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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Habakic.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were here last week, you know how Habakic

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter one starts, and it starts with a lot of complaining.

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<v Speaker 1>Do we remember this?

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<v Speaker 2>If you weren't here, I'm gonna give you a recap.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fine. I'll get to that in a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you were here, you remember complaining, complaining to God,

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<v Speaker 2>lots of complaining, some salty questions. And the remarkable thing

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<v Speaker 2>about Habakk is not that he complains to God. There's

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<v Speaker 2>lots of complaining to God in the Bible, probably more

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<v Speaker 2>complaining to God in the Bible than we actually do

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<v Speaker 2>in our Christian lives. And there's I think there's a

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<v Speaker 2>mismatch there that probably needs to be addressed by real

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<v Speaker 2>biblical lament and learning to do that well. But what's

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<v Speaker 2>remarkable about Habakk is not that he complains. What's remarkable

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<v Speaker 2>about Humback is that he progresses, and Abakic gets to

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<v Speaker 2>this place in three chapters. He goes from complaining to

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<v Speaker 2>this picture, Abacuck declares. At the end of this he says,

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<v Speaker 2>God has made my feet like a deer's. It's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of weird. Here's what he means. He says God has

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<v Speaker 2>made me now, so that no matter what kind of

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<v Speaker 2>terrain he puts me.

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<v Speaker 1>On, no matter how mountainous.

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<v Speaker 2>And difficult my circumstances are, He's made my feet like

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<v Speaker 2>a deer's, so that I am secure in him no

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<v Speaker 2>matter where he takes me, he declares, even if there's

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<v Speaker 2>no food in the fridge, no gas in the tank,

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<v Speaker 2>no furniture in the house. My strength is in God,

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<v Speaker 2>My joy is in God. He's made my feet like

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<v Speaker 2>a deer. It's a beautiful picture. In fact, I'll refer

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<v Speaker 2>to it over and over again. Feet like a deer,

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<v Speaker 2>feed like a deer. So if somebody shows up, Blate

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<v Speaker 2>try to explain that one to them, like that's what

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<v Speaker 2>he means when he says.

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<v Speaker 1>Feet like a deer.

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<v Speaker 2>But what's more beautiful than the picture of that faith

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<v Speaker 2>is the progression that Habacchak takes.

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<v Speaker 1>You remember what that guy looked like last week? How

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<v Speaker 1>does he get there? How do we get there? I

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<v Speaker 1>think this is.

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<v Speaker 2>Why Habakk is written, not to just show us how

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<v Speaker 2>Habaccic got from complaining to contentment, but how the people

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<v Speaker 2>of God are to follow Habaccic's example of complaining to contentment.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's an example it's an example.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not a formula.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though I'm gonna speak in terms of four steps

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<v Speaker 2>that Habaccac takes. Don't hear that as a recipe or

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<v Speaker 2>a formula for God's people.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is a worthy example.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's what we see in these three

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<v Speaker 2>chapters of Habacic is four steps that Habaccic takes to

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<v Speaker 2>move from complaining to contentment, from.

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<v Speaker 1>From a sour from a sour heart to feet like

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<v Speaker 1>a deer.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll lay out those four steps for you as soon

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<v Speaker 2>as we finish reading our text and ask you to

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<v Speaker 2>stand with me for the reading of God's word. And

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<v Speaker 2>this morning we'll read chapters two and three.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we'll get into the rest of the message.

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<v Speaker 2>A Back, starting in chapter two, Back says, I will

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<v Speaker 2>take my stand at my watch post and station myself

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<v Speaker 2>on the tower. All look out to see what he

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<v Speaker 2>will say to me and what I will answer concerning

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<v Speaker 2>my complaint. And the Lord answered me. Write the vision,

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<v Speaker 2>make it plain on tablets so that he may run

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<v Speaker 2>who reads it for still the vision awaits is a

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<v Speaker 2>point of time. It hastens to the end. It will

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<v Speaker 2>not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it. It

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<v Speaker 2>will surely come, it will not delay. And then God

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<v Speaker 2>speaks of this nation that he's going to be using

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<v Speaker 2>for his judgment purposes in Israel. Just if you weren't

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<v Speaker 2>familiar with chapter one, that's who he's talking about right here,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's gonna talk about the justice he's about to show.

