Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 267.<\/p>\n
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\nWe will now call upon our
\nbrother Dennis Gillette to <\/p>\n
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\ndeliver the third class and his
\nseries on Bible Men the way they<\/p>\n
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\nwere.
\nThis class entitled Joash via <\/p>\n
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\nTheon.
\nCrutches. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, everyone.
\nThe record. <\/p>\n
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\nOf the life of King Joash, of
\nJudah is to be discovered. <\/p>\n
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\nIn two passages in the Old
\nTestament, the second book of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 24 and 2nd
\nbook of Kings, chapter 12, those<\/p>\n
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\nare the two chapters where we
\nlearn about. <\/p>\n
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\nJewish now I realise.
\nBrothers and sisters, that you. <\/p>\n
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\nWill recall the life.
\nOf this man. <\/p>\n
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\nVery well, because you’ve been
\nthrough it many times, but just <\/p>\n
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\nby.
\nWay of. <\/p>\n
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\nRecollection, I’m going to read
\na few verses to you from two <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 24, so.
\nThat all you know about? <\/p>\n
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\nHim will suddenly flood back.
\nInto your memory. <\/p>\n
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\nTwo chronicles. 20. 4.
\nJoash was seven years old when <\/p>\n
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\nhe began to reign.
\nAnd he reigned 40 years in <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, and his mother’s name
\nwas Zebia of Beersheba. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Joash did that which was
\nright in the eyes of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nall the days of Jehardah the
\npriest. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jehardah took for him two
\nwives. <\/p>\n
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\nHe begat sons and daughters.
\nAnd it came to pass. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter this, Joash was minded to
\nrestore the House of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he gathered together the
\npriests and the Levites, and <\/p>\n
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\nsaid to them, Go out unto the
\ncities of Judah, and gather of <\/p>\n
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\nall Israel money to repair the
\nHouse of your God from year to <\/p>\n
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\nyear, and see that ye hastened
\nthe matter, albeit the Levites <\/p>\n
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\nhastened it.
\nNot and the king. <\/p>\n
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\nCalled for jihad the chief, and
\nsaid unto him, Why hast thou not<\/p>\n
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\nrequired of the Levites to bring
\nit? <\/p>\n
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\nIn out of.
\nJudah and out of Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThe text of Moses, the servant
\nof the Lord, and of the <\/p>\n
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\ncongregation of Israel, for the
\ntent of the testimony For the <\/p>\n
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\nsons of Athalaya that wicked
\nwoman had broken up the House of<\/p>\n
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\nGod, and also all the dedicated
\nthings of the House of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\ndid they bestow upon the Baalim.
\nSo the king. <\/p>\n
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\nCommanded they made a chest and
\nset it without. <\/p>\n
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\nThe gate of the Lord, and they
\nmade a proclamation through <\/p>\n
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\nJudah and Jerusalem.
\nTo bring in the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nThe tax that Moses, the servant
\nof God, laid upon Israel in the <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness, and all the
\nPrincess. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all the people rejoiced and
\nbrought in and. <\/p>\n
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\nCast into the chest until.
\nThey had made an end. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so on and so on.
\nWell, you will now remember. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, who Joash was?
\nThe first thing to remark about <\/p>\n
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\nhim is this, that he had a bad
\nstart. <\/p>\n
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\nHis life began with tragedy.
\nHis father was Ahaziah and he <\/p>\n
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\nwas king for only a year.
\nAnd this king Ahaziah was. <\/p>\n
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\nThe son of a daredevil.
\nPair Jehoram and the daughter <\/p>\n
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\nof.
\nAhab, I suppose Jehoram might <\/p>\n
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\nhave.
\nDone. <\/p>\n
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\nBetter if he had or I was going.
\nTo say if he’d had a better <\/p>\n
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\nwife.
\nHe might have done better if <\/p>\n
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\nhe’d not had this wife, the
\ndaughter of Jezebel’s household,<\/p>\n
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\nbecause when he married her.
\nHe got trouble her. <\/p>\n
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\nName was Apple Life.
\nYou’ll remember Athalaya. <\/p>\n
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\nShe’s called here that wicked.
\nWoman. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you see, poor Joash had no.
\nReal father to begin with. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was only a baby.
\nWhen his father died and his <\/p>\n
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\ngrandmother, Athalaya was a
\nwicked woman. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you know what?
\nHappened as soon as her son <\/p>\n
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\nAhaziah died.
\nWith fiendish cruelty, she <\/p>\n
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\ndestroyed all the royal children
\nso that she herself might sit <\/p>\n
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\nsecurely on the throne.
\nOf Judah and rule. <\/p>\n
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\nOver the House of Judah.
\nWell, I said that she destroyed <\/p>\n
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\nall the royal children, but you
\nknow that she missed. <\/p>\n
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\nOne and the one she missed.
\nWas. <\/p>\n
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\nJoe.
\nHe may have had a wicked <\/p>\n
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\ngrandfather, a wicked
\ngrandmother. <\/p>\n
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\nBut.
\nHe had a good auntie and her <\/p>\n
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\nname was.
\nJehoshiba. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how you say it.
\nThe sister of Ahaz, she was the <\/p>\n
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\nwife of Jihad of the priest.
\nAnd when Afterlaya was slaying <\/p>\n
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\nthe royal children, Jehoshiba
\ndid Joash and he escaped. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he was brought up in secret
\nin his auntie’s house and under <\/p>\n
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\nthe care of the guidance of her
\nhusband and his his uncle, Jihad<\/p>\n
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\nof the priest, he was reared.
\nNow I know you remember the <\/p>\n
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\nstory well.
\nWe just read when Joseph was <\/p>\n
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\nseven years old.
\nWhen? <\/p>\n
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\nJoash was seven years old.
\nHe he began to reign. <\/p>\n
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\nThey they brought him forth.
\nThey proclaimed him the rightful<\/p>\n
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\nking of Judah.
\nAnd they. <\/p>\n
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\nCrowned him in the temple, and
\nhis wicked grandmother Athalaya <\/p>\n
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\nwas slain.
\nAnd so this boy became the. <\/p>\n
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\nKing of Judah and Jehovah the
\nPriest. <\/p>\n
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\nHis uncle carefully directed his
\ncounsels, instructed him in the.<\/p>\n
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\nPrinciples of good living.
\nTaught him. <\/p>\n
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\nThe principles of sound
\ngovernment. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Joash responded.
\nHe proved to be a good. <\/p>\n
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\nRuler.
\nAnd as the Bible says, he did <\/p>\n
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\nthat which was right in the
\nsight of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you’ll notice in that
\npassage we read that he had a <\/p>\n
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\ngreat zeal for the House of God,
\nthe slackness of the priests. <\/p>\n
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\nWith something which troubled
\nhim, and he made it one of his <\/p>\n
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\nduties to stir them up.
\nAnd you saw what he did and he. <\/p>\n
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\nHeld.
\nThe Holy Scriptures in great <\/p>\n
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\nesteem.
\nYou can read in the second book <\/p>\n
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\nof Kings, chapter 12 or I think
\nit’s Chapter 11 verse 12 at his <\/p>\n
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\ncoronation.
\nHis uncle gave him a copy of the<\/p>\n
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\nlaw, just as they did Queen
\nElizabeth in London. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen she was crowned, they gave
\nher the. <\/p>\n
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\nBible.
\nAnd Jewish Jewish loved the <\/p>\n
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\nscriptures of God and he and he
\nsought to keep them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he wasn’t the man who kept
\nhis religion for the Sabbath <\/p>\n
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\nday.
\nHe put his religion into the <\/p>\n
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\neveryday business of life.
\nHe put his religion into the <\/p>\n
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\nbusiness of the state.
\nIn two chronicles 24. <\/p>\n
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\nYou when you read it carefully,
\nyou can see that he he wasn’t <\/p>\n
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\nwilling to allow sweating in
\ngovernment departments and and <\/p>\n
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\ngrinding.
\nIn in the work. <\/p>\n
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\nOf the state.
