00:00 Introduction and Church Anniversary Announcement

00:09 Reflections on the Past Year

00:56 Prayers for the Church and Its Members

03:37 Upcoming Church Celebrations

04:12 Daily Bible Podcast: Introduction to Isaiah 64

04:21 Isaiah 64: A Plea for Mercy

09:50 Isaiah 65: Judgment and Hope

13:26 Isaiah 66: Summary and Future Hope

15:27 Closing Prayer and Final Thoughts

Happy Thursday and happy brand new month.

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It is August 1st, 2024 and a

Hey brand new month it's it's

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birthday month for the church.

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In fact, this Sunday in just a few days,

we're going to be gathering together

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as the church, August 4th, to celebrate

one year of God's faithfulness to us

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at compass Bible church, it's been an

amazing year just to reflect and look

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back has been preparing for this message

has been something that has been.

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Um, my mind and just looking back and

remembering all the God has done, uh,

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from those times that we were meeting

in that unairconditioned or, or poorly

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your conditioned room over there.

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Frisco first, which, Hey, we were

grateful that they opened the doors and

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gave us a space to meet, but it was hot.

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Some of those nights in there for

Bible study and then our soft launch.

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And then we, we started, we

had the gym pointed one way.

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We didn't have a backdrop.

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We.

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Uh, God has done so many good things.

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Our kids ministry, just developing,

growing, such that we just had that

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VBS with all those kids, our student

ministry, by the way, who just

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got back yesterday from revival.

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So keep praying for the fruit

from that week or those handful

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of days that they were there.

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Uh, pray for our leaders to get rest.

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Pray for pastor Rob, pastor, rod.

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Uh, as of today is on vacation.

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And so he's taken some

much needed time off.

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He hasn't had a vacation

since we planted this church.

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And so he's getting some time away.

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With his family.

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So pray for them, pray that it would

be restful and recharging for him.

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Pray that he'll get to

the place where he misses.

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The work of the church.

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He misses our church.

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He misses the people of the church

and no doubt about it, but pray for

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him to get to the place where he's

like, man, I can't wait to get back.

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I'm excited to get back and get back into.

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Into the office and get back after things,

but just pray for a sweet time memories to

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be made with him and his family, his kids.

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Uh, his bride and just that

they would have a great time.

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Uh, recharging.

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It's a good thing for us to do that

in I'm thankful that he's taken that

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time away, that he gets to do that.

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Uh, but, but pray for those students

that are coming back from revival,

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pray that this would not just be

this mountaintop experience for them,

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that, uh, that this would sustain, uh,

that this would be sustained rather.

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Pray that those students that don't

know Christ as their savior, that

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this would be something where they're

coming back with a pebble in their

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shoe or a burden, their saddle.

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That's going to cause them to not

be able to find peace in an ease and

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comfort until they deal with Jesus.

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Pray for those that are

believers pray that, that the

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messages that they heard about.

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Uh, being created in the image of God and

how that should impact their identity,

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pray that these messages will be sticky.

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Pray that they will, uh, be impactful

and transformative for these students

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prefer the relationships that were

formed over the last few days in the,

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in deepened, their pray that those would

continue to grow and strengthen pre for

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our student ministry to expand its reach.

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Uh, we are fans of student

ministry here at our church.

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I know there's a lot of different

perspectives on that out there.

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Uh, we are not a fan of the

church, discipling students for

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parents, but we are a fan of

the church coaching championing

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that process alongside parents.

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Uh, we do find that there

to be a benefit in that.

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And there are many out there pastor,

rod himself included in that as I

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think he shared on this podcast before

who, without student ministry may

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not be here in the church may not be

believers because you know, I get it.

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Yes.

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We want parents to be discipling

children, but some children don't have

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parents who were walking with the Lord.

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And so we have an

opportunity as the church to.

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To coach champion, even with those

faithful parents, even with, with

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PKS pastors, kids, may I want other

adults co championing my labors

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in investing in my, my high school

student and my middle school student.

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I want them to learning from

other godly adults and student

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ministry is a great venue for that.

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So, Uh, that's kind of where we're at in

case you were wondering, but pray, pray

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for continued fruit and continue to impact

for this camp to have reverberations

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as the students return back home.

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Uh, yeah, it is a it's Thursday.

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We have a few more days

before our weekend.

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Again, just celebrating what

God has done this weekend.

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It comes Bible church is going

to be a snow cone truck there.

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We're excited about that.

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That's going to be after service.

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Can't wait for that.

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There's going to be a photo

booth in and cupcakes, and it's

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going to be a birthday party.

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So you're not gonna wanna miss the church.

