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You're great, fantastic, and you're so good

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So remember your great name

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Remember you're so great

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Remember your great story of life

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Your great story of life

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Your medicine to the wind

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Your medicine to the wind

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Oh, you're great

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When you're so low in the stars

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I need you to tell me

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Use my dreams to build a strong band

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I want you to be yourself, I'm sorry, no, I don't need you

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And I'll never see you again

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So remember your people

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Remember your children

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Remember your friends, oh God

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Your best is gone

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Your best is gone

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Your best is gone, oh, yeah

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Your best is gone

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Your sweet, your bright, your awesome

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I'm covered in your love

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Your sweet, your bright, your awesome

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Your sweet, your bright, your awesome

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Alright, alright, we're going to just jump right in, so we're going to pray, and jump right in, we're going to have the announcements right this second, and we'll talk a little bit more at the inspirational moment time, which is coming up, and we'll give you more time for that to take, and we're going to do some praying together.

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So good announcements, most of everything is going on, and I'll talk to you about a lot of stuff that's in the bulletin. So check it out in the bulletin, check it out.

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If you don't know, it's okay, get with me, I'll have you too, or I'll tell you, you can call me, or any empty near the room, but we're happy to point you to everything that's going on, we're just going to pray for it out, and move forward.

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Okay, so join me in prayer, let's go.

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Father in heaven, you are an awesome God, this day, the first day of the week, is given to you, whatever went on yesterday, for we may or may not have gotten it right, we may or may not have made all the decisions, but they should be, we're right now in this world, commit ourselves to you, we give ourselves over into your service, we want to worship you today,

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and we want to declare your word that this place, we're going to sing praise to you today, Lord.

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We may not be worthy of doing so, we may not be strong enough to do so, we may not be smart enough to formulate the word just the way they are, or brave enough to put it all together, but we know you can make us able, so we're coming to you today, Lord, confessing our weaknesses, asking for forgiveness, being thankful that Jesus is the care of all of that.

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We ask you to be with our missing members, those who are traveling away from home, those who are sick today, I pray for this Jew, Lord, that the pain from her recent surgery would subside, that she be healed and strong, I pray for Nicole, and Dominic, and Dustin, and what they're going through in the family there, and Chris, and Ashley, and Lisa, all of them, Lord.

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I pray for those who are supposed to be here today, I ask you Lord to be with them, call them unto yourself right where they are.

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I think it's interesting folks say you don't need to be in the church with the church to worship God, but he's our God, I'm not saying I own, but I love him, and we know how to worship you, Lord, and so I'm grateful that we're able to gather together today for worship you make this time about you,

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even as we talk about prayer, look at what you're doing, Lord, make this time about you, even as we're reminded of your wrath, and you're all consumed fire today, Lord, make this time about you, even as we play the instruments and sing the songs, Lord, make this time about you, whatever was yesterday, it's gone, can't do a thing about it.

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What's coming tomorrow, we can only prepare, but right now, in this moment, we can better self to you, and we pray all this that Jesus saves, Amen.

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All right, everyone to stand up with us, we're going to do some clapping.

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308
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309
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310
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311
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see,

312
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see,

313
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see,

314
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see,

315
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see,

316
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317
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318
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319
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320
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321
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322
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323
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see,

