1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Amen. All right, everybody. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,480 Good morning. We're in Deuteronomy chapter 1. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:12,320 We're going to dive into verses 19 through 40. 6 prayerfully and 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,440 then. Topical over chapter 2, a little 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,720 bit on chapter 3 and then maybe. We'll be done. 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,080 So that's our. Goal this morning. 7 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:26,160 We'll see how the Lord reveals it to us. 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,960 We're again. Our main passage this morning is 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,720 Deuteronomy chapter 1, verses 19 through 46, as Pastor Aaron 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,000 mentioned. Last week we're we're we're in 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,360 the middle or the beginning of a sermon that Moses is preaching 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,000 to the second generation of Israelites. 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Here. So remember the the first did 14 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,840 not go. They're there. 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,840 They're on the the cusp of the promised land literally right 16 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,480 there looking at the promised land and, and, and we see from 17 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,040 our passage this morning and what we know from the Bible is 18 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,440 they, they didn't do it that they did not go up to the 19 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,360 promised land because they, they did that they, they, they the, 20 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,080 the first generation died off and the. 21 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,040 Second generation is is. Here. 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,640 And so Moses is speaking to the second generation. 23 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,960 He's reminding them of what happened in the first 24 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:22,640 generation. And then we're going to see in, 25 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,960 in, in after 2A shift of what's going on currently with the 26 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:30,040 second generation of Israelites. And so that's, that's kind of 27 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,320 the flow that we see this morning. 28 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,960 And so hopefully, hopefully that's that's what we see. 29 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:38,960 But instead of stepping forward in, in faith the, the first 30 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:42,200 generation, they hesitated. And what they did was they did a 31 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,440 few things right. We're going to look at that this 32 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,360 morning prayerfully, by by God's grace, we're going to look at 2 33 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,400 primary things. All right, if you. 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,680 Take a note Here we go how disobedience is rooted in 35 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:59,520 unbelief and how disobedience always has a cost. 36 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,040 So. We're going to look at. 37 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,360 This morning, disobedience. We think about our own lives as 38 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,440 we reflect for just a few moments. 39 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,360 So we think about the moments in our own lives that we were 40 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,440 disobedient. To God. 41 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,960 The times he called us to do something and we didn't do those 42 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,200 things, or the times that we did something that we shouldn't have 43 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,400 done, which is the camp I live in more than the other camp, All 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,240 right. Just being honest, those of you 45 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,040 that know me know I speak truth right I. 46 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,440 Live in that camp. I do things that I shouldn't do 47 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,800 right? But we all have this idea of 48 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,040 disobedience in our own life. So we're going to look at 49 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,000 disobedience rooted in unbelief and disobedience. 50 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,360 Always has a cost. So disobedience involves 51 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,440 unbelief. We're going to we're going to 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,840 look and dissect this together. Let me read just the first 53 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,320 couple of verses. We'll read Deuteronomy chapter 54 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,560 1. 19 through 25. Here we go, it says. 55 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,560 Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that. 56 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,680 Great and terrifying wilderness that you saw. 57 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,040 On the way to the Hill Country of the Amorite, says the Lord. 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,200 Our God commanded us. We came to Kadesh, Barnea and I. 59 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,880 Said to you, You have come to the Hill Country of the 60 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,640 Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 61 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,280 See, the Lord your God has set the land before you go up. 62 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,880 Take possession as the Lord the God of your Father's. 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,320 Have told you. Do not. 64 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,960 Fear or be dismayed. And then all of you came. 65 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,960 Near me and said. Let us send men. 66 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,640 Before. Us that they may explore. 67 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,320 The land for us. And bring us word again of the 68 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,160 way by which we must go up, and the cities into which we shall 69 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,720 come. The things seem good to me. 70 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,240 And I took 12 men from you, one man from each tribe, and they 71 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,400 turned and went up into the. Hill Country and came. 72 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,960 To the Valley of Eskel and spied it out. 73 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,360 And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land, 74 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,520 and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said. 75 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,080 It is a good. Land that the Lord our God is 76 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,680 giving us. So two things, two ways that 77 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,440 they had unbelief. First, they added to God's 78 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,360 instructions. They added to God's 79 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,959 instructions. We see that in 19 through 22. 