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Turn to the Old Testament book of Nehemiah.
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While you're doing that, I'm going to hydrate.
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Yesterday morning I went hunting.
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It was opening day,
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and it was really cold.
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I wasn't at all prepared for the weather.
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And so when I got up this morning,
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I thought it would be a good idea to wear a sweater today.
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I don't think so, but...
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If you see me perspiring, it's because of passion.
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It has nothing to do with this sweater.
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So this will be our last Sunday,
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in the book of Nehemiah.
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I hope, I know that many of you weren't here
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for our entire study of it.
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You can, of course, go to the website
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and go back and listen to those things
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if you would like to.
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But I hope for at least the part
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that you've been present for,
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it's been a blessing to you,
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as it's been a blessing to me
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to get to study it and to preach it.
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It's spoken to my life in many different ways,
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and I hope the same for you.
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And I just wanted to extend appreciation to you
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for even being able to do this.
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It's a gift to me to get to study
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study and preach.
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So I want to thank you for that.
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Just as a brief summary,
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we are, in the book of Nehemiah,
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seeing the people of God
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having returned from Babylonian exile.
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They were sent into Babylonian exile
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as a result of their sin for 70 years.
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We've now seen three movements of people
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back to the land.
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This is some 90 years later
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that we're looking at this.
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Nehemiah is serving as cupbearer
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to the king Artaxerxes.
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Now Persia rules the area,
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King Artaxerxes is the king of Persia.
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He hears news of what's going on,
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that the wall has yet to be rebuilt.
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People have not yet occupied Jerusalem.
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The temple's been rebuilt,
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but it's kind of in a shambles.
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And he grieves over this
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because the glory of God
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is being shamed in this way.
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The people of God are not in a good state,
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and God moves his heart in prayer
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to go back and to lead
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the rebuilding of the wall.
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So we see the rebuilding of the wall,
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and we see revival come upon these people.
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They begin to reestablish the Word of God
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as the ultimate authority in their lives,
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and they turn from their sin,
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and they turn back to God.
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We saw in chapter 10
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that they made a covenant
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for some specific things
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that they had been incredibly sinful about.
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They committed to God
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that they would not do these things anymore.
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We saw a general covenant or promise
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to keep the law,
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and then three specific things happened.
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And last week we saw in verse 12
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a dedication service to the wall,
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and we talked about
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what proper musical worship looks like.
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And then we come to the last chapter,
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and I really wish that this story
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ended on a high note.
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At this point in redemptive history, though,
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it does not.
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The people of God are still incredibly fickle
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in their service to God,
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and it doesn't go quite the way
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we like to see it happen.
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Now, it's apparent that Nehemiah
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served as governor over Jerusalem,
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over Israel,
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for 12 years,
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and then left for a while.
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He went back,
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as he had promised in chapter 1
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to King Artaxerxes.
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He returned back to the king,
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and then he comes back.
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And we don't know exactly
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how much time has passed
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from his leaving
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and going back to the king
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and then coming back here.
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We don't exactly know what's happened,
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but you'll see the record
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that he wasn't present,
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and then he returns,
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and we'll see what happens here
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in just a moment.
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So, join me with me in reading.
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We're going to read
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all of chapter 13 together.
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On that day,
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they read from the book of Moses
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in the hearing of the people,
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and it was found written
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that no Ammonite or Moabite
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should ever enter the assembly of God,
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for they did not meet the people of Israel
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with bread and water,
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but hired Balaam against them
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to curse them.
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Yet our God turned the curse
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into a blessing.
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There's a little history for you there.
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Verse 3,
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As soon as the people heard the law,
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they separated Israel
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from all those of foreign descent.
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Now, before this,
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Eliashib the priest,
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who was appointed over the chambers
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of the house of our God
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and who was related to Tobiah,
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prepared for Tobiah a large chamber
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where they had previously put
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the grain offering,
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the frankincense,
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the vessels,
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and the tithes of grain,
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wine, and oil,
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which were given by commandment
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to the Levites,
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singers, and gatekeepers,
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and the contributions for the priests.
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While this was taking place,
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I was not in Jerusalem.
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For in the 32nd year
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of Artaxerxes,
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king of Babylon,
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I went to the king,
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and after some time,
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I asked leave of the king
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and came to Jerusalem.
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And I then discovered
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the evil that Eliashib
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had done for Tobiah,
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preparing for him a chamber
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in the courts
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of the house of God.
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And I was very angry,
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and I threw all the household furniture
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of Tobiah out of the chamber.
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Then I gave orders,
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and they cleansed the chambers,
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and I brought back their vessels
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of the house of God
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with the grain offering
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and the frankincense.
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I also found out
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that the portions of the Levites
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had not been given to them,
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so that the Levites
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and the singers
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who did the work
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had fled each to his field.
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So I confronted the officials
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and said,
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Why is the house of God forsaken?
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And I gathered them together
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and set them in their stations.
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Then all Judah brought the tithe
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of the grain,
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wine, and oil
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into the storehouses.
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And I appointed as treasures
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over the storehouses
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Shalamiah the priest,
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Zadok the scribe,
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and Padaiah of the Levites.
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And as their assistant,
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Hanan the son of Zachar,
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son of Mataniah,
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for they were considered reliable,
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and their duty was to distribute
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to their brothers.
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Remember me,
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O my God,
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concerning this,
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and do not wipe out
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my good deeds
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that I have done
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for the house of my God
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and for his service.
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In those days,
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I saw in Judah
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people treading wine presses
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on the Sabbath
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and bringing in heaps of grain
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and loading them on donkeys
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and also wine,
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grapes,
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figs,
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and all kinds of loads,
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which they brought into Jerusalem
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on the Sabbath day.
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And I warned them
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on the day
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when they sold food.
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Tyrians also,
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who lived in the city,
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brought in fish
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and all kinds of goods
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and sold them on the Sabbath
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to the people of Judah
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in Jerusalem itself.
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Then I confronted
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the nobles of Judah
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and said to them,
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What is this evil thing
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that you are doing
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profaning the Sabbath day?
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Did not your fathers
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act in this way
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and did not our God
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bring all this disaster
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on us
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and on this city?
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Now you are bringing
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more wrath on Israel
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by profaning the Sabbath.
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As soon as it began
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to grow dark
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at the gates of Jerusalem
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before the Sabbath,
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I commanded that the door
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should be shut
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and gave orders
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that they should not be opened
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until after the Sabbath.
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And I stationed
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some of my servants
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at the gates
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that no load might be brought in
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on the Sabbath day.
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Then the merchants
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and sellers
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of all kinds of wares
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lodged outside Jerusalem
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once or twice.
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But I warned them
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and said to them,
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Why do you lodge
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outside the wall?
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If you do so again,
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I will lay hands on you.
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From that time on,
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they did not come
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on the Sabbath.
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Then I commanded the Levites
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that they should purify themselves
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and come and guard the gates
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to keep the Sabbath day holy.
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Remember this also
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in my favor,
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O my God,
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and spare me
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according to the greatness
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of your steadfast love.
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In those days also
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I saw the Jews
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who had married women
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of Ashdod,
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Ammon,
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and Moab,
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and half of their children
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spoke the language
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of Ashdod,
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and they could not speak
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the language of Judah,
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but only the language
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of each people.
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And I confronted them
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and cursed them
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and beat some of them
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and pulled out their hair.
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And I made them take oath
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in the name of God,
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saying,
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You shall not give
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your daughters to their sons
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or take their daughters
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for your sons
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or for yourselves.
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Did not Solomon,
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king of Israel,
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sin on account of such women?
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Among the many nations
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there was no king like him
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and he was beloved
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by his God
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and God made him king
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over all Israel.
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Nevertheless,
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foreign women
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made even him to sin.
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Shall we then listen to you
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and do all this great evil
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and act treacherously
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against our God
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by marrying foreign women?
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And one of the sons
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of Jehoiada,
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the son of Eliashib,
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the high priest,
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was the son-in-law
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of Sambalot,
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the Horonite.
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Therefore I chased him
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from me.
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Remember them,
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O my God,
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because they have
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desecrated the priesthood
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and the covenant
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of the priesthood
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and the Levites.
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Thus I cleansed them
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from everything foreign
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and I established
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the duties of the priests
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and Levites,
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each in his work,
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and I provided
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for the wood offering
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at appointed times
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and for the first fruits.
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Remember me,
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O my God,
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for good.
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Let's pray together.
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Father,
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we thank you
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for the blessing
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of your word
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and I thank you
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that every detail of it
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is important
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and it matters to us
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this day.
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That you have
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an intention with us
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this morning,
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that you want to speak
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to our hearts
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and therefore change
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our actions.
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You want us to grow up
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into Christ's likeness
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and I pray,
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Father,
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you will accomplish that
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this day
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by the speaking of your word.
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We pray this in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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Alright,
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one more hydration.
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And then off we go.
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Let me say to you,
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I love Nehemiah.
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What a man.
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What a wonderful,
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wonderful man.
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And we see,
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throughout the Bible,
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we see many great
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historical characters.
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Characters that we would
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tend to want to emulate.
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Often,
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many of us grew up
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in church
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being taught
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little moral lessons
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by the example
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of some of these men.
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And that's not all bad,
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but we almost always
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get some record,
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some account
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of their fallenness.
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Right?
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David is a wonderful
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example of that.
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Or,
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um,
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Abraham,
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who you may or may not
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know this,
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but twice,
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he gave his wife away
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to avoid his own death.
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Right?
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These are not necessarily
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righteous acts
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just because they're
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recorded in the Bible.
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You'll sometimes hear
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that argument
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and talk about the
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horrible things people did
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that God approved of.
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Not necessarily,
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just because it's
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a historical account
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of what happened.
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So I've been looking
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for Nehemiah's flaw.
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And maybe we found it.
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Let me say that to you.
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Maybe we found it.
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Maybe he overreacted
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a little bit,
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especially when we get
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to verse 25
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and he's beating people
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and pulling out their hair.
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However,
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maybe not.
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Maybe it was perfectly
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appropriate
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for him to respond
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in this way.
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There is a
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such thing
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as righteous
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anger.
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I want you to have
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two questions as mine.
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As Nehemiah returns,
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apparently to govern
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once again,
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he couldn't have gotten
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all these things accomplished.
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He appoints,
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he orders,
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he does all these things.
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So he's apparently
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in charge once again.
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And as he approaches
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the sinfulness
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of the people,
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I want you to have
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two questions in your mind.
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Firstly,
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how should we feel
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about sin
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as those who have
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been delivered from it,
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as those who have
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experienced grace
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that abounds
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all of our sin,
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right,
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in Christ,
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all of those things
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have been taken care of,
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but how should we still
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feel about sin
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generally,
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and how should we react
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to both our sin
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and the sins
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of others?
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What's the proper
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response
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to sinfulness?
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Let me say to you,
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the person who is
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zealous for God,
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who wants to serve,
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wants to be devoted
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to him in every respect,
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will defend
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the holiness of God
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and the holiness
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of God's people.
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This is going to be
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a natural reaction.
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And at times,
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this calls
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for a righteous anger.
