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a</c><00:13:22.769><c> two</c><00:13:23.070><c>-fold</c><00:13:23.389><c> aspect</c><00:13:24.029><c> as</c><00:13:24.230><c> Michael</c><00:13:24.549><c> mentioned</c><00:13:24.970><c> in</c><00:13:25.149><c> his</c><00:13:25.429><c> theme</c><00:13:25.610><c> also.</c><00:13:26.870><c> He</c> 00:13:27.450 --> 00:13:28.149 stressed,<00:13:27.870><c> in</c><00:13:28.009><c> those</c> 00:13:28.149 --> 00:13:31.490 last<00:13:28.450><c> few</c><00:13:28.629><c> moments</c><00:13:28.970><c> did</c><00:13:29.169><c> Michael,</c><00:13:30.330><c> the</c><00:13:30.529><c> fact</c><00:13:30.730><c> that</c><00:13:30.909><c> there</c><00:13:31.169><c> are</c> 00:13:31.490 --> 00:13:35.169 two<00:13:32.350><c> aspects</c><00:13:33.049><c> to</c><00:13:33.570><c> the</c><00:13:33.789><c> transfiguration.</c> 00:13:35.350 --> 00:13:39.289 Two<00:13:35.669><c> aspects</c><00:13:36.190><c> to</c><00:13:36.389><c> the</c><00:13:36.629><c> manifestation</c><00:13:37.210><c> of</c><00:13:37.450><c> God's</c><00:13:37.909><c> glory.</c><00:13:38.889><c> It's</c> 00:13:39.289 --> 00:13:42.210 equally<00:13:39.669><c> the</c><00:13:39.990><c> true</c><00:13:40.190><c> here</c><00:13:40.590><c> in</c><00:13:40.830><c> the</c><00:13:41.090><c> storm</c><00:13:41.309><c> experiences.</c> 00:13:42.509 --> 00:13:51.389 For<00:13:43.230><c> the</c><00:13:43.389><c> world</c><00:13:43.750><c> of</c><00:13:44.009><c> Noah's</c><00:13:44.409><c> day,</c><00:13:45.509><c> the</c><00:13:45.750><c> storm</c><00:13:46.370><c> meant</c><00:13:47.009><c> destruction.</c><00:13:49.490><c> For</c><00:13:49.610><c> a</c><00:13:49.809><c> new</c><00:13:50.009><c> generation</c><00:13:50.669><c> to</c><00:13:50.970><c> emerge</c> 00:13:51.389 --> 00:13:55.169 from<00:13:51.649><c> Noah's</c><00:13:52.129><c> family,</c><00:13:53.429><c> it</c><00:13:53.590><c> represented</c><00:13:54.070><c> a</c><00:13:54.370><c> cleansing</c><00:13:54.769><c> of</c><00:13:54.990><c> the</c> 00:13:55.169 --> 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also</c><00:14:31.690><c> that</c><00:14:31.889><c> although</c><00:14:32.169><c> God</c><00:14:32.529><c> will</c><00:14:32.809><c> judge</c><00:14:33.090><c> the</c><00:14:33.409><c> earth,</c> 00:14:34.289 --> 00:14:40.450 he<00:14:34.610><c> has</c><00:14:34.990><c> given</c><00:14:35.230><c> it</c><00:14:35.529><c> to</c><00:14:35.750><c> men</c><00:14:36.149><c> to</c><00:14:36.429><c> be</c><00:14:36.629><c> inhabited.</c><00:14:37.870><c> Psalm</c><00:14:38.009><c> 115.</c><00:14:40.350><c> So</c> 00:14:40.450 --> 00:14:43.049 that<00:14:40.529><c> although</c><00:14:40.789><c> God</c><00:14:41.149><c> may</c><00:14:41.490><c> destroy</c><00:14:42.230><c> the</c><00:14:42.669><c> earth,</c> 00:14:43.190 --> 00:14:49.570 there<00:14:43.330><c> will</c><00:14:43.570><c> be</c><00:14:43.789><c> a</c><00:14:43.990><c> remnant,</c><00:14:44.669><c> few</c><00:14:44.870><c> there</c><00:14:45.070><c> may</c><00:14:45.350><c> be.</c><00:14:46.909><c> So</c><00:14:47.269><c> much</c><00:14:47.590><c> was</c><00:14:47.970><c> learned,</c><00:14:48.629><c> I'm</c><00:14:49.110><c> sure</c><00:14:49.330><c> by</c> 00:14:49.570 --> 00:14:50.750 those<00:14:49.889><c> eight,</c> 00:14:50.769 --> 00:14:53.990 about<00:14:51.090><c> God</c><00:14:51.590><c> and</c><00:14:51.789><c> his</c><00:14:52.090><c> ways</c><00:14:52.629><c> through</c><00:14:52.990><c> the</c><00:14:53.309><c> experience</c><00:14:53.610><c> of</c><00:14:53.789><c> the</c> 00:14:53.990 --> 00:14:57.210 storm.<00:14:55.250><c> And</c><00:14:55.470><c> unfortunately</c><00:14:56.070><c> and</c><00:14:56.470><c> tragically,</c> 00:14:57.450 --> 00:15:00.850 so<00:14:57.649><c> much</c><00:14:57.809><c> was</c><00:14:58.110><c> learned</c><00:14:58.330><c> by</c><00:14:58.509><c> those</c><00:14:58.809><c> who</c><00:14:59.169><c> perished</c><00:14:59.529><c> in</c><00:14:59.789><c> the</c><00:14:59.970><c> waters.</c> 00:15:02.289 --> 00:15:09.350 On<00:15:02.750><c> our</c><00:15:03.070><c> overhead,</c><00:15:03.590><c> we're</c><00:15:05.730><c> going</c><00:15:05.950><c> to</c><00:15:06.710><c> list</c><00:15:07.129><c> some</c><00:15:07.669><c> of</c><00:15:07.809><c> the</c><00:15:08.049><c> basic</c><00:15:08.509><c> principles</c><00:15:09.049><c> that</c> 00:15:09.350 --> 00:15:11.149 emerge<00:15:09.909><c> from</c><00:15:10.450><c> this</c><00:15:10.769><c> first</c> 00:15:11.149 --> 00:15:14.409 storm.<00:15:12.169><c> And</c><00:15:12.330><c> I</c><00:15:12.509><c> apologize</c><00:15:12.950><c> that</c><00:15:13.110><c> this</c><00:15:13.330><c> is</c><00:15:13.549><c> not</c><00:15:13.730><c> as</c><00:15:14.049><c> clear</c><00:15:14.250><c> as</c> 00:15:14.409 --> 00:15:16.830 it<00:15:14.610><c> could</c><00:15:14.730><c> be.</c><00:15:15.610><c> Most</c><00:15:15.870><c> of</c><00:15:15.990><c> what</c><00:15:16.090><c> we're</c><00:15:16.309><c> going</c><00:15:16.490><c> to</c><00:15:16.710><c> say</c> 00:15:16.830 --> 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by</c><00:15:46.149><c> God.</c><00:15:47.909><c> Those</c><00:15:48.289><c> who</c><00:15:48.570><c> were</c><00:15:48.649><c> within</c> 00:15:48.850 --> 00:15:51.740 it,<00:15:49.250><c> God</c><00:15:49.570><c> cared</c><00:15:49.909><c> about.</c><00:15:50.570><c> They</c><00:15:50.950><c> represented</c><00:15:51.389><c> a</c> 00:15:51.740 --> 00:16:01.940 remnant,<00:15:53.120><c> a</c><00:15:53.460><c> few</c><00:15:53.740><c> that</c><00:15:54.059><c> would</c><00:15:54.320><c> be</c><00:15:54.720><c> saved.</c><00:15:55.639><c> As</c><00:15:55.860><c> Peter</c><00:15:56.120><c> says,</c><00:15:57.120><c> eight</c><00:15:57.539><c> souls</c><00:15:58.059><c> saved.</c><00:16:00.259><c> Peter,</c><00:16:00.700><c> when</c><00:16:00.899><c> he</c><00:16:01.340><c> refers</c> 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:06.860 to<00:16:02.639><c> the</c><00:16:02.820><c> case</c><00:16:03.080><c> of</c><00:16:03.360><c> Noah</c><00:16:03.559><c> and</c><00:16:03.779><c> the</c><00:16:03.980><c> boat</c><00:16:04.279><c> draws</c><00:16:04.759><c> lessons</c><00:16:05.320><c> to</c><00:16:05.659><c> baptism,</c><00:16:06.840><c> a</c> 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:08.720 section<00:16:07.080><c> we</c><00:16:07.320><c> often</c><00:16:07.659><c> quote,</c> 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:12.899 where<00:16:09.299><c> in</c><00:16:09.580><c> few,</c><00:16:10.000><c> that</c><00:16:10.059><c> is</c><00:16:10.240><c> eight</c><00:16:10.600><c> souls</c><00:16:10.980><c> were</c><00:16:11.320><c> saved,</c><00:16:12.320><c> not</c><00:16:12.639><c> by</c> 00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:15.879 the<00:16:13.179><c> washing</c><00:16:13.500><c> of</c><00:16:13.820><c> water,</c><00:16:15.120><c> but</c><00:16:15.419><c> rather</c> 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:20.539 by<00:16:16.659><c> the</c><00:16:16.960><c> washing</c><00:16:17.200><c> of</c><00:16:17.419><c> their</c><00:16:17.700><c> consciences.</c><00:16:19.440><c> So</c><00:16:19.779><c> the</c><00:16:20.019><c> apostle</c> 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:23.080 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the</c><00:16:37.299><c> storm</c><00:16:37.700><c> was</c><00:16:38.120><c> seen</c><00:16:38.360><c> to</c><00:16:38.639><c> be</c><00:16:38.980><c> in</c><00:16:39.279><c> God's</c> 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.639 providential<00:16:40.539><c> control.</c> 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:46.820 Oh,<00:16:43.179><c> yes,</c><00:16:43.419><c> that's</c><00:16:43.720><c> easy</c><00:16:43.899><c> to</c><00:16:44.179><c> say,</c><00:16:44.379><c> isn't</c><00:16:44.600><c> it?