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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, WELCOME
TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
FOR OUR BIBLE STUDY TIME TODAY.
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ALSO, A WARM WELCOME TO OUR
MEMBERS HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY
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CHURCH AND THOSE WHO ARE
VISITING US FROM ALL OVER THE
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COUNTRY. I KNOW WE HAVE
SOME INTERNATIONAL VISITORS THIS
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MORNING; A VERY WARM
WELCOME TO YOU AS WELL.
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WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING, THROUGH
OUR LESSON QUARTERLY, DEALING
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WITH THE BOOK OF JOB AND TODAY
WE FIND OURSELVES ON LESSON #5
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ENTITLED CURSE THE DAY -
INTERESTING STUDY AS WE LOOK AT
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THE VARIOUS ASPECTS ILLUSTRATED
IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT BOOK IN
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THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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NOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF
TODAY'S LESSON - THAT'S LESSON
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TO DO THAT AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
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ANSWERS AS YOU STUDY ALONG.
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY
THIS MORNING, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO
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BEGIN BY LIFTING
OUR VOICES IN PRAISE.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR
SONG LEADERS TO COME JOIN ME AND
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THEY'LL LEAD US IN A
FEW HYMNS THIS MORNING.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND
SING SONGS WITH YOU AND THOSE OF
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YOU WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE
WITH US, YOU'RE READY TO SING -
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I KNOW YOU ARE. AND I KNOW THOSE
OF YOU AT HOME DEFINITELY ARE
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BECAUSE YOU LOVE SINGING YOUR
HYMNS WITH US HERE AT GRANITE
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BAY AND WE LOVE SINGING WITH
YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
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ONE OF THE FAVORITES THAT I
KNOW IS ALL AROUND THE WORLD -
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BECAUSE HE LIVES - AND I THINK
IT'S BECAUSE THE HOPEFUL MESSAGE
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OF THIS SONG WHEN THERE'S SO
MUCH DEPRESSING NEWS, THIS IS
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TRULY A - THE PERFECT SONG TO
SING BECAUSE - BECAUSE HE LIVES
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I CAN FACE TOMORROW. JOIN WITH
US - #526 - #526 - BOTH STANZAS.
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(PIANO MUSIC) >>GOD
SENT HIS SON, THEY CALLED
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HIM JESUS, HE CAME TO LOVE,
HEAL, AND FORGIVE; HE LIVED AND
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DIED TO BUY MY PARDON, AN
EMPTY GRAVE IS THERE TO PROVE MY
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SAVIOR LIVES.
BECAUSE HE LIVES I CAN FACE
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TOMORROW, BECAUSE HE LIVES
ALL FEAR IS GONE; BECAUSE I
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KNOW HE HOLDS THE FUTURE.
ALL LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING
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JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES.
HOW SWEET TO HOLD A NEWBORN
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BABY, AND FEEL THE PRIDE, AND
JOY HE GIVES; BUT GREATER STILL
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THE CALM ASSURANCE,
THIS CHILD CAN FACE UNCERTAIN
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DAYS BECAUSE HE LIVES.
BECAUSE HE LIVES I CAN FACE
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TOMORROW, BECAUSE HE LIVES
ALL FEAR IS GONE; BECAUSE I
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KNOW HE HOLDS THE FUTURE.
AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING
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JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES. >>AMEN.
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IN KEEPING WITH OUR FAITH AND
TRUST SONGS, MY FAITH HAS FOUND
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A RESTING PLACE - #523 -
JUST A COUPLE PAGES THE OTHER
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DIRECTION. WE'RE
GOING TO SING THE FIRST,
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SECOND, AND FOURTH
STANZAS - #523. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>MY FAITH HAS FOUND A RESTING
PLACE, NOT IN A MAN-MADE CREED;
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I TRUST THE EVER LIVING
ONE, THAT HE FOR ME WILL PLEAD.
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I NEED NO OTHER EVIDENCE, I NEED
NO OTHER PLEA; IT IS ENOUGH THAT
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JESUS DIED AND
ROSE AGAIN FOR ME.
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ENOUGH FOR ME THAT JESUS SAVES,
THIS ENDS MY FEAR AND DOUBT; A
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SINFUL SOUL I COME TO
HIM, HE WILL NOT CAST ME OUT.
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I NEED NO OTHER EVIDENCE, I NEED
NO OTHER PLEA; IT IS ENOUGH THAT
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JESUS DIED AND
ROSE AGAIN FOR ME.
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THE GREAT PHYSICIAN HEALS THE
SICK, THE LOST HE CAME TO SAVE;
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FOR ME HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD HE
SHED, FOR ME HIS LIFE HE GAVE.
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I NEED NO OTHER EVIDENCE, I NEED
NO OTHER PLEA; IT IS ENOUGH THAT
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JESUS DIED AND
ROSE AGAIN FOR ME.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING WITH US FOR OUR SONGS.
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING WITH
YOU ONE DAY ON THE STREETS OF
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GOLD WHERE WE CAN SING MORE OF
OUR FAVORITE SONGS TOGETHER AS
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OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE
WORLD. AT THIS TIME, PASTOR JËAN
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ROSS WILL BE HAVING
OUR OPENING PRAYER FOR US.
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>>LET US BOW OUR
HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT
A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US TO BE
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ABLE TO LIFT OUR VOICES
IN PRAISE TO YOU FOR THE MANY
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BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE
BESTOWED UPON ALL OF US.
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AND NOW, AS WE TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO OUR STUDY THIS
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MORNING, I WANT TO ASK THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE OUR
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HEARTS AND OUR MINDS - LEAD
US INTO A CLEARER AND FULLER
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UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR WORD AND
THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT US TO
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LEARN, FOR WE ASK
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS
GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY THE
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DIRECTOR OF THE AFCOE PROGRAM.
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AFCOE IS THE AMAZING
FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM.
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HE'S A MEMBER RIGHT HERE
AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHUCK TO
COME JOIN ME AND CHUCK WILL BE
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BRINGING US OUR
LESSON AT THIS TIME.
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>>GOOD MORNING. >>GOOD MORNING.
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>>HAPPY
SABBATH. >>HAPPY SABBATH.
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>>I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO OUR STUDY THIS MORNING.
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I JUST WANT TO WELCOME EACH
ONE OF YOU HERE AT GRANITE BAY.
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AND ALSO, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
OTHERS WHO ARE PROBABLY WATCHING
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AND I WANT TO WELCOME EACH
ONE OF YOU TO OUR STUDY THIS
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MORNING. WHO IS
THE WRITER OF JOB?
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>>MOSES. >>MOSES
WAS THE WRITER OF JOB.
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SO WHEN DID MOSES WRITE
JOB? >>IN THE WILDERNESS.
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>>IN THE WILDERNESS.
THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT TIME IN THE
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WILDERNESS? WAS IT AFTER
THE EXODUS OR BEFORE THE EXODUS?
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>>BEFORE. >>IT'S
BEFORE THE EXODUS.
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WAS IT - SO HE WOULD HAVE JUST
FLED FOR HIS LIFE FROM EGYPT AND
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NOW HE'S IN THE
WILDERNESS - INTERESTING.
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WOULD HE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
MEANS TO HAVE A - A BIG REVERSE
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IN HIS LIFE? I
MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.
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HE WAS THE DARLING
CHILD OF THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE.
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HE WAS THE HERO OF THEIR ARMY.
HE WAS THE GENERAL BAR NONE.
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YOU READ ABOUT STEPHEN COMMENTED
ON IN ACTS CHAPTER 7, WHEN
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HE GIVES HIS DEFENSE
BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN.
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IT'S INTERESTING, HE WAS
UNSURPASSED IN HIS WISDOM,
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UNSURPASSED IN HIS KNOWLEDGE.
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HE WAS A BRILLIANT
MAN - TOP OF THE LADDER.
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AND NOW HE GOES FROM THE TOP OF
THE LADDER TO NOW BEING THE TOP
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OF THE MOST WANTED LIST
FOR THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE.
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WHAT A REVERSE. BUT THEN GOD
SENDS HIS HOLY SPIRIT TO IMPRESS
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HIM TO WRITE A BOOK - A BOOK
ABOUT ANOTHER MAN WHO HAD A HUGE
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REVERSE IN HIS LIFE. I'M
GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS
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AT THE END OF OUR LESSON,
BUT I WANTED TO GET US STARTED
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WITH THINKING,
'WHAT ARE SOME REVERSES?
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WHAT ARE SOME BIBLE CHARACTERS
THAT HAVE HAD HUGE REVERSES IN
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THEIR LIVES?' THEY WENT
FROM BEING HERE TO BEING HERE.
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FROM HAVING EVERYTHING
TO MAYBE HAVING NOTHING.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
THAT THROUGH THE EYES OF JOB AND
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THEN LOOK AT SOME OTHER BIBLE
CHARACTERS AS WE CLOSE UP OUR
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LESSON. NOW, LAST WEEK, WE
LOOKED AT THE GREAT CONTROVERSY,
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IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY.
THIS WEEK, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
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IF YOU DON'T MIND TURNING
WITH ME TO JOB CHAPTER 3.
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BEFORE WE START IN JOB 3, I'D
LIKE TO LOOK AT A FEW PORTIONS
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JUST PRECEDING IT. THE
LAST VERSE WE LOOKED AT
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IN OUR LAST STUDY WAS
JOB'S RESPONSE TO HIS WIFE.
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IT SAYS, "IN ALL THIS DID
NOT JOB SIN WITH HIS LIPS."
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NOW LOOK AT VERSE 11, "NOW WHEN
JOB'S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL
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THIS EVIL THAT WAS COME UPON
HIM, THEY CAME EVERY ONE FROM
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HIS OWN PLACE;" - SO NOW HE
HAS THREE FRIENDS COMING TO JOIN
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HIM. THIS IS JOB - EXCUSE ME -
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JOB CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE
11. YOU HAVE ELIPHAZ, BILDAD,
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ZOPHAR - "FOR THEY HAD MADE AN
APPOINTMENT TOGETHER TO COME TO
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MOURN WITH HIM
AND TO COMFORT HIM."
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IT SAYS IN VERSE 12, "AND WHEN
THEY LIFTED UP THEIR EYES AFAR
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OFF, AND KNEW HIM NOT, THEY
LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE, AND WEPT;
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AND THEY RENT EVERY ONE HIS
MANTLE, AND SPRINKLED DUST UPON
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THEIR HEADS TOWARD HEAVEN."
- A SIGN OF EXTREME MOURNING.
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THEY SEE JOB, THEY WALK UP TO
WHERE JOB IS AT, THEY REND THEIR
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OWN GARMENTS, THEY PUT - THROW
DUST UP IN THE AIR - LANDS ON
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TOP OF THEM. THEY'RE
JUST FEELING TERRIBLE.
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THEN IT SAYS THIS IN VERSE 13,
"SO THEY SAT DOWN WITH HIM UPON
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THE GROUND" - HOW
LONG? >>SEVEN DAYS.
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>>SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN
NIGHTS, AND NONE" - DID WHAT?
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- "NONE SPAKE A WORD UNTO HIM:"
- QUITE FRANKLY, I HEARD ONE
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COMMENTATOR SAY IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN BETTER IF THEY HAD JUST
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KEPT THAT POSITION FOR THE
REST OF THEIR TIME - QUIET.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T.
- "NONE SPAKE A WORD UNTO HIM:
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FOR THEY SAW THAT HIS
GRIEF WAS VERY GREAT."
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DO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A
PERSON WHO'S GOING THROUGH A
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REALLY DIFFICULT TIME - AND I
THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED
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THIS IN A SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
NOT TOO DISTANT PAST - SOMETIMES
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THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO
IS JUST TO BE THERE, RIGHT?
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JUST TO BE THERE. AND
THAT'S WHAT HIS FRIENDS ARE
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DOING, THEY'RE SITTING THERE
JUST SITTING NEXT TO HIM, GOING
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THROUGH HIS PAIN WITH HIM.
AND THEN, WHAT OUR FOCUS IS,
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IS CHAPTER 3,
CHAPTER 6, AND CHAPTER 7.