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You're gonna wanna be there.

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I know some of you are traveling

and Hey, we will miss you and we

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will wish that you were there.

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And even more than that, you

will wish that you were there.

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So, uh, Hey, we love you guys so

excited to celebrate everything

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that God has done for our church.

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This coming weekend, August

4th at campus Bible church.

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But right now it's not August 4th.

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It's August 1st.

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So.

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Uh, pay your rent, pay your mortgage, and

let's jump in to the daily Bible podcast.

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Isaiah 64.

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Isaiah 64 65 66.

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We're finishing Isaiah today.

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Finishing up Isaiah, uh, As I 64,

this chapter, as I mentioned at

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the end of yesterday's podcast,

continues the prayer from Isaiah 63.

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So it's an unfortunate break in our

reading because this really is a continued

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prayer that the prophet is making as he

is landing the plane of his prophecy.

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As he's bringing the book to a conclusion.

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He's thinking about everything

in the judgment that's coming.

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And he's thinking about the

sinfulness of the people.

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And he's thinking about everything,

all the prophetic visions that

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he's seen in his whole message.

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And it's appropriate that he's

bringing the book to her closed by

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saying, God, please be merciful.

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Please act for your name and

your glory and your people.

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And so that's what he does in chapter 64

and verses one through four, he asks that

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the Lord would come rent the heavens.

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Tear them open, pull them apart

and come down and make himself

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known among the nations and the

fury of his great wrath and power.

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So here, Isaiah is looking at the

Assyrians and all of the others in

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the threat that they've been to God's

people and, and in all the corruption

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that they've brought to the people of

God, even through intermarriage and

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introducing idolatry and everything else.

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And Isaiah, as you're praying God purge.

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Uh, the, the world of the idolatry purge

the world of those that are your enemies.

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And so he's making this prayer, this

rendering, the heavens, it's a common,

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uh, idea in the Bible in Psalm 1 44 5.

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For example, we get.

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Uh, the Salma sing, bow your heavens,

a Lord, and come down, touch the

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mountains so that they might smoke.

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And so there's this concept of

the Lord coming down from heaven.

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Uh, to execute judgment and vengeance

upon the enemies of Israel and the

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nations that have rejected him.

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Uh, verses six through seven,

then Isaiah here confesses

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the sinfulness of the nation.

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And even their righteous

deeds, which he does.

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The pics is just repulsive to the father.

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We won't get into graphic detail on this,

but some of you know, The filthy rags

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imagery there, this is not filthy rags.

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Like you're changing the oil.

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This is a more, it can, if I can, this

is a clean way of putting it, like,

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like filthy rags that you're using

to clean a di a baby's diaper that,

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that kind of filthy rags, but, but a

little bit different there anyways,

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even a righteous deeds are like that.

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And maybe you think to

yourself, wait, how.

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How is that possible?

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And this even gets to the concept

that theologically and doctrinally

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we refer to as total depravity.

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Uh, total depravity being that we

are saturated in, in our sinfulness.

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That we are completely sinful, such that

apart from Christ, that is such that even

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our good deeds are not good in his sight.

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And, and the reason that is

and how that can be is this.

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When an unbeliever, when one

who doesn't know the Lord.

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Uh, does a good deed.

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We can stand from the, the, the

outside and look at that good deed

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and appreciate it for, for being

good in inherently in the, the act.

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But what is the motive behind it?

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In what is the heart behind the

person who's doing the good deed.

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And if that heart and that motive is

anything other than to glorify God.

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Then that deed is, is motivated

by the wrong thing, which makes

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the deed itself repulsive to God.

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And so that's how.

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Even our good deeds.

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Can be offensive to a holy God.

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And, and it meant when I even

hear myself talking about that.

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It's convicting to me, right?

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Because how depraved are we?

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And, and even as believers, There

are so many times where I know that,

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that the good things that I do.

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Ah, man, my, my flesh is there in

my flesh is saying, man, I'm doing

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this because I want somebody to

notice I'm doing this because I

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think it's going to be good for me.

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We are.

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We need the mercy and grace of God.

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So, so deeply.

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And, and this is such a

stark reminder of that.

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That if even our good deeds are offensive

to God when they're not motivated

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by the glory of Jesus Christ alone.

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Ah, man, how great must God's grace

and mercy be for us that he forgives

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us and accepts us and redeems us

and allows us to, uh, to be his,

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to be his sons and daughters.

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What an amazing concept.

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This is.

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But Isaiah recognizes this reality

and is confessing the sin of the

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people of Israel here as he's

pleading for the mercy of God.

