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 Well, it's a joy to be with you this morning as we open God's Word together.

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 Would you open up to 1 Corinthians chapter 10.

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! We're going to be looking at verses 1 through 14.

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 I experienced heavy fatigue, a strong fever, a long-lasting running nose.

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 But the worst of all my symptoms was that I experienced a complete loss of both my taste and my smell.

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 So eventually, most of my symptoms had subsided after about a week.

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 But my smell and my taste lagged behind.

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 So today, if I wake up and I'm having a good day, there may be about 70% of my function of smell and taste working.

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 And that's a really good day.

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 But on the bad days, it's only about 20%.

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 It is a very alarming thing to lose trust in these senses.

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 Countless decisions that I rarely thought about depend on these abilities.

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 But the new reality for me is that I can no longer trust my own evaluation of food or smell.

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 You see, I can't tell if cookies in the oven are burnt.

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 And I can't tell if a diaper needs to be changed.

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 Well, thankfully, we have passed that season as parents as of just a little while ago.

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 But one thing is very important for us to think about.

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 So in the light of me losing this sense, I've had to retrain my own mind to not trust what I perceive to be natural to me.

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 So when I wake up in the morning, there's no meter that says,

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 Ernie, you're going to feel this amount of taste or this amount of smell.

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 Rather, I am completely unaware until I start tasting food.

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 So this morning, we are going to be reminded of something that is similar,

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 but has a greater impact on how we perceive what is natural to us.

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 See, there's a malfunctioning part of our being according to God's word,

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 and the consequences are much more significant than what food do I allow myself to digest.

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 The Bible is clear that what has gone astray is actually that which comes from within.

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 You see, it's our own hearts that have been impacted by the allure and the embrace of sin.

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 The Bible is filled with all sorts of warnings about the nature of a drifting heart.

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 Jesus said what defiles a person is what comes forth from out of the heart.

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 And this is what our daily experiences teach us as well.

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 We respond to our circumstances based on the things that we value inside of our hearts.

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 We plan for the future based on the treasures that we store up in our hearts.

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 And we even choose our entertainment based on the things that we find beautiful and delightful to our hearts.

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 And when the heart goes astray from the Lord,

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 it knows no other direction but to set its course towards the ever-active pursuits and the desires of the flesh.

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 Listen to a few warnings before we get to our passage.

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 Jeremiah 17 verse 9 says,

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 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it's beyond cure.

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 Who can understand it?

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 Matthew 15 verse 19,

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 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander.

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 And finally, in 1 Peter 2, we read this,

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 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh,

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 which wage war against your soul.

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 So, this morning, as we open God's word,

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 we are called to sober reflection, brothers and sisters.

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 We are called to consider our own hearts

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 and their potential for drifting to the lesser pleasures

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 rather than the all-satisfying worth of God that we experience through the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Okay, let's go ahead and read our passage in 1 Corinthians 10 this morning.

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 God's word says this,

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 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,

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 that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

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 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

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 and all ate the same spiritual food,

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 and all drank the same spiritual drink.

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 For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them,

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 and the rock was Christ.

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 Nevertheless, with most of them, God was not pleased,

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 for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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 Now, these things took place as examples for us.

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 That we might not desire evil as they did.

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 Do not be idolaters as some of them were.

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 As it is written,

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 the people sat down to eat and to drink,

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 and they rose up to play.

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 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did,

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 and 23,000 fell in a single day.

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 We must not put Christ to the test,

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 as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

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 Nor grumble as some of them did and were destroyed by the destroyer.

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 Now, these things happened to them as an example,

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 but they were written down for our instruction,

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 on whom the end of the ages has come.

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 Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands

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 take heed lest he fall.

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 No temptation has overtaken you

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 that is not common to man.

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 God is faithful.

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 And he will not allow,

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 he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability,

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 but with the temptation,

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 he will also provide the way of escape

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 that you may be able to endure it.

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 Therefore, my beloved,

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 flee from idolatry.

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh, Father, we love you this morning.

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 We express our dependence by humbly listening to your word.

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 Lord, we need direction so that you would satisfy our hearts.

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 Lord, our hearts know no greater treasure

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 and no greater value than what we see

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 when we experience the love that you've shown to us in Christ.

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 And so this morning,

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 would you bring fresh clarity to our minds?

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 Would you help us to guard against the deceitful way of the heart?

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 And we pray that, God,

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 you would revive our hearts

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 and give us new courage

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 for walking in obedience.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So as you may be aware,

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 Paul, in the book of 1 Corinthians,

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 is addressing the church from the early 50s,

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 from the city of Ephesus that he's writing from.

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 This happened during his third missionary journey,

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 and for around 18 months,

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 the gospel was proclaimed to this city by Paul,

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 along with Aquila and Priscilla

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 and the good news of Jesus Christ,

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 crucified, risen, and resurrected,

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 was received by this New Testament church.

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 But much like our context in America,

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 the surrounding culture of Corinth was corrupt

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 with materialism, positioning for prominence,

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 and pagan practices of sexuality.

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 The Corinthians, greatly influenced

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 by their surrounding culture,

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 invited significant compromise into the body.

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 In fact, some of the strongest words of the New Testament

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 are directed towards these Corinthians,

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 who were also divided by quests

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 for worldly prominence and gain,

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 and compromised by their pursuit of the flesh.

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 You see, they had lost their ability

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 for resisting the flesh,

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 so much that Paul says at the beginning

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 of chapter 3 of this book.

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 He says,

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 But I, brothers, could not address you

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 as spiritual people,

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 but as people of the flesh,

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 as infants in Christ.

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 Their infancy was defined

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 by their fleshly association.

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 And while these types of strong words

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 are all throughout 1 Corinthians,

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 we are reminded that even

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 in the dangerous state of drift,

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 Paul expresses great confidence

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 in the grace of God

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 that served as the anchor of hope

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 for this church.

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 See, though they are weak in their practice,

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 the grace of God is abundantly sufficient

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 to lead them in paths of righteousness

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 for His name's sake.

