{"id":1311,"date":"2025-05-25T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/349-shawn-snobelen-the-power-of-god\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:22:27","slug":"349-shawn-snobelen-the-power-of-god","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/349-shawn-snobelen-the-power-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"349: Shawn Snobelen – The Power of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is the 6th class in a 6-part series by Shawn Snobelen presented at Whatshan Lake Bible School in 2024. The series title is “Be Not Ashamed” and this 6th class is titled “The Power of God”.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Delphian
\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 on this
\npodcast. <\/p>\n

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\nWe select one talk a week to
\nhelp us get the Bible in our <\/p>\n

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\nDaily News feed.
\nEach week we post a talk that we<\/p>\n

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\npreviewed from suggestions sent
\nin by listeners from around the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nThen we record a short intro <\/p>\n

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\nbeforehand as a personalized
\nrecommendation to you on why we <\/p>\n

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\nare sharing the talk.
\nAnd now let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHey everyone, it’s Jason <\/p>\n

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\nHensley.
\nThis week we’re listening to a <\/p>\n

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\ntalk by brother Sean Snowblin
\ngiven at the Watshan Lake Bible <\/p>\n

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\nSchool in 2024.
\nThis is the 6th class in his <\/p>\n

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\nseries and I really felt like
\nnot only was this a great cap <\/p>\n

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\nfor the series, but it just
\nstands alone really well in <\/p>\n

17
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\nbringing out who our God is and
\nwhat we want to know about him. <\/p>\n

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\nI think sometimes we really can
\nget stuck in focusing on the <\/p>\n

19
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\ngoodness or focusing on the
\nseverity of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what Brother Sean brings out
\nthat I really appreciated was <\/p>\n

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\nthat we really have to recognize
\nboth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he doesn’t call it the
\ngoodness and severity. <\/p>\n

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\nHe refers to it as the infinite
\npower of God and the intimate <\/p>\n

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\npower of God.
\nAnd I, I really like the way <\/p>\n

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\nthat he puts that.
\nSo I hope that you appreciate <\/p>\n

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\nthat, that you enjoy hearing
\nabout these aspects of God and <\/p>\n

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\nthat you find that encouraging
\nbecause I think really all of us<\/p>\n

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\nstruggle to put the right
\nemphasis on these various <\/p>\n

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\naspects.
\nWe lean one way or the other. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so it’s a really good thing
\nto be reminded of this. <\/p>\n

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\nWith that said, here is brother
\nSean Snoblin. <\/p>\n

32
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\nThis is class number six at the
\nWashington Lake Bible School <\/p>\n

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\ncalled The Power of God.
\nWell, thank you. <\/p>\n

34
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\nThank you brother, and welcome
\nto the 6th class. <\/p>\n

35
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\nThis week has has been a week of
\nlearning for me and I, I do <\/p>\n

36
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\nappreciate all the, all the
\ncomments and all the feedback <\/p>\n

37
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\nand all the great verses that I
\nforgot to put in. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I try to sort of throw that
\nin at the end of every night. <\/p>\n

39
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\nAnd, and, and it seems like this
\nseries has struck a bit of a <\/p>\n

40
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\nchord with some of you as well.
\nAnd I’ve, I’ve spoken with many <\/p>\n

41
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\nof you about these same trials
\nand issues and tribulations that<\/p>\n

42
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\nare happening within your life
\nas well. <\/p>\n

43
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\nAnd so if we go back to the
\ntheme of the very first class <\/p>\n

44
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\nthat Paul makes this very
\npowerful and an emphatic <\/p>\n

45
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\nstatement for I am not ashamed
\nof the gospel, for it is the <\/p>\n

46
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\npower of God for salvation to
\neveryone who believes. <\/p>\n

47
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\nI always wondered what what did,
\nwhat did Paul intend for us to <\/p>\n

48
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\nunderstand from that particular
\nproclamation that this gospel, <\/p>\n

49
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\nthis gospel is the power of God
\nfor salvation? <\/p>\n

50
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\nWhat?
\nWhat is the power of God and how<\/p>\n

51
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\ndoes it operate in our life?
\nBecause I think we see it in and<\/p>\n

52
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\naround us.
\nWe see this infinite power of <\/p>\n

53
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\nGod, His omnipotence, his
\ntranscendent authority, his <\/p>\n

54
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\nsovereign rule over the
\nuniverse. <\/p>\n

55
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\nBut we also see his intimate
\npower, his personal <\/p>\n

56
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\nrelationships, and his
\ninvolvement with his creation <\/p>\n

57
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\nand with us.
\nBut sometimes we might see this <\/p>\n

58
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\ndichotomy between the infinite
\npower of God and the infinite <\/p>\n

59
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\nnature in which he works in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n

60
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\nAnd sometimes we can see the one
\nand not see the other. <\/p>\n

61
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\nAnd so I want to try to to end
\nthis series this week by trying <\/p>\n

62
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\nto better understand what Paul
\nwould have us to know. <\/p>\n

63
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\nWe know that the power of God
\nbrings salvation and it brings <\/p>\n

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\nsalvation to everyone who
\nbelieves. <\/p>\n

65
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\nAnd the apostle Paul proclaims
\nthat the gospel embodies this <\/p>\n

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\nvery personal power of God, This
\nthis power that is manifested in<\/p>\n

67
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\nhis word that brings salvation
\nto everyone who believes in it. <\/p>\n

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\nThe the gospel is not just a
\nmessage, as we said at the start<\/p>\n

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\nof the week, it’s not just words
\non a page. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is a transformative power.
\nAnd just a few verses on from <\/p>\n

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\nthat in, in Romans 1 and 20, the
\napostle Paul states, for since <\/p>\n

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\nthe creation of the world, his
\ninvisible qualities, his eternal<\/p>\n

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\npower, his divine nature have
\nbeen clearly seen, being <\/p>\n

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\nunderstood from what has been
\nmade so that the people without <\/p>\n

75
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\nexcuse.
\nAnd so there’s the infinite <\/p>\n

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\npower of God that is to be
\nmanifest, that we all might see <\/p>\n

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\nso that we are without excuse.
\nAnd so I want to explore these <\/p>\n

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\ntwo aspects of God’s power, how
\nhis magnificent nature might be <\/p>\n

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\noppressed upon us.
\nHow is infinite and eternal <\/p>\n

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\nnature might then be
\npersonalized for us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd one of the things that I
\nthat I learned very early on, <\/p>\n

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\nand I can’t remember where this
\ncame from. <\/p>\n

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\nI, I, I attribute, you know, a
\nlot of things to my father and <\/p>\n

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\nit might have been from him, but
\nI heard at one point that in <\/p>\n

85
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\nGenesis chapter one, in the
\nbeginning God. <\/p>\n

86
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\nAnd when you think about God
\nfrom that perspective, then then<\/p>\n

87
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\nGod has always existed.
\nAnd so when we think about the <\/p>\n

88
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\neternal power of God, that in
\nthe beginning there was God. <\/p>\n

89
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\nHe, he had always existed.
\nHe has no beginning. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has no end.
\nGod was independent and <\/p>\n

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\nself-sustaining as a universal
\nforce before even the the pages <\/p>\n

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\nof Genesis begin.
\nIt says in Psalm 90 and verse 2.<\/p>\n

93
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\nHe says before the mountains
\nwere brought forth or ever you <\/p>\n

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\nhad formed the earth and the
\nworld from everlasting to <\/p>\n

95
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\neverlasting.
\nYou are God. <\/p>\n

96
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\nIt says in Revelation, in the
\nlast book of the Bible, it says <\/p>\n

97
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\nI am Alpha and I Omega.
\nThe beginning and the ending set<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord, which is and which was
\nand which is to come, the <\/p>\n

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\nAlmighty.
\nAnd not only did God always <\/p>\n

100
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\nexist, but He exists always to
\nsustain all things. <\/p>\n

101
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\nHe is the source of all things.
\nEverything begins with Him. <\/p>\n

102
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\nHe’s the, the first ’cause he’s
\nthe only agent. <\/p>\n

103
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\nHe’s the law of every nature and
\nthe, and the existence of him in<\/p>\n

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\ntime and space and energy and,
\nand matter has always been and, <\/p>\n

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\nand I think we need to just stop
\nand reflect on, on how powerful <\/p>\n

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\nthat is.
\nThis is not a God that just came<\/p>\n

107
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\ninto being for us.
\nThis is a being that has always <\/p>\n

108
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\nexisted in John one and three.
\nIt says through Him all things <\/p>\n

109
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\nwere made, and without Him
\nnothing was made that has been <\/p>\n

110
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\nmade.
\nAnd Isaiah 46 and 9 declares, I <\/p>\n

111
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\nam God and there is no other.
\nI am God and there is none like <\/p>\n

112
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\nme.
\nI make known the ends from the <\/p>\n

113
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\nbeginning, from ancient times,
\nwhat is till now to come. <\/p>\n

114
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\nAnd so we understand His
\nsupremacy and His sovereignty <\/p>\n

115
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\nover everything.
\nGod is the central figure in the<\/p>\n

116
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\nunfolding story of the universe
\nand everything that follows from<\/p>\n