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<v Speaker 1>He says this, Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Not upright within him. But the righteous shall live by

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<v Speaker 2>his faith. Moreover, Wine is a traitor, an arrogant man

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<v Speaker 2>who is never at rest. His greed is as wide

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<v Speaker 2>as shield like death. He has never enough. He gathers

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<v Speaker 2>for himself all nations, and collects as his own all peoples,

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<v Speaker 2>and shall not all these take up their taunt against him,

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<v Speaker 2>And with scoffing and riddles for him, say woe to

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<v Speaker 2>him who heaps up what's not his own, and for

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<v Speaker 2>how long and loads himself with pledges.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, not your debtor.

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<v Speaker 2>Suddenly arise and those awake who made you tremble, who

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<v Speaker 2>will make you tremble, And then you will be spoiled

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<v Speaker 2>for them, because you've plundered many nations. All the remnant

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<v Speaker 2>of the people shall plunder you for the blood of

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<v Speaker 2>man and violence to the earth, to cities and.

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<v Speaker 1>All who dwell in them.

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<v Speaker 2>Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,

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<v Speaker 2>to set his nest on high to be safe from

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<v Speaker 2>the reach of harm. You've devised shame for your house

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<v Speaker 2>by cutting off many peoples. You've forfeited your life. For

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<v Speaker 2>the stone will cry out from the wall, and the

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<v Speaker 2>beam from the woodwork respond. Woe to him who builds

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<v Speaker 2>a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity. Behold,

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<v Speaker 2>is it not from the Lord of Hosts that people

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<v Speaker 2>labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of

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<v Speaker 2>the glory of the Lord, as waters cover the sea.

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<v Speaker 2>Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink, who you

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<v Speaker 2>pour out your wrath and make them drunk in order

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<v Speaker 2>to gaze at their nakedness, you will have your fill

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<v Speaker 2>of shame instead of glory. Drink yourself and show your uncircumcision.

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<v Speaker 2>The cup is in the Lord's right hand. It will

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<v Speaker 2>come around to you, and utter shame will come upon

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<v Speaker 2>your glory. The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,

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<v Speaker 2>as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them

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<v Speaker 2>for the blood of man and violence to the earth,

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<v Speaker 2>to cities and all who dwell in them. What profit

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<v Speaker 2>is an idol when its maker has shaped it a

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<v Speaker 2>metal image, a teacher of lies, for its maker trust

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<v Speaker 1>When he makes speechless idols.

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<v Speaker 3>Woe to him who says to a.

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<v Speaker 1>Wooden thing, awake to a silent stone, Ariyes.

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<v Speaker 2>Can this teach Behold? It is overlaid with gold and silver.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no breath at all in it.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Lord is.

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<v Speaker 2>In his holy temple. Let all the earth deep silence

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<v Speaker 2>before him. A prayer of Habacchak the prophet. According to

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<v Speaker 2>the Chickanoath, Oh Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>I've heard the report of you.

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<v Speaker 2>And your work. Oh Lord, do I fear? Can the

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<v Speaker 2>midst of the years revive it? In the midst of

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<v Speaker 2>the years? Make it known in wrath? Remember mercy. God

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<v Speaker 2>came from Timon, and the Holy One from Mount Peron.

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<v Speaker 2>His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full

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<v Speaker 2>of his praise. His brightness was like the light rays.

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<v Speaker 2>Shine flashed from his hands, and there he veiled his power.

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<v Speaker 2>Before him went pestilence and plague followed at his heels.