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 In chapter 1, Paul writes this,

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 I give thanks to my God always for you

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 because of the grace of God

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 that was given you in Christ Jesus.

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 that in every way you are enriched in Him

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 in all speech and in all knowledge.

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 So, we pick up in chapter 10

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 as Paul provides words of warning then

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 for this church.

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 And they follow three basic points

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 that we will consider this morning

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 in our gathering.

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 Here are the three points

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 if you're taking notes.

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 Number one,

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 our shared history

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 of misdirected hearts.

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 Number two,

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 drifting hearts in action.

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 And number three,

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 how God's faithfulness

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 overcomes the tempted heart.

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 In consideration of our first point,

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 our shared history

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 of misguided hearts,

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 Paul directs us

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 towards a brief history

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 of God's people

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 in the post-Egypt

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 exilic wandering

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 in the wilderness.

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 Why does Paul want the Corinthians

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 to remember the exile experience?

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 Well, it's more than just

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 a historical knowledge

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 that Paul is after.

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 He begins to answer this question

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 in verse 1 of our text.

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 He says this,

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 For I do not want you

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 to be unaware, brothers,

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 that your fathers

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 were all under the cloud.

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 Paul appeals to the Corinthians

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 by calling them

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 to a state of alertness.

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 They have struggled

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 resisting sinful patterns

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 because they have been careless,

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 they have been groggy,

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 they have been unconcerned

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 and far from alert.

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 The phrase which Paul uses

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 in verse 1,

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 I do not want you

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 to be unaware,

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 is captured in some translations

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 a little differently.

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 And he says in these translations,

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 I want you to be aware.

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 But I think the former

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 is actually more helpful

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 because the same root word

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 which we derive

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 the word agnostic from

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 is the one that Paul uses.

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 And to be an agnostic,

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 as we know,

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 means to be without knowledge.

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 So Paul does not mean

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 just an intellectual knowledge,

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 like I said already.

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 Rather, the knowledge

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 that he speaks of

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 is the type that recognizes

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 warnings from the past.

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 See, the danger of the past

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 is meant to awaken

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 the Corinthians,

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 and it's also intended

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 to waken us up,

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 and particularly

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 any of us

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 who are prone

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 to slumbering.

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 We also see that

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 in order to move

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 from knowledge

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 towards application,

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 the Corinthian church

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 is called to identify

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 the fathers

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 with themselves.

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 This is really important

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 for us to recognize

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 because by way of

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 our identification

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 as God's people,

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 we are called

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 to do

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 the same.

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 These are

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 our fathers,

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 and these

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 are our brothers,

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 and also

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 our sisters

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 who were called

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 to wander

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 in the wilderness

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 because of unbelief.

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 It's helpful

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 to remember

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 that the Corinthian church

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 was not Jewish

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 by lineage,

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 just like we are.

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 Paul is saying

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 that there is

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 a union

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 that we share

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 with God's people

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 which transcends

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 bloodlines.

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 So,

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 their training

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 is our training,

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 their failures,

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 are our failures,

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 and the same ones

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 that our hearts

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 will be inclined

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 towards.

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 It's like

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 when we go

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 to the doctor

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 and for your

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 annual checkup,

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 the doctor

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 provides a long

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 list of questions

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 about the history

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 of health

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 in your family.

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 So,

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 if he discovers

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 that there

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 is a genetic line

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 that traces cancer

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 back a few generations,

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 then he is going

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 to provide

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 some very firm

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 warning and directions

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 about how to guard

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 against that danger.

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 To do otherwise

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 would be disastrous.

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 So,

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 what Paul is helping us

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 to see here

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 is that without knowledge,

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 either by a lack

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 of familiarity

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 with the biblical past,

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 or

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 to be those

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 who have knowledge

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 but do not apply

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 the warnings

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 of that knowledge

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 to our heart

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 situation,

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 well,

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 that would be

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 to embrace

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 biblical foolishness

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 and infancy.

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 Let's continue on

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 in verses 2 and 3.

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 It says this,

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 our fathers

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 were all

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 under

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 the cloud

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 and all

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 passed

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 through the sea

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 and all

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 were baptized

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 into Moses

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 in the cloud

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 and in the sea

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 and all

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 ate the same

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 spiritual food.

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 See,

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 God's people

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 had experiences

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 that would have

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 seemed

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 to prevent

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 them

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 from falling

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 away

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 from faith

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 in the living

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 God.

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 They had

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 a unified

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 experience,

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 didn't they?

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 The young

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 and the old,

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 the strong

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 and the weak,

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 none of the people

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 of Israel

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 escaped

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 the powerful

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 demonstration

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 of God's

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 mighty deeds

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 amongst them.

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 In fact,

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 during this period,

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 God's people

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 still bore

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 scars

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 from slavery

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 that they were

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 delivered from.

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 Their own

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 eyes had

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 witnessed

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 the cries

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 and the

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 devastation

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 from Egyptian

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 parents

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 who grieved

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 when their

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 firstborns

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 were struck

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 down.

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 They knew

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 what it was

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 like to feel

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 dry grains

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 of sand

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 upon their

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 sandals

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 in the middle

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 of the Red

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 Sea

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 and to see

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 the cloud

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 of the Lord

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 leave day

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 after day.

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 And yet,

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 these people,

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 these fathers

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 of ours,

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 though unified

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 died in

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 experiences

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 and witnessing

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 the great

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.460
 acts of the

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 Lord wrongfully

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 trusted in

00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.440
 their experiences

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.759
 while their

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.680
 hearts were

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.240
 absent of

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 faith.

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 So,

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 Hebrews 4,

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 1,

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 a familiar

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 passage,

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 says,

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 therefore,

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 while the

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 promise of

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 entering

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 his rest

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 still stands,

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 let us

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 fear,

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 lest any

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 of you

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 should seem

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 to have

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 failed to

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 reach it.

