Class 6 from this series was used in GCT Episode 349.<\/p>\n
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\nfor the week, Brother Sean
\nsnabling our theme for the week,<\/p>\n
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\nBe not Ashamed.
\nAnd this is his 6th and final <\/p>\n
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\nclass in his series under the
\ntitle The Power of God for the <\/p>\n
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\nSean.
\nWell, thank you. <\/p>\n
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\nThank you brother and welcome to
\nthe 6th class. <\/p>\n
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\nApparently I mentioned Marnie
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\nwon’t do that again.
\nThis week is, has been a week of<\/p>\n
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\nlearning for me and I do
\nappreciate all the all the <\/p>\n
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\ncomments and all the feedback
\nand all the great verses that I <\/p>\n
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\nforgot to put in.
\nAnd I try to sort of throw that <\/p>\n
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\nin at the end of every night.
\nAnd, and, and it seems like this<\/p>\n
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\nseries has struck a bit of a
\nchord with some of you as well. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ve, I’ve spoken with many
\nof you about these same trials <\/p>\n
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\nand issues and tribulations that
\nare happening within your life <\/p>\n
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\nas well.
\nAnd so if we go back to the <\/p>\n
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\ntheme of the very first class,
\nthat Paul makes this very <\/p>\n
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\npowerful and an emphatic
\nstatement, for I am not ashamed <\/p>\n
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\nof the gospel, for it is the
\npower of God for salvation to <\/p>\n
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\neveryone who believes.
\nI always wondered what what did,<\/p>\n
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\nwhat did Paul intend for us to
\nunderstand from that particular <\/p>\n
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\nproclamation that this gospel,
\nthis gospel is the power of God <\/p>\n
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\nfor salvation?
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is the power of God?
\nAnd how does it operate in our <\/p>\n
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\nlife?
\nBecause I think we see it in and<\/p>\n
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\naround us.
\nWe see this infinite. <\/p>\n
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\nPower of God, His omnipotence,
\nHis transcendent authority, His <\/p>\n
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\nsovereign rule over the
\nuniverse. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we also see his intimate
\npower, his personal <\/p>\n
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\nrelationships, and his
\ninvolvement with his creation <\/p>\n
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\nand with us.
\nBut sometimes we might see this <\/p>\n
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\ndichotomy between the infinite
\npower of God and the infinite <\/p>\n
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\nnature in which he works in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd sometimes we can see the one
\nand not see the other. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I want to try to to end
\nthis series this week by trying <\/p>\n
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\nto better understand what Paul
\nwould have us to know. <\/p>\n
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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
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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
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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. <\/p>\n
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\nAs we said at the start of the
\nweek, it’s not just words on a <\/p>\n
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\npage.
\nIt is a transformative power. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd just a few verses on from
\nthat, in Romans 1 and 20, the <\/p>\n
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\napostle Paul states for since
\nthe creation of the world, his <\/p>\n
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\ninvisible qualities, his eternal
\npower, his divine nature have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen clearly seen, being
\nunderstood from what has been <\/p>\n
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\nmade so that the people without
\nexcuse. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so there’s the infinite
\npower of God that is to be <\/p>\n
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\nmanifest, that we all might see,
\nso that we are without excuse. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I want to explore these
\ntwo aspects of God’s power, how <\/p>\n
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\nHis magnificent nature might be
\noppressed upon us, How is <\/p>\n
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\ninfinite and eternal nature
\nmight then be personalized for <\/p>\n
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\nus?
\nAnd one of the things that I, <\/p>\n
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\nthat I learned very early on,
\nand I can’t remember where this <\/p>\n
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\ncame from.
\nI, I, I attribute, you know, a <\/p>\n
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\nlot of things to my father.
\nAnd it might have been from him,<\/p>\n
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\nbut I heard at one point that in
\nGenesis chapter one, in the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning God.
\nAnd when you? <\/p>\n
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\nThink about God from that
\nperspective. <\/p>\n
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\nThen.
\nThen God has always existed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so when we think about the
\neternal power of God, that in <\/p>\n
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\nthe beginning there was God, he
\nhe had always existed. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has no beginning, He has no
\nend. <\/p>\n
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\nGod was independent and
\nself-sustaining as a universal <\/p>\n
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\nforce before even the the pages
\nof Genesis begin. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says in Psalm 90 and verse 2.
\nHe says before the mountains <\/p>\n
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\nwere brought forth or ever you
\nhad formed the earth in the <\/p>\n
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\nworld from everlasting to
\neverlasting, you are God. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says in Revelation, the last
\nbook of the Bible, it says I am <\/p>\n
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\nAlpha 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
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\nexist, but He exists always to
\nsustain all things. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is the source of all things.
\nEverything begins with Him. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s the, the first ’cause he’s
\nthe only agent. <\/p>\n
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\nthe, and the existence of him in<\/p>\n
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\nand reflect on, on how powerful <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a being that has always <\/p>\n
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\nexisted in John 1 and 3.
\nIt says through. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Isaiah 46 and 9 declares I <\/p>\n
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\nam God and there is no other.
\nI am God and there is none like <\/p>\n
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\nme.
\nI make known the ends from the <\/p>\n
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\nwhat is till now to come. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we understand his
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\nover everything.
\nGod is the central figure in the<\/p>\n
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\nunfolding story of the universe
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\nGod is a result of his power. <\/p>\n
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\nThe great singularity, they call<\/p>\n
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\nThe singular power in the <\/p>\n
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\nFashioned it and made the earth.
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\nAll of this that we have, he <\/p>\n
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\ncreated it for a purpose and and
\nwe can think he created it for <\/p>\n
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\nus and and he did in in that
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\nAnd with him there is no end.
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\nOh my God, I say, take me not
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\never.
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\nLord Jesus Christ says in John <\/p>\n
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\nGod is everlasting and the life
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\npromised eternal life and a
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\nwhich which is is mind blowing
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\nAnd so when we started this this<\/p>\n
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\nexistence of God, surely, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause that’s where we’re
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\nThe psalmist continues in in
\nPsalm 102, Speaking of the <\/p>\n
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\ntemporal nature of of the things
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\nThey shall perish, but thou
\nshalt injury. <\/p>\n
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\nA.
\nAll of them shall wax old like a<\/p>\n
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\ngarment, as a vester there shall
\nchange them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they will be changed.
\nBut thou art the same, O God, <\/p>\n
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\nand thy years have no end.
\nGod is immutable. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople change, brethren and
\nsisters, Circumstances <\/p>\n
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\nfluctuate.
\nThe world itself is transient <\/p>\n
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\nand all the things that it does.
