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 who are elected and raised up will be those who speak out for the most vulnerable,

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 provide for those who are in need,

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 making sure that resources and needs are given to those who are without.

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 We pray, Father, that we would seek to keep our leaders accountable,

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 but that we would also pray for them,

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 praying that they would know the help of God in their lives

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 as they seek to lead a nation.

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 And yet, Father, we thank you that you have not left us in the dark

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 to any of these things.

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 You have given to us your word.

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 And so we want you to speak to us afresh today,

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 that we would listen carefully,

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 be aware of what you are saying and applying it to our lives.

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 So please help us all this morning in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if you'd turn, please, to Deuteronomy chapter 18.

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 That's where we're first going to start this morning.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 18.

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 As you're looking that up,

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 we've been looking at the big story of God.

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 And the wonderful story of the Bible

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 is that God who spoke and created this world in which we live

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 and breathed physical life into us

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 has made himself known to us.

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 And we call this revelation.

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 So God reveals himself to us

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 by speaking to us through his words

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 so that we can know him,

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 so that we can love him,

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 and enjoy him.

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 You see, unless God spoke to us,

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 we would not know what God is like

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 or how we should live in this world.

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 So right at the very beginning of the story,

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 right in Genesis,

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 we see God telling us who he is

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 and how we should live in relationship with him.

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 Now, one of the primary ways that God speaks to us

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 is through his chosen prophets

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 or through people like Moses.

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 So have a look at Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse 18.

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 So this is God speaking through Moses.

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 And this is what he says, God says.

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 Verse 18.

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 I will rise up for them a prophet like you

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 from among their brothers.

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 I will put my words in his mouth

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 and he will tell them everything I command him.

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 If anyone does not listen to my words

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 that the prophet speaks in my name,

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 I myself will call him to account.

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 So the prophets were God's mouthpiece

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 speaking the very words of God to others.

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 So as the prophets spoke,

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 God's voice is heard.

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 It was God's primary way of communicating

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 with the people he had made for himself.

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 Now the prophets, like Moses,

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 other people like Nathan, Elijah, and Elisha,

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 these prophets really came to the fore

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 during the time of the kings

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 as we were looking at last week.

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 You see, the kings were also God's leaders

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 set in place over the people

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 to lead them towards God.

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 But instead, the kings were leading them away from God.

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 So instead of relationship with God,

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 there was further rebellion against God.

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 So in place of the kings, as it were,

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 God raised up prophets

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 who would speak his gracious word

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 into their lives and into the situation,

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 reminding them of who God is

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 and how they should live in relationship with him.

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 Now one of those prophets

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 that we're going to be looking at this morning

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 was a man called Jeremiah.

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 So you can go to the prophet Jeremiah.

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 Keep going forwards in your Bible.

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 Jeremiah chapter 1.

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 There's roughly 17 main prophets

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 that are recorded for us in the Bible,

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 starting with Isaiah and finishing with Malachi.

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 And one of the big prophets

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 was a guy called Jeremiah.

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 So Jeremiah chapter 1.

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 Has somebody got a page number

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 and I can call it out?

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 755.

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 755 if you're using a red covered Bible.

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 755.

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 Jeremiah chapter 1.

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 So here's one of the prophets

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 that God raised up in that time

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 to speak to the people.

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 We'll pick it up in verse 4.

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 The word of the Lord came to me.

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 That's Jeremiah saying,

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 Before I formed you in the womb,

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 I knew you.

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 Before you were born,

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 I set you apart.

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 Now on an aside,

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 they're great words for those

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 who want to change the Eighth Amendment,

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 aren't they?

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 I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

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 Ah, sovereign Lord, I said,

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 I do not know how to speak.

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 I'm only a child.

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 But the Lord said to me,

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 Do not say I am only a child.

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 You must go to everyone I send you to

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 and say whatever I command you.

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 Do not be afraid of them,

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 for I am with you

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 and will rescue you,

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 declares the Lord.

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 Then the Lord reached out his hand

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 and touched my mouth

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 and said to me,

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 Now I have put my words

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 in your mouth.

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 God's mouthpiece, you see,

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 speaking the very words of God to others.

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 Now when we look at the prophets,

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 there's lots that they have to say,

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 but we can really say that their message

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 comes in three different parts.

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 There's three parts to their message.

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 Here's the first one.

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 God's word confronts our sin.

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 You see,

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 one of the ways our relationship with God

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 is explained

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 is by using the illustration

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 of marriage.

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 So look at chapter 2,

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 verse 1.

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 Again,

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 and just make note of all the reference,

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 the word coming to Jeremiah.

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 So the word of the Lord

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 came to me.

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 Go and proclaim

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 in the hearing of Jerusalem.

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 I remember the devotion

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 of your youth.

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 How as a bride

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 you loved me

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 and followed me

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 through the desert

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 through a land not sown.

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 So here we've got

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 a wonderful picture

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 of a faithful,

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 loyal marriage.

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 God has loved us.

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 He's made us his people.

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 We belong to him.

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 We are,

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 verse 2,

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 his bride.

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 Now a marriage relationship

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 is to be exclusive.

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 So when someone

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 in the marriage

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 is unfaithful,

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 that means

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 the relationship

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 breaks.

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 And that's what we see

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 happens

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 to God's people,

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 Israel.

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 Have a look at chapter 3,

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 verse 6.

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 Chapter 3,

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 verse 6.

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 So during the reign

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 of King Josiah,

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 the Lord said to me,

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 have you seen

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 what faithless

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 Israel has done?

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 Remember Israel

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 where it was the nation

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 in the north?

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 She has gone up

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 on every high hill

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 and under every

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 spreading tree

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 and has committed

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 adultery there.

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 In other words,

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 she's given herself

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 over to other gods

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 and to other things.

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 Verse 7,

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 I thought that

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 after she had done

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 all this,

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 she would return

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 to me,

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 but she did not

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 and her unfaithful

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 sister Judah

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 saw it.

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 I gave

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 faithless Israel

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 her certificate

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 of divorce

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 and sent her away

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 because of her adultery.

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 Yet I saw

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 that her unfaithful

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 sister Judah

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 had no fear.

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 She also went out

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 and committed adultery.

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 You see,

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 there's nothing

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 more hurtful

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 than a husband

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 or a wife

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 leaving

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 for someone else.

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 The one left behind

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 is heartbroken,

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 their love

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 has been betrayed,

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 their intimacy

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 is shattered,

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 all trust

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 has been lost.

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 So it would take

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 an enormous,

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 immense love

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 to reach out

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 to the person

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 who has left

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 and had an affair

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 or had an adulterous affair,

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 to reach out

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 to them

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 and to welcome

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 them back

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 and to say,

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 I forgive you.

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 And that's what

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 God does.

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 God is jealous

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 for his people

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 because he loves

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 his people.

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 He reaches his hand

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 out to them

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 and says,

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 come back to me.

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 Look at verse 11

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 of chapter 3.

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 The Lord said to me,

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 faithless Israel

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 is more righteous

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 than unfaithful Judah.

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 So go proclaim

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 this message

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 towards the north.

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 Return,

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 faithless Israel,

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 declares the Lord.