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 For good

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 news came

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 to us

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 just as

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 to them,

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 but the

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 message that

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 they heard

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 did not

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 benefit them,

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 because they

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 were not

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 united by

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 faith with

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 those who

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 listened.

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 And furthermore,

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 lest we

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 mistakenly assume

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 that the

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 Israelites

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 failed to

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.480
 walk by

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.799
 faith because

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.580
 they didn't

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:54.019
 experience the

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 same hope in

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 Christ that

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 we do,

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 there's some

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.180
 clarity that

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 Paul helps

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 us to

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:01.019
 arrive at

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.600
 in verse

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 4.

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 It says

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 this,

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 for they

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 drank from

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 the spiritual

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:08.399
 rock that

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 followed them,

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 and the

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 rock was

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 Christ.

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 See, there

00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:14.920
 are differences

00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.759
 of opinion

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.839
 regarding what

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.980
 Paul here

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 means regarding

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.720
 the rock of

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 Christ.

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 There was a

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:21.920
 rabbinic

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.639
 tradition that

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 taught there

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 was at some

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 point a

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 literal rock,

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 maybe that

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 bookended the

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 beginning and

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 the end of

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 the exile

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.799
 experience,

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 that provided

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.799
 a literal

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.720
 fountain of

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 water.

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 But I tend

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 to agree

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.039
 with some

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.639
 others who

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 assert that

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 this is a

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.680
 reference to

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 a type of

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.500
 the Lord's

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.420
 supper meal

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.379
 that is

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.019
 spiritually

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:46.420
 symbolized

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:48.220
 during their

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.940
 time in the

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.279
 wilderness.

00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.460
 See, this

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.440
 idea fits well

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.059
 with Paul's

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.700
 discussion of

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.220
 the Lord's

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.879
 supper later

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.259
 in the

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.619
 chapter.

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 And on

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.839
 either account,

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.920
 what is being

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.200
 communicated here

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.460
 is one

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.500
 important thing.

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:03.180
 A communal

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.119
 experience,

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.920
 even of the

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.619
 ministry of

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.960
 Christ, does

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.920
 not prevent

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.420
 hearts that

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:12.319
 can drift

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.359
 towards

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:15.079
 unbelief if

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.700
 our hearts

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.380
 are not

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:18.440
 engaged with

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.940
 the Lord.

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.240
 It was for

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.900
 this reason

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:23.079
 that Paul says

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.799
 in verse 6,

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.500
 nevertheless,

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.859
 with most of

00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.599
 them God was

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.359
 not pleased,

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.420
 for they were

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:30.059
 overthrown in

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.539
 the wilderness.

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.500
 So let's

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.319
 take a quick

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.319
 minute here

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.740
 to reflect

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.460
 on the

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.720
 nature of

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.099
 our own

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.480
 hearts.

00:20:39.679 --> 00:20:40.799
 You little

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.419
 ones who

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.079
 are listening,

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.599
 your experience

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.460
 growing up

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.279
 with parents

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.179
 that love

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:47.980
 the Lord,

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.740
 God's word

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.559
 says that

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.399
 experience

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:53.079
 is not

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.700
 enough.

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.539
 Coming to

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.119
 church and

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.859
 being surrounded

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.700
 by other

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.940
 believing friends

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.759
 and adults

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:01.559
 will not

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.559
 save your

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:02.980
 soul.

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.740
 There is a

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:06.160
 danger to

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.920
 our souls

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.700
 to think

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.559
 otherwise.

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:09.960
 And adults

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.759
 finding a

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.559
 church that

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.079
 has expository

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.539
 reform teaching

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.640
 that we

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.220
 enjoy,

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:16.859
 that's a

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:18.019
 wonderful gift.

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.799
 But it is a

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.440
 terrible

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:22.119
 parachute to

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.879
 rely on.

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.160
 And it

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:25.059
 too can have

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.779
 disastrous

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.619
 consequences

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.799
 if it

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.519
 exists to

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.480
 serve your

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:31.019
 comforts

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.920
 rather than

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.559
 to drive

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.059
 you to

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.720
 the hope

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.359
 of your

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.220
 salvation,

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.240
 namely

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.839
 Christ

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.379
 himself.

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.819
 See,

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.139
 we have

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.700
 all sat

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.259
 through

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.039
 great

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.740
 sermons

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.139
 and been

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.900
 led by

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.559
 great

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:45.339
 Christ-exalting

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.839
 worship

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.440
 and yet

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.920
 have had

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.460
 hearts

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.420
 that were

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.920
 hardened

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.460
 by the

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.200
 deceitfulness

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.960
 of sin.

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.440
 I certainly

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.859
 have.

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.659
 this is a

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.019
 warning,

00:21:56.199 --> 00:21:56.759
 brothers and

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.240
 sisters,

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.240
 and let

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.240
 this warning

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:01.379
 have its

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:03.019
 effect by

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.299
 awakening us

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.299
 from a

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.679
 deep

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.679
 slumbering

00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:08.699
 fog and

00:22:08.699 --> 00:22:09.819
 confidence in

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.299
 our own

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.000
 circumstances.

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.339
 Point number

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.819
 two,

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.959
 drifting hearts

00:22:14.959 --> 00:22:15.740
 in action.

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.699
 Verse seven

00:22:18.699 --> 00:22:19.319
 says this,

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.839
 do not be

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:21.159
 idolaters as

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:21.720
 some of

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.359
 them were,

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.960
 as it is

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.240
 written.

00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:24.839
 The people

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.439
 sat down

00:22:25.439 --> 00:22:26.019
 to eat

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.179
 and to

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:28.019
 drink and

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.799
 they rose

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.579
 up to

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.000
 play.

00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:32.039
 The

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.639
 circumstances

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.299
 that Paul

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.379
 is describing

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.759
 here point

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.419
 us back to

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.859
 the covenant

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.700
 relationship

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:39.319
 between Yahweh

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.279
 and Israel

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:42.139
 established in

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.480
 the Old

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.939
 Testament,

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.200
 particularly

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.559
 Exodus 24

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.819
 through 32.