324
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see,

325
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see,

326
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see,

327
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see,

328
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see,

329
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see,

330
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see,

331
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see,

332
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see,

333
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see,

334
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see,

335
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see,

336
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see,

337
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see,

338
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see,

339
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see,

340
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see,

341
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see,

342
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see,

343
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see,

344
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see,

345
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see,

346
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see,

347
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see,

348
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see,

349
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see,

350
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see,

351
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see,

352
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see,

353
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see,

354
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see,

355
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see,

356
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see,

357
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see,

358
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see,

359
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see,

360
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see,

361
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see,

362
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see,

363
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see,

364
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see,

365
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see,

366
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see,

367
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see,

368
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see,

369
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see,

370
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see,

371
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see,

372
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see,

373
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see,

374
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see,

375
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see,

376
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see,

377
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see,

378
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see,

379
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see,

380
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:08,000
see,

381
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see,

382
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see,

383
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:23,000
see,

384
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:28,000
see,

385
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:33,000
see,

386
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:38,000
see,

387
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:43,000
see,

388
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see,

389
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see,

390
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:58,000
see,

391
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see,

392
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see,

393
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:13,000
see,

394
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see,

395
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,000
see,

396
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:28,000
see,

397
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,000
see,

398
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:38,000
see,

399
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:43,000
see,

400
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:48,000
see,

401
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:53,000
see,

402
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,000
see,

403
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:03,000
see,

404
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:08,000
see,

405
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:13,000
see,

406
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:18,000
see,

407
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:23,000
see,

408
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:28,000
see,

409
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:33,000
see,

410
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,000
see,

411
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:43,000
see,

412
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:48,000
see,

413
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,000
see,

414
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,000
see,

415
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:03,000
see,

416
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:08,000
see,

417
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:13,000
see,

418
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:18,000
see,

419
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:23,000
see,

420
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:28,000
see,

421
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:33,000
see,

422
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,000
see,

423
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:43,000
see,

424
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:48,000
see,

425
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:53,000
see,

426
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:58,000
see,

427
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:03,000
see,

428
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,000
see,

429
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,000
see,

430
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:18,000
see,

431
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:23,000
see,

432
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,000
see,

433
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:33,000
see,

434
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:38,000
see,

435
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:43,000
see,

436
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:48,000
see,

437
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:53,000
see,

438
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:58,000
see,

439
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:03,000
see,

440
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:08,000
see,

441
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see,

442
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see,

443
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:23,000
see,

444
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:28,000
see,

445
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:33,000
see,

446
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:38,000
see,

447
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:43,000
see,

448
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:48,000
see,

449
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:53,000
see,

450
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:58,000
see,

451
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:03,000
see,

452
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:08,000
see,

453
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:13,000
see,

454
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:18,000
see,

455
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:23,000
see,

456
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,000
see,

457
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:33,000
see,

458
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:38,000
see,

459
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:43,000
see,

460
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:48,000
see,

461
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:53,000
see,

462
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:58,000
see,

463
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:03,000
see,

464
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:08,000
see,

465
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see,

466
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see,

467
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:23,000
see,

468
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:28,000
see,

469
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:33,000
see,

470
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:38,000
see,

471
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see,

472
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see,

473
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see,

474
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see,

475
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see,

476
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see,

477
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see,

478
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see,

479
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see,

480
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see,

481
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see,

482
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see,

483
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see,

484
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see,

485
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see,

486
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see,

487
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see,

488
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see,

489
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see,

490
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see,

491
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see,

492
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:28,000
see,

493
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see,

494
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:38,000
see,

495
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see,

496
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see,

497
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:53,000
see,

498
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see,

499
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see,

500
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see,

501
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see,

502
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see,

503
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see,

504
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see,

505
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see,

506
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see,

507
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see,

508
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:48,000
see,

509
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see,

510
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see,

511
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see,

512
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see,

513
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see,

514
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see,

515
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see,

516
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see,

517
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see,

518
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see,

519
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see,

520
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:48,000
see,

521
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:53,000
see,

522
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:58,000
see,

523
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:03,000
see,

524
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:08,000
see,

525
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:13,000
see,

526
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:18,000
see,

527
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:23,000
see,

528
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:28,000
see,

529
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:33,000
see,

530
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:38,000
see,

531
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:43,000
see,

532
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:48,000
see,

533
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:53,000
see,

534
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:58,000
see,

535
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:03,000
see,

536
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:08,000
see,

537
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:13,000
see,

538
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:18,000
see,

539
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:23,000
see,

540
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:28,000
see,

541
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:33,000
see,

542
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:38,000
see,

543
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:43,000
see,

544
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:48,000
see,

545
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:53,000
see,

546
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see,

547
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see,

548
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:08,000
see,

549
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:13,000
see,

550
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see,

551
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:23,000
see,

552
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,000
see,

553
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:33,000
see,

554
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:38,000
see,

555
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:43,000
see,

556
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:48,000
see,

557
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:53,000
see,

558
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:58,000
see,

559
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:03,000
see,

560
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:08,000
see,

561
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:13,000
see,

562
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:18,000
see,

563
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:23,000
see,

564
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:28,000
see,

565
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:33,000
see,

566
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:38,000
see,

567
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:43,000
see,

568
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:48,000
see,

569
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:53,000
see,

570
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:58,000
see,

571
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:03,000
see,

572
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:08,000
see,

573
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:13,000
see,

574
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:18,000
see,

575
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:23,000
see,

576
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:28,000
see,

577
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:33,000
see,

578
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:38,000
see,

579
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:43,000
see,

580
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:48,000
see,

581
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:53,000
see,

582
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:58,000
see,

583
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:03,000
see,

584
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:08,000
see,

585
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:13,000
see,

586
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:18,000
see,

587
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:23,000
see,

588
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:28,000
see,

589
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:33,000
see,

590
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:38,000
see,

591
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:43,000
see,

592
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:48,000
see,

593
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:53,000
see,

594
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:58,000
see,

595
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:03,000
see,

596
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:08,000
see,

597
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:13,000
see,

598
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:18,000
see,

599
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:23,000
see,

600
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:28,000
see,

601
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:33,000
see,

602
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:38,000
see,

603
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:43,000
see,

604
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:48,000
see,

605
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:53,000
see,

606
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:58,000
see,

607
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:03,000
see,

608
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:08,000
see,

609
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:13,000
see,

610
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:18,000
see,

611
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:23,000
see,

612
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:28,000
see,

613
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:33,000
see,

614
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:38,000
see,

615
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:43,000
see,

616
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:48,000
see,

617
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:53,000
see,

618
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:58,000
see,

619
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:03,000
see,

620
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:08,000
see,

621
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:13,000
see,

622
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:18,000
see,

623
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:23,000
see,

624
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:28,000
see,

625
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:33,000
see,

626
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:38,000
see,

627
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:43,000
see,

628
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:48,000
see,

629
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:53,000
see,

630
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:58,000
see,

631
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:03,000
see,

632
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:08,000
see,

633
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:13,000
see,

634
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:18,000
see,

635
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:23,000
see,

636
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:28,000
see,

637
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:33,000
see,

638
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:38,000
see,

639
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:43,000
see,

640
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:48,000
see,

641
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:53,000
see,

642
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:58,000
see,

643
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:03,000
see,

644
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:08,000
see,

645
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see,

646
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see,

647
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:23,000
see,

648
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:28,000
see,

649
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:33,000
see,

650
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:38,000
see,

651
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:43,000
see,

652
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:48,000
see,

653
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:53,000
see,

654
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:58,000
see,

655
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:03,000
see,

656
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:08,000
see,

657
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:13,000
see,

658
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:18,000
see,

659
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:23,000
see,

660
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:28,000
see,

661
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:33,000
see,

662
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:38,000
see,

663
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:43,000
see,

664
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:48,000
see,

665
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:53,000
see,

666
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:58,000
see,

667
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:03,000
see,

668
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:08,000
see,

669
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:13,000
see,

670
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:18,000
see,

671
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:23,000
see,

672
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:28,000
see,

673
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:33,000
see,

674
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:38,000
see,

675
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:43,000
see,

676
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:48,000
see,

677
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:53,000
see,

678
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:58,000
see,

679
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:03,000
see,

680
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:08,000
see,

681
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:13,000
see,

682
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:18,000
see,

683
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:23,000
see,

684
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:28,000
see,

685
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:33,000
see,

686
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:38,000
see,

687
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:43,000
see,

688
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:48,000
see,

689
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:53,000
see,

690
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:58,000
see,

691
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:03,000
see,

692
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:08,000
see,

693
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:13,000
see,

694
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:18,000
see,

695
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:23,000
see,

696
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:28,000
see,

697
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:33,000
see,

698
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:38,000
see,

699
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:43,000
see,

700
01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:48,000
see,

701
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:53,000
see,

702
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:58,000
see,

703
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:03,000
see,

704
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:08,000
see,

705
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:13,000
see,

706
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:18,000
see,

707
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:23,000
see,

708
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:28,000
see,

709
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,600
Moses was a guy who probably had little kids balling on his knee at some point in time.

710
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:33,420
Had tons of grandkids, right?

711
01:01:33,420 --> 01:01:37,720
And others that lived around him that had kids, nieces and nephews and whatever.

712
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:41,940
And he loved to see the little kids looking to God, just as much as he did the adults.

713
01:01:41,940 --> 01:01:45,040
And to think this is going to go in, and you would think, there's a pregnant woman, you're

714
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:48,400
telling me the child inside the pregnant woman of the promised land is guilty of the sin

715
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:49,920
of the nation?

716
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:54,160
Moses is saying, this is why, this is how.

717
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:55,400
We're going to work this out right now.

718
01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:58,960
I'm going to understand, you're going to understand, if you just listen, you can figure out how

719
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:05,060
it could be that that society can arrive at a point that wretchedness and filth is so

720
01:02:05,060 --> 01:02:11,440
predominant that destroying the man, woman, child and unborn child is the only possible

721
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:12,440
result.

722
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:15,260
It's the only way it can be settled.

723
01:02:15,260 --> 01:02:19,800
Not only that, he's saying that that same wrath of God that would be visited against

724
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:25,240
that people, destroying, now let's remind ourselves that God did keep the Israelites

725
01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:31,040
in imprisonment for 430 years while that society was raising to this level of wickedness and

726
01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:36,920
decadence and wretchedness that all that was left was for them to be destroyed.

727
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:41,680
So God put it off for over four centuries while they continue to burn their firstborn

728
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:44,520
children alive in the fires to Molech.

729
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:52,280
While they continue to go every midweek and every festival and every full moon and whatever

730
01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:56,480
down to the temple prostitutes to sleep with the women of the temple in order to get the

731
01:02:56,480 --> 01:03:00,440
false gods that they worship to bring the rain.

732
01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:04,560
So God put that off for over 400 years but now they've reached a point of wretchedness.

733
01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:07,920
Moses says God is doing something and we have to figure this out.

734
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:12,960
We have to make this line up so that it can make sense because otherwise a compassionate

735
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:17,600
God shouldn't he be sending us in there as evangelists instead of as warriors to destroy

736
01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:19,520
this society?

737
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:24,240
And then on top of that shouldn't God have compassion on me, his faithful servant, all

738
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:27,700
that I have done and I should be allowed to go in?

739
01:03:27,700 --> 01:03:30,860
Even though yes I didn't do what he told me to do, even though yes I got angry at him

740
01:03:30,860 --> 01:03:36,500
and at his people and I struck the rock instead of speaking to it and I chastised them instead

741
01:03:36,500 --> 01:03:39,120
of testifying on behalf of God.

742
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:42,560
Even though I did that shouldn't God have compassion on me but there is no compassion

743
01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:43,560
to be found.

744
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:46,000
I'm not going to be allowed to go into the promised land.

745
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:53,480
The problem was this, God is a consuming fire.

746
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,320
God is a jealous fire.

747
01:03:56,320 --> 01:04:05,120
He is jealous for the breath that he put in you as he brought Adam to life.

748
01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:11,280
He is not pleased with the way men and women across the world, not everybody necessarily

749
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:14,000
at any given moment, thank God it's not everybody at any given moment because that would probably

750
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:15,320
be the end of it right there.

751
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:21,920
But people across the world have misused the resources that God has given them.

752
01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:30,760
So if God is a consuming fire and he is jealous for the breath that's being used by man and

753
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:38,920
he's provided it for your lifetime sufficient and if God's people have imperfections, right,

754
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:43,480
there are stiff necked people so much so that he says don't do this, don't worship idols,

755
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:47,520
don't have any other gods, don't let anything else be important like God, don't serve anyone

756
01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:50,160
or anything else other than God.

757
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:53,600
And then in the very next paragraph he says but when you're in the land and your grandchildren

758
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:57,660
are growing up and you're doing this, you're worshiping God, know that God will punish

759
01:04:57,660 --> 01:04:59,320
you and he will discipline you.

760
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:04,880
That's the imperfections and so if God is a consuming fire and a jealous God and God's

761
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:14,960
people have imperfections, then we have a problem because God is going to consume them.

762
01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:18,960
When they didn't go in the promised land the first time, God said no I will not go up with

763
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:19,960
you.

764
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:22,800
Don't go now because I won't go up with you now because you've been unfaithful.

765
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:28,280
When they were walking in the desert, right, one tribe always had to walk surrounding the

766
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:32,800
tabernacle to keep the wrath of God from pouring out on the rest of the tribes.

767
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:36,160
Do you remember what tribe by any chance?

768
01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:37,160
Anybody?

769
01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:38,840
Levites, right, the priests.

770
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:43,800
So they walked surrounding the tabernacle so that God's wrath would not pour out of God's

771
01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:48,560
holy place and it was broken down and it was pulled and wrapped up cloth and the ark of

772
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:49,560
the covenant was there.

773
01:05:49,560 --> 01:05:56,200
But as it traveled, the Levites had to surround it so that the rest of the people would not

774
01:05:56,200 --> 01:05:58,360
be destroyed by God's consuming fire.

775
01:05:58,360 --> 01:06:03,480
See the problem here, God's consuming fire and the imperfections of his people.

776
01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:05,400
This is the problem that the angels have.

777
01:06:05,400 --> 01:06:07,040
They're like how can this match?

778
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:08,040
How can this ever line up?

779
01:06:08,040 --> 01:06:14,520
They long to look into this mystery that God was a holy God, a wrathful God, a consuming

780
01:06:14,520 --> 01:06:19,960
fire and jealous over his people and over what he's instilled in his people.

781
01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:27,040
How can it make sense that God is going to allow them, the people, to rule over God's

782
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:28,040
creation?

783
01:06:28,040 --> 01:06:29,560
You see?

784
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:35,560
So much so that according to historical doctrines of demons and theology, Satan who was an angel

785
01:06:35,560 --> 01:06:40,080
or Lucifer for sure was an angel, fell because he just couldn't get it.

786
01:06:40,080 --> 01:06:41,080
I don't understand.

787
01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:42,560
God is just wrong.

788
01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:50,280
How can man be allowed to persist and rule the earth when God is a consuming fire and

789
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:51,280
righteous and just?

790
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:57,120
So apparently, God is not then a consuming fire and righteous and just and jealous.

791
01:06:57,120 --> 01:06:58,120
That's who we always thought he was.

792
01:06:58,120 --> 01:07:01,960
Well, I'm not going to stand for that.

793
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:05,800
Whether or not that doctrine of demons really holds true, the bottom line is we know scripture

794
01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:08,400
says that the angels looked into this.

795
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:09,400
They desire to look.

796
01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:15,960
They long to understand the truth of how it could be that the consuming fire of our God

797
01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:22,040
would not frankly consume God's people in their imperfections.

