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So good to see you. 
So good to worship with you, and

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it's great to worship God 
together, and we've done that. 

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This far singing, These Praises.
We have come together to pray 

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together and now, we're going to
discuss his word together as 

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well. 
And I want to preface my 

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thoughts this morning by saying 
this, I am by no means a 

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political guy. 
In fact, if you want to put me 

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to sleep, start talking 
politics. 

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But I don't have to keep up with
politics in order to make a few 

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observations. 
On unhappy, people are with 

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what's going on in our state, 
with what's going on in our 

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nation. 
What's going on with the 

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president people that you could 
see it. 

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And the way people talk and 
what's on social media, people 

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are just unhappy. 
They're on edge about about how 

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the president is governing. 
The governing this nation people

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are on edge about weather We're 
going to go to war or not. 

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People are unhappy with morality
that's going on around us. 

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Nami causes to think that things
just aren't going well around us

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and it just it just isn't our 
communities or a nation as a 

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whole, but some of us as 
Christians, we might be worried 

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in one way or another and from 
all these observations that have

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been happening. 
It got me to thinking about why 

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that is. 
Is it because we don't agree 

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with kind of the way things are 
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Is it because we expose 
ourselves to Too Much media. 

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We might watch the news too much
and listen to news radio or read

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too many articles or see too 
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and if so, if we expose 
ourselves to so much, Have we 

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began to lose focus? 
Who really is in control. 

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A long time ago. 
There was a prophet who worried 

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about what was going on in his 
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In fact, he was so worried about
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You know what he did? 
He complained to God about it. 

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And blamed God about what was 
going on. 

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And he said, how, how long are 
you going to allow these things 

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to happen in this nation? 
His name was habakkuk. 

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And I wanted to I want us to 
listen as we take a look at this

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book of habakkuk this morning, 
the book of habakkuk is towards 

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the end of the Old Testament. 
It's actually one of the Twelve 

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Minor Prophets as our. 
We classify the Minor Prophets, 

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and there is a distinction 
between the major profit books 

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on the minor Prophet books. 
And let me give you the simple 

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explanation of what that 
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All it is, is just the length of
the book, that's all it is. 

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The Minor Prophets, don't have 
anything less importance in them

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as opposed to the Minor 
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They're just simply smaller in 
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So the book of habakkuk Begins 
by saying this, And if you can't

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read this, open up your book. 
We're going to look at this 

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entire book, this morning, only 
three chapters long, the burden,

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which the prophet habakkuk saw. 
Oh, Lord. 

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How long shall I cry? 
And you will not hear even cry 

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out to you violence, and you 
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iniquity, and caused me to see 
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And violence are before me? 
There were striped and can 

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Tension arises therefore the law
is powerless and Justice never 

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goes forth for the wicked, 
surround the righteous therefore

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perverse judgment precedes. 
And so he's got this complained 

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to God about what's going on. 
And I don't know if you've ever 

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complained about what's going on
a run around us or but there are

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some valuable teachings 
throughout this book from 

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habakkuk. 
That makes us kind of step back.

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And really think about who 
really is in control and how 

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Should adjust our thinking in 
our attitude about this world 

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and about this nation about the 
state and the community that we 

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live in. 
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any type of expository type of 
teaching that I do, I always 

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like to look step back and look 
at the setting to which why it 

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is that these words are written.
Why it is that this Prophet has 

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these words or is bringing up 
this. 

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Complaint. 
It's always great to look at the

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background in order to 
understand the message of the 

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book. 
And that's what I want to do. 

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Just for a few moments this 
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In second chronicles. 
Chapter 36 we have a situation 

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with in Judah and within Judah. 
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It says they're beginning of 
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Number 11 zedekiah was 21 years 
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reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. 
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verse number 12, he that evil in
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and what else? 
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before, Jeremiah, the prophet 
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Lord. 
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Well, he also rebelled against 
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made him, swear an oath by God 
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Harden his heart against turning
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Moreover, all the leaders of the
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What do they do? 
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more and more according to all 
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and defiled, the house of the 
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Jerusalem. 
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God of our fathers, sit warnings
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rising up early, and sending 
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on his people and on his 
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So, that's what God wanted for 
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He had compassion one, and the 
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But then in verse 16, what do 
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They mocked The Messengers of 
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scoffed At His prophets, until 
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against the people, till there 
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No, those are some pretty bad 
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Very bad times. 
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corrupt. 
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So things look pretty bleak and 
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habakkuk was kind of in a worry.
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complain to God about what is 
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Are we ever going to turn back 
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They had shut God out of their 
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They all, they rejected All 
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who were sent by God, they only 
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do, and it got to the point that
God had enough, the wrath of God

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arose against his people. 
He had had enough and so listen.

