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I am genuinely asking this 
question. 

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Why does no one care about 
Armenia? 

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You want proof of this? 
Just switch on BBC News or CNN 

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and you will hear the same 
countries being mentioned day 

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after day. 
Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, 

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Russia, China, and rightfully 
so. 

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But for some reason, there are 
things that are happening right 

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now in Armenia that would make 
you lose sleep, and 99% of you 

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are totally clueless. 
I will show you the incredibly 

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corrupt reason why the Western 
news stations are barely 

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touching this subject. 
But first I want to spread 

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awareness of what's going on. 
If there was ever a country that

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had good reason not to trust 
other countries, Armenia would 

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be at the very top of the list. 
You want proof of this? 

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Just open a history book and 
you'll see exactly why. 

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Actually, I actually want to go 
somewhere first before we go any

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further. 
Want you to know something? 

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Some of you aren't totally 
ignorant. 

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So what's going on on in 
Armenia? 

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And some of you, dare I say you 
have very strong political 

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views, but that isn't the goal 
of this video. 

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Just like what I've said about 
Gaza, about Israel, there are 

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innocent people right now who 
are caught up in all of this 

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hatred and yet they did not 
choose to be born there is All 

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they want is to try and survive 
is all they want, like you and I

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is to lead a quiet life. 
And while we sit at back in our 

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comfortable homes in the West as
keyboard warriors writing out 

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all of our political views on 
this situation, there are people

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who are trying to put their 
children to sleep at night. 

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But they can't calm them down 
because it's all they hear is 

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huge blasts in the sky. 
So know this. 

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As I mentioned, some countries 
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Nagorno, Karabakh. 
Let's all be slow to speak and 

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remember that we're not 
commentating on a movie script. 

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No, this is real life with real 
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So the situation is this. 
Back in the 1920s, the Soviet 

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Union really did a big 
disservice to the Armenian 

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people. 
They decided to draw up borders 

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and they put Nagorno Karabakh 
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territory. 
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Because inside of Nagorno 
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of Armenian nationals. 
I don't want to be flippant, but

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to make this simple for you to 
understand, it's a bit like 

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this. 
I don't know if you've ever been

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into a sporting event and you as
a supporter have had to sit in 

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your opponent's side of the 
stadium. 

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So, for instance, I'm a 
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imagine I'm sitting there 
wearing my team's uniform 

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surrounded by Liverpool 
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I personally would be a little 
bit nervous about doing that. 

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So take that tiny little analogy
and amplify it by 1000. 

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And that's exactly how the 
Armenians feel when they are 

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technically on Azerbaijan 
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Hey, this next bit's a little 
bit important, so you might want

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to catch this, because Armenia 
and Azerbaijan have been at 

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loggerheads with one another 
over who should own Nagorno 

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Karabakh. 
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three serious fights have broken
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In 1988, Nagorno Karabakh 
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Armenia, leading to our first 
fight, which lasted until 1991. 

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And then the Soviet Union 
collapsed, which only made 

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things worse, because now, as a 
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land which was full of 
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Who is all they wanted to do was
be reunited with their homeland.

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But now that the Soviet Union 
was gone, there was no one there

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to keep the peace. 
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their independence, neither 
backing down on who should own 

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Nagorno Karabakh. 
Then in 2020, as if that year 

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wasn't hard enough, our second 
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But this fight only lasted 44 
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Why? 
Because Azerbaijan easily beats 

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the weaker Armenia. 
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which is happening right now, 
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Nagorno Karabakh, as you can 
imagine, is practically isolated

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from the rest of the world, and 
it relies on a small, tiny 

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corridor at the South of its 
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This road is the only route by 
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inside of Nagorno Karabakh can 
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And so, in an attempt to make 
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blocked Arcade did it. 
They've cut off all electricity,

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all gas, all essential goods. 
The people now are currently 

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running out of food and water. 
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they also stopped charities from
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now 99% of Armenian nationals 
that are living there had no 