</c><00:16:45.759><c> But</c><00:16:45.899><c> when</c><00:16:46.100><c> we</c><00:16:46.419><c> read</c><00:16:46.659><c> in</c> 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:49.000 those<00:16:47.139><c> hymns</c><00:16:47.519><c> that</c><00:16:47.639><c> we</c><00:16:47.860><c> just</c><00:16:48.200><c> surveyed</c> 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.700 about<00:16:49.700><c> the</c><00:16:50.080><c> storms</c><00:16:50.539><c> from</c><00:16:50.879><c> within</c><00:16:51.159><c> us,</c><00:16:52.519><c> about</c><00:16:52.720><c> the</c><00:16:53.080><c> experience</c> 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:55.559 of<00:16:53.940><c> life's</c><00:16:54.720><c> tempests,</c> 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:02.620 that's<00:16:56.779><c> the</c><00:16:57.019><c> first</c><00:16:57.340><c> thing</c><00:16:57.600><c> that</c><00:16:57.779><c> is</c><00:16:58.100><c> questioned</c><00:16:58.580><c> by</c><00:16:59.519><c> all</c><00:16:59.779><c> of</c><00:16:59.879><c> us</c><00:17:00.200><c> when</c><00:17:00.440><c> we</c><00:17:00.820><c> go</c><00:17:01.080><c> through</c><00:17:01.379><c> a</c><00:17:01.659><c> storm.</c> 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:08.259 Is<00:17:03.799><c> this</c><00:17:04.019><c> in</c><00:17:04.220><c> God's</c><00:17:04.660><c> control?</c><00:17:06.319><c> Is</c><00:17:06.619><c> this</c><00:17:06.859><c> God's</c><00:17:07.339><c> will</c><00:17:07.680><c> in</c><00:17:08.019><c> some</c> 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:10.380 way,<00:17:08.880><c> or</c><00:17:09.279><c> in</c><00:17:09.519><c> some</c><00:17:09.740><c> way</c><00:17:09.900><c> at</c><00:17:10.119><c> least,</c> 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:15.019 is<00:17:10.500><c> it</c><00:17:10.700><c> being</c><00:17:10.980><c> accommodated</c><00:17:11.880><c> in</c><00:17:12.039><c> his</c><00:17:12.359><c> plan</c><00:17:12.519><c> and</c><00:17:12.740><c> purpose?</c><00:17:14.640><c> We</c> 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:17.079 ask<00:17:15.440><c> ourselves</c><00:17:16.059><c> with</c><00:17:16.319><c> the</c><00:17:16.599><c> disciples,</c> 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:22.640 when<00:17:17.440><c> they</c><00:17:17.759><c> were</c><00:17:17.940><c> in</c><00:17:18.200><c> the</c><00:17:18.400><c> boat,</c><00:17:19.779><c> do</c><00:17:20.019><c> you</c><00:17:20.299><c> care</c><00:17:20.539><c> for</c><00:17:20.779><c> us?</c><00:17:21.900><c> Carest</c><00:17:22.420><c> thou</c> 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.299 not<00:17:23.039><c> that</c><00:17:23.259><c> we</c><00:17:23.559><c> perish,</c><00:17:24.019><c> they</c><00:17:24.380><c> asked.</c> 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:30.099 And<00:17:25.799><c> the</c><00:17:26.099><c> question</c><00:17:27.039><c> beckoned</c><00:17:28.339><c> a</c><00:17:28.519><c> response</c><00:17:29.099><c> from</c><00:17:29.400><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.859><c> that</c> 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:33.039 was<00:17:30.460><c> firm</c><00:17:30.920><c> and</c><00:17:31.779><c> straightforward.</c> 00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:37.440 Do<00:17:33.680><c> you</c><00:17:34.059><c> care</c><00:17:34.359><c> that</c><00:17:34.559><c> we</c><00:17:34.880><c> perish?</c><00:17:35.920><c> Are</c><00:17:36.140><c> you</c><00:17:36.339><c> in</c><00:17:36.579><c> control</c><00:17:37.000><c> of</c><00:17:37.180><c> the</c> 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:40.240 storm?<00:17:38.640><c> The</c><00:17:39.119><c> answer</c><00:17:39.519><c> of</c><00:17:39.720><c> the</c><00:17:39.940><c> Lord</c> 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.140 went<00:17:40.519><c> right</c><00:17:40.940><c> back</c><00:17:41.200><c> to</c><00:17:41.380><c> the</c><00:17:41.480><c> days</c><00:17:41.680><c> of</c><00:17:41.960><c> Noah.</c><00:17:43.319><c> From</c><00:17:43.519><c> the</c><00:17:43.819><c> first</c> 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:46.140 major<00:17:44.599><c> storm</c><00:17:44.960><c> in</c><00:17:45.259><c> scripture,</c> 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:53.059 the<00:17:47.119><c> storm</c><00:17:47.680><c> is</c><00:17:48.299><c> in</c><00:17:48.640><c> God's</c><00:17:49.240><c> providential</c><00:17:49.819><c> control.</c><00:17:52.079><c> Secondly,</c> 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:56.599 seen<00:17:54.539><c> from</c><00:17:54.759><c> the</c><00:17:55.119><c> experience</c><00:17:55.460><c> of</c><00:17:55.740><c> Noah,</c> 00:17:57.299 --> 00:18:02.740 principle<00:17:57.559><c> number</c><00:17:58.019><c> two,</c><00:17:59.680><c> the</c><00:17:59.880><c> conditions</c><00:18:00.680><c> were</c><00:18:01.400><c> designed</c><00:18:02.220><c> to</c> 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:06.980 remove<00:18:03.740><c> any</c><00:18:04.680><c> confidence</c><00:18:05.400><c> in</c><00:18:05.819><c> human</c><00:18:06.039><c> ability.</c> 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:13.259 A<00:18:08.119><c> fundamental</c><00:18:08.839><c> principle</c><00:18:09.740><c> as</c><00:18:11.059><c> evidenced</c><00:18:11.579><c> here</c><00:18:12.160><c> in</c><00:18:12.859><c> Genesis</c> 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:16.339 6,<00:18:13.720><c> 7,</c><00:18:14.079><c> and</c><00:18:14.180><c> 8</c><00:18:14.579><c> in</c><00:18:14.799><c> the</c><00:18:15.079><c> storm</c><00:18:15.319><c> with</c><00:18:15.599><c> Noah.</c> 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:24.920 The<00:18:17.579><c> conditions</c><00:18:18.099><c> of</c><00:18:18.319><c> the</c><00:18:18.640><c> storm</c><00:18:18.880><c> in</c><00:18:19.099><c> Noah's</c><00:18:19.539><c> day</c><00:18:20.000><c> were</c><00:18:20.660><c> deliberately</c><00:18:21.319><c> designed</c><00:18:22.079><c> to</c><00:18:23.000><c> remove</c><00:18:23.480><c> any</c><00:18:24.180><c> confidence</c> 00:18:24.920 --> 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in</c><00:19:50.559><c> the</c><00:19:50.900><c> storm</c><00:19:51.180><c> each</c><00:19:51.660><c> time</c><00:19:52.119><c> is,</c> 00:19:54.920 --> 00:20:03.539 God<00:19:55.299><c> is</c><00:19:56.039><c> willing</c><00:19:56.440><c> and</c><00:19:57.000><c> God</c><00:19:57.440><c> is</c><00:19:57.920><c> able</c><00:19:58.339><c> to</c><00:19:58.799><c> save,</c><00:20:00.259><c> but</c><00:20:00.779><c> it</c><00:20:01.000><c> is</c><00:20:01.240><c> through</c><00:20:01.559><c> much</c><00:20:02.059><c> tribulation</c><00:20:03.019><c> that</c><00:20:03.359><c> we</c> 00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.319 must<00:20:03.779><c> enter</c><00:20:04.079><c> the</c> 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:08.619 kingdom<00:20:04.559><c> of</c><00:20:04.839><c> God.</c><00:20:06.460><c> In</c><00:20:06.880><c> every</c><00:20:07.339><c> instance</c><00:20:07.759><c> of</c><00:20:08.059><c> scripture</c><00:20:08.400><c> where</c> 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:11.940 the<00:20:08.900><c> storm</c><00:20:09.140><c> is</c><00:20:09.460><c> described,</c><00:20:10.559><c> in</c><00:20:10.740><c> the</c><00:20:11.079><c> Psalms</c><00:20:11.500><c> which</c> 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:16.980 describe<00:20:12.440><c> storms,</c><00:20:13.980><c> we'll</c><00:20:14.220><c> notice</c><00:20:14.500><c> this</c><00:20:14.779><c> week</c><00:20:15.220><c> God's</c><00:20:16.240><c> ways</c><00:20:16.680><c> of</c> 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:19.799 salvation<00:20:17.619><c> are</c><00:20:18.059><c> being</c><00:20:18.440><c> worked</c><00:20:18.759><c> out</c><00:20:19.099><c> as</c><00:20:19.599><c> an</c> 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:24.799 enacted<00:20:20.140><c> parable.</c><00:20:21.819><c> Is</c><00:20:21.980><c> it</c><00:20:22.200><c> true</c><00:20:22.400><c> in</c><00:20:22.559><c> this</c><00:20:22.759><c> first</c><00:20:23.059><c> storm?