\nBut God never changes. <\/p>\n
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\nGod is eternal, and His promises
\nare everlasting. <\/p>\n
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\nYour Kingdom is an everlasting
\nKingdom, and your dominion <\/p>\n
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\nendures throughout all
\ngenerations. <\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t very often quote from
\nLamentations, but not very <\/p>\n
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\noften.
\nYou hear a Bible class series on<\/p>\n
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\nLamentations, but.
\nIt is just full of unbelievable <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom, and I love this.
\nThe steadfast love of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nnever ceases.
\nHis mercies never come to an <\/p>\n
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\nend.
\nThey are new every morning. <\/p>\n
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\nGreat is thy faithfulness.
\nAnd so this brethren and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, this is the God that we
\ncan believe in the God that <\/p>\n
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\nalways was and the God that will
\nalways be and we can rest <\/p>\n
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\nassured in our future because of
\nit. <\/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
\nis manifest in the infinite that<\/p>\n
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\nwe read in Genesis chapter one
\nthat 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.
\nYou created my 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, and it’s, it’s <\/p>\n
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\nimportant for us to also
\nunderstand because we can have a<\/p>\n
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\nproblem if we focus on one or
\nthe other. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and, and the churches all
\naround us, they trivialize the <\/p>\n
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\npower of God because they focus
\non the intimate power of God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it becomes their faith
\nbecomes about them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God is their personal
\nsavior. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve even heard somebody say
\nthat my God is my personal genie<\/p>\n
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\nthat I can pull out at any time
\nthat I want. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we focus too much on the
\nintimate nature of God’s purpose<\/p>\n
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\nwith us, that our whole
\nexistence can become about us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if there’s one thing we’ve
\nlearned in in reading and <\/p>\n
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\nThe Pharisees did this at the
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\nexample of where both of these
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\nbest Pharisee in the best way.
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\nbut when things changed, so did
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\nJob 26 and verse 7, we’re going
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\nhis sick cloud.
\nJob talks about also the <\/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
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\nHe even says in Job 26 and 14.
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\nWho can truly know how great God
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\nThat’s what Job says.
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\nBut that was all set aside when
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\nthe fearful mystery of his
\nunknown purpose. <\/p>\n
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\ncaring and, and bringing <\/p>\n
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\nblessings to us.
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\nchanges and what happens, just
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\nAnd eventually, as Job did, he
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\nsaw God as a poor ruler of his
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\npushback for that when I first
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\nThey’re like, well, that no,
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\ndestructive.
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\nman be in the right before God
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\nJob says one could not answer
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\nhe moves mountains and they know
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\nplace, its pillars tremble.
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\nwhose seals up the stars. <\/p>\n
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\nBehold, he passes me by and I
\ncan’t even see him. <\/p>\n
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\nHe moves on, I can’t even
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\nLook, he snatches away.
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\nWho will say, What are you
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\nThis was a God that Job saw as
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\nrebuilt, those he in prisons
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\ndestruction.
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\nofficials long established.
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\ndivisors, and he takes away the
\ndiscernment of elders. <\/p>\n
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\ndestroys them. <\/p>\n
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\ndisperses them. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is sitting in in dust and
\nashes, scraping the boils on his<\/p>\n
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\nskin with a piece of pottery.
\nThat is what this man has been <\/p>\n
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\nsense, brethren and sisters, the
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\ndoesn’t explain he elevates.
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\nprospering, but look at me. <\/p>\n
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\nGod has walled up my way so that<\/p>\n
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\nI cannot pass, and He has set
\ndarkness upon my past. <\/p>\n
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\nand that God doesn’t care, and <\/p>\n
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\nFeel this in the suffering of
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\noften look back on our lives and
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\nmanufacture, we punch out these
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\nin the depths of our suffering <\/p>\n
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\nwhat his friend said. <\/p>\n
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\nrighteous and he curses the <\/p>\n
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\nmust have been wicked.
\nWe need to have an understanding<\/p>\n
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\nthat is unlike what Job had that
\nthat that that actually our pain<\/p>\n
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\nThat is actually God showing us
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\nhuman nature. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:24,480 –> 00:23:27,160
\nBut this is not our God.
\nAnd we must understand the <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:27,160 –> 00:23:30,960
\nnature of God and God’s power in
\norder to understand God’s <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:31,000 –> 00:23:34,040
\nnature.
\nAnd so Job needed a mediator. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:34,400 –> 00:23:37,440
\nAnd Job cries out for three
\nsolid chapters. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:37,560 –> 00:23:39,680
\nHe tells us all the wonderful
\nthings that he did. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:39,680 –> 00:23:41,320
\nMy steps were washed with
\nbutter. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:41,440 –> 00:23:44,880
\nI made a covenant with my eyes
\nbecause does God not see this? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:45,000 –> 00:23:47,640
\nWhat did I do wrong?
\nI was just and fair. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:47,640 –> 00:23:49,600
\nI helped others.
\nI didn’t trust in riches. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:49,600 –> 00:23:52,120
\nI wasn’t an idolater.
\nI’m hospitable. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:52,120 –> 00:24:00,800
\nI stand up for truth.
\nThe problem that Job had was he <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:00,800 –> 00:24:04,280
\nstood on the pedestal of his own
\nself righteousness and he <\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:04,280 –> 00:24:06,800
\ncouldn’t climb down because of
\nthe power of his own pride. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:09,280 –> 00:24:11,960
\nBut job did look.
\nFor somebody to mediate for him.<\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:11,960 –> 00:24:15,080
\nBut initially when we think
\nabout Job’s words, it was in the<\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:15,080 –> 00:24:18,400
\nform of a trial.
\nHe wanted to bring God to trial,<\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:19,000 –> 00:24:26,560
\nto try God on his injustice and
\nhis unmerciful behavior says in <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:26,560 –> 00:24:30,080
\nJob 9 and 32, God is not a mere
\nmortal like me, that I might <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:30,080 –> 00:24:32,840
\nanswer him, that we might
\nconfront each other in court and<\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:32,840 –> 00:24:34,400
\nuses.
\nThere’s all this terminology in <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:34,400 –> 00:24:37,400
\nthe book of Job about a
\ncourtroom and how that he he <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:37,400 –> 00:24:40,480
\nneeds to be vindicated.
\nIf only, he says, there was <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:40,480 –> 00:24:45,200
\nsomeone to mediate between us,
\nsomeone to intercede, someone to<\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:45,200 –> 00:24:48,240
\nbring us together, someone to
\nremove God’s rod from me, he <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:48,240 –> 00:24:51,280
\nsays, so that his terror would
\nnot frighten me anymore. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:52,320 –> 00:24:55,120
\nThen Job says I would speak
\nwithout fear of him, but as it <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:55,120 –> 00:25:04,200
\nnow stands with me, I cannot.