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choice. 
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In September 2023, a huge exodus
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Karabakh. 
But it wasn't just the lack of 

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food that caused 100,000 people 
to run for from the land which 

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their ancestors had lived in 
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No, what was one of the other 
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Well, state-of-the-art drones 
were used to destroy Armenians, 

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very dated tanks and the little 
defense that they did have was 

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dismantled in just 20, 4 hours. 
In a moments time, I'm going to 

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show you the corrupt reason why 
we in the West have practically 

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been silent and we've watched 
the Armenian people be emptied 

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of everything they ever owned. 
But first, let's ask this 

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question. 
Is there a single country in the

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world that cares about Armenia? 
Well, the answer is going to 

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surprise you. 
Russia for the longest time has 

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sought to protect Armenia and 
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But you know exactly what I'm 
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To say that Russia has has been 
distracted would be a massive 

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understatement, because all of 
its resources and energy have of

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course been focused on its own 
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So with Armenians bigger brother
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wonder that they have no food, 
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And when you have a history like
Armenians, is it any wonder that

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they ran from their homeland to 
find some level of peace and 

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safety? 
So come on, guys, Do you want to

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hear the reason why we in the 
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these awful events in our news 
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Well, I'm going to choose my 
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answer is money. 
Baku in Azerbaijan has a gold 

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mine of oil, and I would guess 
that at some point in your car 

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you've had some level of 
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However, getting the oil to us 
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park, because the only option 
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transport the oil through the 
Caspian Sea and whose land 

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borders the Caspian Sea, Russia.
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Azerbaijan did not want Russia 
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Now this is the corrupt part. 
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noticed this problem and 
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They would build an oil pipeline
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Europe, providing fuel and 
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continent. 
And we in the West are also 

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reliant on Azerbaijan, with 
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to construct a gas pipeline, 
which again sources a huge 

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amount of Europe. 
So now do you see why Armenia is

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not only hopeless against 
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Now with an oil and gas cash 
flow under their belts, it's no 

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surprise that for 14 years 
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Azerbaijan held the title of the
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And where do you think they 
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More advanced tools to make them
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And with the West literally 
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Azerbaijani oil so that they get
richer, is it any wonder that 

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they have turned a blind eye to 
everything that is going on? 

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Because they're not stupid. 
They know if they start speaking

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out and our news stations start 
reporting on this situation, is 

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all Azerbaijan has to do is say 
that's it, the deal's off, get 

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your oil from somewhere else. 
And that's why it's down to 

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average Joes like you like me to
start caring about little 

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Armenia, the country that no one
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OK, I've got a bit of a 
confession to make to you. 

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I've not been entirely honest 
here because the truth is this. 

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There is one person who cares 
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And yet, as a Christian St. 
preacher, do you know what I 

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often hear people say? 
They say, well, either God 

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doesn't exist or he does exist, 
but he just doesn't care about 

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us. 
Just look at the mess this world

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is in. 
Well, the answer to that 

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question is it's actually us who
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We are the one who have wrecked 
this world. 

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You see, God created us as 
intelligent, thinking, creative 

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people. 
But there's something else that 

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God gave us when He created us 
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He gave us a free will so we 
have the right to choose to love

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or the right to choose to hate. 
He didn't make us like mindless 

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jellyfish that are just being 
swept around the ocean by the 

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current. 
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He wanted us to have choices so 
that true love, for it to be 

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real love, we have to make that 
choice to love him. 

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Did not Jesus say love your 
enemies? 

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Did not Jesus say if someone 
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we'll turn the other cheek also?
Did not Jesus Christ say love 

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thy neighbor as thyself? 
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God's commands, Even if you're 
the most stubborn atheist 

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listening to me right now, 
you've got to admit to me that 

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this world would be a much 
better place if men and women 

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just obeyed Jesus Christ. 
The way I like to think of it is

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like this. 
I want you to imagine a big huge

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tree trunk and attach this tree 
trunk is an elastic band, and 

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you also are inside of this 
elastic band. 

