{"id":1252,"date":"2025-01-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/332-david-smith-the-moral-imperative\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:49:10","slug":"332-david-smith-the-moral-imperative","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/332-david-smith-the-moral-imperative\/","title":{"rendered":"332: David Smith – The Moral Imperative"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to a class by Bro. David Smith that was give on 2000 on the topic, “The Moral Imperative”. <\/p>\n

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

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jason.
\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nEach week we post talk that we
\npreviewed from suggestions sent <\/p>\n

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\nin by listeners from around the
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\nThen we record a short intro
\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good
\nChristadelphian Talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is a class that<\/p>\n

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\nwas given by brother David Smith
\nof the UK back in 2000. <\/p>\n

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\nThe classes title and topic is
\nthe moral imperative or more <\/p>\n

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\nspecifically the idea of God
\nbeing the source of absolute <\/p>\n

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\ntruth and righteousness and how
\nthat should be the foundation <\/p>\n

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\nfor our moral compass.
\nThe class is structured very <\/p>\n

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\nwell along the lines of if we
\naccept this truth, then here is <\/p>\n

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\nthe next logical step.
\nAnd some of the key points that <\/p>\n

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\nBrother David brings out are
\nobviously that our morals should<\/p>\n

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\nnot change with the times, but
\nthat we should always be <\/p>\n

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\nanchored to what and how God
\ndeclared to be right, and how <\/p>\n

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\nthe basis of our morality should
\nbe driven by the doctrine that <\/p>\n

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\nwe believe.
\nAnd that if the black and white <\/p>\n

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\nwords on paper are not driving
\nus to change our behavior, then <\/p>\n

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\neither our doctrine is wrong or
\nour hearts are. <\/p>\n

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\nI found it to be a solid big
\npicture reflection on how we <\/p>\n

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\nmanifest the holiness of our
\nFather, even though we as his <\/p>\n

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\nchildren can only return a
\nflawed version of God’s <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter.
\nBut He wants us to think which <\/p>\n

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\nparts are easier than others to
\nmimic. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, as always, we hope that this
\nstrengthens your faith and <\/p>\n

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\nbrightens your day.
\nBrother David Smith, The Moral <\/p>\n

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\nImperative.
\nGood morning, brethren and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nAnd Shalom very good. <\/p>\n

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\nNot quite, but nearly.
\nYou know, you see in Hebrew <\/p>\n

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\nwhere if you meet somebody with
\na Shalom, you’re going to have a<\/p>\n

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\nShalom back, but it’s going to
\nbe a proper Shalom. <\/p>\n

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\nNot 1\/2 of Shalom or 1\/4 Shalom,
\nbut a whole Shalom. <\/p>\n

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\nSo brethren, sisters, Shalom,
\nwonderful. <\/p>\n

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\nThere we are.
\nI’m here just one minute and <\/p>\n

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\neveryone’s speaking Hebrew.
\nI, I bring you good wishes and <\/p>\n

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\ngreetings of all the brethren
\nsisters on the North East coast <\/p>\n

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\nof England.
\nThat’s just about as far as you <\/p>\n

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\ncan get from California in
\nEngland, if you’re in England <\/p>\n

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\nanyway.
\nAnd we don’t number too many in <\/p>\n

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\nSunderland, which is my home
\necclesia, just about 35. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s probably the first couple
\nof rows, but we’re very pleased <\/p>\n

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\nto see you all.
\nShould you drop across to the <\/p>\n

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\nEast Coast of England anytime,
\nJust drop in. <\/p>\n

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\nA little notice would be
\nwelcome, especially if you’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to come at once.
\nMy subjects, this Bible school <\/p>\n

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\nare the moral imperative.
\nI want to talk about morality <\/p>\n

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\nand this first session is about
\nthe source of all morality, even<\/p>\n

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\neven the Lord God himself.
\nMorality is not an easy subject <\/p>\n

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\nto to discuss either publicly in
\nthe political arena or indeed in<\/p>\n

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\nin the brotherhood.
\nWe don’t really like being <\/p>\n

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\nchallenged about what we do or
\nwhat we think or what we say. <\/p>\n

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\nWe feel uncomfortable about it.
\nAnd one of the first and one of <\/p>\n

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\nthe early reactions that we have
\ntowards such a person who <\/p>\n

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\nchallenges in this way is, well,
\nI bet he’s no better, but he’s <\/p>\n

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\ngot a few skeletons in the
\ncupboard. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’ll beholds him to talk about
\nright and wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is absolutely correct.
\nBrothers and sisters, as far as <\/p>\n

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\nthis speaker is concerned, I
\nhave absolutely nothing to offer<\/p>\n

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\nyou than what you already know
\nin terms of your own personal <\/p>\n

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\nstandards of morality.
\nBut that is not a reason for not<\/p>\n

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\ntalking about morality.
\nIn fact, if we had to wait for <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody who was a paragon of
\nvirtue and an excellent exponent<\/p>\n

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\nof all morality, we’d be waiting
\na long time. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, this sort of subject
\nwould never be addressed at all.<\/p>\n

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\nSo we need to address it for
\nourselves, each one <\/p>\n

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\nindividually, not out of any
\nself righteousness or pride or <\/p>\n

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\narrogance or wishing to
\nchallenge purely for the sake of<\/p>\n

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\nchallenge, but nonetheless we
\nneed to talk about it. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve heard that another good
\nreason for not talking about <\/p>\n

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\nmorals is that godly principles
\nmay on occasion appear to <\/p>\n

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\nconflict with one another,
\nespecially when they’re handled <\/p>\n

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\nby flesh and blood.
\nAnd this has challenged our <\/p>\n

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\nbrotherhood for a very long
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, on the one hand we have
\nthe attitude that says we must <\/p>\n

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\ncontend for the faith.
\nWe must uphold the highest of <\/p>\n

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\npersonal and community
\nstandards. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet, on the other hand, we
\nmust deal with one another in <\/p>\n

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\nlove, not being the first one to
\ncast the stone. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there probably is very
\nlittle dispute between us about <\/p>\n

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\nthe principles or the standards
\nwith which we have to deal. <\/p>\n

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\nBut how that in the community
\nand for the sake of the <\/p>\n

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\nindividual within the community
\nis handled when one should fall <\/p>\n

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\nfrom those highest standards
\nthat we espouse, that is very <\/p>\n

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\noften a source of great tension.
\nAnd it’s there in the Scripture.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s there in First Corinthians,
\nfor example, Second Corinthians <\/p>\n

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\nwhen the man took his step
\nmother and they effed and but <\/p>\n

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\nabout it and pontificated and
\nsome defended and some didn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Apostle Paul stepped
\nstraight in and said no, he must<\/p>\n

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\nbe excluded from the community.
\nBut then he in the second <\/p>\n

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\nepistle came back and said
\ndon’t, don’t leave him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe will be over much grieved.
\nSo this, this whole business of <\/p>\n