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<v Speaker 2>He stood and measured the earth and looked and shook

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<v Speaker 2>the nations. Then eternal mountains were scattered. The everlasting heels

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<v Speaker 2>sank low. His were the everlasting ways. I saw the

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<v Speaker 2>tents of cushion and affliction, the curtains of the land

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<v Speaker 2>of Midian, and did tremble. Was your wrath against the rivers,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord, was your anger against the rivers, or your

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<v Speaker 2>indignation against the sea. When you rode on your horses

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<v Speaker 2>and on your chariot of salvation, you stripped the sheath

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<v Speaker 2>from your bow, calling for many arrows, you split the

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<v Speaker 2>earth with rivers. The mountains saw you and writhed. The

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<v Speaker 2>raging waters swept on the deep, gave forth its voice,

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<v Speaker 2>It lifted its hands on high. The sun and moon

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<v Speaker 2>arrows as they sped at the flash of your glittering spear.

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<v Speaker 3>You marched through the earth in fury.

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<v Speaker 1>You threshed the nations. In anger.

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<v Speaker 2>You went out for the salvation of your people, for

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<v Speaker 2>the salvation of your anointed.

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<v Speaker 1>You crushed the head of the House of the Wicked.

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<v Speaker 2>Laying him bare from thigh to neck. You pierced with

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<v Speaker 2>like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to

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<v Speaker 2>devour the poor. In secret, you trampled the sea with

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<v Speaker 2>your horses. The surging of mighting waters I hear, and

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<v Speaker 2>my body trembles. My lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness

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<v Speaker 2>enters my bones, and my legs tremble beneath me. Yet

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<v Speaker 2>I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to

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<v Speaker 2>come upon people who invade us.

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<v Speaker 1>Though the trig Though the fig tree should not blossom,

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<v Speaker 1>nor fruit.

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<v Speaker 2>Be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail,

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<v Speaker 2>the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off

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<v Speaker 2>from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, and will take

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<v Speaker 2>joy in the God of my salvation.

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<v Speaker 3>God.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord is my strength. He makes my feet like

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<v Speaker 1>a deer's. He makes me tread on my high places

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<v Speaker 1>to the choir master.

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<v Speaker 2>With strength, stringed instruments. This is the word of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>You may be seated. That's a shift.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a move.

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<v Speaker 2>If you remember chapter one, and we'll recount. If you

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<v Speaker 2>remember chapter one, a backick has made a lot of progress.

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<v Speaker 2>When he gets to the point where He's like, though

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<v Speaker 2>there be no food in the fridge, though there be

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<v Speaker 2>no furniture in the living room, Yet my joy is

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<v Speaker 2>in God, My strength is in God. He's made my

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<v Speaker 2>feet like a deer.

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<v Speaker 1>That's change or to the steps?

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<v Speaker 2>What does God take him through?

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<v Speaker 1>Process wise?

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<v Speaker 2>I think we could break it up into four steps. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a formula, but it's a pretty good example.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the first one, asking real questions, asking real questions.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what chapter one is all about.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw in chapter one that like feet like a

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<v Speaker 2>deer is not where Hebbacic starts. God is my strength

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<v Speaker 2>not where Hibactic starts. He's bringing complaints to God. He's

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<v Speaker 2>like Chapter one, verse two, how long is this gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go on?

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<v Speaker 3>God?

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<v Speaker 1>How is it gonna be? How long is it gonna be?

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<v Speaker 2>Like that, which I have to say, is the most

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<v Speaker 2>relatable complaint. Whenever God is unfolding hard things, whenever he's

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<v Speaker 2>taking us into rough terrain and we're wondering what's gonna change,

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<v Speaker 2>is it gonna hurt, what's gonna happen? I think maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the most relatable complaint is.

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<v Speaker 1>How long?

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<v Speaker 2>And God brings challenging answers to that God basically says,

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<v Speaker 2>I you're wondering what's gonna change. I'm gonna tell you

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<v Speaker 2>what's gonna change, and you're not gonna really like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse five of chapter one. Look and be astounded. This

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna be your challenge. Ibacic is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>to believe what I'm going to do. And Habakk then

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<v Speaker 2>turns around with some real questions, and he's like, you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do what You're gonna use them to judge us.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you know how wicked they are? Aren't you? He says?

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<v Speaker 1>Aren't you pure? Aren't you holy? Aren't you fair? How

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<v Speaker 1>can you get someone like that to judge us?

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<v Speaker 1>And how long is this gonna go on?