</c><00:20:24.619><c> Oh</c> 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:27.759 yes,<00:20:25.019><c> we</c><00:20:25.099><c> can</c><00:20:25.359><c> see</c><00:20:25.539><c> in</c><00:20:25.759><c> Noah's</c><00:20:26.160><c> storm</c><00:20:26.539><c> that</c><00:20:27.160><c> God</c><00:20:27.400><c> is</c> 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:31.960 providentially<00:20:28.339><c> in</c><00:20:28.640><c> control</c><00:20:29.279><c> and</c><00:20:30.200><c> it's</c><00:20:30.500><c> obvious</c><00:20:30.920><c> in</c><00:20:31.140><c> the</c><00:20:31.380><c> experience</c><00:20:31.720><c> of</c> 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.779 Noah<00:20:32.140><c> and</c><00:20:32.259><c> his</c><00:20:32.420><c> family</c><00:20:32.920><c> that</c><00:20:33.480><c> there</c><00:20:33.619><c> was</c> 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:38.039 no<00:20:34.000><c> way</c><00:20:34.220><c> they</c><00:20:34.359><c> could</c><00:20:34.559><c> lean</c><00:20:34.779><c> on</c><00:20:34.960><c> the</c><00:20:35.200><c> arm</c><00:20:35.359><c> of</c><00:20:35.700><c> flesh.</c><00:20:37.460><c> The</c><00:20:37.759><c> ark</c> 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:40.920 was<00:20:38.279><c> not</c><00:20:38.480><c> the</c><00:20:38.660><c> result</c><00:20:38.980><c> of</c><00:20:39.240><c> human</c><00:20:39.480><c> ingenuity.</c><00:20:40.640><c> There's</c> 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:44.519 no<00:20:41.119><c> way</c><00:20:41.359><c> that</c><00:20:41.660><c> Noah</c><00:20:41.859><c> and</c><00:20:42.000><c> his</c><00:20:42.180><c> family</c><00:20:42.500><c> could</c><00:20:42.799><c> forecast</c><00:20:43.539><c> the</c><00:20:44.140><c> coming</c><00:20:44.319><c> of</c> 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.539 a<00:20:44.740><c> storm</c><00:20:44.960><c> on</c><00:20:45.160><c> that</c><00:20:45.380><c> scale,</c><00:20:47.099><c> but</c><00:20:47.240><c> most</c> 00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:51.339 importantly,<00:20:49.019><c> as</c><00:20:49.180><c> is</c><00:20:49.480><c> evident</c><00:20:49.759><c> from</c><00:20:50.019><c> the</c><00:20:50.240><c> apostle</c><00:20:50.680><c> Peter's</c> 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:55.480 use<00:20:51.720><c> of</c><00:20:52.000><c> the</c><00:20:52.240><c> ark</c><00:20:52.559><c> and</c><00:20:53.460><c> the</c><00:20:53.740><c> saving</c><00:20:54.019><c> of</c><00:20:54.339><c> those</c><00:20:54.599><c> eight</c><00:20:54.920><c> souls</c> 00:20:55.480 --> 00:21:01.480 and<00:20:56.119><c> how</c><00:20:56.380><c> he</c><00:20:56.660><c> relates</c><00:20:56.980><c> it</c><00:20:57.319><c> to</c><00:20:57.519><c> baptism,</c><00:20:58.859><c> God's</c><00:20:59.440><c> ways</c><00:20:59.799><c> of</c><00:21:00.099><c> salvation</c><00:21:00.779><c> are</c> 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.539 demonstrated<00:21:02.240><c> in</c><00:21:03.140><c> the</c><00:21:03.400><c> flood</c><00:21:03.720><c> and</c><00:21:04.240><c> the</c> 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:13.819 ark.<00:21:05.980><c> God</c><00:21:06.740><c> saved</c><00:21:07.640><c> the</c><00:21:07.960><c> family.</c><00:21:09.140><c> God</c><00:21:09.420><c> gave</c><00:21:09.720><c> instructions</c><00:21:10.579><c> which</c><00:21:10.920><c> required</c><00:21:11.519><c> cooperation.</c><00:21:13.519><c> The</c> 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.559 eight<00:21:14.079><c> in</c><00:21:14.319><c> the</c> 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:19.160 family<00:21:14.960><c> had</c><00:21:15.299><c> to</c><00:21:15.619><c> cooperate</c><00:21:16.160><c> and</c><00:21:16.519><c> obey.</c><00:21:18.119><c> There</c><00:21:18.299><c> was</c><00:21:18.519><c> a</c><00:21:18.700><c> work</c><00:21:18.839><c> of</c> 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.960 faith.<00:21:20.220><c> There</c><00:21:20.359><c> was</c><00:21:20.539><c> a</c><00:21:20.759><c> challenge.</c><00:21:22.099><c> It</c><00:21:22.339><c> required</c> 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:31.779 obedience<00:21:23.799><c> and</c><00:21:24.779><c> most</c><00:21:25.119><c> importantly,</c><00:21:26.339><c> God</c><00:21:26.680><c> did</c><00:21:27.019><c> not</c><00:21:27.380><c> utterly</c><00:21:27.799><c> destroy</c><00:21:28.339><c> the</c><00:21:28.619><c> earth.</c><00:21:29.420><c> He</c><00:21:29.819><c> saved</c><00:21:30.339><c> a</c><00:21:30.799><c> remnant</c> 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:34.799 and<00:21:32.200><c> as</c><00:21:32.339><c> that</c><00:21:32.680><c> family</c><00:21:33.079><c> finally</c><00:21:33.519><c> went</c><00:21:33.720><c> up</c><00:21:33.940><c> on</c><00:21:34.079><c> the</c><00:21:34.240><c> last</c><00:21:34.559><c> day</c> 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:36.039 and<00:21:35.079><c> entered</c><00:21:35.220><c> into</c><00:21:35.500><c> the</c><00:21:35.779><c> ark</c> 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:40.359 and<00:21:36.819><c> his</c><00:21:37.119><c> scripture</c><00:21:37.559><c> specifically</c><00:21:38.359><c> tells</c><00:21:38.859><c> us</c><00:21:39.339><c> that</c><00:21:39.799><c> God</c><00:21:40.220><c> or</c> 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:44.539 the<00:21:40.660><c> angel</c><00:21:41.059><c> closed</c><00:21:41.859><c> that</c><00:21:42.339><c> door</c><00:21:42.720><c> and</c><00:21:43.359><c> sealed</c><00:21:43.660><c> it.</c> 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:52.880 The<00:21:45.920><c> sealing</c><00:21:46.180><c> of</c><00:21:46.400><c> the</c><00:21:46.579><c> door</c><00:21:47.119><c> was</c><00:21:47.880><c> the</c><00:21:48.200><c> mark</c><00:21:48.500><c> of</c><00:21:49.019><c> divine</c><00:21:49.740><c> control</c><00:21:50.700><c> and</c><00:21:51.299><c> divine</c><00:21:51.799><c> willingness</c><00:21:52.319><c> to</c> 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.539 save<00:21:53.259><c> his</c><00:21:53.579><c> people.</c> 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:59.220 In<00:21:55.799><c> some</c><00:21:56.039><c> occasions,</c><00:21:56.759><c> there's</c><00:21:58.180><c> an</c><00:21:58.440><c> additional</c><00:21:58.779><c> principle</c> 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:01.460 besides<00:21:59.740><c> these</c><00:22:00.140><c> three</c><00:22:00.359><c> main</c><00:22:00.579><c> ones.</c> 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:07.019 In<00:22:03.200><c> many</c><00:22:03.480><c> of</c><00:22:03.640><c> the</c><00:22:03.900><c> storms,</c><00:22:05.180><c> there</c><00:22:05.259><c> are</c><00:22:05.599><c> two</c><00:22:05.940><c> groups</c><00:22:06.400><c> of</c><00:22:06.680><c> people</c> 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:11.039 identified,<00:22:08.880><c> not</c><00:22:09.079><c> in</c><00:22:09.259><c> every</c><00:22:09.519><c> storm,</c><00:22:10.440><c> so</c><00:22:10.559><c> this</c><00:22:10.779><c> is</c> 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:15.460 kind<00:22:11.240><c> of</c><00:22:11.359><c> an</c><00:22:11.559><c> auxiliary</c><00:22:12.019><c> possibility.</c><00:22:13.759><c> In</c><00:22:13.900><c> some</c><00:22:14.119><c> of</c><00:22:14.259><c> the</c><00:22:14.500><c> storms,</c><00:22:15.119><c> we</c> 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:18.759 find<00:22:15.819><c> two</c><00:22:16.200><c> groups</c><00:22:16.559><c> of</c><00:22:16.859><c> people.</c><00:22:18.339><c> Think</c><00:22:18.519><c> of</c> 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.200 Noah.<00:22:19.440><c> There</c><00:22:19.539><c> was</c><00:22:19.720><c> Noah</c><00:22:20.220><c> and</c><00:22:20.980><c> there</c><00:22:21.059><c> were</c><00:22:21.240><c> the</c><00:22:21.380><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:22.000><c> on</c> 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:26.619 the<00:22:22.359><c> boat.</c><00:22:23.980><c> Think</c><00:22:24.220><c> of</c><00:22:24.420><c> Paul's</c><00:22:24.900><c> shipwreck,</c><00:22:25.980><c> the</c><00:22:26.200><c> apostle</c> 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:35.759 Paul<00:22:27.259><c> and</c><00:22:28.460><c> those</c><00:22:28.960><c> who</c><00:22:29.200><c> were</c><00:22:29.500><c> on</c><00:22:29.680><c> the</c><00:22:29.920><c> boat</c><00:22:30.160><c> that</c><00:22:30.359><c> were</c><00:22:30.640><c> saved</c><00:22:31.099><c> with</c><00:22:31.440><c> Paul.