117
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\nin the beginning.
\nGod is a result of his power. <\/p>\n

118
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\nEven science agrees.
\nThe great singularity, they call<\/p>\n

119
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\nit.
\nThe singular power in the <\/p>\n

120
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\nuniverse is God Almighty.
\nThere’s no other force, there’s <\/p>\n

121
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\nno other being that shares this
\nprimacy. <\/p>\n

122
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\nThe Lord God stands alone.
\nHe always was and He will always<\/p>\n

123
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\nbe.
\nFor this is what the Lord says, <\/p>\n

124
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\nthe prophet Isaiah tells us,
\nthis is what the Lord says, He <\/p>\n

125
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\nwho created the heavens, He is
\nGod, he who fashioned it and <\/p>\n

126
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\nmade the earth, He founded it.
\nAnd he did not create it to be <\/p>\n

127
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\nempty, but he formed it to be
\ninhabited. <\/p>\n

128
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\nAnd so we understand then from
\nthe nature of God’s power that <\/p>\n

129
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\nhe created it for a purpose, All
\nof this that we have, he created<\/p>\n

130
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\nit for a purpose.
\nAnd, and we can think he created<\/p>\n

131
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\nit for us.
\nAnd and he did in in that sense,<\/p>\n

132
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\nand he created the universe by
\nsimply speaking words. <\/p>\n

133
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\nAnd with him there’s no end.
\nThe existence and the nature of <\/p>\n

134
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\nGod is eternal.
\nIt says in Psalm One, O 2. <\/p>\n

135
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\nOh my God, I say, take me not
\naway in the midst of thy days, <\/p>\n

136
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\nwhose years endureth throughout.
\nAll generations are forever and <\/p>\n

137
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\never.
\nPsalm One O 2 and 25 says that <\/p>\n

138
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\nwas laid the foundation of the
\nearth in the heavens of the work<\/p>\n

139
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\nof thy hands.
\nThe eternal nature of God <\/p>\n

140
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\nassures us as believers that our
\nrelationship with Him will also <\/p>\n

141
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\nbe eternal.
\nLord Jesus Christ says in John <\/p>\n

142
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\n17.
\nHe says this is eternal life, <\/p>\n

143
\n00:10:16,960 –> 00:10:22,880
\nthat you know God because God is
\neverlasting and the life that he<\/p>\n

144
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\ngives is also everlasting.
\nAnd so as believers, we’re <\/p>\n

145
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\npromised eternal life and, and a
\nfellowship with the eternal God,<\/p>\n

146
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\nwhich which is, is mind blowing
\nand it gives us purpose beyond <\/p>\n

147
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\nthe grave.
\nAnd so when we started this, <\/p>\n

148
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\nthis series about believing in
\nthe existence of God, surely <\/p>\n

149
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\nbrethren, as sisters, we must
\nbelieve in his future existence <\/p>\n

150
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\nbecause that’s where we’re
\ngoing. <\/p>\n

151
\n00:10:51,720 –> 00:10:54,840
\nThe Psalmist continues in in
\nPsalm 102, Speaking of the <\/p>\n

152
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\ntemporal nature of of the things
\nthat we see. <\/p>\n

153
\n00:10:57,280 –> 00:10:59,680
\nThey shall perish, but thou
\nshalt injury. <\/p>\n

154
\n00:10:59,680 –> 00:11:02,200
\nA all of them shall wax old like
\na garment as a vester. <\/p>\n

155
\n00:11:02,200 –> 00:11:04,520
\nThere shall change them and they
\nwill be changed. <\/p>\n

156
\n00:11:04,680 –> 00:11:08,680
\nBut thou art the same, O God,
\nand thy years have no end. <\/p>\n

157
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\nGod is immutable.
\nPeople change, brethren and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, circumstances
\nfluctuate. <\/p>\n

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\nThe world itself is transient
\nand all the things that it does,<\/p>\n

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\nbut God never changes.
\nGod is eternal and His promises <\/p>\n

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\nare everlasting.
\nYour Kingdom is an everlasting <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom, and your dominion
\nendures throughout all <\/p>\n

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\ngenerations.
\nWe don’t very often quote from <\/p>\n

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\nLamentations, but not very
\noften. <\/p>\n

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\nYou hear a Bible class series on
\nLamentations, but it is just <\/p>\n

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\nfull of unbelievable wisdom and
\nI love this. <\/p>\n

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\nThe steadfast love of the Lord
\nnever ceases. <\/p>\n

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\nHis mercies never come to an
\nend. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are new every morning.
\nGreat is thy faithfulness and so<\/p>\n

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\nthis brethren and sisters, this
\nis the God that we can believe <\/p>\n

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\nin the God that always was and
\nthe God that will always be and <\/p>\n

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\nwe can rest assured in our
\nfuture because of it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and so when I look at the
\npower of God, I, I look at <\/p>\n

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\nthese, these two extreme ends of
\nthese two aspects of, of the <\/p>\n

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\nnature of God’s power that God
\nhas manifest in the infinite <\/p>\n

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\nthat we read in Genesis chapter
\none, that in the beginning God <\/p>\n

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\ncreated everything.
\nBut then God tells us about his <\/p>\n

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\nintimate, his very intimate and
\ncaring power that David talks <\/p>\n

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\nabout when he says, you created
\nmy innermost being. <\/p>\n

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\nYou knit me together in my
\nmother’s womb. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so God can create the vast
\nuniverse, but he also has <\/p>\n

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\ncreated us that his power is, is
\ninfinite, but that his power is <\/p>\n

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\nalso intimate.
\nAnd, and it’s, it’s important <\/p>\n

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\nfor us to also understand
\nbecause we can have a problem if<\/p>\n

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\nwe focus on one or the other.
\nAnd, and, and the churches all <\/p>\n

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\naround us, they trivialize the
\npower of God because they focus <\/p>\n

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\non the intimate power of God And
\nit becomes their faith becomes <\/p>\n

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\nabout them.
\nAnd God is their personal <\/p>\n

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\nsavior.
\nI’ve even heard somebody say <\/p>\n

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\nthat my God is my personal genie
\nthat I can pull out at any time <\/p>\n

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\nthat I want.
\nAnd if we focus too much on the <\/p>\n

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\nintimate nature of God’s purpose
\nwith us, that our whole <\/p>\n

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\nexistence can become about us.
\nAnd if there’s one thing we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nlearned in in reading and
\nunderstanding the word of God is<\/p>\n

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\nit’s, it’s, it’s not about us.
\nAnd I think of Peter when he was<\/p>\n

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\nstanding in opposition to his
\nLord and, and, and Christ had, <\/p>\n

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\nhad told the disciples he had to
\ngo to Jerusalem and he had to <\/p>\n

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\ndie.
\nAnd Peter says, no, it, it shall<\/p>\n

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\nnot be.
\nAnd he stood in in Christ’s way <\/p>\n

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\nand and Jesus said to him, get
\nbehind me, you’re an adversary. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he said, because you’re not
\nminding the things of God, but <\/p>\n

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\nthe things of men.
\nAnd Peter wanted Christ to be <\/p>\n

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\nthe king.
\nThen you don’t want to wait to <\/p>\n

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\nthe future.
\nBut the inverse can also be true<\/p>\n

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\nbecause we can focus too much on
\nthe infinite power of God and <\/p>\n

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\nGod becomes for us very distant
\nand very uncaring. <\/p>\n

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\nLike maybe we’re just being
\npulled along in the current of <\/p>\n

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\nhis power and that our part to
\nplay in this moving creation is <\/p>\n

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\njust a dust speck.
\nThe Pharisees did this at the <\/p>\n

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\ntime of Christ, making the
\nnature of God’s relationship <\/p>\n

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\nburdensome and and rule driven
\nand fear based. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so this interpretation for
\nsome we, we saw this with the <\/p>\n

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\nRoman Catholic Church for for
\nhundreds of years, creating this<\/p>\n

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\ndistant, terrifying God of wrath
\nso they might control the <\/p>\n

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\npeople.
\nAnd so neither of those should <\/p>\n

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\nbe how we see God in our life.
\nAnd the the one man that I can <\/p>\n

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\nthink of in the Bible as an
\nexample of where both of these <\/p>\n

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\ncame to play was the man Job.
\nBut turn up to the book of Job. <\/p>\n

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\nJob clearly had a relationship
\nwith God. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re told by God that Job was
\nperfect and upright. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re told that God saw Job as
\nrighteous and and was was God a <\/p>\n

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\ngood man?
\nYes, he was a good man. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was, he was a really good
\nman. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve said before that he was the
\nbest Pharisee in the best way <\/p>\n

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\nwas this man Job?
\nHe was upright, he was rich, but<\/p>\n

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\nhe uses uprightness and his
\nwealth to do good things. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we, we read, we don’t have
\ntime to look at that, but we <\/p>\n

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\nread all about that.
\nBut, but I don’t, I don’t think <\/p>\n

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\nthat the book of Job is so that
\nwe might be introduced to a <\/p>\n

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\nrighteous man who did good
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nI believe the book of Job is
\nintroducing us to a man who had <\/p>\n

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\na broken relationship with his
\nGod that only saw God in the <\/p>\n