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 I will frown

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 on you no longer

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 for I am

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 a merciful God,

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 declares the Lord.

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 I will not

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 be angry

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 forever.

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 Only

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 acknowledge

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 your guilt.

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 You have rebelled

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 against the Lord

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 your God.

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 You have scattered

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 your favours

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 to foreign gods

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 under every spreading tree

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 and have not obeyed me,

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 declares the Lord.

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 God is

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 reaching out

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 to them,

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 calling the people,

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 come back to me,

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 return to me,

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 take responsibility

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 for your sin,

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 own up to your

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 adulterous affair

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 and I will have

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 mercy on you.

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 You see,

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 God's aching

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 desire

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 is that

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 his people,

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 that people like us,

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 that we would

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 return

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 return to our

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 true love.

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 Verse 14,

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 return,

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 faithless people,

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 declares the Lord,

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 for I

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 am your

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 husband.

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 Our relationship

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 can be mended.

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 I can

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 forgive you.

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 We can start

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 afresh,

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 come back to me,

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 come back

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 home

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 with me.

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 But yet God

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 pleads for them

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 to return,

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 but they do not

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 repent.

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 Verse 20,

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 like a woman

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 unfaithful to her

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 husband,

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 so you have

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 been unfaithful

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 to me,

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 O house of

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 Israel,

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 declares

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 the Lord.

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 You see,

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 it's a tragic

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 story,

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 isn't it,

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 of broken love,

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 of broken

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 relationship.

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 And the

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 uncomfortable

00:11:55.699 --> 00:11:56.719
 truth for us

00:11:56.719 --> 00:11:57.319
 as we listen

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 to this story

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 is that we

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 are so like

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 Israel and

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 Judah.

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 In his love,

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 God has made

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 us.

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 God has

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 provided us.

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 Think of all

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 the things that

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 we have and

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 all that we

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 enjoy.

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 God has given

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 to us

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 everything.

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 He sustains

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 us with life,

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 giving us the

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 very breath we

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 breathe right

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 now.

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 He's given us

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 a world to

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 enjoy.

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 He made

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 us,

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 He created

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 us for a

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 relationship

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 with Him,

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 to know and

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 experience His

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 love.

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 But like an

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 unfaithful spouse,

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 we have given

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 our love to

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 other things

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 and other

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 people.

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 We don't

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 love God

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 with all our

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 hearts and

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 with all our

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 soul and

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 with all our

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 mind.

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 Our love is

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 so often

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 self-centered.

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 We hurt

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 others with

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 our words

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 and we

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 ignore what

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 God has

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 to say.

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 But

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 incredibly,

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 God does

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 not give

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 up on us.

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 He reaches

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 out across

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 that broken

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 relationship and

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 He offers to

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 take us back

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 again and

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 again.

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 Only,

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 He says,

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 acknowledge your

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 guilt.

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 Only take

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 responsibility for

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 your sin.

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 Return,

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 faceless people,

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 for I am your

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 husband.

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 Loyal,

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 loving,

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 caring.

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 I will not

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 let you down.

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 Our

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 relationship can

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 be mended.

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 I can

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 forgive you.

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 We can

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 start afresh.

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 Come back

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 to me,

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 O people.

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 Come back

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 home with

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 me.

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 This is the

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 God who

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 confronts us

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 with our

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 sin and

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 calls us

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 back to

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 Himself.

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 God.

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 The second

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 big message

00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.799
 that the

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 prophet brings

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 is he

00:13:47.199 --> 00:13:47.899
 announces

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 our

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 judgment.

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 You see,

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 God held

00:13:52.699 --> 00:13:53.059
 out His

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 hand to

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 the people,

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 but because

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 of their

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 persistent,

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 unrepentant

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 sin,

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 God said

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 He would

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 bring His

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 judgment

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 upon them.

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 And the

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 way in which

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 He would

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 bring His

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 judgment is

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 He would

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 send the

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 Babylonians,

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 this growing

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 nation in

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 the north,

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 who was

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 going to

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 come down

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 to Judah

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 and take

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 them all

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 off to

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 slavery.

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 So have a

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 look at

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 chapter 4

00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:19.180
 verse 5.

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 Follow with

00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:22.340
 me,

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 chapter 4

00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.700
 verse 5.

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 Announce

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 in Judah

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 and proclaim

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 in Jerusalem

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 and say,

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 sound the

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 trumpet

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 throughout the

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 land.

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 There's a

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 message,

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 there's an

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 announcement.

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 Cry aloud

00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:35.060
 and say,

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 gather together,

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 let us flee

00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.720
 to the fort

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 cities,

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 rise the

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 signal to

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 go to

00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:41.700
 Zion,

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 flee for

00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.639
 safety,

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:45.139
 without delay,

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.440
 for I am

00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:47.540
 bringing disaster

00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:48.180
 from the

00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:48.540
 north,

00:14:48.920 --> 00:14:49.920
 even terrible

00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:50.740
 destruction.

00:14:51.660 --> 00:14:52.580
 Verse 16.

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 Tell this

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 to the

00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:56.899
 nations,

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 proclaim it

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.259
 to Jerusalem.

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 A besieging

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.160
 army,

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 that's Babylon,

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 is coming

00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.240
 from a

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.060
 distant land,

00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:05.120
 raising a

00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.660
 war cry

00:15:05.660 --> 00:15:06.360
 against the

00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.879
 cities of

00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.180
 Judah.

00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:07.699
 They

00:15:07.699 --> 00:15:08.219
 surround

00:15:08.219 --> 00:15:08.639
 her like

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:08.979
 men

00:15:08.979 --> 00:15:09.419
 guarding

00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:09.979
 a field

00:15:09.979 --> 00:15:10.739
 because she

00:15:10.739 --> 00:15:11.459
 has rebelled

00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:12.359
 against me,

00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:13.479
 declares the

00:15:13.479 --> 00:15:13.819
 Lord.

00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:15.919
 Why will

00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:16.479
 this happen?

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:19.079
 Your own

00:15:19.079 --> 00:15:20.019
 conduct and

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.839
 actions have

00:15:20.839 --> 00:15:21.459
 brought this

00:15:21.459 --> 00:15:22.120
 upon you.

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:24.000
 This is your

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.539
 punishment.

00:15:25.739 --> 00:15:26.579
 How bitter

00:15:26.579 --> 00:15:27.239
 it is.

00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:28.679
 How it

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.339
 pierces

00:15:29.339 --> 00:15:30.559
 to the

00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:30.979
 heart.

00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.980
 God's

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.980
 judgment.

00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:33.740
 Now to

00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.180
 help us

00:15:34.180 --> 00:15:34.960
 grasp the

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:36.000
 seriousness of

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.779
 these words,

00:15:37.420 --> 00:15:38.159
 the seriousness

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.960
 of God's

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.320
 judgment,

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.800
 Jeremiah gives

00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.580
 us three

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.420
 pictures,

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.600
 three visual

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.720
 pictures to

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.279
 help us

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.300
 understand.

00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:49.060
 First picture

00:15:49.060 --> 00:15:50.580
 that he gives

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.220
 us, chapter

00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.820
 13, he

00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.379
 says it will

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:53.740
 be an

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.560
 unbearable

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:55.899
 future, this

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:57.019
 judgment of

00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.360
 God.