</c><00:22:33.319><c> So</c><00:22:33.740><c> that</c><00:22:34.420><c> is</c><00:22:34.700><c> always</c><00:22:34.940><c> a</c><00:22:35.200><c> possibility</c> 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:41.480 in<00:22:36.000><c> some</c><00:22:36.180><c> of</c><00:22:36.339><c> the</c><00:22:36.539><c> storms.</c><00:22:37.759><c> The</c><00:22:37.940><c> three</c><00:22:38.240><c> main</c><00:22:38.519><c> principles</c><00:22:38.940><c> again.</c><00:22:40.279><c> Number</c><00:22:40.519><c> one,</c> 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:44.400 that<00:22:42.200><c> the</c><00:22:42.559><c> storm</c><00:22:43.000><c> is</c><00:22:43.660><c> in</c><00:22:43.880><c> God's</c> 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:49.579 providential<00:22:44.940><c> control.</c><00:22:47.119><c> Secondly,</c><00:22:48.339><c> the</c><00:22:48.500><c> conditions</c><00:22:49.059><c> of</c><00:22:49.240><c> the</c> 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:52.900 storm<00:22:49.920><c> are</c><00:22:50.279><c> designed</c><00:22:50.799><c> to</c><00:22:51.160><c> remove</c><00:22:51.599><c> any</c><00:22:52.240><c> confidence</c> 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:59.700 in<00:22:53.220><c> human</c><00:22:53.460><c> ability.</c><00:22:55.660><c> Third</c><00:22:55.960><c> principle,</c><00:22:57.220><c> God's</c><00:22:57.700><c> ways</c><00:22:58.200><c> of</c><00:22:58.619><c> salvation</c><00:22:59.299><c> 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of</c><00:23:29.059><c> some</c><00:23:29.240><c> of</c><00:23:29.359><c> the</c><00:23:29.500><c> other</c> 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:35.940 storms<00:23:30.299><c> beyond</c><00:23:31.220><c> the</c><00:23:31.480><c> Noahic</c><00:23:31.960><c> flood.</c><00:23:32.700><c> We</c><00:23:32.839><c> want</c><00:23:33.000><c> to</c><00:23:33.099><c> get</c><00:23:33.519><c> a</c><00:23:33.859><c> broad</c><00:23:34.160><c> picture.</c><00:23:35.660><c> What</c> 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:37.220 storms<00:23:36.339><c> are</c><00:23:36.500><c> we</c><00:23:36.700><c> thinking</c><00:23:36.900><c> about</c> 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:42.019 this<00:23:37.480><c> week</c><00:23:37.779><c> especially?</c><00:23:39.559><c> And</c><00:23:39.859><c> as</c><00:23:40.099><c> familiar</c><00:23:40.680><c> as</c><00:23:41.059><c> you</c><00:23:41.359><c> are</c><00:23:41.740><c> with</c> 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:44.960 the<00:23:42.259><c> storm</c><00:23:42.500><c> with</c><00:23:42.779><c> Noah</c><00:23:43.119><c> and</c><00:23:44.099><c> some</c><00:23:44.319><c> of</c><00:23:44.420><c> these</c><00:23:44.599><c> other</c> 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:48.940 storms,<00:23:45.940><c> perhaps</c><00:23:46.619><c> you'll</c><00:23:47.259><c> look</c><00:23:47.480><c> at</c><00:23:47.700><c> these</c><00:23:47.960><c> storms</c><00:23:48.380><c> from</c><00:23:48.619><c> a</c> 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:51.660 slightly<00:23:49.279><c> different</c><00:23:49.799><c> perspective,</c><00:23:50.619><c> even</c><00:23:51.400><c> though</c><00:23:51.559><c> you</c> 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:56.539 may<00:23:51.740><c> be</c><00:23:52.039><c> very</c><00:23:52.519><c> familiar</c><00:23:52.940><c> with</c><00:23:53.099><c> the</c><00:23:53.319><c> basic</c><00:23:53.599><c> details.</c><00:23:55.599><c> First,</c> 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:59.599 beyond<00:23:56.920><c> the</c><00:23:57.119><c> Noahic</c><00:23:57.579><c> flood,</c><00:23:59.059><c> what</c><00:23:59.220><c> about</c><00:23:59.420><c> the</c> 00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:06.180 Red<00:23:59.880><c> Sea?</c><00:24:01.079><c> Well,</c><00:24:01.220><c> there</c><00:24:01.339><c> was</c><00:24:01.500><c> water</c><00:24:01.819><c> involved,</c><00:24:03.160><c> cloud,</c><00:24:04.200><c> darkness,</c><00:24:04.920><c> but</c> 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.640 then<00:24:06.359><c> you</c><00:24:06.460><c> might</c><00:24:06.680><c> say</c><00:24:06.900><c> that's</c><00:24:07.220><c> as</c><00:24:07.380><c> far</c><00:24:07.500><c> as</c> 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:14.119 it<00:24:07.819><c> went.</c><00:24:09.240><c> Perhaps</c><00:24:09.599><c> we</c><00:24:09.819><c> might</c><00:24:10.140><c> rule</c><00:24:10.519><c> out</c><00:24:10.880><c> the</c><00:24:11.099><c> Red</c><00:24:11.519><c> Sea</c><00:24:11.819><c> experience</c><00:24:12.619><c> as</c><00:24:13.519><c> having</c><00:24:13.740><c> any</c> 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.900 connection<00:24:14.420><c> with</c><00:24:14.599><c> a</c><00:24:14.880><c> storm,</c> 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:22.859 but<00:24:17.279><c> there</c><00:24:17.420><c> was</c><00:24:17.619><c> a</c><00:24:17.819><c> storm.</c><00:24:19.240><c> There</c><00:24:19.619><c> was</c><00:24:20.259><c> one</c><00:24:20.900><c> horrendous</c><00:24:22.319><c> storm</c> 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:26.000 associated<00:24:23.940><c> with</c><00:24:24.140><c> the</c><00:24:24.299><c> Red</c><00:24:24.559><c> Sea.</c><00:24:25.519><c> I</c><00:24:25.660><c> don't</c><00:24:25.900><c> think</c> 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:28.420 there's<00:24:26.319><c> a</c><00:24:26.500><c> shadow</c><00:24:26.720><c> of</c><00:24:27.000><c> doubt</c><00:24:27.220><c> about</c><00:24:27.579><c> that</c><00:24:27.819><c> as</c><00:24:27.980><c> we</c><00:24:28.119><c> now</c><00:24:28.259><c> look</c> 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:31.819 at<00:24:28.539><c> two</c><00:24:28.700><c> passages.</c><00:24:29.779><c> First,</c><00:24:30.519><c> let's</c><00:24:30.680><c> go</c><00:24:30.799><c> to</c><00:24:31.019><c> Exodus.</c> 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:37.960 There's<00:24:33.200><c> language</c><00:24:33.619><c> used</c><00:24:34.019><c> in</c><00:24:34.339><c> Scripture</c><00:24:34.720><c> to</c><00:24:35.039><c> describe</c><00:24:35.440><c> the</c><00:24:35.599><c> Red</c><00:24:35.940><c> Sea,</c><00:24:37.119><c> which</c><00:24:37.359><c> marks</c><00:24:37.700><c> it</c> 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.819 out<00:24:38.099><c> as</c><00:24:38.359><c> perhaps</c> 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:43.519 the<00:24:39.180><c> second</c><00:24:39.740><c> major</c><00:24:40.279><c> storm</c><00:24:40.619><c> in</c><00:24:40.920><c> Scripture.</c><00:24:42.579><c> First,</c><00:24:43.220><c> Exodus</c> 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.440 chapter<00:24:44.019><c> 15.</c> 00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:56.500 Some<00:24:52.180><c> of</c><00:24:52.380><c> the</c><00:24:52.619><c> terms</c><00:24:53.059><c> used</c><00:24:53.599><c> in</c><00:24:53.920><c> Exodus</c><00:24:54.240><c> 15</c><00:24:54.900><c> and</c><00:24:55.119><c> verse</c><00:24:55.420><c> 8</c><00:24:55.859><c> only</c> 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:59.619 have<00:24:57.079><c> significance</c><00:24:57.740><c> in</c><00:24:58.000><c> light</c><00:24:58.140><c> of</c><00:24:58.359><c> another</c><00:24:58.559><c> passage,</c> 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:04.579 so<00:25:00.019><c> we'll</c><00:25:00.259><c> read</c><00:25:00.460><c> Exodus</c><00:25:00.880><c> 15</c><00:25:01.420><c> first</c><00:25:01.920><c> and</c><00:25:02.660><c> then</c><00:25:02.880><c> bring</c><00:25:03.039><c> the</c><00:25:03.240><c> other</c><00:25:03.440><c> passage</c><00:25:03.839><c> to</c><00:25:04.160><c> bear.</c> 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:09.319 Verse<00:25:06.359><c> 8</c><00:25:06.759><c> of</c><00:25:07.019><c> Exodus</c><00:25:07.380><c> 15,</c> 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:17.079 And<00:25:10.500><c> with</c><00:25:11.500><c> the</c><00:25:11.920><c> blast</c><00:25:12.519><c> of</c><00:25:13.579><c> thy</c><00:25:13.980><c> nostrils,</c><00:25:15.940><c> the</c><00:25:16.220><c> waters</c><00:25:16.740><c> were</c> 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.740 gathered<00:25:17.519><c> together,</c> 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:25.880 the<00:25:19.500><c> floods</c><00:25:20.099><c> stood</c><00:25:20.819><c> upright</c><00:25:21.539><c> as</c><00:25:22.160><c> in</c><00:25:22.460><c> heap,</c><00:25:24.200><c> the</c><00:25:24.700><c> depths</c><00:25:25.160><c> were</c> 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:30.119 congealed<00:25:27.140><c> in</c><00:25:27.839><c> the</c><00:25:28.220><c> heart</c><00:25:28.640><c> of</c><00:25:28.980><c> the</c><00:25:29.240><c> sea.