{"id":1201,"date":"2024-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/315-steve-cheetham-exhortation-we-are-the-work-of-thine-hand-ahaz\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:27:03","slug":"315-steve-cheetham-exhortation-we-are-the-work-of-thine-hand-ahaz","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/315-steve-cheetham-exhortation-we-are-the-work-of-thine-hand-ahaz\/","title":{"rendered":"315: Steve Cheetham – Exhortation: We are the Work of Thine Hand – Ahaz"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Steve Cheetham that was given at the Hashawha Gathering in November of 2007. <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is an
\nexhortation by Brother Steve <\/p>\n

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\nCheatham, given in 2007 at the
\nHashawa Bible Camp here in the <\/p>\n

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\nStates.
\nIt’s about Ahaz and I really <\/p>\n

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\nenjoyed it.
\nIt’s an interesting contrast <\/p>\n

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\nthat he makes and he really does
\na really good job in the first <\/p>\n

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\nhalf of the excitation, kind of
\ncoloring the Ahaz story and <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe presenting an explanation
\nas to why it was that a has did <\/p>\n

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\nnot trust in the Lord fully.
\nAnd then that kind of becomes <\/p>\n

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\nthe point of the whole
\nexcitation that that we kind of <\/p>\n

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\ngive part of our life, but not
\nall to the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has a quote in the talk that
\nI really loved that he said we <\/p>\n

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\nsing to hymn, Take my life and
\nlet it be, but we don’t always <\/p>\n

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\nwant it consecrated or separated
\nor given entirely to thee. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said the talk, I guess, is a
\nlittle bit of a kind of <\/p>\n

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\nasceticism, stoicism, or maybe
\nan eternal mindset. <\/p>\n

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\nJust recognizing that we really
\nneed to be applying eternity to <\/p>\n

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\nall of our decisions and our
\nthoughts and all the trials that<\/p>\n

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\ncome upon us and recognizing,
\nyou know, that we have, we are <\/p>\n

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\non this, you know, we’re
\nexperiencing this life only for <\/p>\n

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\na small period while we wait for
\neternity. <\/p>\n

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\nI really enjoyed this excitation
\nand really excited to share it. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you to Chris for
\ndigitizing this. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here is Steve Cheatham
\nagitation. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are the work of thine hand A
\nhas. <\/p>\n

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\nI have a theory about a has a
\ntheory is needed because it’s <\/p>\n

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\ninexplicable how he could be so
\ncallous towards God. <\/p>\n

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\nNow as your minds are all racing
\nto remember who Ahaz, King of <\/p>\n

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\nJudah is, I’ll give you a hint.
\nHe was the king to whom God gave<\/p>\n

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\nthat tremendous prophecy of
\nEmmanuel as a sign. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you look at Matthew one verse
\n21 And she shall bring forth a <\/p>\n

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\nson, and thou shalt call his
\nname Jesus, for he shall save <\/p>\n

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\nhis people from their sins.
\nNow all this was done that it <\/p>\n

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\nmight be fulfilled, which was
\nspoken of by the Lord, by the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet saying, Behold, a virgin
\nshall shall be with child, and <\/p>\n

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\nshall bring forth a son, and
\nthey shall call his name <\/p>\n

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\nEmmanuel, which being
\ninterpreted is God with us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when you read that, think of
\nAhaz king of Judah, and that <\/p>\n

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\nprophecy was given to him as a
\nsign. <\/p>\n

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\nAhaz was the father of Hezekiah.
\nObviously he was from a good <\/p>\n

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\nfamily, his father.
\nHis father was a king named <\/p>\n

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\nJotham, and Jotham was a
\nrighteous man. <\/p>\n

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\nAhaz’s grandfather was also a
\nman of God for the most part. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, his grandmother also
\nwas from the priestly family of <\/p>\n

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\nZadok.
\nAnd I’m not sure I said that <\/p>\n

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\nright, but Ahaz was Hezekiah’s
\nfather. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we kind of have the family
\nlineage before us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you turn to Second
\nChronicles 28, let’s read the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst few verses.
\nAhaz was 20 years old when he <\/p>\n