\nThe words for mediatorship and <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:04,200 –> 00:25:08,760
\nintercessor come up almost 30
\ntimes in the book of Job. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:14,150 –> 00:25:15,790
\nAnd then Elihu comes on the
\nscene. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:17,390 –> 00:25:22,870
\nAnd Elihu was Job’s mediator.
\nAnd Elihu, among a number of <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:22,870 –> 00:25:24,950
\nthings that he said, which was
\njust beautiful, he. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:25,280 –> 00:25:30,280
\nHe lines up all of Job’s
\naccusations and he answers every<\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:30,280 –> 00:25:34,800
\nsingle one of them.
\nAnd he says in Job 33 and verse <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:34,800 –> 00:25:38,400
\n23 says if there be for him an
\nAngel, a mediator, or an <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:38,400 –> 00:25:42,320
\nintercessor one in 1000 to
\ndeclare to man what is right for<\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:42,320 –> 00:25:44,440
\nhim.
\nAnd he is merciful to him and <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:44,440 –> 00:25:46,760
\nsays deliver him from going down
\nto the pit. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:46,760 –> 00:25:50,080
\nI have found a ransom which
\nmeans a covering and a price of <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:50,080 –> 00:25:53,440
\nredemption.
\nLet his flesh become the flesh <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:53,440 –> 00:25:55,080
\nof youth.
\nLet him return to the days of <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:55,080 –> 00:25:59,520
\nhis youthful vigor.
\nThen man prays to God, Elihu <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:59,520 –> 00:26:05,000
\nsays.
\nAnd God accepts him, and he sees<\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:05,000 –> 00:26:08,120
\nhis face with a shout of joy,
\nand he restores to man his <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:08,120 –> 00:26:10,840
\nrighteousness.
\nAnd so we don’t have time to <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:10,840 –> 00:26:14,840
\ncover all the amazing things
\nthat that Elihu said to bring <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:15,120 –> 00:26:19,000
\nJob off of his pedestal of
\nself-righteous pride. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:21,120 –> 00:26:25,720
\nElihu was preparing Job to meet
\nhis God, And we know the whole <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:25,720 –> 00:26:27,880
\ntime that Elihu was speaking,
\nwhat’s happening? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:28,400 –> 00:26:31,240
\nA storm is brewing all around
\nthem. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:31,240 –> 00:26:33,400
\nAnd one of the young people
\nasked me, do you think all the <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:33,400 –> 00:26:35,760
\nfriends were still there?
\nI thought, Oh yes, they were all<\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:35,760 –> 00:26:37,320
\nthere, Job and his three
\nfriends. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:37,440 –> 00:26:39,760
\nAnd Elihu was the youngest,
\nwhich is why he spoke last. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:39,760 –> 00:26:45,240
\nAnd even when God starts to
\nspeak, they’re all listening <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:45,240 –> 00:26:49,960
\nbecause Elihu and God both say
\nthings that needed to be <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:49,960 –> 00:26:52,160
\nunderstood by those three
\nfriends. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:52,160 –> 00:26:54,840
\nIt says in Job 33 and 31, Eli
\nwho’s speaking, says pay <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:54,840 –> 00:26:57,520
\nattention to Job, listen to me,
\nbe silent, and I will speak. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:57,760 –> 00:27:01,240
\nIf you have any words answered
\nto me, speak for I desire to <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:01,240 –> 00:27:03,720
\njustify you.
\nAnd that word in the Hebrew <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:03,720 –> 00:27:08,080
\nmeans to make you right before
\nyour God. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:12,640 –> 00:27:18,080
\nIf Eli, who by the grace of God
\nhad not been inserted. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:19,560 –> 00:27:25,440
\nInto this conversation with Job,
\nI believe Job would have been <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:25,440 –> 00:27:31,800
\nconsumed in the storm.
\nEli, who started the process of <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:31,800 –> 00:27:38,240
\nreconciling Job to his God in
\nanswering his questions and <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:38,240 –> 00:27:41,160
\nhelping him to understand the
\nthings that God was then going <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:41,160 –> 00:27:43,520
\nto tell him.
\nAnd then Job is brought before <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:43,520 –> 00:27:47,920
\nhis God.
\nAnd God answers Job out of the <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:47,920 –> 00:27:50,360
\nwhirlwind.
\nTurn to Job chapter 38 and out <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:50,360 –> 00:27:52,800
\nof the whirlwind and out of the
\nstorm that had been building all<\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:52,800 –> 00:27:55,240
\nall of this time.
\nAnd we can think about it maybe,<\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:55,240 –> 00:27:58,520
\nas God’s wrath is just brewing
\nout there. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:58,720 –> 00:28:00,680
\nChapter 38 and verse 2.
\nWho is this? <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:00,680 –> 00:28:02,760
\nThe Darkens Council with words
\nwithout knowledge. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:02,760 –> 00:28:06,440
\nDress for action, job action
\nlike a man, and I will question <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:06,440 –> 00:28:08,200
\nyou, and you will make it known
\nto me. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:09,400 –> 00:28:12,000
\nAnd then what God does is
\nabsolutely beautiful. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:13,600 –> 00:28:19,360
\nHe begins to show out of the.
\nInfinite power that he possesses<\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:20,400 –> 00:28:27,840
\nthe intimate nature of his care.
\nAnd God begins to ask by saying <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:27,840 –> 00:28:30,120
\nto Job in in in 38 and verse
\nfour. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:30,360 –> 00:28:32,720
\nJob, where were you when I laid
\nthe foundation of the earth? <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:33,280 –> 00:28:36,000
\nTell me if you understand who
\nmarked off its dimensions. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:36,160 –> 00:28:39,160
\nSurely you know Job who
\nstretched the measuring line <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:39,160 –> 00:28:42,680
\nacross it.
\nThis man Job, who who did <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:42,680 –> 00:28:46,480
\nunderstand the terrifying
\nmajestic power of his God, <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:46,800 –> 00:28:50,400
\ndidn’t have any idea how it
\nworked. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:54,320 –> 00:28:57,040
\nVerse 8 God continues by
\ndescribing how he controls the <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:57,040 –> 00:29:00,640
\nboundaries of the Seas.
\nSo the storms that Job saw as <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:00,640 –> 00:29:04,160
\nonly destructive, Whatever God
\ndid when he closed the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:04,160 –> 00:29:06,080
\nstorehouses and when he opened
\nthem up, it didn’t matter. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:06,080 –> 00:29:08,080
\nThere was either drought or
\nthere was calamity. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:10,160 –> 00:29:14,200
\nGod says, who shut up the sea
\nbehind, behind its doors when it<\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:14,200 –> 00:29:17,080
\nburst forth from the womb.