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Let's look together
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at an example,
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the perfect example,
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Jesus.
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Right?
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You can turn here
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if you like.
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If not,
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just hear me read.
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John chapter 2,
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verses 13 through 17.
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The Passover of the Jews
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was at hand,
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and Jesus went up
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to Jerusalem.
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In the temple
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he found those
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who were selling
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oxen and sheep
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and pigeons
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and the money changers
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sitting there
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and making a whip
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of cords,
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a whip of cords,
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he drove them all
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out of the temple
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with the sheep
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and oxen
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and he poured out
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the coins
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and the money changers
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and overturned
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their tables
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and he told those
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who sold the pigeons,
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take these things away,
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do not make my father's house
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a house of trade.
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His disciples remembered
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that it was written,
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zeal for your house
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will consume me.
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Jesus,
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righteous,
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perfect in any way,
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without sin,
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got angry.
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He saw something
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that was offensive
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to God's holiness
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and to the holiness
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of his people
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and he rectified it
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in a radical way.
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So we see
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that righteous anger
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is a possibility.
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Another example,
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turn with me please
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to this one,
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Numbers chapter 25.
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Chris McKean
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pointed this one out
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to me today.
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I had another example
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while you're turning there.
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Moses goes up
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onto Mount Sinai,
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receives the Ten Commandments,
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comes down
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and the people
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have already turned
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from God.
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They're worshipping
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the golden calf
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and what does Moses do?
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He breaks the tablets.
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He's never reprimanded
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for this
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and he has thousands.
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The Levites go
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and kill thousands
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of people as punishment
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for that
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because that was the example
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I was going to read to you
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but this is better.
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Numbers chapter 25
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we'll read
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verses 1 through 13 together.
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While Israel lived
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in Shittim,
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the people began
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to whore
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with the daughters of Moab.
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Now again,
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see this is another sin.
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This is the same thing
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we're going to deal with here
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in chapter 13 of Nehemiah.
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These invited the people
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to the sacrifice
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of their gods
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and the people ate
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and bowed down
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to their gods.
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So Israel yoked himself
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to Baal of Peor
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and the anger of the Lord
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was kindled against Israel.
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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Take all the chiefs
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of the people
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and hang them in the sun
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before the Lord
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that the fierce anger
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of the Lord
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may turn away from Israel.
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And Moses said
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to the judges of Israel,
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Each of you
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kill those of his men
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who have yoked themselves
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to Baal of Peor.
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And behold,
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one of the people of Israel
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came and brought
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a Midianite woman
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to his family
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in the sight of Moses
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and the sight of the whole congregation
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of the people of Israel
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while they were weeping
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in the entrance
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of the tent of meeting.
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When Phinehas,
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the son of Eleazar,
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son of Aaron the priest,
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saw it,
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he rose and left
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the congregation
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and took a spear
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in his hand
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and went after
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the man of Israel
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into the chamber
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and pierced both of them,
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the man of Israel
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and the woman
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through her belly.
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Thus the plague
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on the people of Israel
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was stopped.
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Nevertheless,
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those who died
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by the plague
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were 24,000.
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Now we don't see
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exactly what this plague was,
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but because of this sin,
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this breaking
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of the commandment of God,
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this compromise
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of the holiness
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of God's people,
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God brought a curse
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upon them.
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And what brings the curse
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to an end?
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Righteous anger.
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Right?
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We see this man Phinehas
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go and spear
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both of them
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and kill
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this particular couple.
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How do we know
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this is good?
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Because as I've said before,
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maybe you stop here
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and you go,
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but was that the right
14:06
thing to do?
14:07
We see record there
14:08
that the plague
14:09
of Israel was stopped
14:10
and then look at verse 10.
14:11
And the Lord said to Moses,
14:13
Phinehas,
14:14
the son of Aazar,
14:15
the son of Aaron the priest,
14:16
has turned back my wrath
14:17
from the people of Israel
14:18
in that he was jealous
14:19
with my jealousy
14:21
among them
14:21
so that I did not consume
14:22
the people of Israel
14:23
in my jealousy.
14:24
Therefore say,
14:26
behold,
14:26
I give to him
14:27
my covenant of peace
14:28
and it shall be to him
14:30
and to his descendants
14:30
after him
14:31
the covenant
14:31
of a perpetual priesthood
14:33
because he was jealous
14:34
for his God
14:35
and made atonement
14:36
for the people of Israel.
14:38
God applauds him
14:39
for the action.
14:43
So,
14:44
righteous anger
14:44
at times
14:45
may seem
14:46
a little extreme
14:47
but is exactly
14:48
what is called for.
14:51
No time today
14:52
to observe
14:53
David
14:54
and Amos
14:55
and Malachi,
14:56
John the Baptist,
14:57
Apostle Paul,
14:58
there are countless
14:58
examples
14:59
of people
15:00
who got
15:01
properly angry
15:03
when folks
15:04
offended
15:05
the holiness
15:06
of God.
15:08
Now hear me.
15:10
We're going to talk
15:10
at length about this
15:11
and I don't have time
15:12
today
15:12
to tell you
15:13
and warn you
15:14
about when anger
15:16
looks improper.
15:17
I think you know
15:18
already.
15:19
We can't quite
15:20
get into the depths
15:21
of that.
15:22
I am not suggesting
15:23
that any of you
15:24
rip out people's hair
15:25
and beat them.
15:28
I think you'll know
15:29
if God leads you
15:31
to something like that,
15:32
that kind of anger.
15:33
But the question again,
15:35
how should we feel
15:35
about sin
15:36
and how should we react
15:37
to sin
15:37
and the sins
15:38
of others?
15:40
Because if
15:41
righteous anger
15:42
is a reality,
15:43
we've observed it
15:43
to be true,
15:44
we've seen it now
15:44
multiple times,
15:45
we've seen it in our
15:46
very Lord,
15:47
Jesus Christ,
15:48
if it's a reality
15:49
then it follows
15:50
that there are times
15:50
when not being angry
15:52
is sinful.
15:54
Just going along,
15:56
peace,
15:56
kumbaya,
15:57
let's just get along
15:58
together,
15:59
that that in fact
16:00
could be sin
16:02
in your life.
16:04
So consider carefully
16:05
these questions.
16:07
I want to show you
16:08
in chapter 13
16:09
the three offenses,
16:10
the three sins
16:11
committed against God
16:12
and then their
16:13
corresponding covenant
16:14
promise.
16:14
You remember chapter 10
16:15
I mentioned to you,
16:16
we studied that.
16:17
We studied a covenant,
16:18
a written document
16:19
that the people
16:19
signed together,
16:20
a commitment
16:21
that they had made
16:22
not too many years
16:23
earlier
16:24
and they break it
16:25
here at every
16:26
single point.
16:28
They broke it
16:29
generally as they
16:30
made a general promise
16:31
to keep the law of God
16:32
and they broke
16:32
every one
16:33
of the specific
16:35
covenants
16:36
that they made
16:37
with God.
16:39
So,
16:40
firstly,
16:41
remember
16:42
the intensity
16:43
that they
16:44
entered into
16:45
that covenant with.
16:46
Chapter 10
16:47
verse 29
16:47
says we enter
16:48
into a curse
16:49
and an oath
16:51
in this covenant.
16:52
They are asking
16:54
God,
16:55
if we break
16:55
this covenant
16:56
with you,
16:56
bring punishment
16:57
upon us.
16:59
Guess how God
17:00
brought it?
17:01
Nehemiah.
17:03
Nehemiah is the curse
17:04
that they asked for
17:05
as they made
17:06
this covenant
17:06
commitment together.
17:07
So,
17:08
let's look at the first one.
17:09
In verses 4-14,
17:10
we see the offense
17:12
that they did not
17:13
preserve
17:13
the holiness
17:14
of the house
17:16
of God.
17:17
Right off the back,
17:19
we see the high priest.
17:20
It would have been
17:20
the high priest
17:21
because he was given
17:22
order over keeping
17:23
the storehouses,
17:25
keeping the proper
17:25
things needed
17:26
for the worship
17:26
of God
17:27
in place.
17:28
So,
17:28
Eliashib is the
17:29
high priest
17:30
and he clears out
17:31
one of these rooms
17:32
that has been
17:33
specifically commanded
17:34
by God to be set apart
17:35
for the storing
17:36
of these goods
17:37
and turns it into
17:38
a home for
17:39
who but
17:40
Tobiah.
17:42
Do you remember
17:42
Tobiah?
17:44
The man that
17:44
mocked Nehemiah
17:46
that plotted
17:47
to kill him?
17:48
We see later on
17:49
in relation to
17:50
the high priest
17:51
allowed his son
17:52
to marry
17:52
Sambalot's daughter.
17:55
Sambalot and Tobiah
17:56
were the major
17:57
antagonists
17:58
in the story.
17:59
Right?
18:00
They tried to raise up
18:01
an army
18:01
to at very least
18:03
threaten
18:03
the building of the wall
18:04
at most
18:05
to actually attack
18:06
the city.
18:07
Remember when they
18:08
were building
18:08
they had to carry
18:08
stones in one hand
18:09
and a sword in the other?
18:10
There was a plot
18:12
against Nehemiah's
18:13
life by these
18:14
two men
18:15
and Eliashib
18:16
the high priest
18:17
allows one of them
18:18
to live
18:19
in the house
18:20
of God.
18:22
Right?
18:22
This would be like
18:23
a priest in the
18:24
Catholic church
18:24
hanging a picture
18:26
of Martin Luther
18:27
in the Vatican.
18:28
Right?
18:29
Really,
18:30
really
18:31
offensive.
18:32
Can you imagine
18:33
coming back
18:34
to this scene
18:34
and seeing this?
18:36
This man
18:37
is living
18:38
in this place
18:39
and I love
18:40
that he just
18:40
goes and he
18:41
throws all
18:42
of his stuff
18:43
out.
18:43
I would have
18:43
loved to have
18:44
been a fly
18:44
on the wall
18:45
and see
18:45
Tobias' face
18:46
as his stuff
18:46
is being hurled
18:47
out the door.
18:49
And he goes
18:49
beyond that
18:50
to give orders
18:50
to cleanse
18:52
not just
18:52
that chamber
18:53
but all
18:53
the chambers.
18:54
There's a big
18:55
cleaning up
18:56
of the house
18:56
of God
18:57
as a result
18:58
of what
18:58
Eliashib
18:59
has done here.
19:01
Secondly,
19:01
they're neglecting
19:02
the provision
19:02
for the Levites
19:03
and the singers.
19:04
This very storehouse
19:05
would have stored
19:05
the goods
19:06
for them
19:07
to be able
19:07
to do their
19:08
jobs,
19:08
to be at the temple
19:09
and do temple
19:10
service.
19:11
They needed
19:11
food to eat.
19:13
They needed
19:14
provision.
19:15
And you see here
19:15
that they fled
19:16
to their fields
19:17
meaning they
19:17
couldn't stay
19:19
in the city
19:20
and do the work
19:20
at the house
19:21
of God
19:21
so they had
19:22
to go out
19:22
to their outlying
19:23
lands
19:23
so that they
19:24
could eat.