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.619
 Now this

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.399
 is a

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.859
 sobering

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.519
 scene which

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.119
 Paul is

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.599
 referencing.

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:54.919
 The people

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.440
 of God

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.200
 have agreed

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.940
 to keep

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.639
 the covenant

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.240
 of the

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.619
 Lord,

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.599
 and the

00:22:59.599 --> 00:22:59.980
 covenant

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.039
 is confirmed

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:02.159
 by the

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.539
 shedding

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.899
 of covenant

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.639
 blood.

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.619
 Just listen

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.700
 to chapter

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.740
 24 in

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.539
 verse 6.

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.259
 Moses took

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.899
 half of the

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.379
 blood and

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.819
 he put it

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.200
 in the

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.779
 basins,

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.940
 and half

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.179
 of the

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:15.539
 blood he

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.139
 threw

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.920
 against the

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.240
 altar.

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.099
 Then he

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.460
 took the

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.779
 book of

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.200
 the covenant

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.659
 and he

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.159
 read it

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.460
 in the

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.619
 hearing of

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 the people

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.539
 and they

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.079
 said,

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.599
 all that

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.359
 the Lord

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.279
 has said,

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.339
 all that

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.619
 the Lord

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.220
 has spoken

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 we will

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.039
 do,

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.279
 and we

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.899
 will be

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.559
 obedient.

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:34.960
 You can

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.680
 almost hear

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.480
 or imagine

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.299
 the confidence

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.099
 by which

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.039
 the people

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.680
 of God

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.859
 spoke these

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.279
 words.

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.059
 And Moses

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.519
 took the

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.399
 blood and

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:44.839
 he threw

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.519
 it on the

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.279
 people and

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.740
 he said,

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.519
 behold the

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.240
 blood of

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.759
 the covenant

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.920
 of the

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:52.359
 Lord that

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.720
 he has

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.220
 made with

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.759
 you in

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.200
 accordance

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.980
 with all

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 these words.

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.700
 So what

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.460
 happens next

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.779
 in this

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.359
 account is

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.700
 not a

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.500
 surprise to

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.940
 most of

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.160
 you.

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.000
 Moses

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.579
 delayed

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.000
 from

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.599
 returning

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.599
 from Mount

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.720
 Sinai where

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.160
 he had

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.900
 encountered

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.700
 the glory

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.680
 of the

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:08.980
 Lord.

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.599
 God

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.660
 and

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.460
 as he

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.720
 does

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:11.960
 so,

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.640
 the people

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.819
 demand

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.740
 to

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.259
 Aaron

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.940
 that

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.339
 Aaron

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.599
 would

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.099
 fashion

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.480
 for

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.039
 themselves

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.720
 idols

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.880
 out of

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.460
 the spoil

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.079
 that God

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.079
 had previously

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.700
 given into

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.319
 their hands.

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.220
 So in

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.819
 doing so,

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.420
 their hearts

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.900
 are swept

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.059
 away towards

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.160
 the desires

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.599
 of the

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.019
 flesh.

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:31.839
 See,

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.180
 they have

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.640
 abandoned

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.539
 worship of

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.019
 the one

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.960
 true God

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.259
 and they

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.400
 have

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.840
 turned

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.660
 towards

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.519
 satisfaction

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.640
 in

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.259
 food

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.299
 and in

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.880
 playful

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.660
 entertainment.

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.059
 Paul

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.079
 continues on

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.840
 to elaborate

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.500
 on some

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.380
 other examples

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.440
 of the

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.980
 misguided

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.480
 heart

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.660
 amongst

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.140
 the people

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.680
 of Israel.

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:52.960
 In

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.620
 verse 8,

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.079
 he says,

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.799
 we must

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.840
 not indulge

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.480
 in sexual

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.299
 immorality

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.539
 as some

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.860
 of them

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.240
 did,

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:01.960
 and 23,000

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.279
 fell

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.319
 in a

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.639
 single

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.039
 day.

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:06.960
 Now,

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.339
 how did

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:09.279
 23,000

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.839
 people

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.419
 fall

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.659
 in one

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.519
 day?

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.960
 Well,

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.220
 it was

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.019
 not because

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.559
 the people

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.039
 of Israel

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.559
 were not

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.079
 properly

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.759
 trained

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.819
 for battle.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.200
 It was

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.819
 not because

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.339
 they didn't

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.119
 have enough

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.899
 evidence

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:25.359
 that God

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.339
 was powerful

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.139
 enough

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:28.939
 to destroy

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.960
 any enemies

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.700
 in opposition.

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.639
 No,

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.039
 rather,

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.579
 they saw

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.299
 the attractive

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.559
 of the

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.019
 daughters

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.919
 of Moab,

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.839
 and they

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.379
 measured

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.859
 on the

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.240
 scale

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.859
 of human

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.559
 desire

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.240
 whether

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.799
 God's

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.379
 glory

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.740
 among

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.000
 the

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.539
 nations

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.919
 or the

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.500
 fleeting

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.259
 pleasures

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.440
 of a

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.180
 one-night

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.799
 encounter

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.740
 was of

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.159
 more

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.819
 worth

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.819
 and value.

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.879
 See,

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.399
 that scale

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.980
 should not

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.440
 be a

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.819
 difficult

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.339
 one

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.419
 for us

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:58.339
 to balance

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.180
 and measure.

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.960
 But how

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.620
 dark

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.380
 are the

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.420
 recesses

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.200
 of the

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.799
 wayward

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.380
 heart.

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.700
 The

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.120
 warning

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.759
 here is

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.240
 a warning

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.880
 not because

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.200
 it is

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.460
 some

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.320
 far-off

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:10.799
 danger

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.120
 that

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.519
 happened

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.779
 to

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.279
 them,

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.759
 but rather

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.500
 a grave

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.019
 warning

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.420
 for us

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.700
 because our

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.860
 own hearts

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:20.000
 can

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.080
 and at

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:22.100
 times do

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:23.080
 drift

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.779
 towards

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.539
 the lesser

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.100
 pleasures

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.159
 of the

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.559
 world.