\nI mean, every tradesman was <\/p>\n
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\nfaithfully rewarded.
\nAnd faithfully treated the <\/p>\n
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\ncarpenters and the Masons and
\nthe other artisans, they were <\/p>\n
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\nall treated properly.
\nThey all had their rightful <\/p>\n
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\nwages.
\nI suppose it would be true to <\/p>\n
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\nsay that King Joash was the
\nfirst real trade unionist, and <\/p>\n
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\nthat is to say.
\nHe secured for each. <\/p>\n
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\nMan, the best.
\nConditions and under his. <\/p>\n
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\nSupervision the House of.
\nGod was repaired. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter the ravages which had been
\nmade upon it by that wicked <\/p>\n
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\nwoman, Athalaya, and there was
\ncontinual. <\/p>\n
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\nWorship in the House of God.
\nSaid man with. <\/p>\n
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\nJoy in the hearts.
\nOf the people. <\/p>\n
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\nThough in fairness we must say
\nthat some of the people still <\/p>\n
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\nworshipped in the high places.
\nThe Bible is careful to record, <\/p>\n
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\nbut there was a restoration on
\nthe Joash of the House of God. <\/p>\n
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\nOf reverence for God’s word.
\nAnd of worship of God. <\/p>\n
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\nAs it should be.
\nAnd consequently we are able to <\/p>\n
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\nsay that this king Joach was
\nupright in character, straight <\/p>\n
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\nin conduct, religious in spirit.
\nIndeed, it must have rejoiced <\/p>\n
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\nthe heart of his uncle Jehoiade,
\nthe priest to see the young <\/p>\n
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\nKing’s wisdom and the young
\nKing’s piety. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know just how carefully the
\nBible describes the piety of <\/p>\n
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\nJewish Can I bring you to Two
\nKings 12 verse 22 Kings? <\/p>\n
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\n12 verse.
\nTwo. <\/p>\n
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\nNotice what it says. 2 Kings 12
\nverse two says, And Joash did <\/p>\n
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\nthat which was right in the eyes
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAll his days were in jihad of
\nthe priest instructed. <\/p>\n
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\nHim.
\nOr you turn back to two <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 24.
\nPlease and Verse 2. <\/p>\n
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\nTwo Chronicles 24, Verse 2.
\nAnd Joash did that, which was <\/p>\n
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\nright.
\nIn the sight of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAll the days of jihad, of the
\npriests, it’s a fine <\/p>\n
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\ncommendation when you think of
\nit, a fine commendation. <\/p>\n
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\nBut as I’ve said before, in the
\nBible, every word is important, <\/p>\n
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\nand there’s a wealth of
\nsignificance in the words. <\/p>\n
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\nAll the days of Jehoiad of the
\npriests. <\/p>\n
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\nLet me just.
\nShow you what I mean. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see it at verse 19 of 2
\nKings. 12 You will read this. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the rest of the acts of
\nJoash and all. <\/p>\n
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\nThat he did.
\nAre they not written in the? <\/p>\n
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\nBook.
\nOf the Chronicles of the Kings <\/p>\n
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\nof Judah.
\nWell, the answer. <\/p>\n
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\nIf that’s a rhetorical question,
\nthe answer is indeed they are. <\/p>\n
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\nYes, indeed they are written in
\nthe books of the Chronicles of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Kings of Judah.
\nLet’s just have a look. <\/p>\n
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\nTwo Chronicles 24 Again, yes,
\nthey are written. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s begin reading almost where
\nwe left off. <\/p>\n
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\nBut a little bit further on,
\nremember, it says. <\/p>\n
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\nJoash did that which was right
\nin the sight of the Lord all the<\/p>\n
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\ndays of Jehoiada the priest.
\nNow let’s take up that idea in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 15 two.
\nChronicles 24 But. <\/p>\n
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\nJehoiada waxed old and was full
\nof days, and he died 130 years <\/p>\n
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\nold when he died.
\nAnd they buried him in the city <\/p>\n
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\nof David among the kings,
\nbecause he had done good in <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael and toward God and his
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nNow after the death of Jehoiada
\ncame the. <\/p>\n
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\nPrincess of Judah and Made.
\nObeisance. <\/p>\n
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\nTo the king and then the king.
\nHearkened unto them, and they <\/p>\n
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\nforsook the House of the Lord.
\nThe God. <\/p>\n
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\nOf their fathers, and served the
\nAshurim and the idols. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd wrath came upon Judah and
\nJerusalem for this their <\/p>\n
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\nguiltiness.
\nYet he sent prophets to them to <\/p>\n
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\nbring them again unto the Lord.
\nBut they testified against them.<\/p>\n
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\nBut they would.
\nNot give here and the. <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit of God came upon
\nZechariah, the son of Jehoiah <\/p>\n
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\nthe priest.
\nAnd he stood above the people. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd said unto them, thus saith.
\nGod. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy transgress she the
\ncommandments of the Lord? <\/p>\n
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\nThat she cannot prosper because
\nyou have forsaken the Lord, He <\/p>\n
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\nhath also forsaken you, and they
\nconspired against him, and <\/p>\n
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\nstoned him with stones at the
\ncommandment of the. <\/p>\n
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\nKing in the court.
\nOf the House of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nThus Joash the King remembered.
\nNot the kindness which Jehadah <\/p>\n
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\nhis uncle had done to him, but
\nslew his son. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when he died.
\nHe said the Lord look upon it <\/p>\n
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\nand require it.
\nThey came to pass at the end of <\/p>\n
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\nthe year that the army of the
\nSyrians came against. <\/p>\n
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\nHim And they came.
\nTo Judah and Jerusalem and <\/p>\n
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\ndestroyed all the Princess of
\nthe people. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom among the people and.
\nSent all the spoil of them under<\/p>\n
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\nthe king of Damascus, for the
\narmy of the Syrians came with a <\/p>\n
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\nsmall company of men.
\nAnd the Lord delivered very <\/p>\n
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\ngreat hosts into their hand,
\nbecause they had forsaken. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord, the God of their.
\nFathers, so they executed <\/p>\n
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\njudgement.
\nUpon joy thus Jilash the. <\/p>\n
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\nKing remembered not the kindness
\nwhich Jehadah had done to. <\/p>\n
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\nHim but slew his son.
\nNow what a tragedy, brethren and<\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nThis good man turned from God <\/p>\n
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\nand slew the son of his best
\nfriend. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat a moral collapse.
\nFrom being earnestly religious, <\/p>\n
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\nthis man became degenerate and
\nprofligate, and when the son of <\/p>\n
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\nhis uncle tried to save him from
\nhis folly, he ordered him to be <\/p>\n
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\nstoned to death.
\nWho would have believed that? <\/p>\n
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\nThat that so much wickedness lay
\nin the heart of a man who was so<\/p>\n
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\ncircumspect and so devout.
\nWho would have thought? <\/p>\n
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\nNow is there any explanation for
\nthis change? <\/p>\n
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\nIs there?
\nIs there any way of measuring <\/p>\n
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\nthis abject?
\nFailure well. <\/p>\n
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\nTo come to the point straight
\naway. <\/p>\n
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\nThere.
\nIs Joash. <\/p>\n
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\nWas one of those persons.
\nWho have? <\/p>\n
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\nNo root in themselves.
\nHe had goodness, but it was <\/p>\n
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\ncircumstantial goodness.
\nIt depended for its existence <\/p>\n
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\nupon circumstances outside of
\nhimself, so long as Joash was. <\/p>\n
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\nUnder the control of the
\nguidance of his uncle Jehardah. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was a good man, but it was
\ngoodness on crutches. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen his uncle died, Joash went
\nto pieces. <\/p>\n
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\nNow there are some men who
\nbecome like the company they <\/p>\n
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\nkeep.
\nWhen they are with the good, <\/p>\n
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\nthey are good.
\nWhen they are with the bad, they<\/p>\n
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\nforget their goodness, and so it
\nwas with. <\/p>\n
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\nJoash.
\nWhilst he was with the good, he <\/p>\n
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\nwent with them when he was with
\nthe bad. <\/p>\n
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\nHe went with them.