80 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,959 They wanted to go out and scout out the way they should enter 81 00:04:21,959 --> 00:04:26,800 the land, but yet we don't see that what God's direction to 82 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:32,280 them, they they add to that. After all, God's plan was very 83 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,320 specific, but it was lacking some details, right? 84 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,160 Do we see that in our own life? When God calls us to do things 85 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:43,880 we believe in our minds, it's lacking some details. 86 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,120 How are we actually going to get that country? 87 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,120 How are we actually going to do that? 88 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,680 Tell me exactly, step by step, don't we want that? 89 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,120 We want God. To tell us. 90 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:00,240 All right, first you're going to go through the door and then. 91 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,320 You're going to turn. Left, those are the directions 92 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,440 we want from God. Those are the directions we seek 93 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,280 from God. And yet God says, go up, take 94 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:11,360 the land, we'll figure it out, right? 95 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,840 He's got it all figured out. And yet the people, they want to 96 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:19,440 know everything about it. But how many of us find God's 97 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:25,000 directions sometimes? Lacking in in in our own minds. 98 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,840 On the surface though, this may sound OK, this may sound like a 99 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,760 like a good idea. Remember, after all, all they 100 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,400 wanted them to do was go up and scope out where's the best place 101 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,440 for us to enter into this massive land? 102 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,200 Where's the where's the the weak spot that we may begin our 103 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,520 journey. We want to start off with a win, 104 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,280 right? It started off as being OK, but 105 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:56,040 not really because it added to God's word and what God had said 106 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,440 to them. But but God never said to them 107 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,320 scout out the land. It was actually very simple, 108 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,520 very simple in verse 21, see the Lord your God has set the land 109 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,720 before you go up, take possession. 110 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:14,840 That's it. Easy to follow, and yet we 111 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:18,560 wanted to add to. And yet that's exactly. 112 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,520 What we do in our own lives. God calls us to do something 113 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,880 great for him in his might, not in our might. 114 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:34,920 And yet we try to add. 2. It's always better to simply 115 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,080 obey God's commands without adding our own safeguards. 116 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,240 How many of us have children and we've gone bowling and we have 117 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,200 those amazing things on the side, right? 118 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,040 Those amazing things that actually. 119 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,160 Let them get. Pins, they call those bumper 120 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,360 guards, right? We have those bumper guards, but 121 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,240 at some point in our lives we get rid of those bumper guards. 122 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:03,440 We get rid of those because we look silly, partly, partly 123 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,120 because we get better at it. And yet that's what God has 124 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,920 called us to do. We need to get better at obeying 125 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,360 God's Word. Stop adding to, stop taking 126 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,320 away, but obeying God's words. Let's get rid of those 127 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:22,480 safeguards, those bumper guards that we like, that keep us safe 128 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,400 and comfortable in our own comfort zone and allow God to do 129 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:32,240 something great through US. True faith requires immediate 130 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,120 dis or. Immediate obedience. 131 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,920 True faith requires immediate obedience, delayed obedience. 132 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,920 Is disobedience that's. Kind of where? 133 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,000 We see ourselves and just as Israelites. 134 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,760 We too can rationalize. Our hesitations. 135 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,440 God's plan they. Don't need our modifications. 136 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,760 His wisdom is sufficient. Our job is very. 137 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,280 Simple. You guys ready? 138 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,720 2 words. This is our job. 139 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,080 Trust. Obey. 140 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,880 That's it. Clear direction from God. 141 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,760 He calls us to do something. We we have but two things to do. 142 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:22,200 Trust and obey, and yet we see ourselves adding to all 143 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,520 throughout our lives. Second thing, not only did they 144 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:30,480 add to God's instructions, but they chose fear over faith. 145 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,320 Fear over faith. We see that in verses 23 through 146 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,159 33. But again, they didn't need to 147 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:42,120 scout out the land. He was going to fight for them. 148 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,680 He was going to intercede for them. 149 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,840 All they had to do was trust and obey and God does the rest. 150 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,480 That's that's exactly what we see in this passage. 151 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,400 But they saw giants. And they were afraid. 152 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,800 They saw something that they could not overpower in their own 153 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,960 self and through the things that they had. 154 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,600 They thought the task was too big. 155 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,400 We can't go up. Against Giants. 156 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,080 We're not that good. We're good, but we're not that 157 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,680 good, right? But we cannot defeat Giants. 158 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,480 And the answer is. Absolutely you can't. 159 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:30,480 You can't, but through God all. Things are possible, you see. 160 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,360 He says again, go up, go up. I love this passage. 