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<v Speaker 2>Was Hebacic getting real or was he just grumbling? It's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty ambiguous, But here are the lessons.

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<v Speaker 3>That we learned. It is never right.

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<v Speaker 2>It is never right to be angry with God. It

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<v Speaker 2>is never right to grumble against him. But whether what

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<v Speaker 2>we have in our heart is grumbling and ungodly anger

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<v Speaker 2>or legitimate biblical lament, just real questions that we want

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<v Speaker 2>to bring to God, whether it's wrong one how we're

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<v Speaker 2>feeling or right.

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<v Speaker 1>The right place to bring it all is to him.

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<v Speaker 2>Bring your real questions. By real, I mean gut level.

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<v Speaker 2>But also what I mean by real is are you

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<v Speaker 2>ready for an answer. It's not a real question unless

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<v Speaker 2>you're actually looking for an answer. Remember last week we

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<v Speaker 2>for an answer. And you, if you're if you're a parent,

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<v Speaker 2>you know there's a difference between asking a question and questioning.

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<v Speaker 2>But either way, whatever you've got, bring it to him.

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<v Speaker 2>Bring him your real questions, gut level, open up a window. God,

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<v Speaker 2>This is how is really is in my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a backs first step.

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<v Speaker 2>And he went up and says in verse one of

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<v Speaker 2>chapter two, and he went up and said, I'm actually

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<v Speaker 1>Step two.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes from asking real questions to hearing God's promises.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think.

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<v Speaker 2>That that is like a solid example for every one

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<v Speaker 2>of us that if we are going to move whatever

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<v Speaker 2>God's unfolding, if we are going to move from complaining

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<v Speaker 2>to contentment, if we're going to get to this place

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<v Speaker 2>of dear footed faith, we have to start hearing God's promises,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what God brings. He says, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you about my justice. I promise I am just.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise I am bringing it, he says. In verses

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<v Speaker 2>two and three, he says, the Lord answered me, write

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<v Speaker 2>the vision, make it plain on tablets, wait for it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not going to delay. I'm making you some promises here.

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<v Speaker 2>And it would be easy for us to look at

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<v Speaker 2>that and say, oh, I see how Hubaka got there.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave him something special. God gave him secret knowledge,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how he went from complaining to contentment. If

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<v Speaker 2>only I could go up on a tower and God

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<v Speaker 2>would bring me something special, then I know I could.

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<v Speaker 1>I could have feet like a deer. But that's not

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<v Speaker 3>What's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>What does he say to habakk write this down for everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't just for you, Habakic, this is for all

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<v Speaker 2>the people. And not only is it for all the people.

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<v Speaker 2>It's exactly the kind of thing that I promised from

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<v Speaker 2>the very beginning. If you look at Deuteronomy, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>this is how I'm going to use other nations to

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<v Speaker 2>discipline you, and I will discipline them. There's nothing new here.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't secret. This isn't special for you, Hubachic. This

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<v Speaker 2>is for everyone that everyone who reads it will act

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<v Speaker 2>on it. They'll run with this. This just aligns with

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<v Speaker 2>my character. It's not secret.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the same promises that I've made from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm gonna remind you of them. I'm gonna give

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<v Speaker 2>them to you fresh. You know what I'm gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to bring justice to the wicked, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna bring glory to my name. He says, you see

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<v Speaker 2>it in verse six, for example, this people that gather

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<v Speaker 2>all the nations as if they are his own and

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<v Speaker 2>plunders everyone around them. The plundered will plunder him. What

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<v Speaker 2>goes around is gonna come around, because I'm gonna bring

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<v Speaker 2>it around. You know, what goes around doesn't just come around.

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<v Speaker 2>God brings it. God is the one who sees his

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<v Speaker 2>justice laid out in his universe. He says, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>bring justice to the wicked, and I'm gonna bring glory.

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<v Speaker 1>To my name.

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<v Speaker 2>This this this instrument that has been in my hands

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<v Speaker 2>and is going to be in my hands.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what he says about.