\nHe had no root in himself. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was all right whilst he was
\nin leading streams. <\/p>\n
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\nHe leaned upon others.
\nIn goodness and in wickedness, <\/p>\n
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\nhe leaned upon others.
\nInstead of mastering <\/p>\n
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\ncircumstances, he was mastered
\nby them. <\/p>\n
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\nHe lacked independence, he
\nlacked courage, he lacked <\/p>\n
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\nstrength.
\nHe had no salt in himself. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the weakness of joy has been
\nthe curse of many alive since <\/p>\n
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\nthen.
\nLet me give you one example and <\/p>\n
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\nwhere a strange example of the
\nlack of independence in the <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter.
\nOf Jewish. <\/p>\n
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\nI bring you back to two
\nChronicles 24. <\/p>\n
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\nRead with me a few verses
\ncarefully. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, verse one.
\nTwo Chronicles 24 Verse One. <\/p>\n
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\nJoash was seven years old when
\nhe began to reign, and he <\/p>\n
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\nreigned 40 years in Jerusalem,
\nand his mother’s name was Zebia <\/p>\n
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\nof Beersheba.
\nAnd Joash did that which was <\/p>\n
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\nright in the eyes of the Lord.
\nAll the days of jihad, and the <\/p>\n
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\npriests and jihad had took for
\nhim two wives, and he begat sons<\/p>\n
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\nand daughters.
\nDid you notice anything strange <\/p>\n
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\nabout that?
\nAnd Jehoiada took for him two <\/p>\n
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\nwives, and he begat sons and
\ndaughters. <\/p>\n
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\nNow any man who allows his uncle
\nto do his courting is on the <\/p>\n
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\nwrong Rd.
\nIt’s right Jehoiada took for <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nTwo wives. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a sign of his inward
\nweakness. <\/p>\n
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\nLike a chameleon he he took on
\nthe colour of his surroundings. <\/p>\n
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\nIf he could have been kept in a
\nglass case, perhaps he would <\/p>\n
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\nhave never been spoiled.
\nBut that’s not the method of. <\/p>\n
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\nGod, God does not keep.
\nHis men in glass cases. <\/p>\n
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\nGod is not looking for plaster
\nSaints, but men and women who <\/p>\n
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\nhave tested hearts and proven
\nspirits. <\/p>\n
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\nMen and women who have lived in
\nhothouse conditions cannot stand<\/p>\n
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\nagainst the crosscurrents of
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nNow don’t don’t get me wrong.
\nDon’t misunderstand me, brothers<\/p>\n
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\nand sisters, I am not saying
\nthat the friendship. <\/p>\n
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\nOf Jehoiada was a bad.
\nThing. <\/p>\n
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\nCertainly not.
\nBut it was turned to wrong <\/p>\n
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\ncauses because of Joashi’s
\nweakness. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course the companionship of a
\ngood uncle is better than the <\/p>\n
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\nfriendship of fools.
\nOf course it is. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course a young man is much
\nsafer in the hands of a man of <\/p>\n
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\nGod than in the synagogue of
\nSatan. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course he is.
\nThe House of prayer and devotion<\/p>\n
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\nis a better place to live in
\nthan the place of revelry and <\/p>\n
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\nriot.
\nOf course, it makes all the <\/p>\n
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\ndifference whether you are with
\nsinners or with Saints. <\/p>\n
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\nWhether you have one or the
\nother for your friends, of <\/p>\n
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\ncourse, it makes all the
\ndifference. <\/p>\n
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\nIndeed, some people would say
\nthat they could tell you a man’s<\/p>\n
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\ncharacter by watching the kind
\nof friends he has. <\/p>\n
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\nThat means that a man, to some
\nextent becomes one of the <\/p>\n
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\ncompany that he keeps.
\nAnd that may be true. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you see in the case of Joash
\nand I wonder if I can interest <\/p>\n
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\nyou in this for a few minutes
\nplease. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the case of Joash,
\nenvironment seems to be crucial.<\/p>\n
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\nI said circumstantial goodness,
\nand that means that his <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment in his case was a
\ncrucial thing. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we know this as a general
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n
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\nWe I think we know this to be
\ntrue. <\/p>\n
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\nWe cannot complain.
\nIt’s true to some extent in <\/p>\n
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\neveryone’s life.
\nWe are all influenced by the <\/p>\n
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\nfriends we have.
\nBy the work we do, by the place <\/p>\n
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\nin which we live, and by the
\nbooks we read, we are influenced<\/p>\n
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\nby these things.
\nIf it were not true, then it <\/p>\n
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\nwould mean that the fellowship
\nof the brethren and sisters <\/p>\n
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\nwould be impotent.
\nThe service of the truth would <\/p>\n
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\nbe sterile.
\nThe the effect of the Word of <\/p>\n
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\nGod will be lost and dissipated
\nif that principle were not true.<\/p>\n
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\nThe principle of influence, If
\nyou are in a bad profession, you<\/p>\n
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\nwill tend to become.
\nBad. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you are in a brutal
\nprofession, you will tend to <\/p>\n
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\nbecome brutal.
\nZacchaeus is a good. <\/p>\n
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\nExample of the 1st, and the
\nPhilippian jailer is a good <\/p>\n
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\nexample of the second.
\nAgain, I think it is <\/p>\n
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\nindisputable that the man can be
\nmarred by the place of his <\/p>\n
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\nliving.
\nI mean, a man who lives in a <\/p>\n
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\ntenement slum is more likely to.
\nBe different from a man who <\/p>\n
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\nlives in a clean cottage on a
\nhillside with clustering roses <\/p>\n
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\nand a rambling honey sample.
\nHe is likely to be affected. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you want to say, well, is it
\nfair? <\/p>\n
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\nOf course it’s not fair, I know.
\nIt’s not fair. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m not concerned with whether
\nit’s fair or not, I’m only <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to stressing that it
\nmakes a difference. <\/p>\n
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\nI think all of you would agree
\nthat character is moulded and <\/p>\n
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\nfashioned by what a man reads.
\nNow this is a great principle <\/p>\n
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\nwhich consequently compels us
\nto. <\/p>\n
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\nRead the word of God regularly
\nand conscientiously. <\/p>\n
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\nRightly done, it can transform
\nus. <\/p>\n
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\nWe believe that it’s one of the
\nfoundation beliefs of our faith,<\/p>\n
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\nand if it’s not true, then we’ve
\nbeen grossly deceived and we’re <\/p>\n
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\nfollowing the wrong course, and
\nwe’re on a fool’s own. <\/p>\n
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\nIf it’s not true, we know in our
\ndeepest heart it is. <\/p>\n
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\nTrue, and it works both ways,
\nyou see, depending on what you <\/p>\n
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\nread.
\nLiterature which is properly and<\/p>\n
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\nsensational and light tends to
\nproduce a character which is <\/p>\n
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\nfrothly and sensational and
\nlight. <\/p>\n
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\nNow all I’m trying to do is to
\nremind you of something which <\/p>\n
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\nemerges from the narrative.
\nAbout Jewish that all through <\/p>\n
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\nlife men are being influenced by
\ntheir surroundings and the vital<\/p>\n
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\nthing is whether the power of
\nthe environment is stronger than<\/p>\n
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\nthe power of the personality to
\ncontrol it. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, some well meaning
\npeople have advanced a theory <\/p>\n
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\nrelated.
\nTo the startling effect of <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment, which says if you
\nrefashion the environment you <\/p>\n
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\nwill affect the transformation
\nof the man. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a theory which has been
\nadvanced many times, they say. <\/p>\n
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\nRemove the man out of the slum.
\nPut him into a clean model <\/p>\n
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\ndwelling.
\nIn the country or in the suburbs<\/p>\n
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\nand you will change his
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n
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\nGive him a new house, hang some
\npictures on the wall, supply him<\/p>\n
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\nwith a shower, and you’ll get a
\nnew man. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I am come to say that the
\ncase of Joash proves the theory.<\/p>\n
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\nWrong.
