

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.220
 droughts

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.599
 right

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.359
 all

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.919
 things

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.319
 is

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.559
 held

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.779
 by

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.079
 God

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.779
 and

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:03.960
 so

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.220
 I

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.539
 have

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.839
 with

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.099
 that

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.500
 just

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.679
 three

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.099
 application

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.460
 points

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.919
 the

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.259
 first

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.679
 is

00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:11.579
 if

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.740
 you

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:11.960
 have

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.279
 not

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.679
 trusted

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:12.879
 in

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.079
 God

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.299
 for

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.819
 salvation

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:15.639
 then

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.779
 you

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:15.879
 are

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.059
 headed

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.279
 for

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.559
 hell

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:21.899
 as

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.099
 is

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.379
 spoken

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.720
 of

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.119
 the

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.480
 love

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.659
 of

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:23.960
 God

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.419
 there

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:24.559
 is

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.960
 nothing

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.220
 that

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.419
 can

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.839
 separate

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.279
 us

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:28.200
 nor

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.839
 death

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.460
 nor

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.960
 famine

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.819
 nor

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.119
 things

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.259
 to

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.659
 come

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:34.779
 and

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:34.940
 for

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.259
 those

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.379
 who

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.480
 are

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.679
 not

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:35.799
 in

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.159
 Christ

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.399
 there

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.539
 is

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.940
 nothing

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.179
 that

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.379
 can

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.759
 separate

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.019
 you

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.200
 from

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.399
 the

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.700
 wrath

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:38.899
 of

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.119
 God

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:41.899
 if

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.079
 you

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.200
 are

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.399
 not

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.559
 in

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.879
 Christ

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.079
 I

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.359
 plead

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.559
 with

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.819
 you

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.779
 trust

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.119
 in

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.319
 his

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.619
 son

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.459
 trust

00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:48.599
 in

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.739
 his

00:26:48.739 --> 00:26:48.879
 son

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.059
 for

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.619
 salvation

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:52.659
 he

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:52.879
 sent

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.079
 his

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.259
 son

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.599
 because

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:53.819
 he

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.139
 loves

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.399
 you

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:58.679
 the

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:58.879
 second

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.159
 thing

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.500
 is

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.139
 if

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.279
 we

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.379
 are

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.579
 not

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.979
 trusting

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.199
 in

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.559
 God's

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.979
 sovereignty

00:27:02.979 --> 00:27:04.039
 and

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.199
 that

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:04.419
 his

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:04.859
 purposes

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.139
 are

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.519
 good

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.739
 then

00:27:06.739 --> 00:27:06.899
 we

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.079
 will

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.459
 fear

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:07.739
 his

00:27:07.739 --> 00:27:08.179
 sovereignty

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.859
 and

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.019
 what

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.139
 he

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.259
 is

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.500
 doing

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:13.299
 this

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.679
 would

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:13.939
 look

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:14.339
 like

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.939
 random

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.299
 things

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.700
 happening

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.160
 different

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.480
 things

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.580
 in

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:17.700
 our

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.039
 life

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.680
 like

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.340
 car

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.820
 breaking

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.259
 down

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.580
 family

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.200
 kids

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.059
 whatever

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.559
 happening

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:23.960
 we would

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.160
 just

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.700
 start

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.080
 having

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.580
 anxiety

00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:27.279
 right

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.680
 and we

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.039
 fear

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.640
 instead of

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.019
 trusting

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.420
 we must

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.799
 be like

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.180
 Job

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.539
 when

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.860
 God

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.180
 took

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.680
 everything

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.279
 he fell

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.660
 down

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:35.940
 and

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.140
 worshiped

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:40.340
 we

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:40.600
 must

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.080
 remember

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.720
 James

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.340
 words

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.920
 to

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.320
 consider

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.520
 it

00:27:43.520 --> 00:27:44.140
 pure

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.820
 joy

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.500
 in

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.060
 various

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.520
 trials

00:27:46.520 --> 00:27:47.660
 it

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.840
 would

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.120
 not

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.360
 be

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.700
 pure

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.180
 joy

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.840
 if

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:49.980
 we

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.180
 did

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.400
 not

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.720
 see

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.240
 God's

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.660
 hands

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.940
 in

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.080
 the

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.440
 trials

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.660
 that

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.800
 we

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:52.920