161 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,880 It says in verse 21. He says take possession as the 162 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,960 Lord the God of your Father's has told you. 163 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,520 And he says do not fear or be dismayed. 164 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,840 Why does he say don't fear and why does he say don't be? 165 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:54,520 Dismayed because they were. Right, he he says that because 166 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:59,760 they were they were fearful, they were very distressed 167 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,400 because they they didn't think that they could do what God has 168 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,880 called. Them to do. 169 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,960 And yet we see ourselves in that. 170 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,880 All the time. Hebrews chapter 3 verse 19 tells 171 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,480 us so. We see that they were unable to 172 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:18,560 enter because of unbelief. That's what the passage tells us 173 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,040 in Hebrews. They had unbelief. 174 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,680 They could not believe that God was bigger than a giant. 175 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,120 And then we look back and we, we, we think of all the things 176 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,920 that, that God had already done for them, right? 177 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:36,800 They, they were witnesses to the plague. 178 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,480 They were witnesses to dry land. Across the sea there were 179 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:45,080 witnesses to all this. A year or two earlier, so not 180 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,720 very long, and they've forgotten all about those things that God 181 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:55,200 did and orchestrated to get them out of Egypt, he says in verse 182 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,920 26. Yet you would not go up but 183 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,680 rebelled. Against the command of the Lord 184 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:01,960 your God. And here we go, verse 27, me and 185 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,640 you only we're not in tents usually we're in our house. 186 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,320 And heaven help us, we even sometimes bring down our spouse. 187 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,120 We murmur in our tents and we say, because the Lord has hated 188 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,840 us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us into 189 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,840 the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. 190 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,520 God has set us up for failure. That that's that's what it's 191 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,760 saying in a nutshell with the Israelites. 192 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,440 And yet. As we look upon. 193 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,080 Our lives as. We think about our. 194 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,600 Lives in the past. Has God ever set us up for 195 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,360 failure? That's not our God. 196 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,520 That's not the God that you and I serve. 197 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,360 It's easy. It's easy. 198 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,240 Though in our day and age to get our eyes off the Lord and. 199 00:11:55,240 --> 00:12:00,080 Focus upon the Giants. It's easy to to take our eyes 200 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,720 off of him, to focus on the things that are in front of us 201 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,600 and these problems that seem insurmountable, undefeatable, 202 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,560 according to the trustee Internet you can believe. 203 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:12,800 Everything on the Internet. Amen. 204 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,720 According to the trustee Internet, here is the top five. 205 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,000 I think it's. Five Maybe it's 6. 206 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,880 I don't know. Giants in the American lives The 207 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,280 the the. Insurmountable. 208 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,560 Undefeatable. We don't all fit into all these. 209 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:29,520 Camps, but maybe we maybe we get into one. 210 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:33,120 The tendency to choose a life of ease. 211 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:39,640 Not of work for the Lord. Fear and anxiety Being frozen or 212 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,040 paralyzed by fear, anger and rage. 213 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,320 Uncontrolled temper and bitterness. 214 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,600 Living overextended, either financially or physically. 215 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:56,600 Unforgiveness and hate. Holding on to resentment, The 216 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,520 last one, the last insurmountable problem that 217 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:06,360 people have in our American lives is difficulty finding 218 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:11,000 meaning in life. If we're gonna be honest, some 219 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,120 of us fit that camp when we take our eyes off of God. 220 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,280 And we? Focus on the. 221 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:22,600 Things of the world, it's easy to allow that giant that lie 222 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,960 from the devil to enter into our hearts and our minds and it 223 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,960 begin to resonate within us and we begin to think that that 224 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,920 might be true, that there is nothing more to this life. 225 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:42,160 And yet, when we focus upon God, when we focus upon Him, 226 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,560 everything else comes into clear direction. 227 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:52,800 We are to do but two things, trust and obey, the Word tells 228 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,320 us. The Word tells us that in 229 00:13:55,320 --> 00:14:00,480 Philippians chapter 2. Jesus Christ died a death, even 230 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,720 death, on a cross for you and for me. 231 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:07,200 So that. At that name every knee shall 232 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,160 bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. 233 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,600 You see, we are bought with a price. 234 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,080 We are. Loved by Jesus. 235 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,640 Christ. And that is enough for a purpose 236 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,040 in our life. That's enough to know that. 237 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:30,280 We are loved, we were bought with a price that our Heavenly 238 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:35,720 Father loves us so much that He gave His only Son for you and 239 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:40,640 for me. You see, that is enough for you 240 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,040 and for me. We have got to stop focusing 241 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,240 upon the. Giants of this world. 