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\nbegan to reign.
\nHe reigned 16 years in <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, but he did not that
\nwhich was right in the sight of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord, like David his father,
\nFor he walked in the ways of the<\/p>\n

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\nkings of Israel.
\nHe made also molten images for <\/p>\n

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\nBalaam.
\nMoreover, he burnt incense in <\/p>\n

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\nthe valley of the son of Hinnom.
\nHe burnt his children in the <\/p>\n

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\nfire after the abominations of
\nthe heathen whom the Lord had <\/p>\n

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\ncast out before the children of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nHe sacrificed also, and burned
\nincense in the high places, on <\/p>\n

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\nthe hills, and under every green
\ntree. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy?
\nWhy would this boy do that? <\/p>\n

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\nHis father and grandfather were
\nboth, we would say in the truth,<\/p>\n

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\nboth righteous men.
\nWhy would this son be so wicked <\/p>\n

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\nand so callous?
\nNow my theory, we cry, requires <\/p>\n

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\na few things to be seen from the
\nperspective of Ahaz. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst off, his grandfather was a
\ngood man. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was a good man who happened
\nto be struck down by leprosy <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he made a mistake.
\nRemember, Uzziah went in and <\/p>\n

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\nwanted to offer incense to the
\nLord, and the leprosy burst <\/p>\n

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\nforth from his forehead because
\nonly the priest could do that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd his grandfather suffered
\nterribly from leprosy till he <\/p>\n

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\ndied.
\nBut from Ahaz’s perspective, <\/p>\n

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\nGrandpa was only trying to show
\nhis dedication to God. <\/p>\n

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\nGrandpa was really trying to
\nserve and and for serving God, <\/p>\n

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\nAhaz may have thought he was
\npunished. <\/p>\n

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\nAhaz’s father was a king named
\nJotham. <\/p>\n

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\nJotham died at the ripe old age
\nof 41. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, he didn’t die in
\nbattle. <\/p>\n

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\nIt must have been a disease.
\nIt was something sudden. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps his father Jotham had a
\nheart attack. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s described as a good man
\nwho fear God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Ahaz would have thought, why
\ndid my father have to die? <\/p>\n

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\nHe was a good man.
\nWhat is this God we’re <\/p>\n

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\nworshipping?
\nThere are also a few other <\/p>\n

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\nthings we should know about
\nAhaz. <\/p>\n

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\nThe record shows that Ahaz has
\nnothing to do with God, period. <\/p>\n

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\nAhaz served.
\nAnd remember, this is Ahaz, king<\/p>\n

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\nof Judah.
\nHe served every God but the one <\/p>\n

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\ntrue God of Israel.
\nIf you’re still in Chronicles, <\/p>\n

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\nSecond Chronicles 28, verse 2.
\nFor he walked in the way of the <\/p>\n

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\nkings of Israel.
\nHe made also molten images for <\/p>\n

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\nBalaam.
\nMoreover, he burnt incense in <\/p>\n

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\nthe valley of the son of Hinnom.
\nAnd we read this before. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, he serves every God of
\nall the nations round about. <\/p>\n

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\nEven some of the gods of the
\nnations who dwelt in Canaan <\/p>\n

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\nbefore Israel possessed it.
\nIf you look at verse 23 of the <\/p>\n

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\nsame chapter, For he sacrificed
\nunto the gods of Damascus, which<\/p>\n

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\nsmote him, and he said, because
\nthe gods of the kings of Syria <\/p>\n

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\nhelp them, therefore I will
\nsacrifice to them, that they may<\/p>\n

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\nhelp me.
\nBut they were the ruin of him <\/p>\n

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\nand of all Israel.
\nAnd finally the prophet who <\/p>\n

118
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\nministered to him was Micah in
\nMicah 6, verse 16. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’ll read it for you.
\nMicah says this. <\/p>\n

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\nFor the statues of Omri are
\nkept, and all the works of the <\/p>\n