 are

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.300
 receiving

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:54.460
 are

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.600
 you

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.720
 in

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.020
 trials

00:27:55.020 --> 00:27:55.220
 right

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.480
 now

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.440
 that

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.560
 is

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:56.800
 because

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:56.980
 of

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.259
 God's

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.640
 ordaining

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:59.300
 that's

00:27:59.300 --> 00:27:59.460
 not

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.640
 by

00:27:59.640 --> 00:27:59.900
 any

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.100
 other

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.520
 means

00:28:00.520 --> 00:28:02.560
 consider

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:02.840
 it

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.500
 pure

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.220
 joy

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.799
 and

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.000
 it's

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 good

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 as

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 James

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 says

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 not

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.000
 only

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.220
 for

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.120
 perseverance

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.799
 but

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.000
 that

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.140
 you

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.279
 would

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.620
 remember

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.380
 that

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 it's

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 God's

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.460
 hands

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.240
 that's

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 in

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:13.500
 your

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.819
 life

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 and

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.420
 even

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.660
 in

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.100
 discipline

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.759
 we

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 must

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 remember

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 that

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 God

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.940
 disciplines

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.559
 those

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.799
 he

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 loves

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 if

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.680
 we

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:29.819
 do

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.019
 not

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.400
 worship

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 God

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 and

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 in

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 his

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 sovereignty

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 in

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 both

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 the

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 good

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 and

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 the

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 bad

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 we

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 will

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:36.980
 begin

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.199
 to

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 grumble

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 and

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 blame

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 God

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 for

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.319
 all

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.480
 the

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.779
 evils

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:39.919
 in

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.059
 our

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.319
 life

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.099
 and

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.220
 we

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.379
 will

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.759
 start

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 boasting

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.099
 ourselves

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.839
 to see

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 that

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 oh

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 I

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:45.639
 did

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 this

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.339
 no

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 no

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 we

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 must

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 trust

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 him

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.980
 wait

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.339
 upon

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 him

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.779
 we

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:53.980
 must

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 have

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 faith

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:54.899
 in

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.139
 him

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.559
 the

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.339
 third

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.599
 thing

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.799
 is

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 if

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:58.539
 we

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.659
 do

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.839
 not

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.039
 see

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.279
 that

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.659
 God

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.459
 is

00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:01.019
 sovereign

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.039
 in

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.839
 evangelism

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.939
 that

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.059
 he

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.199
 is

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.359
 the

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.659
 means

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:04.799
 and

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:04.959
 the

00:29:04.959 --> 00:29:05.439
 ends

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:05.720
 of

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.399
 evangelism

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.439
 then

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:07.959
 all

00:29:07.959 --> 00:29:08.240
 of

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.419
 the

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.919
 pressure

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.480
 will

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.639
 be

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:09.899
 upon

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.519
 ourselves

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:15.299
 God

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.740
 has

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.119
 ordained

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:18.220
 all

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.619
 things

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.199
 right

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:20.119
 as I've

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.299
 said

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.519
 throughout

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.720
 this

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:20.939
 entire

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.259
 sermon

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:24.339
 but

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.579
 he

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.799
 has

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.079
 called

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.379
 me

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.779
 and

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:25.899
 he

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.059
 has

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.480
 called

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.319
 you

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.559
 to

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.839
 preach

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.039
 his

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.299
 word

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.039
 right

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.460
 some

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.700
 might

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.059
 say

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.879
 well

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.200
 if

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.420
 God

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.579
 has

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.960
 ordained

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.359
 everything

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.639
 why

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:34.879
 doesn't

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.079
 God

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.279
 just

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.519
 save

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.899
 everyone

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:37.659
 or

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:37.879
 do

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.039
 I

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.299
 really

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.500
 need

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.639
 to

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:38.799
 go

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:38.960
 and

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.339
 preach

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.599
 if

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.799
 God

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:39.940
 will

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.139
 just

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.420
 save

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.619
 them

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.779
 yes

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.099
 you

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.259
 do