798
01:07:22,040 --> 01:07:23,760
And this problem persists.

799
01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:27,800
Listen with me to Isaiah 33.

800
01:07:27,800 --> 01:07:32,520
Going to the right in the big prophet section.

801
01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:36,520
Before Jeremiah, which will probably run into you first because he always seems to pop up

802
01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:38,400
sooner in my Bible.

803
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:43,160
Alright, Isaiah 33 is where we're going.

804
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:46,860
Alright, and I'm going to begin reading in verse 10.

805
01:07:46,860 --> 01:07:47,860
Listen to Isaiah.

806
01:07:47,860 --> 01:07:53,920
This is thousands of years later, right?

807
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:57,240
A thousand plus years later, right?

808
01:07:57,240 --> 01:07:58,240
33, 10.

809
01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:01,040
Now I will arise, says the Lord.

810
01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:04,200
Now I will be exalted.

811
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:08,120
Now I will be lifted up.

812
01:08:08,120 --> 01:08:10,900
You have conceived chaff.

813
01:08:10,900 --> 01:08:13,560
You will give birth to stubble.

814
01:08:13,560 --> 01:08:16,700
My breath will consume.

815
01:08:16,700 --> 01:08:19,640
You like a fire.

816
01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:21,940
This is being said to the Israelites.

817
01:08:21,940 --> 01:08:24,700
To God's people in the promised land after all that they did.

818
01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:27,800
Never truly reaching the full size they were supposed to.

819
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:28,800
But there it is.

820
01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:30,200
This is being said to the Israelites.

821
01:08:30,200 --> 01:08:33,320
My breath will consume you like a fire.

822
01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:34,580
And then verse 12.

823
01:08:34,580 --> 01:08:38,640
And the people's will be burned to lime.

824
01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:41,360
Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

825
01:08:41,360 --> 01:08:44,680
You who are far away, hear what I have done.

826
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:48,640
And you who are near, acknowledge my might.

827
01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:51,480
Sinners in Zion are terrified.

828
01:08:51,480 --> 01:08:54,920
Trembling has seized the godless.

829
01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:58,560
Who among us can live with the consuming fire?

830
01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:02,840
Who among us can live with continual burning?

831
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:06,080
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity.

832
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:07,320
This is the answer to his question.

833
01:09:07,320 --> 01:09:10,200
He says, who among us can live with the consuming fire?

834
01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:12,240
Who among us can live with continual burning?

835
01:09:12,240 --> 01:09:13,440
And then he answers the question this way.

836
01:09:13,440 --> 01:09:18,920
He says, he who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity.

837
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:25,360
He who rejects unjust gain and shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe.

838
01:09:25,360 --> 01:09:34,680
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.

839
01:09:34,680 --> 01:09:36,760
He will dwell on the heights.

840
01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:39,520
His refuge will be the impregnable rock.

841
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:41,660
His bread will be given him.

842
01:09:41,660 --> 01:09:44,600
His water will be sure.

843
01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:50,000
This problem persisted, this conflict between the fact that God is a consuming fire and

844
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:51,700
his people have imperfections.

845
01:09:51,700 --> 01:09:56,320
And here it says, God says, I will now be exalted.

846
01:09:56,320 --> 01:10:00,880
He says, you who are far away, hear what I have done.

847
01:10:00,880 --> 01:10:04,600
And you who are near, acknowledge my might.

848
01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:07,520
Sinners in Zion are terrified.

849
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:10,260
Trembling has seized the godless.

850
01:10:10,260 --> 01:10:12,840
Who among us can live with the consuming fire?

851
01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:14,520
Who among us can live with the continual burning?

852
01:10:14,520 --> 01:10:19,260
And then he sets that pattern at the end about righteous works.

853
01:10:19,260 --> 01:10:24,380
Not being part of unjust gain, not getting ahead in an unjust way, not taking a bribe,

854
01:10:24,380 --> 01:10:25,920
not looking at bloodshed.

855
01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:30,800
That's a real problem for the rated R movie watchers who like to see people destroy each

856
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:32,800
other and go, oh, it's not real.

857
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:33,800
Whatever.

858
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:34,800
Right?

859
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:40,680
He's turned from bloodshed, shutting his eyes from looking upon evil.

860
01:10:40,680 --> 01:10:42,320
That person will dwell on the heights.

861
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:45,000
That person's refuge will be the impregnable rock.

862
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:49,240
That person, his bread will be given him and his water will be sure.

863
01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:53,160
So even in Isaiah's day, this problem persisted.

864
01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:57,660
The consuming fire versus the imperfections of men.

865
01:10:57,660 --> 01:11:02,560
And then you get to the New Testament in case you think, well, but now we live in grace.

866
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:03,560
Right?

867
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:08,880
Now Jesus has come, he's lived, he's died, he rose again to save everyone.

868
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:11,440
And so because he had, God is no longer consuming fire.

869
01:11:11,440 --> 01:11:13,520
God's not going to wipe anybody out anymore.

870
01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:16,200
God's not going to come into the world with judgment or wrath.

871
01:11:16,200 --> 01:11:17,960
Wrath is opposition, not anger.

872
01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:18,960
Right?

873
01:11:18,960 --> 01:11:19,960
Coming with wrath.

874
01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:20,960
It's not going to be like that anymore.

875
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:25,360
But if you go then into Hebrews chapter 10, if you follow along in your Bible, please

876
01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:28,880
do go to Hebrews chapter 10.

877
01:11:28,880 --> 01:11:34,360
You'll find it back there right in front of James, Hebrews 10.

878
01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:42,840
And we'll read the first part where he references this problem and sort of begins to propose

879
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:45,000
a solution.

880
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:51,080
Hebrews 10, we'll start in 19.

881
01:11:51,080 --> 01:11:54,640
He considered that God is able to raise men even from the dead, talking about Abraham,

882
01:11:54,640 --> 01:12:00,480
from which he also received him back as a type by faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau,

883
01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:03,720
even regarding, I'm reading the wrong chapter.

884
01:12:03,720 --> 01:12:05,360
Hold on, my fault.

885
01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:07,880
I do that.

886
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:13,720
Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

887
01:12:13,720 --> 01:12:21,140
by a new and living way, which he inaugurated for us through the veil that is his flesh.

888
01:12:21,140 --> 01:12:26,160
And since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere

889
01:12:26,160 --> 01:12:31,260
heart and full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience

890
01:12:31,260 --> 01:12:33,760
in our bodies washed with pure water.

891
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:38,900
And then he's going to say, let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering

892
01:12:38,900 --> 01:12:41,120
for he who promised is faithful.

893
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:44,960
Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our

894
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:50,120
own assembling together as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another and all

895
01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:52,400
the more as you see the day drawing near.

896
01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:54,320
Now it's going to get into why.

897
01:12:54,320 --> 01:13:01,120
Four, because if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth,

898
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:08,160
there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment

899
01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:11,960
and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversary.

900
01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:13,740
See the problem still persists.

901
01:13:13,740 --> 01:13:15,560
God is a consuming fire.

902
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:18,280
He is jealous for that which he has entrusted to us.

903
01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:20,280
This is no joke.

904
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:21,520
This is a real thing.

905
01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:26,160
The gospel that goes against God's wrath or judgment against people who take what he has

906
01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:32,160
given them, which would include eternal life and spit on it or trample on it.

907
01:13:32,160 --> 01:13:36,600
That's no gospel at all because it doesn't even know who God is.

908
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:41,960
From the beginning of creation, God was a consuming fire.

909
01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:43,280
God is a jealous God.

910
01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:47,800
He has given you the breath of life and he expects that you will use it accordingly.

911
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:51,080
I'll go back to the beginning of 26 just to make sure we get the full thought.

912
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:54,680
For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer

913
01:13:54,680 --> 01:14:00,200
remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment and the

914
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:03,600
fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.

915
01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:08,340
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two

916
01:14:08,340 --> 01:14:09,340
or three witnesses.

917
01:14:09,340 --> 01:14:14,080
Now that doesn't happen today by the way, but they did then.

918
01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:19,640
How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the

919
01:14:19,640 --> 01:14:25,180
Son of God and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified

920
01:14:25,180 --> 01:14:29,240
and has insulted the spirit of grace?

921
01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:34,480
For we know him who said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay.

922
01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:36,920
And again, the Lord will judge his people.

923
01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:44,320
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

924
01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:49,560
32 says, But remember the former days when, after being enlightened, you endured a great

925
01:14:49,560 --> 01:14:53,680
conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and

926
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:57,640
tribulations and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.

927
01:14:57,640 --> 01:15:00,960
In other words, it was going really bad for the church for a while, remember how it was

928
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:04,160
and you stayed the course?

929
01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:08,800
Again helping those as he says in 34, for you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted

930
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:13,000
joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession

931
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:14,840
and an abiding one.

932
01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:20,320
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward, for you have need

933
01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:26,280
of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

934
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:32,360
37, for yet in the very little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay, but

935
01:15:32,360 --> 01:15:38,200
my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure

936
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,080
in him.

937
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:45,080
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to

938
01:15:45,080 --> 01:15:46,440
the persevering of the soul.

939
01:15:46,440 --> 01:15:51,480
See the same problem of God being a consuming fire and a jealous God exists all the way

940
01:15:51,480 --> 01:15:56,600
to July 17, 2022.