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It's a long elastic band. 
It's a thick, elastic band, and 

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this band will let you travel as
far away as you want. 

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If you want to cause as much 
sadness in the world, you can. 

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If you want to go around the 
earth and sin as much as you 

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want, you can. 
If you want to go around the 

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earth and be selfish, you can. 
But one day this elastic band 

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will run out of stretchiness. 
One day this elastic band will 

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run out of slack. 
And the further you travel away 

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from that tree trunk, the more 
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When you're brought back, you 
ping against it. 

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Well, my dear friends, that tree
trunk represents God. 

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And right now, God has given men
and women a very loose lead. 

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He allows us to do whatever we 
want to do. 

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But one day, I promise you this,
one day you will run out of 

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slack and God will bring you 
back to that tree trunk. 

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And again, the further you go, 
the more it's going to hurt. 

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The Bible says that every knee 
will bow, every tongue will 

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confess, and one day God's going
to bring you back. 

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You can run on for a long time 
away from God, but one day he's 

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going to bring you to your 
knees. 

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And I'm just pleading with you 
to settle your accounts with God

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through His Son, the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

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Now, before it's too late. 
But hey, now, it's not always a 

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bad thing to be a tree hugger. 
Because if I can stay with the 

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analogy, those of us who have 
stayed close to the tree trunk, 

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those of us who have obeyed the 
Lord God and loved his commands 

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and loved Jesus Christ as our 
Lord and Saviour, those of us 

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who've lived like that, we know 
that God is coming back to 

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create a new heaven and a new 
earth where there'll be no mess,

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there'll be no problems. 
And God is going to deal with 

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all of those sinful men who in 
their pride have made horrible 

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decisions that have damaged the 
rest of us. 

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But in this new world, there'll 
be none of that. 

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We'll only have one ruler, the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and he makes 

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no mistakes. 
But perhaps my answer there 

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doesn't quite do it for you. 
Well, just make sure you check 

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out this video here, because I 
did spend a lot of time really 

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dealing with this one big 
question. 

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Why does God allow pain in the 
world Just now? 

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If it's OK with you, I'd like to
take a little diversion because 

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we need to ask the question, 
where is the evidence that God 

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does care about Armenia? 
Well, apart from the personal 

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testimonies that I've heard from
Christians who live in Armenia, 

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I also want to draw your 
attention to 1 fact. 

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And it's this. 
God cares about all people, but 

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especially the forgotten. 
In the Bible, we read a rather 

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upsetting story. 
It's about a woman called Hagar.

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Now Hagar was Sarah's maid and 
Sarah was Abraham's wife. 

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Now there was a massive promise 
that God promised Abraham, 

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Abraham. 
He said that through you, 

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Abraham, I will bless you with 
numerous children as numerous as

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the stars in the sky. 
You will have children, Abraham.

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But the problem was this Sarah, 
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come through was old and age. 
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she was past her sell by date. 
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she heard this, thinking there's
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She grew impatient and almost 
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came up with a plan. 
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this, remember this. 
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whenever we doubt the Lord God 
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just know this ruin is just 
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Shame will come when we choose 
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should instead trust that God is
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anything. 
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She took her maid Hagar and told
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Abraham, and Abraham went along 
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And what happened? 
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conceived and once Sarah saw 
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and bitter. 
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she dealt harshly with Hagar and
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she ran into the wilderness with
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So here is this young woman with
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Her owners have basically used 
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gain, and she's in the middle of
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she can't provide for this baby.
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woman would be. 
She would have felt like she was

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totally invisible and nobody 
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But know this God cared about 
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that moment. 
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her, saying, I will bless you 
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And I have seen your affliction.
I have heard your cries, Hagar. 