\nNow it may be said, is that <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:55,080 –> 00:24:57,560
\nquite fair?
\nIs it fair to throw out the <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:57,560 –> 00:25:01,920
\ntheory on the basis of 1
\nisolated failure recorded for us<\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:01,920 –> 00:25:06,640
\nin the Old Testament?
\nWell, you see, Joash is an <\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:06,640 –> 00:25:09,880
\ninteresting case, but he is not
\na unique example. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:11,800 –> 00:25:18,840
\nI must remind you, brothers and
\nsisters, it was in a garden, in <\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:18,920 –> 00:25:25,040
\na perfect environment, with
\ncongenial employment, and in the<\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:25,040 –> 00:25:32,200
\nmidst of unsullied, unsullied
\nsurroundings, that man first <\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:32,200 –> 00:25:36,520
\nwent wrong.
\nAnother good. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:36,520 –> 00:25:43,720
\nExample in the Bible is Solomon.
\nNow, in a way, perhaps the <\/p>\n
350
\n00:25:43,720 –> 00:25:48,200
\ncircumstances of Solomon’s.
\nLife were more perfect than any <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:48,200 –> 00:25:51,880
\nother in the Old Testament.
\nWhat I mean is that he had his <\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:51,880 –> 00:25:56,760
\nKingdom prepared for him in a
\nway by the heroic exploits of <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:56,760 –> 00:26:00,520
\nhis father King David.
\nHe was a man who came to high <\/p>\n
354
\n00:26:00,520 –> 00:26:02,840
\nendeavour of.
\nBuilding the House of God upon <\/p>\n
355
\n00:26:02,840 –> 00:26:04,600
\nthe calling.
\nOf high heaven. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:04,880 –> 00:26:07,960
\nAnd upon the encouragement of
\nhis Father’s aspirations and <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:08,000 –> 00:26:12,640
\nhopes, he was a man empowered
\nwith divine wisdom, as no other <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:12,640 –> 00:26:14,720
\nman has ever been empowered, say
\none. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:26:17,560 –> 00:26:20,360
\nAnd here are all the forces
\nwhich make for the development <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:20,360 –> 00:26:24,760
\nof an outstanding personality.
\nIsn’t that true if we measured <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:24,760 –> 00:26:26,200
\nit by environment?
\nThis. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:26:26,200 –> 00:26:27,760
\nMan would have been the best man
\nin the. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:26:27,760 –> 00:26:37,720
\nWorld at that time, bearing in
\nmind the the wonderful <\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:37,720 –> 00:26:42,640
\nopportunities presented to
\nSolomon, he should have been. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:44,040 –> 00:26:52,000
\nA good man.
\nAnd yet, here is a strange thing<\/p>\n
366
\n00:26:54,560 –> 00:26:58,480
\nin the Bible.
\nHe is probably one of the most <\/p>\n
367
\n00:26:58,480 –> 00:27:03,440
\nmiserable failures we meet.
\nNow I must just. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:03,440 –> 00:27:07,360
\nDetain you for a moment, because
\nI want to say something about <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:07,360 –> 00:27:10,480
\nsomething to save you.
\nTo save you. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:10,480 –> 00:27:14,080
\nComing to tell me afterwards,
\nlet me do it in the Bible, as <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:14,080 –> 00:27:18,520
\none of the most miserable
\nfailures, I ought to say. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:18,760 –> 00:27:21,520
\nThere is also on my heart the
\nconviction that he will be. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:21,520 –> 00:27:27,920
\nSaved that he is not lost and
\nthis is the reason. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:27,920 –> 00:27:30,240
\nNo, I’m not really.
\nConcerned about going into <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:30,240 –> 00:27:31,960
\nSolomon ‘s life.
\nI’ve got enough to do with <\/p>\n
376
\n00:27:31,960 –> 00:27:35,480
\nGeorge.
\nI don’t want to go into Solomon.<\/p>\n
377
\n00:27:35,480 –> 00:27:40,400
\n‘S life I’m just this is a
\nlittle digression Why I think <\/p>\n
378
\n00:27:40,400 –> 00:27:44,000
\nSolomon will be in God’s.
\nKingdom is that. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:44,720 –> 00:27:47,720
\nIt seems to me the book of
\nEcclesiastes is written at the <\/p>\n
380
\n00:27:47,720 –> 00:27:49,480
\nend of a man’s life.
\nThis is not the. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:49,800 –> 00:27:52,520
\nRecord of a young man’s
\nexperience This is the record of<\/p>\n
382
\n00:27:52,520 –> 00:27:56,240
\nan old man experience who has
\ntasted life at all levels has <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:56,240 –> 00:28:02,760
\ncome to the conviction.
\nThat it is it is vanity and <\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:02,760 –> 00:28:06,280
\nvexation.
\nOf spirit and gives this final <\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:06,280 –> 00:28:08,760
\njudgement.
\nHeal God and keep His <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:08,760 –> 00:28:12,560
\ncommandments, for this is the.
\nWholeness of man, Now that is <\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:12,720 –> 00:28:16,320
\nhis wisdom at last established
\nin the right place, and <\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:16,320 –> 00:28:18,720
\ntherefore it bears upon me the
\nconviction. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:18,720 –> 00:28:21,640
\nThat at last he came to
\nReformation. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:28:22,400 –> 00:28:24,200
\nI leave it with you.
\nYou may disagree with it <\/p>\n
391
\n00:28:24,200 –> 00:28:27,040
\nprofoundly.
\nBut that’s just by the way that <\/p>\n
392
\n00:28:27,040 –> 00:28:29,320
\nI’m not concerned with someone,
\nbut I thought I’d better say <\/p>\n
393
\n00:28:29,320 –> 00:28:33,920
\nthat now because you may be
\ncoming to tell me after now <\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:33,920 –> 00:28:40,120
\nwhere were we?
\nWe were saying that this was the<\/p>\n
395
\n00:28:40,120 –> 00:28:42,000
\ncase.
\nOf a man in almost perfect <\/p>\n
396
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:47,640
\nenvironment who failed, you may
\nbe interested to know. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:28:47,640 –> 00:28:52,200
\nIt’s just possible you may be.
\nInterested to know that in in <\/p>\n
398
\n00:28:52,200 –> 00:28:55,640
\nEngland in the last century when
\nthe politicians and the. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:28:55,640 –> 00:28:59,640
\nLeaders were thinking about
\neducating the masses, as they <\/p>\n
400
\n00:28:59,640 –> 00:29:04,200
\ncall them, the Duke of
\nWellington, said one of his <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:05,880 –> 00:29:08,120
\nfamous sentences after his keen
\nperception. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:08,120 –> 00:29:11,480
\nOf human life, he said.
\nGentlemen, if you are going to <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:11,480 –> 00:29:13,880
\neducate the.
\nChildren then you are going to <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:13,880 –> 00:29:15,320
\nmake them into.
\nClever devils. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:17,560 –> 00:29:20,720
\nAnd I suppose you may disagree.
\nWith that for a family, but you <\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:20,720 –> 00:29:26,560
\ncan see what he meant that.
\nPerhaps men need something and <\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:26,560 –> 00:29:28,440
\njust that now, whatever you may
\nthink. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:29:28,880 –> 00:29:33,360
\nWe don’t want to draw on it.
\nExperience has taught us that <\/p>\n
409
\n00:29:33,360 –> 00:29:36,680
\nenvironment is not enough to
\nsave men from themselves. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:29:38,120 –> 00:29:41,440
\nMan needs to be touched at the
\ncentre of his being with some. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:29:41,440 –> 00:29:46,200
\nDynamic, dynamic, regenerative
\nforce to change his character. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:29:47,640 –> 00:29:50,200
\nNow we know that that force is
\nin the gospel. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:29:50,960 –> 00:29:53,320
\nThe force of faith provoked by
\nthe word of God. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:29:54,920 –> 00:29:59,560
\nSee, in the Bible, the real
\nenvironment that changes men is <\/p>\n
415
\n00:29:59,560 –> 00:30:04,760
\nrevealed.