242 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,600 And start focusing upon God and merely trusting. 243 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:54,480 And obeying our heavenly. Father, we get an amazing 244 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,160 insight from David who fought an actual giant in first Samuel 245 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:02,840 chapter 17 verse 47, and that all this assembly may know that 246 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:07,440 the Lord saves not with sword and spear, for the battle is the 247 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,280 Lord's and He. Will give you into our hand. 248 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,600 Oh, that the Israelite nation would have had that when they 249 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:20,280 stood at the foot heels of the Promised Land. 250 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,920 Yes, there are giants. But my God is much bigger. 251 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,760 Anybody Veggietales fans? My God is bigger than the 252 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,960 boogeyman, right? That is our God. 253 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,480 He is bigger than giants. He says go up, take possession. 254 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,200 We have but two things to do. What are they? 255 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,080 Trust and obey. That's it. 256 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,680 That's pretty easy. Amen. 257 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,440 But it's very difficult, isn't it? 258 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:58,160 I know, I know, all right. What giant in our life currently 259 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,800 is hindering? Us from doing what the Lord is 260 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:04,960 clearly calling us to do. What giant in our? 261 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,360 Lives we look. Introspective, just for a few 262 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,120 moments. What giant in our life is 263 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,120 currently hindering? Us from doing what the Lord is 264 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,960 clearly calling us to do. Disobedience involves unbelief. 265 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,160 Now let's look at how disobedience always. 266 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:29,120 Comes at a cost. Verses. 34 through 40. 6 267 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,400 primarily 30. 4 through 40 they forfeited God's blessings. 268 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,040 Let's look at that. Let's look at that. 269 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,360 And the. Lord heard your words. 270 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:44,120 And was angered and he swore not one of these men of this evil 271 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,920 generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to 272 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:58,040 your Father's disobedience always comes at a cost because 273 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,200 of their unbelief and disobedience. 274 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,280 God. Declared that the. 1st 275 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,880 generation of Israelites would not enter the promised land. 276 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,920 Except for Joshua and Caleb, they would not enter into the 277 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,440 Promised Land. This was a. 278 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,640 Direct consequence. Of the lack of trust in God's 279 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,800 promise that said go up and take the land. 280 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,880 And we see that in our own lives when God calls us to do things. 281 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,240 We have a whole list of things that says this. 282 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,200 These are the reasons, in alphabetical order, as to why I 283 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,480 cannot obey what God is clearly calling me to do. 284 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,240 And there are consequences for that. 285 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,400 Unbelief. Slam the door. 286 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,800 To the blessings God had prepared for them. 287 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,520 Disobedience always has consequences. 288 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,280 When we refuse to trust. And obey God. 289 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,560 We risk forfeiting the. Blessing He has in store for us. 290 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,480 So I began to prepare for this sermon. 291 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,240 I began to think about all the many blessings that I've 292 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:09,160 probably missed out on in my life because I did not trust and 293 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,600 obey. How many blessings in your life 294 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:18,000 have you missed out because you simply did not trust and obey? 295 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,720 Understand this. Obedience opens the. 296 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:27,080 Door to God's favor while disobedience closes it. 297 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,520 That's right. Obedience opens the door to 298 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,480 God's favor. While disobedience closes it. 299 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,120 Not only did they forfeit God's blessing, but they also 300 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:42,960 forfeited God's presence. Let's look at that in 41 through 301 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,720 46. Then you answered me. 302 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,160 You have sinned against the Lord. 303 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,920 We ourselves will go up and fight just as the Lord our God 304 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,680 commanded us. The Lord commanded us to do it. 305 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,480 We're going to do. It it's too late, it's too late. 306 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,000 Sometimes we do the right thing at the wrong time. 307 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,160 Amen. Sometimes we do the right thing 308 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,560 at the wrong time. Sometimes we don't do what we 309 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,760 should do at the right. Time did that come. 310 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,760 Out all right did. That come out in English. 311 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:17,120 That was close. That's our lives, isn't it? 312 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,720 Because we focus upon the things of the world, we focus upon the 313 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:26,320 news, we focus upon the things that are are horizontal, and we 314 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,840 lose focus. Of our relationship with God. 315 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:35,920 We lose focus at the power and the might of our Heavenly Father 316 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:40,600 who can. Move mountains for us. 317 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,720 He says we will go up and we will fight, just as the Lord our 318 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,320 God commanded us, and everyone of you fastened on his weapons 319 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,040 of war and thought it easy to go up. 320 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,680 Into the Hill Country. And the Lord said to me, say to 321 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,160 them, do not go up or fight for. I am not. 322 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,400 In your midst. Lest you be defeated by your 323 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,840 enemies. So I spoke to you and and you 324 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:06,680 would not. Listen. 