121
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\nHouse of Ahab, and you walk in
\ntheir councils, that I should <\/p>\n

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\nmake them a desolation.
\nAnd the inhabitants there are <\/p>\n

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\nthe hissing.
\nTherefore you shall bear the <\/p>\n

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\nreproach of my people.
\nBut if you look in the margin, <\/p>\n

125
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\nit says he doth keep, It’s not
\nthe people of Israel, but Micah <\/p>\n

126
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\nis saying he, Ahaz, doth keep
\nall these wicked things. <\/p>\n

127
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\nAnother thing we need to know
\nabout Ahaz before we get into my<\/p>\n

128
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\ntheory.
\nIt’s clear that he went out, <\/p>\n

129
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\nthat God went out of his way to
\nsave the king. <\/p>\n

130
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\nYou read everything about Ahaz,
\nKing of Judah, and God is always<\/p>\n

131
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\ntrying to save him, always
\ntrying to warn this king, and <\/p>\n

132
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\nhe’s actually really trying to
\npreserve this king by the end of<\/p>\n

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\nKing Ahaz, King of Judah.
\nThis is the divine summary and <\/p>\n

134
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\nit’s back again in Second
\nChronicles 2228, verse 22. <\/p>\n

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\nAt the time of his distress did
\nhe trespass Yet the more against<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord.
\nThis is that King Ahaz. <\/p>\n

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\nYou almost get a sense of
\nexasperation from God that what <\/p>\n

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\nelse can I do for this man?
\nWell, here’s my theory. <\/p>\n

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\nMy theory is that Ahaz saw no
\nbenefit to serving God. <\/p>\n

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\nFrom his perspective, it just
\nseemed like only bad things <\/p>\n

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\nhappened to those who served
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n

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\nHis grandfather was struck with
\nleprosy, his dad’s untimely <\/p>\n

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\ndeath.
\nHe would find, as he did in <\/p>\n

144
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\nDamascus, a God who would help
\nhim, who would give him benefit,<\/p>\n

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\nwho would give him advantages.
\nAnd so he sought all the gods <\/p>\n

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\naround of the nations.
\nHe’d find a God more to his <\/p>\n

147
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\nliking.
\nA has judged God very harshly <\/p>\n

148
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\nand you get the sense as almost
\nbitterly and the way he views <\/p>\n

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\nYahweh.
\nAnd my theory is that because <\/p>\n

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\ngood things did not happen to
\nGod’s servants that Ahaz <\/p>\n

151
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\nthought, well, there’s no sense
\nserving this God because Ahab <\/p>\n

152
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\ndid not.
\nAhaz did not believe. <\/p>\n

153
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\nWas it right for Ahaz to expect
\nonly good things from God? <\/p>\n

154
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\nYou know, we just sang a hymn
\nand we tend to miss sing it <\/p>\n

155
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\nbecause of the way that the
\nverses are grouped together as <\/p>\n

156
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\nRobin just played for us
\nbeautifully. <\/p>\n

157
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\nWe tend to sing it like this,
\nTake my life and let it be. <\/p>\n

158
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\nWe don’t realize it continues
\nconsecrated Lord to thee. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s almost as if we say,
\nLord, here I am, I’m yours now <\/p>\n

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\nJust keep it all nice and even,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nLet it be, everything’s good.
\nAnd that’s not what that hymn is<\/p>\n

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\nabout.
\nAs you realize, we sometimes get<\/p>\n

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\nthe idea that we’re
\nsurrendering, but leave well <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:04,600 –> 00:12:10,280
\nenough alone, you know?
\nOnly God knows why Jotham died <\/p>\n

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\nso young, the father of Ahaz.
\nBut it was not Ahaz’s <\/p>\n

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\nprerogative to judge that, or to
\njudge God by the untimely death <\/p>\n

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\nof his Father.
\nIf God took his Father at 3141 <\/p>\n