19:26
And we saw
19:26
a commitment
19:27
back in chapter 10.
19:29
They made a promise
19:30
not to neglect
19:32
the house of God.
19:34
Right?
19:35
But chapter 10
19:36
verse 39
19:36
we will not
19:37
neglect
19:38
the house
19:38
of our God.
19:39
That's the way
19:39
that very covenant
19:40
summed up.
19:41
And here we see
19:42
Nehemiah asking
19:43
the question
19:44
in verse 11
19:44
why is the house
19:46
of God
19:47
forsaken
19:48
or neglected?
19:50
It could be
19:50
read that way.
19:52
Malachi
19:52
who came along
19:53
during this time
19:54
as a prophet
19:55
sent by God
19:56
in Malachi
19:57
chapter 3
19:58
verses 8
19:59
through 12
19:59
says to the people
20:01
will man
20:02
rob God
20:04
yet you
20:05
are robbing me
20:06
but you say
20:07
how have we robbed you
20:08
in your tithes
20:10
and contributions
20:11
you are cursed
20:12
with a curse
20:13
for you are robbing me
20:14
the whole nation
20:15
of you
20:16
bring the full tithe
20:17
into the storehouse
20:18
that there may be
20:18
food in my house
20:19
and thereby
20:20
put me to the test
20:21
as the Lord of hosts
20:21
if I will not
20:22
open up the windows
20:23
of heaven for you
20:24
and pour down
20:25
for you a blessing
20:26
until there is
20:26
no more need
20:28
I will rebuke
20:29
the devourer for you
20:30
so that it will not
20:30
destroy the fruits
20:31
of your soil
20:31
and your vine
20:32
in the field
20:32
shall not fail
20:33
to bear
20:33
says the Lord of hosts
20:34
then all nations
20:35
will call you blessed
20:36
for you will be
20:37
a land of delight
20:38
says the Lord of hosts
20:39
this is when Malachi
20:40
is prophesying to them
20:42
this very thing
20:43
Tobiah is living
20:43
in the house of God
20:45
and they are neglecting
20:46
the contributions
20:47
that are necessary
20:49
for the temple service
20:51
so there is the broken
20:53
covenant promise
20:53
chapter 10
20:54
verse 39
20:55
why did it matter
20:57
I said to you before
20:59
we can make some kind
21:00
of drastic leap
21:01
and certainly
21:01
it's a lesser truth
21:03
contained in this
21:04
that we somehow
21:05
ought to be giving
21:05
tons and tons of money
21:06
to improve this property
21:08
and improve this building
21:08
and Lord knows
21:10
we need some improving
21:11
to go on around here
21:12
however that's not
21:14
primarily what's being
21:15
taught here
21:16
that's not the greater
21:18
thing
21:18
should we be
21:19
contributing to the needs
21:20
of a church
21:21
absolutely
21:22
but that is not
21:23
why this was so
21:24
offensive
21:25
is offensive
21:27
because of the
21:28
prefigurative meaning
21:30
of the house of God
21:31
remember that the house
21:32
of God was the place
21:33
the one place
21:35
that God came
21:35
and met
21:36
with man
21:37
met with
21:38
one man
21:39
one time a year
21:41
in the Holy of Holies
21:43
this is a very
21:45
important
21:46
thing
21:47
the activity
21:48
that surrounded it
21:49
mattered
21:50
a lot
21:52
because it was meant
21:53
to show us
21:54
that someday
21:55
God would come
21:57
and dwell
21:57
with man
21:58
fully
21:59
without any
22:00
obstruction
22:01
forever
22:03
right
22:04
Revelation 21 3
22:05
and I heard a loud voice
22:05
from the throne
22:06
saying
22:06
behold
22:07
the dwelling place
22:08
of God
22:09
is with man
22:09
he will dwell
22:10
with them
22:10
and they will be
22:11
his people
22:11
and God himself
22:12
will be with them
22:13
as their God
22:14
and they're talking
22:15
here in this chapter
22:16
of Revelation
22:16
of the new Jerusalem
22:18
which comes down
22:19
out of heaven
22:20
as a cube
22:20
and the other place
22:21
we see a cube
22:22
is the Holy of Holies
22:23
shaped as a cube
22:24
it mattered
22:25
the way
22:26
the people of God
22:27
in this day
22:28
treated the house
22:29
of God
22:30
so that's the first
22:32
broken covenantal promise
22:34
the fact that they did not
22:36
preserve the holiness
22:37
of the house of God
22:39
Nehemiah's anger
22:42
was proper
22:43
and measured
22:44
for that
22:45
the second offense
22:47
found in verses 15
22:49
through 22
22:49
they did not preserve
22:51
the holiness
22:52
of the Sabbath
22:53
the seventh day
22:57
of the week
22:58
that God had commanded
22:59
them to keep holy
23:00
to set aside
23:01
to not work on
23:03
this was meant
23:05
to be
23:06
for them
23:07
again
23:07
something prefigurative
23:09
it was a day
23:09
that they rested
23:10
every seven years
23:11
they gave debtors
23:12
rest
23:13
and they let fields
23:13
rest
23:14
why?
23:16
it was because
23:17
God just didn't want
23:17
them to work themselves
23:18
to death
23:19
they just didn't want
23:19
them to have
23:20
too many calluses
23:21
he knew they
23:22
needed rest
23:22
no
23:23
not at all
23:25
it was prefigurative
23:27
it was meant to show us
23:28
a greater thing
23:29
a full and final rest
23:31
that we'll have
23:32
in Christ
23:33
right?
23:35
the Sabbath
23:36
was the covenant sign
23:38
one of them
23:39
between
23:39
God
23:40
and men
23:41
we see that in Exodus
23:42
chapter 31
23:43
12 and 13
23:43
and the Lord said
23:44
to Moses
23:44
you are to speak
23:45
to the people
23:46
of Israel
23:46
and say
23:46
above all
23:47
you shall keep
23:48
my Sabbath
23:48
for this is a sign
23:50
between me and you
23:50
a sign
23:51
a covenantal sign
23:52
but throughout
23:52
the generations
23:53
that you may know
23:54
that I
23:54
the Lord
23:55
sanctify you
23:56
it was like
23:57
a wedding ring
23:58
in that way
23:59
and so for the people
24:00
to not keep
24:01
the Sabbath
24:02
would be for those
24:03
of us
24:03
who are married
24:04
in this room
24:04
to take off
24:04
our rings
24:05
and not just
24:05
take them off
24:06
to wash our hands
24:06
but take them off
24:07
and throw them away
24:08
to say to the world
24:10
yeah I'm married
24:12
but I don't want to be
24:13
right
24:13
it's exactly
24:14
what the people
24:15
of God
24:15
were doing here
24:16
as they traded
24:17
as they allowed
24:18
people to come
24:18
into the city
24:19
and trade
24:20
on the Sabbath
24:22
chapter 10
24:23
verse 31
24:24
they made a promise
24:26
and if the peoples
24:27
of the land
24:27
bring in goods
24:28
or any grain
24:29
on the Sabbath day
24:30
to sell
24:30
we will not buy
24:31
from them
24:32
on the Sabbath
24:32
or on a holy day
24:33
and we will forgo
24:34
the crops
24:35
of the seventh year
24:35
and the exaction
24:36
of every debt
24:37
notice the careful
24:38
record
24:39
that there were
24:40
foreigners
24:40
coming into Jerusalem
24:41
to trade
24:42
right
24:43
carefully recorded
24:44
the covenant
24:45
that you guys
24:46
made together
24:47
to keep the law
24:48
of God
24:49
you are breaking it
24:49
in every single way
24:52
this was incredibly
24:54
important
24:55
look at the inspired
24:57
commentary
24:58
I know I did a lot
24:58
of this a couple
24:59
of weeks ago
25:00
but got to make
25:00
the point again
25:01
Colossians 2
25:02
16 and 17
25:03
let no one pass
25:04
judgment on you
25:04
in question of food
25:05
or drink
25:05
or with regards
25:06
to a festival
25:07
or a new moon
25:08
or a Sabbath
25:09
these are a shadow
25:11
of the things
25:11
to come
25:12
but the substance
25:13
belongs to Christ
25:14
and the writers
25:14
of Hebrew
25:15
gives it to us
25:16
Hebrews gives it
25:16
to us a little
25:17
more clearly
25:17
chapter 4
25:18
verse 9 and 10
25:19
so then there
25:20
remains a Sabbath
25:21
rest for the people
25:22
of God
25:22
there remains
25:23
not because we're
25:24
meant to have
25:25
a Sabbath now
25:25
this isn't about
25:26
Sunday
25:27
or Saturday
25:28
let's get into
25:28
a massive debate
25:29
the big religious
25:30
debate down in
25:31
Nicaragua
25:31
when Daniel and I
25:32
went down there
25:32
was about what day
25:34
you were supposed
25:34
to worship God on
25:35
there's a bunch
25:35
of seventh day
25:36
Adventists down there
25:37
and a bunch
25:37
of Sunday
25:38
keepers
25:38
as they called
25:39
themselves
25:39
and this is the
25:40
major conflict
25:41
that was happening
25:41
in the area
25:42
not doctrinal
25:44
in any way
25:44
whatsoever
25:45
because this was
25:46
supposed to show
25:46
us this final
25:48
thing
25:48
a Sabbath rest
25:49
for the people
25:50
of God
25:50
verse 10
25:51
for whoever
25:51
has entered
25:51
God's rest
25:52
has also