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Now we're going to jump now to 
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the middle of the Lord's. 
Rebuke upon his people. 

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In fact, it says here in verse 
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therefore, I am full of the fear
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I am weary of holding it in. 
I will pour it out on the 

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children outside on a and on the
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for, even the husband shall be 
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with him, who was full of days. 
And so the Lord is very angry 

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weary of His wrath back on them,
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And skipped out here, staying in
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down to verse number 13. 
And here's the reason why you so

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angry at him. 
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of them, even to the greatest of
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covetousness and from The Profit
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deals falsely. 
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of my people slightly saying 
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Peace. 
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No, they were not at all 
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Nor did they know how to blush? 
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those who fall at the time I 
punish them, they shall be cast 

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down, says the Lord. 
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and about what they've done and 
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theme whenever God sends a 
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He tells him the wrong that 
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punishment but he always calls 
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character of God. 
He will not tolerate sin but he 

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always wants people to change. 
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In verse number 16, thus says 
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see and ask for the Old Paths 
with a good way is and walking 

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it, then you will find rest for 
your souls but they said we will

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not walk in it. 
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Are you saying listen to the 
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But they said we will not 
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Nations and no congregation what
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Hero worth behold. 
I will certainly bring Calamity 

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on this people. 
The fruit of their thoughts 

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because they have not heeded. 
My words nor my law but rejected

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it for what purpose to me. 
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from Shiva and sweet came from 
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Free. 
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acceptable, nor your sacrifices 
sweet to me. and so, from all 

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this, Even though God called 
them to repentance, they still 

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rejected his word, they still 
laid their lives of pleasure and

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their cares without God. 
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and the nation that habakkuk 
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It causes him to worry about 
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Why all this? 
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And so he's asking God, why are 
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As we read in the first few 
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Why are you cylinder indifferent
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Don't you care about your 
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Why aren't you doing anything 
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How long he asks is this going 
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Well, he questioned God and 
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God answered back. 
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for this to happen, but God 
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In fact, it if we continue now 
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speaking to a back and he says, 
look among the Nations and watch

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be utterly astounded for I will 
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your days which you would not 
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So basically God saying I'm not 
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on. 
I don't know what's going on in 

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the nation of Judah. 
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from the leaders and the people,
but he tells a back here, I've 

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got a plan for it and it was a 
plan that habakkuk would not 

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even believe. 
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Judah? 
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Habakkuk was not ready to hear 
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And so what he was going to do 
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but he goes on to tell habakkuk 
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he's raising up the Babylonians 
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He's raising him up. 
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He says, now the enemy these 
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force that are going to be 
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In fact, the Lord goes on to 
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Chaldeans and I'm not going to 
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you could I've got the 
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and how great of a force. 
These Chaldeans are going to be 

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against the nation of Judah. 
He says they're going to be a 

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bitter and they're going to be 
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Hasty and Reckless, they're 
going to be terrible and dreaded

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to them. 
They're going to be feared, 

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they're going to come with 
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They're going to be Keener them 
wolves. 

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Hang out in the evening that 
seek their prey, they're going 

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to come with the strength of an 
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They're going to gather the 
captives like 12 scooping his 

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hand up in the sand. 
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And there's going to be that 
many captives that they're going

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to come take. 
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arrogance in their power and the
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generosity generalizing their 
arrogance and said, in fact, he 

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said that in the past, they 
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Get in there ways that they have
laughed at Kings and princes who

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even tried to stand in their 
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Nation, these Chaldeans were But
they're all their strength. 

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God said they claim to, they 
claimed it all to themselves and

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even to their own false gods. 
The later on, we're going to see

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where they got their strength 
and who allowed them to be such 

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a Victorious, and ruling Empire 
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And so habakkuk hears, these 
words from God. 