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THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
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CHAPTER 3 IS JOB'S INITIAL -
SOME PEOPLE CALL IT - LAMENT.
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HIS INITIAL CRY OF FRUSTRATION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ELIPHAZ SAID
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SOME VERY
INTERESTING THINGS TO HIM.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKED AT
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NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO LOOK AT JOB'S RESPONSE TO HIM
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IN CHAPTER 6 AND CHAPTER
7. SO LET'S LOOK AT CHAPTER 3.
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THIS IS THE INITIAL RESPONSE OF
JOAB - JOB: "AND JOB SPAKE, AND
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SAID," - VERSE 3 - "LET THE DAY
PERISH WHEREIN I WAS BORN, AND
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THE NIGHT IN WHICH IT WAS
SAID, 'THERE IS A MAN CHILD
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CONCEIVED.' LET THAT DAY BE
DARKNESS; LET NOT GOD REGARD IT
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FROM ABOVE, NEITHER LET
THE LIGHT SHINE UPON IT.
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LET DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW
OF DEATH STAIN IT; LET A CLOUD
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DWELL UPON IT; LET THE
BLACKNESS OF THE DAY TERRIFY IT.
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AS FOR THAT NIGHT, LET DARKNESS
SEIZE UPON IT; LET IT NOT BE
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JOINED UNTO THE DAYS OF THE
YEAR, LET IT NOT COME INTO THE
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NUMBER OF THE MONTHS. LO,
LET THAT NIGHT BE SOLITARY,
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LET NO JOYFUL VOICE COME
THEREIN. LET THEM CURSE IT THAT
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CURSE THE DAY, WHO ARE READY
TO RAISE UP THEIR MOURNING.
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LET THE STARS OF THE TWILIGHT
THEREOF BE DARK; LET IT LOOK FOR
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LIGHT, BUT HAVE NONE; NEITHER
LET IS SEE THE DAWNING OF THE
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DAY: BECAUSE IT SHUT NOT UP THE
DOORS OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB, NOR
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HID SORROW FROM MINE
EYES." WOW, WHAT A PICTURE.
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'I WISH I WASN'T BORN.' HE'S A
LITTLE BIT MORE POETIC THAN I AM
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- MORE THAN WE WOULD
BE IN OUR CULTURE TODAY.
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'I WISH I WASN'T BORN.'
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THAT?
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I WOULD GUESS THAT PROBABLY
EVERY PERSON, AT SOME TIME IN
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THEIR EXPERIENCE, HAS FELT
THAT WAY - 'I JUST WISH I WASN'T
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BORN.' MAYBE
YOU CAN HELP ME OUT.
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I'M GOING TO DO SOME QUESTIONS
- AND I KNOW IT'S STRESSFUL A
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LITTLE BIT, SO WHEN YOU SAY
SOMETHING, I'LL REPEAT IT SO OUR
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WORLDWIDE
AUDIENCE CAN LISTEN TO US.
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BUT DO YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN
THE BIBLE WHO QUESTIONED WHETHER
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LIFE WAS WORTH LIVING?
CAN YOU THINK OF - SORRY?
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>>JONAH. >>JONAH - YES, JONAH.
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NOW, JONAH, HE HAD
SOME INTERESTING REASONS FOR
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QUESTIONING WHY
LIFE WAS WORTH LIVING.
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IF YOU TURN TO JONAH CHAPTER 4,
WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT
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OF A BIBLE STUDY THIS MORNING
- JONAH CHAPTER 4 - JONAH HAS
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FOLLOWED GOD'S COMMAND AND
HE HAS GONE OUT AND PREACHED AT
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NINEVEH. NOW, I
DON'T UNDERSTAND JONAH.
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HE'S NOT THE TOPIC OF OUR STUDY,
BUT HE REALLY WISHED THAT THE
00:16:13.57\00:16:16.07
NINEVITES GOT WHAT
THEY HAD COMING TO THEM.
00:16:16.07\00:16:18.47
AND THEY DIDN'T. AND
HE GOT REALLY FRUSTRATED.
00:16:18.47\00:16:20.84
LOOK WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE
3 - ACTUALLY VERSE 2 - WHEN HE
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PRAYED UNTO THE LORD AND SAID,
"I PRAY THEE, O LORD, WAS NOT
00:16:23.95\00:16:27.08
THIS MY SAYING, WHEN
I WAS YET IN MY COUNTRY?
00:16:27.08\00:16:30.12
THEREFORE I FLED BEFORE UNTO
TARSHISH: FOR I KNEW THAT THOU
00:16:30.12\00:16:33.42
ART A GRACIOUS GOD, AND
MERCIFUL, SLOW TO ANGER, AND OF
00:16:33.42\00:16:36.46
GREAT KINDNESS, AND
REPENTEST THEE OF THE EVIL.
00:16:36.46\00:16:39.83
THEREFORE NOW, O LORD, TAKE,
I BESEECH THEE, MY LIFE FROM ME;
00:16:39.83\00:16:43.20
FOR IT IS BETTER FOR
ME TO DIE THAN TO LIVE."
00:16:43.20\00:16:45.83
'YOU'RE TOO GRACIOUS, GOD.
TOO MUCH MERCY.' I DON'T THINK
00:16:45.83\00:16:51.04
I'D BE THE KIND OF
PERSON TO PRAY THAT PRAYER.
00:16:51.04\00:16:53.81
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD BE,
BUT I THINK THE KIND OF PRAYER
00:16:53.81\00:16:56.64
WE NEED TO BE PRAYING IS 'GOD,
PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR MERCY AND
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GRACE.' >>AMEN.
00:16:58.95\00:17:00.68
>>'I NEED EVERY OUNCE YOU
HAVE.' JONAH GETS MAD. HE GOES,
00:17:00.68\00:17:04.22
'I'D RATHER DIE THAN SEE THEM
REPENT.' KIND OF THE OPPOSITE
00:17:04.22\00:17:07.52
FEELING OF WHAT WE EXPECT
IN AN EVANGELIST - AM I RIGHT?
00:17:07.52\00:17:10.76
LOOK AT VERSE 8 - HE ACTUALLY -
I'LL GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND: A
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GOURD WAS - GOD HAD A GOURD
GROW AND IT GREW SO FAST THAT IT
00:17:16.16\00:17:20.14
ACTUALLY CREATED A SHADE FOR
JONAH AS HE WAS SITTING OUTSIDE
00:17:20.14\00:17:23.00
THE CITY OF NINEVEH HOPING THAT
IT'S GOING TO GET DESTROYED.
00:17:23.00\00:17:26.24
SORRY, I'M
GIVING A PICTURE, OKAY?
00:17:26.24\00:17:28.24
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
HE'S ENJOYING THE SHADE, HE'S
00:17:28.24\00:17:30.68
ENJOYING IT - ALL OF A SUDDEN A
WORM COMES AND KILLS THE GOURD.
00:17:30.68\00:17:33.55
IT DIES AND THE SHADE LEAVES
AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS, "AND IT
00:17:33.55\00:17:38.69
CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE SUN
DID ARISE, THAT GOD PREPARED A
00:17:38.69\00:17:41.89
VEHEMENT EAST WIND; AND THE
SUN BEAT UPON THE HEAD OF JONAH,
00:17:41.89\00:17:45.23
THAT HE FAINTED, AND WISHED IN
HIMSELF TO DIE, AND SAID, 'IT IS
00:17:45.23\00:17:48.23
BETTER FOR ME TO DIE THAN
TO LIVE.'" JONAH'S A KIND OF
00:17:48.23\00:17:51.27
EMOTIONAL GUY.
HAVE YOU SENSED THAT?
00:17:51.27\00:17:53.34
WE COULD USE THE WORD
'MOODY'. IS THAT OKAY IF I
00:17:53.34\00:17:54.70
USE THE WORD 'MOODY'? WE
SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING.
00:17:54.70\00:17:57.11
SO JONAH IS ONE EXAMPLE OF
A PERSON WHO WISHED THEY COULD
00:17:57.11\00:17:59.34
DIE. WHO'S
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE
00:17:59.34\00:18:00.74
WHO WISHED THEY COULD DIE?
KIND OF GETTING AN OVERVIEW
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AS WE'RE GOING INTO
JONAH'S EXPERIENCE HERE.
00:18:04.05\00:18:07.12
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE. IS THAT
OKAY? I HAVE A WHOLE LIST HERE.
00:18:07.12\00:18:10.42
I REMEMBER SOMEONE
BY THE NAME OF DAVID.
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WHEN DID DAVID WISH HE
COULD DIE? WHEN WAS IT?
00:18:14.99\00:18:19.36
YOU SAY, 'WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE
TIMES.' I'M GOING TO GO TO 2
00:18:19.36\00:18:21.03
SAMUEL 18 - 2 SAMUEL 18 - AND I
FIND THIS SPECIAL BECAUSE, AS A
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FATHER, I CAN CONNECT, A LITTLE
BIT, WITH THE FEELINGS OF DAVID
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HERE. 2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 18.
THERE'S A BATTLE BETWEEN JOAB
00:18:32.94\00:18:40.92
AND DAVID'S FORCES AND
ABSALOM AND HE REBEL FORCES.
00:18:40.92\00:18:44.42
ABSALOM IS KILLED IN THE PROCESS
AND DAVID HAS PRAYED THAT
00:18:44.42\00:18:47.49
ABSALOM WOULDN'T
BE KILLED, BUT HE IS.
00:18:47.49\00:18:50.73
DAVID FINDS OUT AND HERE IS HIS
RESPONSE IN VERSE 33, "AND THE
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KING WAS MUCH MOVED, AND WENT
UP TO THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE,
00:18:54.63\00:18:57.27
AND WEPT: AND AS HE WENT, THUS
HE SAID, 'O MY SON ABSALOM, MY
00:18:57.27\00:19:02.77
SON, MY SON ABSALOM!
WOULD GOD I HAD DIED FOR THEE,
00:19:02.77\00:19:08.11
O ABSALOM, MY SON, MY SON!'"
'I WISH I WAS DEAD INSTEAD
00:19:08.11\00:19:12.51
OF HIM.' SO
TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS.
00:19:12.51\00:19:15.02
JONAH, WE KIND OF HAVE THAT
PICTURE OF ABSOLUTE SELFISHNESS,
00:19:15.02\00:19:18.45
IN A WAY. AND
DAVID, THAT LACK OF
00:19:18.45\00:19:21.02
SELFISHNESS - BOTH OF THEM
WISHING THEY HAD DIED - FOR
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TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT
REASONS. ANY OTHER ONES?
00:19:25.13\00:19:26.93
I'M GIVING YOU SOME TIME TO
THINK BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A
00:19:26.93\00:19:27.96
FEW. >>ELIJAH.
00:19:27.96\00:19:29.70
>>ELIJAH, THAT'S
RIGHT. YOU REMEMBER ELIJAH?
00:19:29.70\00:19:32.07
HE'S JUST FINISHED HIS
EXPERIENCE ON MOUNT CARMEL.
00:19:32.07\00:19:35.17
HE SAW GOD ANSWER WITH
FIRE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
00:19:35.17\00:19:37.67
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS DAY
OF VICTORY FOR GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:19:37.67\00:19:41.14
HE GETS BACK, HE RUNS BEFORE
AHAB'S CHARIOT THE WHOLE WAY TO
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THE GATES OF SAMARIA, LAYS
OUTSIDE THE WALLS - THAT MORNING
00:19:43.98\00:19:48.95
- OR THAT EVENING
HE GETS A LITTLE NOTE.
00:19:48.95\00:19:51.35
A MESSENGER COMES AND SAYS,
'JEZEBEL SAID SHE'S GOING TO
00:19:51.35\00:19:54.82
KILL YOU.' - I'M PARAPHRASING.
AND HE STARTS RUNNING.