941
01:15:56,600 --> 01:16:01,280
Moses recognized it and the evidence of it in his day was the fact that they were being

942
01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:08,160
called to go in and wipe out an entire society down to the smallest unborn child.

943
01:16:08,160 --> 01:16:11,040
God had given them plenty of time to repent.

944
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:15,360
He had given them plenty of reasons to recognize his glory, plenty of reasons to recognize

945
01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:17,000
the gifts that he had given them.

946
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:21,280
They were living literally in the lands of milk and honey.

947
01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:25,760
When the scouts went in in the first place, they saw grapes that were so large.

948
01:16:25,760 --> 01:16:31,440
We now know that even today, some of the lands in question yield as much as four times, or

949
01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:35,920
some people say in the lands getting up closer to Mesopotamia, the crops of those fields are

950
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:37,720
16 times.

951
01:16:37,720 --> 01:16:44,760
The same amount of seed corn will produce 16 times the yield in a field there near Mesopotamia.

952
01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:49,000
The bottom line is, this was a great land that God had blessed them with and in it they

953
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:54,080
had chosen to become a people that burned their firstborn children in the fire, a people

954
01:16:54,080 --> 01:16:59,320
that will not follow God, a people that will worship bits of stone and gold or clever craftsmanship,

955
01:16:59,320 --> 01:17:03,040
a people that will go and sow their seed in the temple to bring about the rain.

956
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:07,360
Not with their wife, but with prostitutes over and over and over again.

957
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:13,920
A people that have gotten into decadence and used their bodies in every incorrect way.

958
01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:16,820
Moses says, I see the problem.

959
01:17:16,820 --> 01:17:18,640
God is doing something.

960
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:24,320
Instead of man worshipping God, recognizing God, glorifying God, submitting to God, repenting

961
01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:29,580
and turning to God and God alone, man takes the blessings of God and turns them out for

962
01:17:29,580 --> 01:17:31,760
what he wants.

963
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:33,640
Tries to make out of it what he wants.

964
01:17:33,640 --> 01:17:35,600
What will make him feel good?

965
01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:41,440
He consumes those blessings, but does not deliver worship to God.

966
01:17:41,440 --> 01:17:45,320
The problem was, God is doing something.

967
01:17:45,320 --> 01:17:51,680
He is a consuming fire and there are imperfections in God's people, traced all the way back to

968
01:17:51,680 --> 01:17:53,000
the fall.

969
01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:57,640
So any angel might look and say, well then why doesn't God just destroy them all and

970
01:17:57,640 --> 01:18:02,240
in the blink of an eye, just as he can, create again?

971
01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:05,440
And in Noah's day, he did.

972
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:11,360
He literally wiped out every man, woman and child and every unborn child himself.

973
01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:14,660
Didn't send an army, didn't send a fire, didn't send a plague.

974
01:18:14,660 --> 01:18:16,440
He flooded the earth and destroyed.

975
01:18:16,440 --> 01:18:21,400
Now you're trying to tell me that that is not evidence that our God is a consuming fire,

976
01:18:21,400 --> 01:18:24,720
that our God is jealous for that which he has entrusted to man.

977
01:18:24,720 --> 01:18:29,980
Yes, our God is that, as was seen clearly in Noah's day.

978
01:18:29,980 --> 01:18:32,480
But our God is also a God of compassion.

979
01:18:32,480 --> 01:18:36,760
And with this great problem, he has made a way out.

980
01:18:36,760 --> 01:18:39,480
Now before you say, that way out is Jesus.

981
01:18:39,480 --> 01:18:43,880
Jesus paid for all our sins and so now, nobody's going to have to pay.

982
01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:45,680
That's not the solution.

983
01:18:45,680 --> 01:18:51,120
That is a solution to a very real problem in the fact that you could not have your sins

984
01:18:51,120 --> 01:18:55,440
forgiven, have eternal life with God, be born again, if it were not for the sacrifice of

985
01:18:55,440 --> 01:18:56,480
Jesus on the cross.

986
01:18:56,480 --> 01:18:57,480
And that is true.

987
01:18:57,480 --> 01:19:03,720
But out of that sacrifice arises in us something that we need to recognize and do something

988
01:19:03,720 --> 01:19:04,720
about.

989
01:19:04,720 --> 01:19:05,720
The transition looks like this.

990
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:09,120
If you're following along in your Bibles, go to Ephesians chapter 2.

991
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:13,880
Ephesians chapter 2 happens to be one of those passages in the scripture that I have probably

992
01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:15,800
studied at length more than any other.

993
01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:19,200
I studied it in Bible college, again in seminary and did the first 10 verses.

994
01:19:19,200 --> 01:19:22,840
At one point in time, I had it word-perfect memorized from the NIV.

995
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:24,480
I no longer have that.

996
01:19:24,480 --> 01:19:28,120
But I love this passage of scripture and it speaks in the first seven verses before it

997
01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:29,120
really gets into the solution.

998
01:19:29,120 --> 01:19:31,800
It speaks in the first seven verses of this problem that we're talking about.

999
01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:38,680
He says, and you, that's me, that's Ron, that's Marcos, that's Kishon, that's Jamie, right?

1000
01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:43,920
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you formally walked according to

1001
01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:48,040
the course of this world according to the prince of power of the air of the spirit that

1002
01:19:48,040 --> 01:19:49,680
is now working in the sons of disobedience.

1003
01:19:49,680 --> 01:19:53,940
In other words, you were under condemnation.

1004
01:19:53,940 --> 01:20:01,960
You were destined to spend eternity in the consuming fire away from and never consumed

1005
01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:06,960
by God, but rather consumed eternally by that fire.

1006
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:12,320
Now the prince of power of the air, presumably talking about Satan, he is now working in

1007
01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:13,320
the sons of disobedience.

1008
01:20:13,320 --> 01:20:17,320
The spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience is that same one that we had.

1009
01:20:17,320 --> 01:20:18,320
We were like that.

1010
01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:22,960
And it says in verse three, among them, we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our

1011
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:23,960
flesh.

1012
01:20:23,960 --> 01:20:24,960
We were consumers.

1013
01:20:24,960 --> 01:20:29,080
We went after one thing after another, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind.

1014
01:20:29,080 --> 01:20:30,720
And we're by nature children of wrath.

1015
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:33,400
That means we were facing the opposition.

1016
01:20:33,400 --> 01:20:34,400
Wrath is opposition.

1017
01:20:34,400 --> 01:20:39,400
We were the children subject to the opposition of God, even as the rest.

1018
01:20:39,400 --> 01:20:44,680
But God being rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us, even when

1019
01:20:44,680 --> 01:20:49,600
we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ.

1020
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:55,040
By grace have you been saved and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the

1021
01:20:55,040 --> 01:21:00,520
heavenly places in Christ Jesus in order that in the ages to come, he might show the surpassing

1022
01:21:00,520 --> 01:21:04,600
riches of his grace and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

1023
01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:08,720
God, through Jesus, changed our eternal outcome.

1024
01:21:08,720 --> 01:21:09,720
Right?

1025
01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:16,040
However, the author of Hebrews has already made it clear that then God, a consuming fire,

1026
01:21:16,040 --> 01:21:23,040
a jealous God, can readily expect a proper response to that gift.

1027
01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:27,120
You are no longer to die as a human if you are a follower of Lord Jesus Christ, no longer

1028
01:21:27,120 --> 01:21:30,600
to die as a human and go to hell for eternity, but now you're going to go to heaven.

1029
01:21:30,600 --> 01:21:33,760
In fact, your seat there is already being prepared for you.

1030
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:36,000
Your mansion already being built.

1031
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:38,920
Whatever all those words means, it's all taken care of.

1032
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:46,720
However, you are responsible for how you respond now to that action, to what God did there.

1033
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:52,040
He ultimately will show the great riches of his grace, but in the meantime, having received

1034
01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:55,760
them, you must respond accordingly.

1035
01:21:55,760 --> 01:22:01,080
And the author of Hebrews then clearly shows us in chapter 12, which I think is our last

1036
01:22:01,080 --> 01:22:05,960
set of verses for the day, yes it is, Hebrews chapter 12 beginning in verse 14, how that

1037
01:22:05,960 --> 01:22:06,960
goes down.

1038
01:22:06,960 --> 01:22:11,040
So flip to chapter 12 verse 14 if you're following along.

1039
01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:16,080
And he says this, he says, pursue peace with all men and the sanctification, that means

1040
01:22:16,080 --> 01:22:21,520
the being made holy, without which no one will see the Lord.

1041
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:27,040
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness bringing

1042
01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:30,480
up causes trouble and by it many be defiled.

1043
01:22:30,480 --> 01:22:33,560
In other words, if you're in the church or in the kingdom, you're serving God and you

1044
01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:36,800
start to have a little problem, don't let that little problem become something that

1045
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:37,800
blows up.

1046
01:22:37,800 --> 01:22:40,980
Don't say, well, I'm church hurt and run away from what you're supposed to be doing.

1047
01:22:40,980 --> 01:22:44,200
You do what you're supposed to be doing, which is about to be told to us.

1048
01:22:44,200 --> 01:22:49,780
In verse 16, it says that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau who sold his own

1049
01:22:49,780 --> 01:22:51,840
birthright for a single meal.