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And he hears, what God is going 
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Judah, he's going to have 
enemies come down and he's going

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to have them. 
Take the people of God captive. 

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And take him away. 
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habakkuk is worried that people 
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We're talking about God's 
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They just might die. 
There might be Bloodshed when 

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all this happens. 
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worried already, he's worried 
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continue on habakkuk 1 verse 12.
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Everlasting? 
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It's clear that habakkuk and God
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lines of how to deal with the 
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They had two different ideas, 
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He's thinking were your people, 
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to allow us to die. 
O, Lord, you have appointed them

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for judgment? 
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for correction. 
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behold evil and cannot look. 
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Why do you look on those who 
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A person more righteous than he 
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Why are you going to allow these
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I just don't understand it. 
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It says, why do you make men 
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Like creepy things. 
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Therefore, they rejoice in our 
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their net and burn incense to 
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Because buy them, their share is
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plentiful, shall they therefore 
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Nations Without Pity? 
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Minds in mind, the Chaldeans, 
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Judah. 
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fisherman, drops his net into 
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everything up into that net. 
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and escaping the dreaded 
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further he says, if there are 
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people Then who is going to stop
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And who is going to be powerful 
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To be able to stop this count 
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just going to be victorious over
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And he says, is there ever going
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If you let your own people 
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to stop? 
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this plan. 
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question, I imagined. 
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time. 
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what's God. 
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now? 
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stand my watch and set myself on
the rampart and watch to see 

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what he was saying to me. 
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when I am corrected. 
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the Lord answered me and said, 
write the vision, make it plain,

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on tablets that he may run. 
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yet for the point of time, but 
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will not lie, though. 
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it will surely come. 
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Behold the proud. 
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but the just shall live by his 
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to me and I just love just how 
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Especially God talking to a back
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I want you to write these things
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Make it so plain than anyone 
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and be able to be able to 
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Tell playing, I want you to 
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and the principal really is a 
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arrogance. 
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they're going to be punished. 
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condemnation upon the Chaldeans.
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concerning the power and the 
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limited to the Chaldeans because
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and even with warnings even 
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They will be humbled. 
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That is a reoccurring theme. 
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his answer and he says this and 
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recognize this praise. 
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by his faith and this is really 
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of his faith in God. 
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basis, really the entire letter 
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Romans 1:17 for in it. 
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revealed from Faith to Faith. 
As it is written, the just shall

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live by faith. 
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from here in habakkuk, the just 
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It's an important phrase and 
it's important principle that we

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as God's people have to obey and
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And abide by in fact, it's also 
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now, within the to context, Paul
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by the law. 
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they were trying to hold to. 
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justified by his faith in the 
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He quotes her back here and so 
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by their own desires. 
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by their own will. 
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their own power? 
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So people as God calls them. 
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through humility. 
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and living by faith and it went,
if we do, the will of God, guess

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what? 
He's going to reward us in due 

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time. 
He will. 

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here in Hebrews chapter 10, 
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Now the just shall live by faith
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says my soul has no pleasure in 
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verse 39, but we are not of 
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But of those who believe to the 
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living by faith. 
Does it saves our souls, it 

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saves our souls and we praise 
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grand promise that he gives us 
and he will save us if we live 

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by faith, And so there were 
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here to the context of habakkuk.
The reason why God said all this

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to habakkuk was because he said 
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were actually walking by faith. 
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wicked. 
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spared, when the Chaldeans would
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But there would only be a few of
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background of what happens, when
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down, But God still works the 
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concerning his people if we live
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and so from that, and from the 
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understanding about where 
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and even with us today living in
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might be happening in this 
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still recognizes those of us who
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know what he's going to do. 
He's going to save us, no matter

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how Wicked of a place we live 
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He's going to save those who 
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Don't lose sight of that. 
It don't let your Cloud. 

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Our don't let your mind become 
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By these other things, the just 
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going to be saved, remember 
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I want you to notice something. 
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Habakkuk, he's been so caught up
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them. 
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about these things that he's 
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God, he's questioned God's 
control and he's really question

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God's power. 
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reply to his questions, 
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It causes him now to write a 
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the Lord because now of bacchic 
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Did he finally saw God was truly
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was doing all along. 
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chapter 3, in verses 1 and 2, a 
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Insignia enough. 
Oh, Lord I've heard your speech.

