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\nsuffering and tonight’s or
\ntoday’s subject. <\/p>\n
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\nThe man had seen a flexion by
\nthe Matthew. <\/p>\n
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\nThanks for the Wayne and good
\nmorning, my dear brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters in our Lord.
\nJesus Christ and welcome back to<\/p>\n
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\nLamentations this morning
\nJeremiah’s Masterpiece on the <\/p>\n
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\nmeaning of suffering, the value
\nof Affliction and this morning <\/p>\n
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\nwe come to the very heart and
\ncenter of the book. <\/p>\n
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\nThe verses that we know and love
\nfrom Lamentations chapter 3. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the man that has seen
\nAffliction, the one who can see <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the incomprehensible,
\nfog who can see past the smoking<\/p>\n
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\nruins, the destroyed families,
\nthe lives torn apart to the <\/p>\n
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\nreason why So this morning, we
\nhope to go from how could this <\/p>\n
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\nbe to why has this happened?
\nAnd you remember in a study <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday that we delved into
\nthe hopelessness in the <\/p>\n
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\nBlackness of Lamentations
\nchapters 1 and 2. <\/p>\n
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\nWhether people were floundering
\naround amidst the chaos trying <\/p>\n
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\nto make sense of all of this
\npain They realized too late that<\/p>\n
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\neveryone had abandoned them in
\ntheir hour of need the <\/p>\n
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\nBabylonian swept in and the
\nparties, the good times, the <\/p>\n
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\nfriends evaporated even God had
\ngone because with God at the <\/p>\n
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\ncenter of their hearts and minds
\nand worship and lives due to was<\/p>\n
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\nthe beauty of Israel.
\nGod’s princess, his wife But <\/p>\n
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\nwithout God at the center, they
\nwere just like the Babylonians <\/p>\n
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\nnaked widowed childless
\nhumiliated in broken and get we <\/p>\n
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\nsaw towards the end of chapter
\ntwo. <\/p>\n
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\nInklings of hope.
\nYou will remember 2:13 for they <\/p>\n
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\nbreach is great, like the see
\nwho can heal thee. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have the very first hint that
\nGod could heal this awful. <\/p>\n
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\nEmptiness.
\nThat he could be not just the <\/p>\n
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\ncause of the problem, but the
\nsolution as well. <\/p>\n
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\nHe could heal the bruise, the
\nGrievous wound in their souls. <\/p>\n
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\nIf only as we read in verse 19,
\nThey could lift up their hands <\/p>\n
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\ntowards him.
\nAnd it is out of this <\/p>\n
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\noverwhelming, Blackness this
\nfoggy despair, the desolation of<\/p>\n
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\nchapters one and two with just a
\nstirring of Hope on the horizon <\/p>\n
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\nthat the man of chapter 3,
\nemerges Survivor to answer their<\/p>\n
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\nquestions and to tell them in
\nchapter 3 and verse 41 that we <\/p>\n
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\nneed to not just lift up our
\nhands towards him as chapter 2 <\/p>\n
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\nand verse 19.
\nIt said, but our hearts as Well,<\/p>\n
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\nthe solution is going to need
\nnot just our words but our <\/p>\n
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\nhearts but God has promised to
\nheal those as well if we turn to<\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nAnd so now this morning as we <\/p>\n
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\ncome to the man that has seen
\nAffliction, Jeremiah is going to<\/p>\n
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\nlay aside his narrators quill.
\nAnd he’s going to sit down to <\/p>\n
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\nwrite a personal Soliloquy of
\nSorrow. <\/p>\n
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\nAn introspective pathos filled
\nchapter that describes his own <\/p>\n
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\nposition of loneliness and
\nsuffering, amidst the <\/p>\n
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\ndevastation.
\nAnd we don’t have time this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning to go through how
\nJeremiah is a type of Christ and<\/p>\n
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\nhow Lamentations points forward
\nto Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I have two handouts out the
\nfront up the front here. <\/p>\n
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\nSo feel free to Avail yourselves
\nof those at the end and in your <\/p>\n
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\nown time you can examine those.
\nBut clearly Jeremiah and <\/p>\n
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\nespecially chapter 3 is going to
\ngreatly typify. <\/p>\n
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\nThe work of Messiah, our Lord
\nJesus Christ. and the first <\/p>\n
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\npoint that he wants to make, In
\nchapter 3 is that he’s no <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent to the rest of the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has seen Affliction by the
\nrod of yahweh’s Roth verse one <\/p>\n
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\nin verses 1 to 20, is really all
\nabout how this man has <\/p>\n
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\nexperienced.
\nAll the heartache and pain of <\/p>\n
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\nthe nation.
\nHe was not exempt. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was not aloof He was not
\nseparate from the people. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was not different or
\nprotected from the Troubles by <\/p>\n
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\nGod this man Jeremiah and the
\nfirst instance, but clearly <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah himself in the ultimate
\nsense. <\/p>\n
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\nHas experienced all the misery
\nof the nation. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Jerusalem bible has 4 verse
\n1. <\/p>\n
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\nI am the man that is familiar
\nwith misery. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at this.
\nThis is a summary of <\/p>\n
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\nLamentations 3 and Lamentations
\n1 and 2 because the man of <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 3 has experienced
\neverything that the nation <\/p>\n
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\nexperienced in chapters 1 and 2.
\nHe experienced God’s anger He <\/p>\n
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\nfelt like God was destroying his
\nbody and his bones. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt hedged and devoured,
\nroundabout. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt like no one was
\nanswering. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt like God was destroying
\nlike a marauding animal. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt desolate, he felt like
\nGod was bending his bow and <\/p>\n
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\nshooting arrows at him in verse
\n14. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt mocked by those around
\nhim. <\/p>\n
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\nHe experienced, bitterness he
\nsat, and sackcloth and Ashes. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt no rest or peace in his
\nmind. <\/p>\n
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\nHis strength failed.
\nIf he felt alone He felt that <\/p>\n
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\nGod had shown no pity.
\nTears flowed like Rivers. <\/p>\n
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\nHe felt swallowed up in the
\nwaters. <\/p>\n
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\nCovered his head.
\nThe experiences of the man of <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 3 are identical to the
\nexperiences of the nation in <\/p>\n
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\nchapters 1 and 2.
\nIn this man is at pains to tell <\/p>\n
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\nus that he came to share our
\nweakness. <\/p>\n
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\nThat he was not different or
\ndetached from the nation. <\/p>\n
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\nGod didn’t shelter or protect
\nhim. <\/p>\n
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\nEspecially insulate him, from
\nmeasure, it from misery, he <\/p>\n
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\nlearned obedience as it says, in
\nHebrews 5 and verse 8, by the <\/p>\n
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\nthings, which he suffered just
\nas the nation experienced the <\/p>\n
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\nthe correcting Rod as Isaiah 10
\nverse 5 puts it, the asaro <\/p>\n
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\nBabylonian Rod of mine anger.
\nSo Christ would Perience, <\/p>\n
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\nchastening and suffering, he
\nwould be acquainted with grief <\/p>\n
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\nand sorrow.
\nHe was a representative of the <\/p>\n
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\nhuman race.
\nThis man can only lend us his <\/p>\n
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\nstrength because he first came
\nand shared our weakness. <\/p>\n
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\nHe identifies in every way with
\nall of our pain. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s nothing that Christ
\nexperienced brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, that is beyond our
\nexperience, or nothing with <\/p>\n
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\nexperience that he has not.
\nHe was with the nation in all of<\/p>\n
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\ntheir heartache, you know,
\nthat’s an amazing thought, isn’t<\/p>\n
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\nit?
\nIf you think just for a moment <\/p>\n
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\nthat maybe just maybe The book
\nof Jeremiah which is like a <\/p>\n
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\ncatalog of Jeremiah sufferings
\nwas just to establish the <\/p>\n
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\ncredentials of the man who is
\nnow going to write this chapter.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd give us the meaning behind
\nall of the pain. <\/p>\n
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\nNo one could claim that this
\nSurvivor didn’t really <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand.
\nHe is familiar with misery. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, he didn’t sin like the rest
\nof the nation. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was not suffering as a
\npunishment for his sins. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in verse 52 that his
\nenemies. <\/p>\n
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\nChase him without cause and God
\nhimself pleads his cause in <\/p>\n
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\nverses 58 259.
\nHe has not abandoned God like <\/p>\n
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\nthe rest of the nation but he is
\nstill touched by the feelings of<\/p>\n
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\ntheir infirmities.
\nHere is a man who was just like <\/p>\n
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\nus And just to highlight a few
\naspects of his suffering from <\/p>\n
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\nthe first few verses especially
\njust look at this man. <\/p>\n
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\nThis man who has seen Affliction
\nverse 4 tells us My Flesh and my<\/p>\n
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\nskin.
\nHas he made old literally it <\/p>\n
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\nmeans wasted away worn out.
\nIt’s the same word used of Sarah<\/p>\n
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\nin Genesis 18 in Verse 12, when
\nshe was too old to Bear <\/p>\n
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\nchildren.
\nIt’s the same Hue, word used of <\/p>\n
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\nthe gibeonites clothing and
\nJoshua 9 and verse 13. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was fully worn out.
\nThis man had aged before his <\/p>\n
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\ntime.
\nHe was literally so acquainted <\/p>\n
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\nwith grief that he was
\nphysically worn out as Isaiah <\/p>\n
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\n52.
\nIn verse 14, says, his visit, a <\/p>\n
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\njudge was marred more than any
\nother man in John. <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 8, they look at him and
\nsay up there, not get 50 years <\/p>\n
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\nold and he’s only 33.
\nThis man is worn out by his <\/p>\n
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\nmisery and by his Affliction,
\nhe’s a Survivor but only just <\/p>\n
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\nand if there was any doubt that
\nhis experiences mirrored, the <\/p>\n
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\nnation’s look at verse 7, he has
\nhedged me about that. <\/p>\n
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\nI cannot get out.
\nHe has made my chain heavy and <\/p>\n
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\nthe word chain literally means
\nFitters of brass. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s exactly the same way.
\nWord, as second of Kings, 25 and<\/p>\n
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\nverse 7 wins, either Kaya and no
\ndoubt. <\/p>\n
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\nThe other slaves were bound with
\nFetters of brass and marched off<\/p>\n
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\nas captives into Babylon.
\nThis man was no different to the<\/p>\n
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\nrest of the nation.