25:53
rested from
25:53
his works
25:54
as God
25:54
did
25:54
from his
25:55
this is why
25:57
the Sabbath
25:58
was so
25:59
important
26:00
and meant
26:01
to be
26:01
kept holy
26:02
and so Nehemiah
26:03
responds properly
26:04
to that
26:04
he hasn't
26:05
locked the gates
26:06
he takes real
26:06
measure
26:07
to stop
26:08
what was going
26:09
on
26:09
stop what you're
26:10
doing
26:11
I'm shutting
26:11
the gates
26:12
foreign people
26:12
can't even
26:12
come into the
26:13
city
26:13
and when they
26:14
camped outside
26:14
the city
26:15
he threatens
26:15
them
26:15
you come back
26:16
here I'm going
26:17
to lay hands
26:17
on you
26:18
which basically
26:18
means I'm going
26:18
to pull out
26:19
your hair
26:19
and beat you
26:19
up
26:20
right
26:20
there will be
26:22
consequences
26:22
to pay
26:23
and I love
26:23
that the
26:24
responses
26:24
in verse 21
26:26
and from that
26:28
time on they
26:28
did not come
26:29
on the Sabbath
26:29
right
26:30
they heard him
26:30
loud and clear
26:32
as he yelled
26:32
from the walls
26:33
I'm going to lay
26:33
hands on you
26:34
if you come
26:34
back here
26:35
the Sabbath day
26:36
was meant to be
26:37
kept holy
26:38
because of what
26:39
it showed
26:40
that was coming
26:42
this full
26:43
and final
26:44
rest
26:45
are you catching
26:46
in this
26:47
how our sin
26:48
is offensive
26:49
to what God
26:50
has done for us
26:51
we're seeing the
26:52
fulfillment
26:53
of these promises
26:54
the coming of the
26:55
kingdom of God
26:56
right
26:57
the fact that we
26:57
now have rest
26:58
and we'll have full
26:59
and final rest
27:00
in Christ
27:01
and our sin
27:03
is a great
27:04
offense to him
27:05
without doubt
27:07
we've been delivered
27:07
from our sin
27:08
right
27:09
hear this carefully
27:10
beloved
27:10
Christ died on the
27:12
cross for your
27:12
sins
27:13
past present
27:13
and future
27:14
there's nothing
27:15
you're going to do
27:15
that's going to
27:15
surprise him
27:16
no thing you will
27:17
do will be so
27:18
offensive that he'll
27:18
go
27:18
oh I don't know
27:19
if I really
27:19
want to die
27:20
for that one
27:21
right
27:21
it's done
27:22
it's finished
27:23
it's a completed
27:24
work
27:24
right
27:25
and you can
27:25
have confidence
27:26
to approach
27:26
the throne of
27:27
grace in that
27:27
right
27:28
you can press
27:29
on in your
27:30
relationship with
27:30
God because you
27:31
know that Christ
27:32
has paid the
27:33
price the penalty
27:34
for the sin
27:35
it's been completed
27:36
he's already been
27:37
punished the wrath
27:37
of God has been
27:38
poured out on your
27:40
behalf in him
27:41
but because of that
27:43
because of this
27:45
display of his
27:45
great love for us
27:46
we ought to want
27:48
to serve him
27:49
we ought to want
27:50
to love him
27:51
we ought to want
27:51
to see the people
27:52
of God become
27:53
more and more
27:53
perfect
27:54
to make him
27:56
be seen more
27:57
as he is
27:57
as holy
27:58
that's the task
28:00
that's been given
28:00
to us
28:00
to be disciple
28:01
making disciples
28:02
to display
28:03
God's goodness
28:04
and loving kindness
28:05
to the world
28:06
we do that
28:07
primarily
28:08
in the way
28:09
we live
28:11
so when we
28:12
sin
28:13
it's a great
28:14
offense
28:14
to God
28:15
still
28:15
even though
28:16
the price
28:16
has been paid
28:17
it's an offense
28:18
to what God
28:18
has done for us
28:19
when you sin
28:21
in those moments
28:21
you are saying
28:22
you don't believe
28:22
the gospel
28:23
because if you did
28:24
if you believed it
28:25
it would produce
28:25
proper action
28:26
in you
28:27
and you're doing
28:28
improper things
28:28
so what does that say
28:29
you've forgotten
28:31
about the grace
28:31
of God to you
28:32
you've forgotten
28:33
about who you were
28:34
damned
28:34
eternally
28:35
enemies of God
28:37
and yet he
28:38
saved you
28:38
because of his
28:39
love for you
28:39
doesn't that just
28:41
want to cause you
28:41
to spring forth
28:42
with good works
28:42
it does for me
28:43
God did good things
28:45
for me
28:45
I want to get out
28:46
there and get
28:46
active and involved
28:47
and do good things
28:49
that's what's
28:51
going on here
28:52
that's why
28:53
Nehemiah
28:54
is appropriately
28:55
angry
28:56
at the way
28:58
they've acted
28:58
the third offense
29:01
this one's a little
29:02
bit trickier
29:03
we talked about it
29:04
a couple of weeks
29:04
ago
29:05
final verses
29:07
23-31
29:08
they did not
29:09
preserve
29:10
the holiness
29:12
of their ethnicity
29:13
they did not
29:15
preserve
29:15
the holiness
29:16
of their ethnicity
29:18
we see the
29:20
covenant promise
29:21
chapter 10
29:22
verse 30
29:23
we will not
29:24
give our daughters
29:24
to the peoples
29:25
of the land
29:25
or take their
29:26
daughters
29:26
for our sons
29:28
this has been
29:28
a consistent
29:29
issue
29:30
right
29:31
I read to you
29:32
about Phineas
29:33
this was happening
29:33
even when they
29:34
were wandering
29:35
sojourning in the
29:36
desert
29:36
this was happening
29:37
right
29:38
and it's happening
29:39
again and again
29:40
and again
29:41
Ezra commanded
29:42
them to put away
29:43
their wives
29:44
of other nations
29:45
and this makes
29:46
our heads hurt
29:47
a little bit I think
29:47
as new covenant
29:49
people because
29:50
we're not told
29:50
to divorce
29:51
in quite the same
29:52
way but there's
29:53
a uniqueness here
29:54
in this time
29:55
there's a uniqueness
29:56
for the people
29:57
of Israel
29:58
in that
29:59
they were ethnically
30:00
bound to one another
30:01
covenantally bound
30:03
to God
30:03
they were ethnically
30:05
bound to each other
30:06
right
30:07
they were meant
30:08
to be a people
30:09
set apart
30:09
in this way
30:10
you want to draw
30:11
a parallel
30:12
the church is the same
30:12
way we ought not
30:13
be yoked with
30:14
unbelievers
30:14
right
30:15
I'll tell you
30:16
right now
30:17
that is a temptation
30:18
young people
30:19
if you are dating
30:20
somebody that doesn't
30:20
claim the name
30:21
of Christ
30:21
more than likely
30:23
they will lead you
30:24
astray
30:24
not the other
30:25
way around
30:26
history
30:27
has proven
30:28
old testament
30:30
history
30:30
has proven
30:31
this to be the
30:32
case
30:32
right
30:33
put them away
30:34
don't get yourself
30:36
covenantally bound
30:36
with these people
30:37
because you want
30:38
to honor God
30:39
with your marriage
30:40
right
30:41
there's the parallel
30:42
for us
30:43
in that way
30:44
right
30:45
so their ethnicity
30:46
mattered a lot
30:47
they were a
30:48
an internal
30:49
people
30:50
an exclusive
30:52
people
30:52
set apart
30:54
in this way
30:55
and the gospel
30:55
now has turned
30:57
out that
30:57
into an inclusive
30:58
people
30:58
the church
30:59
now invites
31:00
all kinds
31:01
of people
31:01
in
31:01
right
31:02
we wouldn't
31:03
dare say
31:03
because you're
31:04
not of the
31:04
same socioeconomic
31:06
status as us
31:07
or the same
31:07
racial background
31:08
as us
31:08
or you don't
31:09
have the same
31:10
culture as us
31:10
you can't come
31:11
meet with us
31:12
right
31:12
we don't say
31:13
that because
31:13
the gospel
31:13
transcends
31:14
all of those
31:15
things
31:16
right
31:16
it's now
31:16
been turned
31:17
out
31:18
I showed you
31:18
the example
31:18
when Jesus
31:19
talked about
31:19
how the gates
31:20
of hell
31:20
would not prevail
31:21
against the church
31:22
we're no longer
31:23
encamped inside
31:24
of a wall
31:25
holding out the
31:25
world
31:26
now we're making
31:27
advances on the
31:28
world
31:28
and the gates
31:28
of hell
31:29
is not going
31:29
to stand
31:30
against our
31:30
attacks
31:31
right
31:32
that's the
31:32
picture
31:32
that's going
31:33
on here
31:33
but in this
31:34
day
31:34
it was
31:35
different
31:36
right
31:37
Nehemiah
31:38
gives the
31:39
example
31:39
of Solomon
31:40
Solomon
31:42
was not
31:43
led astray
31:44
particularly
31:45
because of
31:46
how many
31:46
wives he
31:47
had
31:47
but because
31:48
of where
31:48
they were
31:49
from
31:49
and I'm
31:50
not defending
31:51
how many
31:51
wives he
31:51
had
31:52
1 Kings
31:53
chapter 11
31:54
verses 1
31:55
through 4
31:55
reads
31:55
now King
31:56
Solomon
31:57
loved many
31:57
foreign
31:58
women
31:58