00:19:54.82\00:19:58.76
HE GETS A DAY OUT AND THIS IS
- IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THIS
00:19:58.76\00:20:01.73
IS FOUND, THIS IS 1 KINGS 19 -
1 KINGS 19 - HE GETS A DAY OUT -
00:20:01.73\00:20:06.63
GOD COMES TO SPEAK TO HIM - 1
KINGS 19 AND VERSE 4 - THIS IS
00:20:06.63\00:20:12.94
THE RESPONSE OF ELIJAH TO GOD,
"IT IS ENOUGH; NOW, O LORD, TAKE
00:20:12.94\00:20:26.39
AWAY MY LIFE; FOR I AM
NOT BETTER THAN MY FATHERS."
00:20:26.39\00:20:29.96
'IT IS ENOUGH. I'M NOT
BETTER THAN MY FATHERS.'
00:20:29.96\00:20:32.36
I AM GLAD THAT GOD DOES
NOT ANSWER THE PRAYER OF JONAH.
00:20:32.36\00:20:39.23
I'M GLAD HE DOESN'T ANSWER
THE PRAYER OF - WHO WERE WE JUST
00:20:39.23\00:20:43.81
TALKING ABOUT? >>ELIJAH.
00:20:43.81\00:20:45.57
>>THANK YOU, MY
BRAIN JUST LEFT ME THERE.
00:20:45.57\00:20:47.38
AND HE DOESN'T
ANSWER THE PRAYER OF DAVID.
00:20:47.38\00:20:50.55
HE DOESN'T DO THAT. YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE SOMETIMES, I
00:20:50.55\00:20:52.78
BELIEVE, IN OUR EXPERIENCE,
WE WISH IT WAS JUST OVER AND GOD
00:20:52.78\00:20:56.52
KNOWS - BECAUSE HE CAN SEE THE
END FROM THE BEGINNING - THAT
00:20:56.52\00:20:59.82
THIS IS JUST MOMENTARY
- IT'S JUST A SHORT TIME.
00:20:59.82\00:21:03.53
THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON - AND
I'M GOING TO JUST FOCUS ON TWO
00:21:03.53\00:21:07.30
MORE FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
ONE WAS THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER.
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.83
YOU REMEMBER THAT
STORY IN ACTS CHAPTER 16?
00:21:09.83\00:21:11.47
HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF
BECAUSE HE SAW ALL THE PRISONERS
00:21:11.47\00:21:14.70
ESCAPED AND HE KNEW IF THEY
ALL ESCAPED HE WAS GOING TO BE
00:21:14.70\00:21:16.54
KILLED ANYHOW, SO HE MIGHT AS
WELL COMMIT SUICIDE AND HAVE IT
00:21:16.54\00:21:18.41
DONE WITH. THAT WAS ONE PERSON.
AND JEREMIAH WAS ANOTHER MAN
00:21:18.41\00:21:22.08
WHO WISHED THAT HE WOULD
DIE. JEREMIAH IS INTERESTING.
00:21:22.08\00:21:25.15
IF YOU DON'T MIND TURNING TO
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 20, VERSE 14.
00:21:25.15\00:21:29.35
WE'RE STARTING OUT - WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE STORY OF JOB AND
00:21:29.35\00:21:33.39
JOB HAS SAID, 'I WISH THAT I WAS
NEVER BORN.' AND WE'RE LOOKING
00:21:33.39\00:21:37.43
AT THAT LAMENT AND WE'RE LOOKING
AT ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
00:21:37.43\00:21:41.33
THAT FELT SIMILARLY.
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE
00:21:41.33\00:21:44.17
14, "CURSED BE THE DAY WHEREIN
I WAS BORN: LET NOT THE DAY
00:21:44.17\00:21:50.44
WHEREIN MY MOTHER
BARE ME BE BLESSED."
00:21:50.44\00:21:53.24
WOW - CURSED BE THE DAY I WAS
BORN - THAT'S JEREMIAH 20:14.
00:21:53.24\00:22:00.38
WHAT STRONG FEELINGS.
JEREMIAH'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE
00:22:00.38\00:22:03.95
HE'S FEELING A LOT OF REPROACH.
HE'S BEEN ASKED TO GIVE A
00:22:03.95\00:22:06.62
MESSAGE THAT'S NOT POPULAR.
'WHY AM I DOING THIS, GOD?'
00:22:06.62\00:22:14.56
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
PROGRESSION OF THOUGHT TODAY.
00:22:14.56\00:22:16.87
THE PROGRESSION'S GOING TO START
OUT WITH THIS: 'I WISH I WASN'T
00:22:16.87\00:22:19.67
BORN' TO 'I WISH I HAD DIED
BEFORE NOW' - 'I WISH I HAD DIED
00:22:19.67\00:22:25.01
BEFORE THE TRAGEDY TOOK PLACE'
TO - ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT
00:22:25.01\00:22:27.64
ONE? TRYING TO
REMEMBER IT OFF THE
00:22:27.64\00:22:29.31
TOP OF MY HEAD - THE NEXT ONE
IS, 'YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M
00:22:29.31\00:22:32.41
GOING THROUGH.' HAVE
YOU EVER FELT THAT WAY?
00:22:32.41\00:22:35.15
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
THAT'S WHAT - THAT'S THE JOB
00:22:35.15\00:22:37.25
FEELING - 'YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH'.
00:22:37.25\00:22:39.55
AND THEN, A FINAL ONE, IS THE
QUESTION THAT MOST OF US ASK AT
00:22:39.55\00:22:42.52
SOME POINT IN OUR
EXPERIENCE, 'WHY?'
00:22:42.52\00:22:45.83
SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH
'I WISH I WASN'T BORN' AND WE'RE
00:22:45.83\00:22:49.06
GOING TO FINISH WITH
THE QUESTION OF 'WHY?'
00:22:49.06\00:22:51.43
NOW, I DON'T THINK ANY SPEAKER,
ANY TEACHER, ANY HUMAN BEING ON
00:22:51.43\00:22:55.47
THIS PLANET COULD FULLY ANSWER
WHY. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOD.
00:22:55.47\00:23:01.84
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERSE IN
PSALMS THAT SAYS, 'YOU'RE GOD IN
00:23:01.84\00:23:04.25
HEAVEN, I'M HERE ON EARTH.' AND
SO MANY TIMES, I THINK THAT YOU
00:23:04.25\00:23:07.12
AND I, IN OUR CHRISTIAN
EXPERIENCE, HAVE TO DO THAT -
00:23:07.12\00:23:09.58
PUT UP OUR HANDS
AND SAY, 'YOU'RE GOD.
00:23:09.58\00:23:11.72
I'M NOT.' >>AMEN.
00:23:11.72\00:23:13.29
>>IN FACT, THAT'S HOW GOD SPENDS
CHAPTER 38, 39, 40, AND 41 -
00:23:13.29\00:23:17.86
RESPONDING TO JOB.
BUT LET'S CONTINUE.
00:23:17.86\00:23:23.40
JOB HAD
EVERYTHING, AM I RIGHT? >>YES.
00:23:23.40\00:23:28.04
>>YEAH, HE HAD THE PERFECT HOME,
HE HAD PLENTY OF MONEY, HE HAD
00:23:28.04\00:23:33.61
REPUTATION, HE HAD WHAT
A GUY LIKES - HE HAD A GOOD
00:23:33.61\00:23:36.68
REPUTATION, HE HAD A GOOD HOME,
HE HAD PLENTY OF FINANCES - ALL
00:23:36.68\00:23:40.55
THE TOYS THAT YOU WANT - YOU
KNOW, THE FASTEST CAMELS, RIGHT?
00:23:40.55\00:23:43.85
HE HAD
EVERYTHING THAT HE DESIRED.
00:23:43.85\00:23:45.62
SO HE IS - HAS 'IT', BUT THEN HE
LOSES IT IN ONE DAY - HE LOSES
00:23:45.62\00:23:53.16
MOST OF IT - THEN
HE LOSES HIS HEALTH.
00:23:53.16\00:23:57.20
IS IT AMAZING A PERSON CAN
GO FROM A PERFECT LIFE TO A
00:23:57.20\00:24:02.64
TERRIBLE EXISTENCE SO
QUICKLY? THAT LOSS CAN MAKE
00:24:02.64\00:24:08.61
YOU FEEL THAT WAY? MY
WIFE WARNS ME, SOMETIMES
00:24:08.61\00:24:18.09
ABOUT GETTING PHILOSOPHICAL.
I'M GOING TO GET A
00:24:18.09\00:24:19.55
LITTLE
PHILOSOPHICAL. IS THAT OKAY?
00:24:19.55\00:24:21.82
I THINK JOB IS A PHILOSOPHICAL
BOOK AND HE'S PUSHING SOME
00:24:21.82\00:24:24.19
PHILOSOPHY AND I'D LIKE TO
SHARE A FEW THINGS WITH YOU.
00:24:24.19\00:24:26.90
I BELIEVE IT'S LOSING WHAT WE
LOVE THAT MAKES OUR LIVES BITTER
00:24:26.90\00:24:32.00
OR HARD. >>AMEN.
00:24:32.00\00:24:35.60
>>YEAH? >>YES.
00:24:35.60\00:24:38.94
>>THE LESS WE LOVE SOMETHING,
THE EASIER IT IS TO LOSE IT.
00:24:38.94\00:24:44.58
THE MORE WE LOVE SOMETHING,
THE HARDER IT IS TO LOSE IT.
00:24:44.58\00:24:47.72
NOW, I KNOW THAT'S NOT TOO DEEP
PHILOSOPHY - THAT'S LIKE FIRST
00:24:47.72\00:24:49.32
GRADE, BUT HOLD ON. IS
IT POSSIBLE, THEN, WHAT WE
00:24:49.32\00:24:55.52
LOVE DETERMINES
HOW HARD OUR LIFE IS?
00:24:55.52\00:25:03.03
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY: IF I
LOVE MY REPUTATION, I MAY HAVE A
00:25:03.03\00:25:09.40
HARD LIFE IF MY
REPUTATION IS DESTROYED.
00:25:09.40\00:25:12.51
BUT IF I DON'T MAKE MY
REPUTATION THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:25:12.51\00:25:14.74
THING, THEN MY LIFE MAY NOT
BE HARD WHEN IT'S TAKEN DOWN.
00:25:14.74\00:25:19.05
TODAY I CAME OUT - I WAS ABOUT
TO - I HAVE SOME SHIRTS THAT
00:25:19.05\00:25:23.62
HAVE SEEN BETTER DAYS AND MY
WIFE HAS BEEN IRONING THEM FOR
00:25:23.62\00:25:28.49
AWHILE AND WE NEED TO CLEAN
OUT MY CLOSET A LITTLE BIT.
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.16
AND SO, I PUT ON ONE OF THOSE
SHIRTS THIS MORNING AND SHE
00:25:31.16\00:25:33.93
SAID, 'YOU CAN'T
PUT THAT ON TODAY!
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.36
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ON TV.' I SAID, 'SO?'
00:25:36.36\00:25:44.44
PRAISE GOD FOR A WIFE WHO
HAS NICE, CLEAN SHIRTS, RIGHT?
00:25:44.44\00:25:46.74
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE,
THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT.
00:25:46.74\00:25:49.84
BUT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AND
IF SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING I'D BE
00:25:49.84\00:25:54.95
LIKE, 'OKAY, SO BE IT.' BUT
IF IT DOES BOTHER YOU, YOUR LIFE
00:25:54.95\00:25:58.95
COULD BE HARD. I HAVE
SOME FRIENDS, GOD BLESS
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.76
THEM, I DON'T THINK
THEIR WIVES IRON THEIR SHIRTS.
00:26:01.76\00:26:04.69
THEY IRON THEIR OWN SHIRTS
BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO BE PERFECT.
00:26:04.69\00:26:07.36
AND, BY THE WAY, I APPRECIATE
PEOPLE LIKE THAT, BUT I'M NOT
00:26:07.36\00:26:09.76
ONE OF THEM. SO YOU
HAVE TO CHOOSE, WHAT IS
00:26:09.76\00:26:12.70
IT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT
YOU LOVE? DO YOU LOVE MONEY?
00:26:12.70\00:26:16.47
IT'S OKAY TO HAVE MONEY, THE
QUESTION IS 'DO YOU LOVE IT?'