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.700
 Have a

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:57.980
 look at

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.940
 chapter 13.

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:01.200
 In chapter

00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:02.200
 13, God

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:02.860
 says to

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.560
 Jeremiah, I

00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:03.980
 want you to

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.980
 go out and

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.560
 to buy a

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:05.960
 belt.

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.840
 And this

00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.399
 linen belt is

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.019
 something that he

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.860
 would wear around

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.379
 his waist.

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:11.960
 It was a

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.740
 precious, a

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:14.220
 very important

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.080
 part of their

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.560
 clothing.

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.159
 So Jeremiah

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:18.000
 goes out and

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.600
 buys it and

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.039
 then God

00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.680
 tells him, I

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.139
 want you to

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.600
 take this

00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.700
 belt, this

00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:22.759
 expensive belt,

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.139
 and bury it in

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.980
 the crevasse of

00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.700
 some rocks.

00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:26.879
 Now let's

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.300
 pick it up

00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.000
 in verse 6

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:29.000
 of chapter 13.

00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:30.000
 Many days

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.539
 later the

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.059
 Lord said

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:32.039
 to me, go

00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.099
 now Jeremiah

00:16:33.099 --> 00:16:34.319
 to Perth and

00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:35.079
 get the belt

00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:35.939
 I told you to

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.559
 hide there.

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.839
 So I went to

00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.479
 Perth and I

00:16:38.479 --> 00:16:39.099
 dug up the

00:16:39.099 --> 00:16:39.659
 belt and I

00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:40.139
 took it from

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.579
 the place

00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.019
 where I had

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.459
 hidden it,

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:44.439
 but now it

00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:45.019
 was ruined

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:47.359
 and completely

00:16:47.359 --> 00:16:47.899
 useless.

00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:50.319
 Then the

00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:50.819
 word of the

00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:51.419
 Lord came

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:51.799
 to me.

00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:53.339
 This is what

00:16:53.339 --> 00:16:53.759
 the Lord

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.379
 says.

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.719
 In the

00:16:55.719 --> 00:16:56.599
 same way

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.840
 I will

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.480
 ruin the

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.080
 pride of

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.700
 Judah and

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.159
 the great

00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.759
 pride of

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.240
 Jerusalem.

00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:02.279
 These wicked

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.980
 people who

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.840
 refuse to

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.380
 listen to

00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:05.160
 my words,

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.120
 who follow

00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:07.180
 the stubbornness

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.500
 of their

00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.420
 hearts and

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.980
 go after

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.740
 other gods

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.319
 to serve

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.799
 and worship

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.160
 them,

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:12.279
 will be like

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.039
 this belt,

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.079
 completely

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:16.180
 useless.

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 us.

00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:19.160
 You see,

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.700
 the attitude

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.100
 of the

00:17:20.100 --> 00:17:20.660
 people was

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:20.920
 this,

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.039
 God's

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.560
 never going

00:17:22.560 --> 00:17:23.019
 to judge

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.480
 me.

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.640
 God's so

00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.140
 forgiving.

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.080
 After all,

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:28.019
 he rescued us

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.480
 from Egypt.

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.259
 He wouldn't

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.960
 do that.

00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:32.039
 Well,

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.640
 God does

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.000
 forgive,

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.840
 but he will

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.779
 not ignore

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.660
 the stubborn

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.539
 hearts who

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.480
 refuse to

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.019
 repent.

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.779
 For those

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.519
 who do not

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.380
 turn back to

00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:42.740
 God,

00:17:43.060 --> 00:17:43.860
 the future

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.939
 will be

00:17:44.939 --> 00:17:46.059
 unbearable.

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.679
 Just as

00:17:47.679 --> 00:17:48.359
 this belt

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.240
 rotted away,

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.099
 so the

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:50.759
 nation will

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.459
 be completely

00:17:51.459 --> 00:17:52.240
 ruined and

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.719
 destroyed.

00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:53.459
 They will

00:17:53.459 --> 00:17:54.559
 become useless,

00:17:54.979 --> 00:17:55.939
 slaves in a

00:17:55.939 --> 00:17:56.759
 distant land,

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.959
 not fit for

00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.639
 anything.

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 Why?

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:01.959
 Look at the

00:18:01.959 --> 00:18:02.479
 end of verse

00:18:02.479 --> 00:18:02.879
 11.

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 They have

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.639
 not

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.919
 listened.

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.299
 But he

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.759
 also had

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.039
 another

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.480
 picture.

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.259
 He said

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.480
 it would

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.819
 be an

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.799
 inescapable

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.759
 punishment.

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.460
 Look at

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.440
 chapter 19,

00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:24.940
 verse 1.

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 Chapter

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.599
 19,

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.220
 verse 1.

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 This is

00:18:34.379 --> 00:18:34.740
 what the

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.480
 Lord says.

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.019
 Jeremiah,

00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:37.899
 go and

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.359
 buy a

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.019
 clay jar

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:39.500
 from the

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:39.899
 potter,

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:42.000
 and take

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.619
 along with

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 you some

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.339
 of the

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.919
 elders of

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.039
 the

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.619
 people and

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:44.959
 some of

00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:45.119
 the

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.599
 priests.

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.259
 Now read

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.899
 verse 10.

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.199
 Then take

00:18:52.199 --> 00:18:52.979
 this clay

00:18:52.979 --> 00:18:54.459
 jar and

00:18:54.459 --> 00:18:55.759
 break the

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.419
 jar while

00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:57.119
 those who

00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:57.819
 go with you

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.379
 are watching

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.599
 and say to

00:18:59.599 --> 00:18:59.799
 them,

00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.419
 this is what

00:19:00.419 --> 00:19:00.819
 the Lord

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.259
 Almighty

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.699
 says,

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.539
 I will

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.719
 smash this

00:19:03.719 --> 00:19:04.399
 nation and

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:04.919
 this city

00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:06.139
 just as this

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:07.000
 potter's jar

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.599
 is smashed

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.419
 and cannot be

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:08.859
 repaired.

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:10.199
 they will

00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.879
 bury the

00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.399
 dead in

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:11.899
 Topheth

00:19:11.899 --> 00:19:12.779
 until there

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.279
 is no

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.559
 more room.

00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:16.899
 You see,

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.599
 the point has

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.099
 come where

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.699
 there is no

00:19:18.699 --> 00:19:19.479
 time to

00:19:19.479 --> 00:19:20.179
 turn back.

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.000
 There is no

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.719
 time to

00:19:21.719 --> 00:19:22.099
 repent.

00:19:22.459 --> 00:19:23.019
 That time

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.659
 has passed.

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.500
 Judgment

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.599
 is going to

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:25.919
 come.

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.939
 It will be

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:28.359
 inescapable for

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:28.839
 the people.

00:19:29.199 --> 00:19:29.619
 There will be

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.219
 nowhere to

00:19:30.219 --> 00:19:30.519
 run,

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.399
 nowhere to

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:31.919
 hide.

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.240
 Verse 12.

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:34.400
 This is what

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:35.539
 I will do

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.140
 to this

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:37.079
 place and

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.559
 to those

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.039
 who live

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.299
 here,

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:38.980
 declares the

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.200
 Lord.