along with
31:58
the daughter
31:59
of Pharaoh
31:59
Moabite
32:00
Ammonite
32:01
Edomite
32:02
Sidonian
32:02
and Hittite
32:03
women
32:03
from the
32:04
nations
32:04
concerning
32:04
which the
32:05
Lord
32:05
had said
32:05
to the
32:05
people of
32:06
Israel
32:06
you shall
32:07
not
32:07
enter into
32:08
marriage
32:08
with them
32:08
neither
32:09
shall
32:09
they
32:10
with
32:10
you
32:10
for
32:10
surely
32:11
they
32:11
will
32:11
turn
32:12
away
32:12
your
32:12
hearts
32:13
after
32:13
their
32:14
gods
32:14
Solomon
32:15
clung
32:16
to
32:16
these
32:17
in
32:17
love
32:17
he
32:18
had
32:18
700
32:19
wives
32:19
who
32:19
were
32:19
princesses
32:20
and 300
32:20
concubines
32:21
and his
32:21
wives
32:22
turned
32:22
away
32:22
his
32:23
heart
32:23
for
32:24
when
32:24
Solomon
32:24
was
32:24
old
32:25
his
32:25
wives
32:25
turned
32:25
away
32:26
his
32:26
heart
32:26
after
32:26
other
32:27
gods
32:27
and
32:27
his
32:27
heart
32:28
was
32:28
not
32:28
wholly
32:28
true
32:29
to
32:29
the
32:29
Lord
32:29
his
32:29
God
32:30
and
32:30
was
32:30
the
32:30
heart
32:31
of
32:31
David
32:31
his
32:32
father
32:33
as
32:33
was
32:34
the
32:34
heart
32:34
of
32:34
David
32:34
his
32:34
father
32:35
skip
32:36
down
32:36
to
32:36
verse
32:36
9
32:36
and
32:36
the
32:36
Lord
32:37
was
32:37
angry
32:37
with
32:37
Solomon
32:37
because
32:38
his
32:38
heart
32:38
had
32:38
turned
32:38
away
32:38
from
32:39
the
32:39
Lord
32:39
the
32:39
God
32:39
of
32:39
Israel
32:40
who
32:40
had
32:40
appeared
32:40
to
32:41
him
32:41
twice
32:41
and
32:42
commanded
32:42
him
32:42
concerning
32:43
this
32:43
thing
32:43
that he
32:44
should
32:44
not
32:44
go
32:44
after
32:44
other
32:45
gods
32:45
but
32:46
he
32:46
did
32:46
not
32:46
keep
32:46
what
32:46
the
32:46
Lord
32:47
commanded
33:01
here
33:01
we
33:01
find
33:02
the
33:02
people
33:02
of
33:02
God
33:02
doing
33:03
once
33:04
again
33:05
and
33:05
it
33:06
wasn't
33:06
like
33:06
this
33:06
is
33:07
the
33:07
first
33:07
time
33:07
Nehemiah
33:08
has
33:08
set
33:08
it
33:08
straight
33:09
there
33:10
was
33:10
correction
33:11
brought
33:11
before
33:12
this
33:12
you
33:12
remember
33:13
in
33:13
chapter
33:13
1
33:13
that
33:14
Nehemiah
33:14
sat
33:15
down
33:15
and
33:16
grieved
33:16
and
33:17
wept
33:18
over
33:18
the
33:18
state
33:19
of
33:19
the
33:19
people
33:19
of
33:19
God
33:20
he
33:21
came
33:21
in
33:21
and
33:21
led
33:22
in
33:22
a
33:22
lot
33:22
of
33:23
very
33:23
generous
33:24
tender
33:25
ways
33:25
he
33:25
sets
33:26
a
33:26
lot
33:26
of
33:26
wrongs
33:27
right
33:27
throughout
33:28
the
33:28
book
33:28
and
33:29
then
33:29
he
33:29
goes
33:29
away
33:30
for
33:30
a
33:30
while
33:30
and
33:31
comes
33:31
back
33:31
and
33:32
now
33:32
he's
33:33
angry
33:34
right
33:35
2
33:36
Corinthians
33:36
6
33:37
14
33:37
says
33:38
do not
33:38
be
33:38
unequally
33:39
yoked
33:39
with
33:39
unbelievers
33:40
for
33:40
what
33:41
partnership
33:41
has
33:41
righteousness
33:42
with
33:43
lawlessness
33:43
or
33:44
what
33:44
fellowship
33:45
has
33:45
light
33:45
with
33:46
darkness
33:46
just
33:46
to
33:46
drive
33:47
my
33:47
previous
33:48
point
33:49
home
33:49
so
33:50
Nehemiah
33:51
responds
33:52
I
33:52
believe
33:53
appropriately
33:54
we see
33:55
in
33:55
verse
33:55
25
33:56
in
33:56
his
33:56
anger
33:57
and
33:57
I
33:57
confronted
33:58
them
33:58
and
33:58
cursed
33:58
them
33:59
and
33:59
beat
33:59
some
33:59
of
33:59
them
34:00
and
34:00
pulled
34:00
out
34:00
their
34:00
hair
34:01
and
34:01
I
34:01
kind
34:01
of
34:01
like
34:01
this
34:01
language
34:02
and
34:02
I
34:02
made
34:02
them
34:03
take
34:03
an
34:03
oath
34:03
so
34:04
you have
34:04
somebody's
34:05
arm
34:05
to
34:05
start
34:05
by
34:05
and
34:05
her
34:05
back
34:06
and
34:06
say
34:06
say
34:06
uncle
34:06
say
34:07
uncle
34:07
say
34:07
uncle
34:08
say
34:08
uncle
34:07
say
34:09
you
34:09
shall
34:10
not
34:10
give
34:10
your
34:10
daughters
34:10
to
34:10
their
34:10
sons
34:11
or
34:11
take
34:11
their
34:11
daughters
34:11
for
34:11
yourselves
34:11
for
34:11
yourselves
34:12
the
34:12
covenant
34:12
that
34:12
you
34:12
made
34:13
say
34:13
it
34:13
say
34:14
it
34:14
right
34:15
because
34:17
Nehemiah
34:18
was
34:18
zealous
34:19
zealous
34:21
for the
34:21
holiness
34:22
of God
34:23
and for
34:23
the holiness
34:24
of his
34:24
people
34:24
now I
34:26
know
34:26
that many
34:26
of you
34:27
are
34:27
thinking
34:28
about
34:28
this
34:28
you're
34:28
trying
34:29
to
34:29
take
34:29
this
34:29
scene
34:29
and
34:30
apply
34:30
it
34:30
to
34:30
your
34:30
own
34:30
living
34:31
you're
34:32
seeing
34:32
this
34:32
righteous
34:33
anger
34:34
you're
34:34
seeing
34:34
Jesus
34:35
display
34:36
it
34:36
you're
34:36
scratching
34:36
your head
34:37
about
34:37
Phineas
34:37
you don't
34:37
even
34:38
really
34:38
know
34:38
!
34:38
how
34:38
!
34:38
how
34:38
!
34:38
how
34:40
is it
34:42
that I'm
34:42
supposed to
34:43
respond
34:43
and act
34:43
in this
34:44
because
34:44
there's
34:45
this
34:45
verse
34:46
I can
34:46
recall
34:46
it
34:46
I'm
34:47
not
34:47
really
34:48
sure
34:48
exactly
34:48
where
34:48
it's
34:48
at
34:48
but
34:49
it
34:50
says
34:50
judge
34:51
not
34:51
lest
34:51
you
34:52
be
34:52
judged
34:52
we're
34:53
not
34:54
supposed
34:54
to
34:54
judge
34:54
people
34:54
right
34:55
Nehemiah
34:57
would
34:57
have
34:57
more
34:57
appropriately
34:58
called
34:59
together
34:59
some
35:00
friends
35:00
and
35:00
said
35:00
don't
35:01
you
35:01
guys
35:01
think
35:01
what's
35:01
going
35:01
on
35:01
over
35:02
there
35:02
is
35:02
wrong
35:02
we
35:03
should
35:03
do
35:03
it
35:03
differently
35:04
!
35:08
build
35:08
someplace
35:09
else
35:09
and
35:10
gather
35:11
some
35:11
people
35:11
who
35:11
are
35:11
kind
35:12
of
35:12
like
35:12
minded
35:12
with
35:12
us
35:13
right
35:13
that
35:14
we'll
35:14
set
35:14
our
35:14
own
35:14
standard
35:15
up
35:15
and
35:15
let
35:15
them
35:15
have
35:15
their
35:16
standard
35:16
for
35:16
how
35:17
to
35:17
worship
35:17
and
35:18
conduct
35:18
their
35:18
lives
35:19
no
35:19
he
35:20
doesn't
35:20
do
35:20
that
35:20
does
35:21
he
35:21
there's
35:21
a
35:21
standard
35:21
they've
35:22
all
35:22
agreed
35:22
to
35:22
it
35:23
they've
35:23
all
35:23
signed
35:23
a
35:23
covenant
35:23
together
35:24
and
35:24
he
35:24
holds
35:24
them
35:24
to
35:25
that
35:25
the
35:26
problem
35:27
with
35:27
Matthew
35:28
chapter
35:28
7
35:29
verse
35:30
1
35:30
and
35:30
2
35:31
is
35:32
that
35:32
we
35:32
don't
35:32
keep
35:32
reading
35:33
context
35:34
beloved
35:34
is
35:34
so
35:35
important
35:36
so
35:37
it reads
35:37
turn to
35:37
Matthew
35:37
chapter
35:38
7
35:38
we're
35:38
done
35:38
with
35:39
Nehemiah
35:39
for the
35:39
moment
35:39
Matthew
35:58
7
35:58
we'll
35:58
read
35:58
verses
35:58
1
35:59
through
35:59
5
35:59
judge
35:59
not
36:00
that
36:00
you
36:00
be
36:00
not
36:00
judged
36:01
for
36:02
with
36:02
the
36:02
judgment
36:02
you
36:02
pronounce
36:03
you
36:03
will
36:03
be
36:03
judged
36:03
and
36:04
with
36:04
the
36:04
measure
36:04
you
36:04
use
36:05
it
36:05
it
36:05
will
36:05
be
36:05
measured
36:05
to
36:06
you
36:06
that's
36:06
where
36:06
most
36:06
people
36:07
stop
36:07
verse
36:09
3
36:09
you hear
36:10
this
36:10
separately
36:10
often
36:11
why do
36:12
you see
36:12
the speck
36:12
that is
36:12
in your
36:13
brother's
36:13
eye
36:13
but do
36:13
not
36:13
notice
36:14
the
36:14
log
36:14
that
36:14
is
36:15
in
36:15
your
36:15
own
36:15
eye
36:15
or
36:16
how
36:16
can
36:16
you
36:16
say
36:16
!
36:16
!
36:17
let me
36:17
!
36:17
take
36:17
the
36:17
speck
36:18
out
36:18
of
36:18
your
36:18
own
36:18
eye
36:18
when
36:19
there
36:19
is
36:19
the
36:19
log
36:20
in
36:20
your
36:20
own
36:20
eye
36:21
you
36:22
hypocrite
36:22
first
36:23
take
36:23
the
36:23
log
36:23
out
36:24
of
36:24
your
36:24
own
36:25
eye
36:25
and
36:25
then
36:25
you
36:25
will
36:25
see
36:26
clearly
36:26
to
36:26
take
36:26
the
36:26
speck
36:27
out
36:28
of
36:28
your
36:28
brother's
36:28
eye
36:28
so
36:29
isn't
36:29
it
36:29
interesting
36:29
that
36:30
most
36:30
people
36:30
use
36:30
this
36:31
to
36:31
judge
36:32
but
36:32
the
36:32
rest
36:32
of
36:32
the
36:33
passage
36:33
goes
36:33
on
36:33
to
36:33
tell
36:34
us
36:34
how
36:34
it
36:35
is
36:35
!
36:35
we're
36:35
!