1050
01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:57,200
For you know that even afterwards when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected

1051
01:22:57,200 --> 01:23:01,080
for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

1052
01:23:01,080 --> 01:23:05,520
Now listen, that means that if we do those things in the first part of what I just read,

1053
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:12,640
which is allow a root of bitterness to spring up and cause trouble, be defiled means unclean,

1054
01:23:12,640 --> 01:23:18,360
not useful to God, that it is entirely possible that we will arrive at the place at which

1055
01:23:18,360 --> 01:23:22,000
there is no repentance for what we have done, just like Esau.

1056
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:23,000
You follow?

1057
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:27,240
It doesn't say you won't be saved, but there's no turning back to God and getting the kingdom

1058
01:23:27,240 --> 01:23:29,920
of God rolling again in your life on the earth.

1059
01:23:29,920 --> 01:23:30,920
It's possible.

1060
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:31,920
Okay?

1061
01:23:31,920 --> 01:23:34,820
A little bit further.

1062
01:23:34,820 --> 01:23:38,820
Verse 18.

1063
01:23:38,820 --> 01:23:43,720
For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and to a blazing fire, and to

1064
01:23:43,720 --> 01:23:45,400
darkness and gloom and whirlwind.

1065
01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:47,840
Remember, that's what they saw, that's what Moses was appealing to them.

1066
01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:48,840
Look, you saw this.

1067
01:23:48,840 --> 01:23:50,160
You know he's a consuming fire.

1068
01:23:50,160 --> 01:23:51,160
You personally saw him.

1069
01:23:51,160 --> 01:23:53,040
But he says, but we didn't do that.

1070
01:23:53,040 --> 01:23:54,960
We didn't come that way.

1071
01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:58,520
And to blast of a trumpet and the sound of words, which sound was such that those who

1072
01:23:58,520 --> 01:24:01,880
heard begged that no further word should be spoken to them.

1073
01:24:01,880 --> 01:24:04,280
See when God spoke to them, they said, oh please, no more.

1074
01:24:04,280 --> 01:24:05,880
We can't take it.

1075
01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:07,160
Right?

1076
01:24:07,160 --> 01:24:08,640
For they could see their imperfections.

1077
01:24:08,640 --> 01:24:10,600
They could feel his consuming fire.

1078
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:13,000
They felt like they were about to be consumed.

1079
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:14,000
Verse 20.

1080
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:15,800
For they could not bear the command.

1081
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:18,440
If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.

1082
01:24:18,440 --> 01:24:23,520
And so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I am full of fear and trembling.

1083
01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:24,520
Get that.

1084
01:24:24,520 --> 01:24:30,360
Moses said, Moses said, I am full of fear and trembling.

1085
01:24:30,360 --> 01:24:32,160
Because he realized his own imperfections.

1086
01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:33,160
Verse 22.

1087
01:24:33,160 --> 01:24:37,960
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,

1088
01:24:37,960 --> 01:24:42,200
and the myriads of angels, to the general assembly, and the church of the first born,

1089
01:24:42,200 --> 01:24:47,480
who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous

1090
01:24:47,480 --> 01:24:53,280
men made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood,

1091
01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:56,340
which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

1092
01:24:56,340 --> 01:24:59,920
See to it that you do not refuse him who is speaking.

1093
01:24:59,920 --> 01:25:04,120
For if those who did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much

1094
01:25:04,120 --> 01:25:09,200
less shall we escape who turned away from him who warns from heaven.

1095
01:25:09,200 --> 01:25:11,480
And his voice shook the earth then.

1096
01:25:11,480 --> 01:25:17,160
But now he has promised saying, yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also

1097
01:25:17,160 --> 01:25:18,700
the heavens.

1098
01:25:18,700 --> 01:25:22,620
And the expression, yet once more denotes the removing of those things which can be

1099
01:25:22,620 --> 01:25:24,840
shaken of created things.

1100
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:25,880
Listen to this.

1101
01:25:25,880 --> 01:25:31,600
Yet once more denotes the removal of those things which can be shaken as of created things

1102
01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:35,840
in order that those things which can be shaken, cannot be shaken, may remain.

1103
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:39,440
In other words, we've got to choose the not able to be shaken stuff because that will

1104
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:43,400
remain and the stuff that's able to be shaken, you've got to let it go because God is going

1105
01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:46,800
to shake it, but God is going to consume it, he's going to destroy it.

1106
01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:48,000
Two verses left.

1107
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:53,680
Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us wait for it, show

1108
01:25:53,680 --> 01:26:04,280
gratitude by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe.

1109
01:26:04,280 --> 01:26:08,760
And what does it say?

1110
01:26:08,760 --> 01:26:14,340
For our God is a consuming fire.

1111
01:26:14,340 --> 01:26:19,800
It all connects from the beginning with Adam and Eve to present day, our date, God at consuming

1112
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:26,380
fire has now shown us everything that we need to know to respond to him appropriately to

1113
01:26:26,380 --> 01:26:27,720
avoid being consumed.

1114
01:26:27,720 --> 01:26:32,520
In fact, Paul would elsewhere explain that this is the gospel mystery explained that

1115
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:38,120
you now no longer have to face the consuming fire of God against your imperfections, this

1116
01:26:38,120 --> 01:26:39,600
is how you do it.

1117
01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:44,160
Obviously, you have to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, you must admit that you

1118
01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:47,640
have sinned and because of that sin you are distanced from God.

1119
01:26:47,640 --> 01:26:51,400
The wages of that sin is your distance from God.

1120
01:26:51,400 --> 01:26:55,000
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1121
01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:59,600
When Jesus becomes your master in your life, when Jesus is your leader in your life, then

1122
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:01,600
he paid the price for your sins.

1123
01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:05,200
That's where it starts, that's ingredient one.

1124
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:10,600
And then every day of your life after that moment in time is ingredient two.

1125
01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:14,760
Spent this way, in gratitude.

1126
01:27:14,760 --> 01:27:18,800
You're spending the hours of your day on something that you enjoy.

1127
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If you're not using that something that you enjoy to bring glory to the one who died on

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01:27:22,640 --> 01:27:27,080
the cross for you, then you are not spending your time in gratitude.

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01:27:27,080 --> 01:27:29,520
You're not grateful for what you have received.

1130
01:27:29,520 --> 01:27:32,760
There's so many people out there like, oh, God will forgive it anyway, I'm going to heaven

1131
01:27:32,760 --> 01:27:34,600
when I die because I accepted Jesus Christ.

1132
01:27:34,600 --> 01:27:36,000
I know why I'm going to heaven.

1133
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:37,000
I absolutely know.

1134
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:38,600
Do you know where you'll go if you die today?

1135
01:27:38,600 --> 01:27:40,840
Yep, I absolutely know where I'll go if I die today.

1136
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:42,240
Okay, are you living accordingly?

1137
01:27:42,240 --> 01:27:43,440
Well, what does that mean?

1138
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:48,200
Well, are you living in gratitude to the one who paved your way?

1139
01:27:48,200 --> 01:27:53,040
You get out of bed in the morning and go, how can I thank Jesus today for saving my

1140
01:27:53,040 --> 01:27:55,240
eternal soul?

1141
01:27:55,240 --> 01:27:56,920
Are you living in gratitude?

1142
01:27:56,920 --> 01:28:00,820
Through that gratitude we can come up with an acceptable service.

1143
01:28:00,820 --> 01:28:04,580
We can find a way that we can serve our Lord, serve our God and do what God would have us

1144
01:28:04,580 --> 01:28:05,580
to do.

1145
01:28:05,580 --> 01:28:10,520
If there's no gratitude, no amount of service you do will be acceptable to the Lord.

1146
01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:16,760
In other words, if you fix it, if you go the distance, if you give your money, if you blood,

1147
01:28:16,760 --> 01:28:22,440
sweat and tears and you don't do it out of gratitude toward God, your service will not

1148
01:28:22,440 --> 01:28:24,440
be found as acceptable.

1149
01:28:24,440 --> 01:28:28,240
It would not be before you got saved and now that you're stepping on Jesus, spitting in

1150
01:28:28,240 --> 01:28:33,240
his face and dismissing his sacrifice, it will not be found acceptable now either because

1151
01:28:33,240 --> 01:28:38,200
our God is a consuming fire and he is jealous for the investment that he has placed in you

1152
01:28:38,200 --> 01:28:45,760
and in your life and he desires you to show him the very basic, simple, polite gratitude.

1153
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:51,280
So express your gratitude all the time, everywhere and everything you're going through because

1154
01:28:51,280 --> 01:28:53,960
it is an eternity that we need to be grateful for.

1155
01:28:53,960 --> 01:28:58,840
It is a payment that we could not pay that we need to be grateful for and that will allow

1156
01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:05,880
you to find a service that is acceptable to our God and you will be able to live in reverence.

1157
01:29:05,880 --> 01:29:06,880
You will love him.

1158
01:29:06,880 --> 01:29:09,080
I love him for what he's done for me.

1159
01:29:09,080 --> 01:29:14,400
Every time I screw up, it breaks my heart because I'm like, Oh God, but I love you.

1160
01:29:14,400 --> 01:29:16,360
My little daughter comes up to me and she says, I love you.

1161
01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:17,360
She's got this routine at bedtime.

1162
01:29:17,360 --> 01:29:19,000
She's like, I love you.

1163
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:20,000
Sleep good, dad.

1164
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:21,000
My blow me kisses.

1165
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:22,000
Give me a hug.

1166
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:23,600
Kiss on the cheek and a little bit more.

1167
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:24,600
I'll get a cup of water.

1168
01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:25,600
A little bit more.

1169
01:29:25,600 --> 01:29:26,880
I love you.