\nHis Fitters of brass his human <\/p>\n
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\nnature.
\nWould just as heavy just as <\/p>\n
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\npainful.
\nHere was a man who could <\/p>\n
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\nrepresent the nation for his
\nmisery was just the same. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at verses 10 and 11.
\nHe was on to me is a beer lying <\/p>\n
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\nin wait.
\nAnd as a lion and secret places,<\/p>\n
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\nhis turned aside, my ways pulled
\nme in pieces, he’s made me <\/p>\n
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\ndesolate.
\nHe’s a man who felt like he was <\/p>\n
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\nbeing ambushed in mauled by an
\nanimal. <\/p>\n
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\nA wild animal a lion or a beer.
\nDo you know that God had <\/p>\n
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\npromised to the nation in Hosea?
\n13 and verses 7 and 8. <\/p>\n
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\nI I will be unto them as a lion.
\nI will meet them as a beer <\/p>\n
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\nbereaved of her whelps.
\nI will devour them like a lion. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here, this man feels exactly
\nthe same. <\/p>\n
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\nHis experience was identical to
\nwhat? <\/p>\n
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\nGod promised, the nation would
\nexperience in Hosea, 13, verses,<\/p>\n
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\n7, and 8.
\nHe’s just like them. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s at pains, to tell us in the
\nfirst 20 verses of this chapter <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah is, I’m just like the
\nrest of the nation. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at verses 12 to 13.
\nHe hath bent his bow, sit me as <\/p>\n
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\na mark for for the arrow youth
\ncause the arrows of his quiver <\/p>\n
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\nto enter into my reins.
\nHe felt hunted by God himself. <\/p>\n
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\nJust as in Chapter 2 and in
\nverse 4 God had bent his bow to <\/p>\n
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\nshoot arrows of displeasure at
\nthe nation. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in chapter 3 in verses 12 to
\n13 his bent his bow to shoot it <\/p>\n
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\nthis man In fact, the word Mark
\nin verse 12 is usually <\/p>\n
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\nHe has set me as a prison for <\/p>\n
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\nhis arrows.
\nNone of these arrows are coming <\/p>\n
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\nout that all going to stay in
\nhis body. <\/p>\n
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\nLike a prison, the arrows into
\nhis reins and some 38 verse 2 <\/p>\n
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\nsays, they Narrows stick fast in
\nme. <\/p>\n
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\nThey hand press with me saw He
\nfeels hunted persecuted <\/p>\n
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\ntormented smitten of God and
\nafflicted. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, this man of
\nLamentations 3 is none, other <\/p>\n
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\nthan the man of Isaiah’s
\nsuffering, Servant Song in <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 53 and I’d like you to
\ncome back there. <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 53.
\nLook at this. <\/p>\n
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\nThey can be no doubt that the
\nman of Lamentations 3, the man <\/p>\n
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\nwho was seen.
\nAffliction is exactly the same <\/p>\n
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\nman as Isaiah 53, who is smitten
\nof God and afflicted. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause when we come to Isaiah
\n53, Messiah was going to have <\/p>\n
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\nhis visages mad.
\nHe was going to age before his <\/p>\n
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\ntime in Isaiah, 53 and verse 2.
\nThere was no for more beauty <\/p>\n
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\nthat we should desire him.
\nHe was going to be despised and <\/p>\n
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\nrejected of men.
\nHe was going to be a man of <\/p>\n
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\nSorrows acquainted with grief
\nstricken smitten Afflicted, <\/p>\n
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\nwounded, bruised depressed.
\nSorry oppressed but silent <\/p>\n
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\nnonetheless He would be taken
\nfrom Justice cut off from the <\/p>\n
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\nland of the living.
\nIt pleased Yahweh to bruise him.<\/p>\n
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\nHi.
\nBut these are, there’s something<\/p>\n
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\nvery interesting in Isaiah 53,
\nisn’t there? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause it gets to the nub of
\nwhat we want to look at this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning, here’s a man.
\nWho’s stricken smitten Afflicted<\/p>\n
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\nyet?
\nIt pleased Yahweh to bruise him.<\/p>\n
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\nThere was a purpose, there was
\nan objective, a grand reason for<\/p>\n
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\nall of this misery and
\nsuffering, and look what we read<\/p>\n
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\nin verse 10 of Isaiah 53.
\nYet it pleased Yahweh to bruise <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nHe hath put him to grief when <\/p>\n
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\nthou shalt make his soul an
\noffering for sin, he shall see <\/p>\n
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\nhis seed.
\nHe shall prolong his days and <\/p>\n
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\nthe pleasure of Yahweh shall
\nprosper in his hand, he shall <\/p>\n
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\nsee all the travail of his soul
\nand shall be satisfied. <\/p>\n
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\nBy his knowledge, shall my
\nrighteous servant justify many <\/p>\n
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\nfor he shall bear their
\niniquities. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was a satisfaction
\nattached to travail. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was that?
\nWas their meaning, to all this <\/p>\n
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\npain is there?
\nHope beyond the tears? <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe, maybe if these men are
\nthe same, the same man, he can <\/p>\n
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\nanswer these questions for us.
\nIf Messiah suffered so much. <\/p>\n
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\nHe emerged satisfied.
\nThen maybe he should he can <\/p>\n
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\nshare his secrets with us.
\nBecause if Lamentations to in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 13 ask the question.
\nThey bruise is great who can <\/p>\n
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\nheal thee Then Isaiah 53 and
\nverse 5 is going to answer that <\/p>\n
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\nquestion with his bruises.
\nAs it says in the margin, are we<\/p>\n
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\nhealed?
\nMaybe this man has the answers <\/p>\n
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\nto the questions that we want
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nWe need the meaning to
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
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\nThere has to be satisfaction.
\nThere has to be something at the<\/p>\n
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\nend of this hard Road.
\nThe pleasure of Yahweh would <\/p>\n
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\nprosper in his hand and by this
\nman’s knowledge, he would teach <\/p>\n
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\nmany of the meaning of
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let us come back.
\nNow to Lamentations and chapter <\/p>\n
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\n3 and for the rest of this
\nmorning, we really want to focus<\/p>\n
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\nin on verses 17 to 40 and look
\nat Durham eyes inspired <\/p>\n
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\nperspective on suffering and
\nMessiahs. <\/p>\n
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\nNot how could this happen, but <\/p>\n
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\nwhy did this happen?
\nThe meaning behind the misery. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Lamentations 3 and verse 17
\nconcludes the first section of <\/p>\n
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\nthe chapter where, as we’ve
\nsaid, this man identifies with <\/p>\n
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\nthe experiences and the horror
\nand the grief of the nation, but<\/p>\n
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\nlook How It Ends.
\nVerse 17, there has removed my <\/p>\n
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\nsoul far off from piece.
\nI forget prosperity. <\/p>\n
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\nI forget Prosperity, he had
\nforgotten everything. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was good as the word
\nProsperity has in the margin. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was only chaos privation
\nand suffering that remained in <\/p>\n
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\nthis man’s mind.
\nBy the time he got to verse 17. <\/p>\n
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\nEverything good had been
\nforgotten. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you know, it’s tempting to
\nfeel like this, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we are suffering and
\ntroubles seem to be overwhelming<\/p>\n
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\nus?
\nSometimes all we can think of is<\/p>\n
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\nourselves.
\nLook at verses 18 to 20. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I said my strength and my
\nhope is perished from Yahweh, <\/p>\n
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\nremembering my misery my
\nAffliction, the womb would end <\/p>\n
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\nthe goal, my soul, hath them
\nstill in remembrance and is <\/p>\n
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\nhumbled in me.
\nWhen we are overwhelmed, when we<\/p>\n
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\nare troubled and distraught, we
\nlose perspective, and our world,<\/p>\n
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\neverything very quickly shrinks
\ndown to my Affliction, my <\/p>\n
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\nmisery, my wormwood in goal.
\nIt’s all about me and how I’m <\/p>\n
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\nsuffering.
\nAnd why is this happening to me?<\/p>\n
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\nand Messiahs answer is that if
\nwe are forgetting the good, <\/p>\n
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\nThen.
\nRemember the good? <\/p>\n
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\nRecall the good refocus outside
\nof ourselves, verse 21 as it <\/p>\n
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\nsays, in the margin, make our
\nheart return to the good. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if we forget verse 17, Then
\nwe need to remember verse 19. <\/p>\n
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\nHave them in remembrance verse
\n20, recall to mind verse 21, see<\/p>\n
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\nthe point.
\nWhen Trials come in our lives. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd how often is this true?
\nSometimes the present just <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t make sense.
\nAnd the future seems too distant<\/p>\n
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\nand intangible and the only
\nconcrete Touchstone we have is <\/p>\n
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\nthe past.
\nWhat God is doing right now. <\/p>\n
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\nSeems incomprehensible in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nThe future just seems too far
\naway. <\/p>\n
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\nThe only thing that is real is
\nwhat God has already done. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this man asks us to remember
\nthe past, that’s why for the <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nWe have the memorials on Sunday <\/p>\n
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\nmorning.
\nIt’s not come and partake of <\/p>\n
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\nsomething that looks forward to
\nthe kingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s remember what God has
\nalready done. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we were to ask the
\nquestion, what do we need to <\/p>\n
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\nremember?
\nWhat do we need to recall to <\/p>\n
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\nmind?
\nThe answer is verse 22 and 23. <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s character.
\nYahweh’s Mercy verse 22, <\/p>\n
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\nyahweh’s compassion verse 22,
\nyahweh’s faithfulness verse 23, <\/p>\n
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\nyahweh’s goodness verse 25 and
\nlook at the emphasis on the <\/p>\n
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\ngoodness of God’s character.
\nIf we forget the good verse 17, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat Messiah reminds us of is
\nthe The goodness of God, verse <\/p>\n
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\n25, the goodness of God, verse
\n26, the goodness of God, verse <\/p>\n
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\n27, remembered God’s goodness,
\nand his character. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can’t miss the point.
\nCan we This is a key to <\/p>\n
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\novercoming at issues with
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve got to remember God’s
\ncharacter now. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy does Jeremiah focus our
\nminds on this one thing on God’s<\/p>\n
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\ncharacter?