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\nor 101, that is God’s right.
\nJotham and all believers, <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:33,360 –> 00:12:38,800
\nincluding us, are God’s vessels.
\nAs we just read in Timothy. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:39,320 –> 00:12:43,000
\nWe have been sanctified by God.
\nWe have been consecrated for him<\/p>\n

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\nto use as He sees fit.
\nJotham accepted this to you. <\/p>\n

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\nTake my moments and my days.
\nYou know, in First Corinthians, <\/p>\n

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\nFirst Corinthians 6 verse 19,
\nPaul writes this 1st Corinthians<\/p>\n

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\n6 verse 19.
\nWhat know ye not that your body <\/p>\n

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\nis the temple of the Holy
\nSpirit, which is in you, which <\/p>\n

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\nye have of God, and ye are not
\nyour own. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s part of the deal.
\nIt’s when we start thinking that<\/p>\n

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\nwe are our own to decide what
\nshould happen. <\/p>\n

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\nThen we get into trouble.
\nWhen we think we know what’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:39,440 –> 00:13:42,120
\nbest, That’s when problems come
\nup. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,280 –> 00:13:47,960
\nAnd Isaiah 64 I’ll read it to
\nyou, Isaiah 64 verse 8 Isaiah <\/p>\n

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\nlooking at the Potter says, but
\nnow, O Lord, thou art our <\/p>\n

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\nfather, we are the clay, and
\nthou our Potter, and we all the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:57,600 –> 00:14:01,640
\nwork of thine hand.
\nWhere Paul in Ephesians 2 verse <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:01,640 –> 00:14:04,400
\n5 says, for we are his
\nworkmanship. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:06,440 –> 00:14:10,480
\nYou know, there’s at least two
\nreasons why we received trials, <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe more, but there’s two that
\nare very obvious in Scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nThe one is to prove us, to teach
\nus, to make us stronger, and we <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:19,680 –> 00:14:22,960
\nreceived trials for that reason,
\nand we should accept that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:24,560 –> 00:14:29,120
\nThe one we have a harder time
\nwith, perhaps, is when we suffer<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:29,120 –> 00:14:34,920
\nthings to teach others, to set
\nan example that something <\/p>\n

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\nhappens to me.
\nSo you take stock of your life <\/p>\n

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\nand see where you’re headed.
\nYou know, Job suffered some <\/p>\n

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\npretty terrible things.
\nIt was all because other people <\/p>\n

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\nneeded to be taught.
\nHe didn’t understand why, but he<\/p>\n

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\naccepted it.
\nThe Lord gave the Lord taketh <\/p>\n

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\naway.
\nBlessed be the Lord, he says in <\/p>\n

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\nJob 121 or to his wife in Job 2
\nverse 10. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:02,600 –> 00:15:07,040
\nShall we indeed accept good from
\nGod and not accept adversity? <\/p>\n

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\nThink of Jeremiah.
\nThe prophet Jeremiah endured <\/p>\n

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\nmany adversities and it
\nculminated in his death. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all of that happened with
\nthe intent to teach others to be<\/p>\n

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\na witness to others.
\nHe was imprisoned in a horrible <\/p>\n

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\npit.
\nHe was told to walk 1200 miles <\/p>\n

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\nand to bury a piece of clothing
\nby the Euphrates River by foot. <\/p>\n

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\nIt seemed crazy to him, but he
\ndid it. <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel was, we’re told, was
\nmade dumb. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was unable to speak.
\nAnother time, as a sign, he was <\/p>\n

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\ntold to lay on his side on the
\nground for over a year. <\/p>\n

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\nBoth prepare meals, do
\neverything laying on his left <\/p>\n

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\nside, and when he was done, he
\nwas told to lay on his right <\/p>\n

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\nside for 40 days.
\nIt seemed crazy, but he did it. <\/p>\n

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\nGod was using him, and we could
\nfill the whole talk with just <\/p>\n

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\nexamples of where this has
\nhappened. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:10,600 –> 00:16:15,160
\nGod asked a lot of these
\nbelievers, and they all accepted<\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nI doubt any of them understood <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,320 –> 00:16:20,760
\nit.
\nThey might have thought, well, <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe there’s an easier way to
\nmake this point. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe instead of laying down for
\na year and a half, I can just <\/p>\n