325 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,840 You would not listen. But you rebelled. 326 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:16,600 Against the command of the Lord and presumptuously went up into 327 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,800 the Hill Country. That's the word we're going to 328 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,040 look at here in just a moment in the Amorites, who lived in that 329 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,280 Hill Country, came out against you and chased. 330 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:29,040 You as bees do. And beat you down and say as far 331 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,400 as Horma they chased you like bees. 332 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:38,040 Do Nobody ever seen a YouTube video of a bunch of bees chasing 333 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,480 a guy and he's running for his life? 334 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:48,160 Neither have I so. Here in verses 41 through 46, we 335 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,160 see the Israelites making a second and even more grievous 336 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,520 mistake. Sometimes that's you and me, 337 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,080 right? We we make mistake upon mistake. 338 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,880 We made a mistake, and instead of going to the Lord and 339 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,640 confessing that sin before the Lord, we say we're going to make 340 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,880 it right. Yeah, right. 341 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,240 It's all right. It's all right. 342 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,120 God says I'm going to make the we, we say we're going to make 343 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:18,040 this all right. We're we're going to fix this. 344 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,600 That's that's that's our mentality. 345 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:28,600 And you can see God laughing. OK, you go fix it and you're 346 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,560 going to be running. For your life like. 347 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,920 Bees are chasing you. Right. 348 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:37,720 Have we ever? Done this. 349 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,480 Let's think about. This in scripture. 350 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,960 We see this in scripture a lot. I'm just going to name a few 351 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,160 just to remind us to get the juices flowing this morning 352 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,600 right. Abraham and Sarah impatient for 353 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,160 the promised air. Sarah gives her her maid Hagar 354 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,160 to Abraham to bear child, resulting in the birth of 355 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:56,920 Ishmael. Did that go well? 356 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,120 No, that did not go well. But they wanted to fix it 357 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:01,160 themselves. Saul. 358 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,040 Saul feared facing the Philistines. 359 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,440 Instead of waiting for Samuel the prophet to offer sacrifices, 360 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,200 he took on the role of priest himself. 361 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:11,000 Did that work out for him? No. 362 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,520 That was the moment he lost the Kingdom. 363 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,480 Jacob and Rebecca desiring the patriarchal blessing. 364 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,440 Jacob, with his mother's help, deceived his blind father Isaac 365 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,960 to steal the birthright from his brother Esau. 366 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:30,200 All of these our people in the Bible and in our our lives as 367 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,680 well. We're not immune to this. 368 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,560 That wanted to take matters into their own. 369 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,000 Hands, Samson. Frequently took matters into. 370 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,400 His own hands based. On his personal desires. 371 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:45,200 And violent tendencies. Lot's daughters, let's not go. 372 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,720 Into detail there, let's keep it PG. 373 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,480 This morning, right? But Lot's daughters just think 374 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,560 about that. We're going to take this, we're 375 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,360 going to fix it. We got an idea. 376 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,560 We got an idea. We can fix this right up. 377 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,920 Heaven help us that that's not us. 378 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:09,040 Confess before the Lord. Lord, I have sinned against you. 379 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:16,360 Please show me the next steps. In their own strength, they 380 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,920 attempted to invade the land without God's presence or 381 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,440 blessing, despite clear warnings from Moses. 382 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,880 The keyword. Again, here is presumptuously. 383 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,000 It comes from a Hebrew word, and I'm not. 384 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,120 Aaron. So I'm not going to say it. 385 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,760 Which means to act with arrogance or overconfidence, 386 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,640 disregarding God's will, disregarding God's will. 387 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,960 It speaks of their overconfident assumption, they said in this 388 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,800 passage. It will be easy. 389 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,320 It will be easy. We're going to go up there, 390 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,560 we're going to kill them. We're going to take over the 391 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,080 land. We're going to make this right. 392 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,600 Everything's going to be great. Milk and honey will. 393 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,320 Be on the table for dinner, right? 394 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,840 And yet, let's know what happened. 395 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,960 Throughout the Bible, acting presumptuously is connected with 396 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,080 rebellion against God's authority. 397 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:21,800 There's many, many people, numbers 1530, but the person who 398 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,720 does anything presumptuously, whether he is native born or a 399 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,520 stranger, that one brings reproach on the Lord, and he 400 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,480 shall be cut off from among his people. 