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.279
 Paul

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.879
 provides

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.359
 one

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.859
 additional

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.419
 example

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.819
 in our

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.199
 text

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:32.639
 in verses

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.559
 9 and

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:33.959
 10.

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.399
 He says,

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.019
 we must

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.699
 not put

00:26:37.699 --> 00:26:38.439
 Christ

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:39.139
 to the

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.679
 test

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:41.099
 as

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.559
 some

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.980
 of them

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.480
 did

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.699
 and were

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.399
 destroyed

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.039
 by

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.819
 serpents

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.459
 nor

00:26:46.459 --> 00:26:47.199
 grumble

00:26:47.199 --> 00:26:48.339
 as some

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.679
 of them

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.059
 did

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.579
 and were

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.319
 destroyed

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.839
 by the

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.579
 destroyer.

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.359
 So we

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.059
 can remember

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.579
 many

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.059
 different

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.579
 examples

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.159
 in this

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.619
 period

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.220
 in which

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.819
 the

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.220
 people

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.439
 of

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:58.859
 Israel

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.519
 grumbled

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.519
 and complained.

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.919
 At the

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.379
 waters

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.179
 of Marah,

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.699
 the people

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.179
 of Israel

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.899
 responded

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.659
 to thirst

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:07.099
 with great

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.639
 grumbling

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.599
 and it

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.059
 was just

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:10.299
 three days

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.779
 after walking

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.299
 through

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.379
 the middle

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.919
 of the

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.419
 Red Sea.

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.379
 In Exodus

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.199
 16,

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.699
 in the

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:17.980
 wilderness

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.699
 of sin,

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:20.119
 only 45

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.539
 days removed

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.960
 from the

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.439
 Red Sea.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:25.340
 the

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:25.779
 people

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.420
 again

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.000
 expressed

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.620
 disdain

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:27.880
 to

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.240
 Moses

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.400
 and to

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.580
 the

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:29.920
 Lord

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.180
 and

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.340
 what

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.519
 they

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.920
 said

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.259
 was

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.779
 they

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.340
 were

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:35.420
 terribly

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.200
 desiring

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.680
 the

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.220
 Egyptian

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.700
 meat

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.059
 pots

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.340
 that

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.700
 used

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.340
 to

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.600
 fill

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.920
 them

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.840
 and

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.080
 their

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.799
 request

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.080
 to

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.860
 Moses

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.799
 or

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.080
 their

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:45.000
 complaint

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.259
 to

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.600
 Moses

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.640
 was that

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:46.799
 they

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.340
 didn't

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.799
 even

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.079
 have

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.240
 a

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.639
 chance

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:48.919
 to

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.359
 die

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:49.899
 in

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.079
 the

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.359
 brutal

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.859
 land

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.399
 of

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.919
 captivity.

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.599
 So

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:53.879
 do we

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.319
 see the

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.679
 point

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:54.959
 that

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.359
 Paul

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.779
 here

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.039
 is

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.480
 making?

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.139
 Our

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.899
 complaints

00:27:58.899 --> 00:28:00.199
 and our

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.740
 groaning

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.399
 over our

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.899
 temporary

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:03.019
 circumstance

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.039
!

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.339
 imply

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.159
 that

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.720
 Christ

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.740
 is not

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.559
 enough.

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.359
 Maybe

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.099
 he appears

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.599
 to be

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.159
 enough

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.299
 to you

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.480
 when things

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.039
 are going

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.539
 well.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.859
 But as

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.420
 soon as

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.000
 the hunger

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.579
 pains

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.159
 begin

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:19.180
 or when

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.000
 the thirst

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.680
 of hard

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.559
 circumstances

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.559
 arrives at

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.099
 our door,

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.019
 then the

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.460
 worth of

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.859
 Christ

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.579
 is placed

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.519
 back

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.159
 on the

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.579
 scale

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.359
 for

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.859
 testing.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.599
 Which

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.200
 desire

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.899
 has

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.359
 greater

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.460
 supremacy

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:35.119
 in our

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.579
 hearts?

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.759
 Our

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.299
 idols

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.299
 or the

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.700
 God

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:38.920
 who

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.480
 called

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.980
 us

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.399
 out

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:41.180
 of the

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.480
 great

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.980
 darkness

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.299
 and into

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.960
 his

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.480
 marvelous

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.099
 light.

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.019
 So the

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.500
 heart is

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.920
 capable

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:49.200
 of this

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.660
 you might

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.079
 ask.

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.539
 Yes,

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.839
 it is.

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.860
 The

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.480
 testing of

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.960
 the Lord's

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.559
 worth is

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.220
 not so

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.000
 far from

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.500
 us as

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.980
 we would

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.380
 hope.

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.620
 In

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:58.940
 these

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.500
 examples

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.579
 we're

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.039
 reminded

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.099
 to be

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.079
 aware

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.860
 of where

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.420
 our hearts

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.180
 can go

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.500
 in all

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.240
 types of

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.940
 circumstances.

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.819
 In

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.099
 some

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.799
 circumstances

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:12.160
 our hearts

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.079
 respond to

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.700
 trials

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.980
 by turning

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.640
 to idols

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.860
 of comfort.

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.860
 In

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.220
 others

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.259
 we respond

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.720
 to

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.400
 abundance

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.519
 with the

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.940
 idol

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.380
 of

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.799
 self

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.819
 dependence.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.640
 And in

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:26.860
 other

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.640
 circumstances

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.600
 we respond

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.259
 to God's

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.840
 great

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.660
 demonstration

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.980
 of his

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.519
 power

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.519
 with

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.840
 self

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.400
 confidence

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.960
 and pride.