00:26:16.47\00:26:19.27
BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE IT AND YOU
LOSE IT, WILL YOUR LIFE BE HARD?
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.54
>>YES. >>YES.
00:26:21.54\00:26:22.94
YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, YOUR
LIFE'S HARD WHETHER YOU LOVE IT
00:26:22.94\00:26:24.21
OR NOT AND YOU LOSE IT.' THAT'S
TRUE, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT
00:26:24.21\00:26:26.88
IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE
LOT HARDER IF YOU LOVE IT.
00:26:26.88\00:26:29.08
SO WHAT YOU LOVE DETERMINES HOW
HARD OR BITTER YOUR LIFE IS WHEN
00:26:29.08\00:26:34.86
YOU LOSE IT. NOW YOU CAN -
NOW, I LOOK AT WHAT JOB LOST.
00:26:34.86\00:26:43.67
HE LOST HIS WEALTH, HE LOST HIS
CHILDREN, AND HE LOST HIS HEALTH
00:26:43.67\00:26:49.10
- AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
HARDEST THINGS IN THE ENTIRE
00:26:49.10\00:26:50.67
WORLD. I KNOW - I
THINK HE COULD HAVE
00:26:50.67\00:26:53.64
GOT AWAY WITHOUT HIS WEALTH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHARACTER OF
00:26:53.64\00:26:56.64
JOB - AS YOU STUDY THROUGH
THIS BOOK OVER THE REST OF THIS
00:26:56.64\00:26:58.61
QUARTER, HE COULD HAVE
GOT AWAY WITHOUT HIS WEALTH.
00:26:58.61\00:27:01.15
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE
CHARACTER OF JOB THAT'S SPECIAL,
00:27:01.15\00:27:03.45
BUT I THINK THE CHILDREN
ARE WHAT REALLY HIT HIM.
00:27:03.45\00:27:05.92
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT MUCH WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JOB, BUT
00:27:05.92\00:27:08.82
IT REALLY, REALLY HURT.
00:27:08.82\00:27:11.36
IN FACT, WE'RE GOING
TO SEE THAT IN A FEW DAYS.
00:27:11.36\00:27:12.93
I MEAN, IN A FEW MINUTES IN
OUR LESSON - A FEW DAYS DOWN THE
00:27:12.93\00:27:15.56
LESSON - THAT'S
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
00:27:15.56\00:27:17.80
IN FACT, HE SAYS, 'MY GRIEF
IS SO GREAT YOU CAN'T WEIGH MY
00:27:17.80\00:27:19.73
GRIEF.' IT WASN'T BECAUSE HE
LOST HIS SHEEP, IT'S BECAUSE OF
00:27:19.73\00:27:24.74
SOMETHING ELSE. HAD
JOB LOST HIS INTEGRITY?
00:27:24.74\00:27:31.68
HAD JOB LOST HIS
INTEGRITY AT THIS POINT?
00:27:31.68\00:27:33.92
NO, REMEMBER HIS WIFE SAID,
'WHY DO YOU STILL HOLD ONTO IT?'
00:27:33.92\00:27:36.48
SO HE STILL HAD HIS
INTEGRITY. HAD HE LOST HIS WIFE?
00:27:36.48\00:27:40.12
>>NO. >>NO. NO. HAD HE LOST HIS
00:27:40.12\00:27:43.83
FRIENDS? STILL HAD 'EM.
DID HE STILL BELIEVE IN GOD?
00:27:43.83\00:27:48.53
>>YES. >>YES. NOW
THERE - I SHOULD GIVE
00:27:48.53\00:27:51.37
SOME PARENTHETICAL
STATEMENTS TO GO WITH THEM.
00:27:51.37\00:27:55.17
FOR EXAMPLE, HIS INTEGRITY, HE
STARTED QUESTIONING A LITTLE BIT
00:27:55.17\00:27:57.37
LATER WHETHER IT WAS
WORTH HAVING IT ANYHOW.
00:27:57.37\00:28:00.28
WHEN HIS WIFE - WHAT DID HE
CALL HER? 'SPEAK NOT THOU AS THE
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.98
FOOLISH WOMEN.' WHAT DID
HE SAY ABOUT HIS FRIENDS?
00:28:02.98\00:28:06.88
'A BUNCH OF MISERABLE
COMFORTERS.' SO, YES, HE HAD
00:28:06.88\00:28:09.32
THEM, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THEY
WERE AT THE TOP OF HIS LIST AT
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.95
THAT POINT. AND, EVEN
THOUGHT HE DID BELIEVE
00:28:12.95\00:28:14.82
IN GOD, HE QUESTIONED
WHETHER GOD BELIEVED IN HIM.
00:28:14.82\00:28:18.59
YOU CAN SEE THAT
COMING OUT IN JOB.
00:28:18.59\00:28:20.86
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT JOB
CHAPTER 3 AND, STARTING IN VERSE
00:28:20.86\00:28:30.14
11, WE STOPPED IN VERSE 10 - I'D
LIKE TO START OUT WITH VERSE 11.
00:28:30.14\00:28:35.58
THE FIRST PART WE LOOKED AT
IS JOB SAID, 'I WISH I WASN'T
00:28:35.58\00:28:38.08
BORN.' WHAT'S HE
GOING TO SAY NEXT?
00:28:38.08\00:28:41.12
WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT IT,
BUT LET'S READ IT OURSELVES.
00:28:41.12\00:28:43.49
CHAPTER 3, VERSE 11,
"WHY DIED I NOT FROM THE WOMB?
00:28:43.49\00:28:46.29
WHY DID I NOT GIVE UP THE GHOST
WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE BELLY?
00:28:46.29\00:28:49.76
WHY DID NOT THE
KNEES PREVENT ME?
00:28:49.76\00:28:51.49
OR WHY THE BREASTS
THAT I SHOULD SUCK?
00:28:51.49\00:28:53.90
FOR NOW SHOULD I HAVE LAIN STILL
AND BEEN QUIET, I SHOULD HAVE
00:28:53.90\00:28:57.23
SLEPT:" - AND THEN NOTICE THIS
PHRASE - "THEN HAD I BEEN AT" -
00:28:57.23\00:29:00.44
WHAT? >>REST.
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.04
>>"REST, WITH KINGS AND
COUNSELORS OF THE EARTH, WHICH
00:29:02.04\00:29:06.37
BUILD DESOLATE PLACES FOR
THEMSELVES; OR WITH PRINCES THAT
00:29:06.37\00:29:09.48
HAD GOLD, WHO FILLED THEIR
HOUSES WITH SILVER: OR AS AN
00:29:09.48\00:29:12.98
HIDDEN UNTIMELY BIRTH I HAD NOT
BEEN; AS INFANTS WHICH NEVER SAW
00:29:12.98\00:29:16.52
LIGHT. THERE THE
WICKED CEASE FROM
00:29:16.52\00:29:18.95
TROUBLING; AND THERE
THE WEARY BE AT REST.
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.79
THERE THE PRISONERS" -
WHAT'S THAT WORD AGAIN?
00:29:21.79\00:29:24.23
"REST TOGETHER."
YOU'RE GETTING THIS PICTURE
00:29:24.23\00:29:27.40
- 'I JUST WANT TO REST.'
LIFE IS NO LONGER REST FOR ME.
00:29:27.40\00:29:34.60
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THERE ARE
TIMES IN OUR EXPERIENCE WHERE WE
00:29:34.60\00:29:36.74
CAN LAY DOWN ON
OUR BEDS AND NOT REST.
00:29:36.74\00:29:40.18
HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT HAPPEN?
YOU LAY DOWN AND YOU'RE LIKE
00:29:40.18\00:29:43.68
'AHHH, OHHH.' IN FACT, HOW
- THIS IS HOW JOB PUTS IT - I
00:29:43.68\00:29:48.68
THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT SECTION.
>>(YOUNG CHILD) MINE. MINE.
00:29:48.68\00:29:52.25
>>IT IS NOT. SOMEWHERE
ELSE HE SAYS THIS: 'I LAY DOWN.
00:29:52.25\00:29:57.56
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NIGHTTIME -
I LAY DOWN AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR
00:29:57.56\00:29:59.39
THE MORNING'. YOU
KNOW THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:29:59.39\00:30:02.56
HE GOES, 'I JUST WANT REST.'
REST IS SOMETHING, I THINK, IS
00:30:02.56\00:30:07.17
THE DESIRE OF MANY PEOPLE.
BUT THE REST HE'S WANTING
00:30:07.17\00:30:10.17
IS NOT PHYSICAL REST,
IS IT? IT'S EMOTIONAL REST.
00:30:10.17\00:30:14.98
IT'S REST FROM THESE THINGS -
THIS IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE AND
00:30:14.98\00:30:19.68
I WANT TO JUST SIMPLY REST.'
IF ANY OF YOU ARE LIKE THAT OR
00:30:19.68\00:30:25.39
ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THIS
FEELS LIKE, JOB IS YOUR FRIEND.
00:30:25.39\00:30:30.23
HE'S BEEN THERE. I
FIND IT INTERESTING THAT HE
00:30:30.23\00:30:36.23
USES THE WORD 'REST' SO MUCH.
HE DOESN'T SAY, 'I WANT TO DIE
00:30:36.23\00:30:38.70
SO I CAN BE WALKING THE GOLDEN
STREETS.' 'I WANT TO DIE SO I
00:30:38.70\00:30:42.07
CAN GO PLAY A HARP' OR 'I JUST
WANT TO GET IT ALL OVER WITH SO
00:30:42.07\00:30:44.97
I CAN HAVE THE SOCIETY OF ANGELS
AND NOT THESE THREE MISERABLE
00:30:44.97\00:30:47.61
COMFORTERS.' NO,
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S SAYING.
00:30:47.61\00:30:50.11
HE SAID, 'I WANT REST. I
WANT TO REST.' DO YOU MIND
00:30:50.11\00:30:55.58
TURNING YOUR BIBLES
WITH ME TO JAMES? WILL YOU?
00:30:55.58\00:30:57.39
JAMES CHAPTER 4 - JAMES CHAPTER
4 AND VERSE 14 - JAMES CHAPTER 4
00:30:57.39\00:31:07.36
AND VERSE 14, "WHEREAS YE KNOW
NOT WHAT SHALL BE ON THE MORROW.
00:31:07.36\00:31:15.40
FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE?
IT IS EVEN A VAPOR, THAT
00:31:15.40\00:31:18.47
APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE
TIME, AND THEN VANISHETH AWAY."
00:31:18.47\00:31:23.04
YOU KNOW, JOB SAYS THE SAME
THING, ALMOST - JOB CHAPTER 7 -
00:31:23.04\00:31:25.98
JOB CHAPTER 7 AND VERSE
7. HE SAYS, "O REMEMBER THAT
00:31:25.98\00:31:34.59
MY LIFE IS WIND:" - OR
SOME TRANSLATIONS WOULD
00:31:34.59\00:31:36.59
SAY, 'BREATH'. IT'S
HERE, THEN IT'S GONE.
00:31:36.59\00:31:40.86
IN FACT, VERSE 9 SAYS, "AS A
CLOUD IS CONSUMED AND VANISHETH
00:31:40.86\00:31:43.20
AWAY: SO HE THAT GOETH DOWN TO
THE GRAVE SHALL COME UP NO MORE.
00:31:43.20\00:31:47.04
HE'S GIVING THIS IMPRESSION THAT
LIFE IS FLEETING, AND SOMETIMES,
00:31:47.04\00:31:50.67
PEOPLE WHO WISH THEIR LIFE WOULD
END, ALSO COMPLAIN THAT LIFE IS
00:31:50.67\00:31:53.81
FLEETING. THAT'S WHAT
JOB'S DOING, ACTUALLY.
00:31:53.81\00:31:55.98
HE COMPLAINS LIFE IS FLEETING.
IT'S JUST LIKE A WEAVER SHUTTLE
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.85
- IT'S THERE AND THEN IT'S GONE.
BUT, IN A WAY, THE FACT THAT
00:31:58.85\00:32:04.59
LIFE IS
FLEETING IS A GOOD THING.