\nWhen, when I fix the limits for <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:17,080 –> 00:29:20,480
\nit and I set the doors and the
\nand the bars in place, God is <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:20,480 –> 00:29:23,600
\nsaying, Job, I’ve always been in
\ncontrol of creation. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:23,600 –> 00:29:26,400
\nIt’s not destructive.
\nThis is how I created it. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:26,800 –> 00:29:28,480
\nI’m the one that’s holding it
\nback. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:28,480 –> 00:29:30,600
\nI’m holding it from becoming
\nchaotic. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:32,280 –> 00:29:34,960
\nThen God speaks about the
\nprovision of, of the creatures. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:34,960 –> 00:29:39,520
\nHe says to Job, Do you hunt the
\nprey for the lioness to satisfy <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:39,520 –> 00:29:41,760
\nthe hunger of the lions when
\nthey Crouch in their dens or <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:41,760 –> 00:29:44,600
\nthey lie in wait in the thicket?
\nAnd Job 38 and 39. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:44,600 –> 00:29:47,560
\nHe also describes how he
\nprovides for the Raven. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:47,680 –> 00:29:50,680
\nWho provides food for the Raven
\nwhen the young cry out to God <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:50,680 –> 00:29:52,000
\nand wander about for lack of
\nfood? <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:52,000 –> 00:29:54,600
\nIs that you, Job?
\nDo you do that? <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:56,440 –> 00:30:02,520
\nI do that Job God goes on to
\ntalk to Job about the things in <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:02,520 –> 00:30:06,120
\nthe inanimate and the animate
\ncreation. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:07,400 –> 00:30:13,080
\nThe smallest attention to detail
\nour God has in his purview and <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:13,080 –> 00:30:15,080
\nthroughout his speeches God
\ndescribes this intimate <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:15,080 –> 00:30:17,520
\nknowledge and The smallest
\ndetails on earth, whether it’s <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:17,520 –> 00:30:19,800
\nthe feeding of the young
\nanimals, the timing of the birth<\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:19,800 –> 00:30:22,200
\nand the wild creatures, the
\nmovement of the stars, the <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:22,200 –> 00:30:25,000
\nfalling of the.
\nRain in a desolate place in Job <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:25,160 –> 00:30:32,040
\n38 and 26, God shows that
\nnothing escapes his notice. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:33,880 –> 00:30:40,560
\nAnd nothing escapes his care and
\nultimately God’s. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:41,880 –> 00:30:44,040
\nGod’s speech.
\nReveals that not only does he <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:44,040 –> 00:30:51,200
\ncare for his creation, but God
\ncares for Job by engaging <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:51,200 –> 00:30:54,080
\ndirectly with Job when when when
\nJob didn’t even know it was <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:54,080 –> 00:30:56,400
\nhappening.
\nGod shows that he’s been present<\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:56,400 –> 00:30:58,520
\nand active in Job’s life all
\nalong. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:58,520 –> 00:31:01,840
\nThough Job couldn’t understand
\nwhy he suffered, God was there. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:04,000 –> 00:31:06,800
\nGod’s response shows that his
\nwisdom and his power and his <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:06,800 –> 00:31:10,000
\nlove, we’re always there.
\nYou don’t need to turn this up <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:10,000 –> 00:31:12,840
\nand listen to one of the things
\nthat Job says in his long <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:13,320 –> 00:31:16,640
\nrambling monologue about all the
\nthings that were amazing about <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:16,640 –> 00:31:19,920
\nhis life in in chapters 29 and
\n30 and 31. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:19,920 –> 00:31:22,480
\nThis is what he says in in Job
\n29 and 19. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:24,240 –> 00:31:28,480
\nHe says I was like a tree whose
\nroots always have water and <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:28,480 –> 00:31:33,840
\nwhose branches are wet with dew
\nand have the many answers, <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:33,880 –> 00:31:36,720
\ndirect answers that God made
\nagainst the claims of Job. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:36,720 –> 00:31:39,200
\nThis is what God says in chapter
\n38 and verse 28. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:39,680 –> 00:31:46,000
\nHe says Job.
\nDoes either the rain or the dew <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:46,000 –> 00:31:50,600
\nhave a father?
\nWhat God was saying to Job, He <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:50,600 –> 00:31:53,960
\nwas saying, Job, I was the one
\nthat watered your roots. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:54,120 –> 00:31:59,360
\nI was the dew on your branches.
\nI was the one sustaining you all<\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:59,360 –> 00:32:02,280
\nthat time and all the times of
\nblessing and all the good things<\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:02,280 –> 00:32:03,240
\nthat were happening in your
\nlife. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:03,560 –> 00:32:07,280
\nThat was me.
\nThat was me strengthening you. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:12,760 –> 00:32:16,400
\nWe can often see God like that,
\nbenevolent in the good times, <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:16,400 –> 00:32:18,840
\nyet walled off and distant in
\nthe times of our trial. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:21,120 –> 00:32:24,480
\nA lot of this is born of trial
\nbrethren and sisters when we’re <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:24,480 –> 00:32:27,720
\nin distress, as Job was, and and
\nthat clouds our judgement. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:27,720 –> 00:32:30,880
\nIt makes it very difficult to
\nsee and understand what God is <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:30,880 –> 00:32:34,360
\nactually doing.
\nThat God was always there, that <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:34,360 –> 00:32:42,560
\nGod is always there carrying us
\nthrough the trial and Elihu. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:42,560 –> 00:32:44,320
\nAnd then God points this out to
\nhim. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:45,040 –> 00:32:47,800
\nThis is a fundamental process,
\nbrethren and sisters, that we <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:47,800 –> 00:32:50,160
\nall must go through because in
\nthe end, through all the trial <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:50,160 –> 00:32:53,480
\nand suffering, Job finally sees
\nthe beautiful balance of the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:53,480 –> 00:32:56,600
\ninfinite and the intimate
\ncharacter of his God. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:57,760 –> 00:33:00,240
\nAnd it couldn’t be brought out
\nany more beautifully than Job <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:00,480 –> 00:33:03,160
\nchapter 42 in turn.
\nLet’s turn to that passage. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:06,040 –> 00:33:10,240
\nIt says in Job chapter 42 and
\nfive after God had finally <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:10,240 –> 00:33:18,440
\nfinished speaking, Job says to
\nGod, he says I had heard of you <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:20,040 –> 00:33:27,400
\nby the hearing of the ear, but
\nnow mine eyes see you. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:31,640 –> 00:33:36,400
\nAnd it took the devastating
\ntrial that God himself brought <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:36,400 –> 00:33:43,160
\non this just and righteous man
\nto fix the relationship that was<\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:43,160 –> 00:33:47,640
\nbroken.