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.960
 God's

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.519
 heart

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.340
 So the

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:39.000
 case has

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.640
 been made

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.360
 from God's

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.900
 word this

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.500
 morning that

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.079
 the human

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.400
 heart is

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:45.100
 an unreliable

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.579
 and unstable

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.840
 foundation

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:49.059
 to depend

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.380
 on.

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.980
 And it is.

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.259
 We must

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.079
 not move

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.819
 forward so

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.700
 quickly that

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.259
 we do not

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.980
 give weighty

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.720
 consideration

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.900
 to the

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.400
 condition

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.480
 of our

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.079
 own hearts.

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:02.279
 verse 12

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.899
 says

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.859
 therefore

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.779
 in other

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.480
 words here

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.259
 comes the

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.220
 response that

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.379
 Paul provides

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.539
 in light of

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.720
 all of these

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:13.059
 grave warnings.

00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:14.579
 He says

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.439
 let anyone

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.220
 who thinks

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.619
 that he

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.159
 stand

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:18.279
 take heed

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.639
 lest he

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.019
 fall.

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.480
 So be

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.000
 vigilant

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.159
 brothers and

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.559
 sisters.

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:26.059
 Be not

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.019
 slumbering

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.400
 and be

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.819
 not

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.119
 overconfident

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.279
 in your

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.119
 own heart.

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.019
 Let me

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.619
 ask you

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:34.960
 this.

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.539
 Where does

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.000
 your heart

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.379
 go when

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.099
 God has

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.500
 brought

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.119
 abundance?

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.059
 Is it

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.639
 to self

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.519
 satisfaction?

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.839
 Does the

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.440
 guard on

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.200
 your heart

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.839
 drop as

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.379
 if you

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.119
 have landed

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.599
 in the

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.059
 land of

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.539
 safety

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.900
 just after

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.299
 a week

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.119
 of good

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.519
 family

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.220
 devotions?

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.259
 Do you

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.980
 at times

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.960
 excuse

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.860
 yourself

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.960
 from

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.819
 transparency

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.840
 with the

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.559
 brothers and

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.039
 sisters,

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.880
 the saints

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.220
 who are

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.259
 called to

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.860
 help you

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:06.340
 guard against

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.240
 the deceitfulness

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.039
 of sin

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.140
 according to

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:10.079
 Hebrews 3?

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.160
 Or where

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.840
 do you go

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.220
 when the

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.759
 Lord has

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.220
 removed his

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.640
 earthly

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.400
 comforts?

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.759
 So

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.059
 brothers and

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.440
 sisters,

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.420
 do we have

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.279
 anywhere to

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.600
 go for

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.039
 hope?

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.900
 Not from

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.340
 our own

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.819
 hearts,

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.400
 but praise

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.799
 be to

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.240
 God in

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.660
 our third

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.100
 point,

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.799
 he has

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.380
 not left

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.220
 us without

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.779
 abundant

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.279
 hope.

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.680
 How God's

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.360
 faithfulness

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:37.240
 overcomes

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.980
 the tempted

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.440
 heart.

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.940
 Notice

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:41.019
 verse 13,

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.640
 it says

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.759
 no temptation,

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:45.180
 no temptation

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.440
 has overtaken

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.660
 you which

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.259
 is not

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.240
 common to

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.600
 man.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.819
 God is

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.880
 faithful,

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:54.620
 and he

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.180
 will not

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.040
 allow you

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:56.360
 to be

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.760
 tempted

00:31:56.760 --> 00:31:57.340
 beyond

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.600
 your

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.120
 ability,

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.940
 but with

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.140
 the

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.700
 temptation,

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:01.000
 he will

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.620
 also

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.420
 provide

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:04.080
 the way

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.360
 of escape

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.440
 so that

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.280
 you may

00:32:07.280 --> 00:32:07.820
 be able

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.520
 to endure

00:32:08.520 --> 00:32:08.900
 it.

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.560
 See,

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.460
 Paul uses

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.860
 two negating

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:14.300
 words in

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:15.260
 verse 13

00:32:15.260 --> 00:32:16.360
 that

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.900
 essentially

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.180
 cancel each

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.680
 other out.

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.320
 He could have

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.980
 said a little

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.619
 differently,

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.460
 the temptations

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.220
 which have

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.779
 come upon

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.359
 you are

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.200
 common to

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.500
 man.

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.779
 He knows

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.480
 how many

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.720
 times the

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.419
 evil one

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.659
 has distracted

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.359
 your heart

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.419
 from seeing

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:35.639
 God glorified

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.639
 through obedience.

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.379
 He knows

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.839
 that this

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.460
 week it

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.079
 may have

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.679
 felt like

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:42.240
 500 times

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.220
 you were

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.480
 tempted to

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.599
 drift towards

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:47.099
 this temptation

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.539
 that you

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.980
 faced.

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.480
 And it

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.120
 is very

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.920
 clear in

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.500
 this verse

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.519
 that he

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.339
 wants us

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.980
 to know

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.279
 that he

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.799
 knows.

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.059
 You see,

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.819
 it is because

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:00.000
 he knows

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.519
 that we

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.920
 can and

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.640
 we should

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:05.019
 have hope.

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.980
 His

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.720
 knowledge of

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.380
 our sin

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.380
 has compelled

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.380
 and has

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:11.279
 moved his

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.180
 heart in

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:13.019
 such a way

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.980
 to show

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.460
 us

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.759
 compassionate

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:17.200
 and gracious

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.440
 loving

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.240
 shepherding

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.940
 care.

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.960
 Remember

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.940
 that as

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.660
 we failed

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.559
 over and

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.559
 over in

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.799
 our

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.620
 temptations

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.580
 so much

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.120
 so that

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.580
 the Bible

00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:29.700
 says we

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.480
 were dead

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.120
 in the

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.980
 trespasses

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.680
 of our

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.080
 sin.

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.160
 It was

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.779
 at that

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.860
 time that

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.660
 God sent

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.720
 forth his

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.680
 own son.

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.039
 We know

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.539
 from this

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:43.420
 text a

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.299
 couple very

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.819
 important

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.359
 things.