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Verses eight through 12, then

Isaiah praise again for, for mercy.

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And, and Mercy's a word

we throw around a lot.

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So grace and mercy, those two words.

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Th the concepts are related graces.

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This.

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Grace is getting what you don't deserve.

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It's a gift, right?

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You get it.

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It's freely given to you.

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Mercy is not getting what you do deserve.

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So grace is getting

what you don't deserve.

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All the good things of God and his favor

and his forgiveness and his kindness.

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Mercy is not getting what you do deserve.

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And so it's not getting the wrath.

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It's not getting the anger.

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It's not getting the punishment.

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It's not getting the judgment

that your sins are worthy of.

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Right.

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That's what mercy is.

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And so that's what Isaiah is pleading

for from the Lord while acknowledging

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his power God's power and authority.

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As the Potter over the clay, he

also appeals to the impending

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destruction of Jerusalem and the

dishonor might bring upon his name.

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And this is common in scripture as well.

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The appeal has got.

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Act for your name, act for your glory,

act for your good, so that other

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people won't see what has happened.

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Verse 10 Zion becoming a wilderness

Jerusalem, a desolation and think, oh man.

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We look at what happened to the Lord.

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Look at what happened

to the God of Israel.

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Look at what happened

to his reputation here.

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So Isaiah saying, Lord, even, please

be merciful for the sake for your sake.

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Uh, and, and for your name,

which is ultimately why God acts.

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For all of us for, for salvation,

for mercy, for grace, it's all

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ultimately for him and for his glory.

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Well, Isaiah 65 then.

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As we.

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Get into this chapter.

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Uh, the Lord says I was ready to be

sought by those who did not ask me.

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I was ready to be found by

those who did not seek me.

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I said, here I am here I am to a

nation that was not called by my name.

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And so he's opening a chapter

65 verses one through seven.

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The same, he was there, but then there

was just, he was met by a sinful people.

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And so in verses one through seven

in response to Isaiah's prayer, Hey,

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he says judgment still has to come.

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There has to be punishment.

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For God to remain just, that's such an

important gospel concept for us as well.

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Y'all, that's why God, can't just

forgive sin, carte blanche and, and

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look at the whole world and say, don't

worry about this whole Jesus thing.

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Don't worry about the cross.

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I'm just going to snap my

fingers because I'm God.

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And all of your sins are gone.

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You're forgiven.

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No, that's not just a seeing has to

be punished for justice to be a thing.

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If, if sin is not punished, if wickedness

is not dealt with, then there is no

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such thing as justice and justice

is an inherent attribute of God.

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It's part of who he is as part

of his character, his holiness.

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And so God can not, but.

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Execute justice.

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And so we see that here.

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He's telling us, Hey, look, I, th

justice needs to come just as will come.

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Judgment will come.

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But verses eight through 10, he says,

but still there will be a remnant.

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Th there, there will be this,

this faithful few who are

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left, who would seek him.

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And when they sought him, he would

be found as we talked about not long

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ago, seek me while I may be found.

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Right.

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There's going to be some, and he says in

verse nine, I will bring forth offspring

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from Jacob and from Judah, possessors

of my mountains, my chosen shall possess

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it and my servant shall dwell there.

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And so again, he's looking forward.

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Ultimate fulfillment

of that is yet to come.

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It's still in the future.

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It's the millennial kingdom, but God

is saying, look, I'm not going to

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make a total end of my people here.

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Verses 11 through 16, that there would

be a distinct difference between the

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faithful that he just talked about in the

faithless and God's actions towards both.

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And so in these verses here, uh,

for the faithful, there would be

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what follows in the next section,

which is verses 17 through 25.

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The section speaks of God creating

the new heavens and the new

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earth, but it primarily deals

with the period right before that,

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which is the millennial kingdom.

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Again, we kind of talked about

that mashup thing and that's okay.

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That's okay.

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That the mountain peaks remember.

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And the reason we say that, That this

deals with the time right before that.

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Is because in the new heavens

and the new earth, if we've read

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revelation 21, 22, there's no death.

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Okay.

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Because sin is no more.

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And so the reason why we look at

verses 17 through 25 and all the

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good that's described, and we say,

Hey, yeah, but this is still talking

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about the millennial kingdom.

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This is that.

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That future for the faithful

remnant that I was just talking

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about in verses eight through 10.

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The reason why we say this

to the millennial kingdom

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is look at Isaiah 65 20.

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It says no more.

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Shall there be in an infant who lives,

but a few days or an old man who does not

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fill out his days for the young man shall

die a hundred years old in the center,

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a hundred years old, she'll be a cursed.