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\ninfinite and terrifying nature
\nof his existence. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yes, Job loved God while
\nthings were going well and <\/p>\n

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\nthings for Job went very well,
\nbut when things changed, so did <\/p>\n

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\nJob’s understanding of God.
\nThere’s all kinds of beautiful <\/p>\n

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\nstatements in the book of Job
\nabout how God’s how, how Job saw<\/p>\n

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\nGod in his life.
\nJob 26 and verse 7, we’re going <\/p>\n

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\nto get to some verses in just a
\nminute, but it says he stretches<\/p>\n

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\nout the north over the void.
\nHe hangs the earth on nothing. <\/p>\n

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\nHe binds the waters in his, in
\nhis sick cloud. <\/p>\n

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\nJob talks about also the
\nhydrological system of how the, <\/p>\n

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\nthe water and the moisture
\nworked. <\/p>\n

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\nHe, he says all these beautiful,
\nmajestic things about his God. <\/p>\n

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\nHe talks in great detail about
\nthe awesome power of his God. <\/p>\n

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\nHe even says in Job 26 and 14.
\nBut these are only hints of his <\/p>\n

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\npower, only whispers of what we
\nhave heard. <\/p>\n

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\nWho can truly know how great God
\nis? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what Job says.
\nBut God’s power was a mystery to<\/p>\n

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\nJob.
\nHe didn’t understand how it <\/p>\n

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\nworked.
\nIt was, it was like a black box.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd this black box became to Job
\nthe fearful unknown. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that was all set aside when
\nJob’s life was good, when his <\/p>\n

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\nlife was amazing.
\nUntil one day it was not when <\/p>\n

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\nhis trial and his suffering
\nstarted, and he no longer saw <\/p>\n

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\nthe light of God’s majesty, but
\nthe blackness of his wrath and <\/p>\n

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\nthe fearful mystery of his
\nunknown purpose. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd brothers and sisters, this
\ncan be true for us. <\/p>\n

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\nThen when our life is going
\ngreat, we look at God as <\/p>\n

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\nbenevolent and and merciful and
\ncaring and, and bringing <\/p>\n

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\nblessings to us.
\nAnd then one day our life <\/p>\n

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\nchanges and what happens, just
\nlike Job said, he said, why me? <\/p>\n

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\nLook at all the good things that
\nI’ve done. <\/p>\n

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\nGod, do you not do not see them?
\nAnd we start to blame <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstance and we blame our
\nupbringing and we we blame work,<\/p>\n

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\nwe blame our ecclesia, we blame
\nthe people around us, but we <\/p>\n

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\nnever blame ourselves.
\nAnd eventually, as Job did, he <\/p>\n

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\nblamed God.
\nTurn to Chapter 9 of Job. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause of of many things, Job
\nsaw God as a poor ruler of his <\/p>\n

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\ncreation and and I got a lot of
\npushback for that when I first <\/p>\n

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\ndid my series on Job.
\nThey’re like, well, that no, <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s not Job.
\nWell, you, you read the things <\/p>\n

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\nthat Job says about his God.
\nFirst of all, he thought that <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s power was violent and
\ndestructive. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at look at Chapter 9 of Job
\nand we just look at a few <\/p>\n

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\nverses.
\nTruly, I know verse 2, truly I <\/p>\n

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\nknow that it is so, but how can
\nman be in the right before God <\/p>\n

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\nif one wish to contend with him?
\nJob says one could not answer <\/p>\n

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\nhim once in 1000 times verse 5,
\nhe moves mountains and they know<\/p>\n

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\nit not he overturns them in his
\nanger. <\/p>\n

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\nHe takes the earth out of its
\nplace, its pillars tremble. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 7 This God who commands
\nthe sun and it does not rise, <\/p>\n

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\nwho seals up the stars.
\nBehold, he passes me by and I <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t even see him.
\nHe moves on. <\/p>\n

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\nI I can’t even perceive.
\nLook, he snatches away. <\/p>\n

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\nWho can turn him back?
\nWho will say, what are you <\/p>\n

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\ndoing?
\nThis was a God that Job saw as <\/p>\n

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\nuncommunicative.
\nUncaring, unfeeling, and violent<\/p>\n

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\nand destructive with how he used
\ncreation on his created turn to <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 12, Job also viewed that
\nGod’s power was not only unjust <\/p>\n

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\nand destructive, but it was
\narbitrary that that God did <\/p>\n

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\nthings that you couldn’t
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n

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\nJob 12 and 14 What he tears
\ndown, and things that cannot be <\/p>\n

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\nrebuilt, those he imprisons
\ncannot be released. <\/p>\n

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\nIf he holds back the waters,
\nthere is drought. <\/p>\n

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\nIf he lets them loose, they
\ndevastate the land. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, no matter what
\nGod does arbitrarily he brings <\/p>\n

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\ndestruction.
\nVerse 17. <\/p>\n

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\nHe leads rulers away stripped,
\nand makes fools of judges. <\/p>\n

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\nHe he leads priests away
\nstripped, and overthrows <\/p>\n

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\nofficials long established.
\nHe silences the lips of trusted <\/p>\n

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\ndivisors, and he takes away the
\ndiscernment of elders. <\/p>\n

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\nHe makes nations great, then he
\ndestroys them. <\/p>\n

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\nHe enlarges nations, then he
\ndisperses them. <\/p>\n

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\nI believe that Job saw God’s
\npower as not only destructive, <\/p>\n

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\nbut completely arbitrary.
\nAnd look, I understand Job is, <\/p>\n

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\nis suffering.
\nHe, he’s, he’s under trial. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s lost his entire family.
\nHe’s lost all of his net worth. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s lost everything that he has
\naccumulated. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the wealth of his world is
\ngone. <\/p>\n

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\nHis wife has has really left him
\nand he’s lost his personal <\/p>\n

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\nhealth.
\nHe is sitting in in dust and <\/p>\n

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\nashes, scraping the boils on his
\nskin with a piece of pottery. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is what this man has been
\nreduced to. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we can understand in a human
\nsense, brethren and sisters, the<\/p>\n

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\nthe the the agony that he went
\nthrough and why this is even <\/p>\n

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\npossible.
\nIn chapter 19, Job states many <\/p>\n

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\ntimes that God punishes then
\ndoesn’t explain. <\/p>\n

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\nHe elevates the wicked.
\nHe suppresses the just because <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s because he uses himself as
\nan example. <\/p>\n

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\nLook the wicked, they’re
\nprospering, but look at me, I’m <\/p>\n

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\nrighteous and I am being
\nsuppressed. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says.
\nHe cries out and drove 19 and <\/p>\n

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\nseven.
\nI cry out violence, but I’m not <\/p>\n

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\nanswered.
\nI call for help. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:08,200 –> 00:22:11,320
\nThere is no justice.
\nGod has walled up my way so that<\/p>\n