\nAnd the answer is That he is <\/p>\n
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\ndrawing inspiration from another
\nman. <\/p>\n
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\nAnother man who was overwhelmed
\nwith trouble and to pull himself<\/p>\n
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\nout of the Blackness, he did
\nexactly that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that man was David Now, I
\nwant you to draw your attention <\/p>\n
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\nto one verse that we skipped
\nover earlier and that is verse <\/p>\n
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\n6.
\nVerse 6 of Lamentations. 3 says <\/p>\n
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\nhe hath set me in Dark Places as
\nthey that be dead of old. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you may not have realized,
\nbut actually the whole of verse <\/p>\n
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\n6 is a direct quotation, as the
\nmargin, says of eyes of Psalm <\/p>\n
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\n143 and verse 3.
\nAnd Jeremiah is going to lift a <\/p>\n
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\nverse right out of a Psalm of
\nDavid to explain how he feels. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s go there to some 143
\nbecause embedded in, this Psalm <\/p>\n
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\nis the inspiration for
\nJeremiah’s explanation on <\/p>\n
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\nsuffering.
\nPsalm 143. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, in actual fact, some 143 is
\nconnected with some 142, they <\/p>\n
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\nare in actual Fact.
\nOne Psalm we can see that <\/p>\n
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\nbecause if you want to put a
\nsplash of color, in some 142, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 3, It says when my spirit
\nwas overwhelmed with in me and <\/p>\n
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\nwomen come to Psalm 143 in verse
\n4, it says therefore is my <\/p>\n
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\nspirit overwhelmed within me so
\nsome 142 and some 143 are <\/p>\n
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\nconnected and it’s describing a
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy?
\nWhen David feels overwhelmed, <\/p>\n
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\noverwhelmed, the background for
\nthis. <\/p>\n
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\nA Psalm is probably first of
\nSamuel 24, when David was <\/p>\n
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\ndesperately running from Saul
\nhiding in caves different caves <\/p>\n
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\nevery night, hundreds of men
\nunder his control, he’s in <\/p>\n
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\ntrouble fleeing for his life.
\nIt was all too difficult. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Psalm 142 and verse
\n4, that Refuge failed him. <\/p>\n
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\nNobody would offer him Comfort.
\nHe’s depressed, the six, he’s <\/p>\n
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\npersecuted.
\nHe feels like he’s imprisoned <\/p>\n
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\nverse 7.
\nAnd out of this suffering, this <\/p>\n
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\nBlackness that engulfed, his
\nsoul. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read Psalm 143 in verse 34.
\nThe enemy hath persecuted. <\/p>\n
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\nMy soul.
\nHe is smitten my life down to <\/p>\n
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\nthe ground.
\nHe hath made me to dwell in <\/p>\n
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\ndarkness as those that have been
\nlong dead. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jeremiah quotes verse 3 in
\nLamentations 3 and verse 6, word<\/p>\n
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\nfor word clearly his mind was
\nhere and as it turns out There <\/p>\n
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\nare a few Illusions in
\nLamentations 3 to Isaac to Psalm<\/p>\n
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\n142 and 143.
\nBecause David here in the psalm,<\/p>\n
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\nfelt caught in a snare.
\nInverse for Refuge or hope had <\/p>\n
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\nperished from him.
\nHe felt imprisoned, as we said, <\/p>\n
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\nin verse 7, he was set in Dark
\nPlaces as heart within him was <\/p>\n
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\ndesolate.
\nHe felt like he was one that <\/p>\n
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\nwent was going down into the
\ndungeon. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was too difficult for David
\nat this time. <\/p>\n
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\nThen what happens in the psalm
\nis that he starts to become more<\/p>\n
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\npositive.
\nHe starts to say things like <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh is my portion.
\nHe admits in Psalm 143, in verse<\/p>\n
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\n24 in thy sight shall no man
\nliving be justified. <\/p>\n
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\nHe admits that no man living
\nShould really receive goodness <\/p>\n
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\n00:27:31,500 –> 00:27:36,700
\nfrom God.
\nAnd finally, he gets to this <\/p>\n
339
\n00:27:36,700 –> 00:27:43,700
\npoint where suddenly we read in
\nverse 5, I remember I remember <\/p>\n
340
\n00:27:43,800 –> 00:27:48,700
\nthe days of old I remember and
\nif we were to ask, what does <\/p>\n
341
\n00:27:49,000 –> 00:27:53,900
\nDavid remember?
\nThe answer is when we go through<\/p>\n
342
\n00:27:53,900 –> 00:28:03,000
\nsome 142 and 143 is exactly what
\nJeremiah is, going to ask us to <\/p>\n
343
\n00:28:03,000 –> 00:28:09,200
\nremember in Lamentations 3, read
\nwith me some 143 gods. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:28:10,300 –> 00:28:18,200
\nFaithfulness verse 1.
\nGod’s loving-kindness verse 8 <\/p>\n
345
\n00:28:18,200 –> 00:28:22,300
\ncause me to hear thy
\nloving-kindness in the morning. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:28:22,400 –> 00:28:26,900
\nWe just that phrase come from in
\nLamentations it comes right from<\/p>\n
347
\n00:28:26,900 –> 00:28:37,300
\nhere some 143 in verse 8. this
\nteen, Lead me into the land of <\/p>\n
348
\n00:28:37,300 –> 00:28:40,800
\nuprightness for thy spirit is
\ngood. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:43,800
\nVerse 1.
\nHe remembers God’s <\/p>\n
350
\n00:28:43,800 –> 00:28:50,100
\nrighteousness, verse 11, God’s
\nrighteousness, verse 12, his <\/p>\n
351
\n00:28:50,100 –> 00:28:58,600
\nMercy, what does David remember?
\nIn Psalm 142 and 143, especially<\/p>\n
352
\n00:28:58,600 –> 00:29:05,400
\nsome 143, he recalls to his
\nmind, God’s good character. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:29:06,600 –> 00:29:09,200
\nSo, why does Jeremiah quote from
\nthis Psalm? <\/p>\n
354
\n00:29:09,300 –> 00:29:12,600
\nBecause David, although
\nphysically exhausted. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:29:12,600 –> 00:29:17,200
\nAnd emotionally overwhelmed, was
\nable to drag himself up out of <\/p>\n
356
\n00:29:17,200 –> 00:29:21,200
\nthe pit of despair and see,
\nmeaning behind his suffering. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:29:21,700 –> 00:29:25,700
\nRegain a true perspective.
\nRestore his mental health <\/p>\n
358
\n00:29:25,700 –> 00:29:30,200
\nbecause of one thing.
\nHis remembrance of the character<\/p>\n
359
\n00:29:30,200 –> 00:29:34,900
\nof God in Jeremiah using David
\nfor his inspiration, does <\/p>\n
360
\n00:29:35,000 –> 00:29:39,200
\nexactly the same.
\nIt’s a come back now to <\/p>\n
361
\n00:29:39,400 –> 00:29:46,400
\nLamentations and chapter 3 and
\nCy, the character of God is so <\/p>\n
362
\n00:29:46,400 –> 00:29:53,800
\ncritical to a true and balanced
\nand fear and godly perspective <\/p>\n
363
\n00:29:53,800 –> 00:29:56,900
\non our suffering.
\nWhy does God’s good character? <\/p>\n
364
\n00:29:56,900 –> 00:30:05,600
\nMake sense of everything.
\nWell, I think this is what <\/p>\n
365
\n00:30:05,600 –> 00:30:13,700
\nhappens when we forget the good
\nwhen we forget, what is good? <\/p>\n
366
\n00:30:13,700 –> 00:30:19,300
\nAs we saw in verse 17, we lose
\nperspective and we start to <\/p>\n
367
\n00:30:19,300 –> 00:30:24,800
\nfocus all on ourselves.
\nWe have this view that I deserve<\/p>\n
368
\n00:30:24,800 –> 00:30:30,700
\na good life.
\nAnd so when we suffer, we often <\/p>\n
369
\n00:30:30,700 –> 00:30:34,400
\nexperience three main ways of
\nthinking. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:30:35,200 –> 00:30:44,700
\nThe first one is we get angry.
\nand we say, Life seems unfair. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:30:46,000 –> 00:30:51,100
\nIt’s not fear.
\nGod is to blame and we blame <\/p>\n
372
\n00:30:51,100 –> 00:30:55,600
\nGod.
\nMaybe maybe overtly or perhaps <\/p>\n
373
\n00:30:55,600 –> 00:31:01,100
\njust in the back of our minds.
\nWhat else can we do when <\/p>\n
374
\n00:31:01,100 –> 00:31:05,700
\nsuffering comes our way, or
\nsometimes we get frustrated and <\/p>\n
375
\n00:31:05,700 –> 00:31:12,400
\nwe say it’s too hard and I give
\nup how many times have we seen <\/p>\n
376
\n00:31:12,400 –> 00:31:16,000
\nthat when when suffering comes
\ninto the life of a brother or <\/p>\n
377
\n00:31:16,000 –> 00:31:19,800
\nsister and it’s just all too
\ndifficult to come to the meeting<\/p>\n
378
\n00:31:19,800 –> 00:31:22,200
\nand they lose faith, and leave
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:31:22,300 –> 00:31:24,900
\nIt’s too hard.
\nRight. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:31:24,900 –> 00:31:28,400
\nThat’s the Thorns, the
\ndifficulties of life. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:31:30,300 –> 00:31:38,500
\nOr we experience doubt and we
\nsay it’s all too confusing and I<\/p>\n
382
\n00:31:38,500 –> 00:31:45,700
\ncan’t seem to see how God hears
\nand when were in this situation,<\/p>\n
383
\n00:31:46,600 –> 00:31:50,800
\nwe need to remember the good
\nbecause God’s good character, <\/p>\n
384
\n00:31:50,800 –> 00:31:55,000
\nputs all of this into the right
\nperspective. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:31:56,100 –> 00:32:00,400
\nSo what we want to just do now
\nis run through briefly verses, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:32:00,400 –> 00:32:08,200
\n22 to 39, to establish
\nJeremiah’s perspective and the <\/p>\n
387
\n00:32:08,200 –> 00:32:11,200
\nmeaning that we can find in
\nsuffering, these are the verses <\/p>\n
388
\n00:32:11,200 –> 00:32:13,400
\nthat we know.