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:39.960
 I will

00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.480
 make this

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.099
 city like

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.799
 Topheth.

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.220
 Now,

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.299
 Topheth was

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.720
 like the

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.339
 city dump

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.039
 where everything

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.579
 was thrown

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:46.880
 out,

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.680
 except for

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.059
 now,

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.700
 he says,

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.120
 the whole

00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:50.200
 city is

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.599
 going to

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.160
 become a

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.500
 dump.

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:52.779
 Not a

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.220
 rubbish,

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.000
 but a

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.599
 dump of

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:55.000
 dead

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.799
 bodies.

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.839
 Why?

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.039
 Verse 15.

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.460
 This is what

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.859
 the Lord

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.299
 Almighty,

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.900
 the God of

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.180
 Israel,

00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:03.560
 says,

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:03.920
 listen,

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.620
 I am

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.040
 going to

00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:05.460
 bring on

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.040
 this city

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.340
 and the

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.680
 villages

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.300
 around it

00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:07.960
 every

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.280
 disaster I

00:20:09.280 --> 00:20:09.720
 pronounced

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.519
 against them

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.600
 because they

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:12.620
 were stiff-necked

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.500
 and would

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.420
 not listen

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.240
 to my

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.060
 words.

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.140
 Now,

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.519
 what we

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:21.980
 read

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.580
 should

00:20:23.580 --> 00:20:24.580
 shock us,

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.700
 but we

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.360
 shouldn't be

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:28.140
 surprised.

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.580
 You see,

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.620
 Jeremiah is

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.740
 now 40

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.580
 years into

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.279
 his ministry.

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.059
 He's been

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.939
 calling them

00:20:34.939 --> 00:20:35.599
 back to

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.539
 God over

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.339
 40 years,

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.740
 but they

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.079
 haven't

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.539
 listened.

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.579
 In fact,

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.399
 800 years

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.059
 have passed

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.679
 since their

00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:43.419
 rescue from

00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:44.240
 slavery in

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.539
 Egypt.

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.519
 That means

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.839
 800 years

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.699
 of persistent

00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:48.919
 rebellion and

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.919
 rejecting God

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.599
 and his grace,

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.879
 walking further

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.439
 and further

00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:53.079
 away from

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.339
 him.

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.759
 God is so

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.460
 patient,

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.839
 longing that

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.299
 the people

00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.000
 would return.

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.859
 But yet,

00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:03.159
 as we

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.659
 read of

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.259
 these images

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.819
 and these

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.299
 pictures,

00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:06.399
 what happened

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.059
 to Judah

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.859
 is a

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.459
 picture of

00:21:09.459 --> 00:21:10.500
 how seriously

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.599
 God takes

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.559
 our sin

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:13.899
 and our

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.319
 rebellion.

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.059
 God

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.779
 longs for

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.339
 people to

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.959
 return to

00:21:17.959 --> 00:21:18.220
 him,

00:21:18.459 --> 00:21:18.859
 but he

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.619
 cannot and

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:19.980
 he will

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.879
 not overlook

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.619
 the ongoing

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.299
 evil that

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.759
 he sees

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.299
 all around

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.699
 us.

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:25.539
 In fact,

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.180
 what happened

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.920
 to Judah

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.279
 when Babylon

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.960
 came in

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.360
 and took

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.940
 over them

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:31.200
 is a sign

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.920
 of a

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.519
 universal

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.120
 judgment

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:33.600
 that is

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.120
 to come.

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.240
 And here's

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.660
 the third

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.299
 picture that

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.700
 he gives

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.039
 us.

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.019
 Go to

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.059
 chapter 25.

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.920
 In chapter

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.740
 5 we have

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.259
 this very

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.940
 disturbing

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.840
 vision that

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.720
 Jeremiah is

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.039
 given.

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.160
 And in

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.759
 this vision

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.279
 Jeremiah,

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.299
 as it were,

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.840
 is taken

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.620
 before all

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.160
 the nations

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.880
 of the world

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:53.200
 and before

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.799
 the nations

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.460
 of the world

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.039
 he's telling

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.420
 them that

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.759
 they have

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.259
 to drink

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.019
 this cup

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:58.360
 and this

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.019
 cup is

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.720
 filled with

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.340
 God's

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.819
 judgment

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.200
 and the

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.740
 nations of

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.120
 the world

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.500
 are to

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.220
 drink it.

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.160
 Verse 15

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:08.000
 This is what

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.480
 the Lord,

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.080
 the God of

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.360
 Israel,

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.019
 said to me.

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.860
 Take from

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.440
 my hand

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.160
 this cup

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.080
 filled with

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:13.819
 the wine

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.080
 of my wrath,

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.880
 my anger,

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.779
 and make

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.720
 all the nations

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.380
 to whom I

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.880
 send you

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.600
 drink it.

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.299
 And when

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.019
 they drink it

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.340
 they will

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.120
 stagger and

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.819
 go mad

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.339
 because of

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.879
 the sword

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.240
 I will

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.879
 send among

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.179
 them.

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.039
 You see

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.500
 Israel,

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:27.960
 God's

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.259
 people,

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.579
 they had

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.079
 rebelled

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.740
 against him

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.399
 but not

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.000
 only them,

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.099
 all the rest

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.379
 of the

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.720
 nations

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.159
 had done

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.480
 it as

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.799
 well.

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.460
 So they

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.159
 too must

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.720
 drink it.

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.319
 So look

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.659
 at verse

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.339
 19.

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.539
 Pharaoh,

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.359
 king of

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.779
 Egypt,

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.240
 his

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.939
 attendants,

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.339
 his

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.859
 officials,

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.960
 and all

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.879
 his people,

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.139
 and all

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.740
 the foreign

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.500
 people there,

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.399
 and all

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:49.059
 the kings

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.579
 of us,

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.379
 and all

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.039
 the kings

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.679
 of the

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.399
 Philistines.

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.580
 Verse 22,

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.740
 all the

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.680
 kings of

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.280
 Tyre.

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.320
 24,

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.300
 all the

00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:58.880
 kings of

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.259
 Arabia,

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.860
 and all

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.400
 the kings

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.720
 of the

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.160
 people who

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.600
 live there.

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.300
 And verse

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:02.800
 25,

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.580
 all the

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.300
 kings of

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:04.700
 Zimri.

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.820
 Verse 26,

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.880
 and all

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.580
 the kings

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.100
 of the

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.440
 north,

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:10.300
 near and

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.759
 far,

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.860
 one after

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.340
 the other,

00:23:12.780 --> 00:23:13.800
 all the

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.820
 kingdoms on

00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:15.480
 the face

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.019
 of the

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.360
 earth,

00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.140
 and after

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.820
 all of

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.220
 them,

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.700
 the king

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:20.900
 of

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.500
 Sheshach,

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.039
 which is

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.579
 Babylon,

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.460
 will drink

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.079
 the cup

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.039
 too.

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.299
 No one

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:31.339
 is excluded.

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.720
 No nation

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.920
 is led

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.319
 off the

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.680
 hook.