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And was afraid. 
Oh Lord, revive your work. 

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In the midst of the years, in 
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known In Wrath. 
Remember Mercy. 

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He understands that God's going 
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his people because he's a just 
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the Lord. 
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power and the glory of the Lord 
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Earth. 
Now, I'm summarizing the middle 

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part of this chapter but he said
his power has been shown in many

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ways and he is, he alone is in 
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A packet goes on and as he 
reflects upon what has happened 

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in the history before his time, 
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Nations through various elements
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natural disasters. 
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nature to carry out his 
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chastisement that God of God 
that is stated in verse number 

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10. 
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15 habakkuk brings to mind how 
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past. 
And even we can look to the past

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as we read these stories of old 
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These are just stories. 
These are actual events that 

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happen as we can read them in 
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And we can see how God has acted
on their on their behalf to 

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deliver them from the enemy. 
And from these past events, 

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people should dry encouragement 
and be assured of God's loving 

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concern and protection for his 
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And so this is true even with us
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When we read about what happened
there in Jericho, we weren't 

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there. 
But the walls of Jericho fell 

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and we know God was behind it. 
God caused that to happen. 

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We weren't there when God's 
people were finally free from 

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Egyptian slavery, long, time 
ago, but we know God had 

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controlled during that time. 
We were not there when Gideon 

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and his 300. 
Men were victorious over a 

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thousands of men, but we see God
was in control even when the 

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odds were stacked up against 
Gideon and his men, And when we 

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read, and when we have faith 
that God has done that for his 

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people in the past, let me tell 
you something, we can have faith

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that God is still in control 
today. 

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No matter who was up in the 
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No matter. 
Who is governing? 

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The state, no matter what laws 
are being passed, no matter what

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wars are going on, God is still 
in control and he still cares 

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for you and he still cares for 
me, and we have to just take it 

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by faith and he He knows what's 
going on and he's in control and

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we just need to live by faith. 
Let him. 

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Lead the way. 
He's going to take care of us. 

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It's going to take care of the 
church. 

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That's his promise. after all, 
this I love. 

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What is this to me is a 
highlight. 

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Is the punchline. 
It wasn't verse 16. 

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When I heard my body tremble. 
My lips quivered at the Boise 

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rottenness, in her, my bones, 
and I trembled in myself that I 

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might find rest of the day of 
trouble when he comes up to his 

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people. 
He won't buy them with his 

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troops. 
Bacchic is putting his trust in 

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God. 
All of his faith in God, he's in

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a panic before. 
Now we just gives it over to 

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God. 
Sometimes we can be in so much 

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of a panic. 
What we need to do is what aback

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you did, give it to God. 
Let him deal with the 

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wickedness. 
Just give it to God. 

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And so from that, we don't have 
to worry, we don't have to lose 

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sight, but we see now he writes,
this this song that is written. 

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He says this Tanner actually led
a song. that referred to these 

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very words from the 
understanding of habakkuk, after

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all, that he had complained 
about and understanding that 

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God, He was the god. 
Who's in control. 

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I love this song that habakkuk 
rights. 

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Though, the Fig Tree may not 
blossom. 

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Nor fruit be on the vines. 
Though, the labor of the olive 

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May Fail in the fields yield no 
fruit. 

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Do the Flock may be cut off from
the fold and there be no herd in

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the Stalls. 
Even after all these things, 

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that might be terrible and 
dreaded. 

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He says, yet, I will rejoice in 
the Lord. 

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I will join the god of my 
salvation. 

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The Lord God is my strength. 
He will make my feet like dear 

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sweet, and he will make me walk 
on my high heels to the chief 

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musician, with my string 
instruments. 

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Don't you love his attitude? 
even though all this stuff made 

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happen, the Lord God is my 
strength. 

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That's who I'm going to go to. 
That's who I'm going to focus 

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on. 
No matter what is happening, no 

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matter who's in control? 
God is my strength. 

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And he is the joy of my 
salvation. 

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The joy of my salvation. 
I want to leave that song again 

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at the clothes I had already 
planned on it. 

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Tanner gonna jump the gun if you
will. 