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<v Speaker 2>Him in chapter and chapter two, verse four, And this

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<v Speaker 2>is this is key.

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<v Speaker 1>This is absolutely key.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the New Testament picks it up in three

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<v Speaker 2>different places. What does he say in verse four is

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<v Speaker 2>is this one is puffed up this instrument. I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm using this instrument, but I will judge his instrument

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<v Speaker 2>as well. He's puffed up. His soul is not upright

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<v Speaker 2>within him. But here's the thing, Habakik, here's the key.

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<v Speaker 2>The righteous shall live by his faith. The righteous shall

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<v Speaker 2>live by his faith. And then he doesn't elaborate on

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<v Speaker 2>what that means at all. Then he just goes on

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the puffed up one, the justice that

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna bring, the glory he's gonna bring to his name.

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<v Speaker 2>He just leaves that hanging out there. But the righteous

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<v Speaker 2>shall live by his faith. Now that's not to say

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<v Speaker 2>that God doesn't clear up what that looks like. He

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<v Speaker 2>does by the end of the book, But right here

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't elaborate. I'm gonna bring justice to the wicked,

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<v Speaker 2>the plundered, will plunder, the plunderer, the one who built his.

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<v Speaker 1>House with blood.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about the Babylonians series like they they would,

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<v Speaker 2>they would enslave people all around them and exploit them

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<v Speaker 2>and threaten them they would build their towns off of

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<v Speaker 1>Says that woe to those who build houses.

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<v Speaker 2>Of shame, says, even the house is going to cry

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<v Speaker 2>out against that. Woe to those who build what does

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<v Speaker 2>it say in verse twelve builds towns out of blood?

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<v Speaker 2>Says what I have constructed for you is for you

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<v Speaker 2>to labor for nothing. If this is going to go nowhere,

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<v Speaker 2>you think you're building something glorious, You're building it for fire.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's my idea, because the earth is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be filled. Here's what Here's what's going to fill the earth.

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<v Speaker 2>Not your empire, not your dominion, not your glory, not

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<v Speaker 2>your might. The earth verse fourteen will be filled with

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<v Speaker 2>the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the

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<v Speaker 2>waters cover the sea.

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<v Speaker 3>I promise you.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear this. I promise you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same promise I've been making from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm reminding you of it now, says this wicked nation

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<v Speaker 2>has gone around and made its neighbors drink. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>You've made them drunk with your violence. But guess what.

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<v Speaker 2>The cups in my hand, and I'm bringing it back around.

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<v Speaker 2>I will bring justice to the wicked. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>people that trust in worthless things.

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<v Speaker 1>That teach lies.

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<v Speaker 2>The basic lie of an idol is that this idol

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<v Speaker 1>Will bring glory to my name. The earth will be

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<v Speaker 1>filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Let it verse twenty. Let the whole earth keep silence

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<v Speaker 1>before the Lord in his temple. I promise, God says,

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<v Speaker 1>I promise. I'm bringing justice and I'm bringing glory again.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be a mistake for us to say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>if God would would meet me up on a tower

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<v Speaker 1>and give and give his promises to me, then I

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<v Speaker 1>would listen.

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<v Speaker 2>A back has already is already the representative that we need.

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<v Speaker 2>He's already written this down. God specifically said, write this

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<v Speaker 2>down so that everyone can read it. Trust my promises.

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<v Speaker 2>Hear them now, hear them from my word. I'm giving

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<v Speaker 2>them to my people.

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<v Speaker 1>We have received more and better promises yet from his word.

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<v Speaker 3>That though we.

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<v Speaker 2>Are being slaughtered like sheep, we are nevertheless greater than conquerors.

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<v Speaker 2>That to be away from the body is to be

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<v Speaker 2>present with the Lord. That those who are in Christ

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<v Speaker 2>now under In Christ, there is no condemnation for you

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<v Speaker 2>that promise.

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<v Speaker 1>Death?

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<v Speaker 2>Where is your sting? I will work all things out

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<v Speaker 2>for good for those who know me.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are the first two steps Tobaccak takes.