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\nteach in the synagogue.
\nYeah, but they didn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nThey allowed God to use them as
\nGod saw fit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, it wasn’t
\nunreasonable for God to ask that<\/p>\n

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\nfrom his, his believer, from his
\nchosen vessel. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you look at Hebrews 11 verse
\n33, I’m sorry, Hebrews 11, verse<\/p>\n

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\n37, they were stoned, they were
\nsown asunder, were tempted, were<\/p>\n

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\nslain with the sword.
\nThey wandered about in <\/p>\n

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\nsheepskins and goat skins, being
\ndestitute, afflicted, tormented,<\/p>\n

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\nof whom the world was not
\nworthy. <\/p>\n

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\nThey wandered in deserts and in
\nmountains, in dens and caves of <\/p>\n

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\nthe earth because God asked them
\nto. <\/p>\n

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\nNow let’s make it a little
\npersonal. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t you think it’s possible
\nthat God uses one of his <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples and allows them to
\nsuffer, perhaps an accident, a <\/p>\n

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\ndisease, Because maybe that’s
\nthe only way he can bring unity <\/p>\n

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\nback to an ecclesia?
\nThat he can unite an ecclesia or<\/p>\n

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\nindividuals back in prayer and
\nunity? <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t you think it’s possible
\nthat the only way to shake up <\/p>\n

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\nnon believers, to turn them to
\nGod is maybe when a loved one is<\/p>\n

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\ntaken?
\nI do. <\/p>\n

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\nWould you give your life up if
\nthat’s what it took for your <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,440 –> 00:18:26,400
\nfamily to come into the truth?
\nIs it unreasonable for God to <\/p>\n

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\nask that of us?
\nYou know, I would hate to be so <\/p>\n

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\nhardened to God, so callous to
\nhis angels working in my life, <\/p>\n

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\nso disrespectful of the signs
\nintended for me that at one time<\/p>\n

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\nin my life God would say that
\nSteve Cheatham, who ignores <\/p>\n

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\neverything that God did to turn
\nme around, that was Ahaz. <\/p>\n

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\nWe just sung Take my life and
\nlet it be consecrated Lord to <\/p>\n

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\nthee.
\nWhat saddens me is that <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:59,800 –> 00:19:03,560
\nChristianity out there teaches
\nthat if you serve God, you’ll be<\/p>\n

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\nmaterially blessed.
\nLife will be easy, life will be <\/p>\n

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\nsmooth.
\nJust send your check in. <\/p>\n

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\nTell that to Jeremiah.
\nTry to convince Ezekiel of that,<\/p>\n

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\nor John the Baptist.
\nTake my life means that we <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:20,200 –> 00:19:27,520
\nsurrender fully to God
\nwillingly, joyfully, like Paul <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:27,520 –> 00:19:32,640
\nand Silas in prison, that we
\naccept that what happens to us <\/p>\n

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\nis God’s will, that God uses us
\nas he sees fit and we go with <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nLet’s get an example, John 9 <\/p>\n

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\nverse 3
\nhere’s a poor guy who was blind <\/p>\n

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\nfrom birth, John 9 verse one and
\nwe’re going to read verse 3. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus answered neither hath this
\nman sinned nor his parents, but <\/p>\n

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\nthat the works of God should be
\nmade manifest in him. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you put yourself in that
\nblind man shoes. <\/p>\n

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\nHis whole life was spent blind
\nbecause God chose to use him at <\/p>\n

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\nthat moment in time to show the
\npower of His Son. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul had an affliction.
\nWe’re not sure what it was, but <\/p>\n

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\nit was there to keep Paul in the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\nGod could have healed him.
\nGod saw it fit that Paul had <\/p>\n

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\nthat affliction because that’s
\nwhat kept him in the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nWe should not be serving God so
\nwe can be blessed in this life. <\/p>\n