\nJob needed to develop and <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:47,640 –> 00:33:52,120
\nunderstand that God’s power,
\nGod’s infinite power, is there <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:52,120 –> 00:33:54,960
\nto address all the amazing
\nthings in the universe. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:56,240 –> 00:33:59,560
\nBut most importantly, that we
\nmight understand how God can <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:59,560 –> 00:34:05,920
\nthen intimately care for us so
\nthat even through our trial, God<\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:05,920 –> 00:34:08,440
\nmight be manifest.
\nEven through the good times in <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:08,440 –> 00:34:13,000
\nour life, God is manifest in
\neverything that we do. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:18,239 –> 00:34:22,480
\nWhat is important, brothers and
\nsisters, is not that we suffer. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:23,960 –> 00:34:28,560
\nWhat is important, brothers and
\nsisters, is how we respond to <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:28,560 –> 00:34:32,880
\nour suffering.
\nListen to what Elihu says in Job<\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:32,880 –> 00:34:35,800
\n36 and 11.
\nThis is just one of the many <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:35,840 –> 00:34:42,000
\namazing things that this
\nintercessor was able to do for <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:42,000 –> 00:34:45,560
\nJob.
\nHe says to Job in in chapter 36 <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:45,560 –> 00:34:47,440
\nand 11.
\nHe says if they listen to him, <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:47,440 –> 00:34:49,960
\nhim being God, if they listen to
\nhim and they complete their days<\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:49,960 –> 00:34:54,840
\nin prosperity and their years in
\npleasantness, right? <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:54,840 –> 00:34:58,960
\nSo if if we listen to God and we
\nwe serve him, then we can <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:58,960 –> 00:35:02,600
\ncomplete our days in prosperity
\nand our years in pleasantness. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:03,960 –> 00:35:07,240
\nThen he says in verse 15,
\nRemember Job? <\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:09,480 –> 00:35:13,000
\nAnd and you see the the lead up
\nto this really with Elihu was <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:13,280 –> 00:35:17,240
\nthat one of the things he had to
\naddress with Job, as Job had <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:17,240 –> 00:35:20,920
\nsaid, God doesn’t communicate.
\nI, I cried justice and he <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:20,920 –> 00:35:24,000
\ndoesn’t hear.
\nAnd Elihu said, no, God does <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:24,000 –> 00:35:26,200
\ncommunicate.
\nHe he communicates in many ways.<\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:26,640 –> 00:35:29,480
\nHe communicates by dream.
\nHe communicates by vision. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:29,600 –> 00:35:33,000
\nHe communicates by the way, by
\ntrial and suffering. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:34,240 –> 00:35:37,400
\nOh, and by the way, Job, God
\ndoesn’t communicate with the <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:37,400 –> 00:35:39,440
\nprideful.
\nHe says that to Job. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:40,240 –> 00:35:42,560
\nBut listen to what he says in
\nJob 36 and 15. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:42,560 –> 00:35:46,880
\nIn answering that claim of Job’s
\ninability to hear God speaking <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:46,880 –> 00:35:51,160
\nto him through his trolley, says
\nJob, God delivers the afflicted <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:51,240 –> 00:35:55,520
\nby their affliction, and he
\nopens their ears because of <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:55,520 –> 00:35:58,680
\ntheir adversity.
\nAnd we have to remember this, <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:59,680 –> 00:36:03,800
\nbrethren and sisters, the two
\naspects of God’s great power, <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:04,920 –> 00:36:08,800
\nHis infinite power.
\nAnd the intimate nature of his <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:08,800 –> 00:36:11,920
\ncare for us and, and, and we
\nneed to understand the infinite <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:11,920 –> 00:36:14,240
\npower of God.
\nIt becomes for us the foundation<\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:14,240 –> 00:36:16,640
\nof worship.
\nAnd Job worshipped God. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:17,200 –> 00:36:20,720
\nHe was in awe of God.
\nHe he respected His Majesty and <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:20,720 –> 00:36:23,840
\nhis glory.
\nJeremiah speaks of this. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:23,840 –> 00:36:26,320
\nNo one is like you, Lord, you
\nare great and your name is <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:26,320 –> 00:36:28,760
\nmighty in power.
\nWho should not fear you, king of<\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:28,760 –> 00:36:31,600
\nnations?
\nAnd so we need to understand the<\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:31,600 –> 00:36:35,080
\ninfinite power of God is there,
\nthat we might bow in reverence <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:35,360 –> 00:36:39,120
\nto God’s almighty power, that we
\nmight recognize the place of His<\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:39,120 –> 00:36:42,240
\nsovereignty and His Majesty to
\nbring us to worship Him. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:43,760 –> 00:36:48,440
\nPsalm 95 says the sea is His,
\nfor he made it, and his hands <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:48,440 –> 00:36:50,920
\nform the dry land.
\nOh, come, and let us worship and<\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:50,920 –> 00:36:53,440
\nbow down.
\nLet us kneel before the God of <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:53,440 –> 00:36:57,200
\nour making.
\nAnd so we need to understand <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:57,200 –> 00:36:59,920
\nthese things, brothers and
\nsisters, by seeing the hand of <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:59,920 –> 00:37:03,920
\nGod in the grandeur and the
\nmajesty and the vastness of <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:03,920 –> 00:37:06,880
\ncreation and its control over
\nthe whole universe, that we can <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:06,880 –> 00:37:12,880
\ntruly appreciate His greatness.
\nThat if we can believe in all of<\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:12,880 –> 00:37:19,080
\nthese things, that God can do
\nall of this in nature, that God <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:19,080 –> 00:37:25,600
\ncan take care of this.
\nThat’s what I think He needs us <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:25,600 –> 00:37:34,400
\nto understand, and it brings us
\nto faith. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:36,120 –> 00:37:39,480
\nOnce we understand the awesome
\npower of our God and the things <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:39,480 –> 00:37:43,360
\nthat He has done, the things
\nthat He is doing, and the things<\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:43,360 –> 00:37:46,400
\nthat He will do in this world
\nand with each and every one of <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:46,400 –> 00:37:49,120
\nus, we can have faith.
\nOur understanding of God’s power<\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:49,120 –> 00:37:51,440
\nbuilds faith.
\nIsaiah 46 and 10 says, declaring<\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:51,440 –> 00:37:53,760
\nthe end from the beginning.
\nMy ancient times, the things <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:53,880 –> 00:37:56,600
\nthat have yet come, saying My
\ncounsel shall stand and I will <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:56,600 –> 00:38:00,840
\naccomplish all of my purpose.