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.440
 So let's

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.139
 take one

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.879
 more look

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.659
 at this

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.139
 phrase

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:53.599
 which says

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.980
 this,

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.279
 God is

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.579
 faithful.

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.500
 See,

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.240
 Paul has a

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.159
 very specific

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:01.399
 point in

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:02.099
 drawing us

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.700
 to the

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.659
 faithfulness

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.599
 of the

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.000
 Father.

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.980
 Faithfulness

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.680
 is a

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.440
 mark of

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.279
 consistency.

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.320
 That's how

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.900
 we normally

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.599
 think of

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.259
 faithfulness.

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.040
 but it's

00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:13.660
 also a

00:34:13.660 --> 00:34:14.860
 picture of

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.460
 one who

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.900
 has a

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.060
 record of

00:34:17.060 --> 00:34:17.500
 fulfilling

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.860
 the promises

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.200
 that have

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:21.100
 been made.

00:34:22.020 --> 00:34:22.460
 So Paul

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.880
 is not

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.780
 saying that

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.760
 you in

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.780
 this verse

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.520
 have great

00:34:26.520 --> 00:34:28.340
 abilities to

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.720
 overcome

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.360
 temptation,

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.160
 but rather

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.620
 that the

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:32.600
 one who

00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.300
 has always

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.920
 kept his

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.300
 promises will

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.040
 keep them

00:34:36.040 --> 00:34:37.440
 again and

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.880
 he has

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.320
 promised to

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.060
 bring help

00:34:40.060 --> 00:34:40.840
 in your

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.320
 temptation.

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:43.020
 as you

00:34:43.020 --> 00:34:43.560
 fix your

00:34:43.560 --> 00:34:44.300
 eyes on

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.960
 the promise

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.300
 keeper

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.900
 himself,

00:34:46.060 --> 00:34:46.620
 the faithful

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.000
 one,

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.280
 God will

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.060
 lead you

00:34:49.060 --> 00:34:50.300
 towards the

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.960
 way of

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.440
 escape.

00:34:52.080 --> 00:34:52.780
 The way

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.220
 of escape

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.660
 is not

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.360
 some trap

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.080
 door that

00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.460
 we are

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.880
 just to

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.500
 look really

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.400
 hard for

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.520
 in temptation.

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.620
 No,

00:34:59.660 --> 00:34:59.940
 the way

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.460
 of escape

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.560
 is seeing

00:35:01.560 --> 00:35:02.280
 God as

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.920
 the greatest

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.640
 treasure

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.820
 that he

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.260
 is.

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.380
 It comes

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.100
 by remembering

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.920
 that God's

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.660
 faithfulness

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.280
 is most

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.420
 clearly seen

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.139
 in the work

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:12.139
 of Jesus

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.860
 Christ,

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.619
 his one

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.820
 and only

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.760
 son.

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.980
 Listen to

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.760
 these words

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.840
 of Charles

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.360
 Spurgeon

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.380
 describing the

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.320
 faithfulness of

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.460
 Christ's own

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.619
 love for

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.400
 his people.

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.260
 He says

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.700
 this,

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:29.420
 there are

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.420
 no ups

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.900
 and no downs

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.960
 in the love

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.860
 of Christ

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.840
 towards his

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.240
 people.

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.720
 On their

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.720
 highest table

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.099
 wars,

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.679
 he loves

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.019
 them,

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.719
 but equally

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.599
 as well

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.519
 in their

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.319
 Gethsemanes.

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.980
 When they

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.920
 wander like

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.759
 lost sheep,

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.639
 his great

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.500
 love goes

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.299
 after them,

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.179
 and when

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.659
 they come

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.299
 back with

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:52.339
 broken hearts,

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.500
 his great

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.400
 love restores

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.759
 them.

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.219
 By day

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:57.019
 and by night

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.659
 in sickness

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.599
 and in sorrow,

00:35:59.299 --> 00:36:00.099
 in poverty,

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.559
 in famine,

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.440
 in prison,

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.739
 in the hour

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.319
 of death,

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:06.800
 the silver

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.559
 stream of

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.519
 love ripples

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.059
 at their

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.559
 side,

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.059
 never stayed

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.580
 and never

00:36:11.580 --> 00:36:12.160
 diminished.

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.860
 Forever is

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.660
 the sea of

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.820
 divine grace

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.980
 as its

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.400
 flood.

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.180
 The sun

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.960
 never sets

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.880
 and the

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.320
 fountain

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.780
 never

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.519
 pauses.

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.080
 See,

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.480
 as we

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.340
 behold the

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.039
 glory of

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.600
 God in

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:28.300
 the face

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.280
 of Christ,

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.860
 God's

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.559
 own son,

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.019
 our hearts

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.840
 can taste

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:34.099
 what the

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.460
 superior joy

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:37.019
 actually is.

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.219
 Temptation

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.079
 towards anger,

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.500
 temptations

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.480
 towards lust

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.759
 and of

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.380
 jealousy

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.619
 and of

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:45.980
 sexual

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.679
 perversion,

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.400
 they lose

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.440
 all their

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.960
 appeal

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.400
 before the

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.960
 one that

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.559
 our hearts

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.500
 were fashioned

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.659
 to enjoy.

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.719
 Let me

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.199
 ask you

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.519
 this,

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.559
 have you

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.139
 assumed

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.799
 defeat

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:02.219
 in the

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.659
 face

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.539
 of

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.099
 temptation?

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.599
 God

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.059
 is

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.659
 faithful.

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.639
 Have you

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.099
 neglected

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.880
 the power

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.420
 of the

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.860
 gospel

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.619
 to lead

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:11.960
 you

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.619
 towards

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.299
 victory?

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.139
 God

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.659
 is

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.239
 faithful.

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.960
 Or is

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.219
 God

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:19.079
 calling you

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.840
 again

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:21.079
 to renew

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.059
 your fight

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.460
 against

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.179
 temptation,

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.719
 remembering

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.619
 that his

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.500
 faithfulness

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.559
 is

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.480
 enough?