\nSo well from Lamentations and <\/p>\n
389
\n00:32:13,400 –> 00:32:17,200
\nhopefully now we can see a
\nlittle more clearly with a <\/p>\n
390
\n00:32:17,200 –> 00:32:19,600
\nsit-in, the overall flow of the
\nbook. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:32:20,900 –> 00:32:24,800
\nThe first part of this next
\nsection is going to describe <\/p>\n
392
\n00:32:24,800 –> 00:32:28,600
\nwhat God’s Character means if
\nwe’re to remember God’s <\/p>\n
393
\n00:32:28,600 –> 00:32:34,200
\ncharacter, then that means this.
\nAnd when we come to verses 33 to<\/p>\n
394
\n00:32:34,200 –> 00:32:39,900
\n39, it will describe the logical
\nimplications of our <\/p>\n
395
\n00:32:39,900 –> 00:32:44,100
\nUnderstanding God’s character.
\nSo this first section that we’re<\/p>\n
396
\n00:32:44,100 –> 00:32:48,900
\ngoing to look at is verses 22 to
\n32 and then by logical <\/p>\n
397
\n00:32:49,100 –> 00:32:54,600
\nimplication verses 33 to 40.
\nSo what’s the first thing that <\/p>\n
398
\n00:32:54,600 –> 00:32:59,300
\nwe read in verse 22?
\nIt is of yahweh’s mercies that <\/p>\n
399
\n00:32:59,300 –> 00:33:05,400
\nwe are not consumed because his
\ncompassion’s fail, not God’s <\/p>\n
400
\n00:33:05,400 –> 00:33:09,000
\ncharacter is the Touchstone for
\nsuffering for the right <\/p>\n
401
\n00:33:09,000 –> 00:33:11,800
\nperspective because it never
\nchanges. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:33:12,800 –> 00:33:16,700
\nGoes Captain, never changes.
\nIt’s the unchangeable thing in a<\/p>\n
403
\n00:33:16,708 –> 00:33:22,300
\nsea of feelings, God’s character
\nis a fact, it’s solid and <\/p>\n
404
\n00:33:22,300 –> 00:33:25,600
\nreliable.
\nAnd in God’s character is <\/p>\n
405
\n00:33:25,600 –> 00:33:30,300
\ndescribed in Ezekiel. 34 is
\noverwhelmingly merciful. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:33:31,400 –> 00:33:36,600
\nOverwhelmingly full of goodness.
\nMerciful gracious. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:33:36,900 –> 00:33:40,400
\nLong-suffering abundant in
\ngoodness and Truth. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:33:40,800 –> 00:33:44,200
\nKeeping Mercy for thousands
\nforgiving iniquity, <\/p>\n
409
\n00:33:44,200 –> 00:33:51,000
\ntransgression and sin. and if we
\nwere to just pause and think how<\/p>\n
410
\n00:33:51,000 –> 00:33:57,100
\nwe would feel if a god described
\nhimself as sometimes unfair, <\/p>\n
411
\n00:33:58,300 –> 00:34:04,600
\noften unsympathetic partially
\ncruel sometimes heartless, <\/p>\n
412
\n00:34:04,800 –> 00:34:10,500
\nvengeful callous and different.
\nUncaring impatient overly <\/p>\n
413
\n00:34:10,500 –> 00:34:12,500
\ndemanding.
\nVindictive. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:34:12,500 –> 00:34:16,600
\nHow would we feel about God?
\nWe know what his character is. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:34:17,199 –> 00:34:20,199
\nThese are the things which are
\nthe solid rock in our lives. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:34:20,900 –> 00:34:25,100
\nThey might be characteristics.
\nThose things like being <\/p>\n
417
\n00:34:25,100 –> 00:34:28,000
\nvengeful, or cruel, or
\nunsympathetic that we might like<\/p>\n
418
\n00:34:28,000 –> 00:34:31,000
\nto ascribe to God and our
\ndifficult moment. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:34:31,199 –> 00:34:33,199
\nIt’s not the absolute reality is
\nit? <\/p>\n
420
\n00:34:33,199 –> 00:34:38,500
\nGod has overwhelmingly good.
\nOverwhelmingly good. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:34:39,000 –> 00:34:43,400
\nSo that actually everyday
\nsuffering or not, we live by his<\/p>\n
422
\n00:34:43,400 –> 00:34:47,900
\nMercy.
\nWe read this in verse 23. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:34:48,199 –> 00:34:55,199
\nHis compassion’s fail not, they
\nare new every morning when we <\/p>\n
424
\n00:34:55,199 –> 00:34:57,700
\nthink God has forgotten us
\nforever. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:34:58,900 –> 00:35:02,700
\nWe need to be remaining reminded
\nthat while we sleep. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:35:03,300 –> 00:35:10,800
\nHe is preparing, fresh Mercy,
\nfresh compassion for us some 121<\/p>\n
427
\n00:35:11,000 –> 00:35:16,000
\nverses 3 to 4 says that the god
\nthat keeps Israel. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:35:16,300 –> 00:35:19,700
\nSlumbers not know sleeps the
\nwhole time that the nation is <\/p>\n
429
\n00:35:19,700 –> 00:35:21,200
\nasleep.
\nDuring the night. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:35:21,200 –> 00:35:25,000
\nHe is keeping in guarding their
\nlives. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:35:25,300 –> 00:35:28,400
\nSo when everything feels like
\nit’s lost this man. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:35:28,700 –> 00:35:31,900
\nIt’s his trust in God.
\nA God, who is preparing fresh <\/p>\n
433
\n00:35:31,900 –> 00:35:36,400
\nenergy, fresh strength and
\nbreath for him while he is <\/p>\n
434
\n00:35:36,400 –> 00:35:44,100
\nasleep.
\nVerse 24, we read Yahweh is my <\/p>\n
435
\n00:35:44,100 –> 00:35:46,500
\nportion.
\nSeth, my soul. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:35:46,900 –> 00:35:51,900
\nTherefore, will I hope in him
\nactually this is the meaning of <\/p>\n
437
\n00:35:52,500 –> 00:35:54,700
\nJeremiah’s.
\nFather’s name. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:35:55,200 –> 00:35:59,900
\nJeremiah, the son of hilkiah,
\nYahweh is my portion or <\/p>\n
439
\n00:35:59,900 –> 00:36:03,900
\ninheritance and all around him
\nall around him. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:36:04,100 –> 00:36:07,800
\nThe nation had lost their
\nportion, had lost their <\/p>\n
441
\n00:36:07,800 –> 00:36:11,900
\ninheritance, their homes, their
\nfamilies, their lives, their <\/p>\n
442
\n00:36:11,900 –> 00:36:13,000
\npositions.
\nYes. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:36:15,600 –> 00:36:20,900
\nLook at Jeremiah.
\nHe’s found his inheritance, he’s<\/p>\n
444
\n00:36:20,900 –> 00:36:23,200
\nfound his position in, who is
\nit? <\/p>\n
445
\n00:36:23,300 –> 00:36:28,200
\nIt’s God himself.
\nWhat a remarkable difference in <\/p>\n
446
\n00:36:28,200 –> 00:36:31,700
\nperspective.
\nThis is 25 to 26. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:36:31,700 –> 00:36:37,000
\nTells us that even when we might
\nnot understand, or we might not <\/p>\n
448
\n00:36:37,000 –> 00:36:42,700
\nsee the big picture that there
\nis goodness attached to waiting.<\/p>\n
449
\n00:36:43,600 –> 00:36:48,800
\nTo developing patience God’s.
\nTimetable may require our <\/p>\n
450
\n00:36:48,800 –> 00:36:55,400
\npatients It’s all, it’s not all
\nabout us. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:36:55,800 –> 00:37:01,900
\nIt’s all about actually waiting
\nfor him, his timing, his plan, <\/p>\n
452
\n00:37:02,600 –> 00:37:06,900
\nIsaiah 25, and verse 9 says, it
\nshall be said in that day load. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:37:06,900 –> 00:37:09,700
\nThis is our God.
\nWe have waited for him. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:37:10,200 –> 00:37:13,000
\nWe have waited for him, he will
\nsave us. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:37:13,500 –> 00:37:18,800
\nSo suffering is not about us.
\nIt’s about waiting for God’s <\/p>\n
456
\n00:37:18,800 –> 00:37:23,600
\ntiming for his plan.
\nAnd the sooner in life. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:37:23,600 –> 00:37:30,200
\nVerse 27, we realized this the
\nbidder It is good for a man that<\/p>\n
458
\n00:37:30,200 –> 00:37:35,200
\nhe bear the Yoke in his youth,
\nthe sooner in life, we realize <\/p>\n
459
\n00:37:35,400 –> 00:37:39,800
\nthat we need to wait for God’s
\nsolution his salvation. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:37:40,000 –> 00:37:44,600
\nThen the list of Our Lives, we
\nwill waste futilely chasing our <\/p>\n
461
\n00:37:44,600 –> 00:37:48,300
\nown solution.
\nThe yolk can’t be Grievous. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:37:49,000 –> 00:37:52,700
\nIt can’t be heavy.
\nIf it’s God’s salvation, that’s <\/p>\n
463
\n00:37:52,700 –> 00:37:53,900
\nwhat the vs.
\nSaying. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:37:54,000 –> 00:37:58,400
\nTake my yoke upon you and learn
\nof me for my yoke is easy. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:37:58,500 –> 00:38:05,900
\nEasy and my burden, it’s light.
\nHe was a man who understood that<\/p>\n
466
\n00:38:05,900 –> 00:38:08,900
\nyoking ourselves to God’s way to
\nhis character. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:38:09,100 –> 00:38:15,100
\nTo his salvation will only make
\nour lives easier that a burden <\/p>\n
468
\n00:38:15,100 –> 00:38:18,300
\nshared with him as much more
\nthan a burden. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:38:18,300 –> 00:38:24,500
\nHalved God’s character has the
\nability to change how we think <\/p>\n
470
\n00:38:24,500 –> 00:38:28,500
\nabout suffering.
\nBecause it’s not about us. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:38:28,500 –> 00:38:32,100
\nIt’s about him and his character
\nbeing developed in us. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:38:32,400 –> 00:38:37,000
\nLook at verse 28, once this
\ncharacter is recalled to mind. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:38:37,500 –> 00:38:39,900
\nDo you know what its effect is
\nin our lives? <\/p>\n
474
\n00:38:41,700 –> 00:38:47,800
\nOur mouths closed.
\nWe stop complaining. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:38:48,800 –> 00:38:52,300
\nWe stop murmuring.
\nWe stop whinging and moaning <\/p>\n
476
\n00:38:52,300 –> 00:38:56,600
\nabout how tough this is for me.