\nIf we know that God is capable <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:00,840 –> 00:38:04,280
\nof all things, then He will
\nbring that promise to pass. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:05,040 –> 00:38:09,040
\nIt’s faith building that we can
\nalways rely on our God. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:09,960 –> 00:38:14,120
\nIf we believe that He exists and
\nwe have faith that what God says<\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:14,120 –> 00:38:17,400
\nwill come to pass in the future,
\nthen we will rely on that <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:17,400 –> 00:38:24,120
\noutcome and it will direct our
\npaths every single day. 2 to <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:24,120 –> 00:38:30,640
\nEphesians chapter 1 it’s very
\nwonderful message in the New <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:30,640 –> 00:38:32,560
\nTestament about this this very
\nfact. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:36,720 –> 00:38:41,240
\nEphesians chapter 1 starting at
\nverse 9, he says, making known <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:41,240 –> 00:38:44,800
\nto us the mystery of his will
\naccording to his purpose, which <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:44,800 –> 00:38:48,160
\nhe set forth in Christ as a plan
\nfor the fullness of time to <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:48,160 –> 00:38:51,320
\nunite all things in him, being
\nin heaven, and things on the <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:51,320 –> 00:38:54,160
\nearth in him we have it obtained
\nan inheritance, having been. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:54,480 –> 00:38:57,480
\nPredestined according to the
\npurpose of Him who works all <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:57,480 –> 00:39:01,840
\nthings according to the counsel
\nof His will, so that we who were<\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:01,840 –> 00:39:06,720
\nfirst to hope in Christ might be
\nto the praise of His glory in <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:06,720 –> 00:39:09,040
\nHim.
\nYou also, the apostle Paul goes <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:09,040 –> 00:39:11,720
\non to say, when you heard of the
\nword of truth, the gospel of <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:11,720 –> 00:39:15,760
\nyour salvation and believed in
\nHim were sealed with the promise<\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:15,760 –> 00:39:18,600
\nof the Holy Spirit, who is the
\nguarantee of our inheritance, <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:18,800 –> 00:39:21,840
\nuntil we acquire possession of
\nit to the praise of His glory. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:23,600 –> 00:39:26,840
\nAnd so, brethren and sisters,
\nknowing this, we can stand firm <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:26,840 –> 00:39:33,000
\nin our belief that God has
\nalready made it a reality for <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:33,000 –> 00:39:37,640
\nus.
\nAnd that includes the salvation <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:37,640 –> 00:39:41,000
\nthat we’ve been promised, the
\nguarantee of our inheritance. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:43,840 –> 00:39:45,880
\nAnd this is how our knowledge
\nand our understanding and our <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:45,880 –> 00:39:48,720
\nacceptance of God’s great and
\ninfinite power gives us <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:48,720 –> 00:39:53,840
\nconfidence and faith that God
\ncan and He will do all that He <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:53,840 –> 00:39:59,200
\nhas said, that if you can do all
\nthose things, surely He can do <\/p>\n
589
\n00:39:59,200 –> 00:40:04,480
\nthat in US.
\nAnd so the infinite becomes the <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:04,480 –> 00:40:06,760
\nintimate in our lives.
\nAnd I love these verses because <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:06,760 –> 00:40:09,840
\nit marries these two attributes
\nof God’s power perfectly <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:09,840 –> 00:40:12,200
\ntogether.
\nFor this is what the high and <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:12,200 –> 00:40:14,800
\nexalted One says.
\nHe who lives forever, whose name<\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:14,800 –> 00:40:19,920
\nis holy, I live in a high and a
\nholy place, the infinite power <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:19,920 –> 00:40:21,080
\nof God.
\nBut. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:23,040 –> 00:40:27,800
\nBut also with the one who is
\ncontrite and lowly in spirit to <\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:27,800 –> 00:40:31,080
\nrevive the spirit of the lowly
\nand revive the heart of the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:31,080 –> 00:40:41,280
\ncontrite, the intimate nature of
\nGod’s power turn up to Acts <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:41,400 –> 00:40:49,280
\nchapter 17, Acts chapter 17,
\nstarting at verse 24. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:50,880 –> 00:40:54,120
\nBecause again we we have here
\nagain the the infinite power <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:54,640 –> 00:40:58,440
\nbalanced with the intimate use
\nof of God’s love in our lives. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:59,400 –> 00:41:01,880
\nAnd this was Paul speaking to
\nthe philosophers in the in the <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:01,880 –> 00:41:05,800
\nacademics.
\nAt up at Mars Hill and he says <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:05,800 –> 00:41:09,040
\nfirst God is powerful.
\nVerse 24 The God who made the <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:09,040 –> 00:41:12,760
\nworld and everything in it is
\nthe Lord of heaven and earth and<\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:12,760 –> 00:41:15,080
\ndoes not live in temples built
\nby human hands. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:15,080 –> 00:41:18,320
\nAnd he is not served by human
\nhands as if he needed anything. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:20,080 –> 00:41:24,880
\nRather he gives everyone life
\nand breath and everything else <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:25,280 –> 00:41:27,640
\nfrom one man.
\nHe made the nations that they <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:27,640 –> 00:41:29,520
\nshould inhabit the whole earth
\nand he marked out their <\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:29,520 –> 00:41:31,800
\nappointed times in history in
\nthe boundaries of their their <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:31,800 –> 00:41:34,000
\nlands.
\nAnd then God becomes personal, <\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:34,480 –> 00:41:38,640
\nand God did this.
\nSo that would seek him and <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:38,640 –> 00:41:45,160
\nperhaps reach out for him and
\nfind him, and he is not far from<\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:45,160 –> 00:41:52,080
\nany one of us.
\nAnd then Paul puts the capstone,<\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:52,080 –> 00:41:56,880
\nI think, on that statement.
\nHe says, for in him we live and <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:56,880 –> 00:42:04,560
\nmove and have our being.
\nGod’s purpose is to inhabit this<\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:04,560 –> 00:42:09,040
\nearth with his glory.
\nGod’s purpose is also that we <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:09,040 –> 00:42:20,110
\nwould be part of that glory in
\nGod’s power as we opened in <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:20,110 –> 00:42:25,280
\nGod’s infinite power bound up in
\nthat is his power to save. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:25,280 –> 00:42:34,140
\nTurn to first Peter chapter 1.
\nYou know, we can have all kinds <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:34,140 –> 00:42:40,500
\nof wonderful relationships in
\nthis world and and and we do we <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:40,500 –> 00:42:42,140
\ncan have wonderful relationships
\nin our life. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:42,180 –> 00:42:46,340
\nBest friends, husbands, wives,
\nthe close relationships of <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:46,340 –> 00:42:49,100
\nfamily that the relationships we
\nhave within our ecclesial <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:49,100 –> 00:42:52,400
\ncommunity.