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She was stunned, and she called 
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are the God who sees me. 
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whoever you are, wherever you're
watching this from right now, I 

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want you to know something. 
You might be going through a 

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really difficult time and you 
might feel totally forgotten, 

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totally invisible to the rest of
the world, but I want you to 

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know something. 
God has not forgotten you. 

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And God is the God you can call 
Elroy, because he is the God who

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sees you and wants to hold your 
hand through any pain that 

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you're going through right now. 
I'm not sure if this is helpful 

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or not, but I myself have many 
doubts and I have lots of 

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anxieties. 
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doubt and it's this that God 
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And God cares about me and not 
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and He cares about Armenia. 
You see, the Lord God knows what

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it is to be forgotten. 
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He is given us a wonderful 
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quite literally billions of 
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Every day there are quite 
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eat his food, drink his water, 
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And yet so many of those people 
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Him. 
So often they think about a 

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million things, but the thought 
of God never enters into their 

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mind. 
God himself, the Lord Jesus 

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Christ, knew what it was to be 
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He had 12 very close friends. 
One of his friends decided to 

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betray him just for a bit of 
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And all of the disciples except 
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and left him. 
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He knew what it was to be 
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The Lord Jesus Christ when he 
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what he cried out? 
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but Psalm 22 is a messianic. 
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Jesus Christ. 
It was a prophecy of some thing 

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that was going to happen in the 
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And people think, no, he was 
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Pharisees because they knew it. 
That's not the case when we look

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at the scripture, when the Lord 
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God, why have you left me? 
It marries up with the rest of 

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the Scripture. 
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about in Isaiah 53. 
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It says, yeah, it was the Lord's
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and to cause him to suffer. 
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life an offering for sin, that's
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That's what happened on the 
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The Lord God made Jesus Christ 
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In 2nd Corinthians 5 verse 21, 
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sin to be sin so that we might 
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God. 
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So the reason why the Lord Jesus
Christ cried out, my God, my 

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God, why have you forsaken me is
because God the Father was 

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crushing him on the cross, and 
all the way through eternity 

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they have he had this wonderful 
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But at the cross it felt like 
the Lord God was leaving him, 

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was turning his back on him 
because Jesus Christ was 

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becoming our sin. 
On the cross he was becoming all

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the rottenness, all the ugly 
things that you and I have ever 

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done. 
It was laid on him. 

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The weight of that sin was 
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their God was pleased, as the 
Scripture says, to crush His 

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beloved Son, because he had to 
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What goes to your mind as you 
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That God the Father effectively 
turned his back on his Son on 

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the cross so that you could be 
forgiven. 

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And then imagine Jesus when he 
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dead, he would have felt 
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But what does the Scripture say?
The Lord God hadn't forgotten 

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him. 
It says he will not let his holy

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one see decay. 
And the Lord God, through the 

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power of the Holy Spirit raised 
Jesus Christ back to life on the

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third day and he conquered the 
grave triumphant and all of that

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that amazing message which at 
times it's hard to understand, 

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that amazing message is for you 
and for me. 

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So that we know that we've got 
salvation in Christ alone. 

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Because just think about this. 
If he is the God who sees me, 

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that means he doesn't just see 
me. 

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All the good things I've ever 
done, even though there's very 

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few that I've done. 
But he also sees the shameful 

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things I've done, the things in 
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And we have nothing that we can 
offer God. 

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There is no good work that will 
appease him. 

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No, the only thing that can save
us, the only thing that can 

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scrub away and wash our sins 
away, is the blood of the Lord 

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Jesus Christ. 
And that's why we need the one 

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who knew what it was to be 
forgotten and left on the cross.

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We need him to save us, to 
rescue us and to give us eternal

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life. 
So you come to him right now, 

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and you put your trust in him 
because he promises he'll never 

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turn you away. 
And I'm kind of sorry if I'm 

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repeating myself, but if you 
would like to see an answer to 

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that huge question, click here 
right now.