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<v Speaker 2>He asks real questions, he brings it, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>opens up his ears and he interprets all of his

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<v Speaker 2>third step. The third step is what we see in

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we have. In chapter three, Habacchic reflects.

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<v Speaker 1>On the work of God. Now let me just let

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<v Speaker 2>In chapter three, you see Habacic say, oh Lord, I've

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<v Speaker 2>heard the report of you. This is chapter three, verse two,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord, I've heard the report of you and your work.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord, do I fear? And then he gives us

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<v Speaker 2>like sixteen verses of God's work. But here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What Habaccic sees is not new work. What Hebaccic sees

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<v Speaker 2>is what God has already done amongst his people in

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<v Speaker 2>his word. And habaccik just gives us an entire verbal

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what we see in here. We see God parting

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<v Speaker 2>the Red Sea and the Jordan.

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<v Speaker 1>Trampling the waters.

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<v Speaker 2>As HABACCC puts it, puts it trampling the waters with

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<v Speaker 2>your horses. We see the plagues that God used in

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<v Speaker 2>followed by your heels. We see the conquest that of

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<v Speaker 2>the armies that invaded them. We see Joshua and God

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<v Speaker 2>all of this, you see this throughout this chapter. And

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't enumerated in back. It's not saying like, let

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<v Speaker 2>me tell you the fifteen things that God did. He

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<v Speaker 2>vividly recounting in front of in his mind. He takes

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<v Speaker 1>It's like.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, all these little little clay bars, and then

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<v Speaker 2>are all different colors you got, the blue you get,

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<v Speaker 2>the red, you got the green. And then what's the

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<v Speaker 2>first thing they do? They just mash them all up together.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the first thing I did. I ruined many clay

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<v Speaker 3>And what do you have? You have a big ball and.

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<v Speaker 2>You can still pick out the colors. They're all mashed

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<v Speaker 2>what is this a representation of everything? And this is

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<v Speaker 2>what Habaka gives us, A giant mashed up ball of

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<v Speaker 2>what God has done in his people.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you go, this is who your God is. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you see his work?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you reflect back on what He's given to us

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<v Speaker 2>in his word and see who he is all mashed

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<v Speaker 2>with the end of job. How job is confronted by God?

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<v Speaker 2>And God's like, Hey, you've been asking questions like a backic.

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<v Speaker 2>I got answers, Not exactly answers, more like I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a picture for you. Here I am. Where were you

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<v Speaker 2>when I measured the earth? Do you know where I

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<v Speaker 2>keep all the snow? Do you tell the lightning bolts

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<v Speaker 2>where to go? Hey? How about you and I go

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<v Speaker 2>for a walk through the bottom of the ocean. And

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<v Speaker 2>what Habaca is getting is something similar. And Job of

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<v Speaker 2>course responds to that. He's like, I get it in

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<v Speaker 2>my guts, I get it. I see who you are,

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<v Speaker 2>and I could get something similar here. He's just confronted

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<v Speaker 2>by the works of God amongst his people Egypt, Sinai,

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<v Speaker 2>the Jordan, the.

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<v Speaker 1>Red Sea, the planks, and a back is like, I

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<v Speaker 1>get it, he says in verse six at sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Tremble when I reflect on your work.

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<v Speaker 2>When I see who you are as reflected in the

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<v Speaker 2>works you've done, my legs give way.

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<v Speaker 1>And the author of Hebrews picks this up as he's

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<v Speaker 1>writing to his audience. The author of Hebrews picks up

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<v Speaker 1>this verse right here from Habacic from chapter two, verse four.

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<v Speaker 1>The righteous live by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, you gotta see him, You got to look

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<v Speaker 2>to him. What you need is endurance, and that endurance

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<v Speaker 2>is going to come from faith. Don't you know what

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<v Speaker 2>the scriptures have said, the righteous shall live by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>It was by faith that Noah saw what God had done,

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<v Speaker 2>and saw what God would do, and moved to a

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<v Speaker 2>place of obedience and contentment.

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<v Speaker 1>His feet were like it, dear.