</c> 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:35.859 Now<00:25:31.079><c> for</c><00:25:31.480><c> the</c><00:25:31.799><c> depths</c><00:25:32.180><c> to</c><00:25:32.519><c> be</c><00:25:32.940><c> congealed,</c><00:25:34.380><c> it</c><00:25:34.400><c> would</c><00:25:34.700><c> seem</c><00:25:35.000><c> that</c><00:25:35.279><c> something</c><00:25:35.539><c> is</c> 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:37.240 happening<00:25:36.140><c> on</c><00:25:36.359><c> the</c><00:25:36.660><c> floor</c><00:25:36.920><c> of</c><00:25:37.099><c> the</c> 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:45.240 Red<00:25:37.579><c> Sea</c><00:25:37.900><c> beside</c><00:25:38.400><c> the</c><00:25:38.680><c> two</c><00:25:38.940><c> walls</c><00:25:39.259><c> of</c><00:25:39.539><c> water</c><00:25:40.039><c> through</c><00:25:40.539><c> which</c><00:25:40.740><c> they</c><00:25:41.059><c> passed.</c><00:25:43.259><c> There's</c><00:25:43.619><c> mention</c><00:25:44.039><c> of</c><00:25:44.400><c> a</c><00:25:44.779><c> blast</c> 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:49.039 coming<00:25:45.680><c> from</c><00:25:45.980><c> the</c><00:25:46.220><c> nostrils</c><00:25:46.680><c> of</c><00:25:46.940><c> God.</c><00:25:47.640><c> In</c><00:25:47.799><c> other</c><00:25:48.059><c> words,</c><00:25:48.920><c> if</c> 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:53.079 we<00:25:49.279><c> might</c><00:25:49.480><c> ask</c><00:25:50.240><c> simply</c><00:25:50.900><c> how</c><00:25:51.700><c> did</c><00:25:52.019><c> God</c><00:25:52.319><c> push</c><00:25:52.720><c> those</c> 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:59.799 waters<00:25:53.460><c> back,</c><00:25:54.619><c> he</c><00:25:54.819><c> used,</c><00:25:55.380><c> it</c><00:25:55.700><c> says,</c><00:25:56.059><c> the</c><00:25:56.240><c> blast</c><00:25:56.660><c> of</c><00:25:56.819><c> his</c><00:25:57.039><c> nostrils.</c><00:25:58.640><c> Figuratively</c><00:25:59.160><c> speaking,</c><00:25:59.640><c> God</c> 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.759 is<00:26:00.160><c> using</c> 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:06.160 the<00:26:01.440><c> wind</c><00:26:01.960><c> to</c><00:26:02.559><c> push</c><00:26:03.000><c> back</c><00:26:03.859><c> a</c><00:26:04.500><c> wall</c><00:26:04.700><c> of</c><00:26:04.980><c> water</c><00:26:05.299><c> on</c><00:26:05.519><c> either</c><00:26:05.839><c> side.</c> 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.960 So<00:26:06.359><c> there's</c><00:26:06.599><c> wind</c><00:26:06.900><c> involved,</c> 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.759 strong<00:26:08.740><c> wind</c><00:26:09.339><c> besides</c><00:26:10.720><c> the</c><00:26:11.039><c> darkness</c><00:26:11.500><c> and</c><00:26:11.819><c> the</c><00:26:12.160><c> storm</c><00:26:12.440><c> which</c> 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:15.299 associated<00:26:13.259><c> them</c><00:26:13.779><c> right</c><00:26:14.259><c> up</c><00:26:14.460><c> to</c><00:26:14.619><c> the</c><00:26:14.859><c> brink</c> 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:20.319 of<00:26:15.819><c> the</c><00:26:15.920><c> Red</c><00:26:16.200><c> Sea.</c><00:26:17.299><c> Now</c><00:26:17.519><c> we</c><00:26:17.759><c> said</c><00:26:18.119><c> there</c><00:26:18.819><c> was</c><00:26:19.039><c> more</c><00:26:19.380><c> evidence</c><00:26:19.839><c> that</c><00:26:20.059><c> a</c> 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:22.319 storm<00:26:20.519><c> experience</c><00:26:21.200><c> took</c><00:26:21.480><c> place.</c> 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:25.880 Keeping<00:26:23.140><c> that</c><00:26:23.519><c> verse</c><00:26:23.779><c> in</c><00:26:23.980><c> mind,</c><00:26:24.259><c> would</c><00:26:24.339><c> you</c><00:26:24.460><c> go</c><00:26:24.680><c> over</c><00:26:24.880><c> now</c><00:26:25.059><c> with</c><00:26:25.259><c> me</c> 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:30.740 to<00:26:26.319><c> the</c><00:26:26.539><c> Psalms?</c><00:26:28.839><c> Psalm</c><00:26:29.259><c> 77,</c> 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:38.539 a<00:26:33.160><c> very</c><00:26:33.680><c> interesting</c><00:26:34.400><c> psalm</c><00:26:34.839><c> that</c><00:26:35.000><c> should</c><00:26:35.160><c> be</c><00:26:35.400><c> written</c><00:26:35.599><c> in</c><00:26:35.940><c> pencil</c><00:26:36.259><c> perhaps</c><00:26:36.839><c> beside</c><00:26:37.319><c> Exodus</c><00:26:37.779><c> 15</c> 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:40.519 and<00:26:39.240><c> verse</c><00:26:39.519><c> 8.</c> 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:44.000 A<00:26:41.099><c> very</c><00:26:41.460><c> useful</c><00:26:41.859><c> psalm</c><00:26:42.319><c> to</c><00:26:42.539><c> illuminate</c><00:26:43.099><c> the</c><00:26:43.279><c> experience</c><00:26:43.819><c> of</c> 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.319 the<00:26:44.099><c> Red</c><00:26:44.400><c> Sea.</c> 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:49.460 So<00:26:46.799><c> now</c><00:26:46.799><c> just</c><00:26:47.099><c> notice</c><00:26:47.539><c> carefully</c><00:26:48.059><c> how</c><00:26:48.359><c> the</c><00:26:48.660><c> psalmist</c><00:26:49.039><c> builds</c> 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:52.720 up<00:26:50.599><c> the</c><00:26:50.960><c> scriptural</c><00:26:51.420><c> associations.</c> 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.539 I'm<00:26:55.480><c> going</c><00:26:55.619><c> to</c><00:26:55.740><c> go</c><00:26:55.880><c> to</c><00:26:56.000><c> the</c><00:26:56.099><c> bottom</c><00:26:56.380><c> of</c><00:26:56.579><c> the</c><00:26:56.779><c> psalm</c><00:26:57.200><c> and</c><00:26:57.339><c> then</c> 00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:59.119 go<00:26:57.759><c> back</c><00:26:57.960><c> again.</c> 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.980 Psalm<00:26:59.700><c> 77</c><00:27:00.359><c> verse</c><00:27:00.720><c> 20,</c><00:27:01.759><c> the</c><00:27:01.839><c> reason</c><00:27:02.059><c> I'm</c><00:27:02.180><c> going</c><00:27:02.380><c> to</c><00:27:02.519><c> the</c><00:27:02.640><c> bottom</c> 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:05.839 of<00:27:03.160><c> the</c><00:27:03.400><c> psalm,</c><00:27:03.900><c> I</c><00:27:03.940><c> hope</c><00:27:04.140><c> will</c><00:27:04.299><c> be</c><00:27:04.480><c> now</c><00:27:04.680><c> apparent.</c> 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:10.299 For<00:27:06.900><c> we</c><00:27:07.079><c> are</c><00:27:07.319><c> reading</c><00:27:07.599><c> about</c><00:27:07.960><c> the</c><00:27:08.240><c> Exodus</c><00:27:08.619><c> in</c><00:27:09.160><c> verse</c><00:27:09.339><c> 20</c><00:27:09.920><c> of</c> 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:14.279 Psalm<00:27:10.539><c> 77.</c><00:27:12.160><c> Thou</c><00:27:12.720><c> lettest</c><00:27:13.259><c> thy</c><00:27:13.519><c> people</c> 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:20.799 like<00:27:14.700><c> a</c><00:27:15.059><c> flock</c><00:27:15.380><c> by</c><00:27:16.000><c> the</c><00:27:16.259><c> hand</c><00:27:16.559><c> of</c><00:27:16.779><c> Moses</c><00:27:17.240><c> and</c><00:27:17.700><c> Aaron.</c><00:27:19.859><c> Verse</c><00:27:20.000><c> 19</c> 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.839 mentions<00:27:21.460><c> the</c><00:27:21.839><c> sea.</c> 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:29.160 Verse<00:27:23.880><c> 16</c><00:27:24.579><c> mentions</c><00:27:25.140><c> the</c><00:27:25.500><c> waters.