401 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,880 It describes actions taken in prideful defiance. 402 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,320 If there's something that we struggle with in our day and 403 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,800 age, it's pride. We, we struggle with pride, 404 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:53,200 don't we? We, we are very, very prideful. 405 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,400 And we do not like to admit when we're wrong, which I believe is 406 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:01,040 part of the reason why we do not want to confess our sins before 407 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,520 the Lord and say Lord, I missed it. 408 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,800 I heard you clearly. I disobeyed you. 409 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:20,160 Please forgive me, Forgive me. It takes humbleness and we are 410 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,840 not very good at being humble. We want everyone to know, 411 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,800 especially on Sunday mornings, if we're going to be honest with 412 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,720 one another, that we've got everything under control. 413 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:37,200 We look good, we got up early, maybe we even read our Bible 414 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,120 this morning. We had a smile on our face 415 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,440 because everything is going great. 416 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,720 But remember, you're only lying to yourself because God already 417 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,480 knows the truth. God already knows the truth that 418 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:59,240 you got in an argument with your spouse before you came, that 419 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,520 your child couldn't find their shoes for the 40th time, and 420 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,240 maybe you got a little angry at that. 421 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,560 Am I the only one that does that right? 422 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,320 Acting presumptuously is dangerous because it places our 423 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,640 will above God's will. 2. People, I want you. 424 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:21,560 To think about we can do this all. 425 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,360 Day long. We're not going to two people I 426 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,800 want you to think about on acting presumptuously. 427 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,000 Would be Eve and Jonah, right? Those two fit that bill pretty 428 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,400 well, don't they? Even Jonah acting 429 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,720 presumptuously, they they put their will above God's will. 430 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,280 And if there's something we're really, really good at, it's 431 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,560 putting our will above God's will, because we know best, 432 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,760 right? The Israelites knew God had told 433 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,960 them not to go up into the land without Him, yet they arrogantly 434 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,000 believed that their own strength could overcome their 435 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:59,320 disobedience. How often do we make decisions 436 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,240 or take actions in our own strength without seeking God's 437 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:08,160 guidance, assuming we know best, right? 438 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,960 We know best. We may convince ourselves. 439 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,000 That our intentions are. Good, but good. 440 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,960 Intentions can never replace obedience to God's will. 441 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:21,960 There are a lot of things that are. 442 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,760 Good in this world that can keep us busy. 443 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,480 A lot of. Things that can keep us busy. 444 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:35,040 That are good, but are outside God's will for your life, right? 445 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,960 Presumption can show up in various areas. 446 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,320 Let me give you a list. By of no means is. 447 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,840 This an exhaustive list. But this is a list Are you 448 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,560 ready? Career decisions. 449 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,960 We rush ahead with choices, convinced that we know what's 450 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,160 best for us without waiting on God's timing or direction. 451 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,920 We we are ready for a change. So here we go to. 452 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,840 I don't. Even know the websites anymore, 453 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,640 where do you go look for a for a job? 454 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,200 Indeed. Thank you my friend. 455 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:12,320 So we go to indeed.com and we start putting in our resume. 456 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,960 Right. Let's just see what happens. 457 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,120 Let's see if the Lord answers this prayer right. 458 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,720 Let's not get ahead of the Lord. How about relationships? 459 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,800 We might enter into or leave relationships thinking we know 460 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:31,080 better than God's plan for us without praying for discernment. 461 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,440 Here's a good one for you. You guys ever heard about 80% of 462 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,720 the work in the church is done by 20%? 463 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,840 Anybody ever heard that? Is that true? 464 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:44,400 You guys think that's true? Amen. 465 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:46,240 Amen. If you. 466 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,360 Think that's true? Dude, you're going to go with 467 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,320 temp. We're lowering it. 468 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:55,560 We're going 10%. Can I can I hear 5 Go here 5. 469 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,560 Percent, we're going 10. Percent, I'll go 10%. 470 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,880 All right, so 90% of the work is done by 10% of the people. 471 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,120 We can even be presumptuous in ministry, taking on roles or 472 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,640 responsibilities because we think we can handle them without 473 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,480 truly asking if God has called us to them. 474 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:22,000 If you don't like children, don't go downstairs, right? 475 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,440 Even if they ask you. It's not going to work out very 476 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,440 well. You're going to be on your knees 477 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,240 the rest of the day repenting from all the things that you 478 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,240 thought or said or did right. Let's just not do. 479 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,240 It the result. Of presumptuousness is always 480 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:44,040 the same two things that must be the theme today, failure and 481 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,840 frustration. Those are the 2. 