36:35
to
36:35
judge
36:47
this
36:47
warning
36:48
against
36:48
here
36:48
in
36:49
verse
36:49
1
36:49
and
36:49
2
36:49
is
36:49
hypocrisy
36:50
it's
36:51
the
36:51
very
36:51
thing
36:51
he
36:52
says
36:52
in
36:52
verse
36:52
5
36:52
you
36:53
hypocrite
36:54
right
36:55
you
36:55
can't
36:55
be a
36:56
person
36:56
that
36:56
sins
36:56
and
36:57
loves
36:57
sin
36:57
and
36:57
tell
36:58
everybody
36:58
else
36:58
about
36:58
their
36:59
sin
36:59
you
37:00
got
37:00
to
37:00
get
37:00
the
37:00
log
37:01
the
37:01
larger
37:02
speck
37:03
it's
37:03
a
37:03
huge
37:04
picture
37:04
I
37:05
mean
37:05
if
37:05
you
37:05
can
37:05
picture
37:06
having
37:06
a
37:06
tree
37:07
stuck
37:07
in
37:07
your
37:07
eye
37:07
versus
37:07
somebody
37:08
who
37:08
has
37:08
a
37:08
flake
37:09
of
37:09
something
37:09
in
37:10
their
37:10
eye
37:10
get
37:11
the
37:11
tree
37:11
out
37:11
of
37:11
your
37:11
eye
37:12
so
37:12
that
37:12
you
37:12
can
37:12
help
37:12
the
37:12
person
37:13
get
37:13
the
37:13
little
37:13
thing
37:13
out
37:14
of
37:14
their
37:14
life
37:15
have
37:15
proper
37:16
perspective
37:17
right
37:18
that
37:18
you're
37:18
a
37:19
sinner
37:19
as
37:19
well
37:20
and
37:20
you
37:20
must
37:20
repent
37:21
to
37:21
be
37:21
able
37:22
to
37:22
properly
37:23
judge
37:24
your
37:25
brother
37:25
we
37:26
are
37:26
called
37:27
to
37:27
do
37:27
this
37:28
as
37:28
the
37:28
church
37:29
how
37:30
do
37:30
you
37:30
ever
37:31
share
37:31
your
37:31
faith
37:32
with
37:32
anybody
37:33
who's
37:33
not
37:33
a
37:33
Christian
37:34
if
37:34
you
37:34
don't
37:34
first
37:34
tell
37:35
them
37:35
that
37:35
they're
37:36
lost
37:36
your
37:38
life
37:39
is
37:39
offensive
37:39
to
37:40
God
37:40
I
37:40
encourage
37:41
you
37:41
to
37:42
start
37:42
sharing
37:43
your
37:43
faith
37:43
that
37:44
way
37:44
your
37:45
life
37:45
is
37:46
offensive
37:46
to
37:46
God
37:46
let
37:46
me
37:47
show
37:47
you
37:47
why
37:48
let
37:48
me
37:48
show
37:48
you
37:49
his
37:49
statutes
37:49
and
37:49
his
37:50
rules
37:50
let
37:50
me
37:50
show
37:51
you
37:51
all
37:51
the
37:52
ways
37:52
in
37:52
which
37:52
you've
37:52
broken
37:53
them
37:53
rattle
37:54
through
37:54
the
37:54
Ten
37:54
commandments
37:54
with
37:55
them
37:55
and
37:55
just
37:55
ask
37:56
have
37:56
you
37:56
ever
37:56
lied
37:56
have
37:57
you
37:57
ever
37:57
lusted
37:57
you
37:58
ever
37:58
profane
37:58
the
37:58
name
37:58
of
37:59
God
37:59
everyone
38:00
goes
38:00
yeah
38:01
yeah
38:01
your
38:02
life
38:02
is
38:02
offensive
38:03
to
38:03
God
38:03
you're
38:04
his
38:04
enemy
38:04
start
38:06
that
38:06
way
38:06
we need
38:07
the
38:07
law
38:07
to
38:07
humble
38:08
us
38:08
we're
38:09
called
38:09
to
38:10
do
38:10
that
38:10
we're
38:10
also
38:10
called
38:11
to
38:11
purify
38:12
one
38:13
another
38:13
young
38:15
people
38:15
particularly
38:16
you need
38:17
the
38:17
church
38:17
this
38:19
is a
38:19
major
38:19
reason
38:19
why
38:20
we
38:20
need
38:20
that
38:21
kind
38:21
of
38:21
thing
38:21
church
38:22
can't
38:22
always
38:22
be
38:23
just
38:23
like
38:23
fun
38:24
and
38:24
hugs
38:24
and
38:25
how
38:25
are
38:25
you
38:25
brother
38:25
I'm
38:25
great
38:26
and
38:26
you
38:26
just
38:26
come
38:26
in
38:26
and
38:26
do
38:27
that
38:27
kind
38:27
of
38:27
stuff
38:27
it's
38:27
got
38:27
to
38:27
get
38:27
messy
38:28
it's
38:28
got
38:28
to
38:28
get
38:29
ugly
38:29
because
38:29
people
38:29
are
38:29
messy
38:30
and
38:30
ugly
38:30
we're
38:31
flawed
38:32
we have
38:32
we have
38:32
issues
38:33
going on
38:33
in our
38:33
lives
38:34
and we need
38:34
people to
38:35
speak
38:36
the truth
38:37
to us
38:38
there's a
38:39
practice
38:40
that's been
38:41
practiced
38:42
all throughout
38:42
history
38:43
called church
38:44
discipline
38:45
and it's
38:45
been lost
38:46
by and
38:47
large
38:47
in
38:47
evangelical
38:48
churches
38:48
!
38:48
in
38:49
America
38:49
it's a
38:50
travesty
38:55
of
38:55
people
38:55
and it
38:56
starts
38:57
with
38:57
going
38:58
to
38:58
a
38:58
brother
38:58
and
38:59
saying
38:59
you've
38:59
sinned
39:00
set it
39:01
straight
39:01
let's
39:02
sort
39:02
it
39:02
out
39:02
together
39:03
that's
39:03
part
39:03
of
39:03
the
39:04
process
39:04
of
39:04
church
39:04
discipline
39:05
you all
39:05
have
39:05
probably
39:06
been
39:06
involved
39:06
in
39:07
that
39:07
I
39:07
hope
39:08
you
39:08
have
39:08
at
39:08
some
39:08
phase
39:09
you've
39:09
been
39:09
involved
39:10
in
39:10
that
39:10
most
39:11
people
39:11
think
39:11
of
39:11
church
39:11
discipline
39:12
at
39:12
the
39:12
end
39:13
of
39:13
the
39:13
process
39:13
where
39:14
you
39:14
actually
39:14
tell
39:14
a
39:14
person
39:14
they
39:15
can't
39:15
fellowship
39:15
with
39:15
you
39:16
anymore
39:25
sake
39:25
of
39:25
holiness
39:26
to
39:26
the
39:26
glory
39:26
of
39:26
God
39:26
that's
39:27
why
39:27
we
39:28
do
39:28
this
39:28
two
39:29
reasons
39:30
to
39:30
break
39:31
it
39:31
down
39:31
for
39:31
you
39:31
firstly
39:33
to
39:33
win
39:33
back
39:34
the
39:34
brother
39:34
or
39:34
sister
39:34
to
39:35
righteousness
39:35
that's
39:36
always
39:37
the
39:37
goal
39:37
of
39:38
church
39:38
discipline
39:38
you're
39:39
telling
39:40
somebody
39:40
they're
39:40
in
39:40
sin
39:41
you're
39:41
just
39:41
trying
39:41
to
39:42
win
39:42
them
39:42
back
39:43
to
39:43
righteousness
39:43
finding
39:45
a way
39:45
to
39:45
get
39:45
rid
39:46
of
39:46
them
39:46
I
39:46
don't
39:47
care
39:47
for
39:47
this
39:47
person
39:48
too
39:48
much
39:48
find
39:49
them
39:49
to
39:49
sin
39:49
I'd
39:49
rather
39:50
not
39:50
deal
39:50
with
39:50
them
39:50
anymore
39:51
I'm
39:52
going
39:52
to
39:52
go
39:52
after
39:52
them
39:52
about
39:53
this
39:53
sin
39:53
there's
39:55
the
39:55
tree
39:55
if you're
39:55
responding
39:56
in that
39:56
way
39:56
get that
39:57
tree
39:57
out of
39:57
your
39:57
eye
39:58
before
39:58
you can
39:58
ever
39:58
go
39:59
and
39:59
bring
39:59
about
39:59
correction
40:00
in
40:01
that
40:01
way
40:01
to
40:02
win
40:02
back
40:03
the
40:03
brother
40:03
or
40:04
sister
40:04
to
40:04
righteousness
40:05
and
40:05
secondly
40:06
to
40:06
preserve
40:06
the
40:06
holiness
40:06
of
40:07
the
40:07
church
40:07
it's
40:08
why
40:08
church
40:08
discipline
40:09
must
40:09
!
40:10
place
40:11
and
40:11
beloved
40:12
it is
40:12
not
40:13
easy
40:13
our
40:15
church
40:15
practices
40:16
church
40:16
discipline
40:16
on all
40:17
those
40:17
levels
40:18
from
40:18
the
40:18
beginning
40:18
of
40:19
that
40:19
to
40:19
the
40:19
end
40:19
of
40:19
that
40:20
process
40:20
we've
40:21
practiced
40:21
all
40:22
of
40:22
this
40:22
and
40:22
it
40:23
is
40:24
challenging
40:24
lots
40:26
of
40:26
critique
40:27
comes
40:27
into
40:27
the
40:28
process
40:28
I don't
40:29
know
40:29
that I've
40:29
ever
40:29
really
40:30
done
40:30
it
40:30
perfectly
40:30
I'd
40:31
like
40:31
to
40:31
say
40:31
that
40:31
I
40:31
have
40:32
but
40:32
often
40:33
I
40:33
wonder
40:33
if
40:33
I
40:33
waited
40:33
too
40:34
long
40:34
sometimes
40:35
I
40:35
wonder
40:35
if
40:36
I
40:36
should
40:36
have
40:36
waited
40:36
longer
40:37
in
40:37
the
40:37
way
40:38
I
40:38
press
40:38
in
40:38
with
40:39
people
40:39
it's
40:41
a
40:42
challenging
40:42
thing
40:42
but
40:43
it's
40:43
necessary
40:43
if
40:45
we
40:45
are
40:45
zealous
40:46
for
40:46
the
40:46
holiness
40:47
of
40:47
our
40:47
God
40:47
we
40:47
will
40:47
participate
40:48
in
40:48
this
40:48
process
40:49
let me
40:51
give you
40:51
three
40:51
reasons
40:52
we
40:52
should
40:52
practice
40:53
church
40:53
discipline
40:53
if
40:53
I
40:53
haven't
40:53
already
40:54
established
40:54
it
40:54
for
40:54
you
40:55
enough
40:55
at
40:55
this
40:55
point
40:56
firstly
40:57
we
40:57
have
40:58
a
40:58
reverence
40:58
for
40:58
God's
40:58
holiness
40:58
that's
40:59
what
40:59
I've
40:59
been
40:59
saying
40:59
to
40:59
you
40:59
all
41:00
along
41:00
right
41:00
like
41:01
we're
41:01
meant
41:01
to
41:02
be
41:02
Nehemiah
41:02
maybe
41:03
not
41:03
in
41:03
the
41:04
hair
41:04
ripping
41:04
meeting
41:05
up
41:05
making
41:06
say
41:06
oath
41:07
kind
41:07
of
41:07
a
41:07
way
41:07
but
41:08
we
41:08
are
41:08
meant
41:08
to
41:08
bring
41:08
correction
41:09
we
41:09
ought
41:09
to
41:09
be
41:10
zealous
41:10
in
41:10
this