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.380
 This is a

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.059
 universal

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.740
 judgment.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.980
 Verse 28,

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.860
 and if they

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.880
 refuse to

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.299
 take the

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.700
 cup from

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.140
 your hand

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.640
 and drink,

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.440
 tell them,

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.360
 this is what

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.740
 the Lord

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.120
 Almighty

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.519
 says,

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.180
 you must

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.900
 drink it.

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.700
 See,

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.160
 I am

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.779
 beginning to

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.660
 bring disaster

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.080
 on the

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.640
 city that

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.200
 bears my

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.580
 name,

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.420
 and will

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.980
 you indeed

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.960
 go unpunished?

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.400
 You will

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.039
 not go

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.700
 unpunished,

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.660
 for I am

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.400
 calling down

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.960
 a sword

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.720
 upon all

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.259
 who live

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.700
 on the

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.019
 earth,

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.799
 declares

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.460
 the Lord

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.360
 Almighty.

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.320
 Suppose

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.080
 you take

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.480
 a walk

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.860
 around

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.519
 Carragoline

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.180
 one night,

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.200
 and as

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.480
 you go

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.000
 for a walk

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.320
 you get

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.840
 attacked.

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:19.019
 You get

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.860
 beaten up,

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.779
 and you

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.460
 get robbed.

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:23.680
 And later

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.160
 in the week

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.519
 you get

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.080
 news from

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:25.600
 the guards

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.060
 that the

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.460
 guy who

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.779
 did it

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.080
 has been

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:27.460
 caught,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.320
 and you've

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:28.680
 got to

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.120
 go to

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.640
 the court

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.240
 to appear

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.539
 as a

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.779
 witness.

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.720
 And when

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.080
 you get

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:34.440
 to the

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.740
 court,

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.320
 the judge

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.940
 stands up

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.200
 and he

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.740
 makes this

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.240
 statement,

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.380
 case

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.580
 dismissed,

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.100
 what has

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.580
 happened

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.600
 does not

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.200
 matter.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.120
 How would

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.779
 you as a

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.779
 victim feel

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.720
 if a judge

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.399
 said that?

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.579
 Of course

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.319
 it matters.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.279
 Where's the

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.779
 justice?

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.539
 Now do you

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.460
 think God,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.480
 who is

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.299
 judge of

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.160
 all the

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.599
 earth,

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.200
 will dismiss

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.539
 everything that

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.399
 goes on and

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.000
 just say,

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.759
 you know

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.099
 what,

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.359
 it doesn't

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.859
 matter.

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.059
 The rape and

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.960
 the torture and

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.859
 the beheading of

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.219
 ISIS?

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.899
 It doesn't

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.240
 matter.

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.299
 The trafficking

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.079
 of children

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.699
 as sex

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.119
 slaves?

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.399
 It doesn't

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.740
 matter.

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.740
 The wars and

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.219
 the power

00:25:24.219 --> 00:25:25.000
 struggles that

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.779
 leave millions

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.799
 homeless and

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.639
 without food?

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.699
 It doesn't

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.039
 matter.

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.919
 The hundreds

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.919
 of children and

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.599
 other people who

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.240
 have died as

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.819
 they've tried to

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.159
 make their

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.719
 escape from

00:25:35.719 --> 00:25:36.859
 Syria across

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.699
 the Mediterranean

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.219
 Sea?

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.740
 It doesn't

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.059
 matter.

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:42.700
 and the

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.480
 lies and the

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.039
 hurts that

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.919
 we cause?

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.220
 It doesn't

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.599
 matter.

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.099
 Our selfish

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.000
 actions,

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.819
 our stubborn

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.480
 behaviour,

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.679
 throw it all

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:54.960
 out,

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.940
 case dismissed,

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.839
 it doesn't

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.200
 matter.

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.139
 Live as you

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.799
 like and do

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.519
 as you please.

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.899
 Of course

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.639
 it matters.

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.059
 God looks

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.740
 and he sees

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.259
 upon the

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.179
 history of

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.779
 this world

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.119
 and the

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.759
 nations and

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.200
 he sees

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.960
 everything.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.159
 And God

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.879
 longs for

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.740
 us and

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.039
 for the

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.579
 world to

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.379
 return to

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.720
 him.

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.379
 But he

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.259
 cannot let

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.779
 us carry

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.379
 on as we

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.259
 please forever

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.460
 ruining and

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.299
 destroying our

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.940
 lives and

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.379
 the world

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.539
 around us.

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.759
 He cannot

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.519
 ignore

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.480
 persistent

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.019
 and unrepentant

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.299
 sin.

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.619
 God will

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.759
 bring his

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.559
 judgment.

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.720
 And one

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.059
 day,

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.099
 each and

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.059
 every single

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.579
 person,

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.980
 every single

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.119
 person,

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.759
 ourselves included,

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.459
 will stand

00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:43.579
 before God

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:45.039
 and give

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.559
 an account

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.939
 of our

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.480
 lives.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.319
 Not one

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.939
 person will

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.719
 be excluded.

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.819
 God's

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.559
 judgment will

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:57.439
 come and

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:57.939
 it will be

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.639
 unbearable.

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.899
 It will be

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.859
 inescapable

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.679
 and it will

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:04.240
 come to

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.539
 all.

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.500
 But there's a

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.500
 third part to

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.539
 Jeremiah's

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:12.599
 message and

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.099
 that is a

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.699
 promise of

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.059
 hope.

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.719
 You see,

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.500
 while judgment

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.019
 should be

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.679
 expected,

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:19.719
 God also

00:27:19.719 --> 00:27:20.539
 holds out

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.439
 this promise

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:22.199
 of hope.

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.240
 hope.

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.539
 You see,

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.519
 the Babylonians

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.319
 did come

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.360
 to Judah.

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.160
 They did

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.720
 take them

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.460
 off into

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.160
 exile to

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.860
 Babylon where

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.200
 they were

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.740
 slaves.

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.180
 And there

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.580
 they would

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.279
 remain for

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.279
 70 years.

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.100
 And while

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.580
 they're in

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.259
 captivity,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.940
 Jeremiah

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.440
 writes this

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.519
 letter to

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.799
 them.

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:41.960
 Have a

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.220
 look at

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.400
 chapter 29.

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.700
 Verse 10.

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.340
 These are

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.900
 well-known

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.500
 words,

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.440
 often quoted,

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.519
 important to

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.080
 read them in

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:55.019
 their context.

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.360
 Jeremiah

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.200
 chapter 10

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.059
 verse 20,

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.340
 sorry,

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.440
 Jeremiah 29

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.080
 verse 10.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.580
 So here's

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.140
 this letter

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.819
 that Jeremiah

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.580
 writes to

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.180
 these people

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.779
 who are

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.400
 sitting in

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.000
 judgment in

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.460
 a foreign

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.100
 land in

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.620
 slavery.

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.120
 This is

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.539
 what the

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.319
 Lord says.

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.160
 When 70

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.920
 years are

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.500
 completed,

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.319
 for Babylon,

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.360
 I will

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.940
 come to

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.039
 you and

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.799
 fulfill my

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.200
 gracious

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.160
 promise to

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.620
 bring you

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.200
 back to

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.940
 this place.