482 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,000 Outcomes of presumptuousness, failure, and frustration. 483 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,680 And if we lend ourselves to think about that just for a 484 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,960 moment, the the last time that we were presumptuous, probably 5 485 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:03,960 minutes ago, the last time we were presumptuous, did it end in 486 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,800 this failure? And frustration, usually, almost 487 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,280 always failure and. Frustration. 488 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,360 Like the Israelites, when we move forward without this 489 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:15,000 guidance, we are essentially saying I know better than God. 490 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,880 Sometimes we even actually say that. 491 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,960 Heaven help us. Right. 492 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,200 Sometimes we even actually say that out loud or in our minds. 493 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,160 I know better than what God has in this. 494 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:34,080 Instance Heaven help us. The Israelites presume they 495 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,760 could still achieve victory. Even though they had forfeited 496 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:43,240 God's favor. Psalm 1913. 497 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,040 We're almost done. Can you guys listen for like 3 498 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,040 more minutes? We're almost done. 499 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,800 They might. It's a pastor's 3 minutes, by 500 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,200 the way. Just just so you know. 501 00:30:55,640 --> 00:31:00,520 That's not an actual 3 minutes. All right, Psalm 1913, keep back 502 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,760 your servant also from presumptuous sins. 503 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,000 Let them not have dominion over me. 504 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,520 Then I shall be blameless and innocent of great transgression. 505 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,200 The psalmist understood. The subtlety of 506 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,160 presumptuousness. It is very subtle. 507 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:21,080 It creeps up into our lives. Most of us don't set out to be 508 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,480 presumptuous. Most of us want to wait on the 509 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,120 Lord. Most of us desire to hear from 510 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,000 the Lord and do what the Lord called us to do. 511 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,400 But the psalmist here tells us that it is subtle. 512 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,760 It can take dominion over our lives if we're not careful to 513 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,200 remain humble and dependent upon God. 514 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,640 As we close, that's a pastor's closing, by the way. 515 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,960 We still got some time as we close. 516 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:51,680 Let's look at Chapter 2 very briefly. 517 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,000 Yes, it's true. Disobedience is rooted in 518 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,520 unbelief and disobedience. Always has a cost. 519 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,800 We know that to be true. From our own lives. 520 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,880 We know that. We know that from Scripture. 521 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:14,960 We've read that this morning. Listen to me, but God doesn't 522 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:21,240 leave us there. There's good news this morning 523 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,280 for you and for me there is Chapter 2. 524 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:31,200 And Deuteronomy, there's good news chapter 2 and Deuteronomy, 525 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:40,120 we look at verse 16 together. So as soon as all the men of war 526 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,760 had perished and were dead. From among the people. 527 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,000 The Lord. Said to me as. 528 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,400 Soon as all the men of. War had perished. 529 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:56,680 God gets busy just like he promised. 530 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:05,840 He goes on and he says this. The Lord said to me today you 531 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:12,160 are to cross the border of Moab at our today you are to cross 532 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,960 the border. This very day. 533 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,200 And then? Chapter 2, verse 36 he says this 534 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,720 from Aurora, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, 535 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,720 and from that city that is in the valley as far as Gilead. 536 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,920 There was not a city too high for us. 537 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:34,320 The Lord our God gave all into our hands. 538 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,040 Yes, we fail. Yes, we falter. 539 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,240 Yes, we fall short of the glory of God. 540 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,200 But there is redemption in Jesus Christ. 541 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:49,240 There is redemption in the power of Jesus Christ, and yet we call 542 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:54,120 upon Him and we confess our sins to Him first. 543 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,040 John 19. If we confess our sins, He is 544 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:01,280 faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from 545 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,600 all unrighteousness. Father, I failed you in that. 546 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:12,280 Be specific, not for His need, but for our need, right? 547 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:20,280 Be specific on how we fell short and we confess our sins before 548 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,719 the Lord and we know by Scripture we know from our 549 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,600 lives. He is quick to forgive us, to 550 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:32,120 separate that as far as the East is from the West to never bring 551 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:37,159 it up again, right? Not like our forgiveness, not 552 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:40,000 like our forgiveness that we we forgive, but yet we keep it in 553 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,400 the back of our minds to bring out for such a time as this, 554 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,960 right? Anybody ever done that for such 555 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:47,960 a time as this? We're going to. 556 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,080 Play that that card. That's not our God. 557 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,600 That's not our God. He doesn't bring that back up 558 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,600 and say I can't trust you anymore. 