</c><00:27:27.500><c> Verse</c><00:27:27.859><c> 15,</c><00:27:28.700><c> we'll</c><00:27:28.900><c> start</c> 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:31.440 there<00:27:29.539><c> and</c><00:27:29.759><c> come</c><00:27:30.059><c> back</c><00:27:30.319><c> down,</c> 00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:38.920 says<00:27:32.279><c> the</c><00:27:32.559><c> psalmist.</c><00:27:33.980><c> Thou</c><00:27:34.660><c> hast</c><00:27:35.160><c> with</c><00:27:35.859><c> thine</c><00:27:36.480><c> arm</c><00:27:37.319><c> redeemed</c> 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:43.000 thy<00:27:39.359><c> people</c><00:27:40.059><c> the</c><00:27:40.680><c> sons</c><00:27:41.099><c> of</c><00:27:41.420><c> Jacob</c><00:27:41.740><c> and</c><00:27:42.039><c> Joseph.</c> 00:27:43.210 --> 00:27:48.359 The<00:27:43.619><c> waters</c><00:27:44.119><c> saw</c><00:27:44.539><c> thee,</c><00:27:44.920><c> O</c><00:27:44.920><c> God.</c><00:27:45.960><c> The</c><00:27:46.200><c> waters</c><00:27:46.720><c> saw</c><00:27:47.119><c> thee.</c><00:27:48.039><c> They</c> 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.759 were<00:27:48.619><c> afraid.</c><00:27:50.039><c> The</c><00:27:50.380><c> depths</c><00:27:50.839><c> also</c><00:27:51.480><c> were</c><00:27:51.839><c> troubled.</c> 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:57.640 The<00:27:53.140><c> clouds</c><00:27:53.619><c> poured</c><00:27:54.339><c> out</c><00:27:54.740><c> water.</c><00:27:55.839><c> The</c><00:27:56.119><c> skies</c><00:27:56.579><c> sent</c><00:27:57.180><c> out</c><00:27:57.440><c> a</c> 00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:02.400 sound,<00:27:58.640><c> thunder.</c><00:27:59.920><c> Thine</c><00:28:00.279><c> arrows,</c><00:28:01.019><c> lightning.</c><00:28:02.119><c> Thine</c> 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:06.759 arrows<00:28:02.720><c> also</c><00:28:03.299><c> went</c><00:28:03.539><c> abroad.</c><00:28:04.779><c> The</c><00:28:05.079><c> voice</c><00:28:05.519><c> of</c><00:28:05.779><c> thy</c><00:28:06.039><c> thunder</c><00:28:06.480><c> was</c> 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:10.339 in<00:28:06.960><c> the</c><00:28:07.160><c> heaven.</c><00:28:08.220><c> The</c><00:28:08.619><c> lightnings</c><00:28:09.420><c> lighted</c><00:28:09.720><c> the</c><00:28:09.960><c> world.</c> 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:18.940 The<00:28:10.980><c> earth</c><00:28:11.740><c> trembled</c><00:28:13.000><c> and</c><00:28:13.579><c> shook.</c><00:28:15.799><c> Thy</c><00:28:15.859><c> way</c><00:28:16.599><c> is</c><00:28:17.960><c> in</c><00:28:18.140><c> the</c><00:28:18.380><c> sea</c> 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:23.220 and<00:28:20.160><c> thy</c><00:28:20.480><c> path</c><00:28:21.119><c> in</c><00:28:21.619><c> the</c><00:28:21.839><c> great</c><00:28:22.099><c> waters.</c> 00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:28.880 Thy<00:28:24.319><c> footsteps</c><00:28:25.079><c> are</c><00:28:25.740><c> not</c><00:28:26.039><c> known.</c><00:28:27.380><c> Thou</c><00:28:27.619><c> lettest</c><00:28:28.160><c> thy</c><00:28:28.480><c> people</c> 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:31.599 like<00:28:29.180><c> a</c><00:28:29.480><c> flock</c><00:28:29.720><c> by</c><00:28:30.059><c> the</c><00:28:30.339><c> hand</c><00:28:30.640><c> of</c><00:28:30.880><c> Moses</c><00:28:31.299><c> and</c> 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:36.180 Aaron.<00:28:32.420><c> Have</c><00:28:32.579><c> you</c><00:28:32.839><c> appreciated</c><00:28:33.380><c> before,</c><00:28:34.039><c> brothers</c><00:28:34.119><c> and</c><00:28:34.400><c> sisters,</c><00:28:35.940><c> how</c> 00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:38.480 along<00:28:36.539><c> with</c><00:28:36.799><c> Exodus</c><00:28:37.140><c> 15</c><00:28:37.619><c> and</c><00:28:37.839><c> verse</c><00:28:38.099><c> 8,</c> 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:43.599 what<00:28:39.039><c> takes</c><00:28:39.460><c> place</c><00:28:39.859><c> here</c><00:28:40.279><c> at</c><00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.559><c> Red</c><00:28:40.920><c> Sea</c><00:28:41.140><c> is</c><00:28:41.420><c> a</c><00:28:41.779><c> major</c><00:28:42.240><c> storm,</c><00:28:43.259><c> but</c> 00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.079 it's<00:28:43.799><c> more</c><00:28:43.960><c> than</c><00:28:44.200><c> that.</c> 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:52.359 Verse<00:28:46.480><c> 18,</c><00:28:48.039><c> the</c><00:28:48.160><c> very</c><00:28:48.519><c> floor</c><00:28:49.220><c> of</c><00:28:49.640><c> the</c><00:28:49.980><c> Red</c><00:28:50.440><c> Sea</c><00:28:50.839><c> convulsed.</c> 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:56.019 The<00:28:53.039><c> earth</c><00:28:53.720><c> trembled</c><00:28:54.559><c> and</c><00:28:55.119><c> shook.</c> 00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:03.779 In<00:28:58.039><c> the</c><00:28:58.180><c> midst</c><00:28:58.319><c> of</c><00:28:58.539><c> the</c><00:28:58.759><c> storm,</c><00:29:00.400><c> the</c><00:29:00.640><c> voice</c><00:29:01.099><c> and</c><00:29:01.380><c> the</c><00:29:01.619><c> thunderings,</c><00:29:02.900><c> the</c><00:29:03.160><c> arrows</c><00:29:03.480><c> of</c> 00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.240 God,<00:29:04.180><c> the</c><00:29:04.420><c> bolts</c><00:29:04.859><c> of</c> 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:09.720 lightning,<00:29:07.440><c> in</c><00:29:07.640><c> the</c><00:29:07.779><c> midst</c><00:29:08.099><c> of</c><00:29:08.359><c> the</c><00:29:08.599><c> troubled</c><00:29:09.019><c> cauldron</c><00:29:09.480><c> of</c> 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.680 water<00:29:10.119><c> that</c><00:29:10.339><c> finally</c><00:29:10.680><c> was</c><00:29:10.940><c> pushed</c><00:29:11.200><c> back</c><00:29:11.579><c> by</c><00:29:12.539><c> the</c> 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:18.420 blast<00:29:12.920><c> of</c><00:29:13.240><c> God's</c><00:29:13.660><c> nostrils,</c><00:29:15.180><c> as</c><00:29:15.440><c> the</c><00:29:15.759><c> depths</c><00:29:16.059><c> in</c><00:29:16.259><c> verse</c><00:29:16.519><c> 16</c><00:29:17.079><c> were</c><00:29:17.440><c> troubled,</c><00:29:18.180><c> as</c> 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:20.859 the<00:29:18.740><c> clouds</c><00:29:19.200><c> poured</c><00:29:19.779><c> out</c><00:29:20.180><c> water</c> 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:26.299 and<00:29:21.559><c> the</c><00:29:21.799><c> skies</c><00:29:22.279><c> sent</c><00:29:22.619><c> out</c><00:29:22.880><c> their</c><00:29:23.200><c> sound,</c><00:29:24.319><c> in</c><00:29:25.440><c> the</c><00:29:25.720><c> midst</c><00:29:25.960><c> of</c> 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:29.920 all<00:29:26.539><c> of</c><00:29:26.680><c> that</c><00:29:26.980><c> turbulence,</c><00:29:28.720><c> instability,</c> 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:35.220 in<00:29:31.000><c> the</c><00:29:31.420><c> frightfulness</c><00:29:32.119><c> of</c><00:29:32.460><c> the</c><00:29:32.720><c> scene.</c><00:29:34.460><c> Look</c><00:29:34.599><c> at</c><00:29:34.740><c> verse</c><00:29:34.940><c> 20</c> 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:38.799 again.<00:29:36.740><c> It's</c><00:29:36.900><c> like</c><00:29:37.200><c> Psalm</c><00:29:37.480><c> 23.</c> 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:44.539 Think<00:29:40.759><c> of</c><00:29:40.980><c> Psalm</c><00:29:41.200><c> 23</c><00:29:41.859><c> as</c><00:29:42.119><c> you</c><00:29:42.259><c> think</c><00:29:42.380><c> of</c><00:29:42.539><c> the</c><00:29:42.819><c> import</c><00:29:43.299><c> of</c><00:29:43.519><c> verse</c><00:29:43.759><c> 20.