\nAnd we quietly. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:38:56,600 –> 00:39:05,300
\nWait verse 26, We keep silence
\nverse 28, we put our mouths in <\/p>\n
478
\n00:39:05,300 –> 00:39:09,600
\nthe dust, verse 29 and verse 29
\nis the point. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:39:09,600 –> 00:39:14,600
\nWe all must come to when we
\nconsider our own foolishness and<\/p>\n
480
\n00:39:14,600 –> 00:39:17,800
\nour Heavenly father’s ever
\npatient compassion. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:39:17,800 –> 00:39:23,100
\nWe put our mouths, our words,
\nour complaints in the dust, his <\/p>\n
482
\n00:39:23,100 –> 00:39:28,800
\nmercies and his compassion’s.
\nDoes righteousness, humble and <\/p>\n
483
\n00:39:28,800 –> 00:39:33,500
\nsilencer.
\nThis man in verse 29 is so <\/p>\n
484
\n00:39:33,500 –> 00:39:39,400
\nobedient that he will be R,
\nwhatever God chooses to put upon<\/p>\n
485
\n00:39:39,400 –> 00:39:43,800
\nhim without complaint because he
\nknows that it is only of <\/p>\n
486
\n00:39:43,800 –> 00:39:46,300
\nyahweh’s mercies that we even
\ndraw breath. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:39:46,800 –> 00:39:50,100
\nHe’ll take whatever punishment,
\nwhatever suffering, whatever, <\/p>\n
488
\n00:39:50,100 –> 00:39:55,900
\npersecution God’s, gracious ways
\nwill think necessary. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:39:56,600 –> 00:40:00,700
\nLook at verse 30.
\nHe giveth his cheek to him, <\/p>\n
490
\n00:40:00,700 –> 00:40:04,000
\nthat’s my tooth him.
\nHe’s filled with reproach. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:40:04,100 –> 00:40:07,600
\nHere’s a man who’s not seeking
\nto avoid more suffering. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:40:08,500 –> 00:40:12,300
\nHere’s a man who’s happy to
\naccept, what an absolutely <\/p>\n
493
\n00:40:12,300 –> 00:40:14,000
\nrighteous.
\nGod will bring upon him. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:40:14,000 –> 00:40:17,700
\nWhat an amazing perspective and
\nhe does all of this because of <\/p>\n
495
\n00:40:17,700 –> 00:40:21,800
\nverse 31 to 32 the very heart
\nand soul of the whole book of <\/p>\n
496
\n00:40:21,800 –> 00:40:25,200
\nLamentations.
\nIt’s because he knows from God’s<\/p>\n
497
\n00:40:25,200 –> 00:40:28,300
\ncharacter that Yahweh will not
\ncast off. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:40:28,400 –> 00:40:32,000
\nForever.
\nBut though, he cause grief. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:40:33,300 –> 00:40:35,700
\nYet.
\nWill he have compassion <\/p>\n
500
\n00:40:35,900 –> 00:40:38,800
\naccording to the multitude of
\nhis mercies? <\/p>\n
501
\n00:40:41,500 –> 00:40:48,200
\nSuffering is God’s opportunity
\nto show Mercy to show compassion<\/p>\n
502
\n00:40:49,000 –> 00:40:52,800
\nto reveal himself, it’s not
\nforever. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:40:54,000 –> 00:40:57,300
\nIt all it will always come to an
\nend. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:40:59,700 –> 00:41:03,600
\nIt’s God’s way of showing
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:41:04,300 –> 00:41:07,400
\nDo you know, lung Young’s
\nliteral translation says for <\/p>\n
506
\n00:41:07,400 –> 00:41:15,800
\nverse 32, for though.
\nHe Afflicted yet, he hath pitied<\/p>\n
507
\n00:41:16,800 –> 00:41:18,300
\nAnd this is the answer to one
\nof. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:41:18,600 –> 00:41:22,500
\nWe saw yesterday the themes of
\nhopelessness from chapter 2. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:41:22,700 –> 00:41:27,600
\nRemember we read in Chapter 2
\nand verse 2 and he hath not <\/p>\n
510
\n00:41:27,600 –> 00:41:35,500
\npitied verse 17 and he hath not
\npitied verse 21. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:41:36,900 –> 00:41:42,600
\nAnd there is no pity.
\nAnd here we have. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:41:42,600 –> 00:41:48,300
\nThe answer God didn’t pity.
\nWell, actually, he does, he does<\/p>\n
513
\n00:41:48,300 –> 00:41:50,900
\npity.
\nHe has to, it’s his character to<\/p>\n
514
\n00:41:50,900 –> 00:41:55,600
\nbe plenteous in Mercy.
\nSo hidden away here in the heart<\/p>\n
515
\n00:41:55,600 –> 00:42:02,100
\nof the book of Lamentations is
\nthe reason for the atonement. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:42:03,600 –> 00:42:10,600
\nGod causes grief.
\nSo that he might show <\/p>\n
517
\n00:42:10,600 –> 00:42:14,200
\ncompassion.
\nThe reason suffering comes <\/p>\n
518
\n00:42:14,400 –> 00:42:18,300
\nbrothers and sisters in our
\nlives is so that we can see the <\/p>\n
519
\n00:42:18,300 –> 00:42:23,300
\nrichness of God’s character.
\nSo God can reveal himself to us.<\/p>\n
520
\n00:42:23,500 –> 00:42:27,300
\nThis is all the power of God’s
\ncharacter to change our <\/p>\n
521
\n00:42:27,300 –> 00:42:30,500
\nperspective.
\nAnd this whole section begins in<\/p>\n
522
\n00:42:30,500 –> 00:42:36,900
\nverse 22, with mercy and ends in
\nverse 32, with Mercy Mercy. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:42:36,900 –> 00:42:39,600
\nBookends this little section,
\nIan. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:42:41,000 –> 00:42:44,900
\nThis is all about the vital
\nimportance of remembering <\/p>\n
525
\n00:42:45,300 –> 00:42:49,500
\nbringing to mind.
\nThe amazing character of our <\/p>\n
526
\n00:42:49,500 –> 00:42:53,500
\nheavenly father.
\nNow there are a whole raft of <\/p>\n
527
\n00:42:53,500 –> 00:42:58,300
\nimplications that logically flow
\nfrom a consideration of God’s <\/p>\n
528
\n00:42:58,300 –> 00:43:05,600
\ncharacter and that’s verses 33
\nto 39. because by logical <\/p>\n
529
\n00:43:05,600 –> 00:43:11,600
\nimplication, when we come to
\nverse 33, We read this. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:43:12,600 –> 00:43:19,000
\nBecause of God’s character.
\nHe does not afflict willingly, <\/p>\n
531
\n00:43:19,800 –> 00:43:25,100
\nnor grieve the children of men,
\nGod never scenes suffering <\/p>\n
532
\n00:43:25,300 –> 00:43:31,000
\nwithout an excellent reason.
\nChastening is necessary but it <\/p>\n
533
\n00:43:31,000 –> 00:43:34,500
\ndoes not give God pleasure.
\nHe doesn’t send. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:43:34,500 –> 00:43:37,900
\nSuffering is the margin says
\nfrom his heart. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:43:38,500 –> 00:43:43,200
\nHe’s not vindictive or cruel.
\nThere is always an excellent <\/p>\n
536
\n00:43:43,200 –> 00:43:45,700
\nreason although we may not know
\nwhy. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:43:47,500 –> 00:43:54,000
\nIn verse 34, we read that it’s
\nnot to crush under his feet, all<\/p>\n
538
\n00:43:54,000 –> 00:43:57,500
\nthe prisoners of the earth.
\nGod always provides an escape. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:43:57,500 –> 00:44:04,300
\nSo that we are not crushed.
\nGod might bruise But he will <\/p>\n
540
\n00:44:04,300 –> 00:44:07,900
\nnever crush us.
\nCrushing is for the seed of the <\/p>\n
541
\n00:44:07,900 –> 00:44:11,500
\nserpent, they will always be a
\nway of Escape. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:44:12,900 –> 00:44:17,700
\nEven our Lord Jesus Christ or of
\nChrist, it is said a bruised. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:44:17,700 –> 00:44:22,800
\nReed, will he not break?
\nIt’s God’s design that we are <\/p>\n
544
\n00:44:22,900 –> 00:44:27,900
\nbruised, but never broken, never
\ncrushed. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:44:29,200 –> 00:44:36,200
\nInvestors 35 to 36.
\nWe find that God is Not and <\/p>\n
546
\n00:44:36,200 –> 00:44:43,900
\ncannot be unfair.
\nVerse 35 or misleading verse 36.<\/p>\n
547
\n00:44:44,300 –> 00:44:48,000
\nGod will not turn aside the
\nright of a man before the face <\/p>\n
548
\n00:44:48,000 –> 00:44:53,600
\nof the most high or he will not
\nmislead or subvert a man in his <\/p>\n
549
\n00:44:53,600 –> 00:44:59,200
\ncause for this Yahweh approve
\nEarth, not By virtue of his <\/p>\n
550
\n00:44:59,200 –> 00:45:02,900
\nperfect character, it would be
\nimpossible for God, to be <\/p>\n
551
\n00:45:02,900 –> 00:45:08,400
\nunfair, or to be deliberately
\nmisleading verse 36. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:45:09,800 –> 00:45:15,300
\nVerse 37 is going to tell us
\nthat he controls everything. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:45:15,800 –> 00:45:21,300
\nAnd to question his judgment is
\nto doubt his promises, his word,<\/p>\n
554
\n00:45:21,700 –> 00:45:29,100
\nhis power and his character.
\nWho is he that saith and it <\/p>\n
555
\n00:45:29,100 –> 00:45:32,900
\ncometh to pass when Yahweh
\ncommandeth it. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:45:32,900 –> 00:45:36,300
\nNot if God Is Watching The
\nSparrows brother and sisters and<\/p>\n
557
\n00:45:36,300 –> 00:45:40,000
\ncontrolling the destiny of the
\nnation’s, then verse 37 is <\/p>\n
558
\n00:45:40,000 –> 00:45:44,100
\nsaying that there is no such
\nthing as good luck. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:45:45,100 –> 00:45:49,300
\nOr bad luck in the lives of his
\nSaints. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:45:50,100 –> 00:45:53,500
\nNothing happens without his
\napproval and control. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:45:53,700 –> 00:46:00,000
\nAnd so, to question our
\nsuffering is either to say That <\/p>\n
562
\n00:46:00,000 –> 00:46:06,900
\nGod is not in control.