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\nhow you handle people who fall,
\nas it were, from grace within <\/p>\n

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\nthe community is a tension
\nthat’s always been there and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s just as much there today.
\nAnd we continue to wrestle with <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nBut it didn’t stop the apostles <\/p>\n

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\ntalking about it and preaching
\nabout it in a very forthright <\/p>\n

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\nmanner and very direct manner.
\nAnd it, it means that we must <\/p>\n

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\nconsider the whole issue of, of,
\nof morality ourselves today. <\/p>\n

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\nI have been told by somebody, it
\nhad been suggested to me that we<\/p>\n

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\nshould not overly burden our
\nyoung people with such high <\/p>\n

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\nstandards, such high demands of
\nmorality, because they have to <\/p>\n

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\nlive out there in a very, very
\ndifficult and a very, very <\/p>\n

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\nimmoral world.
\nAnd if they tried to observe <\/p>\n

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\nthese things in their world,
\nthen they would inevitably fail.<\/p>\n

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\nSo they won’t try or they become
\nembarrassed by it, or if they do<\/p>\n

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\ntry and they fail, they’ll feel
\nterribly guilty about the whole <\/p>\n

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\nprocess.
\nSo let’s not start. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, Brendan says, I, I can’t
\ngo with that one, and I’m sure <\/p>\n

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\nyou can’t either.
\nThat’s the quickest way to <\/p>\n

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\nproduce spiritual pygmies in our
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if we don’t teach the right
\nsort of behaviour today, then <\/p>\n

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\nwhat will it be like tomorrow?
\nWill the Lord find faith on the <\/p>\n

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\nearth?
\nAnd maybe it says something <\/p>\n

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\nabout the way we talk about
\nmorality and the way we teach <\/p>\n

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\nmorality.
\nPerhaps we overemphasize the <\/p>\n

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\nnegative aspects of morality and
\nof God’s behaviour rather than <\/p>\n

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\nthe positive.
\nSo to me, none of these reasons <\/p>\n

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\nare good enough to not consider
\nthe whole business of morality <\/p>\n

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\nand to challenge ourselves
\nagain. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps one of the best known
\npassages is in Second Timothy 3,<\/p>\n

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\nwhich talks about the last days.
\nAnd you know, it’s talking there<\/p>\n

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\nabout perilous times, perilous
\ntimes, fierce times, lunatic, <\/p>\n

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\nliterally lunatic times where
\nit’s almost impossible to <\/p>\n

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\ngovern.
\nAnd what what are these times? <\/p>\n

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\nIn what way are they perilous?
\nWell, if you have a look at <\/p>\n

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\nsecond Timothy three the first
\nfew verses this know also that <\/p>\n

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\nin the last days perilous times
\nshall come. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course, we use this
\nstandardly in evening talk or a <\/p>\n

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\ngospel proclamation to point out
\nhow bad and how immoral the <\/p>\n

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\nworld is.
\nAnd I’m sure that the Apostle <\/p>\n

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\nPaul is doing it in a similar
\nway, but he is couching it in <\/p>\n

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\nthe terms of the ecclesia being
\nin the context of that society. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same level of immorality
\nthat’s out there may well creep <\/p>\n

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\ninto the ecclesia.
\nAnd so the last day warning is <\/p>\n

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\nnot merely about perilous times
\nout there, but it’s about <\/p>\n

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\nperilous times within the
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what is the perilous bit?
\nThe perilous bit might well turn<\/p>\n

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\ninto violence or severe
\ndeprivation of one sort or <\/p>\n

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\nanother for one part of the
\ncommunity or an individual or <\/p>\n

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\nanother.
\nBut the essence of the perilous <\/p>\n

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\nnature of the times is that they
\nare immoral. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have a look at that in verse
\n2. <\/p>\n

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\nFor men shall be lovers of their
\nown selves. <\/p>\n

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\nRevised Version.
\nThey shall also be lovers of <\/p>\n

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\nmoney, boastful, and all the
\nrest of the list of things that <\/p>\n

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\nlovers of pleasure rather than
\nlovers of God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the perilous nature of the
\ntimes in which we live are that <\/p>\n

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\nthey are immoral and all the
\npriorities are completely upside<\/p>\n

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\ndown.
\nAnd he goes on to say something <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting there in verse five.
\nHe says these are people who <\/p>\n

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\nhave a form of godliness, but
\nthey have denied the power <\/p>\n

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\nthereof.
\nThe sort of godliness that is <\/p>\n

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\ndisplayed can be a sham.
\nIt can be avenir like clothes <\/p>\n

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\nthat we put on and take off so
\neasily, not deep rooted within <\/p>\n

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\nour own hearts.
\nPeople have denied the power of <\/p>\n

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\ngodliness.
\nThat’s the same word that’s used<\/p>\n

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\nof the apostles.
\nPeters denial of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nHe said no, surely you know this<\/p>\n

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\nman.
\nNo, never heard of him. <\/p>\n

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\nBut you’re a Galilean.
\nYour speech betrayed you. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, no, no, no, I sorry.
\nIt’s nothing to me. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, He heard himself say no.
\nAnd we hear ourselves say no to <\/p>\n

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\nthe power of godliness on a
\ndaily basis, don’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nBut the Duncan’s mentioned it
\nalready. <\/p>\n

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\nWe hear something said, perhaps
\nwith which we don’t agree, but <\/p>\n

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\nfor the sake of of not being
\nembarrassed or upsetting <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody, we say no to the power
\nof godliness. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we need to be very careful
\nabout that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we need to pay attention to
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\nthe whole essence of this moral
\nimperatives, it’s the whole <\/p>\n

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\nessence of our morality in these
\ndays. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the pastoral epistles and
\nparticularly the ones written by<\/p>\n

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\nTimothy have got a lot to say
\nabout godliness. <\/p>\n

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\nGod likeness, choosing to live
\noptimally with God according to <\/p>\n

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\nhis character.
\nIndeed, if we turn back, where <\/p>\n

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\ndo we get godliness from?
\nTurn back to First Timothy 6. <\/p>\n

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\nThe foundation of our godliness
\nas it comes to us, as it’s <\/p>\n

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\nperceived by us, as we share it,
\nas we grow in it, is the essence<\/p>\n

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\nof doctrine.
\nYou see, our doctrine very often<\/p>\n

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\nis merely black words on white
\npages, and there’s a list of <\/p>\n

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\nthem, and you probably know them
\nvery well, and probably you, <\/p>\n

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\nlike me, made sure that you knew
\nthem to 1\u00b0 or another when you <\/p>\n

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\nmade your statement, your faith.
\nAnd no doubt you believed it as <\/p>\n

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\nI believed it, and still do.
\nBut it’s not the sort of thing I<\/p>\n

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\ncarry around with me, Brendan
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the sort of thing I can quote
\nto you in terms of the <\/p>\n

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\ndeclaration.
\nBut I know I’ve got to live that<\/p>\n