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\nIn first Corinthians 3, Paul
\nsays in verse 16, Know ye not <\/p>\n

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\nthat ye are the temple of God,
\nand that the Spirit of God <\/p>\n

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\ndwelleth in you?
\nIf any man defile the temple of <\/p>\n

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\nGod, him shall God destroy, for
\nthe temple of God is holy, which<\/p>\n

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\ntemple ye are.
\nWe destroy this sanctified <\/p>\n

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\nvessel of the Lord when we fill
\nit with the flesh. <\/p>\n

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\nOur duty is to bear God’s name,
\nto let God’s character shine <\/p>\n

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\nthrough this weak vessel.
\nYou see, before you, King Ahaz <\/p>\n

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\nof Judah never reflected God’s
\nname, and in fact, He defiled <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s temple, the place where
\nGod chose to put His name and He<\/p>\n

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\nfilled it with idols.
\nAnd finally, He has to make His <\/p>\n

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\npoint clear.
\nHe locks the doors of the temple<\/p>\n

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\nonce and for all.
\nThe one place on earth where God<\/p>\n

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\nchose to put His name and He
\nlocked the door. <\/p>\n

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\nNo one would enter that place.
\nLook at Acts 9 verse 15. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does Paul say?
\nActs 9, verse 15 But the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nsaid unto me, Go thy way.
\nFor he this is talking about <\/p>\n

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\nPaul is a chosen vessel unto me,
\nto bear my name before the <\/p>\n

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\nGentiles, and kings, and the
\nchildren of Israel, For I will <\/p>\n

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\nshow him how great things he
\nmust suffer for my name’s sake. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:37,960 –> 00:22:40,640
\nHere Paul bears God’s name to
\nthe Gentiles. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s called a chosen vessel.
\nIt was anything but easy. 2nd <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 4I mean look at how
\nhe describes himself and his <\/p>\n

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\ncompanions.
\nHe says we are troubled on every<\/p>\n

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\nside, we’re perplexed, we’re
\npersecuted, we’re cast down, <\/p>\n

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\nalways delivered to death.
\nThat was how God chose to use <\/p>\n

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\nthat vessel.
\nPaul lived a hard life. <\/p>\n

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\nYet in 2nd Corinthians 4 verse
\n17, he goes on and says this 2nd<\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 417 For our light
\naffliction, which is but for a <\/p>\n

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\nmoment worketh for us a far more
\nexceeding and eternal weight of <\/p>\n

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\nglory, while we look not at the
\nthings which you’re seen, but at<\/p>\n

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\nthe things which you’re not
\nseen. <\/p>\n

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\nFor the things which are seen
\nare temporal, but the things <\/p>\n

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\nwhich you’re not seen or
\neternal. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:48,440 –> 00:23:53,440
\nNo matter how bad things got for
\nPaul, his hope was in God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:54,280 –> 00:23:58,640
\nHis desires for the promises to
\nbe fulfilled is what kept him, <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:58,760 –> 00:24:01,120
\nwhat kept him golly, what gave
\nhim strength. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:01,960 –> 00:24:05,360
\nWeymouth translates his verse.
\nI like the way he does it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:05,800 –> 00:24:08,080
\nWeymouth translates what Paul
\nwrote this way. <\/p>\n

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\nOur life affliction and
\ntransitory burden of suffering <\/p>\n

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\nis achieving for us a vastly
\npreponderating and eternal <\/p>\n

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\nweight of glory.
\nI don’t like preponderating, but<\/p>\n

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\nI do like how he describes life
\nas transitory, as a light <\/p>\n

313
\n00:24:27,160 –> 00:24:29,440
\naffliction.
\nIt’s temporal. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, it’s very helpful when
\nwe view life, the problems we <\/p>\n

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\nsuffer, the burdens we carry as
\ntransitory. <\/p>\n

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\nGod has said all things.
\nGod works for the good of those <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:46,200 –> 00:24:50,600
\nwho love Him and have been
\ncalled according to His purpose.<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:51,200 –> 00:24:53,920
\nAll things work for good.
\nDo we believe that? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s easy to be faithful, isn’t
\nit, When things are going well, <\/p>\n