327
\n00:22:11,320 –> 00:22:14,040
\nI cannot pass and He has set
\ndarkness upon my past. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:14,040 –> 00:22:18,760
\nThis is a broken man who has a
\nbroken relationship with his <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:18,760 –> 00:22:27,760
\nGod.
\nThis can surely be the human <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:27,760 –> 00:22:38,760
\nreality of suffering.
\nBev and his sisters, That we <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:38,760 –> 00:22:44,520
\nmight be brought to the point
\nwhere we think that there is no <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:44,520 –> 00:22:48,840
\nanswer to the sufferings that we
\nendure and that God doesn’t <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:48,840 –> 00:22:53,080
\ncare.
\nAnd that from the depths of our <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:53,080 –> 00:22:59,880
\ndespair we only see an uncaring
\nand arbitrary nature in our God.<\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:03,640 –> 00:23:06,200
\nAnd I think we can feel this in
\nthe suffering of this man. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:08,440 –> 00:23:12,760
\nAnd as Job did, we we often look
\nback on our lives and we see all<\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:12,760 –> 00:23:18,680
\nthe good things that we have
\ndone, and using human math on a <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:18,680 –> 00:23:21,720
\ncalculator of our own
\nmanufacture, we punch out these <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:21,720 –> 00:23:27,840
\nnumbers and we say God is wrong
\nand we are right. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:31,600 –> 00:23:34,240
\nHolding on as we do sometimes,
\nbrothers and sisters, to the <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:34,240 –> 00:23:37,600
\nseeming fact that our lifelong
\ninvestment in our spiritual <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:37,600 –> 00:23:41,240
\nwell-being is somehow then due
\nto be rewarded by some form of <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:41,240 –> 00:23:44,320
\nimmunity from suffering and
\ntrial in this life. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:47,080 –> 00:23:52,720
\nAnd it does not.
\nGod makes no such promise. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:53,640 –> 00:23:56,600
\nHe made no such promise to Job,
\nand he makes no such promise to <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:56,600 –> 00:23:59,040
\nus.
\nSuch as the issue with only <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:59,040 –> 00:24:02,200
\nseeing the infinite and powerful
\nGod in our universe. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:02,200 –> 00:24:06,280
\nAnd such was Job’s problem that
\nwhen calamity struck, as it <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:06,280 –> 00:24:09,600
\ndoes, brothers and sisters, at
\nsome point in our life it will <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:09,600 –> 00:24:12,400
\nstrike.
\nIf we don’t have our <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:12,400 –> 00:24:17,160
\nrelationship with God right,
\nthen we will see him just as Job<\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:17,160 –> 00:24:22,200
\ndid.
\nAnd if we hold this view, then <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:22,200 –> 00:24:25,400
\nin the depths of our suffering
\nwe will see God also as a black <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:25,400 –> 00:24:29,720
\nbox, unfeeling and arbitrary and
\nmeeting out punishment, which is<\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:29,720 –> 00:24:36,360
\nwhat his friend said.
\nNow, Job, God blesses the <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:36,360 –> 00:24:38,520
\nrighteous and he curses the
\nwicked. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:38,520 –> 00:24:41,600
\nAnd you’re really cursed, so you
\nmust have been wicked. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:46,800 –> 00:24:49,240
\nWe need to have an understanding
\nthat is unlike what Job had that<\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:49,240 –> 00:24:53,640
\nthat that that actually our pain
\nand our suffering is God’s tool <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:53,640 –> 00:24:57,120
\nto bring us to repentance.
\nThat is actually God showing us <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:57,120 –> 00:24:59,520
\nthat he loves us.
\nAnd this is counterintuitive to <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:59,520 –> 00:25:06,080
\nhuman nature.
\nBut this is not our God. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:06,480 –> 00:25:09,560
\nAnd we must understand the
\nnature of God and God’s power in<\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:09,560 –> 00:25:12,040
\norder to understand God’s
\nnature. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:12,880 –> 00:25:16,720
\nAnd so Job needed a mediator.
\nAnd Job cries out for three <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:16,720 –> 00:25:19,520
\nsolid chapters.
\nHe tells us all the wonderful <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:19,520 –> 00:25:21,480
\nthings that he did.
\nMy steps were washed with <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:21,480 –> 00:25:23,480
\nbutter.
\nI made a covenant with my eyes <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:23,640 –> 00:25:26,560
\nbecause does God not see this?
\nWhat did I do wrong? <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:26,960 –> 00:25:28,960
\nI was just and fair.
\nI helped others. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:28,960 –> 00:25:31,320
\nI didn’t trust in riches.
\nI wasn’t an idolater. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:31,680 –> 00:25:33,720
\nI’m hospitable.
\nI stand up for truth. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:37,680 –> 00:25:42,720
\nThe problem that Job had was he
\nstood on the pedestal of his own<\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:42,720 –> 00:25:46,000
\nself righteousness and he
\ncouldn’t climb down because of <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:46,000 –> 00:25:51,560
\nthe power of his own pride.
\nBut Job did look for somebody to<\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:51,560 –> 00:25:53,760
\nmediate for him.
\nBut initially when we think <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:53,760 –> 00:25:56,560
\nabout Job’s words, it was in the
\nform of a trial. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:56,560 –> 00:26:02,880
\nHe wanted to bring God to trial
\nto try God on his injustice and <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:02,880 –> 00:26:09,120
\nhis unmerciful behavior says in
\nJob 9 and 32, God is not a mere <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:09,120 –> 00:26:11,520
\nmortal like me that I might
\nanswer him that we might <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:11,520 –> 00:26:13,600
\nconfront each other in court and
\nuses. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:13,600 –> 00:26:16,360
\nThere’s all this terminology in
\nthe book of Job about a <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:16,360 –> 00:26:19,080
\ncourtroom and how that he he
\nneeds to be vindicated. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:19,760 –> 00:26:22,760
\nIf only, he says, there was
\nsummoned to mediate between us, <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:22,760 –> 00:26:27,040
\nsummoned to intercede, summoned
\nto bring us together, summoned <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:27,040 –> 00:26:30,280
\nto remove God’s rod from me, he
\nsays, so that his terror would <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:30,280 –> 00:26:34,120
\nnot frighten me anymore.
\nThen Job says I would speak <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:34,120 –> 00:26:37,400
\nwithout fear of him, but as it
\nnow stands with me, I cannot. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:40,720 –> 00:26:48,200
\nThe words for mediatorship and
\nintercessor come up almost 30 <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:48,200 –> 00:26:55,760
\ntimes in the book of Job.
\nAnd then Elihu comes on the <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:55,760 –> 00:27:00,760
\nscene and Elihu was Job’s
\nmediator. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:00,920 –> 00:27:04,480
\nAnd Elihu among a number of
\nthings that he said which was <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:04,480 –> 00:27:09,960
\njust beautiful, he, he lines up
\nall of Job’s accusations and he <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:09,960 –> 00:27:11,480
\nanswers every single one of
\nthem. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:13,880 –> 00:27:16,600
\nAnd he says in Job 33 and verse
\n23 says, if there be for him an <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:16,600 –> 00:27:20,920
\nAngel and mediator or an
\nintercessor one in 1000, to <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:20,920 –> 00:27:23,200
\ndeclare to man what is right for
\nhim. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:23,320 –> 00:27:26,720
\nAnd he is merciful to him, and
\nsays, deliver him from going out<\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:26,720 –> 00:27:28,760
\ninto the pit.
\nI have found a ransom, which <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:28,760 –> 00:27:31,240
\nmeans a covering and a price of
\nredemption. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:31,960 –> 00:27:34,320
\nLet his flesh become the flesh
\nof youth. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:34,320 –> 00:27:36,280
\nLet him return to the days of
\nhis youthful vigor. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:36,280 –> 00:27:45,200
\nThen man prays to God, Elihu
\nsays, and God accepts him and he<\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:45,200 –> 00:27:48,560
\nsees his face with a shout of
\njoy, and he restores to man his <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:48,560 –> 00:27:51,280
\nrighteousness.
\nAnd so we don’t have time to <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:51,280 –> 00:27:55,240
\ncover all the amazing things
\nthat that Elihu said to bring <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:55,520 –> 00:27:59,440
\nJob off of his pedestal of
\nself-righteous pride. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:01,520 –> 00:28:04,600
\nElihu was preparing Job to meet
\nhis God. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:05,320 –> 00:28:07,760
\nAnd we know the whole time that
\nElihu is speaking, what’s <\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:07,760 –> 00:28:11,760
\nhappening, a storm is brewing
\nall around them. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:12,200 –> 00:28:13,840
\nAnd one of the young people
\nasked me, do you think all the <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:13,840 –> 00:28:16,200
\nfriends were still there?
\nI said, oh, yes, they were all <\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:16,200 –> 00:28:17,760
\nthere, Job and his three
\nfriends. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:17,880 –> 00:28:20,440
\nAnd Elihu was the youngest,
\nwhich is why he spoke last. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:20,440 –> 00:28:25,720
\nAnd even when God starts to
\nspeak, they’re all listening <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:25,720 –> 00:28:30,400
\nbecause Elihu and God both say
\nthings that needed to be <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:30,400 –> 00:28:32,600
\nunderstood by those three
\nfriends. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:32,600 –> 00:28:35,280
\nIt says in Job 33 and 31, Eli
\nwho’s speaking, says pay <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:35,280 –> 00:28:37,400
\nattention to Job.
\nListen to me, be silent, and I <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:37,400 –> 00:28:39,680
\nwill speak.
\nIf you have any words answered <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:39,680 –> 00:28:42,880
\nto me, speak, for I desire to
\njustify you. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:43,200 –> 00:28:47,960
\nAnd that word in the Hebrew
\nmeans to make you right before <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:47,960 –> 00:28:57,120
\nyou’re gone.
\nIf Eli, who by the grace of God <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:57,120 –> 00:29:04,200
\nhad not been inserted into this
\nconversation with Job, I believe<\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:05,200 –> 00:29:07,120
\nJob would have been consumed in
\nthe storm. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:10,680 –> 00:29:16,680
\nElihu started the process of
\nreconciling Job to his God in <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:16,680 –> 00:29:20,120
\nanswering his questions and
\nhelping him to understand the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:20,120 –> 00:29:22,160
\nthings that God was then going
\nto tell him. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:22,880 –> 00:29:28,240
\nAnd then Job was brought before
\nhis God, and God answers Job out<\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:28,240 –> 00:29:30,840
\nof the whirlwind.
\nTurn to Job chapter 38, and out <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:30,840 –> 00:29:33,280
\nof the whirlwind and out of the
\nstorm that had been building all<\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:33,280 –> 00:29:35,680
\nall of this time.
\nAnd we can think about it maybe <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:35,680 –> 00:29:38,960
\nas God’s wrath is just brewing
\nout there. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:39,160 –> 00:29:42,120
\nChapter 38 and verse 2.
\nWho is this that darkens council<\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:42,120 –> 00:29:45,240
\nwith words without knowledge?
\nDress for action, Job, action <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:45,240 –> 00:29:48,160
\nlike a man, and I will question
\nyou, and you will make it known <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:48,160 –> 00:29:51,400
\nto me.
\nAnd then what God does is <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:51,400 –> 00:29:56,600
\nabsolutely beautiful.
\nHe begins to show out of the <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:57,440 –> 00:30:04,480
\ninfinite power that he possesses
\nthe intimate nature of his care.<\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:06,680 –> 00:30:10,240
\nAnd God begins to ask by saying
\nto Job in in in 38 and verse <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:10,240 –> 00:30:12,920
\nfour, Job, where were you when I
\nlaid the foundation of the <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:12,920 –> 00:30:15,200
\nearth?
\nTell me if you understand who <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:15,200 –> 00:30:18,400
\nmarked off its dimensions.
\nSurely you know Job, who <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:18,400 –> 00:30:20,200
\nstretched the measuring line
\nacross it. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:21,560 –> 00:30:25,040
\nThis man, Job, who, who did
\nunderstand the terrifying <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:25,040 –> 00:30:30,560
\nmajestic power of his God,
\ndidn’t have any idea how it <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:30,560 –> 00:30:36,240
\nworked.
\nVerse 8, God continues by <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:36,240 –> 00:30:38,480
\ndescribing how he controls the
\nboundaries of the Seas. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:38,480 –> 00:30:43,480
\nSo the storms that Job saw as
\nonly destructive, Whatever God <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:43,480 –> 00:30:45,800
\ndid when he closed the
\nstorehouses and when he opened <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:45,800 –> 00:30:47,480
\nthem up, it didn’t matter.
\nThere was either drought or <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:47,480 –> 00:30:52,920
\nthere was calamity.
\nGod says who shut up the sea <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:52,920 –> 00:30:55,840
\nbehind behind its doors when it
\nburst forth from the womb. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:55,840 –> 00:30:58,840
\nWhen, when I fix the limits for
\nit and I set the doors and the <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:58,960 –> 00:31:01,960
\nand the bars in place, God is
\nsaying, Job. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:01,960 –> 00:31:04,040
\nI’ve always been in control of
\ncreation. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:04,040 –> 00:31:06,840
\nIt’s not destructive.
\nThis is how I created it. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:07,240 –> 00:31:08,920
\nI’m the one that’s holding it
\nback. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:08,920 –> 00:31:11,040