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\ndoctrine because if doctrine
\ndoesn’t change lives, it’s no <\/p>\n

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\ndoctrine at all.
\nEither the doctrine is wrong or <\/p>\n

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\nwe ain’t got the doctrine.
\nI think that’s the essence of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat the Scripture is saying
\nwith regard to doctrine. <\/p>\n

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\nDoctrine changes lives and it
\nproduces godliness. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you believe in the nature
\nof man, for instance, or the <\/p>\n

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\nreturn of the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nor you believe in the Kingdom of<\/p>\n

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\nGod as espoused by ourselves, or
\nthe nature of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist as we do, then in what
\nway does that impact upon your <\/p>\n

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\nlife practically and morally?
\nBecause if it has no impact, and<\/p>\n

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\ngo through all of the
\nfundamental doctrines in that <\/p>\n

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\nway, if it has no impact upon
\nyour life, if the fact that the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus is going to return
\nhas no impact upon your life, <\/p>\n

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\nthen you’ve got the doctrine
\nwrong. <\/p>\n

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\nEither the doctrine is wrong, or
\nyour perception of it is wrong, <\/p>\n

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\nor my perception of it is wrong.
\nAnd so he says here that the <\/p>\n

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\nwhole business of doctrine is to
\nproduce godliness. <\/p>\n

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\nIf any man, verse three, if any
\nman, teach doctrine or teach <\/p>\n

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\notherwise.
\nAnd consent not to wholesome <\/p>\n

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\nwords, sound words, healthy
\nwords, good life, giving words, <\/p>\n

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\neven the words of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd to the doctrine which is
\naccording to godliness, he is <\/p>\n

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\nproud, knowing nothing.
\nSo doctrines got to change <\/p>\n

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\nlives.
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\ngodliness.
\nAnd of the doctrines that we <\/p>\n

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\nespouse, which is the one that
\nmost impacts upon morality? <\/p>\n

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\nI know they all do, but which is
\nthe one that impacts most upon <\/p>\n

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\nmorality?
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\nfor a minute yourself.
\nGet it labeled in your mind, <\/p>\n

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\nunderlined it.
\nWhich is it to me, it is the <\/p>\n

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\ndoctrine of God and what we
\nbelieve and understand about the<\/p>\n

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\nLord God and his manifestation
\nthroughout the whole of creation<\/p>\n

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\nright up to this present time.
\nAnd I’ve been through what’s <\/p>\n

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\nwritten in our statement of
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there are under each of the
\nstatements, as you know, a <\/p>\n

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\nnumber of passages which
\nunderline and emphasize the <\/p>\n

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\nimportance of the things that we
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there are in the under the
\nheading of the statement of the <\/p>\n

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\nour doctrine of God.
\nMany passages in Isaiah in <\/p>\n

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\nparticular emphasize the
\nsupremacy and the power and the <\/p>\n

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\nuniqueness and the oneness of
\nGod, His all knowing, omniscient<\/p>\n

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\nomnipresence, concentrating
\nheavily upon His power, and that<\/p>\n

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\nHe knowses better than we know
\nourselves the supremacy of the <\/p>\n

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\nliving God.
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\nunderstanding.
\nBut there are quite a few verses<\/p>\n

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\nmissing under that statement
\nthat talk about the character of<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord God and knowing Him.
\nAnd one of the things that you <\/p>\n

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\nmight do, those of you who are
\ncharged with the responsibility <\/p>\n

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\nof organizing Bible classes, is
\nto get that out and to go <\/p>\n

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\nthrough it again and to fill in
\nall the gaps, because the <\/p>\n

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\ndoctrine of God is the
\nfundamental doctrine that <\/p>\n

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\nimpacts upon our behaviour.
\nNow then that was always the <\/p>\n

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\ncase.
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\nthe prophets and you go back to
\nJeremiah 9, you will find there <\/p>\n

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\nstatement by the prophet in a
\nchapter which by and large is <\/p>\n

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\nrelatively gloomy.
\nThere are two beautiful shining <\/p>\n

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\nverses that come out of it.
\nIt’s a chapter all about <\/p>\n

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\nentropy.
\nBrother Stan was describing <\/p>\n

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\nyesterday a breakdown of a
\ndecline in the community and <\/p>\n

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\njudgement to come.
\nThe Duncan’s been talking about <\/p>\n

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\nthat this morning.
\nVerse 23. <\/p>\n

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\nBut this is the whole purpose of
\nbelief in doctrine. <\/p>\n

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\nThus saith the Lord.
\nVerse 23. <\/p>\n

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\nLet not the wise man glory in
\nhis wisdom, neither let the <\/p>\n

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\nmighty man glory in his might,
\nlet not the rich man glory, or <\/p>\n

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\nboast, or take comfort, or
\nsolace, or conviction and hope <\/p>\n

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\nin his riches.
\nAnd you note that the apostle <\/p>\n

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\nPaul picked this up in the 1st
\nchapter of his Epistle to the <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians, when he talked
\nabout not many wise, not many <\/p>\n

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\nmighty, not many noble.
\nAfter the flesh are those that <\/p>\n

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\nare said, but those that are
\npoor, those that are weak, those<\/p>\n

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\nthat are base in this world.
\nThese are the things that the <\/p>\n

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\nLord God has chosen, that no
\nflesh should boast in His <\/p>\n

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\npresence.
\nRather, verse 24. <\/p>\n

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\nBut let him that Gloria glory in
\nthis, that he understandeth and <\/p>\n

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\nknoweth me, that I am the Lord,
\nwhich exercise loving kindness, <\/p>\n

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\njudgement and righteousness in
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n

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\nFor in these things I delight,
\nsaith the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the number of it Roman
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nThe bottom line is to what
\ndegree do we know the Lord God <\/p>\n

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\nnot merely know about, we know
\nabout all sorts of things in in <\/p>\n

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\nthis life.
\nAnd you’ll have your own <\/p>\n

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\nparticular favorite subject.
\nI know people, for example, in <\/p>\n

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\nmy country, brethren and sisters
\nwho know an enormous a lot about<\/p>\n

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\ntiny little things.
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\nand double overhead Cam shafts
\nand the thickness of what it <\/p>\n

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\nshould be between a spark plug
\nand this, that and the other and<\/p>\n

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\nall the latest of this, that and
\nthe other and computers or sport<\/p>\n

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\nor whatever it is.
\nThere are people with a huge <\/p>\n

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\namount of knowledge and
\ncommitment to all sorts. <\/p>\n

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\nOf things and yet, and yet, what
\ndo? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do we know of the Lord?
\nIt is not a knowing about. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is an actual knowing.
\nIt’s a knowing that comes by <\/p>\n

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\nobserving and reflecting.
\nIt’s a knowing that comes by <\/p>\n

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\nexperiencing.
\nTry and see that the Lord is <\/p>\n