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<v Speaker 2>It was it was by faith that Abraham saw what

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<v Speaker 2>God had done and saw what God would do, and

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<v Speaker 2>he moved forward in faith. It was by faith that

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<v Speaker 2>Moses did the same, and Jacob did the same. And

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<v Speaker 2>he says, by faith, look to Jesus, the Author and

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<v Speaker 2>perfector of our faith. You want to know how you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to move from complaining to contentment, It's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Look to him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the one who's opened up the way for you.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the one who's made you a people. He's the

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<v Speaker 2>one who's sacrificed so that you would be pure, sinless forgiven.

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<v Speaker 2>Look to Jesus, the Author and Perfector of our faith, who,

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<v Speaker 2>for the joy set before.

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<v Speaker 1>Him, endured the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>As God unfolds this difficult to reign, he has not

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<v Speaker 2>not gone forward in it. He's walked difficult to rain.

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<v Speaker 2>Look to his work and then last step he takes

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<v Speaker 2>cling to his person, clinging to God's person. That's where

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<v Speaker 2>Habaka gets to at the end of chapter three. He's

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<v Speaker 2>asked real questions, He's heard God promises, he ards God's promises,

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<v Speaker 2>He's seen God's work, and now he is viscerally responding

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<v Speaker 2>to who God is.

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<v Speaker 1>And he paints his picture of faith. My feet are

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<v Speaker 1>like a deer.

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<v Speaker 2>My joy is in him, my strength is in him.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter what happens, he says, though there'll be no

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<v Speaker 2>fruit on the vines, no herd in the stalls, Yet

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<v Speaker 2>I rejoice in the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>And we look at that. We look at that, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We say, I want that kind of faith. And here's

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<v Speaker 2>the mistake we make. We think it's about the strength

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<v Speaker 2>of the faith. It's beautiful, but it's a mistake to

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<v Speaker 2>think that the essence of faith is on the quality

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<v Speaker 2>of the faith. Heard from Tim Keller really well put

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<v Speaker 2>probably use some of his words.

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<v Speaker 1>When Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Spoke to the father whose child was sick and dying.

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<v Speaker 2>Father came to Jesus and said, my child's dying. And

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says, here's what I want you to do. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to turn around and go home child to

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<v Speaker 2>be well. That man turn around.

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<v Speaker 3>In faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty sure it wasn't well, Jesus said it. I believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>That settles it. I'm not even thinking about this any more.

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<v Speaker 2>We're done. I'm walking all the way home. And seemed

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<v Speaker 2>like it was more than one Day's journey in John

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<v Speaker 2>chapter four. You know what else there is there to

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<v Speaker 2>think about? No, all the he didn't have to have

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<v Speaker 2>that level of confidence. Now there's such a thing as

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<v Speaker 2>growing in faith. There's such a thing as deepening in faith.

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<v Speaker 1>The faith he had to have was only this. He

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<v Speaker 1>just had enough, had.

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<v Speaker 2>To have enough faith to turn around. The essence of

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<v Speaker 2>this kind of faith is not the quality of the faith.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the strength of the faith. It's the object

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<v Speaker 2>of the faith. He says, God is my strength. I

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<v Speaker 2>will rejoice in the Lord. That's all I've got. That's

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<v Speaker 2>all I need. Not because I have worked myself up

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<v Speaker 2>into this place of strong, deep quality faith, but because

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<v Speaker 2>of the object of my faith. If you trust that

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<v Speaker 2>a chair will hold your weight, how deep does your

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<v Speaker 2>trust need to be, just enough to sit in it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the secret of Abatic's faith, not the quality of it,

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<v Speaker 2>on the depth of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the object of it.

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<v Speaker 2>God himself is the object of his faith. If there's

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<v Speaker 2>no food in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Fridge, no gas in the tank, no furniture in the house,

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<v Speaker 1>I will rejoice in the Lord. He has made my

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<v Speaker 1>feet like a deer, because he is my strength. He

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<v Speaker 1>is my joy.

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<v Speaker 3>All the faith I need.

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<v Speaker 1>Is enough to cling to him.

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<v Speaker 2>I just need to be able to cling to him.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I'll go from complaining to contentment.