\nI’m holding it from becoming
\nchaotic. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:12,720 –> 00:31:15,400
\nThen God speaks about the
\nprovision of of the creatures. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:15,400 –> 00:31:18,680
\nHe says to Job.
\nDo you hunt the prey for the <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:18,680 –> 00:31:21,640
\nlioness to satisfy the hunger of
\nthe lions when they Crouch in <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:21,640 –> 00:31:23,720
\ntheir dens or they lie in wait
\nin the thicket? <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:23,720 –> 00:31:26,640
\nAnd Job, 38 and 39.
\nHe also describes how he <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:26,640 –> 00:31:29,680
\nprovides for the Raven, who
\nprovides food for the Raven when<\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:29,680 –> 00:31:32,400
\nthe young cry out to God and
\nwander about for lack of food. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:32,400 –> 00:31:35,040
\nIs that you, Job?
\nDo you do that? <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:36,840 –> 00:31:42,240
\nI do that Job.
\nGod goes on to talk to Job about<\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:42,280 –> 00:31:46,560
\nthe things in the inanimate and
\nthe animate creation. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:47,880 –> 00:31:52,600
\nThe smallest attention to detail
\nour God has in his purview. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:53,400 –> 00:31:55,560
\nAnd throughout his speeches, God
\ndescribes this intimate <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:55,560 –> 00:31:57,600
\nknowledge and the smallest
\ndetails on earth. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:57,600 –> 00:32:00,000
\nWhether it’s the feeding of the
\nyoung animals, the timing of the<\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:00,000 –> 00:32:02,640
\nbirth and the wild creatures,
\nthe movement of the stars, the <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:02,640 –> 00:32:04,840
\nfalling of the rain in a
\ndesolate place. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:05,000 –> 00:32:14,440
\nIn Job 38 and 26, God shows that
\nnothing escapes his notice and <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:14,440 –> 00:32:22,840
\nnothing escapes his care and
\nultimately God’s God’s speech <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:22,840 –> 00:32:28,520
\nreveals that not only does he
\ncare for his creation, but God <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:28,520 –> 00:32:33,480
\ncares for Job by engaging
\ndirectly with Job when when when<\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:33,480 –> 00:32:36,160
\nJob didn’t even know it was
\nhappening, God shows that he’s <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:36,160 –> 00:32:38,960
\nbeen present and active in Job’s
\nlife all along. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:38,960 –> 00:32:42,320
\nThough job couldn’t understand
\nwhy he suffered, God was there. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:44,400 –> 00:32:47,240
\nGod’s response shows that his
\nwisdom and his power and his <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:47,240 –> 00:32:50,440
\nlove, we’re always there.
\nYou don’t need to turn this up <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:50,440 –> 00:32:53,280
\nand listen to one of the things
\nthat Job says in his long <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:53,760 –> 00:32:57,080
\nrambling monologue about all the
\nthings that were amazing about <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:57,080 –> 00:33:00,400
\nhis life and in chapters 29 and
\n30 and 31. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:00,400 –> 00:33:02,960
\nThis is what he says in in Job
\n29 and 19. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:04,720 –> 00:33:08,960
\nHe says I was like a tree whose
\nroots always have water and <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:08,960 –> 00:33:14,320
\nwhose branches are wet with dew
\nand have the many answers, <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:14,360 –> 00:33:17,200
\ndirect answers that God made
\nagainst the claims of Job. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:17,200 –> 00:33:19,640
\nThis is what God says in chapter
\n38 and verse 28. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:20,120 –> 00:33:27,280
\nHe says Job, does either the
\nrain or the dew have a father? <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:29,280 –> 00:33:33,360
\nWhat God was saying to Job, he
\nwas saying, Job, I was the one <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:33,360 –> 00:33:37,760
\nthat watered your roots.
\nI was the dew on your branches. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:38,160 –> 00:33:41,280
\nI was the one sustaining you.
\nAll that time and all the times <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:41,280 –> 00:33:43,400
\nof blessing and all the good
\nthings that were happening in <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:43,400 –> 00:33:47,720
\nyour life, that was me.
\nThat was me strengthening you. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:53,200 –> 00:33:56,840
\nWe can often see God like that,
\nbenevolent in the good times, <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:56,840 –> 00:33:59,280
\nyet walled off and distant in
\nthe times of our trial. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:01,480 –> 00:34:04,280
\nA A, a lot of this is born of
\ntrial rather than sisters. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:04,520 –> 00:34:07,760
\nWhen we’re in distress, as Job
\nwas and and and that clouds our <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:07,760 –> 00:34:09,320
\njudgement.
\nIt makes it very difficult to <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:09,320 –> 00:34:12,159
\nsee and understand what God is
\nactually doing. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:12,800 –> 00:34:19,280
\nThat God was always there, that
\nGod is always there, carrying us<\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:19,280 –> 00:34:24,480
\nthrough the trial and Elihu.
\nAnd then God points this out to <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:24,480 –> 00:34:27,040
\nhim.
\nThis is a fundamental process, <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:27,120 –> 00:34:29,480
\nbrethren and sisters, that we
\nall must go through because in <\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:29,480 –> 00:34:32,400
\nthe end, through all the trial
\nand suffering, Job finally sees <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:32,400 –> 00:34:35,400
\nthe beautiful balance of the
\ninfinite and the intimate <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:35,400 –> 00:34:39,080
\ncharacter of his God.
\nAnd it couldn’t be brought out <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:39,080 –> 00:34:42,760
\nany more beautifully than Job
\nchapter 42 and turn, let’s turn <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:42,760 –> 00:34:48,400
\nto that passage.
\nIt says in Job chapter 42 and <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:48,400 –> 00:34:55,239
\nfive, after God had finally
\nfinished speaking, Job says to <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:55,239 –> 00:35:04,120
\nGod, he says, I had heard of you
\nby the hearing of the ear, but <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:04,120 –> 00:35:13,560
\nnow mine eyes see you.
\nAnd it took the devastating <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:13,560 –> 00:35:18,800
\ntrial that God himself brought
\non this just and righteous man <\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:22,040 –> 00:35:24,080
\nto fix the relationship that was
\nbroken. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:26,960 –> 00:35:29,560
\nJob needed to develop and
\nunderstand that God’s power, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:29,560 –> 00:35:34,120
\nGod’s infinite power, is there
\nto address all the amazing <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:34,120 –> 00:35:38,160
\nthings in the universe.
\nBut most importantly, that we <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:38,160 –> 00:35:44,720
\nmight understand how God can
\nthen intimately care for us so <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:44,720 –> 00:35:47,360
\nthat even through our trial, God
\nmight be manifest. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:47,560 –> 00:35:52,160
\nEven through the good times in
\nour life, God is manifest in <\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:52,160 –> 00:35:59,880
\neverything that we do.
\nWhat is important, brethren and <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:59,880 –> 00:36:05,760
\nsisters, is not that we suffer.
\nWhat is important, brethren and <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:05,760 –> 00:36:09,720
\nsisters, is how we respond to
\nour suffering. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:11,920 –> 00:36:14,400
\nListen to what Elihu says in Job
\n36 and 11. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:15,080 –> 00:36:20,200
\nThis is just one of the many
\namazing things that this <\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:20,200 –> 00:36:22,920
\nintercessor was able to do for
\nJob. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:24,280 –> 00:36:26,360
\nHe says to Job in in chapter 36
\nand 11. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:26,360 –> 00:36:29,120
\nHe says if they listen to him,
\nhim being God, if they listen to<\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:29,120 –> 00:36:31,960
\nhim and they complete their days
\nin prosperity and their years in<\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:31,960 –> 00:36:37,560
\npleasantness, right?
\nSo if if we listen to God and we<\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:37,560 –> 00:36:41,680
\nwe serve him, then we can
\ncomplete our days in prosperity <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:41,680 –> 00:36:45,640
\nand our years in pleasantness.
\nThen he says in verse 15, <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:46,680 –> 00:36:52,520
\nremember Job and in and you see
\nthe the lead up to this really <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:52,520 –> 00:36:56,680
\nwith Elihu was that one of the
\nthings he had to address with <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:56,680 –> 00:36:59,120
\nJob is Job had said God doesn’t
\ncommunicate. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:59,480 –> 00:37:04,080
\nI I cried justice and he doesn’t
\nhear and Elihu said, no, God <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:04,080 –> 00:37:06,640
\ndoes communicate.
\nHe he communicates in many ways.<\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:07,080 –> 00:37:09,920
\nHe communicates by dream.
\nHe communicates by vision. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:10,040 –> 00:37:13,440
\nHe communicates by the way, by
\ntrial and suffering. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:14,680 –> 00:37:17,800
\nOh, and by the way, Job, God
\ndoesn’t communicate with the <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:17,800 –> 00:37:21,000
\nprideful.
\nHe says that to Job, but listen <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:21,000 –> 00:37:23,000
\nto what he says in in Job 36 and
\n15. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:23,000 –> 00:37:27,320
\nIn answering that claim of Job’s
\ninability to hear God speaking <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:27,320 –> 00:37:29,120
\nto him through his trolley, says
\nJob. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:29,400 –> 00:37:34,680
\nGod delivers the afflicted by
\ntheir affliction, and he opens <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:34,680 –> 00:37:36,680
\ntheir ears because of their
\nadversity. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:38,000 –> 00:37:41,720
\nAnd we have to remember this,
\nbrothers and sisters, the two <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:41,720 –> 00:37:47,760
\naspects of God’s great power,
\nhis infinite power and the <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:47,760 –> 00:37:50,000
\nintimate nature of his care for
\nus. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:50,160 –> 00:37:52,720
\nAnd, and, and we need to
\nunderstand the infinite power of<\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:52,720 –> 00:37:54,680
\nGod.
\nIt becomes for us the foundation<\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:54,680 –> 00:37:57,080
\nof worship.
\nAnd Job worshipped God. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:57,640 –> 00:38:01,160
\nHe was in awe of God.
\nHe, he respected His Majesty and<\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:01,160 –> 00:38:04,280
\nhis glory.
\nJeremiah speaks of this. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:04,280 –> 00:38:06,760
\nNo one is like you, Lord, you
\nare great and your name is <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:06,760 –> 00:38:09,200
\nmighty in power.
\nWho should not fear you, king of<\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:09,200 –> 00:38:12,040
\nnations?
\nAnd so we need to understand the<\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:12,040 –> 00:38:15,520
\ninfinite power of God is there,
\nthat we might bow in reverence <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:15,800 –> 00:38:19,560
\nto God’s almighty power, that we
\nmight recognize the place of His<\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:19,560 –> 00:38:22,720
\nsovereignty and His Majesty to
\nbring us to worship Him. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:28,880
\nPsalm 95 says the sea is His,
\nfor he made it, and his hands <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:28,880 –> 00:38:31,360
\nform the dry land.
\nOh, come, and let us worship and<\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:31,360 –> 00:38:33,880
\nbow down.
\nLet us kneel before the God of <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:33,880 –> 00:38:37,600
\nour making.
\nAnd so we need to understand <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:37,600 –> 00:38:40,320
\nthese things, brothers and
\nsisters, by seeing the hand of <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:40,320 –> 00:38:44,320
\nGod in the grandeur and the
\nmajesty and the vastness of <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:44,320 –> 00:38:47,280
\ncreation and His control over
\nthe whole universe, that we can <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:47,280 –> 00:38:53,280
\ntruly appreciate His greatness.
\nThat if we can believe in all of<\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:53,280 –> 00:38:59,480
\nthese things, that God can do
\nall of this in nature, that God <\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:59,480 –> 00:39:06,080
\ncan take care of this, that’s
\nwhat I think He needs us to <\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:06,080 –> 00:39:14,840
\nunderstand and it brings us to
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:16,560 –> 00:39:19,960
\nOnce we understand the awesome
\npower of our God and the things <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:19,960 –> 00:39:23,800
\nthat He has done, the things
\nthat He is doing, and the things<\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:23,800 –> 00:39:26,880
\nthat He will do in this world
\nand with each and every one of <\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:26,880 –> 00:39:29,560
\nus, we can have faith.
\nOur understanding of God’s power<\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:29,560 –> 00:39:31,880
\nbuilds faith.
\nIsaiah 46 and 10 says, declaring<\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:31,880 –> 00:39:34,200
\nthe end from the beginning.
\nMy ancient times, the things <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:34,320 –> 00:39:37,040
\nthat have yet come, saying, My
\ncounsel shall stand and I will <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:37,040 –> 00:39:41,320
\naccomplish all of my purpose.
\nIf we know that God is capable <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:41,320 –> 00:39:44,760
\nof all things, then He will
\nbring that promise to pass. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:45,480 –> 00:39:49,480
\nIt’s faith building that we can
\nalways rely on our God. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:50,360 –> 00:39:54,560
\nIf we believe that He exists and
\nwe have faith that what God says<\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:54,560 –> 00:39:57,840
\nwill come to pass in the future,
\nthen we will rely on that <\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:57,840 –> 00:40:01,560
\noutcome and it will direct our
\npaths every single day. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:40:04,320 –> 00:40:10,880
\nTurn to Ephesians chapter 1.
\nIt’s a very wonderful message in<\/p>\n