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\ngood.
\nThat’s the process. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we are challenged in this
\nvery fundamental foundation <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple of morality to know
\nthe Lord our God like that. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, how well do you know about
\nGod and how well do I actually <\/p>\n

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\nknow and understand the living
\nLord God? <\/p>\n

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\nDo you have an image?
\nDo I have an image of the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nGod game we used to play?
\nWhat is the shape of your God? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does he look like, the old
\nman, grey beard, nice smile? <\/p>\n

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\nOr is it the God, it’s just
\nlight? <\/p>\n

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\nOr is it the God which is just
\nvast and you’re not going to <\/p>\n

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\nshape of God in your mind?
\nDifficult, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nBrother and sisters, inevitably
\nwe have to come back down to <\/p>\n

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\nwhat the Scripture says as it
\npaints the Lord God in all of <\/p>\n

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\nhis supremacy.
\nBut the bottom line is, how well<\/p>\n

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\ndo we really know God?
\nLord Jesus Christ picked up the <\/p>\n

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\nsame story in John 17.
\nIf you have a look there at the <\/p>\n

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\nend of the Last Supper, sharing
\nthese most intimate moments with<\/p>\n

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\nHis disciples, what did He leave
\nthem with? <\/p>\n

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\nJohn 17 verse one these words
\nspake Jesus lifted up his eyes <\/p>\n

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\nto the heaven and said, Father,
\nthe hour is come, glorify thy <\/p>\n

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\nSon, honour thy Son, that thy
\nSon may also glorify thee. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and, and the Lord had been
\nhonoured. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had been glorified in being
\ngiven the message of life, of <\/p>\n

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\neternal life to hand on to those
\nin his generation. <\/p>\n

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\nBut more particularly, would he
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\nfrom the dead?
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\nthem, verse 3.
\nThis is life eternal. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a quality of life that
\nhappens now in the same way that<\/p>\n

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\nwe follow Kingdom principles in
\nour lives now. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s got that quality of
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\nspirit.
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\nword of God, out of the mind of
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\nJesus Christ himself.
\nThis is life eternal. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same way that Duncan has
\nbeen talking about judgement as <\/p>\n

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\na now thing, we need to talk
\nabout eternal life. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t get me wrong.
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\nI’m not challenging any
\nfundamental principles about the<\/p>\n

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\nreal nature of eternal life and
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328
\n00:23:31,080 –> 00:23:35,160
\nwith the Father, but but this is
\ntalking about the quality of <\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:35,160 –> 00:23:41,400
\nlife, an eternal quality of life
\nwhich we are called upon to have<\/p>\n

330
\n00:23:41,400 –> 00:23:45,960
\nand to know about now.
\nAnd it’s what distinguishes us <\/p>\n

331
\n00:23:46,440 –> 00:23:49,880
\nfrom any other group, community
\nor individual. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:50,400 –> 00:23:58,760
\nThis is present tense life
\neternal that they might should <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:59,080 –> 00:24:05,440
\nknow not know about, but know
\ncompletely and understand <\/p>\n

334
\n00:24:05,720 –> 00:24:11,800
\ncompletely, take knowledge of so
\nthat the understood thing is <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:12,040 –> 00:24:16,840
\nrecognized and realized.
\nLike that word realized. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:24:17,000 –> 00:24:19,400
\nIt’s got the idea of real, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:20,600 –> 00:24:26,680
\nWhere the knowledge of God is
\nmade real in our thinking, in <\/p>\n

338
\n00:24:26,680 –> 00:24:30,800
\nour daily intercourse one with
\nanother and within ecclesial <\/p>\n

339
\n00:24:30,800 –> 00:24:34,840
\nlife.
\nThis is present tense life <\/p>\n

340
\n00:24:34,840 –> 00:24:39,880
\neternal, that they should know,
\nnot merely know about the the <\/p>\n

341
\n00:24:39,920 –> 00:24:46,000
\nonly true God and Jesus Christ
\nwhom thou hast sent. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:24:46,720 –> 00:24:52,440
\nAnd that’s the bottom line of
\nthe doctrine that we hold of the<\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:52,440 –> 00:24:55,440
\nLord God and of God and of God
\nmanifestation. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:56,040 –> 00:25:01,760
\nWe have got to know it.
\nAnd the Lord Jesus did, of <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:01,760 –> 00:25:06,160
\ncourse, and he more than any
\ndisplayed his Father. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:25:06,400 –> 00:25:10,240
\nVerse four.
\nI have glorified thee on earth, <\/p>\n

347
\n00:25:10,240 –> 00:25:13,400
\nI’ve honored thee.
\nI have accomplished the work <\/p>\n

348
\n00:25:13,640 –> 00:25:17,760
\nwhich thou gave us, me to do.
\nAnd sisters, we’re called upon <\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:17,920 –> 00:25:22,080
\nto glorify the Father as well in
\nthe way that we live in our <\/p>\n

350
\n00:25:22,080 –> 00:25:26,120
\ngodliness and we achieve
\ngodliness when we do the work <\/p>\n

351
\n00:25:26,120 –> 00:25:31,000
\nthat He has asked us to do, and
\nthat is to manifest His name. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:25:31,280 –> 00:25:36,080
\nVerse 6, the Lord Jesus could
\nsay I have manifested, I have <\/p>\n

353
\n00:25:36,080 –> 00:25:40,800
\nshown, I have openly revealed, I
\nhave made it patently clear. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:25:41,320 –> 00:25:45,480
\nYou cannot miss the fact that
\nthe character of the Lord God <\/p>\n

355
\n00:25:45,560 –> 00:25:51,320
\noozes out of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist in everything that He did<\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:51,840 –> 00:25:54,720
\nand said, in all of His
\ndemeanor. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:55,320 –> 00:26:01,920
\nAnd we are called upon to
\nmanifest the name of the Lord <\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:01,920 –> 00:26:04,720
\nGod.
\nI have manifested Thy name unto <\/p>\n

359
\n00:26:04,720 –> 00:26:08,720
\nthe men which thou gave us Me
\nout of the world thine they <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:08,720 –> 00:26:10,680
\nwere, and Thou gave us them to
\nme. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:10,680 –> 00:26:13,600
\nAnd we are within.
\nI believe we’re within that <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:13,600 –> 00:26:19,120
\ncompany of people who are, as
\nJohn later says in his epistles,<\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:19,360 –> 00:26:26,680
\ncalled to be the sons of God.
\nAnd beloved, that is what we are<\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:27,280 –> 00:26:34,160
\ncalled upon, to display the Lord
\nGod to any and all who will see <\/p>\n

365
\n00:26:34,160 –> 00:26:36,600
\nit.
\nIt’s meant to ooze out of us, <\/p>\n

366
\n00:26:37,080 –> 00:26:42,960
\nand it’s tough and it’s hard.
\nThat’s the role of the believer <\/p>\n

367
\n00:26:43,280 –> 00:26:50,320
\nfor today.
\nNow, I suppose that what we need<\/p>\n