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.640
 For I

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.120
 know the

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.960
 plans I

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.460
 have for

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.759
 you,

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.259
 declares

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.819
 the Lord,

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.140
 plans to

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.000
 prosper you

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.700
 and not

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.220
 to harm

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.580
 you,

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.559
 plans to

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.960
 give you

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.039
 hope and

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.660
 a future.

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.720
 Then you

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.240
 will call

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.019
 upon me and

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.500
 come and

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.019
 pray to

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.819
 me and I

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.420
 will listen

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.920
 to you.

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.819
 You will

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.740
 seek me and

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.059
 you will

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.120
 find me and

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.479
 when you

00:28:47.479 --> 00:28:48.199
 seek me with

00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:48.579
 all your

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.919
 heart.

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.799
 I will

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.359
 be found

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.879
 by you,

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.699
 declares the

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.399
 Lord, and

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.799
 I will

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.299
 bring you

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.859
 back from

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.439
 captivity.

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.259
 I will

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.959
 gather you

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:56.619
 from all

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.219
 the nations

00:28:57.219 --> 00:28:57.579
 and the

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.219
 places where

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:58.539
 I have

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.119
 banished you,

00:28:59.239 --> 00:28:59.719
 declares the

00:28:59.719 --> 00:29:00.339
 Lord, and

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.899
 I will

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.439
 bring you

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:01.939
 back to

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.419
 the place

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:02.859
 from which

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.519
 I carried

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.659
 you into

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.339
 exile.

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.039
 What a

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.259
 letter to

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.799
 receive.

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.799
 Could you

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.919
 imagine hearing

00:29:11.919 --> 00:29:12.779
 those words?

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.759
 this is a

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.359
 promise of

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.759
 hope.

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.599
 Just as

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.119
 God had

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.740
 rescued them

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.480
 from slavery

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.039
 all those

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.579
 years ago

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.079
 in Egypt,

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.920
 God is

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.279
 going to

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.740
 come and

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.519
 redeem them

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.319
 from exile

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.980
 in Babylon.

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.180
 Because this

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.920
 is the kind

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.480
 of God

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.859
 that we

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.299
 have.

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.319
 His grace

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.019
 and mercy

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.220
 surprises us

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.819
 at every

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.279
 turn.

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.980
 When we

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.480
 think there

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.940
 is no

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.680
 more hope,

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.279
 God intervenes

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.920
 once again

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.619
 and delivers

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.440
 his promise

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.019
 of hope.

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.059
 Now just

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.660
 as God's

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.240
 word has

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.299
 reminded us

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.120
 of our

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.740
 failure,

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:52.279
 so God's

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.100
 word tells

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:55.059
 us of a

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.000
 better future,

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.980
 something God

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.600
 is going to

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.940
 do,

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.759
 something new,

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.500
 something

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.059
 better.

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.240
 There's two

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.960
 big things

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.500
 that Jeremiah

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.420
 tells us.

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.860
 He promises

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.980
 a new

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.000
 relationship

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.220
 with God

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.940
 for the

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.339
 people.

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.000
 Chapter

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.779
 31,

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.400
 verse 31,

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.660
 God promises

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.740
 a new

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.599
 relationship

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.079
 for the

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.420
 people.

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.720
 Verse 31,

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.779
 the time

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.359
 is coming,

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.119
 declares the

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.400
 Lord,

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.359
 when I will

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.180
 make a new

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.799
 covenant

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:32.180
 with the

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.680
 house of

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.240
 Israel and

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.519
 with the

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.880
 house of

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.099
 Judah.

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.779
 That covenant,

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.740
 that relationship,

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.759
 I'm going to

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.240
 bring that

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.400
 marriage relationship

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.480
 back together.

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.380
 God has

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.220
 come and he

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.940
 promises to

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.720
 change them.

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.319
 You see,

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.000
 in the past,

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.740
 they didn't

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.480
 listen and they

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.240
 wouldn't obey.

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.240
 But now,

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.460
 verse 33,

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.619
 this is the

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.279
 covenant that I

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.900
 will make with

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.420
 the house of

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.259
 Israel after

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.079
 that time,

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.980
 declares the

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.200
 Lord.

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.480
 I will put my

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.660
 law in their

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.440
 minds and I

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.279
 will write it

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.700
 on their

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:02.039
 hearts and I

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.759
 will be their

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.099
 God and they

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.500
 will be my

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.019
 people.

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.519
 God has

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.139
 come and he

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.940
 promises to

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.639
 change them

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.339
 on the

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.240
 inside.

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.500
 I will give

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.079
 you a new

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:16.019
 heart to

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.740
 follow my

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.319
 ways.

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.819
 God's going

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.759
 to turn their

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.420
 minds and

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.119
 their hearts to

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.319
 him.

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.379
 So instead of

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.180
 a desire to

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.819
 love someone

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.859
 else or other

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.480
 things, they

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.920
 will have a

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.539
 desire to

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.460
 love God and

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.900
 to follow

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.259
 him.

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.799
 But there's

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.500
 something more

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.960
 to this

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.599
 relationship.

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.920
 Look at the

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.519
 end of verse

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.220
 34.

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.839
 He says,

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.259
 I will

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.259
 forgive their

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.539
 wickedness and

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.259
 will remember

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.839
 their sins no

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.559
 more.

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.100
 God is going

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.779
 to no longer

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.480
 hold their

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.100
 sin against

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.319
 them.

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.779
 Every sin is

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.360
 going to be

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.559
 removed and

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.500
 wiped out.

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.860
 Never be to

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.559
 be remembered,

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.339
 never to be

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.799
 reminded.

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.740
 And so a

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.819
 new relationship

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.480
 will be

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.259
 established.

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.259
 The past

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.299
 failures forgiven

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.360
 and a new

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:01.400
 heart to

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.559
 live for

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.339
 God.

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.359
 God says,

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.799
 I'm going

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.459
 to promise

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.039
 this new

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.599
 relationship

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.359
 for you.

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.099
 But he

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.839
 also promises

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.639
 something else

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:10.980
 for the

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.319
 people.

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.599
 He says,

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.099
 I promise

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.720
 you a new

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.240
 city.

00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:16.039
 Look at

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.839
 verse 38.

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.039
 The days

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.740
 are coming,

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.720
 declares the

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.240
 Lord, when

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.220
 this city,

00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:23.179
 which had

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.919
 been destroyed,

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.819
 will be

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.859
 rebuilt for

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.220
 me.

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.359
 From the

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.919
 tower of

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.879
 Hanel to

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.399
 the corner

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.639
 gate, the

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.399
 measuring line

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.000
 will stretch

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.000
 from there

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.640
 straight to

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:33.980
 the hill

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.660
 of Garib

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.019
 and then

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.500
 turn to

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.759
 Goa.

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.180
 So these

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.460
 are the

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.420
 great big

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.460
 boundaries of

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.980
 the city.

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.900
 The whole

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.859
 valley where

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.619
 dead bodies

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.140
 and ashes

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.660
 are thrown

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.279
 and all the

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.980
 terraces out

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.279
 to the

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.079
 Kidron Valley

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:47.079
 onto the

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.579
 east as

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.180
 far as the

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.700
 corner of

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.140
 the horse

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.980
 gate will

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.960
 be holy

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.539
 to the

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.920
 Lord.