00:32:04.59\00:32:07.36
THINK ABOUT IT: BECAUSE LIFE IS
FLEETING, THE ROUGH THINGS THAT
00:32:07.36\00:32:11.59
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
NOW WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.83
>>AMEN. >>THAT'S
GOOD NEWS. THE THINGS
00:32:14.83\00:32:17.83
THAT YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH
NOW WILL NOT BE HERE FOREVER.
00:32:17.83\00:32:20.34
YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO THINK BACK,
AS I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.94
LESSON, I WAS TRYING TO THINK
BACK TO SOME OF THE EMOTIONS
00:32:22.94\00:32:25.67
THAT I FELT AS A TEENAGER.
I KNOW I FELT THEM, BUT I
00:32:25.67\00:32:31.35
DON'T FEEL THEM
ANYMORE. THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
00:32:31.35\00:32:34.68
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, YOU
KNOW, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 -
00:32:34.68\00:32:39.82
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THE GOOD NEWS IS?
00:32:39.82\00:32:41.66
WHEN YOU'RE MY AGE, YOU
PROBABLY WON'T FEEL IT ANYMORE.
00:32:41.66\00:32:44.83
AND THEN WHEN I'M THE AGE
OF SOME OF YOU IN HERE, I MAY
00:32:44.83\00:32:47.60
FORGET WHAT I'M
FEELING RIGHT NOW.
00:32:47.60\00:32:49.63
THAT'S GOOD. THERE IS
THAT. LIFE IS SHORT AND TRIALS
00:32:49.63\00:32:55.14
DON'T LAST FOREVER. WE
SEE THAT IN THE LIFE OF JOB
00:32:55.14\00:32:58.04
AND WE SEE THAT
IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
00:32:58.04\00:32:59.24
IT'S NOT WHAT WE FEEL IN THE
MIDST OF IT, BUT SOMETHING WE
00:32:59.24\00:33:00.78
MUST REMEMBER
IN THE MIDST OF IT.
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.48
BECAUSE, REMEMBER,
FAITH ISN'T FEELING, RIGHT?
00:33:02.48\00:33:04.88
THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU AND
I MUST GO BEYOND OUR FEELING AND
00:33:04.88\00:33:07.88
LIVE FAITH KNOWING THAT GOD'S
GOT SOMETHING BETTER IN THE
00:33:07.88\00:33:10.22
FUTURE. DO YOU
MIND TURNING TO ANOTHER
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.99
TEXT? 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 -
00:33:12.99\00:33:15.92
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 AND
VERSE 16? WE CAN START ANYWHERE
00:33:15.92\00:33:31.34
IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4, BUT WE'LL
START IN VERSE 16, "FOR WHICH
00:33:31.34\00:33:36.21
CAUSE WE FAINT NOT; BUT THOUGH
OUR OUTWARD MAN PERISH, YET THE
00:33:36.21\00:33:40.45
INWARD MAN IS
RENEWED DAY BY DAY."
00:33:40.45\00:33:42.75
HE WAS GOING THROUGH SOME
DIFFICULT TIMES AND, EVEN THOUGH
00:33:42.75\00:33:45.15
LIFE IS DIFFICULT, WE WANT TO
REMEMBER THAT THE OUTWARD THINGS
00:33:45.15\00:33:47.86
MAY BE HURTING US, BUT INWARDLY
WE CAN BE RENEWED BY CHRIST.
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.63
I'M PARAPHRASING THIS,
OKAY? NOW LOOK AT VERSE 17, "FOR
00:33:50.63\00:33:53.56
OUR" - WHAT'S THAT
NEXT WORD? >>LIGHT.
00:33:53.56\00:33:56.13
>>"LIGHT
AFFLICTION, WHICH IS BUT FOR" -
00:33:56.13\00:33:59.50
>>A MOMENT. >>A MOMENT.
00:33:59.50\00:34:01.70
YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDST OF
AFFLICTION IT NEVER FEELS LIKE A
00:34:01.70\00:34:04.21
MOMENT, BUT I'M GLAD THAT PAUL
CAN TAKE US AND POINT US TO THIS
00:34:04.21\00:34:08.38
AND SAY, 'IT'S
LIGHT AND IT'S A MOMENT.
00:34:08.38\00:34:10.95
DON'T WORRY.' BECAUSE PAUL
IS ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT,
00:34:10.95\00:34:13.82
OFTENTIMES, WE FORGET IN THE
MIDST OF OUR TROUBLES AND THAT
00:34:13.82\00:34:16.32
IS: WE'RE HERE
JUST FOR A SHORT WHILE.
00:34:16.32\00:34:20.22
ETERNITY IS SO MUCH GREATER
THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:34:20.22\00:34:23.59
"FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION, WHICH
IS BUT FOR A MOMENT, WORKETH FOR
00:34:23.59\00:34:26.36
US A FAR MORE EXCEEDING AND
ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY; WHILE
00:34:26.36\00:34:31.30
WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS WHICH
ARE SEEN, BUT AT THE THINGS
00:34:31.30\00:34:34.94
WHICH ARE NOT SEEN: FOR
THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN ARE
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.81
TEMPORAL; BUT THE THINGS
WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL."
00:34:37.81\00:34:44.28
WE NEED TO START HAVING FAITH IN
UNSEEN REALITIES AND WE NEED TO
00:34:44.28\00:34:49.25
STOP FOCUSING ON THE SCENE.
00:34:49.25\00:34:53.05
IT'S HARD, BECAUSE IN THE MIDST
OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SCENE
00:34:53.05\00:34:58.99
AND WHAT AFFECTS OUR SENSES
IS WHAT'S MOST REAL TO US.
00:34:58.99\00:35:03.20
BUT PAUL IS SAYING, 'THAT WHICH
WE CANNOT SEE - THAT WHICH WE
00:35:03.20\00:35:06.23
CANNOT EXPERIENCE THROUGH OUR
SENSES IS EVEN MORE REAL - AND
00:35:06.23\00:35:10.64
IT'S FOREVER.' SO IT'S - A
LITTLE BIT OF THINKING IS GOOD
00:35:10.64\00:35:15.28
FOR US TO SEE HERE. SO I
- WE HAVE JOB - HE SAID, 'I
00:35:15.28\00:35:19.21
WISH I WAS NEVER BORN.' THEN
HE SAYS, 'I WISH I COULD DIE.
00:35:19.21\00:35:25.62
BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED - LET'S
GET IT OVER WITH.' NOW LET'S GO
00:35:25.62\00:35:27.99
TO JOB CHAPTER 6 - JOB CHAPTER
6 AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE
00:35:27.99\00:35:33.29
LOOKING AT JUST THE FIRST
FEW VERSES OF THIS CHAPTER.
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.67
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE IN IT,
BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
00:35:36.67\00:35:43.41
"BUT JOB ANSWERED" - THIS IS
ELIPHAZ, WHICH - WHAT KIND OF
00:35:43.41\00:35:47.61
COMFORTERS HE HAD. THEY
CAME - I REALLY DO BELIEVE
00:35:47.61\00:35:52.05
THAT THEY SHOULD
HAVE JUST KEPT QUIET.
00:35:52.05\00:35:54.05
BUT HERE THEY ARE SPEAKING,
TRYING TO GIVE COMFORT BY
00:35:54.05\00:35:56.75
SAYING, 'YOU DESERVED IT' AND
HERE'S JOB'S RESPONSE: "OH THAT
00:35:56.75\00:36:03.32
MY GRIEF WERE THOROUGHLY
WEIGHED, AND MY CALAMITY LAID IN
00:36:03.32\00:36:08.36
THE BALANCES TOGETHER!" -
A SCALE - THEN HE SAYS THIS:
00:36:08.36\00:36:13.20
FOR NOW IT WOULD BE HEAVIER THAN
THE SAND OF THE SEA: THEREFORE
00:36:13.20\00:36:17.11
MY WORDS ARE SWALLOWED UP."
- 'I CAN'T TALK - CAN'T TALK.
00:36:17.11\00:36:23.18
LET ME JUST TELL YOU' - THEN
HE TALKS SOME MORE, BUT I THINK
00:36:23.18\00:36:25.81
HE'S SPEAKING
METAPHORICALLY HERE, RIGHT?
00:36:25.81\00:36:29.38
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
JOB IS GOING THROUGH? NO.
00:36:29.38\00:36:35.66
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
ME SAYING THAT SO BLUNTLY.
00:36:35.66\00:36:38.79
YOU HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT JOB IS GOING THROUGH.
00:36:38.79\00:36:41.86
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE
ONLY JOB WENT THROUGH IT.
00:36:41.86\00:36:47.47
ONLY JOB FELT WHAT JOB FELT.
SOME MORE OF THIS FIRST GRADE
00:36:47.47\00:36:52.01
PHILOSOPHY, IS THAT OKAY?
ONLY JOB FELT WHAT JOB FELT.
00:36:52.01\00:36:56.21
AND, QUITE FRANKLY,
ONLY YOU FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL.
00:36:56.21\00:37:01.32
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU
EXPERIENCED SOMETHING AND YOU
00:37:01.32\00:37:04.95
THOUGHT, 'NO ONE ELSE
KNOWS WHAT I'M FEELING'?
00:37:04.95\00:37:07.92
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE
RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE DOES KNOW -
00:37:07.92\00:37:11.56
WITH ONE
EXCEPTION. THAT'S AMAZING.
00:37:11.56\00:37:15.76
AND SO THAT - I THINK, FOR
YOU AND I TO REALIZE THAT NO ONE
00:37:15.76\00:37:19.40
ELSE CAN GRASP WHAT
WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
00:37:19.40\00:37:21.00
IT'S OKAY TO SAY THAT, BUT YOU
HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS
00:37:21.00\00:37:24.47
SOMEONE WHO'S EXTERNAL
OF THE NOONE. WHO IS THAT?
00:37:24.47\00:37:29.38
>>GOD. >>CHRIST CAN.
00:37:29.38\00:37:31.48
DO YOU MIND TURNING WITH ME
TO HEBREWS CHAPTER 4? HEBREWS
00:37:31.48\00:37:34.45
CHAPTER 4 - HEBREWS CHAPTER 4
AND VERSE 14. I CAN SYMPATHIZE
00:37:34.45\00:37:46.73
WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME.
00:37:46.73\00:37:49.33
I COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH
SOMETHING SIMILAR, SO WHEN I'M
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.73
SEEING YOUR FEELING, EVERYTHING
REMINDS ME OF MY FEELINGS AND SO
00:37:51.73\00:37:54.24
I FEEL MY FEELINGS AND SAY,
'I KNOW WHAT YOU FEEL.' BUT, IN
00:37:54.24\00:37:56.40
REALITY, KNOW WHAT I FEEL, WHICH
IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU FEEL,
00:37:56.40\00:37:59.21
RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT
THAT WAY WITH JESUS.
00:37:59.21\00:38:04.15
HEBREWS 4:14, "SEEING THEN THAT
WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST,
00:38:04.15\00:38:09.72
THAT IS PASSED INTO THE HEAVENS,
JESUS THE" - EXCUSE ME - DID I?
00:38:09.72\00:38:16.06
YES - "THE SON OF GOD, LET
US HOLD FAST OUR PROFESSION.
00:38:16.06\00:38:19.06
FOR WE HAVE NOT AN HIGH PRIEST
WHICH CANNOT BE TOUCHED WITH THE
00:38:19.06\00:38:24.13
FEELING OF OUR INFIRMITIES;"
- NOT THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR
00:38:24.13\00:38:29.27
INFIRMITIES, THE
FEELING OF OUR INFIRMITIES.
00:38:29.27\00:38:33.81
JESUS CHRIST CAN
FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL.
00:38:33.81\00:38:39.45
NO HUMAN BEING
CAN DO IT, BUT HE CAN.
00:38:39.45\00:38:41.85
HE KNOWS WHAT YOU FEEL.
WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING IF
00:38:41.85\00:38:44.89
SOMEONE'S LISTENING TO
YOU. WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING
00:38:44.89\00:38:48.76
IF SOMEONE CARES. WHEN
YOU'RE WONDERING HOW YOU'RE
00:38:48.76\00:38:51.56
GOING TO SURVIVE THE
FINANCIAL STATUS YOU'RE IN.