\nThat in him we live, move and <\/p>\n
416
\n00:30:04,760 –> 00:30:06,520
\nhave our being.
\nThat’s the really. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:30:08,200 –> 00:30:10,800
\nThat means that the man who
\nconsciously lives in the will of<\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:10,800 –> 00:30:14,560
\nGod is superior to every other
\nenvironment and that comes <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:14,560 –> 00:30:19,200
\nagainst his life.
\nHuman environment is capable of <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:19,600 –> 00:30:22,120
\ncursing a man, as we’ve seen in
\nthe case of Joash. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:30:22,120 –> 00:30:24,800
\nBut.
\nHe isn’t capable of saving him <\/p>\n
422
\n00:30:26,120 –> 00:30:29,800
\nbad companions and.
\nSlum dwellings and hard <\/p>\n
423
\n00:30:29,800 –> 00:30:36,040
\nprofessions and wrong books.
\nYou can change these if you <\/p>\n
424
\n00:30:36,040 –> 00:30:40,600
\nlike, but sooner or later the
\nman will return to his old life.<\/p>\n
425
\n00:30:40,600 –> 00:30:43,160
\nThat’s the nature of.
\nOur humanity. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:30:44,040 –> 00:30:46,600
\nThe truth is you have to begin
\nwith the man himself. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:30:48,680 –> 00:30:51,560
\nHe must in the true sense.
\nLive and move and have his being<\/p>\n
428
\n00:30:51,560 –> 00:30:56,920
\nin God.
\nThe law of environment still is <\/p>\n
429
\n00:30:56,920 –> 00:31:00,480
\ntrue, but there is a higher law
\nof Environment, to which all the<\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:00,480 –> 00:31:03,200
\nlower laws have to become
\nsubservient. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:04,120 –> 00:31:07,360
\nAnd so the very forces which,
\nstanding by themselves, you see,<\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:07,720 –> 00:31:11,480
\nare not sufficient somehow under
\nthe influence of the power of <\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:11,480 –> 00:31:16,160
\nthe truth, contribute not to the
\nfailure and defeat of humanity, <\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:16,160 –> 00:31:18,920
\nbut.
\nRemaking and redeeming those <\/p>\n
435
\n00:31:18,920 –> 00:31:21,920
\nsouls who are willing to submit
\nand be remade. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:31:21,920 –> 00:31:28,920
\nThis is what we believe.
\nSo overriding houses and <\/p>\n
437
\n00:31:28,920 –> 00:31:32,680
\ncompanions and books they’ve
\nwon. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:31:33,160 –> 00:31:36,200
\nAnd the power, the power of the
\ntruth, is nearer than all the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:31:36,600 –> 00:31:40,680
\nforces which.
\nOtherwise are impotent to change<\/p>\n
440
\n00:31:41,200 –> 00:31:44,720
\nand to redeem.
\nNow That was rather a long <\/p>\n
441
\n00:31:44,720 –> 00:31:48,480
\ndigression, wasn’t it?
\nAnd I was provoked to it by <\/p>\n
442
\n00:31:48,480 –> 00:31:51,200
\nthinking about the man who
\nstarted good and finished with <\/p>\n
443
\n00:31:52,440 –> 00:31:54,640
\nbecause he had no salt in
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:31:55,480 –> 00:31:59,520
\nHe was mastered by circumstances
\ninstead of mastering <\/p>\n
445
\n00:31:59,520 –> 00:32:05,200
\ncircumstances.
\nAnd the next thing we have to do<\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:05,200 –> 00:32:10,680
\nis to think about the parable of
\nthe seller, because that in a <\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:10,680 –> 00:32:13,160
\nway, explains the failure of
\nJoe. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:15,160 –> 00:32:17,520
\nNow the one part of the
\npalatable of the sower that I <\/p>\n
449
\n00:32:17,520 –> 00:32:20,520
\nwant you to remember very
\nbriefly is this. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:32:21,360 –> 00:32:26,200
\nThink of the seed which fell
\nupon Stony ground. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:32:28,160 –> 00:32:33,400
\nNow Stony ground sometimes means
\nsoil in which there are many <\/p>\n
452
\n00:32:33,400 –> 00:32:37,680
\nloose stones, but as you know,
\nthat’s not its meaning in the <\/p>\n
453
\n00:32:37,680 –> 00:32:42,600
\npalatable of the sower.
\nStony ground in the palatable is<\/p>\n
454
\n00:32:42,600 –> 00:32:50,560
\na thin layer of soil.
\nOn a bed of rock, shallow soil <\/p>\n
455
\n00:32:50,560 –> 00:32:56,760
\nis like a superficial character.
\nThere are people like it, and <\/p>\n
456
\n00:32:56,760 –> 00:33:03,840
\nJoash was one, that is to say.
\nThere is no depth in what they <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:03,840 –> 00:33:07,360
\ndo is.
\nDone on the surface, the seeds <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:07,360 –> 00:33:10,720
\nsprang up quickly, the parable
\nsays. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:11,360 –> 00:33:15,560
\nAnd then withered away quickly
\nbecause it had no depth or root.<\/p>\n
460
\n00:33:17,280 –> 00:33:21,880
\nGilash was like this.
\nHe was enthusiastic about wages,<\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:22,840 –> 00:33:29,240
\nHe was keen about condition.
\nHe was anxious about repairs and<\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:29,240 –> 00:33:33,160
\nrenewals.
\nHe responded heartily to the <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:33,160 –> 00:33:35,240
\nidea of married life.
\nI mean, what? <\/p>\n
464
\n00:33:35,240 –> 00:33:37,720
\nNot one wife, but two and two
\nright away. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:33:38,840 –> 00:33:48,320
\nReally keen.
\nMay have regretted it so. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:33:48,320 –> 00:33:56,000
\nNotice the quick, easily move,
\nsusceptibility, every thought, <\/p>\n
467
\n00:33:56,880 –> 00:33:59,600
\nevery feeling playing upon the
\nsurface. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:00,200 –> 00:34:06,560
\nNo shortage of words, perhaps.
\nTears flowing easily, responses <\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:06,560 –> 00:34:11,239
\nvehement.
\nNotice what it says. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:11,239 –> 00:34:17,040
\nThey receive the word with joy.
\nThey receive the word with joy, <\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:18,320 –> 00:34:20,480
\nand so long as the sun is
\nshining. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:21,440 –> 00:34:26,880
\nThe loyalty and the joy lasts so
\nlong as there is happiness. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:26,880 –> 00:34:34,719
\nThe generous responses expand.
\nThe emotions have fallen. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:39,040 –> 00:34:42,960
\nWhich you see, when the
\ncircumstances change, so does <\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:42,960 –> 00:34:47,800
\nthe spirit.
\nBecause they had no root, they <\/p>\n
476
\n00:34:47,800 –> 00:34:51,880
\nwithered away.
\nNow that is the story of Josh. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:34:55,920 –> 00:34:58,840
\nAnd would you notice when we
\nwere thinking about the parable <\/p>\n
478
\n00:34:58,840 –> 00:35:04,360
\n1 Interesting thing.
\nThe shallow soil had beneath it <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:05,480 –> 00:35:08,520
\na bed of rock.
\nHard Rock. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:10,400 –> 00:35:15,640
\nAnd that is not without
\nsignificance, because very often<\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:15,640 –> 00:35:22,360
\nyou will find that slightness
\nand inconstancy are found <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:22,360 –> 00:35:25,520
\ntogether with hardness and
\nviolence. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:28,120 –> 00:35:29,960
\nAnd it was tragically true, you
\nsee, in the. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:29,960 –> 00:35:33,760
\nCase of Jarrah.
\nHe was a man of amenable nature.<\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:34,880 –> 00:35:40,360
\nHe seems pliable and responsive
\nto the very best influences and <\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:40,360 –> 00:35:43,720
\nthen suddenly he is revealed as
\na man whose heart is as hard as <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:43,720 –> 00:35:54,760
\na nether millstone.