590
\n00:40:10,880 –> 00:40:13,000
\nthe New Testament about this,
\nthis very fact. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:40:17,160 –> 00:40:21,680
\nEphesians chapter 1, starting at
\nverse 9, He says, making known <\/p>\n

592
\n00:40:21,680 –> 00:40:25,240
\nto us the mystery of His will,
\naccording to His purpose, which <\/p>\n

593
\n00:40:25,240 –> 00:40:28,600
\nHe set forth in Christ as a plan
\nfor the fullness of time to <\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:28,600 –> 00:40:31,720
\nunite all things in Him, being
\nin heaven and things on the <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:31,720 –> 00:40:33,400
\nearth.
\nIn Him we have obtained an <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:33,400 –> 00:40:36,240
\ninheritance, having been
\npredestined according to the <\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:36,240 –> 00:40:39,760
\npurpose of Him who works all
\nthings according to the counsel <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:39,760 –> 00:40:44,600
\nof His will, so that we who were
\nfirst to hope in Christ might be<\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:44,600 –> 00:40:47,400
\nto the praise of His glory in
\nHim. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:47,400 –> 00:40:50,680
\nYou also, the apostle Paul goes
\non to say, when you heard of the<\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:50,680 –> 00:40:53,920
\nword of truth, the gospel of
\nyour salvation and believed in <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:53,920 –> 00:40:57,360
\nhim were sealed with the promise
\nof the Holy Spirit, who is the <\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:57,360 –> 00:41:00,800
\nguarantee of our inheritance
\nuntil we acquire possession of <\/p>\n

604
\n00:41:00,800 –> 00:41:05,160
\nit to the praise of His glory.
\nAnd so, brethren and sisters, <\/p>\n

605
\n00:41:05,160 –> 00:41:09,240
\nknowing this, we can stand firm
\nin our belief that God has <\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:09,280 –> 00:41:13,640
\nalready made it a reality for
\nus. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:17,000 –> 00:41:19,480
\nAnd that includes the salvation
\nthat we’ve been promised, the <\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:19,480 –> 00:41:25,320
\nguarantee of our inheritance.
\nAnd this is how our knowledge <\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:25,320 –> 00:41:28,000
\nand our understanding and our
\nacceptance of God’s great and <\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:28,120 –> 00:41:31,040
\ninfinite power gives us
\nconfidence and faith that God <\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:31,080 –> 00:41:38,240
\ncan and He will do all that he
\nhas said, and that if you can do<\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:38,240 –> 00:41:40,360
\nall those things, surely He can
\ndo that in US. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:43,040 –> 00:41:45,920
\nAnd so the infinite becomes the
\nintimate in our lives. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:45,920 –> 00:41:49,040
\nAnd I love these verses because
\nit marries these two attributes <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:49,040 –> 00:41:50,720
\nof God’s power perfectly
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:51,480 –> 00:41:54,480
\nFor this is what the high and
\nexalted One says, He who lives <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:54,480 –> 00:41:57,600
\nforever, whose name is holy, I
\nlive in a high and a holy place,<\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:59,480 –> 00:42:05,360
\nthe infinite power of God, but
\nbut also with the one who is <\/p>\n

619
\n00:42:05,600 –> 00:42:09,920
\ncontrite and lowly in spirit to
\nrevive the spirit of the lowly <\/p>\n