00:38:51.56\00:38:54.46
WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING IF YOUR
MARRIAGE IS GOING TO MAKE IT,
00:38:54.46\00:38:57.93
WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN WITH YOUR KIDS -
00:38:57.93\00:39:00.57
NO ONE ELSE KNOWS, BUT HE KNOWS.
00:39:00.57\00:39:03.17
IT SAYS HE IS
TOUCHED WITH YOUR FEELINGS.
00:39:03.17\00:39:07.18
THAT'S GOOD NEWS. >>AMEN.
00:39:07.18\00:39:09.11
>>BECAUSE THERE'S
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS.
00:39:09.11\00:39:12.01
YOU KNOW, YOU AND I COULD TALK
TO FRIENDS AND I DO HAVE FRIENDS
00:39:12.01\00:39:13.98
THAT WILL LISTEN TO ME. I DON'T
HAVE MANY MISERABLE COMFORTERS.
00:39:13.98\00:39:18.29
I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. BUT
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO WILL SIT
00:39:18.29\00:39:20.42
DOWN AND LISTEN TO ME AND I'LL
SHARE A LOAD - WHAT I'M FEELING.
00:39:20.42\00:39:24.09
DO YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY YOU CAN UNLOAD TO?
00:39:24.09\00:39:25.43
I HAVE SOMEONE I
CAN UNLOAD TO. I UNLOAD.
00:39:25.43\00:39:27.23
AND THEY'LL SIT THERE.
AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT.
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.93
BUT THEY CAN NEVER FULLY GRASP
WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT WE HAVE A
00:39:30.93\00:39:39.07
HIGH PRIEST WHO IS
TOUCHED WITH OUR FEELINGS.
00:39:39.07\00:39:41.88
>>AMEN. >>THAT'S AWESOME.
00:39:41.88\00:39:44.48
WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE GOD, AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:39:44.48\00:39:47.02
>>YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE MORE
PASSAGE BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE
00:39:47.02\00:39:50.79
CLOSING SECTIONS HERE, ROMANS
CHAPTER 8 - ROMANS CHAPTER 8,
00:39:50.79\00:40:01.30
"LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO
HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES:" - THIS
00:40:01.30\00:40:06.00
IS ROMANS CHAPTER 8 - I'M
READING FROM VERSE 26 - "THE
00:40:06.00\00:40:10.67
SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR
INFIRMITIES: FOR WE KNOW NOT
00:40:10.67\00:40:14.71
WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR AS
WE OUGHT: BUT THE SPIRIT ITSELF
00:40:14.71\00:40:18.48
MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US
WITH GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT BE
00:40:18.48\00:40:23.15
UTTERED." HOW?
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.12
HOW CAN THE HOLY
SPIRIT SPEAK FOR ME?
00:40:25.12\00:40:31.33
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
WHAT I FEEL. >>AMEN.
00:40:31.33\00:40:34.63
>>THIS IS THE INFINITE MIND
OF GOD WHO SAYS, 'I KNOW WHAT
00:40:34.63\00:40:38.53
YOU'RE FEELING AND I CAN EXPRESS
YOUR FEELING EVEN BETTER THAN
00:40:38.53\00:40:42.47
YOU CAN.' WOW. WHAT A
GOD. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
00:40:42.47\00:40:49.41
SAVIOR YOU AND I HAVE. I
HOPE THAT YOU - YOU LEAVE THIS
00:40:49.41\00:40:53.38
SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS WITH THIS
CONCEPT. NOW, WHERE AM I AT?
00:40:53.38\00:41:01.99
OH YES, 'I WISH IS
WAS NEVER' - >>BORN.
00:41:01.99\00:41:08.86
>>'BORN. I WISH
THAT I HAD DIED BEFORE
00:41:08.86\00:41:12.47
THIS. NO ONE UNDERSTANDS.'
AND NOW, A VERY FEEBLE ATTEMPT
00:41:12.47\00:41:20.58
BY A FEEBLE HUMAN BEING,
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION 'WHY?'
00:41:20.58\00:41:24.71
- YOU READY? I LIKE
TO LOOK AT SOME STORIES
00:41:24.71\00:41:30.79
OF PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
WHO FACED TERRIBLE REVERSES.
00:41:30.79\00:41:36.39
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAD
EVERYTHING GOING WELL AND THEN
00:41:36.39\00:41:38.39
EVERYTHING FELL APART.
DO YOU REALIZE HOW EASY
00:41:38.39\00:41:41.76
IT WAS TO FIND THAT? DO
YOU REALIZE HOW EASY IT IS TO
00:41:41.76\00:41:45.27
FIND EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE
OF GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME?
00:41:45.27\00:41:49.97
I'M GLAD THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN
BY GOD, BECAUSE HE GIVES US
00:41:49.97\00:41:54.01
EVERYTHING. HE SHOWS
US THE GOOD, THE BAD,
00:41:54.01\00:41:57.58
AND THE UGLY - EVERYTHING - AND
I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN SEE THAT
00:41:57.58\00:42:00.88
AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH
HERE. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A
00:42:00.88\00:42:04.29
DESCRIPTION AND I'M GOING TO SEE
IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHO IT IS.
00:42:04.29\00:42:07.02
HE WAS THE CODDLED
FAVORITE SON OF A WEALTHY MAN.
00:42:07.02\00:42:12.19
JOSEPH - OKAY, GOOD.
THAT WAS PRETTY EASY.
00:42:12.19\00:42:13.93
HE HAD EVERYTHING - HE WAS THE
SON OF THE FAVORITE WIFE - THERE
00:42:13.93\00:42:18.97
WAS A WHOLE PROBLEM WITH THAT
WHOLE SCENARIO, WE UNDERSTAND,
00:42:18.97\00:42:20.54
BUT HE WAS THE SON
OF THE FAVORITE WIFE.
00:42:20.54\00:42:22.34
HE - HE ALSO HAD A
NATURE THAT WAS SPIRITUAL.
00:42:22.34\00:42:27.71
HAVE YOU SENSED THAT AS
YOU READ THE STORY OF JOSEPH?
00:42:27.71\00:42:29.71
HE LEANED
TOWARDS SPIRITUAL THINGS.
00:42:29.71\00:42:32.15
HE HAD A DESIRE FOR GOD. HE HAD
A DESIRE FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS.
00:42:32.15\00:42:35.08
AND THEN EVERYTHING FALLS
APART. ABSOLUTELY FALLS APART.
00:42:35.08\00:42:40.59
AND WHERE DO YOU
FIND JOSEPH? >>PRISON.
00:42:40.59\00:42:42.82
>>AT THE BOTTOM OF A PIT.
>>IN A PIT - OH, HE WAS IN ALL
00:42:42.82\00:42:45.96
OF THESE PLACES - LET
ME JUST GO THROUGH THEM.
00:42:45.96\00:42:47.23
HE WENT FROM THE PIT, RIGHT?
00:42:47.23\00:42:48.86
HE'S NOW IN THE PIT SURROUNDED
BY THOSE WHO WISHED HE COULD
00:42:48.86\00:42:55.50
DIE, SAVED ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR
DESIRE FOR MONEY - AM I RIGHT?
00:42:55.50\00:43:02.64
HE THEN IS SOLD AS A
SLAVE AT POTIPHAR'S HOUSE.
00:43:02.64\00:43:07.35
FROM THE PIT TO
POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, RIGHT?
00:43:07.35\00:43:10.59
AND THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOOD
FOR AWHILE, THEN THERE WERE SOME
00:43:10.59\00:43:13.05
ISSUES AT POTIPHAR'S HOUSE
TOO AND THEN HE WAS PUT INTO -
00:43:13.05\00:43:15.99
>>PRISON.
>>PRISON. SO HE WENT FROM THE
00:43:15.99\00:43:17.29
PIT TO POTIPHAR'S HOUSE TO
PRISON. HE'S NOT DOING TOO WELL.
00:43:17.29\00:43:21.80
THAT'S HIS
EXPERIENCE. CAN YOU IMAGINE?
00:43:21.80\00:43:25.87
YOU HAVE FAITHFULLY SERVED YOUR
MASTER AND, I'M GUESSING, BASED
00:43:25.87\00:43:29.60
UPON SOME OF THE DETAILS WE
READ, HE SERVED HIS MASTER FOR
00:43:29.60\00:43:33.31
AT LEAST SIX YEARS IN POTIPHAR'S
HOUSE - SIX YEARS - MAYBE BETTER
00:43:33.31\00:43:38.28
THAN THAT - AND NOW HE'S FALSELY
ACCUSED AND HIS MASTER BELIEVES
00:43:38.28\00:43:43.15
IT? HE'S THROWN INTO PRISON, HE
HELPS SOME MEN OUT, THEY FORGET
00:43:43.15\00:43:46.72
ABOUT HIM - EVERYTHING GOES
WRONG WITH JOSEPH AND JOSEPH,
00:43:46.72\00:43:51.33
TRULY, COULD SAY,
'MY LIFE IS BITTER.
00:43:51.33\00:43:54.86
MY LIFE IS WORTHLESS. WHO AM I?'
00:43:54.86\00:43:58.03
DO YOU EVER THINK OF WHAT
JOSEPH COULD HAVE THOUGHT?
00:43:58.03\00:44:01.60
HE IS AN UNKNOWN
SLAVE FROM CANAAN IN EGYPT.
00:44:01.60\00:44:07.08
WHY SHOULD GOD DO ANYTHING
FOR HIM? HE WORKED FOR HIS DAD,
00:44:07.08\00:44:14.25
JACOB, BUT WHY WOULD HE WORK FOR
HIM? THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE
00:44:14.25\00:44:17.95
FEELING OF JOSEPH,
BUT YOU KNOW THE STORY.
00:44:17.95\00:44:24.86
WE WENT FROM THE PIT TO
POTIPHAR'S HOUSE TO THE PRISON,
00:44:24.86\00:44:29.50
NOW HE GOES TO THE
PALACE. WHAT A PICTURE.
00:44:29.50\00:44:33.50
THEN GOD USES HIM AS THE PRIME
MINISTER OF EGYPT TO DO SOME OF
00:44:33.50\00:44:36.37
THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN DONE - SAVE A WHOLE
00:44:36.37\00:44:39.97
GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO
WE HAVE JOSEPH: CODDLED
00:44:39.97\00:44:45.65
SON, SLAVE AND
PRISONER, PRIME MINISTER.
00:44:45.65\00:44:50.89
DON'T FORGET
THOSE THREE COLUMNS.
00:44:50.89\00:44:52.55
I'M SURE YOU WILL, BUT TRY TO
REMEMBER THERE'S THREE COLUMNS,
00:44:52.55\00:44:54.59
OKAY? LET'S
LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE.
00:44:54.59\00:44:56.59
HERE'S ANOTHER PERSON. CAN
YOU GIVE ME A LADY WHO WENT
00:44:56.59\00:44:58.93
THROUGH THIS
TERRIBLE REVERSE IN HER LIFE?
00:44:58.93\00:45:02.06
>>RUTH. >>IT'S CLOSE TO RUTH
00:45:02.06\00:45:06.87
- VERY CLOSE TO RUTH. >>NAOMI.
00:45:06.87\00:45:08.44
>>NAOMI, THAT'S RIGHT, NAOMI.
SO NAOMI LEAVES HER HOMELAND,
00:45:08.44\00:45:13.24
BETHLEHEM, JUDAH, RIGHT?
BETHLEHEM - THE HOUSE OF BREAD
00:45:13.24\00:45:16.71
- SHE LEAVES BECAUSE THERE'S NO
BREAD THERE. SHE GOES TO MOAB,
00:45:16.71\00:45:20.92
WITH HER LOVING HUSBAND AND
HER TWO BEAUTIFUL SONS. THEY GO
00:45:20.92\00:45:26.35
THERE AND SOON SOME TERRIBLE
REVERSES HAPPEN AND SHE LOSES
00:45:26.35\00:45:29.42
HER HUSBAND. AFTER BEING THERE,
HER SONS GET MARRIED TO TWO
00:45:29.42\00:45:34.63
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, RUTH AND ORPAH.