\nOr perhaps worse that God is <\/p>\n
563
\n00:46:06,900 –> 00:46:10,400
\ndoing a lousy job because I
\nthink I deserve better <\/p>\n
564
\n00:46:10,400 –> 00:46:13,800
\ntreatment, he doesn’t understand
\nall the facts. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:46:14,300 –> 00:46:17,100
\nHis omnipotence wisdom is
\nquestionable. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:46:18,500 –> 00:46:22,300
\nHe has dubious judgment about
\nwhat his bid best for me. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:46:22,600 –> 00:46:25,400
\nThat’s really what we’re saying
\nwhen we Christian God. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:46:26,700 –> 00:46:31,200
\nThe RSV has, who has commanded
\nit and it came to pass unless <\/p>\n
569
\n00:46:31,200 –> 00:46:35,900
\nthe Lord hath ordained it.
\nWe’re not in a position. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:46:35,900 –> 00:46:40,300
\nAre we brothers and sisters to
\nquestion God’s ways? <\/p>\n
571
\n00:46:40,400 –> 00:46:45,700
\nHe’s never made a mistake.
\nAmos 3 in verse 6 is shall there<\/p>\n
572
\n00:46:45,700 –> 00:46:48,100
\nbe evil in the city and Yahweh
\nhath? <\/p>\n
573
\n00:46:48,100 –> 00:46:52,100
\nNot done it?
\nWho are we to question him? <\/p>\n
574
\n00:46:52,300 –> 00:46:55,200
\nWho we to question his
\nchastening hand? <\/p>\n
575
\n00:46:55,200 –> 00:47:00,700
\nThe pressure of The Potter’s
\nhands on the clay. you know, we <\/p>\n
576
\n00:47:00,700 –> 00:47:06,000
\njob The example, James uses of a
\nrighteous suffer, a lost <\/p>\n
577
\n00:47:06,000 –> 00:47:10,500
\neverything.
\nIt says he sinned, not nor <\/p>\n
578
\n00:47:10,500 –> 00:47:15,600
\ncharged god with Folly Job. 1
\nverse 22, he understood who was <\/p>\n
579
\n00:47:15,600 –> 00:47:18,400
\nin control.
\nHe might not have understood, <\/p>\n
580
\n00:47:18,400 –> 00:47:21,800
\nwhy?
\nHe might have been greatly hurt <\/p>\n
581
\n00:47:22,000 –> 00:47:25,800
\ngreatly suffering but he never
\never charged god with Folly. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:47:25,800 –> 00:47:30,100
\nHe never ever said that God’s
\njudgment was dubious or he <\/p>\n
583
\n00:47:30,100 –> 00:47:32,200
\nwasn’t in control or he could
\nhave done it. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:47:32,400 –> 00:47:36,800
\nGet a job.
\nAnd so now, in verse 39, the <\/p>\n
585
\n00:47:36,800 –> 00:47:39,800
\nsection is going to come to a
\nclimax. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:47:41,300 –> 00:47:45,500
\nWhere it says wherefore Duff a
\nliving man. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:47:45,500 –> 00:47:49,900
\nComplain a man for the
\npunishment of his sins. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:47:51,100 –> 00:47:56,800
\nIn fact so lowly is our status
\ncompared to him and his power <\/p>\n
589
\n00:47:57,500 –> 00:48:03,900
\nthat if we are alive and the
\nwages of sin is death, then we <\/p>\n
590
\n00:48:03,900 –> 00:48:07,500
\nhave not been rightly
\nreimbursed. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:48:08,400 –> 00:48:13,900
\nIf God is unfair, it’s because
\nhe errs on the side of Mercy. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:48:13,900 –> 00:48:16,400
\nNot judgment.
\nWhat an amazing perspective. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:48:17,100 –> 00:48:21,400
\nYou think about as sufferings
\neveryday to think? <\/p>\n
594
\n00:48:22,100 –> 00:48:25,900
\nWell if God was making a
\nmistake, it’s the mistake really<\/p>\n
595
\n00:48:25,900 –> 00:48:28,900
\nis keeping us alive because
\nthat’s something we definitely <\/p>\n
596
\n00:48:28,900 –> 00:48:32,000
\ndon’t deserve.
\nWe need to be grateful, we need <\/p>\n
597
\n00:48:32,000 –> 00:48:36,300
\nto be to put, aside our
\ncomplaints, put our mouths in <\/p>\n
598
\n00:48:36,300 –> 00:48:39,000
\nthe dust.
\nWe are nothing without him. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:48:39,900 –> 00:48:42,600
\nSo far from complaining, about
\nour suffering. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:48:43,500 –> 00:48:47,700
\nWe need to be grateful that God
\nisn’t giving us what we deserve.<\/p>\n
601
\n00:48:47,700 –> 00:48:49,500
\nThis is quite a different
\nperspective. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:48:50,100 –> 00:48:53,000
\nI’m not saying it’s easy, but
\nI’m saying, it’s quite a <\/p>\n
603
\n00:48:53,000 –> 00:48:57,200
\ndifferent perspective, isn’t it?
\nThat Jeremiah and Messiah gives <\/p>\n
604
\n00:48:57,200 –> 00:49:00,100
\nus.
\nSo, look how Jeremiah answers. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:49:00,400 –> 00:49:05,700
\nOur original problems with God,
\nwhen we lose perspective, When <\/p>\n
606
\n00:49:05,700 –> 00:49:10,400
\nwe forget the good, what about
\nthis problem of anger? <\/p>\n
607
\n00:49:11,200 –> 00:49:18,500
\nWhen we say it’s all unfair and
\nGod is to blame Lamentations is <\/p>\n
608
\n00:49:18,500 –> 00:49:23,400
\ngoing to tell us.
\nIf God was to be fear, we’d be <\/p>\n
609
\n00:49:23,400 –> 00:49:30,500
\ndead.
\nVerse 22 and verse 39, and God’s<\/p>\n
610
\n00:49:30,500 –> 00:49:36,700
\nways and his goodness are not to
\nbe questioned verses 37 to 38. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:49:36,900 –> 00:49:41,400
\nGod never makes mistakes.
\nIt’s not unfair, we can’t get <\/p>\n
612
\n00:49:41,400 –> 00:49:46,100
\nangry with God’s decisions.
\nWhat if we experienced <\/p>\n
613
\n00:49:46,100 –> 00:49:49,400
\nfrustration, we say it’s too
\nhard. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:49:49,600 –> 00:49:54,900
\nWe want to give up limitations
\nthree C’s suffering is only for <\/p>\n
615
\n00:49:54,900 –> 00:49:59,100
\na time and it’s so that God can
\nshow compassion. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:49:59,300 –> 00:50:04,300
\nAnd you know what, all we need
\nto do is just last one day, <\/p>\n
617
\n00:50:04,400 –> 00:50:07,200
\nbecause his compassion’s are new
\nEvery Morning. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:50:07,600 –> 00:50:11,200
\nVerse 23, we don’t need to
\novercome suffering for the rest <\/p>\n
619
\n00:50:11,200 –> 00:50:14,100
\nof our lives today.
\nWe just need to overcome it <\/p>\n
620
\n00:50:14,100 –> 00:50:17,200
\ntoday.
\nDay to just get through one day <\/p>\n
621
\n00:50:17,500 –> 00:50:23,800
\nat a time and what about doubt
\nwhen we say it’s confusing, God <\/p>\n
622
\n00:50:23,800 –> 00:50:28,500
\ndoesn’t care.
\nLamentations says, God’s ways, <\/p>\n
623
\n00:50:28,500 –> 00:50:33,000
\nmight not make sense at the
\ntime, but God does care. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:50:33,000 –> 00:50:38,200
\nAnd because of his character, he
\ncannot afflict willingly or <\/p>\n
625
\n00:50:38,200 –> 00:50:41,300
\nwithout purpose.
\nIt’s impossible for him to do <\/p>\n
626
\n00:50:41,300 –> 00:50:44,300
\nsuch a thing to have a righteous
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:50:44,600 –> 00:50:51,400
\nLike that, it’s impossible.
\nSo this is Lamentations answers.<\/p>\n
628
\n00:50:51,400 –> 00:50:56,400
\nJeremiah’s answers under
\ninspiration to the three main <\/p>\n
629
\n00:50:56,600 –> 00:51:01,100
\nways of thinking that we have
\nwhen we experience suffering, <\/p>\n
630
\n00:51:01,100 –> 00:51:07,200
\nanger, frustration and doubt.
\nSo if we were to put this <\/p>\n
631
\n00:51:07,200 –> 00:51:14,100
\nanother way and ask the
\nquestion, why do we suffer Dean,<\/p>\n
632
\n00:51:14,100 –> 00:51:19,200
\nthis is what Lamentations sees
\nis it because God doesn’t care. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:51:20,500 –> 00:51:25,700
\nVerse 32.
\nAnd the answer is no, is it <\/p>\n
634
\n00:51:25,700 –> 00:51:30,200
\nbecause God gets pleasure from
\nseeing us suffer in the answer <\/p>\n
635
\n00:51:30,200 –> 00:51:35,100
\nfrom verse 33 is?
\nNo, is it because God wants to <\/p>\n
636
\n00:51:35,100 –> 00:51:39,800
\ncrush us verse 34 in the answer
\nis, no, is it? <\/p>\n
637
\n00:51:39,800 –> 00:51:46,600
\nBecause God wants to confuse us?
\nThe answer from verse 35 to 36, <\/p>\n
638
\n00:51:46,600 –> 00:51:49,000
\nis no.
\nIs it because? <\/p>\n
639
\n00:51:49,300 –> 00:51:52,900
\nWell, it’s just a result of time
\nand chance verse 37. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:51:53,400 –> 00:51:58,400
\nThe answer is no.
\nWhy do we suffer? <\/p>\n
641
\n00:52:00,100 –> 00:52:03,900
\nWe suffer because their
\ncharacters need to be changed <\/p>\n
642
\n00:52:03,900 –> 00:52:09,700
\nverse 26, so that God can reveal
\nhimself verse 32. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:52:10,600 –> 00:52:15,400
\nAnd to give us a chance to turn
\nverse 40. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:52:15,700 –> 00:52:18,800
\nAnd when you think about it, all
\nof these bottom three answers <\/p>\n
645
\n00:52:18,800 –> 00:52:22,200
\nare really all about, perfecting
\nour characters. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:52:22,800 –> 00:52:27,800
\nWe have to change from selfish
\nimpatient self-reliant. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:52:28,100 –> 00:52:34,800
\nDeluded sinners.