620
\n00:42:10,040 –> 00:42:12,160
\nand revive the heart of the
\ncontrite. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:13,880 –> 00:42:22,960
\nThe intimate nature of God’s
\npower turn up to Acts chapter 17<\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:27,560 –> 00:42:32,320
\nActs chapter 17 starting at
\nverse 24 because again we we <\/p>\n

623
\n00:42:32,320 –> 00:42:36,320
\nhave here again the the infinite
\npower balanced with the intimate<\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:36,320 –> 00:42:38,920
\nuse of of God’s love in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:39,880 –> 00:42:42,240
\nAnd then this was Paul speaking
\nto the philosophers and the and <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:42,240 –> 00:42:47,160
\nthe academics at up at Mars Hill
\nand he says first God is <\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:47,160 –> 00:42:50,400
\npowerful verse 24 the God who
\nmade the world and everything in<\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:50,400 –> 00:42:54,000
\nit is the Lord of heaven and
\nearth and does not live in <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:54,000 –> 00:42:57,520
\ntemples built by human hands and
\nhe is not served by human hands <\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:57,600 –> 00:43:02,720
\nas if he needed anything.
\nRather he gives everyone life <\/p>\n

631
\n00:43:03,200 –> 00:43:06,520
\nand breath and everything else
\nfrom one man. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:43:06,520 –> 00:43:09,120
\nHe made the nations that they
\nshould inhabit the whole earth, <\/p>\n

633
\n00:43:09,120 –> 00:43:11,120
\nand he marked out their
\nappointed times in history in <\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:11,120 –> 00:43:12,800
\nthe boundaries of their their
\nlands. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:13,000 –> 00:43:16,560
\nAnd then God becomes personal
\nand God did this so that would <\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:16,560 –> 00:43:22,560
\nseek him and perhaps reach out
\nfor him and find him. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:24,200 –> 00:43:26,600
\nAnd he is not far from any one
\nof us. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:30,000 –> 00:43:33,600
\nAnd then Paul puts the capstone,
\nI think, on that statement. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:43:33,600 –> 00:43:39,440
\nHe says, for in Him we live and
\nmove and have our being. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:43,200 –> 00:43:46,000
\nGod’s purpose is to inhabit this
\nearth with his glory. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:43:48,200 –> 00:43:56,520
\nGod’s purpose is also that we
\nwould be part of that glory in <\/p>\n

642
\n00:43:56,520 –> 00:44:04,040
\nGod’s power as we opened in
\nGod’s infinite power bound up in<\/p>\n

643
\n00:44:04,040 –> 00:44:07,120
\nthat is his power to save.
\nTurn to first Peter chapter 1. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:44:13,560 –> 00:44:15,920
\nYou know, we can have all kinds
\nof wonderful relationships in <\/p>\n

645
\n00:44:15,920 –> 00:44:22,120
\nthis world and and and we do we
\ncan have wonderful relationships<\/p>\n

646
\n00:44:22,120 –> 00:44:25,600
\nin our life.
\nBest friends, husbands, wives, <\/p>\n

647
\n00:44:25,600 –> 00:44:28,400
\nthe close relationships of
\nfamily that the relationships we<\/p>\n

648
\n00:44:28,400 –> 00:44:33,120
\nhave within our ecclesial
\ncommunity and the love that is <\/p>\n

649
\n00:44:33,120 –> 00:44:36,640
\nshared and the friendship that
\nwe share in those relationships.<\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:36,880 –> 00:44:39,720
\nAnd those relationships, as
\nwonderful as they are, they are <\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:39,720 –> 00:44:49,940
\nnot perfect and they will fail
\nin mortality, but they develop <\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:49,940 –> 00:44:51,940
\nour understanding and our and
\nour dependence. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:54,260 –> 00:44:59,060
\nThose human relationships help
\nus develop an understanding of <\/p>\n

654
\n00:45:01,440 –> 00:45:04,640
\nthat reciprocity that we need to
\nhave the give and the take in <\/p>\n

655
\n00:45:04,640 –> 00:45:06,640
\nthe relationship.
\nAnd, and those relationships, I <\/p>\n

656
\n00:45:06,680 –> 00:45:09,160
\nbelieve, are allegorical to the
\none relationship that stands <\/p>\n

657
\n00:45:09,160 –> 00:45:13,400
\nabove them all, the relationship
\nthat we have with our God and <\/p>\n

658
\n00:45:13,400 –> 00:45:21,200
\nour Father and with his Son, the
\nLord Jesus Christ, who did not <\/p>\n

659
\n00:45:21,200 –> 00:45:25,320
\nspare his own Son, as Paul says
\nin Romans 8, but gave him up for<\/p>\n

660
\n00:45:25,320 –> 00:45:28,560
\nus all.
\nHow will He not also along with <\/p>\n

661
\n00:45:28,560 –> 00:45:31,080
\nhim, graciously give us all
\nthings? <\/p>\n

662
\n00:45:32,440 –> 00:45:35,000
\nAnd so the intimate nature of
\nGod’s love was manifest in the <\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:35,000 –> 00:45:38,360
\ngiving of His only Son, that we
\nmight be saved. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:38,640 –> 00:45:43,160
\nAnd if we think of the pain and
\nthe agony that God endured as <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:43,160 –> 00:45:48,080
\nHis perfect Son was sacrificed
\nto cleanse our filthy garments, <\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:50,760 –> 00:45:56,160
\nthat we might be made clean
\nbecause no other relationship, <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:57,960 –> 00:46:03,400
\nbrethren and sisters, can save
\nus from ourselves, only the <\/p>\n

668
\n00:46:03,400 –> 00:46:06,360
\ndivine relationship that we have
\nwith God through His Son. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:46:10,960 –> 00:46:15,360
\nFirst Peter chapter 1, starting
\nverse 3. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:46:15,360 –> 00:46:17,760
\nBlessed be the God and Father of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

671
\n00:46:18,680 –> 00:46:23,360
\nBy His mercy He gave us a new
\nbirth into a living hope through<\/p>\n

672
\n00:46:23,360 –> 00:46:25,240
\nthe resurrection of Jesus Christ
\nfrom the dead. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:46:25,240 –> 00:46:31,040
\nThat is unto an inheritance,
\nimperishable, undefiled, <\/p>\n

674
\n00:46:31,080 –> 00:46:33,600
\nunfading.
\nIt is reserved in heaven for <\/p>\n

675
\n00:46:33,600 –> 00:46:37,400
\nyou, who by God’s power are
\nprotected through faith for a <\/p>\n

676
\n00:46:37,400 –> 00:46:40,040
\nsalvation ready to be revealed
\nin the last time. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:43,880 –> 00:46:46,680
\nAnd so we understand the
\nintimate nature of God’s power. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:46,680 –> 00:46:50,280
\nBut the the intimate nature of
\nGod’s power offers us salvation <\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:50,280 –> 00:46:54,280
\nby a loving God with an
\noutstretched arm, who gave his <\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:54,280 –> 00:46:58,160
\nSon for us, that he would be
\ncrucified and resurrected, that <\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:58,160 –> 00:47:03,520
\nthrough him we might be saved.
\nAnd we looked at the verse <\/p>\n

682
\n00:47:03,520 –> 00:47:08,160
\nyesterday, how God rescues us
\nand carries us to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

683
\n00:47:09,280 –> 00:47:12,240
\nThis is a God who wants to dwell
\nwith us, who is willing to <\/p>\n

684
\n00:47:12,240 –> 00:47:16,000
\nextend His grace to us, to make
\nus righteous, not by our own <\/p>\n

685
\n00:47:16,000 –> 00:47:20,040
\nmerit, as Paul says in Ephesians
\n2, but by grace. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:47:20,120 –> 00:47:23,680
\nYou have been saved through
\nfaith and it is not of <\/p>\n

687
\n00:47:23,680 –> 00:47:26,360
\nourselves, brethren and sisters,
\nit is the gift of God. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:47:27,000 –> 00:47:28,640
\nOur salvation, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:47:28,640 –> 00:47:32,400
\nIs bound up in this
\nunderstanding, understanding the<\/p>\n

690
\n00:47:32,840 –> 00:47:35,960
\ninfinite and the infinite power
\nof God in our lives, how it <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:35,960 –> 00:47:39,880
\ntouches us every single day.
\nWhether we see the glory of God <\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:39,880 –> 00:47:43,800
\nin the heavens or whether we
\nfeel it in the trial of our <\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:43,800 –> 00:47:49,360
\nlives, God is there.
\nAnd so as we. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:49,360 –> 00:47:53,680
\nClose I I just want to look at
\nat a few of my favorite verses. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:59,080 –> 00:48:01,040
\nAs we think about being
\nunashamed. <\/p>\n

696
\n00:48:01,240 –> 00:48:05,080
\nOf the gospel being being
\nanchored in this understanding <\/p>\n

697
\n00:48:05,080 –> 00:48:10,840
\nof the nature of God’s power.
\nI want to end where we started. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:48:11,360 –> 00:48:15,440
\nFor the weak, the apostle Paul
\ngiven us this this powerful <\/p>\n