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\nwhen things are smooth, when
\nlife is good? <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:01,560 –> 00:25:07,680
\nBut really it’s only in trials
\nand difficulties, in sadness. <\/p>\n

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\nTheir faith is really revealed
\nin Second Chronicles Chapter 7, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 14.
\nSecond Chronicles 7, verse 14. <\/p>\n

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\nIf My people, which are called
\nby My name, shall humble <\/p>\n

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\nthemselves, and pray and seek My
\nface, and turn from their wicked<\/p>\n

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\nways, then will I hear from
\nheaven, will forgive their sins <\/p>\n

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\nand heal their land.
\nSolomon here is told of the <\/p>\n

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\ngreat blessings that come to
\nthose who bear God’s name, and <\/p>\n

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\nthey are, but not in this life
\nin Micah. <\/p>\n

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\nBack to the prophet of Ahaz,
\nMicah 4 verse 5. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll read it for you.
\nFor all people will walk <\/p>\n

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\neveryone in the name of his God,
\nand will walk in the name of the<\/p>\n

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\nLord our God forever and ever.
\nThat may not mean a lot, but <\/p>\n

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\nremember Monday is the prophet,
\nthe king Ahaz, and he shows the <\/p>\n

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\nsame hope and promise to the
\nking. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, Ahaz, if you walk in
\nGod’s name, turn yourself along,<\/p>\n

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\nthings will be different.
\nHow important it is to walk in <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s name, to bear his
\ncharacter, to reflect his glory.<\/p>\n

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\nLife is transitory.
\nThis isn’t a resting place. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know in that lesson never
\nsunk in that he has, He has <\/p>\n

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\nnever, ever viewed himself as
\nthe servant, as the clay in <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s hands.
\nAnd you think of the irony of <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nThe king whom God revealed, the <\/p>\n

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\nEmmanuel prophecy, God’s Son
\nwith us, the one who would be <\/p>\n

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\nhailed blessed is he who comes
\nin the name of the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nThis king would reject God and
\nrefuse to bear the name of God <\/p>\n

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\ntill the bitter end.
\nIn the British Museum, there’s a<\/p>\n

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\ntablet describing the tribute
\nreceived by the Assyrian king <\/p>\n

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\nTiglath to the user, and it’s
\nthe tribute that this king <\/p>\n

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\nreceived from all the nations
\nround about. <\/p>\n

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\nThese would include nations like
\nEdom and Moab Abben, and from <\/p>\n

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\nYehlahas in Judah.
\nThat’s right, God’s name was <\/p>\n

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\nassociated with Ahaz.
\nHe was called Yehlahas, Yahweh. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a prefix to his name.
\nAnd you think how sad it is that<\/p>\n

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\nbecause of his wickedness,
\nbecause of his failure to seek <\/p>\n

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\nGod, Scripture never refers to
\nhim as Jehovah has. <\/p>\n

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\nGod refuses to have his name
\nassociated with its king because<\/p>\n

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\nof his wickedness.
\nCome follow me, Jesus says to <\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nThe road may not always be easy,<\/p>\n

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\nbut it’s a road worth travelling
\nin the bread and the line before<\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nLet us say in each symbol, it’s <\/p>\n

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\nthe Son of man who endured all,
\nwho gave all to save us. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll end it with what Paul
\nexhorted the Hebrews in in <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews 12 verse 1, he says.
\nTherefore, since we have so <\/p>\n

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\ngreat a cloud of witnesses
\nsurrounding us, let us also lay <\/p>\n

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\naside every incomparance, the
\nsin which so easily entangled <\/p>\n

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\nus, and let us run with
\nendurance the race that is set <\/p>\n

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\nbefore us, fixing our eyes on
\nJesus, the Author and Perfector <\/p>\n

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\nof faith, who for the jewelry
\nset before him and toward the <\/p>\n

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\ncross the spot of the machine,
\nand the sat down at the right <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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