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That's all right. 
But we're going to sing that 

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song in with the understanding. 
Of this whole thing, and who is 

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in control. 
I like what's said is we begin 

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to close this morning in Hebrews
13:5 and six let your conduct be

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without covetousness be content 
with such things as you have 

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for. 
He himself has said I will never

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leave you nor forsake you. 
So we may boldly say the Lord is

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my helper. 
I will not fear what can man do 

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to me a great attitude that we 
have and this is what it means 

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to live by faith. 
And habakkuk is this great 

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example, the attitude, That we 
should have to live by faith. 

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In closing. 
What I want to do is take a look

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at a couple of passages in the 
New Testament. 

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And what we should do as we 
apply this to ourselves Titus, 3

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verses 1 through 2 is one of 
these passages. 

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Remind them to be subject to 
rulers and authorities to obey 

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to be ready for every good work.
So we we are subject to the 

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rulers and authorities but also 
this is a big one at the 

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beginning of verse. 
Number two, it's a big one. 

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Speak evil of no one. 
It's hard to complain about what

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we don't agree with. 
Speak evil of no one. 

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Be subject to the rulers be 
Peaceable. 

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Gentle. 
Showing all humility to all men.

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Sometimes we just need to hold 
our tongue. 

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Sometimes we shouldn't type what
we type on social media. 

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Just pray to God about it. 
Don't worry. 

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About this in passing first, 
Peter 2 verse 13 and 17. 

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Therefore submit yourselves to 
every ordinance of man for the 

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Lord's sake, whether to the king
as supreme or to Governor's, is 

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to those who are sent by him for
the punishment of evildoers and 

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for the praise of those who do 
good for this is the will of God

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that by doing good. 
You may put to silence the 

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ignorance of foolish men as free
yet. 

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Not using Liberty as a quote for
vice. 

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But as Bond Servants of God, 
Honor, all people love the 

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Brotherhood fear God. 
Honor the king. 

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Honor the king. 
And that could be very trying. 

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But these are Commandments that 
God requires of us. 

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And I really believe that when 
we do understand truly that God 

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is in control and we live by 
faith in that very thing that it

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will become easier for us to not
get so caught up. 

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And not worry. 
Because who really is in 

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control. 
Who really is? 

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Continue to pray. 
Pray for yourself. 

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Pray for the nation. 
Continue to pray for the rulers.

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In fact, the Lord tells us to 
pray for those who rule over us.

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Continue to pray but have God 
focused at all times. 

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I leave these things with you 
this morning and I hope I've, 

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I've edified you in some way to 
refocus Our Lives. even in the 

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world that we surround ourselves
in, We want to offer an 

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imitation, really? 
It's not our imitation is God's 

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invitation to you. 
It's God's invitation you to be 

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his child. 
We talked about the character of

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God and how he loves his people.
He loves you. 

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You know, how much he loves you?
He loves you so much that he 

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sent his son to Die For You on 
the cross. 

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You know why? 
Because he wants you into his 

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kingdom. 
He wants you into his kingdom. 

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That's how much he cares for 
you. 

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But you have to do your part by 
obeying. 

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The gospel Plan of Salvation as 
we see in the scriptures, 

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understanding that Jesus died 
for you was buried and was 

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resurrected on the third day. 
You have to believe that, and 

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then act upon that Faith to 
repent of your life that is to 

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make a change in your life. 
And we talked about repentance a

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little bit this morning, God 
requires all men to repent. 

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And then confess that Jesus 
Christ is the Son of God. 

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We find that in Acts chapter 8 
and then be baptized for the 

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remission of your sins. 
We find that happen in Acts 

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chapter 2. 
When that happened, the Lord 

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tells us that the Lord added. 
Those people do his church and 

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the Lord will add you to his 
church. 

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If you obey that do that today, 
if you haven't done that, the 

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Lord wants you to do that. 
He wants you into his kingdom. 

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He doesn't want you to perish. 
but maybe if you have done that,

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but But you've messed up. 
I'm so thankful that we serve 

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such a forgiving and merciful 
father, and he's willing to 

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forgive us of the sins that we 
commit against him. 

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And you could do that, if you've
messed up, if you've sinned 

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against him, you could come 
before him asking forgiveness of

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your sins and will pray with 
you. 

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And for you, consider your life 
and take advantage of this very 

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moment. 
Now, we thank you for listening 

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