\nAnd the love. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:52,400 –> 00:42:55,360
\nThat is shared and the
\nfriendship that we share in <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:55,360 –> 00:42:58,400
\nthose relationships and those
\nrelationships, as wonderful as <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:58,400 –> 00:43:03,080
\nthey are, they are not perfect
\nand they will fail in mortality,<\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:08,910 –> 00:43:10,790
\nbut they develop our
\nunderstanding and our and our <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:10,790 –> 00:43:16,550
\ndependence.
\nThose human relationships help <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:16,550 –> 00:43:22,600
\nus develop an understanding of
\nthat reciprocity that we need to<\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:22,600 –> 00:43:24,880
\nhave the give and the take in
\nthe relationship. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:24,920 –> 00:43:27,600
\nAnd and those relationships, I
\nbelieve, are allegorical to the <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:27,600 –> 00:43:30,280
\none relationship that stands
\nabove them all, the relationship<\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:30,280 –> 00:43:36,160
\nthat we have with our God and
\nour Father and with His Son, the<\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:36,160 –> 00:43:40,760
\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nWho did not? <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:40,760 –> 00:43:44,880
\nSpare his own son, as Paul says
\nin Romans 8, but gave him up for<\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:44,880 –> 00:43:48,120
\nus all.
\nHow will he not also, along with<\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:48,120 –> 00:43:50,640
\nhim, graciously give us all
\nthings? <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:52,000 –> 00:43:54,560
\nAnd so the intimate nature of
\nGod’s love was manifest in the <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:54,560 –> 00:43:57,920
\ngiving of His only Son, that we
\nmight be saved. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:58,200 –> 00:44:02,720
\nAnd if we think of the pain and
\nthe agony that God endured as <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:02,720 –> 00:44:07,640
\nHis perfect Son was sacrificed
\nto cleanse our filthy garments, <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:10,320 –> 00:44:15,680
\nthat we might be made clean
\nbecause no other relationship, <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:17,560 –> 00:44:22,960
\nbrethren and sisters, can save
\nus from ourselves, only the <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:22,960 –> 00:44:24,800
\nDivine.
\nRelationship that we have with <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:24,800 –> 00:44:34,520
\nGod through His Son.
\nFirst Peter chapter 1 starting <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:34,520 –> 00:44:36,200
\nverse 3.
\nBlessed be the God and Father of<\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:36,200 –> 00:44:40,200
\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
\nBy His mercy He gave us a new <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:40,200 –> 00:44:44,280
\nbirth into a living hope through
\nthe resurrection of Jesus Christ<\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:44,280 –> 00:44:49,160
\nfrom the dead, that is, unto an
\ninheritance imperishable. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:49,600 –> 00:44:53,840
\nUndefiled, unfading, it is
\nreserved in heaven for you, who <\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:53,840 –> 00:44:57,640
\nby God’s power are protected
\nthrough faith for a salvation <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:57,640 –> 00:44:59,600
\nready to be revealed in the last
\ntime. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:45:03,480 –> 00:45:06,240
\nAnd so we understand the
\nintimate nature of God’s power. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:45:06,240 –> 00:45:09,840
\nBut the the intimate nature of
\nGod’s power offers us salvation <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:09,840 –> 00:45:13,880
\nby a loving God with an
\noutstretched arm, who gave his <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:13,880 –> 00:45:17,720
\nSon for us, that he would be
\ncrucified and resurrected, that <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:17,720 –> 00:45:23,080
\nthrough him we might be saved.
\nAnd we looked at the verse <\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:23,080 –> 00:45:26,000
\nyesterday, how God rescues us
\nand. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:26,000 –> 00:45:30,240
\nCarries us to the Kingdom.
\nThis is a God who wants to dwell<\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:30,240 –> 00:45:33,920
\nwith us, who is willing to
\nextend his grace to us, to make <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:33,920 –> 00:45:37,720
\nus righteous, not by our own
\nmerit, as Paul says in Ephesians<\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:37,720 –> 00:45:41,160
\n2, but by grace.
\nYou have been saved through <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:41,160 –> 00:45:44,720
\nfaith and it is not of
\nourselves, brethren and sisters.<\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:44,720 –> 00:45:49,680
\nIt is the gift of God.
\nOur salvation, brothers and <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:49,680 –> 00:45:53,800
\nsisters, is bound up in this
\nunderstanding, understanding the<\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:54,320 –> 00:45:57,400
\ninfinite and the infinite power
\nof God in our lives, how it <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:57,400 –> 00:46:01,320
\ntouches us every single day.
\nWhether we see the glory of God <\/p>\n
671
\n00:46:01,320 –> 00:46:05,280
\nin the heavens or whether we
\nfeel it in the trial of our <\/p>\n
672
\n00:46:05,280 –> 00:46:11,760
\nlives, God is there.
\nAnd so as we close, I I just <\/p>\n
673
\n00:46:11,760 –> 00:46:15,120
\nwant to look at at a few of my
\nfavorite verses. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:46:20,560 –> 00:46:23,760
\nAs we think about being
\nunashamed of the gospel, being <\/p>\n
675
\n00:46:23,760 –> 00:46:27,520
\nbeing anchored in this
\nunderstanding of the nature of <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:27,520 –> 00:46:33,520
\nGod’s power, I want to end where
\nwe started for the weak. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:34,800 –> 00:46:37,320
\nThe Apostle Paul given us this
\nthis powerful statement. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:37,320 –> 00:46:40,080
\nFor I am not ashamed of the
\ngospel of Christ, for it is the <\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:40,080 –> 00:46:43,840
\npower of God unto salvation to
\neveryone that believes. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:46,120 –> 00:46:50,120
\nAnd so Paul’s declaration is, is
\nis both bold and and yet <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:50,120 –> 00:46:52,560
\nunwavering.
\nHe declares his refusal to be <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:52,560 –> 00:46:57,520
\nashamed of the gospel of Christ.
\nAnd he does so because he knows <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:57,520 –> 00:47:02,520
\nwhat’s at stake and because he
\nknows that it is the power of <\/p>\n
684
\n00:47:02,520 –> 00:47:06,800
\nGod that has done all these
\nthings that we might be saved <\/p>\n
685
\n00:47:06,800 –> 00:47:13,720
\nand when we understand the true
\nnature of God. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:47:16,400 –> 00:47:21,160
\nThen we understand what he can
\ndo for us, and we have no reason<\/p>\n
687
\n00:47:21,160 –> 00:47:27,840
\nto be ashamed.