41:10
way
41:11
right
41:12
it
41:12
ought
41:12
to
41:12
light
41:13
a
41:13
fire
41:13
in
41:13
you
41:14
when
41:14
you
41:14
see
41:14
things
41:15
in
41:15
our
41:16
church
41:16
and
41:16
elsewhere
41:17
that's
41:17
just
41:18
wrong
41:19
right
41:20
how many
41:20
of you
41:21
hear
41:21
about
41:22
the
41:22
new
41:22
fad
41:23
heresy
41:24
the
41:24
new
41:25
thing
41:25
that's
41:25
out
41:25
there
41:26
that's
41:26
going
41:26
about
41:26
let me
41:27
just
41:27
give
41:27
you
41:27
an
41:27
example
41:27
how
41:28
about
41:28
when
41:28
when
41:29
Rob
41:29
Bell
41:29
put out
41:30
his
41:30
book
41:30
Love
41:30
Wins
41:31
how
41:31
many
41:31
of you
41:32
got
41:32
mad
41:33
about
41:33
Rob
41:33
Bell's
41:33
book
41:34
maybe
41:35
you
41:37
don't
41:37
even
41:37
know
41:37
about
41:37
Rob
41:37
Bell's
41:38
book
41:38
if
41:38
you
41:38
know
41:38
about
41:39
it
41:39
you
41:39
should
41:39
get
41:39
mad
41:40
about
41:40
such
41:40
things
41:41
right
41:42
it's
41:42
heretical
41:43
it's
41:44
anti
41:44
gospel
41:45
right
41:46
we should
41:46
be
41:47
furious
41:48
about
41:48
these
41:49
things
41:49
now
41:49
I
41:49
don't
41:49
know
41:49
him
41:50
so
41:50
that
41:50
was
41:51
where
41:51
my
41:51
anger
41:51
ended
41:52
the
41:52
righteousness
41:53
of my
41:53
anger
41:53
I had
41:54
to go
41:54
well
41:55
couldn't
41:56
do
41:56
anything
41:56
in the
41:57
case
41:57
of
41:58
Rob
41:58
Bell
41:59
but
41:59
I
41:59
have
42:00
a
42:00
zeal
42:00
for
42:00
God's
42:01
holiness
42:01
we can
42:02
observe
42:02
that
42:02
here
42:03
with
42:03
Nehemiah
42:04
in
42:04
chapter
42:05
13
42:05
secondly
42:06
we love
42:08
one another
42:08
if we're
42:10
to speak
42:10
the truth
42:11
to one
42:11
another
42:12
in love
42:13
we see
42:14
in
42:14
Ephesians
42:14
chapter
42:14
4
42:15
if we're
42:15
growing
42:16
each other
42:16
up
42:16
into
42:16
Christ
42:17
likeness
42:17
it's
42:17
going
42:17
to
42:17
take
42:18
this
42:20
I
42:20
want
42:20
to
42:21
hear
42:21
the
42:21
truth
42:21
from
42:21
you
42:22
I
42:23
don't
42:23
want
42:23
you
42:23
to
42:23
let
42:24
me
42:24
go
42:24
on
42:25
in
42:25
sin
42:25
you
42:26
see
42:26
me
42:26
sinning
42:27
come
42:27
and
42:28
tell
42:28
me
42:28
I
42:29
want
42:30
to
42:30
persevere
42:30
in
42:31
holiness
42:31
I
42:32
want
42:32
to
42:33
honor
42:33
my
42:33
God
42:34
with
42:34
my
42:34
living
42:34
so
42:34
if
42:35
you
42:35
see
42:35
me
42:35
doing
42:35
something
42:35
that
42:36
I
42:36
ought
42:36
not
42:36
be
42:36
doing
42:36
come
42:37
tell
42:37
me
42:37
sometimes
42:37
I
42:38
am
42:38
completely
42:38
oblivious
42:39
to
42:39
my
42:39
sin
42:40
I
42:40
I
42:40
am
42:41
offending
42:41
somebody
42:41
I
42:41
don't
42:42
even
42:42
know
42:42
it
42:42
I
42:43
want
42:44
to
42:44
set
42:44
those
42:44
things
42:44
straight
42:45
I
42:45
invite
42:46
that
42:46
kind
42:47
of
42:47
criticism
42:47
into
42:48
my
42:48
life
42:48
for
42:48
the
42:49
sake
42:49
of
42:49
my
42:50
God
42:50
because
42:50
I
42:50
am
42:51
zealous
42:51
for
42:52
him
42:52
and
42:52
if
42:53
we
42:53
love
42:53
one
42:53
another
42:53
we
42:54
will
42:54
do
42:55
this
42:55
you'll
42:56
have
42:56
the
42:57
hard
42:57
conversation
42:58
and
42:59
I
42:59
know
42:59
many
42:59
of
42:59
you
42:59
very
42:59
well
43:00
and
43:00
I
43:00
know
43:00
that
43:00
you
43:00
have
43:01
these
43:01
conversations
43:01
often
43:02
I
43:02
talk
43:02
to
43:02
you
43:02
before
43:03
you
43:03
have
43:03
that
43:03
conversation
43:11
love
43:12
one
43:12
another
43:12
we
43:13
will
43:13
do
43:14
this
43:14
1st
43:15
Timothy
43:16
520
43:16
Timothy
43:17
is
43:17
told
43:17
for
43:18
those
43:19
who
43:19
persist
43:19
in
43:19
sin
43:20
rebuke
43:20
them
43:20
in
43:20
the
43:21
presence
43:21
of
43:21
all
43:21
so
43:21
that
43:21
the
43:22
rest
43:22
may
43:22
stand
43:23
in
43:23
fear
43:24
not
43:25
at
43:26
Timothy's
43:26
power
43:27
and
43:27
might
43:27
but
43:27
fear
43:28
of
43:29
sin
43:29
it's
43:30
a
43:30
serious
43:31
thing
43:31
and
43:32
we
43:32
ought
43:32
to
43:32
be
43:32
working
43:33
together
43:33
to
43:33
drive
43:34
it
43:34
from
43:35
our
43:35
midst
43:35
we
43:36
don't
43:36
want
43:36
to
43:37
be
43:37
!
43:37
these
43:38
Old
43:38
Testament
43:38
!
43:38
We
43:39
want
43:42
to
43:42
be
43:42
persevering
43:43
in
43:43
our
43:44
holiness
43:44
together
43:45
and
43:46
then
43:46
thirdly
43:47
this is
43:48
a
43:48
real
43:48
simple
43:49
reason
43:49
we
43:50
know
43:51
that
43:51
Jesus
43:51
himself
43:52
commanded
43:52
it
43:53
it's
43:54
really
43:55
not
43:55
optional
43:56
at
43:56
this
43:56
point
43:56
the
43:57
other
43:58
things
43:58
are
43:59
more
43:59
implicit
43:59
we
44:00
gather
44:00
from
44:01
Nehemiah
44:01
chapter
44:01
13
44:02
we
44:02
can
44:02
see
44:02
1st
44:02
Timothy
44:02
5
44:03
20
44:03
we
44:04
can
44:04
look
44:04
at
44:04
the
44:04
one
44:04
and
44:05
others
44:05
of
44:05
scripture
44:05
we
44:06
can
44:06
imply
44:07
that
44:07
church
44:07
discipline
44:08
is
44:08
healthy
44:08
and
44:08
proper
44:09
but
44:09
how
44:09
about
44:09
the
44:10
fact
44:10
that
44:10
just
44:10
Jesus
44:10
told
44:11
us
44:11
to
44:11
do
44:11
it
44:12
should
44:12
be
44:12
enough
44:13
how
44:14
dare
44:15
we
44:15
as
44:15
Christian
44:16
churches
44:16
not
44:16
participate
44:17
in
44:18
this
44:18
activity
44:18
Matthew
44:19
18
44:20
15
44:20
through
44:20
17
44:21
if
44:21
your
44:21
brother
44:21
sins
44:21
against
44:22
you
44:22
go
44:22
and
44:23
tell
44:23
him
44:23
his
44:23
fault
44:23
between
44:24
you
44:24
and
44:24
him
44:24
alone
44:24
appropriate
44:26
first
44:26
step
44:26
there's
44:27
one
44:27
end
44:27
of
44:27
the
44:27
spectrum
44:27
process
44:29
between
44:29
you
44:30
and
44:30
him
44:30
alone
44:30
if
44:31
he
44:31
listens
44:31
to
44:32
you
44:32
you
44:33
!
44:33
If
44:45
he says
44:45
no
44:45
I disagree
44:46
with you
44:46
I'm not
44:47
being prideful
44:48
that's the most
44:49
difficult
44:49
sin to
44:50
confront
44:50
the sin
44:51
of pride
44:52
because
44:52
people
44:52
typically
44:52
don't
44:53
admit
44:53
they're
44:53
being
44:53
prideful
44:54
I'm not
44:55
being
44:55
prideful
44:55
case
44:57
in
44:57
point
44:57
but
44:58
you
44:58
take
44:58
a couple
44:59
other
44:59
people
44:59
with
44:59
you
44:59
that's
44:59
the
45:00
process
45:00
take
45:00
another
45:00
or
45:01
another
45:01
and
45:02
go
45:02
and
45:02
say
45:02
brother
45:03
we're
45:03
seeing
45:04
it
45:04
together
45:04
right
45:05
you
45:06
have
45:06
love
45:06
and
45:06
respect
45:06
for
45:07
us
45:07
you're
45:07
seeing
45:07
that
45:07
the
45:08
three
45:08
of
45:08
us
45:08
are
45:09
all
45:09
seeing
45:09
this
45:10
issue
45:10
happening
45:11
in
45:12
your
45:12
life
45:12
verse
45:13
17
45:13
if
45:13
he
45:13
refuses
45:14
to
45:14
listen
45:14
to
45:14
them
45:15
he
45:15
just
45:15
!
45:15
wants
45:15
!
45:15
to
45:15
keep
45:15
persevering
45:16
in
45:16
his
45:17
sin
45:17
tell
45:17
it
45:17
to
45:18
the
45:18
church
45:18
that's
45:19
us
45:20
the
45:20
congregation
45:20
and
45:21
if
45:22
he
45:22
refuses
45:22
to
45:22
listen
45:22
even
45:23
to
45:23
the
45:23
church
45:24
let
45:24
him
45:24
be
45:25
to
45:25
you
45:25
as
45:25
a
45:25
gentile
45:25
and
45:26
a
45:26
tax
45:26
collector
45:26
which
45:26
is
45:26
to
45:27
say
45:27
put
45:27
him
45:27
out
45:27
of
45:27
your
45:28
assembly
45:29
don't
45:29
fellowship
45:30
with
45:31
him
45:31
anymore
45:31
this
45:32
process
45:32
again
45:33
is
45:33
meant
45:33
for
45:34
restoration
45:34
it's
45:35
meant
45:35
to
45:36
show
45:36
the
45:36
church
45:36
how
45:36
seriously
45:37
the
45:37
church
45:37
takes
45:37
!
45:38
and
45:38
it's
45:39
to
45:39
show
45:39
that
45:39
individual
45:40
how
45:40
seriously
45:40
you
45:41
take
45:41
sin
45:41
so
45:42
you
45:42
can't
45:42
go
45:42
on
45:43
professing
45:43
the
45:43
name
45:44
of
45:44
Christ
45:44
and
45:44
being
45:45
a
45:45
part
45:45
of
45:45
this
45:45
church
45:45
if
45:46
you're
45:46
going
45:46
to
45:46
continue
45:47
in
45:47
sin
45:47
you
45:47
cannot
45:48
do
45:48
it
45:48
if
45:50
we
45:50
got
45:50
busy
45:51
at
45:51
this
45:51
activity
45:52
really
45:53
went
45:53
after
45:53
it
45:53
we
45:54
as
45:54
Christians
45:54
I'm
45:55
not
45:55
talking
45:55
about
45:55
our
45:56
congregation
45:56
churches
45:57
!