559 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,160 Do you remember the things that you did? 560 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,520 And he begins to write them out for you. 561 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,720 And it takes a long time to write all those out, all the 562 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,440 things that we did against his will. 563 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:13,360 Hey, that's not our God. They are as far away as the 564 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,280 East. Is from the West. 565 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:16,760 Ephesians chapter one, verse 7 and 8. 566 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,360 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the 567 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,360 forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of His 568 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,040 grace which He lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight. 569 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,160 That is the God that you and I serve. 570 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,720 There is light at the end of the tunnel. 571 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,800 There is redemption. In. 572 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:41,520 Jesus Christ, for those who repent, for those who call. 573 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,760 Upon the name of the Lord. You see, there are. 574 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,400 Some here. This morning that are believers 575 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,360 and and who need to repent of the things that we have been 576 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:54,480 presumptuous on that there are those who who are believers that 577 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,440 we need to we need to repent of where we have gone outside the 578 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:03,240 will of God and we need to fix that immediately today, right 579 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:07,800 now and there are those who don't know Jesus Christ. 580 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,840 As their Lord and Savior. You see, today could be the day 581 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,200 that he changes your life forever. 582 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:22,360 You see, because his blood is sufficient for you, His blood is 583 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:29,880 sufficient for you. The word tells us that Romans 584 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:34,040 10/13 everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved 585 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:40,520 and as we as we as believers, we as believers and we live in this 586 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,440 difficult world. I'm closing with this. 587 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,320 I promise a real. Closing this time. 588 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:52,840 I'm really closing. I close with this right today we 589 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,160 are on the threshold of our promised land, the new heaven 590 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,040 and the new earth. Our Lord is returning for his 591 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:02,200 people. Our Lord is returning for His 592 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:06,960 people, for you and for me, and for no other reason that should 593 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:12,240 put a smile upon our face. Let's say yes I missed it, I 594 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:17,560 missed it, but that does not keep me from the glory of God. 595 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,760 Revelation 21 one through 5. Then I saw a new heaven and a 596 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,080 new earth for the 1st heaven and the first earth that passed away 597 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,320 and the sea. Was no more, and I saw the holy 598 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,880 city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared 599 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,360 as a bride adorned for her husband. 600 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,520 How many of you guys were here for the wedding yesterday? 601 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,360 Beautiful ceremony. Great job guys. 602 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,000 Beautiful ceremony, loved it. Maybe think of this passage. 603 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,360 That's why it's here. And I heard a loud voice from 604 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,240 the throne saying, Behold, the dwelling place of God is with 605 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,040 man. He will dwell with them, and 606 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,240 they will be his people, and God himself will be with him as 607 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:53,560 their God. He will wipe away every tear 608 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,600 from their eyes. Death shall be no more. 609 00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,880 Neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore for 610 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,560 the former things that passed away. 611 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:02,320 That is the God that you and I serve. 612 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,600 There is redemption in the blood of Jesus Christ. 613 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,960 Call upon the name of Jesus Christ today. 614 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,800 May He save you, confess your sins before the Lord. 615 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:16,880 May today be a new day for you. In Jesus Christ and he closes 616 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,600 with this and he who was seated on the throne said, behold, I am 617 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,560 making all things new. Also he said, write this down 618 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:28,680 for these words are trust, trustworthy and true. 619 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,440 We can believe the word of God. Let's pray together this 620 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,760 morning. Father, we are grateful, 621 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,840 grateful so much for your word. This morning, grateful. 622 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:45,120 That we were able to come into this place on this Lord's Day to 623 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,120 open up. This particular passage of 624 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:51,840 Scripture, God, that would encourage us to say yes, we we 625 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:57,120 unfortunately resonate with the Israelite people we 626 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,480 unfortunately resonate with. Them when you've. 627 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:04,200 Called us to do. Things and we do not do it, but 628 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:09,920 God I asked it you would bring us from our prideful thoughts 629 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,160 bring us to humility that we would confess those before you 630 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:23,840 and we trust and believe that your word is true that says you 631 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,720 will forgive our sins as far as the east is from the West. 632 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,920 We praise you. We thank you in Christ name we 633 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,280 pray. Amen. 634 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,480 Thanks for listening. To learn more about Heritage 635 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,520 Church or if you'd like to respond to this sermon, visit 636 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:47,000 our website at www.heritageshawnee.org.