\nIt’s a mystery outwardly, as I <\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:54,760 –> 00:36:00,280
\nsaid.
\nAmenable, kind, responsive, full<\/p>\n
489
\n00:36:00,280 –> 00:36:13,640
\nhearted, shallow.
\nAnd underneath rock hard, ready <\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:13,640 –> 00:36:16,720
\nand glad you said to forget all
\nthe blessed advice which was <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:16,720 –> 00:36:20,360
\ngiven him by his uncle, suddenly
\nbecome as hard as anything, <\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:21,160 –> 00:36:24,680
\nready and glad to cast aside all
\nthe wise influences of those <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:24,680 –> 00:36:30,040
\nformative years, keen to shed
\nthe leading streams he was. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:32,120 –> 00:36:35,320
\nAnd then only to be fettered by
\nhis own corrupt ideas and his <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:35,320 –> 00:36:40,600
\nown violent nature.
\nWhat a strange and what a tragic<\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:40,600 –> 00:36:44,520
\nlife.
\nThat which began best ended <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:44,520 –> 00:36:48,000
\nworst.
\nAfter 23 years of faithfulness. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:49,400 –> 00:36:54,000
\nHe played the traitor,
\nintroduced the worship of Baal <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:54,000 –> 00:36:59,240
\nand Ashtaroth, revive the very
\nworst practices. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:37:00,040 –> 00:37:02,920
\nAnd then he ordered murder in
\nthe court of the Lord’s house. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:37:05,000 –> 00:37:09,920
\nThat’s his tragedy.
\nAnd you know that he is <\/p>\n
502
\n00:37:09,920 –> 00:37:14,640
\nmentioned in the New Testament,
\nright? <\/p>\n
503
\n00:37:16,000 –> 00:37:18,240
\nInferentially He.
\nIs mentioned in the New <\/p>\n
504
\n00:37:18,240 –> 00:37:20,280
\nTestament.
\nI’ll read it to you. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:21,080 –> 00:37:26,680
\nIt’s in Matthew 23, verse 35,
\nthe words of our Lord. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:33,400 –> 00:37:45,880
\nMatthew 23, verse 35.
\nSpeaking to those fallacies, he <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:45,880 –> 00:37:51,800
\nsaid that upon you may come all
\nthe righteous blood dead upon <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:51,800 –> 00:37:56,800
\nthe earth, from the blood of
\nrighteous Abel onto the blood of<\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:56,800 –> 00:38:04,560
\nZechariah.
\nThat was the son of Jehorid in <\/p>\n
510
\n00:38:04,640 –> 00:38:10,320
\nJoash unto the blood of
\nZepharius, the son of Baratheus,<\/p>\n
511
\n00:38:10,920 –> 00:38:16,720
\nwhom he slew between the temple
\nand the the reference therefore <\/p>\n
512
\n00:38:16,720 –> 00:38:18,600
\nto this.
\nMan in the New Testament is a <\/p>\n
513
\n00:38:18,600 –> 00:38:23,840
\nreference of infamy after a 40
\nyears reign. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:38:23,840 –> 00:38:29,320
\nHe died in his bed.
\nYes, he died in his bed. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:38:30,760 –> 00:38:33,240
\nHe was in bed because he was
\nsick. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:35,720 –> 00:38:39,160
\nHe was full of disease.
\nBut he died by the hand of two <\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:39,160 –> 00:38:45,560
\nof his servants, violently, and
\nhe was not buried in the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:45,560 –> 00:38:52,120
\nsepulchres of the kings.
\nWell, there we are. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:53,680 –> 00:39:04,720
\nThat’s that’s about Joash.
\nNow I suppose our next and final<\/p>\n
520
\n00:39:04,720 –> 00:39:11,120
\nstep is to see what lesson we
\ncan draw from the life of judge.<\/p>\n
521
\n00:39:14,960 –> 00:39:19,320
\nWell, let’s notice first of all
\nwhat the lesson is not. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:39:20,480 –> 00:39:24,840
\nThe lesson is not that we should
\ndespise the guidance and the <\/p>\n
523
\n00:39:24,840 –> 00:39:28,480
\ninstruction of others.
\nSome men despise those who are <\/p>\n
524
\n00:39:28,480 –> 00:39:29,880
\nin.
\nLeading strings, but we ought <\/p>\n
525
\n00:39:29,880 –> 00:39:35,080
\nnot to be ashamed.
\nThe influence of a godly home is<\/p>\n
526
\n00:39:35,080 –> 00:39:37,960
\nof great value.
\nThere’s not much grit in a man, <\/p>\n
527
\n00:39:37,960 –> 00:39:41,000
\nif he will hear.
\nHis home ridiculed without <\/p>\n
528
\n00:39:41,000 –> 00:39:45,080
\nprotest.
\nIt’s no mark of manliness to be <\/p>\n
529
\n00:39:45,080 –> 00:39:50,440
\nashamed of godly parentage.
\nIt’s better to have a praying <\/p>\n
530
\n00:39:50,440 –> 00:39:53,240
\nwash a woman for a mother than a
\npainted doll. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:57,520 –> 00:40:01,840
\nNever despise the guidance and
\nthe care and the instruction of <\/p>\n
532
\n00:40:01,840 –> 00:40:02,840
\nothers.
\nNever. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:40:04,720 –> 00:40:09,080
\nBut remember this.
\nGod does not keep his men in <\/p>\n
534
\n00:40:09,080 –> 00:40:14,200
\ncotton wool all the time.
\nGood homes have to be left. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:40:14,760 –> 00:40:18,000
\nHoly relatives and pious friends
\npass away. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:40:18,760 –> 00:40:22,160
\nThe devil is abroad.
\nAnd temptation has to be. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:40:22,160 –> 00:40:26,520
\nFaced.
\nGod does not keep his men in <\/p>\n
538
\n00:40:26,520 –> 00:40:30,560
\ncotton wool all the time.
\nHe takes away the props so that <\/p>\n
539
\n00:40:30,560 –> 00:40:32,200
\nwe may stand upon their own
\nfeet. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:40:32,200 –> 00:40:36,040
\nDon’t misunderstand.
\nI know men are not sufficient by<\/p>\n
541
\n00:40:36,040 –> 00:40:37,800
\nthemselves, but you know what I
\nmean. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:40:38,280 –> 00:40:42,600
\nHe takes away the props so that
\nmen may stand upon their own <\/p>\n
543
\n00:40:42,640 –> 00:40:45,640
\nfeet.
\nThat is to say, we must, we must<\/p>\n
544
\n00:40:45,640 –> 00:40:49,200
\nhave salt.
\nIn ourselves, we cannot live <\/p>\n
545
\n00:40:49,200 –> 00:40:51,800
\nforever on other people’s
\ngoodness and other people’s <\/p>\n
546
\n00:40:51,800 –> 00:40:56,600
\nfaith.
\nYou see, there are some people <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:56,600 –> 00:40:58,680
\nwho take their opinions second
\nhand. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:59,680 –> 00:41:02,760
\nThey adopt a certain course
\nbecause somebody else is in a <\/p>\n
549
\n00:41:02,760 –> 00:41:05,560
\ncertain course.
\nThey believe a certain thing <\/p>\n
550
\n00:41:05,560 –> 00:41:07,800
\nbecause somebody else believes a
\ncertain. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:41:10,040 –> 00:41:13,440
\nWell, to some extent that may be
\npermissible, but. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:41:13,960 –> 00:41:17,760
\nIn the end, it never does,
\nbecause the faith that you have <\/p>\n
553
\n00:41:17,760 –> 00:41:20,760
\nin your own in your heart’s got
\nto be your own faith. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:41:21,040 –> 00:41:24,320
\nThe conviction in your soul has
\ngot to be your conviction. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:41:26,280 –> 00:41:29,160
\nGod’s grace for one man is not
\nsufficient for two. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:41:29,160 –> 00:41:36,520
\nMen, you must get the real
\nthing, The genuine article, the <\/p>\n
557
\n00:41:36,520 –> 00:41:42,120
\ntruth.