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.599
 This city

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.559
 will never

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.599
 again be

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.680
 uprooted

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.759
 or demolished.

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.500
 You see,

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:00.980
 the city

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.500
 was always

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.000
 a place

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.539
 of peace

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.340
 and security.

00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.320
 People

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:05.019
 came into

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.480
 the city

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.279
 for protection,

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.380
 to escape

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.060
 from harm

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:08.759
 and danger.

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:09.940
 But when

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.560
 they did,

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.759
 Babylon

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.380
 came in

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.019
 and overtook

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.299
 them and

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.779
 the city

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.620
 was destroyed.

00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:15.640
 Now God

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.019
 is saying

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.340
 to them,

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.860
 I'm going

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.299
 to build

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.620
 you a

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:17.980
 city,

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.680
 end of

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.320
 verse 40,

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.000
 that will

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.720
 never be

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.200
 uprooted

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.340
 or demolished.

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.360
 But read

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.000
 it carefully.

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.980
 This isn't

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.420
 just a

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.880
 city for

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.359
 God's

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.720
 people,

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.539
 this will

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.960
 be a

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.480
 city for

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.799
 God

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.279
 himself,

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.240
 verse 38.

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.180
 The days

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.779
 are coming,

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.799
 declares the

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.039
 Lord,

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.859
 when this

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.440
 city will

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.259
 be rebuilt

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.700
 for me.

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.619
 God

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.700
 and the

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.700
 people will

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.660
 dwell in

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.440
 this city

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.500
 together where

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.839
 there will

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.759
 be no harm

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.319
 and no

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.720
 danger will

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.259
 ever come

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.740
 to it.

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.180
 What a

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.740
 plan,

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.839
 what a

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.420
 future.

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.740
 A new

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.440
 relationship,

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.119
 a new

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.740
 heart,

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.920
 a new

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.420
 city,

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.940
 a new

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.480
 people.

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.319
 This is

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.019
 the promised

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.119
 hope of

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.619
 God,

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.500
 spoken

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.980
 through his

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.559
 prophets.

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.460
 How is

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.159
 God going

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.719
 to do

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.559
 all of

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.960
 that?

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.880
 How can

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.440
 he on the

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.039
 one hand

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.139
 announce this

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.059
 judgment that

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.699
 is going to

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.159
 come, a

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.719
 universal

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.260
 judgment,

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.239
 and then at

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.679
 the same

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.980
 time promise

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:24.179
 this amazing

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.240
 hope and

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.840
 a future?

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.059
 How can

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.420
 you have

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.960
 those two

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.699
 things together,

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.539
 judgment and

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.460
 hope, side

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.240
 by side?

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.400
 Well,

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.860
 Jeremiah's

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.820
 message didn't

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.460
 end there.

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:41.039
 Jeremiah was

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.800
 the prophet who

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.659
 spoke of one

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.159
 to come.

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.039
 Have a look

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.760
 at Hebrews

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:46.159
 chapter 1.

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.400
 Hebrews

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.300
 chapter 1

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.840
 and verse

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.220
 1.

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.200
 You see,

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.700
 God had

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.060
 promised,

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.500
 you remember

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.880
 how we

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.600
 started this

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:57.180
 morning in

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.820
 Deuteronomy?

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.800
 God said,

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.640
 I would raise

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.360
 up a prophet

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.620
 and I would

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.620
 put my words

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.220
 into his

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:04.420
 mouth and

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.980
 he would be

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.240
 my mouthpiece

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.060
 to the

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:07.620
 nations.

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.640
 Well,

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.180
 that prophet

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.960
 did come.

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:13.620
 Chapter 1

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.660
 verse 1.

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.400
 In the

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.980
 past,

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.539
 God spoke

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.279
 to our

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:19.000
 forefathers

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.900
 through the

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.320
 prophets,

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.480
 through people

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.480
 like Jeremiah

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.860
 at many times

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.679
 and in various

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.320
 ways.

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.779
 But in

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.599
 these last

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.159
 days,

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.880
 he has

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.679
 spoken to

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.320
 us by

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.860
 his

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.840
 Son.

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.739
 Jesus is

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.300
 the last

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.139
 and ultimate

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.659
 prophet,

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.800
 the fulfilled

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.340
 prophet.

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.659
 So everything

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.360
 that God

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.079
 has to say

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.519
 to us

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.139
 now is

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.900
 now said

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.059
 in Jesus.

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.199
 Jesus

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.840
 didn't just

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.659
 come speaking

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.199
 a message,

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.019
 Jesus

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.639
 himself

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.699
 is the

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.059
 message.

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.739
 It's all

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.539
 about him

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.919
 and what

00:35:51.919 --> 00:35:52.699
 he does.

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.399
 And as

00:35:54.399 --> 00:35:54.919
 we read

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:55.339
 on in

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:55.960
 the story,

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:56.839
 we meet

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.539
 Jesus who

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.939
 is the

00:35:57.939 --> 00:35:58.379
 perfect

00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:58.799
 one,

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.179
 who stands

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.980
 before us

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.279
 and when

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.099
 we put

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.619
 ourselves

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.460
 beside him,

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.439
 we see

00:36:04.439 --> 00:36:05.359
 what a

00:36:05.359 --> 00:36:06.279
 failure and

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.619
 what a

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.139
 mess we

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.439
 are.

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.079
 He is

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.719
 the perfect

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.299
 innocent,

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.819
 sinless

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.119
 one,

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:10.879
 but we

00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:11.579
 are not.

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:15.619
 and we

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.299
 deserve

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.900
 the

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.259
 judgment

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.880
 of God

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.539
 because we

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.860
 are sinful

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:21.019
 and broken.

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.000
 But yet

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.739
 this prophet,

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.639
 Jesus,

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.559
 is the

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.900
 one who

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.559
 comes and

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.519
 deals with

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.119
 the judgment.

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.279
 Jesus is

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:31.199
 like the

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.079
 belt that

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.460
 we read

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.059
 about in

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.519
 Jeremiah.

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.360
 Jesus was

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.400
 taken outside

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.980
 of the

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.360
 city.

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.559
 He was

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.119
 stripped

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.639
 bare.

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.319
 he was

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:40.779
 put on

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.299
 a cross,

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.839
 the crown

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:42.400
 of thorns

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.859
 shoved

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.219
 on his

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:44.420
 head.

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:44.900
 He

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.440
 became

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.059
 ruined

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:47.279
 and useless

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:48.539
 for us.

00:36:49.879 --> 00:36:50.719
 Jesus is

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.259
 like the

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.980
 clay pot

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.639
 that has

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:52.879
 been

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.639
 smashed

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.579
 and broken

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.299
 for us

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.980
 under the

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.539
 weight of

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.239
 God's

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.719
 judgment.

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.460
 You

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.099
 remember what

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.799
 Jesus said

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.619
 in Gethsemane

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:02.920
 as he

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.619
 faced his

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.179
 impending

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.699
 death?