368
\n00:26:50,320 –> 00:26:55,800
\nto do then is get fairly clear
\nin our minds, just to emphasize <\/p>\n

369
\n00:26:55,800 –> 00:27:01,080
\nand underline the point that it
\nis God that we are manifesting, <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:01,400 –> 00:27:04,360
\nto remind ourselves of the
\nsupremacy of God. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:05,120 –> 00:27:11,560
\nI’m going back to to Exodus,
\nExodus 33 and 34, but on the way<\/p>\n

372
\n00:27:11,960 –> 00:27:19,600
\nI’m calling in at Psalms and
\nit’s Psalm 50 that I’m looking <\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:19,600 –> 00:27:27,080
\nat.
\nBecause there is in our world by<\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:27,080 –> 00:27:36,160
\nits very nature, a predilection
\nto diminish the character and <\/p>\n

375
\n00:27:36,160 –> 00:27:41,720
\nthe standing and the status and
\nthe power and the holiness of <\/p>\n

376
\n00:27:41,720 –> 00:27:49,080
\nthe Lord God, to make him a mini
\nGod, to reduce him in size and <\/p>\n

377
\n00:27:49,080 –> 00:27:54,080
\nto make him contingent upon the
\nneeds of other people. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:27:54,960 –> 00:27:58,200
\nSo it depends what people need
\nin terms of whether they turn to<\/p>\n

379
\n00:27:58,200 –> 00:28:01,880
\nGod or not.
\nAnd that would be the gravest of<\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:01,880 –> 00:28:04,920
\nmistakes if we were to fall into
\nthat trap. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:05,880 –> 00:28:10,200
\nThe essence of this particular
\ntalk is that God is God. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:10,760 –> 00:28:19,280
\nAnd when you look at Psalms 50,
\nyou’ll see that that’s what the <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:19,280 –> 00:28:24,040
\npeople of God were doing.
\nThey were picking and choosing <\/p>\n

384
\n00:28:24,040 –> 00:28:27,880
\non on their morality.
\nHow? <\/p>\n

385
\n00:28:27,880 –> 00:28:31,320
\nLook at verse 18.
\nThou sawest a thief, then thou <\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:31,320 –> 00:28:35,840
\nconsensus with him, and has been
\npartaker with adulterers. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:35,840 –> 00:28:38,960
\nMaybe not done it yourself, but
\nyou know you make excuses for <\/p>\n

388
\n00:28:38,960 –> 00:28:41,120
\nthose that do.
\nVerse 19. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:28:41,120 –> 00:28:44,480
\nThou give us thy mouth to evil,
\nthy tongue frame with deceit. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:28:44,480 –> 00:28:48,160
\nAnd sometimes we hear ourselves
\nsaying and thinking the wrong <\/p>\n

391
\n00:28:48,160 –> 00:28:51,720
\nsort of thing, and we we marvel
\nat our stupid. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:28:51,720 –> 00:28:54,760
\nSome of the things that we do
\nand say and think are thou. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:28:54,760 –> 00:28:57,480
\nSit us 1st 20 and speak as
\nagainst thy brother. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:28:57,600 –> 00:29:01,520
\nThe very thing that brother
\nDuncan was talking about, Thou <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:01,520 –> 00:29:03,800
\nslanderous thy known mother’s
\nson. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:29:03,800 –> 00:29:07,120
\nThese things, verse 21 This is
\nthe verse. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:29:07,280 –> 00:29:13,360
\nThese things hast thou done.
\nAnd I kept silence. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:29:14,000 –> 00:29:22,240
\nThou thoughtest that I was all
\ntogether such an one as thyself.<\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:23,000 –> 00:29:26,640
\nBut I will reprove thee, and set
\nthem in order before thine eye. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:27,520 –> 00:29:31,080
\nBy making excuses for ourselves
\nand our indulgences against the <\/p>\n

401
\n00:29:31,080 –> 00:29:34,160
\nLord God, we can diminish the
\nLord God that thought us that I <\/p>\n

402
\n00:29:34,160 –> 00:29:38,640
\nwas merely just like yourself.
\nI’m not like that. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:29:39,080 –> 00:29:43,440
\nAnd we must never cheapen or
\nreduce the supremacy of God in <\/p>\n

404
\n00:29:43,440 –> 00:29:48,880
\nour minds.
\nSo no proper talk on the moral <\/p>\n

405
\n00:29:48,880 –> 00:29:55,720
\nimperative and God manifestation
\ncould miss out on Exodus 33 and <\/p>\n

406
\n00:29:55,720 –> 00:30:01,920
\n34 called the occasion when
\nMoses was right at the <\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:01,920 –> 00:30:09,320
\ncrossroads with the people of
\nIsrael and the Lord God said <\/p>\n

408
\n00:30:09,320 –> 00:30:14,680
\nthat he wouldn’t go up with the
\npeople because there were stiff <\/p>\n

409
\n00:30:14,680 –> 00:30:18,440
\nnecked people.
\nThey wore all their wealth <\/p>\n

410
\n00:30:18,960 –> 00:30:21,560
\nsuperficially, everything that
\nthey brought out of Egypt that <\/p>\n

411
\n00:30:21,560 –> 00:30:24,200
\nthey thought was theirs that had
\nbeen given to them by the Lord <\/p>\n

412
\n00:30:24,200 –> 00:30:29,080
\nGod, they wore it and dripped
\nand oozed and displayed their <\/p>\n

413
\n00:30:29,080 –> 00:30:33,720
\nwealth like ornaments.
\nAnd the Lord God said if he went<\/p>\n

414
\n00:30:33,720 –> 00:30:37,040
\nup with them and they were like
\nthat in their morality, then he <\/p>\n

415
\n00:30:37,040 –> 00:30:41,760
\nwould end up consuming them.
\nAnd so Moses interceded and <\/p>\n

416
\n00:30:41,760 –> 00:30:45,200
\nsaid, well, Lord, if you’re not
\ngoing to go, I ain’t going. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:30:45,520 –> 00:30:48,800
\nIf your presence doesn’t go with
\nus, then we are lost. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:30:48,800 –> 00:30:53,840
\nI’m not moving an inch.
\nAnd so there was this godly <\/p>\n

419
\n00:30:53,840 –> 00:30:57,120
\nnegotiation, as it were in verse
\n15. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:30:57,280 –> 00:31:00,080
\nIf thy presence go not with me,
\ncarriers not. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:31:00,640 –> 00:31:05,120
\nHence verse 17 The Lord said to
\nMoses, I will do this thing <\/p>\n

422
\n00:31:05,120 –> 00:31:10,920
\nalso, that thou hast spoken, for
\nthou hast found grace in my <\/p>\n

423
\n00:31:10,920 –> 00:31:14,840
\nsight.
\nI know thee by name. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:31:15,960 –> 00:31:23,200
\nAnd Moses said, I beseech thee,
\nshow me thy glory, Show me the <\/p>\n