\nGet it in here, be sure. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:41:44,160 –> 00:41:47,840
\nAnd there’s a good reason,
\nbecause sooner or later you will<\/p>\n
559
\n00:41:47,840 –> 00:41:53,040
\ncome to the test like Joash did.
\nThere are those, I said already.<\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:53,040 –> 00:41:55,200
\nThere are those who love the
\ntruth while the truth is all <\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:55,200 –> 00:41:57,120
\nhappiness and while the sun is
\nshining. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:58,000 –> 00:42:02,320
\nBut when the sun is darkened and
\nthe landscape is shadowed by a <\/p>\n
563
\n00:42:02,320 –> 00:42:07,680
\ncross, and the happiness is
\nturned to hardness, then that’s <\/p>\n
564
\n00:42:07,680 –> 00:42:13,600
\nthe test.
\nPeople then sometimes fall away.<\/p>\n
565
\n00:42:14,320 –> 00:42:17,360
\nThey are like those in the
\nparable who receive the Word <\/p>\n
566
\n00:42:17,360 –> 00:42:20,640
\nwith joy.
\nBut when tribulation persecution<\/p>\n
567
\n00:42:20,640 –> 00:42:25,160
\narose because of the Word, they
\nwere offended means they stung <\/p>\n
568
\n00:42:25,160 –> 00:42:28,440
\nand.
\nThe parable gives us the <\/p>\n
569
\n00:42:28,440 –> 00:42:31,280
\nexplanation and at the risk of
\nwailing. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:42:31,280 –> 00:42:34,080
\nYou are set again.
\nThey have no root in themselves <\/p>\n
571
\n00:42:35,120 –> 00:42:37,560
\nnow when the life of
\ndiscipleship is lived out. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:42:37,560 –> 00:42:41,680
\nFaithfully it is, never is.
\nIf anyone tells you that <\/p>\n
573
\n00:42:41,680 –> 00:42:44,520
\ndiscipleship is easy, you can be
\nsure he’s never. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:44,520 –> 00:42:46,720
\nUnderstood it.
\nHe’s missed the genius of <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:46,720 –> 00:42:50,480
\nChristianity by its very.
\nNature. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:50,480 –> 00:42:55,680
\nIt tests a character it’s
\nintended to, and if we face up <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:55,680 –> 00:42:58,000
\nto it properly, it calls for
\nSterling. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:58,000 –> 00:43:01,120
\nQualities of character.
\nOf course. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:43:01,120 –> 00:43:06,480
\nIt’s possible to avoid the
\nchallenges of the faith by <\/p>\n
580
\n00:43:06,480 –> 00:43:08,600
\navoiding the issues which it
\npresents. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:43:08,600 –> 00:43:12,280
\nTo us, of course it is.
\nYou can so live your life as to <\/p>\n
582
\n00:43:12,280 –> 00:43:15,920
\navoid coming into conflict with
\nthe the real issues. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:43:15,920 –> 00:43:22,080
\nI know it.
\nWe can be such a a milk and <\/p>\n
584
\n00:43:22,080 –> 00:43:25,440
\nwater disciple as never to feel
\nthe real weight of the cross. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:43:25,840 –> 00:43:29,240
\nWe can be such a diligent
\ndisciple, diligent disciple as <\/p>\n
586
\n00:43:29,600 –> 00:43:32,040
\nas never really to to know its
\nmeaning. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:43:35,400 –> 00:43:41,440
\nBut today we are.
\nIn the presence of a man who <\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:41,440 –> 00:43:48,520
\nfailed, and when we think of his
\nfailure, we are driven to think <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:49,200 –> 00:43:54,120
\nof the life of a man who was the
\nsuperlative, who who who <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:54,120 –> 00:43:56,160
\nmanifested the superlative
\ntriumph. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:58,400 –> 00:44:05,920
\nThis one lonely man of Nazareth,
\nwho was our supreme example, He <\/p>\n
592
\n00:44:05,920 –> 00:44:09,880
\ndid not, as other men have done.
\nAdroitly wind his way through <\/p>\n
593
\n00:44:09,880 –> 00:44:14,320
\nlife, sidestepping the issues
\nand avoiding the dangerous forms<\/p>\n
594
\n00:44:14,320 –> 00:44:18,280
\nof evil and and and dodging the
\ndifficulties. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:44:18,280 –> 00:44:22,760
\nHe was never a man.
\nIt’s possible to compromise, to <\/p>\n
596
\n00:44:22,760 –> 00:44:27,240
\nescape the reproach of Christ.
\nBut he was never like that. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:44:27,240 –> 00:44:31,000
\nBecause he was good and just and
\ntruly, he awakened against <\/p>\n
598
\n00:44:31,000 –> 00:44:35,240
\nhimself the rage of injustice,
\nfalsehood and hatred. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:44:36,640 –> 00:44:39,880
\nBecause he was purely awakened
\nagainst himself the rage of <\/p>\n
600
\n00:44:39,880 –> 00:44:44,440
\nimpurity.
\nAnd he came to stand at last at <\/p>\n
601
\n00:44:44,440 –> 00:44:47,680
\nthe place of execution, because
\nof his fidelity to the truth of <\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:47,680 –> 00:44:52,200
\nGod.
\nAnd when he steadfastly set his <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:52,720 –> 00:44:55,920
\nface to go to Jerusalem, a man
\nspoke to him on the way, and <\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:55,920 –> 00:44:58,440
\nsaid, Lord, I will follow thee
\nWhithersoever though goeth. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:59,880 –> 00:45:01,520
\nHe meant well, but he didn’t
\nknow. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:45:01,520 –> 00:45:05,120
\nWhere Jesus was going, did he?
\nIf he’d known that, he might <\/p>\n
607
\n00:45:05,120 –> 00:45:10,680
\nhave checked his voice a bit.
\nI will politic whithersoever <\/p>\n
608
\n00:45:10,680 –> 00:45:14,560
\nthough going, And the man to
\nwhom he said that was going to <\/p>\n
609
\n00:45:14,560 –> 00:45:19,800
\nhardness and bitterness, and
\nspitting and death and pain. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:45:24,440 –> 00:45:28,160
\nAnd Jesus’s reply is interesting
\nbecause it bears upon what we’re<\/p>\n
611
\n00:45:28,160 –> 00:45:31,320
\nthinking about finally, his
\nreply. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:45:31,320 –> 00:45:34,440
\nTo that man was whosoever put it
\nhis hand to the plough and look <\/p>\n
613
\n00:45:34,440 –> 00:45:36,680
\nhis back is not fit for the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:45:38,600 –> 00:45:42,320
\nNow too often we’ve interpreted
\nthat saying of Jesus as meaning <\/p>\n
615
\n00:45:43,200 –> 00:45:45,120
\nwe’ve got to keep our eye in
\nfront of us. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:45:45,120 –> 00:45:47,880
\nWe’ve got to look forward.
\nIf we look back to see how the <\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:47,880 –> 00:45:49,560
\nfollowers going we shall go
\nwrong. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:51,840 –> 00:45:54,280
\nWell, that’s probably true that
\nwe’ve got to keep our eye <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:54,280 –> 00:45:57,640
\nforward-looking unto Jesus, who
\nwas the author and the final <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:57,640 –> 00:46:00,880
\nleader of their faith.
\nThat’s true, but I doubt if <\/p>\n
621
\n00:46:00,880 –> 00:46:06,320
\nthat’s what Jesus meant here.
\nThe solution to the saying if <\/p>\n
622
\n00:46:06,320 –> 00:46:09,720
\nany man put his hand to the
\nplough looking back, he’s not <\/p>\n
623
\n00:46:09,720 –> 00:46:13,920
\nfit for the Kingdom of God.
\nThe solution, strangely enough, <\/p>\n
624
\n00:46:13,920 –> 00:46:18,440
\nis in the book of Proverbs.
\nNow it’s Proverbs 20, verse <\/p>\n
625
\n00:46:18,440 –> 00:46:21,360
\nfour, and I just say it for you
\nquickly because you’ll remember <\/p>\n
626
\n00:46:21,360 –> 00:46:23,800
\nit.