</c> 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:49.559 Yea,<00:29:45.640><c> though</c><00:29:45.839><c> I</c><00:29:46.099><c> walk</c><00:29:46.380><c> through</c><00:29:46.579><c> the</c><00:29:46.799><c> valley</c><00:29:47.039><c> of</c><00:29:47.200><c> the</c><00:29:47.420><c> shadow</c><00:29:47.660><c> of</c><00:29:47.940><c> death,</c><00:29:49.279><c> I</c> 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:53.480 will<00:29:49.859><c> fear</c><00:29:50.339><c> no</c><00:29:50.960><c> evil,</c><00:29:51.839><c> for</c><00:29:51.980><c> thou</c><00:29:52.339><c> art</c><00:29:52.700><c> with</c><00:29:53.000><c> me.</c> 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:58.339 Thou<00:29:54.339><c> lettest</c><00:29:54.839><c> thy</c><00:29:55.140><c> people</c><00:29:55.599><c> like</c><00:29:55.880><c> a</c><00:29:56.240><c> flock</c><00:29:56.599><c> by</c><00:29:57.519><c> the</c><00:29:57.859><c> hand</c><00:29:58.119><c> of</c> 00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:00.039 Moses<00:29:58.759><c> and</c><00:29:59.099><c> Aaron.</c> 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:03.539 You<00:30:01.079><c> see,</c><00:30:01.539><c> brothers</c><00:30:01.640><c> and</c><00:30:01.920><c> sisters,</c><00:30:02.519><c> like</c><00:30:02.680><c> with</c><00:30:02.920><c> the</c><00:30:03.140><c> flood</c><00:30:03.299><c> of</c> 00:30:03.539 --> 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there's</c><00:30:20.140><c> a</c><00:30:20.380><c> veritable</c><00:30:20.900><c> earthquake</c><00:30:21.640><c> and</c><00:30:22.900><c> the</c><00:30:23.200><c> waters</c><00:30:23.599><c> are</c><00:30:23.920><c> a</c><00:30:24.180><c> cauldron</c> 00:30:25.390 --> 00:30:29.000 and<00:30:25.759><c> the</c><00:30:26.000><c> blast</c><00:30:26.339><c> of</c><00:30:26.559><c> God's</c><00:30:27.160><c> nostrils</c><00:30:27.619><c> is</c><00:30:27.779><c> being</c><00:30:28.079><c> used</c><00:30:28.480><c> on</c><00:30:28.680><c> that</c> 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.660 scene<00:30:29.220><c> to</c><00:30:29.819><c> push</c><00:30:30.119><c> back</c><00:30:30.420><c> the</c><00:30:30.660><c> waters.</c> 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:43.460 The<00:30:34.359><c> psalmist</c><00:30:34.920><c> here</c><00:30:36.160><c> in</c><00:30:36.619><c> Psalm</c><00:30:36.880><c> 77</c><00:30:37.859><c> can</c><00:30:38.960><c> say</c><00:30:39.140><c> in</c><00:30:39.339><c> verse</c><00:30:39.519><c> 19,</c><00:30:41.440><c> thy</c><00:30:41.599><c> way</c><00:30:42.319><c> is</c> 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.880 in<00:30:43.779><c> the</c><00:30:44.059><c> sea.</c> 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:52.920 This<00:30:46.359><c> is</c><00:30:46.599><c> God's</c><00:30:47.160><c> way.</c><00:30:49.160><c> This</c><00:30:49.539><c> is</c><00:30:50.140><c> the</c><00:30:50.339><c> way</c><00:30:50.700><c> he</c><00:30:51.019><c> works</c><00:30:51.400><c> with</c><00:30:51.619><c> his</c><00:30:51.940><c> people.</c> 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:57.200 This<00:30:54.140><c> scene</c><00:30:54.440><c> is</c><00:30:54.779><c> repeated</c><00:30:55.220><c> again</c><00:30:55.740><c> and</c><00:30:55.940><c> again</c><00:30:56.259><c> and</c><00:30:56.420><c> again</c><00:30:56.960><c> in</c> 00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:00.240 the<00:30:57.519><c> experience</c><00:30:57.859><c> of</c><00:30:58.079><c> disciples,</c><00:30:58.839><c> Old</c><00:30:59.000><c> and</c><00:30:59.059><c> New</c><00:30:59.259><c> Testament.</c> 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:04.799 When<00:31:00.940><c> everything</c><00:31:01.519><c> seems</c><00:31:01.880><c> to</c><00:31:02.019><c> be</c><00:31:02.200><c> going</c><00:31:02.359><c> apart,</c><00:31:03.559><c> when</c><00:31:03.700><c> the</c><00:31:03.940><c> world</c><00:31:04.160><c> around</c><00:31:04.619><c> us</c> 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.920 may<00:31:05.160><c> seem</c><00:31:05.480><c> to</c><00:31:05.740><c> be</c><00:31:06.079><c> falling</c><00:31:06.339><c> literally</c><00:31:06.859><c> apart,</c> 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:12.279 as<00:31:08.380><c> Moses</c><00:31:08.880><c> and</c><00:31:09.140><c> the</c><00:31:09.539><c> children</c><00:31:09.960><c> behind</c><00:31:10.519><c> him,</c><00:31:11.359><c> their</c><00:31:11.700><c> wives</c><00:31:12.099><c> and</c> 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:14.359 their<00:31:12.539><c> husbands,</c><00:31:13.980><c> stood</c><00:31:14.359><c> there</c> 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:18.039 on<00:31:14.680><c> the</c><00:31:14.980><c> brink</c><00:31:15.180><c> of</c><00:31:15.380><c> the</c><00:31:15.460><c> Red</c><00:31:15.799><c> Sea,</c><00:31:16.359><c> as</c><00:31:16.519><c> Moses</c><00:31:16.980><c> opened</c><00:31:17.599><c> up</c><00:31:17.859><c> with</c> 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:20.220 his<00:31:18.380><c> arm</c><00:31:18.819><c> and</c><00:31:19.319><c> said</c><00:31:19.599><c> to</c><00:31:19.799><c> the</c><00:31:19.960><c> people,</c> 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:25.599 stand<00:31:20.740><c> still</c><00:31:21.079><c> and</c><00:31:21.279><c> see</c><00:31:21.420><c> the</c><00:31:21.660><c> salvation</c><00:31:22.079><c> of</c><00:31:22.339><c> God,</c><00:31:23.279><c> those</c><00:31:23.619><c> people</c><00:31:24.000><c> were</c><00:31:24.299><c> terrified.</c> 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:31.980 And<00:31:26.420><c> as</c><00:31:26.640><c> they</c><00:31:26.980><c> saw</c><00:31:27.240><c> the</c><00:31:27.440><c> Red</c><00:31:27.839><c> Sea</c><00:31:28.180><c> brood</c><00:31:29.039><c> and</c><00:31:30.299><c> come</c><00:31:30.700><c> to</c><00:31:30.940><c> a</c><00:31:31.200><c> tempest</c><00:31:31.680><c> and</c> 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.640 the<00:31:32.259><c> waves</c><00:31:32.640><c> be</c><00:31:32.920><c> pushed</c><00:31:33.180><c> back,</c> 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:40.180 and<00:31:34.160><c> Moses</c><00:31:34.519><c> turned</c><00:31:34.980><c> and</c><00:31:35.220><c> said,</c><00:31:35.380><c> follow</c><00:31:35.759><c> me,</c><00:31:36.579><c> move,</c><00:31:37.779><c> and</c><00:31:38.180><c> directed</c><00:31:38.660><c> his</c><00:31:39.019><c> people</c><00:31:39.240><c> like</c><00:31:39.500><c> a</c><00:31:39.779><c> flock,</c> 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:46.000 Aaron<00:31:40.839><c> marching</c><00:31:41.319><c> with</c><00:31:41.619><c> them.</c><00:31:42.640><c> It</c><00:31:42.640><c> was</c><00:31:42.819><c> like</c><00:31:43.079><c> Psalm</c><00:31:43.339><c> 23.</c><00:31:45.559><c> Although</c><00:31:45.779><c> there</c> 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:48.500 was<00:31:46.299><c> tempest</c><00:31:46.819><c> all</c><00:31:47.160><c> around</c><00:31:47.460><c> them,</c> 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:53.859 in<00:31:48.619><c> the</c><00:31:48.880><c> midst</c><00:31:49.119><c> of</c><00:31:49.319><c> the</c><00:31:49.660><c> storm,</c><00:31:50.319><c> he</c><00:31:50.480><c> says</c><00:31:50.720><c> in</c><00:31:50.920><c> verse</c><00:31:51.180><c> 19,</c><00:31:53.579><c> thy</c> 00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:57.519 way<00:31:54.259><c> is</c><00:31:54.779><c> in</c><00:31:55.079><c> the</c><00:31:55.200><c> sea.</c><00:31:55.839><c> What</c><00:31:56.079><c> does</c><00:31:56.279><c> that</c><00:31:56.579><c> mean?</c> 00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:03.559 God's<00:31:58.900><c> way</c><00:31:59.319><c> of</c><00:31:59.740><c> salvation</c><00:32:00.380><c> is</c><00:32:00.660><c> being</c><00:32:01.019><c> demonstrated.</c><00:32:02.140><c> The</c><00:32:02.519><c> storm</c><00:32:03.119><c> is</c> 00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:06.099 not<00:32:03.920><c> other</c><00:32:04.420><c> than</c><00:32:04.779><c> his</c><00:32:05.119><c> way.</c> 00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:11.619 It<00:32:06.619><c> is</c><00:32:07.000><c> part</c><00:32:07.480><c> of</c><00:32:07.900><c> his</c><00:32:08.140><c> way.