425
\n00:31:23,200 –> 00:31:25,600
\nweight of the quality of what
\nyou are. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:31:25,720 –> 00:31:29,440
\nYou know, the Old Testament word
\nfor glory has got this sense of <\/p>\n

427
\n00:31:29,440 –> 00:31:34,240
\na heavyweight to it.
\nAnd we still assess the quality <\/p>\n

428
\n00:31:34,240 –> 00:31:37,600
\nof something, something these
\ndays even by assessing the <\/p>\n

429
\n00:31:37,600 –> 00:31:41,040
\nweight, don’t we?
\nWhether it’s got quality or <\/p>\n

430
\n00:31:41,040 –> 00:31:48,120
\nvolume or or or gravitas to it.
\nAnd so Moses asked to see the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:31:48,120 –> 00:31:55,600
\nquality of the Lord God, and God
\nsaid, I will make all my <\/p>\n

432
\n00:31:55,600 –> 00:32:01,560
\ngoodness pass before thee, and I
\nwill proclaim the name of the <\/p>\n

433
\n00:32:01,560 –> 00:32:07,280
\nLord Yahweh before thee.
\nI will be gracious to whom I <\/p>\n

434
\n00:32:07,320 –> 00:32:13,440
\nwill be gracious, and will show
\nmercy on him on whom I will show<\/p>\n

435
\n00:32:13,640 –> 00:32:16,960
\nmercy.
\nSo this underlines again the <\/p>\n

436
\n00:32:16,960 –> 00:32:21,560
\nfundamental importance of the
\nsupremacy of the Lord God. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:32:21,840 –> 00:32:26,800
\nHe worketh all things after the
\ncounsel of His own will. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:32:26,920 –> 00:32:31,920
\nHe is supreme.
\nHe has no equally, dwells alone,<\/p>\n

439
\n00:32:32,200 –> 00:32:36,600
\nand knows no equal.
\nFrom everlasting to everlasting.<\/p>\n

440
\n00:32:36,800 –> 00:32:43,840
\nThou art God, I am God, and
\nthere is none else, the only <\/p>\n

441
\n00:32:44,000 –> 00:32:49,720
\ntrue God, and we are as nothing
\nin thy sight. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:32:49,720 –> 00:32:53,400
\nThe nations.
\nThe nations are like a drop in <\/p>\n

443
\n00:32:53,400 –> 00:32:58,680
\nthe bucket or the small dust on
\na balance they don’t even <\/p>\n

444
\n00:32:59,680 –> 00:33:02,680
\nregister.
\nThis is the quality of the <\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:02,680 –> 00:33:07,720
\nsupremacy of the Lord God with
\nwhom we have to do. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:08,280 –> 00:33:12,160
\nWe contemplate His knowledge as
\nHe does whatever He needs to do.<\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:12,440 –> 00:33:14,960
\nThou knowest my down sitting and
\nmine uprising. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:33:16,120 –> 00:33:18,560
\nThere is not a word in my
\ntongue, but LO Lord, thou <\/p>\n

449
\n00:33:18,560 –> 00:33:23,600
\nknowest it all together.
\nWe are naked and laid open with <\/p>\n

450
\n00:33:23,600 –> 00:33:29,640
\nHim with whom we have to do.
\nThis is the vastness of the Lord<\/p>\n

451
\n00:33:29,640 –> 00:33:36,600
\nGod and we got to get a grip and
\na sense of humility in coping <\/p>\n

452
\n00:33:36,960 –> 00:33:41,720
\nwith that.
\nIt says here verse 20, thou <\/p>\n

453
\n00:33:41,720 –> 00:33:46,520
\ncanst not see my face.
\nThis is the Lord God who is the <\/p>\n

454
\n00:33:46,520 –> 00:33:51,040
\nonly immortal God who dwells in
\nlight which is unapproachable by<\/p>\n

455
\n00:33:51,120 –> 00:33:54,480
\nman.
\nAnd we should feel a sense of <\/p>\n

456
\n00:33:54,480 –> 00:33:59,120
\nawe that needs working out.
\nBrothers and sisters, it’s all <\/p>\n

457
\n00:33:59,120 –> 00:34:03,600
\ntoo easy to expect to turn on a
\nquick sense of awe, and I don’t <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:03,600 –> 00:34:08,159
\nthink that comes without
\nconsiderable meditation and <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:08,159 –> 00:34:14,120
\ncontemplation and being quietly
\nby ourselves with our God. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:14,840 –> 00:34:19,360
\nBut it is a skill and it is a
\npastime and an activity that we <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:19,360 –> 00:34:23,199
\nought to cultivate.
\nI know, for example, when I’ve <\/p>\n

462
\n00:34:23,199 –> 00:34:27,040
\nbeen in the Caribbean, that I
\nwas quite surprised to wake up <\/p>\n

463
\n00:34:27,040 –> 00:34:29,159
\none morning.
\nI was staying with a, an elderly<\/p>\n

464
\n00:34:29,159 –> 00:34:33,320
\nsister who was looking after me
\nand I woke up and I, there was a<\/p>\n

465
\n00:34:33,320 –> 00:34:36,760
\nvery strange wailing sound and I
\nthought, well, I wouldn’t can’t <\/p>\n

466
\n00:34:36,760 –> 00:34:38,480
\nactually make out whether it was
\na dog or whether it was <\/p>\n

467
\n00:34:38,480 –> 00:34:42,360
\nsomething else, but it actually
\nit was, it was the sister. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:34:42,560 –> 00:34:46,719
\nI don’t mean to be critical of
\nher singing, but it was the <\/p>\n

469
\n00:34:46,719 –> 00:34:49,960
\nsister.
\nAnd she was going through her <\/p>\n

470
\n00:34:49,960 –> 00:34:54,199
\ndaily devotions and she had her
\nhymn book open and she was <\/p>\n

471
\n00:34:54,199 –> 00:34:56,639
\nsinging to herself.
\nAnd then she read aloud every <\/p>\n

472
\n00:34:56,639 –> 00:35:02,120
\nday her readings and talk to
\nherself about them. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:02,720 –> 00:35:06,560
\nAnd, you know, I was humbled by
\nthat experience. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:07,080 –> 00:35:09,920
\nAnd I felt as though I’d
\nintruded very much on the <\/p>\n

475
\n00:35:09,920 –> 00:35:15,960
\nprivacy of her devotions when I
\nwhen I rather clumsily burst <\/p>\n

476
\n00:35:15,960 –> 00:35:19,240
\ninto the room.
\nAnd she quietly sat me down and <\/p>\n

477
\n00:35:19,240 –> 00:35:22,000
\ncontinued going through her
\ndevotions in her own way. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:35:22,880 –> 00:35:27,000
\nThat taught me a very great
\nlesson, and it’s one that we <\/p>\n

479
\n00:35:27,000 –> 00:35:34,040
\ncould all do with emulating.
\nAnd so it is that we are called <\/p>\n