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.980
 if you

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.320
 have not

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.719
 put your

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.699
 trust in

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.119
 Jesus,

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.199
 this hope

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.039
 may sound

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.519
 like an

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.179
 amazing

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.000
 reality

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.099
 to be

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.039
 able to

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.759
 overcome

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:42.559
 the wayward

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.960
 heart.

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.179
 See,

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.699
 the God

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.059
 of the

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.559
 universe

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.679
 understands

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.779
 the heart

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.199
 of his

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.679
 children

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.539
 and their

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.559
 inclinations

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:53.000
 towards sin,

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.199
 and yet

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:55.139
 he has

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.519
 not

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.119
 abandoned

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.579
 us.

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:57.980
 Well,

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.380
 let me

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.480
 lovingly

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.359
 remind you,

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.719
 if you

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.139
 have not

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.559
 put your

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.920
 faith in

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.480
 this God

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.219
 that we

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.960
 are describing,

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.119
 then there

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.639
 is another

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.440
 picture of

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.940
 God that

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.940
 you must

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:10.739
 come to

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.339
 realize.

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.679
 God is

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.420
 amazingly

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:16.219
 abounding

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.159
 in loving

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.859
 care for

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.460
 his children,

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.099
 but he is

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:20.239
 also just

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:21.219
 and he

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.759
 hates

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.799
 sin.

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:24.600
 See,

00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:25.160
 he hates

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:26.060
 sin so

00:38:26.060 --> 00:38:27.400
 much that

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.800
 God has

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:30.200
 decreed it

00:38:30.200 --> 00:38:31.140
 must be

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:31.740
 punished.

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.180
 And the

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.800
 Bible says

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.400
 that you

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.160
 are called

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:36.060
 to turn to

00:38:36.060 --> 00:38:36.660
 your sin

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.620
 this morning,

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.820
 acknowledging

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.519
 your own

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.140
 guilt before

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.600
 God,

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.480
 and to

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.539
 place all

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.900
 of your

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:44.080
 trust in

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:44.640
 the life,

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:46.080
 the death,

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.620
 and the

00:38:46.620 --> 00:38:47.140
 resurrection

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:48.240
 of Christ

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.660
 to be

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.180
 able to

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:51.220
 be his

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.880
 son or

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.740
 his daughter.

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.500
 This hope

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.440
 can be

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:57.060
 yours this

00:38:57.060 --> 00:38:57.400
 morning.

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.800
 But for

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.200
 the rest

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.740
 of us,

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.260
 God is

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.240
 calling us

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.900
 to once

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:05.000
 again consider

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.560
 the nature

00:39:06.560 --> 00:39:07.620
 of our

00:39:07.620 --> 00:39:08.200
 own hearts.

00:39:09.060 --> 00:39:09.880
 We can

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.660
 drift into

00:39:10.660 --> 00:39:11.640
 slumbering

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.960
 quite easily,

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:15.000
 but we

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.600
 are to not

00:39:15.600 --> 00:39:16.840
 forget that

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.200
 there have

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:17.980
 been many

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.640
 greater

00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:19.920
 people than

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:21.100
 us that

00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:22.180
 have drifted

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.780
 away

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.400
 from the

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:24.640
 Lord by

00:39:24.640 --> 00:39:25.420
 confidence

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.260
 in their

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.940
 own hearts.

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.240
 A closing

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.880
 word from

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.880
 Psalm 40

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.560
 as we

00:39:32.560 --> 00:39:33.420
 give one

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.080
 more thought

00:39:34.080 --> 00:39:34.600
 to this

00:39:34.600 --> 00:39:35.540
 God that

00:39:35.540 --> 00:39:35.880
 we can

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.860
 rejoice in

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.920
 who helps

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.860
 us in

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.500
 our time

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.000
 of need.

00:39:41.040 --> 00:39:41.960
 Psalm 40

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.760
 says this,

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:43.760
 verse 1.

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:45.300
 I waited

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.420
 patiently for

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.060
 the Lord.

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.260
 He inclined

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:51.720
 to me and

00:39:51.720 --> 00:39:53.000
 he heard

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:54.680
 my cry.

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.680
 He drew

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.840
 me up from

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.740
 the pit of

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.360
 destruction,

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.940
 out of the

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.780
 miry bog,

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.880
 and he set

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.660
 my feet

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:05.460
 upon a

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.860
 rock,

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.280
 making my

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.440
 steps secure.

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.500
 prayer.

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.099
 He put a

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.079
 new song

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.579
 in my

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.000
 mouth,

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.400
 a song

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.559
 of praise

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:16.019
 to our

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.619
 God.

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.000
 Many

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.820
 will see

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.639
 and fear,

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.280
 and they

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.920
 will put

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.860
 their trust

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.980
 in the

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.300
 Lord.

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.360
 Blessed is

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.820
 the man

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.340
 who makes

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.880
 the Lord

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:29.079
 his trust,

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:30.079
 and who

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.659
 does not

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:32.200
 turn to

00:40:32.200 --> 00:40:32.720
 the proud.

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.579
 Skipping

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.059
 down to

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.880
 verse 16.

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.380
 But may

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.260
 all who

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:39.119
 seek you

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.000
 rejoice,

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:41.360
 and be

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.559
 glad in

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.160
 you.

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:44.640
 May those

00:40:44.640 --> 00:40:45.340
 who love

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.420
 your salvation

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.519
 continually

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.420
 say,

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:50.140
 great is

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.700
 the Lord.

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.420
 As for

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.820
 me,

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.519
 I am

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:55.019
 poor and

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.500
 needy,

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.760
 but the

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.900
 Lord takes

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.820
 thought for

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.099
 me.

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:00.980
 You are

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.640
 my help

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:03.380
 and my

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.099
 deliverer.

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:05.519
 Do not

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.980
 delay my

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.339
 God.

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:09.159
 Let's

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.519
 pray.