1170
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:27,880
She loves me.

1171
01:29:27,880 --> 01:29:28,880
I love you.

1172
01:29:28,880 --> 01:29:31,440
And then when she does something wrong and I'm correcting her, I can see in her face that

1173
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:32,720
she is stricken.

1174
01:29:32,720 --> 01:29:34,040
She is sad that I'm upset.

1175
01:29:34,040 --> 01:29:38,200
The other day I was explaining to her that she wasn't allowed one.

1176
01:29:38,200 --> 01:29:40,320
Sometimes she's not allowed to have dessert because she gets in trouble.

1177
01:29:40,320 --> 01:29:44,920
We don't want to make it a reward, but like getting up close to dinner time, wherever

1178
01:29:44,920 --> 01:29:45,920
she'll do something.

1179
01:29:45,920 --> 01:29:47,200
Maybe she didn't do what she was supposed to do.

1180
01:29:47,200 --> 01:29:49,640
Like, okay, we're just going to skip dessert because clearly you're having trouble with

1181
01:29:49,640 --> 01:29:50,640
self control.

1182
01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:51,640
We don't need to get into that.

1183
01:29:51,640 --> 01:29:54,800
So we don't say it's the dessert is a reward, but we say, Oh, we're going to skip dessert

1184
01:29:54,800 --> 01:29:55,800
today.

1185
01:29:55,800 --> 01:30:00,120
And she said, you know, a few weeks ago when I had to skip dessert, she said, I wasn't

1186
01:30:00,120 --> 01:30:01,640
upset that I didn't get a dessert.

1187
01:30:01,640 --> 01:30:03,080
She said, I'm not going to get a dessert the next day.

1188
01:30:03,080 --> 01:30:04,240
I'll get a dessert every day.

1189
01:30:04,240 --> 01:30:05,240
It's no problem.

1190
01:30:05,240 --> 01:30:08,960
She said, what I was really upset for was that it was taken away from me because I screwed

1191
01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:09,960
up.

1192
01:30:09,960 --> 01:30:12,400
See, it changes the way you think about your sin.

1193
01:30:12,400 --> 01:30:15,800
Stop thinking about your sin as hoping God's not going to punish you for it.

1194
01:30:15,800 --> 01:30:18,320
Stop thinking about your sin as like, Oh, screwed up again.

1195
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:21,780
God's going to forgive it anyway and claim in grace and start thinking about the fact

1196
01:30:21,780 --> 01:30:26,560
that your sin is spitting in the face of the man, the being, the God, the universe, the

1197
01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:31,880
Holy Spirit, God as a consuming fire and jealousy is spitting in his face.

1198
01:30:31,880 --> 01:30:36,320
You ever met a really bad guy that you definitely don't want to tussle with?

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01:30:36,320 --> 01:30:37,840
Did you run up and spit in his face?

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01:30:37,840 --> 01:30:38,840
Listen to me.

1201
01:30:38,840 --> 01:30:43,960
My God, your God, our God is a really big guy that you don't want to mess with.

1202
01:30:43,960 --> 01:30:45,080
He's bigger than you.

1203
01:30:45,080 --> 01:30:46,080
He's bigger than a thousand years.

1204
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:48,400
He's bigger than a million years.

1205
01:30:48,400 --> 01:30:52,120
He's bigger than any you that ever lived as soon as Adam was born.

1206
01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:55,280
And from then on, everybody that ever lived, God's bigger than that.

1207
01:30:55,280 --> 01:30:57,880
And he's a consuming fire and he's a jealous God.

1208
01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:03,000
And quite frankly, he would have every reason to choose to be angry with you, but he's slow

1209
01:31:03,000 --> 01:31:05,000
to anger and compassionate.

1210
01:31:05,000 --> 01:31:10,020
He's not angry with you, but he is wrathful toward the things that we're choosing to do.

1211
01:31:10,020 --> 01:31:15,180
He is a consuming fire and he will consume those things.

1212
01:31:15,180 --> 01:31:19,960
You can fear him and you can love him and you can have an acceptable service to him

1213
01:31:19,960 --> 01:31:21,800
and you can express gratitude to him.

1214
01:31:21,800 --> 01:31:25,520
And that's kind of like the key way that you get to your acceptable service and your reverence.

1215
01:31:25,520 --> 01:31:29,800
And then finally, if you're smart, you can hold him in awe.

1216
01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:34,080
He is the God of the universe who could trade again all of it again.

1217
01:31:34,080 --> 01:31:40,040
He could throw a whole new selection of an infinite number of stars into the sky tomorrow

1218
01:31:40,040 --> 01:31:41,680
if he chose to.

1219
01:31:41,680 --> 01:31:48,200
He could wipe out the entire earth and create another one from nothing, not remake it.

1220
01:31:48,200 --> 01:31:52,380
But he chooses to remake it into the new heavens and the new earth where those who follow him

1221
01:31:52,380 --> 01:31:54,280
will exist for eternity.

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01:31:54,280 --> 01:31:58,600
Our God is a consuming fire and the proper response to his saving us is nothing less

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01:31:58,600 --> 01:32:06,200
than gratitude and acceptable service, fear and love of him and awe.

1224
01:32:06,200 --> 01:32:08,360
That's the solution.

1225
01:32:08,360 --> 01:32:09,360
That's how you do it.

1226
01:32:09,360 --> 01:32:12,800
You save through Jesus and then you live in gratitude, acceptable service, reverence and

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01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:17,120
awe because of what he's done for you.

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01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:23,200
And thereby not get destroyed, thereby not get consumed, thereby not face the wrath of

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01:32:23,200 --> 01:32:24,200
the Lord.

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01:32:24,200 --> 01:32:25,200
That brings us to our conclusion.

1231
01:32:25,200 --> 01:32:30,240
Godly living to the best of our knowledge and ability every day as we are grateful to

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01:32:30,240 --> 01:32:31,320
God.

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01:32:31,320 --> 01:32:32,840
Acceptable service.

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01:32:32,840 --> 01:32:36,840
Figure out what it is that you can do for the Lord, what it is that God could use you

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01:32:36,840 --> 01:32:37,840
for.

1236
01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:38,840
What it is that you could say.

1237
01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:40,240
And B, how you could work.

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01:32:40,240 --> 01:32:42,360
Do that, whatever it is.

1239
01:32:42,360 --> 01:32:43,720
Willingly accept God's discipline.

1240
01:32:43,720 --> 01:32:46,760
The next time God is correcting you because you did something wrong, the next time you

1241
01:32:46,760 --> 01:32:50,080
read his word and happen to land on a passage of scripture that tells you specifically what

1242
01:32:50,080 --> 01:32:55,000
you did wrong and why you shouldn't have done it, willingly accept God's discipline.

1243
01:32:55,000 --> 01:33:00,000
The next time your finances, your relationships, your job, whatever fall apart, go, okay God,

1244
01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:01,000
what did I do wrong?

1245
01:33:01,000 --> 01:33:02,560
God shows you, oh, this is what I did wrong.

1246
01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:04,280
I'm sorry, I turn to you Lord.

1247
01:33:04,280 --> 01:33:06,160
I willingly accept your discipline.

1248
01:33:06,160 --> 01:33:10,640
I am grateful that this discipline that I will accept in this lifetime does not last

1249
01:33:10,640 --> 01:33:14,600
for an eternity because Jesus took care of that, but I am your son or your daughter and

1250
01:33:14,600 --> 01:33:17,640
I willingly accept your discipline.

1251
01:33:17,640 --> 01:33:23,400
Stay the course and together as a church, we are the people of God.

1252
01:33:23,400 --> 01:33:26,400
Listen, I get it, you can come in here if you wanted to right now as soon as you get

1253
01:33:26,400 --> 01:33:29,080
to know somebody, I don't like that guy because of X.

1254
01:33:29,080 --> 01:33:31,000
Everybody in this room you could do that with.

1255
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:33,560
You find a reason not to like them, find a reason to be distant.

1256
01:33:33,560 --> 01:33:35,580
You go to another church, you'll do it again.

1257
01:33:35,580 --> 01:33:38,960
You can find a reason not to like me because of the sermon I'm preaching today.

1258
01:33:38,960 --> 01:33:39,960
We are all imperfect.

1259
01:33:39,960 --> 01:33:41,280
I'm going to screw up.

1260
01:33:41,280 --> 01:33:43,640
I'll guarantee you there are mistakes in the sermon.

1261
01:33:43,640 --> 01:33:47,720
The part that I will guarantee you is not a mistake is the fact that our God is a consuming

1262
01:33:47,720 --> 01:33:48,720
fire.

1263
01:33:48,720 --> 01:33:49,720
He's a jealous God.

1264
01:33:49,720 --> 01:33:52,720
I know that because Moses said it multiple times.

1265
01:33:52,720 --> 01:33:55,880
Moses lived it, was not even allowed to go into the promised land because of it, even

1266
01:33:55,880 --> 01:33:59,240
though I would love to be a guy like him, but he wasn't even allowed to go into the

1267
01:33:59,240 --> 01:34:00,840
promised land because of it.

1268
01:34:00,840 --> 01:34:04,400
And then he explained it as best he understood it in his day, that's what we read.

1269
01:34:04,400 --> 01:34:07,720
And Isaiah, a thousand years later, did it again.

1270
01:34:07,720 --> 01:34:12,320
And then the writer of Hebrews, a thousand years later, did it again.

1271
01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:14,320
It's always been this way.