\nBut we might stand unashamed in <\/p>\n
688
\n00:47:27,840 –> 00:47:36,280
\na world that rejects the gospel,
\nthat places human wisdom ahead <\/p>\n
689
\n00:47:36,320 –> 00:47:40,000
\nof gods.
\nBut Paul knew this when he wrote<\/p>\n
690
\n00:47:40,040 –> 00:47:44,280
\nin First Corinthians 2 and five
\nthat your faith should not stand<\/p>\n
691
\n00:47:44,280 –> 00:47:46,960
\nin the wisdom of men, but in the
\npower of God. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:47:48,560 –> 00:47:50,720
\nOur faith is not grounded,
\nbrethren and sisters, in the <\/p>\n
693
\n00:47:50,720 –> 00:47:54,440
\ncleverness of human reasoning,
\nthe pervasiveness of of human <\/p>\n
694
\n00:47:54,440 –> 00:47:57,920
\narguments, the changing tides of
\npopular opinion. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:47:58,720 –> 00:48:00,800
\nIt’s not swayed by the
\nphilosophy of the world. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:48:00,960 –> 00:48:06,480
\nOur faith is rooted in the power
\nof God, a God that does not <\/p>\n
697
\n00:48:06,480 –> 00:48:11,000
\nwaver, that does not fade, and
\nthat can never be shaken. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:48:18,320 –> 00:48:23,000
\nAnd you know, the amazing thing
\nis when I when I read Hebrews <\/p>\n
699
\n00:48:23,000 –> 00:48:28,320
\nChapter 11 and I read through
\nall those faithful men and women<\/p>\n
700
\n00:48:28,320 –> 00:48:32,280
\nwho who believed in the
\nexistence of God and who <\/p>\n
701
\n00:48:32,280 –> 00:48:34,440
\nbelieved in God’s future for
\nthem. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:48:38,880 –> 00:48:43,600
\nAnd we read right at the end
\nthat they lie in the grave, not <\/p>\n
703
\n00:48:43,600 –> 00:48:53,400
\nhaving received their promise
\nbecause God is waiting for us to<\/p>\n
704
\n00:48:53,400 –> 00:49:00,440
\nbe perfected.
\nAnd I think about what Abraham <\/p>\n
705
\n00:49:00,440 –> 00:49:04,760
\nand and and Joseph and David and
\nall those others that God is <\/p>\n
706
\n00:49:04,760 –> 00:49:10,520
\nholding patiently in the grave.
\nSurely those faithful that <\/p>\n
707
\n00:49:10,520 –> 00:49:15,560
\ndeserve the promise of the
\nfuture, he’s holding them there,<\/p>\n
708
\n00:49:15,640 –> 00:49:22,280
\nbrethren and sisters, so that in
\nthis intervening time that God <\/p>\n
709
\n00:49:22,280 –> 00:49:28,920
\nhas given us, we might get it
\nright in our relationship with <\/p>\n
710
\n00:49:28,920 –> 00:49:36,840
\nHim, so that when that day comes
\ntogether with them, we might be <\/p>\n
711
\n00:49:36,840 –> 00:49:40,560
\nmade perfect.
\nAnd that humbles me more than <\/p>\n
712
\n00:49:40,560 –> 00:49:48,840
\nyou can imagine.
\nThe Apostle Paul says in Romans <\/p>\n
713
\n00:49:48,840 –> 00:49:53,520
\nchapter 10 he says if you
\ntherefore confess with your <\/p>\n
714
\n00:49:53,520 –> 00:49:56,880
\nmouth that Jesus is Lord, and
\nyou believe in your heart that <\/p>\n
715
\n00:49:56,880 –> 00:50:01,960
\nGod raised him from the dead,
\nthen you will be saved. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:50:02,160 –> 00:50:04,960
\nFor with the heart 1 believes
\nand is justified, and with the <\/p>\n
717
\n00:50:04,960 –> 00:50:09,120
\nmouth 1 confesses and is saved.
\nFor the scripture says everyone <\/p>\n
718
\n00:50:09,120 –> 00:50:12,360
\nthat believes in him, brethren
\nand sisters, will never be put <\/p>\n
719
\n00:50:12,360 –> 00:50:16,760
\nto shame.
\nAnd so let us brethren and <\/p>\n
720
\n00:50:16,760 –> 00:50:20,320
\nsisters, live out these
\nremaining days, living unashamed<\/p>\n
721
\n00:50:20,320 –> 00:50:24,320
\nof the gospel of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, living unashamed of the <\/p>\n
722
\n00:50:24,320 –> 00:50:29,560
\nexistence of our God, being
\nunashamed of his future, being <\/p>\n
723
\n00:50:29,560 –> 00:50:32,000
\nunashamed of the truth that he
\nhas given us. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:50:32,000 –> 00:50:36,720
\nThat’s in our hearts that we
\nmight be separated from this <\/p>\n
725
\n00:50:36,720 –> 00:50:40,920
\nworld, set apart, that we might
\nset a boundary around us and <\/p>\n
726
\n00:50:42,840 –> 00:50:48,360
\nallow God into our lives.
\nThat we might be unashamed of <\/p>\n
727
\n00:50:48,360 –> 00:50:56,800
\nthe power of God to save us.
\nAnd when that great day arrives <\/p>\n
728
\n00:50:58,000 –> 00:51:02,680
\nand the Lord Jesus Christ
\nreturns to collect his own, he <\/p>\n
729
\n00:51:02,680 –> 00:51:11,400
\nmight see our faith and he might
\nsay I am unashamed of us and <\/p>\n
730
\n00:51:11,400 –> 00:51:13,840
\nthat he will accept us into
\nGod’s eternal Kingdom. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:51:17,840 –> 00:51:22,840
\nAnd so I would just like to
\nthank you for having Marnie and <\/p>\n
732
\n00:51:22,840 –> 00:51:27,440
\nI come here this week.
\nI, I love the schools, only the <\/p>\n
733
\n00:51:27,440 –> 00:51:32,720
\nsecond time I’ve ever been here.
\nBut God willing, we will come as<\/p>\n
734
\n00:51:32,720 –> 00:51:37,760
\noften as we can.
\nAnd I do pray that we might all <\/p>\n
735
\n00:51:37,760 –> 00:51:41,720
\ncontinue to.
\nFlock together. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:51:42,720 –> 00:51:46,560
\nTo fellow sheep together, that
\nour individual lights might <\/p>\n
737
\n00:51:46,560 –> 00:51:49,000
\nbecome a great light in our
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:51:50,120 –> 00:51:54,840
\nTo show the light of God’s truth
\nand shine it at the darkness of <\/p>\n
739
\n00:51:54,840 –> 00:51:56,640
\nthis world.
\nThank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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