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So what he's saying, there is the death

is still gonna be there, but, but man,

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people are going to live a long time.

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Somebody who dies a hundred is going to

be considered, but a baby, but an infant.

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Uh, somebody who dies at a hundred years

old, people are going to look at them

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and say, man, they're, they're a sinner.

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Who's a cursed.

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And so the millennial kingdom,

there's still going to be sin

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and they're still gonna be the

consequences of sin, which is death.

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It's going to be mitigated

because Satan's going to be bound.

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And so it's not going to be

nearly as rampant as it is today,

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but there will still be sin

and there will still be death.

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And so that's why in verses 17 through 25,

even though the scene is one of peace and.

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And, and, and just pleasure and

comfort for the people of God.

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This is still not yet the eternal state.

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This is the millennial kingdom,

because again, we see the death is

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still on the scene here in Isaiah 65.

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All right.

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Finally, Isaiah 66, Isaiah 66

is really just a good summary

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chapter for the whole book.

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Is it revisits key themes

and ends with a note of hope?

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In this future millennial kingdom.

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So verses one through six, uh, God

declares him, not impressed with a

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building or sacrifices of a people whose,

whose hearts were not with him instead.

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He wanted them to have a broken and

contrite heart Psalm 51 17 David

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prays, a broken contract heart.

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Oh Lord.

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You will not despise.

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And so he starts out by saying

enough with your sacrifices

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and going through the nations.

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This was the message of, Hey, stop.

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This is the message of enough

playing the games that, that

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we found so often in the book.

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Then verses seven through 13,

though, the birth pangs would be

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felt judgment was going to come on.

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God's people, the pains of

labor God would deliver them.

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Through it all.

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And they would again be comforted in

Jerusalem as a mother comforts her child.

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So that hope in the future that

Isaiah is ending the book with this.

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The sweet taste of hope in the future.

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There.

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And, and so verses 15 through 24.

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Uh, judgment's going to come before

that right before the millennial

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kingdom here comes the judgment of God.

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But in the millennial kingdom, God

would use his faithful remnant.

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As a light to the nations

in the priesthood would be

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restored in Isaiah 66, 21.

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Israel was going to enjoy a

special identity among God's

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people, even to the eternal state

of the new heavens and new earth.

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And we see that again

in verses 21 through 22.

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Uh, so let me read

those verses real quick.

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As the a 66 21, some of them also, I

will take for priests and for Levi's

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says the Lord for, as the new heavens

and the new earth that I'm make

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shall remain before me says the Lord.

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So shall your offspring

and your name remain?

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So he's talking to Israel again.

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Saying, Hey Israel, you've got a place,

even the new heavens and the new earth.

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There's a unique place there.

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For Israel.

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So just a cool.

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Ending to the book where he

summarizes things saying, Hey look.

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God's not impressed with going through

the motions, but Hey, you know what?

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There's a future hope when things will

be good when things will be bright when

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all this wrong will be undone in church.

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I can't wait to get there.

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I hope you can't wait to get there.

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And on that note, let's pray.

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As we end this episode, God, we

thank you for that future hope.

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And we long forward,

we look forward to it.

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In the meantime, God, we don't want

to be like those, that just go through

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the motions and bring our sacrifices

to church on Sunday and play a game

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and, and even pick up our Bible.

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We can pick up our Bibles and read

them just going through the motions.

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And, and get, we don't want to do that

so that we think, okay, well, I deposited

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my, my karma of Bible reading today.

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So hopefully the rest

of my day will go, okay.

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That's that's not aid at all.

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We don't want it to show up on Sunday and

worship just to think, well, then God will

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be off my back for the rest of the week.

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And it doesn't matter how

I live the rest of my life.

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That that's not eight at all.

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God, we want to worship you out

of hearts that are contrite,

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which is to be sorrowful.

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Over our sin, even as we talked about.

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Even if our good deeds are sinful.

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Oh, man, we're done.

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We're done.

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Even if, if even my good deeds are sinful.

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Then, then what do I have, but to cast

myself on the grace and mercy of God,

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and if we can get there, then that's it.

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That's where we need to be.

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Lord.

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We need to be there to say, even if, if,

if even my good deeds are sinful, then

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I'm just going to, I'm going to cast

myself in the grace and mercy of God.

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So give us such a mindset, such our heart.

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We pray.

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We ask in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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All right.

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Y'all keep, bring your Bibles tune

in again tomorrow, August 2nd,

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as we, uh, I think are back in

Kings tomorrow, maybe Chronicles.

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I don't know.

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You're going to have to tune in

to find out we'll catch you then.

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Bye.