1272
01:34:14,320 --> 01:34:19,480
And we've got to accept that fact instead of continually denying it.

1273
01:34:19,480 --> 01:34:22,960
Get together as a church and stand up with imperfect people.

1274
01:34:22,960 --> 01:34:24,880
You can be like an angel if you want to be.

1275
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:28,440
You can look around and say, well, I don't think God should spare them because they're

1276
01:34:28,440 --> 01:34:29,800
too loud, they're too not nice.

1277
01:34:29,800 --> 01:34:31,360
They look a certain way, they act a certain way.

1278
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:32,440
That'll do what I think they should do.

1279
01:34:32,440 --> 01:34:33,440
They're not disciplined.

1280
01:34:33,440 --> 01:34:34,440
They're not strong.

1281
01:34:34,440 --> 01:34:35,440
They're not smart.

1282
01:34:35,440 --> 01:34:36,440
They're not capable.

1283
01:34:36,440 --> 01:34:37,440
Whatever they said this thing I didn't like, they hurt me.

1284
01:34:37,440 --> 01:34:38,440
They talked about me.

1285
01:34:38,440 --> 01:34:41,400
You could do that all day long and find the imperfections of people.

1286
01:34:41,400 --> 01:34:43,120
But that's not what you're called to.

1287
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:48,720
You're called to live a life of gratitude under a holy God who is a consuming fire and

1288
01:34:48,720 --> 01:34:49,720
a jealous God.

1289
01:34:49,720 --> 01:34:53,840
Oh, and by the way, while you're doing that, finding the imperfections of other Christians,

1290
01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:58,200
you need to understand that our God invested just as much in them as he did in you.

1291
01:34:58,200 --> 01:35:02,720
And so you're doubling the wrath because now you're attacking somebody who is just as much

1292
01:35:02,720 --> 01:35:06,120
made in the image of God, who's just as much filled with the Holy Spirit, just as much

1293
01:35:06,120 --> 01:35:07,120
screwed up.

1294
01:35:07,120 --> 01:35:08,120
Yes, I get that.

1295
01:35:08,120 --> 01:35:11,800
But you're attacking that person who has been given everything, a seat in heaven.

1296
01:35:11,800 --> 01:35:14,920
They've got a throne there waiting for them, a chair waiting for them to come and sit.

1297
01:35:14,920 --> 01:35:16,160
It's got their name on it.

1298
01:35:16,160 --> 01:35:18,120
You look at Mike and you go, I like Mike because he does this.

1299
01:35:18,120 --> 01:35:20,160
You look at Lynn, I like Lynn because she does that.

1300
01:35:20,160 --> 01:35:21,160
That bothers me.

1301
01:35:21,160 --> 01:35:22,440
I'm going to withdraw from fellowship from them.

1302
01:35:22,440 --> 01:35:25,480
You be mighty careful because you're going to get to heaven one day and you're going

1303
01:35:25,480 --> 01:35:28,800
to have to fellowship with that person that you didn't like because they were imperfect

1304
01:35:28,800 --> 01:35:29,800
on the earth.

1305
01:35:29,800 --> 01:35:35,360
You're living the very same role that Satan and the demons live every day, looking at

1306
01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:38,160
people who are imperfect and saying, I don't like that.

1307
01:35:38,160 --> 01:35:40,080
That's not your job.

1308
01:35:40,080 --> 01:35:45,360
If there's anything you're not to like, it's the way you don't express gratitude to God

1309
01:35:45,360 --> 01:35:50,080
and you fix that because that's consuming fire is coming and it's going to burn that

1310
01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:52,560
stuff away and it's going to hurt like a doozy.

1311
01:35:52,560 --> 01:35:56,440
In 1 Corinthians 3, it says, whoever builds on the foundation of Jesus Christ with anything

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01:35:56,440 --> 01:35:59,600
that can be burned away, it will be burned away.

1313
01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:02,320
It will be consumed by that consuming fire.

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01:36:02,320 --> 01:36:05,080
It will be destroyed by that jealous God.

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01:36:05,080 --> 01:36:06,440
That's the great glory of it.

1316
01:36:06,440 --> 01:36:07,880
You will make it in.

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01:36:07,880 --> 01:36:12,340
If you've accepted Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior, you will make it in.

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01:36:12,340 --> 01:36:16,000
You may not get the kingdom of God on this earth or follow the Lord or be blessed as

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01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:17,000
you would be blessed.

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01:36:17,000 --> 01:36:21,040
You may not get to enjoy the blessings as He pulls them one by one out of your life

1321
01:36:21,040 --> 01:36:25,900
because you wouldn't be grateful for what you were handed.

1322
01:36:25,900 --> 01:36:32,960
That very same fire though that rightly scares us will once and for all destroy that sin

1323
01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:34,960
which so easily ensnares us.

1324
01:36:34,960 --> 01:36:37,720
Shall I say that again?

1325
01:36:37,720 --> 01:36:44,660
That very same fire that rightly scares us will once and for all destroy that sin which

1326
01:36:44,660 --> 01:36:48,840
so easily ensnares us.

1327
01:36:48,840 --> 01:36:53,760
Even in that moment as we will still be making every attempt if we love the Lord to dismiss

1328
01:36:53,760 --> 01:36:59,600
that sin and be rid of it and follow the Lord the way we're supposed to, then His righteous

1329
01:36:59,600 --> 01:37:04,880
holiness will come in and destroy that sin once and for all and you will go into heaven

1330
01:37:04,880 --> 01:37:10,320
for an eternity.

1331
01:37:10,320 --> 01:37:14,480
But should we be collecting them in the meantime?

1332
01:37:14,480 --> 01:37:17,640
Should we be stapling them to ourselves?

1333
01:37:17,640 --> 01:37:21,480
Should we be gathering things of value and worship in this lifetime?

1334
01:37:21,480 --> 01:37:25,560
Should we be enjoying this life and going, well I've got to go after that now because

1335
01:37:25,560 --> 01:37:28,640
I enjoy it, I need a little more, I really want to do that?

1336
01:37:28,640 --> 01:37:33,720
Every time you think to yourself, I feel like I want to do that again, I want you to understand

1337
01:37:33,720 --> 01:37:38,760
that that thing that makes you think you want to do it again, that was given to you as a

1338
01:37:38,760 --> 01:37:39,760
gift by God.

1339
01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:46,480
And if you would say to yourself, I want to go watch a movie again or play a game again

1340
01:37:46,480 --> 01:37:51,240
or eat a steak again or go with my family somewhere again, you would do that without

1341
01:37:51,240 --> 01:37:56,280
first exhibiting gratitude toward God, then that thing has become an idol in your life

1342
01:37:56,280 --> 01:37:59,040
at least in that moment.

1343
01:37:59,040 --> 01:38:03,240
Live in gratitude, find acceptable service, revere, which means love and fear the Lord

1344
01:38:03,240 --> 01:38:06,680
and hold Him in awe because He is an all-consuming fire.

1345
01:38:06,680 --> 01:38:10,600
And here's the bottom line, if you cannot be grateful to God for what you're experiencing

1346
01:38:10,600 --> 01:38:14,660
and if it cannot foster in you an acceptable service and if it cannot lead you to reverence

1347
01:38:14,660 --> 01:38:17,500
and awe of the Lord, then cut it out.

1348
01:38:17,500 --> 01:38:19,400
Be done with it once and for all.

1349
01:38:19,400 --> 01:38:21,880
It does not belong in your life.

1350
01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:25,800
If on the other hand you can be grateful to God for it and you can use it to serve Him

1351
01:38:25,800 --> 01:38:35,920
in some way and you can recognize it as a gift from Him having been saved for an eternity,

1352
01:38:35,920 --> 01:38:39,720
then it can stay.

1353
01:38:39,720 --> 01:38:41,200
Then it can stay.

1354
01:38:41,200 --> 01:38:45,640
And the problem is instead of us being a people where we are going around asking what can

1355
01:38:45,640 --> 01:38:54,280
stay and what's got to go, we're just becoming a people that just wants more to stay.

1356
01:38:54,280 --> 01:38:55,840
We just want more.

1357
01:38:55,840 --> 01:39:02,480
Bigger, better, shinier, more of it, store it, keep it, collect it, watch it, enjoy it,

1358
01:39:02,480 --> 01:39:04,240
just more.

1359
01:39:04,240 --> 01:39:13,760
Like the world-consuming consumables, Christians who need to say with everything that comes,

1360
01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:16,520
should it stay or should it go?

1361
01:39:16,520 --> 01:39:20,720
We instead just say, I want more of that.

1362
01:39:20,720 --> 01:39:23,520
That tasted good, that felt good, that looked good.

1363
01:39:23,520 --> 01:39:26,920
I want more of that.

1364
01:39:26,920 --> 01:39:34,320
Just understand that as you do that in the world, basically you're drinking gasoline,

1365
01:39:34,320 --> 01:39:42,400
a consumable that once exposed to God's consuming fire, it will light you up.

1366
01:39:42,400 --> 01:39:48,600
And for a moment, you'll burn very brightly and then it will all be gone.

1367
01:39:48,600 --> 01:39:51,880
And according to 1 Corinthians chapter 3, if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord

1368
01:39:51,880 --> 01:40:00,440
and Savior, you will still make it in as if through fire.

1369
01:40:00,440 --> 01:40:02,480
That's what the scripture says.

1370
01:40:02,480 --> 01:40:09,920
I want to live, I really do want to live under the auspices of a God who is a consuming fire,

1371
01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:10,920
who is jealous.