480
\n00:35:34,040 –> 00:35:38,440
\nupon to sense the awe of the
\nLord God, even as Moses would <\/p>\n

481
\n00:35:38,440 –> 00:35:41,920
\nhave done when the Lord God
\npassed by him and then removed <\/p>\n

482
\n00:35:41,920 –> 00:35:45,680
\nhis hand and he just got a
\nlittle glimpse of the after glow<\/p>\n

483
\n00:35:45,920 –> 00:35:49,360
\nof the power of God.
\nBut it’s in the next chapter, <\/p>\n

484
\n00:35:49,360 –> 00:35:54,240
\nisn’t it, that we read about
\nwhat he actually saw or felt or <\/p>\n

485
\n00:35:54,240 –> 00:35:57,280
\nheard, because we have to
\nexperience, experience the <\/p>\n

486
\n00:35:57,280 –> 00:35:59,440
\ncharacter of God to understand
\nit. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:35:59,440 –> 00:36:01,800
\nThat means going out there and
\ntrying it. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:36:02,040 –> 00:36:06,320
\nVerse 6, The Lord passed by
\nbefore him and proclaimed the <\/p>\n

489
\n00:36:06,320 –> 00:36:10,320
\nLord Yahweh, the Lord God, full
\nof compassion. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:36:10,360 –> 00:36:15,600
\nRevised Version, gracious, slow
\nto anger, plenteous in mercy and<\/p>\n

491
\n00:36:15,600 –> 00:36:19,600
\ntruth, keeping mercy for
\nthousands, forgiving iniquity <\/p>\n

492
\n00:36:19,760 –> 00:36:23,920
\nand transgression and sin.
\nAnd this is the weight of the <\/p>\n

493
\n00:36:23,920 –> 00:36:27,360
\nglory of the quality of the
\ncharacter of God. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:36:28,040 –> 00:36:33,040
\nAnd this is what we are called
\nupon to know and to understand. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:36:33,920 –> 00:36:38,200
\nAnd it takes a lifetime.
\nI speak to those younger members<\/p>\n

496
\n00:36:38,200 –> 00:36:40,760
\nof the audience.
\nMake a start. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:36:41,520 –> 00:36:46,560
\nAnd if you don’t know how to go
\nabout the process of meditation <\/p>\n

498
\n00:36:47,200 –> 00:36:53,160
\nor the process of prayer or
\nreflecting upon verses like this<\/p>\n

499
\n00:36:53,440 –> 00:36:58,400
\nor making a phrase come to life
\nfor yourself, then go and get <\/p>\n

500
\n00:36:58,400 –> 00:37:01,160
\nsomebody who does.
\nAnd those of you older brothers <\/p>\n

501
\n00:37:01,160 –> 00:37:04,120
\nand sisters who have learnt
\nthese skills, personal or <\/p>\n

502
\n00:37:04,120 –> 00:37:08,920
\notherwise public, maybe make
\nsure that you pass this on to <\/p>\n

503
\n00:37:08,920 –> 00:37:14,400
\nthe next generation because we
\nare called upon to manifest the <\/p>\n

504
\n00:37:14,400 –> 00:37:18,200
\nname of God.
\nNow I want you to turn to <\/p>\n

505
\n00:37:18,240 –> 00:37:26,960
\nEphesians 5.
\nYou know the Apostle Paul when <\/p>\n

506
\n00:37:26,960 –> 00:37:33,560
\nhe in his writings as he was,
\nwon’t reflected and meditated <\/p>\n

507
\n00:37:33,560 –> 00:37:37,960
\nupon the the quality of the
\ncharacter of God. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:37:37,960 –> 00:37:43,200
\nSometimes you find just a little
\nburst of praise in his writings.<\/p>\n

509
\n00:37:44,400 –> 00:37:46,880
\nThis is a digression.
\nAs you’re turning to Ephesians <\/p>\n

510
\n00:37:47,840 –> 00:37:52,760
\nchapter 5, you find a little
\nburst of praise that suddenly <\/p>\n

511
\n00:37:52,920 –> 00:37:55,120
\npops out.
\nIt’s almost as if he wasn’t <\/p>\n

512
\n00:37:55,120 –> 00:37:57,680
\nthinking about it, but he was
\novertaken when he was writing <\/p>\n

513
\n00:37:57,680 –> 00:38:02,960
\nabout the quality of the Lord
\nGod, and he can’t stop himself <\/p>\n

514
\n00:38:03,480 –> 00:38:06,640
\nfrom speaking out the name of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:38:06,640 –> 00:38:08,600
\nI’ll just read 1 to you if you
\nwant to make a note of it. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:38:08,600 –> 00:38:13,160
\nIt’s in Romans 11, verse 33.
\nOh, the depth of the riches, <\/p>\n

517
\n00:38:13,160 –> 00:38:18,160
\nboth of the wisdom and the
\nknowledge of God, the knowledge <\/p>\n

518
\n00:38:18,200 –> 00:38:24,000
\nof God, such knowledge is too
\ngreat for me, said the Psalmist.<\/p>\n

519
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:27,760
\nHow unsearchable are his
\njudgements and his ways past, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:38:27,760 –> 00:38:31,760
\nfinding out who hath known the
\nmind of the Lord, who hath been <\/p>\n

521
\n00:38:31,760 –> 00:38:35,640
\nhis counsellor, who hath first
\ngiven to him, and it shall be <\/p>\n

522
\n00:38:35,640 –> 00:38:40,080
\nrecompensed unto him again.
\nFor of him and through him and <\/p>\n

523
\n00:38:40,080 –> 00:38:44,160
\nto Him are all things to whom be
\nglory forever. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:38:44,240 –> 00:38:47,720
\nAmen.
\nAnd he just pops out like that <\/p>\n

525
\n00:38:48,640 –> 00:38:52,000
\nhas a great sense of awareness
\nof the presence of God in what <\/p>\n

526
\n00:38:52,000 –> 00:38:53,960
\nhe was doing.
\nAnd there’s another one in, in, <\/p>\n

527
\n00:38:53,960 –> 00:38:58,320
\nin first Timothy 1 and verse 17.
\nNow unto the only wise God, <\/p>\n

528
\n00:38:58,320 –> 00:39:01,440
\nimmortal, invisible, eternal.
\nAnd he just, he just has to <\/p>\n

529
\n00:39:01,440 –> 00:39:06,800
\nthrow it in as he’s overtaken by
\nthe thought of knowing the great<\/p>\n

530
\n00:39:06,800 –> 00:39:13,280
\nGod of all the universe who has
\nstretched out the heavens like a<\/p>\n

531
\n00:39:13,280 –> 00:39:15,680
\nspan.
\nAnd you’d have thought that if <\/p>\n

532
\n00:39:15,680 –> 00:39:18,840
\nthat kind of God came and lived
\nin your house, people would know<\/p>\n

533
\n00:39:18,840 –> 00:39:23,640
\nabout it, wouldn’t they?
\nAnyway, it’s knowing the quality<\/p>\n