\nTwo selfless, patient. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:52:34,900 –> 00:52:40,100
\nTrusting faithful Saints in
\nsuffering, is God’s means of <\/p>\n
649
\n00:52:40,400 –> 00:52:45,600
\nachieving this transformation.
\nHow else would we become humble <\/p>\n
650
\n00:52:46,300 –> 00:52:50,300
\nor patient or trusting or
\nobedient? <\/p>\n
651
\n00:52:50,300 –> 00:52:54,700
\nUnless we had to experience
\ndifficult times where we were <\/p>\n
652
\n00:52:54,700 –> 00:53:00,800
\nput under pressure and we learnt
\npatience or trust or humility we<\/p>\n
653
\n00:53:00,800 –> 00:53:04,700
\nsuffer because because God
\ndesperately wants us to be like <\/p>\n
654
\n00:53:04,700 –> 00:53:08,400
\nhim to be like his son and he
\nwon’t give up. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:53:08,900 –> 00:53:12,800
\nHe won’t give up on us.
\nWe are being conformed As Romans<\/p>\n
656
\n00:53:12,800 –> 00:53:16,600
\n8, verse Verse 29 says,
\nconformed by pressure to the <\/p>\n
657
\n00:53:16,600 –> 00:53:23,200
\nimage of his son.
\nHe wants his character to be our<\/p>\n
658
\n00:53:23,200 –> 00:53:25,400
\ncharacter.
\nAnd you know what? <\/p>\n
659
\n00:53:26,500 –> 00:53:30,100
\nIt’s hard work, doesn’t happen
\neasy? <\/p>\n
660
\n00:53:30,800 –> 00:53:35,300
\nThere’s a lot of pressure that’s
\nneeded and finally we are <\/p>\n
661
\n00:53:35,300 –> 00:53:39,100
\nconformed into that beautiful
\nvessel that he desires. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:53:39,800 –> 00:53:41,900
\nLook at the example of our Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:53:41,900 –> 00:53:45,800
\nWe won’t go there but you
\nremember the words from Hebrews <\/p>\n
664
\n00:53:45,800 –> 00:53:51,700
\n5 yet though he were a son yet
\nlearned he obedience by the <\/p>\n
665
\n00:53:51,700 –> 00:53:54,900
\nthings which he suffered.
\nWe don’t often think about this,<\/p>\n
666
\n00:53:54,900 –> 00:53:59,700
\ndo we?
\nWhy did christ suffer? <\/p>\n
667
\n00:54:01,700 –> 00:54:05,700
\nWhy did christ suffer is?
\nCertainly wasn’t for the reason <\/p>\n
668
\n00:54:05,700 –> 00:54:09,800
\nof verse 39.
\nA man is suffering as a <\/p>\n
669
\n00:54:09,800 –> 00:54:13,800
\npunishment for his sins because
\nhe was sinless. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:54:14,100 –> 00:54:21,400
\nSo what was he learning?
\nObedience Hebrews 5 verse 9 goes<\/p>\n
671
\n00:54:21,400 –> 00:54:26,100
\non to say, and being made
\nperfect. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:54:26,100 –> 00:54:30,600
\nOur Lord was not born perfect.
\nHe was made perfect by <\/p>\n
673
\n00:54:30,600 –> 00:54:33,500
\nsuffering, and that suffering
\ndeveloped character. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:54:33,900 –> 00:54:37,700
\nUnlike us, he never sinned in
\nthe process but it was a <\/p>\n
675
\n00:54:37,700 –> 00:54:42,100
\nlearning process as he fully
\ngrasped and reflected from a <\/p>\n
676
\n00:54:42,100 –> 00:54:45,900
\nyoung boy into a man, the
\ncharacter of his father. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:54:47,100 –> 00:54:50,500
\nIn fact, the die glocke has in
\nHebrews 5. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:54:51,100 –> 00:54:54,400
\nIt doesn’t say yet though.
\nHe were a son. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:54:54,900 –> 00:55:00,800
\nIt says, because he was a son.
\nThat’s why he needed to suffer. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:55:00,800 –> 00:55:04,600
\nBecause that was the teaching
\nground by which he might absorb <\/p>\n
681
\n00:55:04,600 –> 00:55:07,700
\nthe character of his heavenly
\nfather. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:55:08,500 –> 00:55:11,000
\nSo, why do we think it will be
\ndifferent for any of us? <\/p>\n
683
\n00:55:11,500 –> 00:55:15,900
\nIf Christ was sinless?
\nAnd he still had to suffer to <\/p>\n
684
\n00:55:15,900 –> 00:55:18,900
\nperfect his character to be
\nconformed, to his father’s <\/p>\n
685
\n00:55:18,900 –> 00:55:20,900
\nimage.
\nWhy do we think it will be any <\/p>\n
686
\n00:55:20,900 –> 00:55:23,700
\ndifferent in our lives?
\nWhy do we have this view? <\/p>\n
687
\n00:55:24,100 –> 00:55:27,500
\nThat will be like, will be.
\nWe weren’t, we won’t have to go <\/p>\n
688
\n00:55:27,500 –> 00:55:29,500
\nthrough suffering.
\nThat’ll be something that we get<\/p>\n
689
\n00:55:29,500 –> 00:55:32,200
\nto avoid because we’re more
\nfaithful than the people in the <\/p>\n
690
\n00:55:32,200 –> 00:55:35,300
\nworld.
\nKnow, God will always bring it <\/p>\n
691
\n00:55:35,300 –> 00:55:39,800
\ninto our lives, in all of our
\nLives because he wants to <\/p>\n
692
\n00:55:39,800 –> 00:55:43,100
\ndevelop his character in us.
\nAnd in actual fact, when we read<\/p>\n
693
\n00:55:43,100 –> 00:55:47,000
\nJohn chapter, 215, what does he
\ndo to the to the tree? <\/p>\n
694
\n00:55:47,000 –> 00:55:51,400
\nThat brings forth fruit, he
\nprunes it even more that it <\/p>\n
695
\n00:55:51,400 –> 00:55:55,700
\nmight bring forth more fruit,
\nperhaps the more Godly we live, <\/p>\n
696
\n00:55:55,700 –> 00:55:59,100
\nthe more we absorb God’s
\ncharacter, the more suffering we<\/p>\n
697
\n00:55:59,100 –> 00:56:02,700
\ncan expect.
\nBecause we believe that God is <\/p>\n
698
\n00:56:02,700 –> 00:56:07,900
\nworking in US.
\nSuffering is essential. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:56:08,000 –> 00:56:10,800
\nIt’s the door through which we
\nenter the kingdom. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:56:10,800 –> 00:56:14,700
\nWe know these quotations, we
\nmust through much tribulation <\/p>\n
701
\n00:56:15,100 –> 00:56:20,400
\nenter into the kingdom of God.
\nfor verily, when we were with <\/p>\n
702
\n00:56:20,400 –> 00:56:26,500
\nyou, we told you before that we
\nshould suffer tribulation That <\/p>\n
703
\n00:56:26,500 –> 00:56:30,100
\nyou may be counted worthy of the
\nkingdom of God for which she <\/p>\n
704
\n00:56:30,100 –> 00:56:32,800
\nalso suffer.
\nYay. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:56:32,800 –> 00:56:36,500
\nAnd all that will live Godly in
\nChrist Jesus shall suffer <\/p>\n
706
\n00:56:36,500 –> 00:56:39,800
\npersecution.
\nThe reason why we suffer is so <\/p>\n
707
\n00:56:39,800 –> 00:56:42,200
\nthat Christ will be formed in
\nus. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:56:42,200 –> 00:56:47,500
\nIt’s not an optional process.
\nIt’s God’s method of achieving a<\/p>\n
709
\n00:56:47,500 –> 00:56:51,100
\nfamily likeness Look at this
\nperspective. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:56:51,100 –> 00:56:54,900
\nNow we can count it as a
\nblessing because it proves to us<\/p>\n
711
\n00:56:54,900 –> 00:57:00,100
\nthat God is conforming us.
\nHe is in our lives, he does care<\/p>\n
712
\n00:57:00,300 –> 00:57:05,400
\nhe loves us and therefore as
\nHebrews 13 and verse 6 says he <\/p>\n
713
\n00:57:05,400 –> 00:57:10,800
\nchastens every son or daughter,
\nhe receives suffering, makes us <\/p>\n
714
\n00:57:11,000 –> 00:57:13,400
\nlegitimate members of his
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:57:13,400 –> 00:57:19,100
\nWhat an honor, what an honor to
\nbe illegitimate son or daughter?<\/p>\n
716
\n00:57:19,600 –> 00:57:22,000
\nOf the Living.
\nGod, this is not Affliction <\/p>\n
717
\n00:57:22,000 –> 00:57:26,100
\nwithout purpose or misery.
\nWithout meaning, this is an <\/p>\n
718
\n00:57:26,100 –> 00:57:29,200
\nessential part of our
\ndiscipleship. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:57:29,900 –> 00:57:34,400
\nIn the true disciple can see
\nGod’s mercies everywhere, even <\/p>\n
720
\n00:57:34,400 –> 00:57:40,800
\nin their suffering. so now we
\ncan see how if we forget the <\/p>\n
721
\n00:57:40,800 –> 00:57:47,300
\ngood and we lose perspective and
\nwe focus selfishly on ourselves <\/p>\n
722
\n00:57:47,500 –> 00:57:53,100
\nhow far off being we can be We
\nhave this view that we deserve a<\/p>\n
723
\n00:57:53,100 –> 00:57:56,000
\ngood life and therefore
\nsuffering is God’s fault <\/p>\n
724
\n00:57:56,100 –> 00:58:01,300
\nsuffering is God’s blessing.
\nTo lead us. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:58:02,500 –> 00:58:07,800
\nTo the glaring word in
\nLamentations 3, that we have not<\/p>\n
726
\n00:58:07,800 –> 00:58:13,300
\nmentioned yet.