1372
01:40:10,920 --> 01:40:14,360
He is not only jealous for what He gave me, but He is jealous for me.

1373
01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:17,440
So much so that He is my protection, my keeper.

1374
01:40:17,440 --> 01:40:22,480
He is the one who will hide me out in an incredible fortress and keep me safe.

1375
01:40:22,480 --> 01:40:28,960
If I would just choose to exhibit gratitude, acceptable service, reverence and awe toward

1376
01:40:28,960 --> 01:40:33,560
Him after, of course, having accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord, that means He tells me

1377
01:40:33,560 --> 01:40:38,120
what to do when I do it, as my Savior, that means He paid the price for my sins.

1378
01:40:38,120 --> 01:40:40,280
Will you cry out to God today?

1379
01:40:40,280 --> 01:40:42,760
Internally, you don't have to go, Oh God, where are you sitting?

1380
01:40:42,760 --> 01:40:43,760
If you don't want to.

1381
01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:50,520
Will you internally say to God, God, I want to be your servant.

1382
01:40:50,520 --> 01:40:53,800
I don't want to keep adding things on to me.

1383
01:40:53,800 --> 01:40:58,120
I don't want to keep enjoying things and stacking them one after another, finding ways to have

1384
01:40:58,120 --> 01:40:59,120
more.

1385
01:40:59,120 --> 01:41:06,400
Rather, I will ask of the things that come into my life, do they belong or do they not?

1386
01:41:06,400 --> 01:41:10,640
I will get up in the morning and I will try to live a life of gratitude toward you because

1387
01:41:10,640 --> 01:41:12,880
you did this for me.

1388
01:41:12,880 --> 01:41:15,600
You did for me what I couldn't do.

1389
01:41:15,600 --> 01:41:17,480
Has it ever been seen?

1390
01:41:17,480 --> 01:41:22,880
Has there ever been a God like this who claimed for Himself a people who paid such a high

1391
01:41:22,880 --> 01:41:29,160
price to claim for Himself a people that out of all the nations, all those who believe

1392
01:41:29,160 --> 01:41:33,640
and receive Christ could have a permanent seat in heaven?

1393
01:41:33,640 --> 01:41:39,520
And on top of that, live on this earth as this people, has that ever been done?

1394
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:40,520
There is no other God.

1395
01:41:40,520 --> 01:41:47,000
Why do people get tangled up in money that stays for so long?

1396
01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:48,680
Because money is the transfer currency, right?

1397
01:41:48,680 --> 01:41:49,680
It's how you get the other consumables.

1398
01:41:49,680 --> 01:41:53,600
Why do people get wrapped up in food and they eat too much and their arteries get clogged,

1399
01:41:53,600 --> 01:41:56,280
they overweight, all these kinds of things?

1400
01:41:56,280 --> 01:41:57,280
Because it's consumable.

1401
01:41:57,280 --> 01:42:00,280
And every time you eat, it tastes good.

1402
01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:01,920
It must be realistic.

1403
01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:05,160
It feeds you so you can do what you need to do.

1404
01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:08,680
Why do people get wrapped up and stay in too late and involving themselves in shows or

1405
01:42:08,680 --> 01:42:10,560
games or whatever at night?

1406
01:42:10,560 --> 01:42:11,560
Because it's enjoyable.

1407
01:42:11,560 --> 01:42:17,480
Why do people get out of bed in the morning, dead dog tired, can't go do what they're supposed

1408
01:42:17,480 --> 01:42:18,480
to do?

1409
01:42:18,480 --> 01:42:22,880
And they're not tired because they served the Lord faithfully the previous day.

1410
01:42:22,880 --> 01:42:29,400
They're tired because they spent the resources of the Lord aggressively the previous day.

1411
01:42:29,400 --> 01:42:35,120
They repent and turn to God because he is a consuming fire and a jealous God.

1412
01:42:35,120 --> 01:42:38,240
And there would be no way to be saved because of our imperfections.

1413
01:42:38,240 --> 01:42:43,760
Well, because Jesus went, Oh, by the way, Moses is our example, having right, not been

1414
01:42:43,760 --> 01:42:45,040
allowed to go to the promised land.

1415
01:42:45,040 --> 01:42:48,040
Who else faced the wrath of God?

1416
01:42:48,040 --> 01:42:49,040
Jesus.

1417
01:42:49,040 --> 01:42:53,320
Can you not see?

1418
01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:56,720
He is a consuming fire and a jealous God.

1419
01:42:56,720 --> 01:42:57,720
Somebody had to pay.

1420
01:42:57,720 --> 01:43:03,920
So Jesus came to the flesh and Jesus grave the consuming fire.

1421
01:43:03,920 --> 01:43:06,700
Jesus faced the jealous God.

1422
01:43:06,700 --> 01:43:12,480
God essentially sort of turned away from him and he died a sinner's death.

1423
01:43:12,480 --> 01:43:13,480
So it's been painful.

1424
01:43:13,480 --> 01:43:14,480
That's how your eternity was sealed.

1425
01:43:14,480 --> 01:43:15,480
Are you not grateful?

1426
01:43:15,480 --> 01:43:16,480
That's the crazy thing.

1427
01:43:16,480 --> 01:43:17,480
Come forward and meet us in our closing time at this time.

1428
01:43:17,480 --> 01:43:18,480
This is your opportunity to really ask yourself, what is the Lord saying to me?

1429
01:43:18,480 --> 01:43:19,480
What part of my life am I adding to my life?

1430
01:43:19,480 --> 01:43:20,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1431
01:43:20,480 --> 01:43:21,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1432
01:43:21,480 --> 01:43:22,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1433
01:43:22,480 --> 01:43:23,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1434
01:43:23,480 --> 01:43:24,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1435
01:43:24,480 --> 01:43:25,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1436
01:43:25,480 --> 01:43:26,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1437
01:43:26,480 --> 01:43:27,480
I'm not adding to my life.

1438
01:43:27,480 --> 01:43:28,480
I'm not adding things in and consuming things that are not honoring God.

1439
01:43:28,480 --> 01:43:29,480
And it can be anything.

1440
01:43:29,480 --> 01:43:30,480
And by the way, these are not bad things.

1441
01:43:30,480 --> 01:43:31,480
Most of them.

1442
01:43:31,480 --> 01:43:32,480
If you're sleeping around, that's a bad thing.

1443
01:43:32,480 --> 01:43:33,480
You should stop.

1444
01:43:33,480 --> 01:43:34,480
If you're indulging in pornography, that's a bad thing.

1445
01:43:34,480 --> 01:43:35,480
You should stop.

1446
01:43:35,480 --> 01:43:36,480
But the bottom line is food's not bad.

1447
01:43:36,480 --> 01:43:37,480
Money's not bad.

1448
01:43:37,480 --> 01:43:38,480
Job's not bad.

1449
01:43:38,480 --> 01:43:39,480
Movies aren't bad.

1450
01:43:39,480 --> 01:43:40,480
Games aren't bad.

1451
01:43:40,480 --> 01:43:41,480
No, it's bad.

1452
01:43:41,480 --> 01:43:42,480
It's not bad stuff.

1453
01:43:42,480 --> 01:43:43,480
It's good stuff.

1454
01:43:43,480 --> 01:43:44,480
Misused, overused, consumed, good stuff.

1455
01:43:44,480 --> 01:43:45,480
And that's what Jesus is saying to me.

1456
01:43:45,480 --> 01:43:46,480
He's saying to me, I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1457
01:43:46,480 --> 01:43:47,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1458
01:43:47,480 --> 01:43:48,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1459
01:43:48,480 --> 01:43:57,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1460
01:43:57,480 --> 01:44:06,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1461
01:44:06,480 --> 01:44:19,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1462
01:44:19,480 --> 01:44:34,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1463
01:44:34,480 --> 01:44:53,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1464
01:44:53,480 --> 01:45:08,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1465
01:45:08,480 --> 01:45:27,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1466
01:45:27,480 --> 01:45:42,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1467
01:45:42,480 --> 01:45:57,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1468
01:45:57,480 --> 01:46:12,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1469
01:46:12,480 --> 01:46:31,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1470
01:46:31,480 --> 01:46:56,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1471
01:46:56,480 --> 01:47:11,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1472
01:47:11,480 --> 01:47:26,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1473
01:47:26,480 --> 01:47:41,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1474
01:47:41,480 --> 01:47:54,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1475
01:47:54,480 --> 01:48:17,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1476
01:48:17,480 --> 01:48:32,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1477
01:48:32,480 --> 01:48:47,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1478
01:48:47,480 --> 01:49:02,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1479
01:49:02,480 --> 01:49:17,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1480
01:49:17,480 --> 01:49:32,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1481
01:49:32,480 --> 01:49:47,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1482
01:49:47,480 --> 01:50:02,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1483
01:50:02,480 --> 01:50:17,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1484
01:50:17,480 --> 01:50:32,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1485
01:50:32,480 --> 01:50:47,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1486
01:50:47,480 --> 01:51:02,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1487
01:51:02,480 --> 01:51:17,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1488
01:51:17,480 --> 01:51:32,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1489
01:51:32,480 --> 01:51:47,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1490
01:51:47,480 --> 01:52:02,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1491
01:52:02,480 --> 01:52:17,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1492
01:52:17,480 --> 01:52:32,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1493
01:52:32,480 --> 01:52:36,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.

1494
01:52:36,480 --> 01:52:51,480
I'm not going to be able to do anything.