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.03
THEY ARE TOGETHER AND THEN
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TEN YEARS?
00:45:37.03\00:45:41.00
>>HER SONS - >>HER
SONS DIE - BOTH OF THEM.
00:45:41.00\00:45:43.44
CAN YOU IMAGINE? ALL
THAT YOU HAVE LOVED, GONE.
00:45:43.44\00:45:48.94
'I LOST MY
HUSBAND. I LOST MY SONS.
00:45:48.94\00:45:52.08
IT'S ALL GONE.' IN FACT, SHE
SAYS, WHEN SHE COMES BACK WITH
00:45:52.08\00:45:55.92
RUTH, SHE COMES BACK TO
BETHLEHEM, 'DON'T CALL ME NAOMI,
00:45:55.92\00:45:58.75
CALL ME' - WHAT? - 'MYRA -
I'M BITTER. I'M NOT PLEASANT
00:45:58.75\00:46:03.89
ANYMORE. I'M BITTER.'
WHAT A PICTURE YOU HAVE.
00:46:03.89\00:46:08.86
SO WE HAVE HERE LOVING HUSBAND
AND SONS - NOW, EMPTY OF ALL
00:46:08.86\00:46:14.70
THINGS - WIDOW AND
CHILDLESS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
00:46:14.70\00:46:21.51
GOD MOVES IN A MIRACULOUS WAY,
THROUGH RUTH AND NAOMI, AND SHE
00:46:21.51\00:46:27.85
BECOMES THE GREAT,
GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF DAVID.
00:46:27.85\00:46:32.49
SHE HAS A SO-LOVING FAMILY
SURROUNDING HER AT ALL TIMES.
00:46:32.49\00:46:36.36
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
PICTURE - SHE BECOMES A GRANDMA.
00:46:36.36\00:46:38.56
AND SOME PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT
GRANDMA'S LIKE THE BEST THING IN
00:46:38.56\00:46:40.16
THE WORLD. SHE HAS THAT TOO.
00:46:40.16\00:46:42.06
SO SHE HAS EVERYTHING
BEING PULLED TOGETHER.
00:46:42.06\00:46:46.70
BEFORE -
TERRIBLE REVERSE - AFTER.
00:46:46.70\00:46:52.67
ANOTHER PERSON I'D
LIKE TO GIVE IS DANIEL.
00:46:52.67\00:46:54.71
HE WAS A SON OF THE
JEWISH ELITE, YOU KNOW?
00:46:54.71\00:46:56.81
HE WAS ONE OF THE PRINCES. I
DON'T KNOW IF HE'S A PRINCE -
00:46:56.81\00:46:58.98
A ROYAL PRINCE, BUT HE
WAS ONE OF THE PRINCES.
00:46:58.98\00:47:01.72
HE HAD EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM
- BRILLIANT, INTELLIGENT, HE WAS
00:47:01.72\00:47:04.82
TAKEN OFF FROM JUDAH
AND HE BECAME A WHAT?
00:47:04.82\00:47:08.86
>>PRISONER.
>>PRISONER. HE WAS A PRISONER,
00:47:08.86\00:47:12.79
OF COURSE. AND THEN
HE WAS KIND OF GIVEN A
00:47:12.79\00:47:15.40
PRISONER/SCHOLAR/LEADER STATUS.
BUT HE WENT THROUGH THAT.
00:47:15.40\00:47:22.27
WHAT IF HE WAS LAYING THERE -
HE'S LAYING ON THE SAND AS HE'S
00:47:22.27\00:47:25.71
CROSSING THAT BIT OF THE FERTILE
CRESCENT, HEADING BACK TO
00:47:25.71\00:47:30.01
BABYLON, HIS FEET ARE BLISTERED
AND SORE, HIS CLOTHES ARE
00:47:30.01\00:47:33.88
FALLING OFF HIS BACK, HE'S
REMEMBERING THAT GREAT FOOD HIS
00:47:33.88\00:47:37.05
MOM USED TO COOK
AND HE SAYS, 'FORGET IT.
00:47:37.05\00:47:40.02
GOD HAS LEFT ME. IT'S NOT WORTH
IT.' BUT HE DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T.
00:47:40.02\00:47:48.36
HE WENT THROUGH A TERRIBLE
REVERSE BUT HE DETERMINED THAT
00:47:48.36\00:47:52.47
'WHEN I GO - WHEREVER I GO - I'M
GOING TO STAY FAITHFUL TO GOD.
00:47:52.47\00:47:56.81
>>AMEN. >>WHAT
AN INCREDIBLE MAN.
00:47:56.81\00:47:59.67
AND THEN THERE'S ONE LAST ONE
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT. HE WAS A
00:47:59.67\00:48:02.91
MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN -
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF
00:48:02.91\00:48:07.58
THE SANHEDRIN. >>PAUL.
00:48:07.58\00:48:08.92
>>PAUL. HE WAS A
JEW OF THE JEWS - TRIBE
00:48:08.92\00:48:13.46
OF BENJAMIN - A PHARISEE
AFTER THE STRICTEST COURT.
00:48:13.46\00:48:18.03
HE WAS THE TOP OF THE LINE IN
THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE
00:48:18.03\00:48:22.06
JEWS. AND THEN
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
00:48:22.06\00:48:25.50
2 CORINTHIANS - HE MET
JESUS. THIS IS - THIS IS ODD BUT
00:48:25.50\00:48:32.37
I LIKE FOR US TO SEE
IT. HE MET JESUS AND HIS
00:48:32.37\00:48:34.84
LIFE HAD A REVERSE.
SOMEONE CALLED IT TERRIBLE.
00:48:34.84\00:48:39.48
WOULD YOU MIND READING WITH ME 2
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 AND VERSE
00:48:39.48\00:48:45.65
33 - 23, EXCUSE ME - 11:23
- PAUL SPEAKING, HE SAYS, "ARE
00:48:45.65\00:48:50.56
THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST?"
00:48:50.56\00:48:52.19
- THEN HE PUT IN PARENTHESES -
"(I SPEAK AS A FOOL) I AM MORE;
00:48:52.19\00:48:55.60
IN LABORS MORE ABUNDANT,
IN STRIPES ABOVE MEASURE, IN
00:48:55.60\00:48:58.23
PRISONS MORE
FREQUENT, IN DEATHS OFT."
00:48:58.23\00:49:01.04
WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE HE REALLY
MADE A GOOD DEAL WHEN HE BECAME
00:49:01.04\00:49:03.04
A CHRISTIAN, WASN'T IT? HE
CONTINUES ON - "OF THE JEWS
00:49:03.04\00:49:06.78
FIVE TIMES RECEIVED I
FORTY STRIPES SAVE ONE.
00:49:06.78\00:49:09.94
THRICE I WAS BEATEN WITH RODS,
ONCE WAS I STONED, THRICE I
00:49:09.94\00:49:13.28
SUFFERED SHIPWRECK, A NIGHT AND
A DAY I HAVE BEEN IN THE DEEP;"
00:49:13.28\00:49:16.89
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE HIS LIFE?
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY IT: HOW
00:49:16.89\00:49:21.92
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
PAUL'S LIFE? >>MISERABLE.
00:49:21.92\00:49:24.43
>>MISERABLE. DANGEROUS.
WOULD HE SAY IT WAS PAINFUL?
00:49:24.43\00:49:30.37
>>YES. >>WOULD YOU SAY THAT
00:49:30.37\00:49:32.07
PAUL HAD A PAINFUL LIFE?
FORTY STRIPES WOULD KILL YOU.
00:49:32.07\00:49:36.34
HE HAD RECEIVED FORTY, SAVE
ONE - THIRTY-NINE - FIVE TIMES.
00:49:36.34\00:49:39.97
HE WAS STONED AND LEFT FOR
DEAD - FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY.
00:49:39.97\00:49:43.81
IT SAYS, "IN JOURNEYINGS OFTEN,
IN PERILS OF WATERS, IN PERILS
00:49:43.81\00:49:46.21
OF ROBBERS, IN PERILS BY MINE
OWN COUNTRYMEN, IN PERILS BY THE
00:49:46.21\00:49:48.65
HEATHEN, IN PERILS IN THE CITY,
IN PERILS IN THE WILDERNESS, IN
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.22
PERILS IN THE SEA, IN
PERILS AMONG FALSE BRETHREN; IN
00:49:51.22\00:49:53.92
WEARINESS AND PAINFULNESS, IN
WATCHINGS OFTEN, IN HUNGER AND
00:49:53.92\00:49:56.93
THIRST, IN FASTINGS
OFTEN, IN COLD AND NAKEDNESS.
00:49:56.93\00:49:59.79
BESIDE THOSE THINGS THAT
ARE WITHOUT, THAT WHICH COMETH
00:49:59.79\00:50:02.13
UPON ME DAILY, THE
CARE OF ALL THE CHURCHES."
00:50:02.13\00:50:05.07
THAT IS PAUL'S - SO PAUL WENT
FROM BEING THIS - TOP OF THE
00:50:05.07\00:50:11.17
AREA WITH JEWISH LEADERSHIP -
INTELLECTUALLY, SPIRITUALLY - TO
00:50:11.17\00:50:14.24
GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE HE'S
BEING ALMOST KILLED CONSTANTLY.
00:50:14.24\00:50:21.45
HOW DOES HE LOOK AT THAT?
00:50:21.45\00:50:24.62
2 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 9.
00:50:24.62\00:50:31.73
THIS IS FALLING ON THE WAKE
OF ONE OTHER THING, WHICH HE DID
00:50:31.73\00:50:36.13
NOT TELL YOU BEFORE: HE HAD A
THORN IN THE FLESH - SOMETHING
00:50:36.13\00:50:40.47
HE JUST WISHED HE COULD GET
RID OF. MANY BELIEVE IT WAS A
00:50:40.47\00:50:43.44
PHYSICAL AILMENT, BUT HE
CALLED IT A MINISTER OF SATAN.
00:50:43.44\00:50:48.31
DO YOU HAVE ANY
MINISTERS OF SATAN IN YOUR LIFE?
00:50:48.31\00:50:50.75
MAYBE YOU CAN CONNECT
WITH PAUL. 'MAN, I CAN FEEL IT.
00:50:50.75\00:50:52.61
GOD, YOU JUST - THERE'S
SOMETHING HAPPENING AND I JUST
00:50:52.61\00:50:55.98
WISH YOU WOULD STOP IT.'
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE HAD.
00:50:55.98\00:51:00.12
AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE
9 - "THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID UNTO
00:51:00.12\00:51:03.89
ME, MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR
THEE: FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE
00:51:03.89\00:51:08.43
PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.
MOST GLADLY THEREFORE WILL I
00:51:08.43\00:51:12.37
RATHER GLORY IN MY INFIRMITIES,
THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST
00:51:12.37\00:51:16.97
MAY REST UPON ME."
THEN YOU'RE SURE THAT PAUL
00:51:16.97\00:51:20.01
HAS ALSO LOST HIS MIND.
HE'S LOST EVERYTHING ELSE,
00:51:20.01\00:51:23.91
BUT HE'S LOSING
HIS MIND TOO. WHY?
00:51:23.91\00:51:25.88
HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO
GLORY IN MY INFIRMITIES.'
00:51:25.88\00:51:27.82
YOU GOT YOUR INFIRMITIES?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PRAISE
00:51:27.82\00:51:31.65
SESSION RIGHT NOW, FOR
YOUR INFIRMITIES, BUT WE COULD.
00:51:31.65\00:51:33.89
HAVE YOU IMAGINED
COMING TO CHURCH SOMETIME?
00:51:33.89\00:51:36.06
I SHOULD SUGGEST THIS TO
THE PASTORS HERE AT GRANITE BAY.
00:51:36.06\00:51:38.93
LET'S HAVE A PRAISE
SESSION FOR OUR INFIRMITIES.