534
\n00:39:23,640 –> 00:39:27,160
\nof God in that way that brings
\nus to Ephesians 5. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:39:27,520 –> 00:39:33,520
\nNow, because we’ve been saying
\nall the way through that this is<\/p>\n

536
\n00:39:33,520 –> 00:39:35,840
\nthe fundamental issue with
\nregard to morality. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:39:36,040 –> 00:39:40,720
\nWe must know, not merely know
\nabout God, we must understand <\/p>\n

538
\n00:39:40,720 –> 00:39:43,880
\nhim.
\nAnd it says here in chapter 5 <\/p>\n

539
\n00:39:43,880 –> 00:39:51,440
\nand verse one, be ye therefore
\nfollowers or imitators or mimics<\/p>\n

540
\n00:39:51,640 –> 00:39:55,040
\nof God.
\nWe’ve just been reading in <\/p>\n

541
\n00:39:55,040 –> 00:39:58,440
\nRomans 11 that his ways are
\nunsearchable and past finding <\/p>\n

542
\n00:39:58,440 –> 00:40:02,080
\nout who can know him, who can
\ncounsel him, and yet we’re <\/p>\n

543
\n00:40:02,080 –> 00:40:06,360
\ncalled upon here.
\nThis is non negotiable, brethren<\/p>\n

544
\n00:40:06,360 –> 00:40:08,200
\nand sisters, this is the point,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

545
\n00:40:08,520 –> 00:40:12,960
\nIf we have the knowledge of God,
\nif we understand an iota of the <\/p>\n

546
\n00:40:12,960 –> 00:40:17,640
\nquality of the mind and the
\ncharacter of God, then we are <\/p>\n

547
\n00:40:17,640 –> 00:40:21,600
\nresponsible.
\nSome of you will not perhaps <\/p>\n

548
\n00:40:21,600 –> 00:40:23,960
\nhave made your decision yet
\nwhether to go with the Lord <\/p>\n

549
\n00:40:23,960 –> 00:40:29,280
\nJesus Christ or or not, but if
\nyou have some of this knowledge,<\/p>\n

550
\n00:40:29,840 –> 00:40:33,640
\nyou are responsible.
\nNot in a threatening way, but in<\/p>\n

551
\n00:40:33,640 –> 00:40:38,280
\na whole together glorious way of
\nmanifesting what you know about <\/p>\n

552
\n00:40:38,280 –> 00:40:41,600
\nthe Lord God.
\nTo others, it says, be therefore<\/p>\n

553
\n00:40:41,640 –> 00:40:47,160
\nmimics of God himself as dear
\nchildren. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:40:47,960 –> 00:40:50,040
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nIt brings it back to our level <\/p>\n

555
\n00:40:50,040 –> 00:40:54,960
\nagain.
\nWe’ve all seen our own children <\/p>\n

556
\n00:40:55,360 –> 00:41:01,720
\nstudiously observe fathers and
\nmothers and copy them almost <\/p>\n

557
\n00:41:03,080 –> 00:41:06,360
\nimperceptible.
\nBut day by day we see our <\/p>\n

558
\n00:41:06,360 –> 00:41:11,520
\nchildren grow up, and they are a
\nwonderful book of what we are or<\/p>\n

559
\n00:41:11,520 –> 00:41:15,080
\nwhat or what we should have been
\nor what we might have been. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:41:16,280 –> 00:41:21,000
\nAnd day by day, the exposure
\nthat children have to us means <\/p>\n

561
\n00:41:21,000 –> 00:41:24,640
\nthat they pick up all the little
\nfeatures of the parent. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:41:25,320 –> 00:41:30,080
\nAnd we’ve got to do exactly the
\nsame because it says in the <\/p>\n

563
\n00:41:30,080 –> 00:41:36,480
\nprevious chapter that we have
\nput on verse 24, we have put on <\/p>\n

564
\n00:41:36,480 –> 00:41:42,440
\nthe new man, which after God is
\ncreated in righteousness and <\/p>\n

565
\n00:41:42,440 –> 00:41:46,880
\ntrue holiness, our lives have
\ntaken a completely different <\/p>\n

566
\n00:41:46,880 –> 00:41:50,680
\ndimensions.
\nWe now have not we, you’ve heard<\/p>\n

567
\n00:41:50,680 –> 00:41:52,960
\nthe phrase the heebie Bee Gees,
\nhaven’t you? <\/p>\n

568
\n00:41:52,960 –> 00:41:58,440
\nOr something like that.
\nWell, this is the holy He be be <\/p>\n

569
\n00:41:58,480 –> 00:41:59,120
\nye.
\nYou got that? <\/p>\n

570
\n00:41:59,320 –> 00:42:03,480
\nHe be be ye.
\nIt’s the holy He be be ye. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:42:03,480 –> 00:42:08,480
\nWhat do I mean by that?
\nHe be meaning what God is he God<\/p>\n

572
\n00:42:08,480 –> 00:42:14,840
\nis holy, therefore be ye holy.
\nHe God is merciful. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:42:14,840 –> 00:42:19,960
\nWe read it in Exodus 34.
\nTherefore be ye merciful, as <\/p>\n

574
\n00:42:19,960 –> 00:42:22,960
\nyour Father which is in heaven
\nis merciful. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:42:23,240 –> 00:42:25,520
\nOur God by nature is a God of
\nlove. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:42:25,800 –> 00:42:29,000
\nTherefore the the new
\ncommandment that we have is that<\/p>\n

577
\n00:42:29,000 –> 00:42:33,160
\nwe love one another.
\nHe God is faithful. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:42:33,280 –> 00:42:40,560
\nTherefore be ye faithful.
\nHe God is patient therefore be <\/p>\n

579
\n00:42:40,560 –> 00:42:42,640
\nye patient.
\nJames chapter 5 and verse 8. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:42:43,240 –> 00:42:48,520
\nThese are the holy, He be be
\nye’s, and we observe them in the<\/p>\n

581
\n00:42:48,520 –> 00:42:55,000
\ncharacter of God our Father.
\nAnd because we observe them, and<\/p>\n

582
\n00:42:55,000 –> 00:43:01,480
\nbecause we profess that we know
\nthe Father, he who emits life <\/p>\n

583
\n00:43:01,480 –> 00:43:05,680
\neternal, it is non negotiable.
\nBrethren, sisters, our morality <\/p>\n

584
\n00:43:06,120 –> 00:43:09,640
\nhas to change.
\nOur doctrine tells us we have to<\/p>\n

585
\n00:43:09,640 –> 00:43:14,240
\nchange, that we might manifest
\nthe Lord God in all of His <\/p>\n

586
\n00:43:14,240 –> 00:43:20,320
\nbeauty, in all of His Holiness,
\nall of His righteousness, in all<\/p>\n

587
\n00:43:20,320 –> 00:43:36,450
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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332: David Smith – The Moral Imperative<\/a><\/blockquote>