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.440
 need

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.559
 to

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.659
 go

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:42.799
 and

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.059
 preach

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.579
 because

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.879
 that

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.039
 is

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.420
 God's

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.839
 ways

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.879
 in

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.079
 the

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.299
 same

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.539
 way

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.740
 you

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:48.899
 need

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.059
 to

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.319
 pray

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.740
 also

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.279
 because

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.779
 in

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.379
 God's

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.740
 sovereign

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.240
 decree

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.819
 he

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.259
 acts

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.259


00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.680
 by

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.920
 your

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.399
 prayers

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.399


00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:59.080
 and

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.220
 he

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.840
 saves

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.400
 by

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.660
 you

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:00.980
 going

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.140
 and

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.480
 preaching

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.259
 God's

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.460
 ways

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.640
 are

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.060
 mysterious

00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:06.160
 but

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.360
 there

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.560
 should

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.740
 be

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.060
 no

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.580
 pressure

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.080
 that

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.240
 you

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.480
 put

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.780
 upon

00:30:08.780 --> 00:30:09.280
 yourself

00:30:09.280 --> 00:30:09.620
 for

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:09.880
 someone

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.160
 being

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.720
 saved

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.580
 because

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:12.800
 it

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:12.920
 is

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.280
 God

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:13.460
 that

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.680
 does

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.840
 the

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.120
 saving

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:17.259
 now

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.700
 a common

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.040
 reason

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.380
 that we

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.759
 don't

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.640
 evangelize

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.640
 or

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.840
 when

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:20.980
 the

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.440
 opportunity

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.700
 is

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.140
 preaching

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.900
 we

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.259
 feign

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.519
 from

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.700
 the

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.259
 opportunity

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.620
 is

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.900
 because

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.120
 of

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.440
 fear

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:27.420
 right

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:29.900
 as

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.460
 Christians

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.880
 and

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.340
 especially

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.700
 as a

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:31.940
 church

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.360
 plant

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.640
 the

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:33.960
 worst

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.160
 thing

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.320
 that

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.480
 we

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.640
 could

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:34.860
 do

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.140
 in

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.880
 evangelism

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.400
 if

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.580
 we're

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.000
 preaching

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.200
 the

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.400
 true

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.860
 gospel

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.100
 is

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.240
 do

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.560
 nothing

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:40.580
 failure

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:40.920
 in

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.560
 evangelism

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:41.800
 is

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.040
 doing

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.380
 nothing

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:44.920
 right

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.519
 you

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.759
 have

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:45.940
 the

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.120
 true

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.480
 gospel

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.660
 and

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.759
 you

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:46.940
 choose

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.060
 to

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.200
 do

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.540
 nothing

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:47.780
 with

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:47.980
 it

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.940
 you

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.140
 choose

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.320
 to

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.540
 sit

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:50.740
 with

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.960
 it

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:54.440
 that

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.700
 that

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:54.860
 is

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.140
 true

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.620
 failure

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.259
 rejection

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.580
 is

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:56.840
 not

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.240
 failure

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.400
 in

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.980
 evangelism

00:30:57.980 --> 00:31:00.720
 rejection

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.200
 saying

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.000
 maybe

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.140
 the

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.340
 next

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.519
 one

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.680
 we'll

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:02.880
 hear

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.000
 and

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.340
 receive

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:04.440
 right

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.539
 and

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.799
 so

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.100
 I

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.660
 encourage

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.900
 you

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:08.200
 as

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.360
 we

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.480
 are

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.779
 church

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.100
 blend

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:10.340
 don't

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:10.539
 preach

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.840
 God's

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.080
 word

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:12.880
 he's

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.120
 got

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.279
 you

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.400
 in

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.580
 his

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:13.880
 hands

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.220
 quite

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.680
 literally

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:17.860
 and

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.240
 with

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.440
 all

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.779
 that

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.920
 I

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.600
 want

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:21.700
 you

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:21.880
 guys

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.000
 to

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.279
 remember

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.539
 that

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.660
 the

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.620
 sky

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:23.860
 is

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.160
 bluer

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.560
 because

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.880
 God

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.000
 is

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.220
 working

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:27.120
 but

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.640
 I

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:27.840
 close

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:27.980
 with

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.140
 that