00:51:38.93\00:51:42.10
'GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH
THAT I'M HURTING RIGHT NOW.'
00:51:42.10\00:51:47.40
WOULD WE EVER DO THAT?
00:51:47.40\00:51:49.77
BUT PAUL'S
GLORYING IN HIS INFIRMITIES.
00:51:49.77\00:51:51.31
THEN HE SAYS THIS IN VERSE 10,
"THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE IN
00:51:51.31\00:51:55.34
INFIRMITIES, IN REPROACHES, IN
NECESSITIES, IN PERSECUTIONS, IN
00:51:55.34\00:51:59.28
DISTRESSES FOR
CHRIST'S SAKE:" - WHY?
00:51:59.28\00:52:03.52
- "FOR WHEN I AM
WEAK, THEN AM I STRONG."
00:52:03.52\00:52:07.62
'WHEN I'M AT THE LOWEST
PHYSICALLY - WHEN I'M THE LOWEST
00:52:07.62\00:52:10.29
SPIRITUALLY - WHEN I'M
THE LOWEST INTELLECTUALLY AND
00:52:10.29\00:52:12.46
EMOTIONALLY, GOD CAN DO
SOMETHING THROUGH ME IF I STAY
00:52:12.46\00:52:15.93
CONNECTED TO
HIM. THAT'S AWESOME.
00:52:15.93\00:52:20.40
I DON'T TAKE
PLEASURE IN MY INFIRMITIES.
00:52:20.40\00:52:22.44
I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR AS I'M STANDING UP HERE.
00:52:22.44\00:52:24.11
I AM NOT PAUL. BUT
I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND
00:52:24.11\00:52:27.18
SAYING, 'WHAT IS
PAUL TRYING TO TELL US?
00:52:27.18\00:52:29.31
YOU SEE, WE HAVE THIS COLUMN OF
JOSEPH AND NAOMI AND DANIEL AND
00:52:29.31\00:52:33.75
PAUL - PERFECT LIVES, IF YOU
WILL - AND THEN YOU MOVE TO THE
00:52:33.75\00:52:37.62
MIDDLE COLUMN AND EVERYTHING
SEEMS LIKE IT'S FALLING APART.
00:52:37.62\00:52:41.69
I WANT TO TELL YOU, IT'S HOW YOU
DEAL WITH THE MIDDLE COLUMN IN
00:52:41.69\00:52:43.73
YOUR LIFE THAT
DETERMINES WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
00:52:43.73\00:52:45.96
>>AMEN. >>HOW YOU
DEAL WITH THE MIDDLE
00:52:45.96\00:52:47.76
COLUMN OF PAIN - THE MIDDLE
COLUMN OF THINGS FALLING APART -
00:52:47.76\00:52:51.10
THE MIDDLE COLUMN OF INFIRMITY -
THE MIDDLE COLUMN OF PERSECUTION
00:52:51.10\00:52:53.77
- HOW YOU DEAL WITH THAT
DETERMINES WHETHER YOU LEAVE IT
00:52:53.77\00:52:57.07
- >>AMEN. >>OR YOU STAY IN IT.
00:52:57.07\00:53:01.61
DID PAUL GET - HIS PHYSICAL
AILMENT LEAVE WHEN HE LEFT THE
00:53:01.61\00:53:06.72
MIDDLE COLUMN? NO.
00:53:06.72\00:53:08.75
DID THE PERSECUTION STOP
WHEN HE LEFT THE MIDDLE COLUMN?
00:53:08.75\00:53:10.99
NO, BUT HIS MIND HAD CHANGED.
WHAT ABOUT NAOMI? DID SHE GET
00:53:10.99\00:53:17.33
HER HUSBAND AND SONS BACK?
NO. BUT GOD GAVE HER SOMETHING
00:53:17.33\00:53:22.53
ELSE TO LOVE,
AMEN? WHAT ABOUT JOSEPH?
00:53:22.53\00:53:29.04
DID HE GET BACK THE 20 YEARS HE
WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS FATHER?
00:53:29.04\00:53:32.11
DID HE GET THAT BACK? >>NO.
00:53:32.11\00:53:33.64
>>NO, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, GOD
GAVE HIM SOMETHING ELSE TO LOVE.
00:53:33.64\00:53:43.22
I'M CONVINCED, FRIENDS, THAT OUR
WORLD COMES WITH ITS FAIR SHARE
00:53:43.22\00:53:49.99
OF TRIALS. BUT I'M
ALSO CONVINCED THAT HOW
00:53:49.99\00:53:53.76
WE DEAL WITH THE MIDDLE
COLUMN - HOW WE DEAL WITH THE
00:53:53.76\00:53:57.37
PERSECUTIONS AND TRIALS
DETERMINES WHETHER WE LEAVE A
00:53:57.37\00:54:01.64
LIFE OF BITTERNESS TO A
LIFE OF LOVE AND HOPE, OR
00:54:01.64\00:54:04.47
WHETHER WE STAY THERE. >>AMEN.
00:54:04.47\00:54:07.34
>>I BELIEVE THAT
GOD CAN DO THAT FOR US.
00:54:07.34\00:54:09.34
>>AMEN. >>BUT
IT TAKES - IT TAKES
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SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING
TO FINISH IN THIS LESSON, BUT
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I'M GOING TO DO IT
BECAUSE I CAN'T LEAVE THE
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LESSON LIKE THIS.
IS THAT OKAY? >>AMEN.
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>>PLEASE TURN WITH ME TO JAMES
CHAPTER 1 - NO, I REALIZE THAT
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THE ANSWER TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS
TAKES PLACE IN LESSON 12 OR 13
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OF THIS LESSON QUARTERLY,
BUT I CAN'T WAIT 'TIL THEN FOR
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ANSWERS. IS THAT OKAY?
00:54:31.40\00:54:33.03
LET'S LOOK AT JAMES CHAPTER 1,
VERSES 2 AND 4 - 2 THROUGH 4 -
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"MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL
JOY WHEN YE FALL INTO DIVERS
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TEMPTATIONS;" - AGAIN, HE'S
- JAMES IS BRINGING UP THE SAME
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THING THAT PAUL DID - "KNOW
THIS, THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR
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FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE. BUT LET
PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK,
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THAT YE MAY BE PERFECT
AND ENTIRE, WANTING NOTHING."
00:54:51.42\00:54:53.56
HE SAID, 'THE THINGS YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH ARE MOLDING YOU
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AND MAKING YOU
PERFECT.' INTERESTING.
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SO WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH IS
ACTUALLY A SHAPENING PROCESS.
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YOU CAN'T SEE IT NOW, BUT
FURTHER ALONG I'M GOING TO
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UNDERSTAND. >>AMEN.
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>>VERSE 12, "BLESSED IS THE
MAN THAT EDURETH TEMPTATION:
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FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED, HE
SHALL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE,
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WHICH THE LORD HATH
PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM."
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THERE'S A CROWN OF LIFE, MY
FRIENDS, WAITING FOR EACH ONE OF
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US. >>YES.
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>>LET'S PRAY. FATHER
IN HEAVEN, WE ARE RESTING
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IN FAITH THIS MORNING, KNOWING
THAT WE SERVE A GOD WHO LOVES
00:55:29.22\00:55:34.03
US MORE THAN WE CAN
IMAGINE. AND EVEN THOUGH OUR
00:55:34.03\00:55:38.40
UNDERSTANDING IS NOT NOW, EVEN
THOUGH WE ARE SEEING THROUGH A
00:55:38.40\00:55:42.30
GLASS DARKLY, WE DO
REALIZE THAT FURTHER ALONG WE'LL
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KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.
FURTHER ALONG WE'LL UNDERSTAND.
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GIVE US JOY IN YOU THIS MORNING
THAT WE MAY MOVE FROM THE MIDDLE
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COLUMN OF TRIAL AND STRESS IN
OUR LIFE, TO THE COLUMN OF FAITH
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AND LOVE IN CHRIST
JESUS. WE PRAY FOR THIS AND ASK
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IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, AMEN. (MUSIC)
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>>HAVE YOU EVER WORRIED
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME
00:56:24.05\00:56:25.71
IN YOUR DAYS? OR YOU CAN
ADD ANOTHER DAY TO YOUR LIFE?
00:56:25.71\00:56:28.95
WELL, PERHAPS THERE IS A WAY FOR
YOU TO ADD ANOTHER WHOLE DAY TO
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YOUR EXISTENCE.
WATCH HOW EASY IT IS.
00:56:32.15\00:56:36.16
I JUST STEPPED INTO YESTERDAY.
00:56:36.16\00:56:38.09
NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING
BACK TO THE FUTURE OR BACK IN
00:56:38.09\00:56:40.70
HISTORY; I HAPPEN TO BE STANDING
HERE IN TAVEUNI, FIJI, ONE OF
00:56:40.70\00:56:44.80
THE ONLY PLACES IN THE WORLD
WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL MERIDIAN
00:56:44.80\00:56:48.00
DATELINE RUNS
THROUGH A PIECE OF LAND.
00:56:48.00\00:56:51.34
PEOPLE HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN
ABLE TO PLAY WITH TIME THIS WAY.
00:56:51.34\00:56:54.31
BACK IN 1878, SIR
SANFORD FLEMING, A CANADIAN, HE
00:56:54.31\00:56:58.21
RECOMMENDED TO THE SCIENCE
COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD THAT THE
00:56:58.21\00:57:01.15
GLOBE BE DIVIDED IN 24 EVEN
SEGMENTS, EACH SEPARATED BY 15
00:57:01.15\00:57:06.15
DEGREES OF LONGITUDE, THAT WOULD
ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL TIME
00:57:06.15\00:57:09.89
SYSTEM. IN 1884,
THERE WAS A PRIME
00:57:09.89\00:57:12.76
MERIDIAN CONFERENCE HELD IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., TO STANDARDIZE
00:57:12.76\00:57:16.10
TIME AND SELECT A POINT FOR
THE PRIME MERIDIAN, WHICH WOULD
00:57:16.10\00:57:19.80
BE ZERO DEGREES ON THE GLOBE.
IT ENDED UP BEING GREENWICH,
00:57:19.80\00:57:23.17
ENGLAND, BUT
THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE.
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.21
WE ARE ON THE POLAR OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE PLANET RIGHT NOW,
00:57:25.21\00:57:28.54
BUT WE'RE GOING TO STEP
INTO THE FUTURE - WANT TO COME?
00:57:28.54\00:57:32.58
AND LOOK AT THAT, THE LORD
IS STILL WITH US, EVEN HERE.
00:57:32.58\00:57:35.52
HE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF
YOU, FRIENDS, WHEREVER YOU GO.
00:57:35.52\00:57:38.29
FRIENDS, DO YOU SOMETIMES
WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE?
00:57:38.29\00:57:40.49
WHAT WILL YOU EAT?
WILL YOU HAVE A HOME?
00:57:40.49\00:57:42.52
ARE YOU GOING TO STILL HAVE
YOUR JOB? WHAT WILL YOU WEAR?
00:57:42.52\00:57:46.16
JESUS TELLS US IN MATTHEW
CHAPTER 6, VERSES 25 THROUGH 34,
00:57:46.16\00:57:50.30
'DON'T TAKE THOUGHT FOR
TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL TAKE
00:57:50.30\00:57:52.70
THOUGHT FOR THE THINGS OF
ITSELF.' HE TELLS US THAT HE
00:57:52.70\00:57:55.84
FEEDS THE BIRDS AND HE CLOTHES
THE FLOWERS - HE'LL TAKE CARE OF
00:57:55.84\00:57:59.04
US. WE KNOW THAT
GOD'LL WATCH OVER
00:57:59.04\00:58:01.04
US, FORGIVES THE PAST, HE
PROMISES TO BE WITH US IN THE
00:58:01.04\00:58:05.41
PRESENT, AND HE WILL CONTINUE
TO LEAD US IN THE FUTURE - BUT
00:58:05.41\00:58:09.28
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO
GIVE YOURSELF TO HIM.
00:58:09.28\00:58:11.32
I INVITE YOU TO
DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
00:58:11.32\00:58:13.49
(MUSIC)
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