\nProverbs 20, verse 4. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:46:24,040 –> 00:46:27,160
\nThe sluggard will not plough by
\nreason of the cold. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:46:27,600 –> 00:46:30,160
\nTherefore he shall beg in
\nharvest and have nothing. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:46:31,560 –> 00:46:36,320
\nNow in the days when Jesus
\nlived, the ploughing had to be <\/p>\n
630
\n00:46:36,320 –> 00:46:39,200
\ndone in the winter time, when it
\nwas cold and unpleasant. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:46:39,840 –> 00:46:42,040
\nPloughing couldn’t be done in
\nthe summertime, because the <\/p>\n
632
\n00:46:42,040 –> 00:46:45,080
\nground was too hard and the
\nwooden plough blade would not <\/p>\n
633
\n00:46:45,080 –> 00:46:48,120
\nmove the earth.
\nThey had to wait till the earth <\/p>\n
634
\n00:46:48,120 –> 00:46:50,920
\nwas soft by the winter rains,
\nand then they could. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:46:51,480 –> 00:46:55,160
\nSo ploughing was always done in
\nwinter time when conditions were<\/p>\n
636
\n00:46:55,160 –> 00:47:00,200
\nunpleasant, cold and misery.
\nThe sluggard will not fail by <\/p>\n
637
\n00:47:00,200 –> 00:47:03,880
\nreason of the coal.
\nTherefore in harvest he should <\/p>\n
638
\n00:47:03,880 –> 00:47:06,800
\nbeg and have nothing so you can
\nsee the idea. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:47:07,200 –> 00:47:10,440
\nIt’s not just turning back to
\nsee how the furrow is. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:47:11,560 –> 00:47:15,760
\nThis isn’t looking back in that
\nsense, It’s. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:47:15,760 –> 00:47:18,560
\nTurning back altogether, turning
\nback from the work. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:47:18,840 –> 00:47:20,600
\nThis man is quick.
\nHe’s quick. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:47:22,800 –> 00:47:24,600
\nHe’s not ready to endure the
\ncold. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:47:24,600 –> 00:47:27,080
\nHe’s weary of the discipline.
\nHe’s tired of the effort. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:47:27,680 –> 00:47:31,680
\nThis ploughman will never be
\novertaken, or would rather this <\/p>\n
646
\n00:47:31,720 –> 00:47:34,280
\nploughman will never overtake
\nthe Reaper, because there would <\/p>\n
647
\n00:47:34,280 –> 00:47:38,480
\nbe no reap in harvest.
\nHe should beg and have nothing <\/p>\n
648
\n00:47:39,840 –> 00:47:42,280
\nif he could plough in summer,
\nwhen things were pleasant. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:47:46,880 –> 00:47:54,560
\nBut the cold you see, the cold,
\nthe man who has a wishbone where<\/p>\n
650
\n00:47:54,560 –> 00:48:01,120
\nhe ought to have a bath.
\nSits by the warm fire in the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:48:01,120 –> 00:48:06,960
\nfront room, keeping his life.
\nAnd as he sits there, he’s <\/p>\n
652
\n00:48:07,040 –> 00:48:09,960
\nlosing his life.
\nHe never knew him. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:48:13,040 –> 00:48:16,520
\nYou see, the true life of God
\nlived truly in this world is not<\/p>\n
654
\n00:48:16,520 –> 00:48:20,680
\neasy.
\nIt calls for quality, for the <\/p>\n
655
\n00:48:20,680 –> 00:48:24,840
\nquality of endurance.
\nAnd a man has to stand on his <\/p>\n
656
\n00:48:24,840 –> 00:48:29,760
\nown feet with God.
\nCircumstantial goodness is no <\/p>\n
657
\n00:48:29,760 –> 00:48:33,080
\ngood.
\nSee, at one time in the ministry<\/p>\n
658
\n00:48:33,080 –> 00:48:36,360
\nof the King, you remember he was
\nhe was always amongst crowds. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:48:36,680 –> 00:48:39,840
\nThey followed him.
\nEverywhere they they’re hanging <\/p>\n
660
\n00:48:39,840 –> 00:48:42,280
\nupon his words.
\nThey they throng to see his <\/p>\n
661
\n00:48:42,280 –> 00:48:44,600
\ndeeds.
\nAnd then one day, one day, you <\/p>\n
662
\n00:48:44,600 –> 00:48:47,520
\nrealise suddenly that the crowds
\nare gone. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:48,160 –> 00:48:51,000
\nIn majestic isolation.
\nHe stands there on the. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:48:51,000 –> 00:48:54,840
\nWayside at Caesarea Philippi.
\nAnd proclaims that he will <\/p>\n
665
\n00:48:54,840 –> 00:48:56,800
\nbuild.
\nHis Ecclesia and the Clouds, <\/p>\n
666
\n00:48:56,800 –> 00:49:00,960
\nClouds are all gone.
\nNow is there any explanation? <\/p>\n
667
\n00:49:01,320 –> 00:49:04,640
\nWell, there is.
\nWhen the sun was shining they <\/p>\n
668
\n00:49:04,640 –> 00:49:08,320
\nwere all there when the real
\ntest came. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:49:08,320 –> 00:49:14,040
\nThey melted away when he
\nchallenged them with such words <\/p>\n
670
\n00:49:14,040 –> 00:49:19,160
\nas unless the man hate, father,
\nmother, lands and houses cannot <\/p>\n
671
\n00:49:19,160 –> 00:49:25,000
\nbe my disciple.
\nHe is seeking those who will <\/p>\n
672
\n00:49:25,000 –> 00:49:32,960
\nendure, those who will through
\nhis power, but will stand firm <\/p>\n
673
\n00:49:32,960 –> 00:49:37,200
\nwhen the real test comes.
\nBut let’s understand it. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:49:37,920 –> 00:49:41,840
\nThe calling is never miserable.
\nWe we must draw a distinction <\/p>\n
675
\n00:49:41,840 –> 00:49:47,480
\nbetween happiness and joy.
\nHappiness is a human thing, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:49:47,920 –> 00:49:54,320
\ndepending upon its existence for
\ncircumstances, favourites like <\/p>\n
677
\n00:49:54,320 –> 00:49:58,800
\nthe life of jealousy.
\nBut joy is a divine thing. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:49:59,240 –> 00:50:02,920
\nIt can exist when circumstances
\nare unfavourable. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:50:04,400 –> 00:50:07,480
\nIt enables men to sing when they
\nare in prison, when their backs <\/p>\n
680
\n00:50:07,480 –> 00:50:08,880
\nare torn with scourges, and when
\ntheir. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:50:08,880 –> 00:50:13,280
\nFeet are in the stocks.
\nIt enables a man to keep a <\/p>\n
682
\n00:50:13,320 –> 00:50:18,160
\nfleshly thorn.
\nAnd would not be without it. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:50:19,400 –> 00:50:22,520
\nIt enables men in the presence
\nof. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:50:22,520 –> 00:50:27,040
\nPenury to possess all things.
\nA song in the heart, a listener <\/p>\n
685
\n00:50:27,040 –> 00:50:30,480
\nstep.
\nWe’re not dragging ourselves <\/p>\n
686
\n00:50:30,480 –> 00:50:32,280
\nafter him and thinking that
\nsomehow in the. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:50:32,280 –> 00:50:34,200
\nMisery.
\nWe should get some reward. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:50:36,960 –> 00:50:44,040
\nNot that the life is compelled
\nby them. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:50:45,120 –> 00:50:48,160
\nThe compulsion of love drives us
\nto. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:50:48,160 –> 00:50:52,360
\nFollow the man who called us to
\nhis Kingdom. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:50:54,440 –> 00:50:56,960
\nSo that’s perhaps the supreme
\nlesson we can live. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:51:00,880 –> 00:51:05,880
\nThat’s the supreme lesson we can
\nlive from the life of the man <\/p>\n
693
\n00:51:06,720 –> 00:51:08,840
\nwho had pilot unclutches.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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