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.000
 Jesus,

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.719
 he says,

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.339
 he cries

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.619
 out,

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.179
 Father,

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.019
 if you

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.500
 are willing

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.940
 will you

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.519
 take this

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.679
 cup from

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.000
 me?

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.619
 The cup

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.320
 of God's

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.659
 wrath.

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.980
 I do

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.380
 not want

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.659
 to go

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:16.980
 for it,

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.360
 but not

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.980
 my will,

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.739
 but your

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.179
 will be

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.519
 done.

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.139
 And as

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.940
 Jesus hangs

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.340
 on the

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:21.619
 cross,

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.599
 he drinks

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.199
 that cup

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.760
 of God's

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.159
 wrath to

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.719
 its very

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.280
 last

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.820
 dregs.

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.340
 There is

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.880
 not one

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.639
 drop left,

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.000
 it is

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.460
 drunk

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.159
 dry,

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.940
 so that

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.920
 we do

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.360
 not have

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.019
 to face

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.320
 what we

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.760
 deserve.

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.519
 And when

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.000
 we come

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.639
 in repentance

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.460
 to this

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.199
 prophet,

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:41.400
 he cleans

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.940
 us on

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.699
 the inside,

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.360
 he prepares

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.219
 us to

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.840
 be that

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.500
 beautiful

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.079
 bride,

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:47.599
 he gives

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.980
 us that

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.699
 new heart,

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.380
 a new

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.059
 clothing,

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.940
 a new

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.659
 inner self,

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.039
 a new

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.599
 mind,

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.280
 a new

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:53.760
 way to

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.340
 love him.

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.320
 And he

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:57.000
 takes us

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.360
 and he

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.860
 welcomes

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.400
 us to

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.800
 his

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.659
 eternal

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.340
 city,

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.920
 where we

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.579
 will dwell

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.559
 with God

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.260
 in the

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.079
 new city,

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.619
 the new

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.239
 heavens and

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.579
 the new

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.880
 earth,

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.720
 where no

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:08.680
 disaster will

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.180
 ever come

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.539
 again,

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.180
 where there

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.860
 will be no

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.820
 more death,

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:12.660
 no more

00:38:12.660 --> 00:38:13.160
 pain,

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.900
 no more

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.599
 suffering.

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.740
 But God

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.079
 and his

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:18.140
 people together

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:19.160
 living in

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:19.840
 that city

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.680
 as it's

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.180
 meant to

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.460
 be.

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.960
 But it

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.440
 doesn't end

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.760
 there.

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.380
 Because God,

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.960
 as it were,

00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:30.140
 takes us and

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.539
 he says,

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.880
 I want you

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.860
 and I want

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.860
 you and

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.559
 I want us

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.960
 as the

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.619
 church to

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.280
 be the

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.820
 prophetic

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:38.000
 voice to

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.440
 the world

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.940
 today.

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.900
 I send

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.460
 you, as it

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.160
 were, to

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.940
 be prophets

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.660
 into the

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.019
 world.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.820
 Not making

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.260
 up our

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.180
 own message,

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.440
 not coming

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.019
 up with our

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.660
 own ideas

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:49.340
 and thoughts,

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.660
 but speaking

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:51.400
 the message

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.099
 of Christ

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.519
 to the

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.360
 world of

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.260
 a saviour

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.780
 who has

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.300
 come to

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.019
 do everything

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.660
 for us,

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:57.200
 to bring

00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:57.619
 us into

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.640
 that relationship

00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:59.260
 with him.

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:01.340
 So where

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.200
 you go

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:03.440
 tomorrow at

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.800
 work, where

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.420
 you go

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.240
 tomorrow with

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.840
 your kids,

00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:07.680
 where you're

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.540
 in college or

00:39:08.540 --> 00:39:09.060
 whether you're

00:39:09.060 --> 00:39:09.580
 in school,

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.360
 wherever you

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:11.400
 are, God

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.000
 is sending

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.720
 you as his

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.380
 prophet to

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.040
 speak his

00:39:14.040 --> 00:39:15.060
 words into

00:39:15.060 --> 00:39:15.720
 the darkness

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.460
 and into the

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.240
 hopelessness of

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.280
 the world to

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:19.520
 bring the

00:39:19.520 --> 00:39:20.680
 promise of

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.080
 hope.

00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:23.140
 That's what

00:39:23.140 --> 00:39:23.800
 he sent us

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.260
 to do.

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.080
 God's

00:39:27.080 --> 00:39:28.840
 prophets, to

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.420
 speak the

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.000
 message of

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.559
 hope, a

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.420
 new relationship,

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.960
 a new

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:36.240
 city, a

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.700
 wonderful

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:38.559
 saviour in

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.440
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.300
 Let's pray.

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.980
 Father,

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:56.719
 we see so

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.179
 much of

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.980
 ourselves in

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.760
 this story.

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.099
 We see our

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.719
 mess, we

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.119
 see our

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.940
 unfaithfulness,

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:07.000
 we see our

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.920
 adultery as

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.460
 we give our

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.400
 love to

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.139
 other things

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.740
 instead of

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.240
 to you.

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.280
 But we

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.199
 find in

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.699
 you the

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.579
 perfect

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:20.400
 husband, as

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.019
 it were, who

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.820
 reaches out

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:25.700
 loyal, loving,

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:27.640
 forgiving,

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.840
 welcoming us

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.460
 back into

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.100
 relationship,

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:32.980
 providing the

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.559
 way in which

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.100
 that could be

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:34.559
 possible.

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.980
 We thank you

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.620
 for what you

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:39.080
 have done.

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.780
 We thank you

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.640
 for your word,

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.600
 for its truth,

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:43.100
 for its message.

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.320
 And we pray

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.100
 that we as

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:46.700
 your people

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:48.059
 would go into

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.720
 this world,

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.360
 into this

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.160
 community where

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.839
 you have us

00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:51.359
 tomorrow.

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:53.019
 And when we

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.759
 speak about

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.420
 the elections,

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.279
 when we speak

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.779
 about the

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.539
 match, when we

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.179
 speak about

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:57.679
 the weather,

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.859
 you would

00:40:58.859 --> 00:40:59.299
 give us

00:40:59.299 --> 00:41:00.019
 courage to

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:01.079
 speak the

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:02.219
 words of

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:04.259
 God, the

00:41:04.259 --> 00:41:04.739
 words of

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:07.679
 truth, the

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:09.339
 words of

00:41:09.339 --> 00:41:09.839
 hope.

00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.619
 Father, we

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.099
 need your

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.460
 help.

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:16.519
 hope, and

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.340
 we pray that

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.679
 you would

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.179
 work in

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.619
 us and

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.420
 amongst us.

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.559
 May people

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.119
 run to

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:23.699
 you and

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:24.280
 find their

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:24.880
 faith and

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.579
 their salvation

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.860
 in you.

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.599
 Amen.

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:43.579
 We're going

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.039
 to sing

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.480
 together.

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.460
 It's a

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.960
 reflective

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.559
 piece.

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.239
 We've been

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.920
 listening to

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.139
 God.

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.199
 Amen.

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.259
 Amen.

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.319
 Amen.

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:49.699
 Amen.

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.259
 Amen.

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.360
 Amen.

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.659
 Amen.

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:51.259
 Amen.