\nWhy do we suffer? <\/p>\n
727
\n00:58:14,600 –> 00:58:19,900
\nAnd the answer is that all of
\nthese bottom three reasons, lead<\/p>\n
728
\n00:58:19,900 –> 00:58:24,100
\nus to Hope.
\nGod doesn’t bring misery <\/p>\n
729
\n00:58:24,100 –> 00:58:27,100
\nbrothers and sisters, he offers
\nhope. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:58:28,100 –> 00:58:32,600
\nThere’s a vast difference in
\nthose two perspectives, the <\/p>\n
731
\n00:58:32,600 –> 00:58:35,900
\npurpose of suffering.
\nLook at this Romans chapter 5 <\/p>\n
732
\n00:58:36,100 –> 00:58:41,800
\nand not only so but we glory in
\ntribulations also knowing that <\/p>\n
733
\n00:58:41,800 –> 00:58:46,700
\ntribulation worketh patience and
\npatience experience and <\/p>\n
734
\n00:58:46,700 –> 00:58:51,500
\nexperience.
\nHope the purpose of tribulation <\/p>\n
735
\n00:58:51,800 –> 00:58:56,800
\nis to lead us to Hope and look
\nat Lamentations chapter 3 <\/p>\n
736
\n00:58:56,900 –> 00:59:01,600
\nbecause the word Loop occurs
\nfive times in the chapter and <\/p>\n
737
\n00:59:01,600 –> 00:59:06,300
\nthat all tightly clustered
\naround the remembrance of God’s <\/p>\n
738
\n00:59:06,300 –> 00:59:10,900
\ncharacter.
\nVerses 18 to 29, is the <\/p>\n
739
\n00:59:10,900 –> 00:59:16,100
\nprogression of Hope and it
\nbegins with the mention of <\/p>\n
740
\n00:59:16,100 –> 00:59:19,100
\nyahweh’s name.
\nFor the first time in the <\/p>\n
741
\n00:59:19,100 –> 00:59:24,900
\nchapter.
\nIn Lamentations 3, in verse 18, <\/p>\n
742
\n00:59:25,500 –> 00:59:30,200
\nwe read my hope is perished from
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:59:30,800 –> 00:59:34,000
\nJeremiah’s hope seems to be
\ndead. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:59:35,200 –> 00:59:39,100
\nBut when we come forwards to
\nverse 21, we read this. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:59:39,100 –> 00:59:45,200
\nI recall to my mind, therefore I
\nhave hope hope glimmers as a <\/p>\n
746
\n00:59:45,200 –> 00:59:50,900
\npossibility in verse 24, Yahweh
\nis my portion. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:59:51,200 –> 00:59:56,800
\nTherefore I will hope hope is a
\ngift that comes fresh every <\/p>\n
748
\n00:59:56,800 –> 01:00:02,100
\nmorning verse 26.
\nIt is good that a man should <\/p>\n
749
\n01:00:02,100 –> 01:00:07,500
\nboth hope and quietly.
\nLee wait, hope as a profitable <\/p>\n
750
\n01:00:08,000 –> 01:00:10,900
\nand good thing.
\nAnd finally, by the time we come<\/p>\n
751
\n01:00:10,900 –> 01:00:16,200
\nto verse 29, if so be there may
\nbe hope the man realizes that <\/p>\n
752
\n01:00:16,200 –> 01:00:22,200
\nhope is all he’s got This is a
\nprogression of Hope in this <\/p>\n
753
\n01:00:22,200 –> 01:00:26,100
\nstory, the dawning realization
\nthat hope is weird. <\/p>\n
754
\n01:00:26,100 –> 01:00:29,700
\nGod is driving him to at first,
\nit seems dead. <\/p>\n
755
\n01:00:30,700 –> 01:00:34,600
\nThen a perspective changes with
\nthe focus on God’s character <\/p>\n
756
\n01:00:34,600 –> 01:00:38,900
\nrather than on our own misery.
\nAnd we realized that hope is all<\/p>\n
757
\n01:00:38,900 –> 01:00:42,200
\nwe have.
\nAnd this man who had seen <\/p>\n
758
\n01:00:42,200 –> 01:00:48,000
\nAffliction understood the vast
\ndifference suffering is not the <\/p>\n
759
\n01:00:48,000 –> 01:00:50,300
\nindiscriminate.
\nImminent, cruelty of unloving <\/p>\n
760
\n01:00:50,300 –> 01:00:55,900
\nGod, but the careful alignment
\nof consequences for our own sins<\/p>\n
761
\n01:00:56,200 –> 01:00:59,500
\nthat we might desperately grasp,
\nhold of his hope. <\/p>\n
762
\n01:01:01,400 –> 01:01:07,100
\nLamentations 3 is a picture of a
\nman who’s suffering whose <\/p>\n
763
\n01:01:07,100 –> 01:01:11,600
\nAffliction lead him to God.
\nIt brought him closer to God. <\/p>\n
764
\n01:01:12,700 –> 01:01:18,000
\nAnd in Lamentations 3, he shares
\nhis Secrets, his experience, his<\/p>\n
765
\n01:01:18,000 –> 01:01:23,500
\nperspective.
\nVerse 26 says, it is good that a<\/p>\n
766
\n01:01:23,508 –> 01:01:27,800
\nman should both hope and
\nquietly. <\/p>\n
767
\n01:01:27,900 –> 01:01:35,700
\nWait for What does it say?
\nYahushua. <\/p>\n
768
\n01:01:37,300 –> 01:01:40,800
\nSuffering is to teach us that is
\ndesperately bruised. <\/p>\n
769
\n01:01:40,800 –> 01:01:46,000
\nAnd wounded by sin as we are.
\nWe need to wait for Yahweh is <\/p>\n
770
\n01:01:46,000 –> 01:01:50,900
\nsalvation Jesus, the salvation
\nof Yaya because you see brothers<\/p>\n
771
\n01:01:50,900 –> 01:01:53,300
\nand sisters.
\nAs we conclude this morning on <\/p>\n
772
\n01:01:53,300 –> 01:01:59,100
\nthe road of life, we are all
\nattacked by sin and left for <\/p>\n
773
\n01:01:59,100 –> 01:02:01,900
\ndead.
\nOur hope is perished, we don’t <\/p>\n
774
\n01:02:01,900 –> 01:02:05,700
\nhave time to look at this in any
\ndetail, but I believe that at <\/p>\n
775
\n01:02:05,700 –> 01:02:10,300
\nleast partially Christ gets his
\ninspiration for the parable of <\/p>\n
776
\n01:02:10,300 –> 01:02:13,700
\nthe Good Samaritan from the
\nstory of Lamentations. <\/p>\n
777
\n01:02:14,800 –> 01:02:19,200
\nThe man who was from Jerusalem
\nwho was wounded and left for <\/p>\n
778
\n01:02:19,200 –> 01:02:23,700
\ndead.
\nBeaten up by enemies and thieves<\/p>\n
779
\n01:02:24,100 –> 01:02:26,600
\npeople pass by on the other
\nside. <\/p>\n
780
\n01:02:27,000 –> 01:02:32,300
\nThen someone’s sympathizers
\nshows, compassion, and mercy, <\/p>\n
781
\n01:02:32,700 –> 01:02:36,100
\nand redeems his life.
\nIt all comes out of <\/p>\n
782
\n01:02:36,200 –> 01:02:40,100
\nLamentations.
\nChrist’s inspiration for this <\/p>\n
783
\n01:02:40,100 –> 01:02:42,900
\nlittle story, he is able to heal
\nus. <\/p>\n
784
\n01:02:43,300 –> 01:02:47,600
\nHis example can save us, he’s
\nthe Good Samaritan who binds up <\/p>\n
785
\n01:02:47,600 –> 01:02:50,300
\nour wounds and redeems Our
\nLives. <\/p>\n
786
\n01:02:51,100 –> 01:02:55,300
\nIn Lamentations, chapter 3 is
\nhis secret to understanding the <\/p>\n
787
\n01:02:55,300 –> 01:02:58,700
\nmeaning of suffering.
\nHe’s familiar with misery <\/p>\n
788
\n01:02:58,700 –> 01:03:02,200
\nhimself in every form and in
\nevery way. <\/p>\n
789
\n01:03:02,400 –> 01:03:06,100
\nBut he learned obedience by the
\nthings that he suffered, he <\/p>\n
790
\n01:03:06,100 –> 01:03:11,300
\nforgot himself, he put his own
\nmouth in the dust, he emptied <\/p>\n
791
\n01:03:11,300 –> 01:03:15,300
\nhimself, but he remembered God’s
\ncharacter, his compassion’s <\/p>\n
792
\n01:03:15,300 –> 01:03:19,800
\nevery morning and each day.
\nHe grew more and more like him, <\/p>\n
793
\n01:03:20,400 –> 01:03:23,600
\nmaybe.
\nPerfect by weakness. <\/p>\n
794
\n01:03:24,200 –> 01:03:26,200
\nLet’s follow him brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
795
\n01:03:26,200 –> 01:03:28,100
\nLet’s put our mouths in the
\ndust. <\/p>\n
796
\n01:03:28,500 –> 01:03:32,200
\nIt’s thank God that his
\ncompassion’s fail. <\/p>\n
797
\n01:03:32,200 –> 01:03:37,200
\nNot spend each day hoping that
\nhe will come. <\/p>\n
798
\n01:03:38,000 –> 01:03:41,000
\nAnd when the salvation of Yahweh
\ndoes, come that he might <\/p>\n
799
\n01:03:41,000 –> 01:03:46,000
\nrecognize us beaten and bruised
\nby sin as we are as those who <\/p>\n
800
\n01:03:46,200 –> 01:03:50,800
\nhave been conformed to be like
\nhim, people who have allowed his<\/p>\n
801
\n01:03:50,900 –> 01:03:54,400
\nAnd hands to bind up their
\nwounds people who have allowed <\/p>\n
802
\n01:03:54,400 –> 01:03:57,300
\nhis perspective to change their
\nlives. <\/p>\n
803
\n01:03:58,600 –> 01:04:02,100
\nLet’s in the words of
\nLamentations 3 and verse 40, <\/p>\n
804
\n01:04:02,300 –> 01:04:07,800
\nsearch, and try our ways and
\nturn again to Yahweh and with <\/p>\n
805
\n01:04:07,800 –> 01:04:14,800
\ngratefulness, lift up our heart,
\nwith our hands to our father in <\/p>\n
806
\n01:04:14,800 –> 01:04:15,400
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