699
\n00:48:15,440 –> 00:48:16,880
\nstatement.
\nFor I am not ashamed of the <\/p>\n

700
\n00:48:16,880 –> 00:48:20,840
\ngospel of Christ, for it is the
\npower of God unto salvation to <\/p>\n

701
\n00:48:20,960 –> 00:48:26,320
\neveryone that believes.
\nAnd so Paul’s declaration is. <\/p>\n

702
\n00:48:26,320 –> 00:48:29,360
\nIs is both bold and and yet
\nunwavering. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:48:29,360 –> 00:48:33,160
\nHe declares his refusal to be
\nashamed of the gospel of Christ,<\/p>\n

704
\n00:48:34,440 –> 00:48:37,120
\nand he does so because he knows
\nwhat’s at stake. <\/p>\n

705
\n00:48:39,280 –> 00:48:40,960
\nAnd because he knows that it is
\nthe power. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:48:40,960 –> 00:48:45,360
\nOf God that has done all these
\nthings that we might be saved <\/p>\n

707
\n00:48:45,360 –> 00:48:51,280
\nand.
\nWhen we understand the true <\/p>\n

708
\n00:48:51,280 –> 00:48:52,320
\nnature of.
\nGod. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:48:54,960 –> 00:48:56,880
\nThen we understand what he can
\ndo. <\/p>\n

710
\n00:48:56,880 –> 00:49:05,320
\nFor us, and we have no reason to
\nbe ashamed, but we might stand <\/p>\n

711
\n00:49:05,320 –> 00:49:08,320
\nunashamed in a world that
\nrejects the gospel. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:49:12,600 –> 00:49:15,680
\nThat places human wisdom.
\nAhead of Gods. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:49:17,400 –> 00:49:19,360
\nBut Paul knew this when he wrote
\nin First Corinthians. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:49:19,360 –> 00:49:23,680
\nTwo and five, that your faith
\nshould not stand in the wisdom <\/p>\n

715
\n00:49:23,680 –> 00:49:27,520
\nof men, but in the power of God,
\nour faith. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:49:27,520 –> 00:49:29,920
\nIs not grounded, brethren, and.
\nSisters in the cleverness of <\/p>\n

717
\n00:49:29,920 –> 00:49:33,000
\nhuman reasoning, the
\npervasiveness of of human <\/p>\n

718
\n00:49:33,000 –> 00:49:38,160
\narguments, the changing tides of
\npopular opinion it’s not swayed <\/p>\n

719
\n00:49:38,160 –> 00:49:42,000
\nby the philosophy of the world.
\nOur faith is rooted in the power<\/p>\n

720
\n00:49:42,000 –> 00:49:45,600
\nof God, a God that.
\nDoes not waver. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:49:46,160 –> 00:49:49,600
\nThat does not fade and that can
\nnever be shaken. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:49:56,840 –> 00:50:01,080
\nAnd you know the amazing.
\nThing is when I when I read <\/p>\n

723
\n00:50:01,080 –> 00:50:06,480
\nHebrews Chapter 11 and I read
\nthrough all those faithful men <\/p>\n

724
\n00:50:06,480 –> 00:50:10,800
\nand women who who believed in
\nthe existence of God and who <\/p>\n

725
\n00:50:10,800 –> 00:50:13,000
\nbelieved in God’s future for
\nthem. <\/p>\n

726
\n00:50:17,400 –> 00:50:22,120
\nAnd we read right at the end.
\nThat they lie in the grave, not <\/p>\n

727
\n00:50:22,120 –> 00:50:31,960
\nhaving received their promise
\nbecause God is waiting for us to<\/p>\n

728
\n00:50:31,960 –> 00:50:39,000
\nbe perfected.
\nAnd I think about what Abraham. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:50:39,000 –> 00:50:42,480
\nAnd and and.
\nJoseph and David and all those <\/p>\n

730
\n00:50:42,480 –> 00:50:45,280
\nothers that God is holding
\npatiently in the grave. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:50:47,560 –> 00:50:49,680
\nSurely those faithful that
\ndeserve. <\/p>\n

732
\n00:50:50,360 –> 00:50:54,120
\nThe promise of the future.
\nHe’s holding them there, <\/p>\n

733
\n00:50:54,200 –> 00:50:59,200
\nbrethren and sisters.
\nSo that in in this. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:50:59,200 –> 00:51:03,680
\nIntervening time that God has
\ngiven us, we might. <\/p>\n

735
\n00:51:03,920 –> 00:51:07,480
\nGet it?
\nRight in our relationship with <\/p>\n

736
\n00:51:07,480 –> 00:51:15,360
\nHim, so that when that day comes
\ntogether with them, we might be <\/p>\n

737
\n00:51:15,360 –> 00:51:19,120
\nmade perfect.
\nAnd that humbles me more than <\/p>\n

738
\n00:51:19,120 –> 00:51:26,080
\nyou can imagine.
\nThe apostle Paul says. <\/p>\n

739
\n00:51:26,320 –> 00:51:31,800
\nIn Romans chapter 10.
\nHe says if you therefore confess<\/p>\n

740
\n00:51:31,800 –> 00:51:34,040
\nwith your.
\nMouth that Jesus is Lord and you<\/p>\n

741
\n00:51:34,040 –> 00:51:39,520
\nbelieve in your heart that God
\nraised him from the dead, then <\/p>\n

742
\n00:51:39,520 –> 00:51:42,280
\nyou will be saved.
\nFor with the heart 1 believes <\/p>\n

743
\n00:51:42,280 –> 00:51:45,880
\nand is justified, and with the
\nmouth 1 confesses and is saved. <\/p>\n

744
\n00:51:45,880 –> 00:51:49,200
\nFor the scripture says everyone
\nthat believes in him, brethren <\/p>\n

745
\n00:51:49,200 –> 00:51:51,480
\nand sisters, will never be put
\nto shame. <\/p>\n

746
\n00:51:54,080 –> 00:51:55,920
\nAnd so let us, brethren and
\nsisters, live. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:51:55,920 –> 00:51:59,720
\nOut these remaining days, living
\nunashamed of the gospel of the <\/p>\n

748
\n00:51:59,720 –> 00:52:03,640
\nLord Jesus Christ, living
\nunashamed of the existence of <\/p>\n

749
\n00:52:03,640 –> 00:52:09,120
\nour God, being unashamed of his
\nfuture, being unashamed of the <\/p>\n

750
\n00:52:09,120 –> 00:52:13,600
\ntruth that he has given us.
\nThat’s in our hearts, that we <\/p>\n

751
\n00:52:13,600 –> 00:52:17,760
\nmight be separated from this
\nworld, set apart, that we might <\/p>\n

752
\n00:52:17,760 –> 00:52:23,000
\nset a boundary around us and.
\nAllow God into our lives. <\/p>\n

753
\n00:52:23,960 –> 00:52:29,800
\nThat we might be unashamed of
\nthe power of God to save us. <\/p>\n

754
\n00:52:33,680 –> 00:52:37,240
\nAnd when that great day arrives?
\nAnd the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

755
\n00:52:37,240 –> 00:52:41,440
\nChrist returns.
\nTo collect his own, he might. <\/p>\n

756
\n00:52:41,440 –> 00:52:44,120
\nSee our faith.
\nAnd he? <\/p>\n

757
\n00:52:44,120 –> 00:52:50,280
\nMight say I am.
\nUnashamed of us and that He will<\/p>\n

758
\n00:52:50,280 –> 00:52:52,400
\naccept us into God’s eternal
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:52:56,360 –> 00:52:59,400
\nAnd so I would just like to.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:52:59,400 –> 00:53:02,120
\nFor having.
\nMarnie and I come here this <\/p>\n

761
\n00:53:02,120 –> 00:53:06,000
\nweek.
\nI I love the schools, only the <\/p>\n

762
\n00:53:06,000 –> 00:53:11,320
\nsecond time I’ve ever been here,
\nbut God willing, we will come as<\/p>\n

763
\n00:53:11,320 –> 00:53:17,480
\noften as we can and I do pray
\nthat we might all continue to <\/p>\n

764
\n00:53:19,160 –> 00:53:24,320
\nflock together to fellow sheep
\ntogether, that our individual <\/p>\n

765
\n00:53:24,320 –> 00:53:29,080
\nlights might become a great
\nlight in our community to show <\/p>\n

766
\n00:53:29,080 –> 00:53:30,400
\nthe.
\nLight of God’s. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:53:30,400 –> 00:53:33,920
\nTruth and shine it at.
\nThe darkness of this world. <\/p>\n

768
\n00:53:34,840 –> 00:53:51,470
\nThank you.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

769
\n00:53:51,470 –> 00:53:53,070
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\nTalks podcast. <\/p>\n

770
\n00:53:53,870 –> 00:53:55,550
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\nIn your walk. <\/p>\n

771
\n00:53:55,750 –> 00:53:58,670
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\n00:53:58,670 –> 00:54:01,390
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773
\n00:54:01,390 –> 00:54:04,070
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774
\n00:54:05,190 –> 00:54:07,670
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776
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\n00:54:13,240 –> 00:54:17,120
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787
\n00:54:43,480 –> 00:54:45,440
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