45:57
would
45:57
get
45:58
small
45:58
quick
45:59
or
46:01
we
46:02
would
46:02
see
46:02
revival
46:03
people
46:04
would
46:04
start
46:04
turning
46:04
back
46:04
to
46:04
God
46:05
in
46:05
a
46:05
major
46:05
way
46:06
that
46:06
would
46:06
be
46:06
awesome
46:06
begin
46:08
to
46:09
press
46:09
each
46:09
other
46:10
in
46:10
this
46:11
way
46:11
press
46:11
each
46:11
other
46:12
into
46:12
holiness
46:13
remember
46:13
it's
46:13
all
46:14
meant
46:14
for
46:14
restoration
46:15
it's
46:15
ultimately
46:16
loving
46:17
to do
46:17
this
46:18
very
46:18
thing
46:18
and
46:19
I
46:19
would
46:19
argue
46:21
it's
46:21
arguable
46:22
I
46:23
would
46:24
agree
46:24
but
46:25
I
46:25
would
46:25
argue
46:25
that
46:26
ultimately
46:26
what
46:26
Nehemiah
46:27
was
46:27
doing
46:27
was
46:28
loving
46:28
to
46:28
the
46:28
people
46:29
of
46:29
God
46:29
showing
46:30
them
46:30
how
46:31
very
46:31
severe
46:32
their
46:32
sin
46:32
was
46:32
bringing
46:33
correction
46:33
in a
46:34
very
46:34
severe
46:35
way
46:35
a
46:35
measured
46:35
way
46:36
to
46:36
what
46:37
they
46:37
were
46:37
doing
46:37
how
46:38
dare
46:39
you
46:40
right
46:40
like
46:40
they
46:41
got
46:41
it
46:41
you
46:41
see
46:41
some
46:41
of
46:41
the
46:41
people
46:42
around
46:42
him
46:42
getting
46:43
in
46:43
their
46:43
stations
46:43
snapping
46:44
to
46:44
he
46:45
collected
46:45
the
46:45
tithes
46:46
again
46:46
the
46:46
tithes
46:46
been
46:47
neglected
46:47
the
46:47
nation
46:48
said
46:48
yeah
46:48
yeah
46:48
yeah
46:49
we'll
46:49
give
46:49
it
46:49
up
46:49
we'll
46:50
give
46:50
it
46:50
back
46:50
to
46:50
the
46:50
house
46:51
of
46:51
God
46:52
right
46:52
as
46:53
a
46:53
people
46:53
they
46:53
responded
46:54
!
46:54
to
46:54
what
46:54
Nehemiah
46:55
was
46:55
saying
46:55
rightly
46:56
they
46:57
were
46:57
doing
46:57
the
46:57
right
46:57
thing
46:58
as
46:58
they
46:58
were
46:58
correcting
46:59
and bringing
46:59
about
46:59
this
47:00
type
47:00
of
47:01
work
47:01
so
47:02
I'll
47:02
say
47:03
to you
47:03
again
47:03
the
47:03
person
47:03
who
47:03
is
47:04
zealous
47:04
for
47:04
God
47:04
will
47:04
defend
47:05
the
47:05
holiness
47:05
of
47:06
God
47:06
and
47:07
his
47:07
people
47:07
you
47:08
have
47:08
to
47:08
ask
47:09
yourself
47:09
if
47:09
you
47:09
feel
47:10
rightly
47:11
about
47:11
sin
47:11
and
47:11
if
47:11
you
47:12
respond
47:12
rightly
47:13
to
47:13
it
47:13
not
47:14
just
47:15
in
47:15
the
47:15
lives
47:15
of
47:15
others
47:16
but
47:16
in
47:17
your
47:17
own
47:17
life
47:17
as
47:17
well
47:18
does
47:18
it
47:18
grieve
47:18
you
47:19
when
47:19
you
47:19
sin
47:20
against
47:20
God
47:20
many
47:21
of
47:21
us
47:21
have
47:22
become
47:22
master
47:23
manipulators
47:24
of our
47:25
own
47:25
minds
47:26
and we
47:27
justify
47:28
everything
47:29
well
47:30
it's
47:31
not
47:31
that
47:31
bad
47:32
you
47:33
hear
47:33
people
47:33
talk
47:34
about
47:34
how
47:34
you
47:34
ought
47:34
not
47:34
compare
47:35
yourself
47:35
to
47:35
others
47:35
typically
47:36
in
47:36
the
47:36
sense
47:37
that
47:37
you
47:38
ought
47:39
not
47:39
aspire
47:41
to
47:41
be
47:41
more
47:41
than
47:41
you
47:41
are
47:42
like
47:42
oh
47:43
gosh
47:43
that
47:43
guy
47:43
is
47:44
so
47:44
good
47:44
at
47:44
that
47:44
I'm
47:44
never
47:45
going
47:47
how
47:47
about
47:47
the
47:47
other
47:47
way
47:48
that
47:48
you
47:48
compare
47:48
yourself
47:49
to
47:49
people
47:49
who
47:49
you
47:49
view
47:49
as
47:50
worse
47:50
than
47:50
you
47:50
and
47:51
that
47:51
somehow
47:51
makes
47:52
you
47:52
okay
47:52
if
47:54
you
47:54
are
47:55
sinful
47:55
you
47:56
are
47:56
sinful
47:56
you
47:57
are
47:57
sinning
47:57
against
47:58
a
47:58
holy
47:58
God
47:58
who
47:58
is
47:59
perfect
47:59
in
47:59
all
47:59
his
47:59
ways
48:00
that
48:01
should
48:01
be
48:01
offensive
48:02
that
48:02
should
48:03
grieve
48:04
our
48:05
hearts
48:05
why
48:06
because
48:07
Christ
48:08
died
48:09
for
48:09
those
48:10
very
48:11
sins
48:12
that
48:12
is
48:13
why
48:13
!
48:14
should
48:14
grieve
48:14
our
48:14
hearts
48:15
not
48:15
because
48:17
of
48:17
favor
48:17
with
48:18
God
48:18
that
48:19
he
48:19
sits
48:20
enthroned
48:20
and
48:20
he
48:21
says
48:21
they
48:21
messed
48:22
it
48:22
up
48:22
again
48:22
well
48:24
maybe
48:25
they'll
48:25
fix
48:25
it
48:26
and
48:26
get
48:26
it
48:26
right
48:26
he
48:27
extended
48:28
to
48:28
us
48:28
his
48:28
grace
48:29
as
48:29
a
48:29
free
48:30
gift
48:30
he
48:30
sees
48:31
us
48:31
as
48:31
righteous
48:31
in
48:32
Christ
48:32
no
48:32
matter
48:33
what
48:33
it's
48:35
just
48:35
the
48:35
proper
48:36
measured
48:36
response
48:37
to
48:37
his
48:37
goodness
48:38
to
48:38
us
48:39
that
48:39
we
48:39
desire
48:40
to
48:41
be
48:41
good
48:41
what
48:43
is
48:43
the
48:43
source
48:44
of
48:44
all
48:44
that
48:44
goodness
48:45
it's
48:46
the
48:46
spirit
48:46
living
48:46
within
48:46
us
48:47
changing
48:47
our
48:48
hearts
48:48
making
48:49
it
48:49
new
48:49
every
48:50
day
48:50
moving
48:50
us
48:51
along
48:51
together
48:52
towards
48:52
perfection
48:53
it
48:55
is
48:55
good
48:56
and
48:56
right
48:56
when
48:57
we
48:57
come
48:57
together
48:57
and
48:58
I
48:58
preach
48:59
to
48:59
you
48:59
that
48:59
you
48:59
don't
48:59
feel
49:00
so
49:00
great
49:00
about
49:00
yourself
49:01
when
49:01
you
49:01
leave
49:02
I
49:03
have
49:03
a
49:03
client
49:04
for
49:04
the
49:04
other
49:05
job
49:05
I
49:05
do
49:05
that
49:06
attended
49:06
John
49:07
Piper's
49:07
church
49:08
and
49:08
she
49:09
asked
49:10
why
49:10
didn't
49:12
you stick
49:10
around
49:10
she
49:11
said
49:11
well
49:11
because
49:11
every
49:12
time
49:12
I
49:12
went
49:12
there
49:12
when
49:14
he
49:14
preached
49:14
I
49:14
felt
49:15
condemned
49:15
and
49:16
I
49:16
didn't
49:17
she's
49:17
a
49:17
client
49:17
I
49:17
really
49:18
wanted
49:18
to
49:18
go
49:18
probably
49:19
because
49:19
you
49:19
are
49:20
probably
49:21
because
49:21
he
49:21
was
49:21
preaching
49:21
the
49:21
gospel
49:22
to
49:22
you
49:22
and
49:23
you
49:23
recognized
49:24
your
49:25
state
49:26
you
49:26
knew
49:26
that
49:27
you
49:27
were
49:27
damned
49:27
I
49:27
didn't
49:28
say
49:28
any
49:28
of
49:28
that
49:28
I
49:29
did
49:30
proceed
49:30
to
49:30
preach
49:31
the
49:31
gospel
49:31
to
49:31
her
49:31
though
49:31
I
49:32
did
49:32
go
49:32
on
49:33
in
49:33
a
49:33
nicer
49:34
way
49:34
to
49:35
tell
49:36
her
49:36
that
49:36
where
49:36
she
49:36
wouldn't
49:36
call
49:37
and
49:37
complain
49:37
to
49:37
my
49:37
manager
49:37
and
49:38
never
49:38
want
49:38
to
49:38
hear
49:38
about
49:38
money
49:39
management
49:39
from
49:39
me
49:39
ever
49:40
again
49:40
right
49:41
you
49:42
ought
49:43
to
49:43
feel
49:43
less
49:44
about
49:44
yourself
49:45
but
49:45
you
49:45
ought
49:46
to
49:46
be
49:46
praising
49:46
!
49:46
Christ
49:47
and
49:47
the
49:47
work
49:47
he's
49:47
doing
49:47
in
49:48
you
49:48
as
49:49
you
49:49
leave
49:49
I
49:50
believe
49:50
proper
49:51
gospel
49:51
presentation
49:52
works
49:52
that
49:53
in
49:53
us
49:53
that
49:54
humbles
49:54
us
49:54
all
49:55
at
49:55
once
49:56
but
49:56
then
50:02
I
50:03
hope
50:03
that
50:03
you're
50:03
feeling
50:03
this
50:04
morning
50:04
that
50:04
your
50:05
zeal
50:05
for
50:05
God
50:06
has
50:06
maybe
50:06
grown
50:06
a
50:06
little
50:07
bit
50:07
cold
50:07
if
50:09
that's
50:09
the
50:09
case
50:09
repent
50:10
just
50:10
repent
50:10
and
50:11
believe
50:11
that
50:12
God
50:12
has
50:12
sacrificed
50:13
even
50:14
for
50:14
that
50:15
Romans
50:16
chapter
50:16
8
50:16
there's
50:16
no
50:17
condemnation
50:18
for
50:18
those
50:18
who
50:18
are
50:18
in
50:18
Christ
50:19
you
50:19
can
50:20
persevere
50:20
and
50:20
move
50:21
on
50:21
let
50:21
that
50:21
warm
50:22
your
50:22
heart
50:22
let
50:22
that
50:23
fuel
50:23
your
50:23
zeal
50:24
to
50:24
desire
50:25
the
50:25
holiness
50:25
of
50:26
your
50:26
life
50:26
and
50:27
holiness
50:27
of
50:27
the
50:28
church
50:28
for
50:29
the
50:30
proclaiming
50:30
of
50:31
the
50:31
holiness
50:31
of
50:32
God
50:32
let's
50:32
pray
50:33
together