</c><00:32:09.799><c> It</c><00:32:09.880><c> is</c><00:32:10.140><c> an</c><00:32:10.400><c> integral</c><00:32:10.740><c> part</c><00:32:11.200><c> in</c><00:32:11.359><c> the</c> 00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:13.140 saving<00:32:11.819><c> of</c><00:32:12.019><c> his</c><00:32:12.259><c> people,</c> 00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:16.380 to<00:32:13.420><c> put</c><00:32:13.759><c> them</c><00:32:14.039><c> through</c><00:32:14.420><c> the</c><00:32:14.740><c> storms</c><00:32:15.079><c> of</c><00:32:15.339><c> life.</c> 00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:21.960 The<00:32:18.240><c> disciples,</c><00:32:19.000><c> brothers</c><00:32:19.160><c> and</c><00:32:19.440><c> sisters,</c><00:32:20.519><c> experienced</c><00:32:21.000><c> a</c><00:32:21.299><c> storm</c><00:32:21.579><c> on</c> 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.400 Galilee,<00:32:23.000><c> not</c><00:32:23.299><c> once.</c> 00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:32.259 Twice<00:32:25.900><c> he</c><00:32:26.160><c> put</c><00:32:26.339><c> them</c><00:32:26.500><c> in</c><00:32:26.640><c> a</c><00:32:26.779><c> boat.</c><00:32:27.799><c> Twice</c><00:32:28.160><c> he</c><00:32:28.380><c> put</c><00:32:28.519><c> them</c><00:32:28.680><c> on</c><00:32:29.000><c> Galilee.</c><00:32:30.059><c> Twice</c><00:32:30.480><c> they</c><00:32:30.700><c> went</c><00:32:30.880><c> through</c><00:32:31.119><c> a</c><00:32:31.400><c> storm.</c> 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:35.599 Twice<00:32:32.799><c> they</c><00:32:33.079><c> despaired</c><00:32:33.599><c> for</c><00:32:33.799><c> their</c><00:32:34.000><c> lives.</c><00:32:35.200><c> Twice</c><00:32:35.299><c> their</c> 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:39.940 hearts<00:32:35.960><c> failed.</c><00:32:38.000><c> Twice</c><00:32:38.240><c> they</c><00:32:38.759><c> questioned.</c> 00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:46.740 Twice<00:32:41.660><c> their</c><00:32:42.400><c> faith</c><00:32:43.000><c> advanced</c><00:32:43.940><c> in</c><00:32:44.960><c> the</c><00:32:45.339><c> storm,</c><00:32:46.099><c> through</c><00:32:46.420><c> the</c> 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:49.160 storm,<00:32:47.640><c> by</c><00:32:47.940><c> the</c><00:32:48.259><c> storm.</c> 00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:54.799 Noah<00:32:50.839><c> learned</c><00:32:51.400><c> the</c><00:32:51.700><c> same</c><00:32:52.039><c> with</c><00:32:52.339><c> the</c><00:32:52.539><c> eight.</c><00:32:53.859><c> Moses,</c><00:32:54.640><c> Aaron,</c> 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:58.579 and<00:32:55.079><c> Israel</c><00:32:55.660><c> found</c><00:32:56.420><c> that</c><00:32:56.759><c> in</c><00:32:57.140><c> the</c><00:32:57.460><c> sea</c><00:32:57.759><c> and</c><00:32:57.940><c> the</c><00:32:58.299><c> storm</c> 00:32:58.579 --> 00:33:03.680 was<00:32:58.839><c> God's</c><00:32:59.339><c> way.</c><00:33:01.019><c> And</c><00:33:01.160><c> those</c><00:33:01.400><c> points</c><00:33:01.720><c> again</c><00:33:02.119><c> then</c><00:33:03.059><c> stand</c><00:33:03.460><c> out</c> 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:07.140 perhaps<00:33:04.079><c> even</c><00:33:04.359><c> more</c><00:33:04.759><c> clearly</c><00:33:05.039><c> now</c><00:33:05.480><c> at</c><00:33:05.759><c> the</c><00:33:05.900><c> Red</c><00:33:06.220><c> Sea.</c> 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:11.400 Number<00:33:07.900><c> one,</c><00:33:08.900><c> the</c><00:33:09.220><c> storm</c><00:33:09.480><c> at</c><00:33:09.660><c> the</c><00:33:09.819><c> Red</c><00:33:10.140><c> Sea</c><00:33:10.380><c> was</c><00:33:10.599><c> in</c><00:33:10.859><c> God's</c> 00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:13.079 providential<00:33:11.960><c> control.</c> 00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:21.420 Number<00:33:14.039><c> two,</c><00:33:15.099><c> the</c><00:33:15.299><c> conditions</c><00:33:15.779><c> at</c><00:33:15.980><c> the</c><00:33:16.140><c> Red</c><00:33:16.460><c> Sea</c><00:33:16.940><c> were</c><00:33:17.539><c> deliberately</c><00:33:18.299><c> designed</c><00:33:18.980><c> to</c><00:33:19.559><c> remove</c><00:33:20.160><c> any</c><00:33:20.839><c> confidence</c> 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:27.019 in<00:33:21.660><c> human</c><00:33:21.880><c> ability.</c><00:33:23.420><c> Number</c><00:33:23.759><c> three,</c><00:33:25.000><c> in</c><00:33:25.200><c> the</c><00:33:25.460><c> Red</c><00:33:25.720><c> Sea</c><00:33:25.880><c> experience</c><00:33:26.619><c> and</c> 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:29.019 the<00:33:27.359><c> storm</c><00:33:27.619><c> and</c><00:33:27.799><c> the</c><00:33:28.000><c> earthquake,</c> 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:35.619 God's<00:33:30.039><c> ways</c><00:33:30.400><c> of</c><00:33:30.700><c> salvation.</c><00:33:32.279><c> And</c><00:33:32.500><c> we</c><00:33:32.680><c> also</c><00:33:33.019><c> said,</c><00:33:34.339><c> bear</c><00:33:34.460><c> in</c><00:33:34.700><c> mind</c><00:33:34.880><c> that</c><00:33:35.160><c> often</c><00:33:35.420><c> in</c> 00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.759 some<00:33:35.759><c> of</c><00:33:35.880><c> these</c><00:33:36.079><c> storms</c><00:33:36.460><c> there's</c> 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:41.619 two<00:33:37.000><c> groups</c><00:33:37.279><c> of</c><00:33:37.539><c> people.</c><00:33:38.740><c> Not</c><00:33:39.200><c> true</c><00:33:39.480><c> with</c><00:33:39.740><c> Noah,</c><00:33:40.940><c> but</c><00:33:41.160><c> it</c><00:33:41.380><c> is</c> 00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:45.220 true<00:33:41.819><c> here,</c><00:33:43.259><c> for</c><00:33:43.380><c> at</c><00:33:43.559><c> the</c><00:33:43.740><c> Red</c><00:33:44.079><c> Sea</c><00:33:44.339><c> there's</c><00:33:44.660><c> two</c><00:33:44.940><c> groups</c> 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:49.779 of<00:33:45.519><c> people</c><00:33:45.720><c> moving</c><00:33:46.039><c> through</c><00:33:46.400><c> the</c><00:33:46.740><c> envelope</c><00:33:47.099><c> of</c><00:33:47.380><c> water.</c><00:33:49.220><c> There's</c><00:33:49.619><c> the</c> 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.900 people<00:33:50.019><c> of</c><00:33:50.200><c> Israel,</c><00:33:51.480><c> the</c><00:33:51.660><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:56.079 the<00:33:53.299><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:53.859><c> in</c><00:33:54.140><c> the</c><00:33:54.279><c> wilderness,</c><00:33:55.259><c> and</c><00:33:55.539><c> there's</c><00:33:55.759><c> a</c><00:33:55.880><c> mixed</c> 00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:59.619 multitude.<00:33:57.660><c> Two</c><00:33:58.140><c> groups</c><00:33:58.440><c> of</c><00:33:58.759><c> people.</c> 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:05.579 Do<00:34:01.119><c> we</c><00:34:01.480><c> doubt</c><00:34:01.759><c> that</c><00:34:02.000><c> the</c><00:34:02.200><c> Red</c><00:34:02.579><c> Sea</c><00:34:02.819><c> is</c><00:34:03.079><c> working</c><00:34:03.339><c> out</c><00:34:03.660><c> principles</c><00:34:04.079><c> of</c><00:34:04.359><c> salvation?</c><00:34:05.500><c> Well,</c> 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.119 the<00:34:05.759><c> apostle</c> 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:09.840 Paul<00:34:06.500><c> in</c><00:34:06.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:07.279><c> says</c><00:34:07.839><c> that</c><00:34:08.340><c> Moses</c><00:34:08.780><c> and</c><00:34:09.019><c> Israel</c><00:34:09.480><c> were</c> 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:13.199 baptized<00:34:10.840><c> in</c><00:34:11.320><c> the</c><00:34:11.639><c> cloud</c><00:34:11.980><c> as</c><00:34:12.440><c> they</c><00:34:12.719><c> moved</c><00:34:12.960><c> through</c> 00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:20.219 the<00:34:13.280><c> Red</c><00:34:13.599><c> Sea.</c><00:34:14.800><c> No</c><00:34:15.079><c> doubt,</c><00:34:16.320><c> lessons</c><00:34:16.480><c> of</c><00:34:16.719><c> salvation.</c><00:34:19.980><c> Jonah</c> 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.659 chapter<00:34:21.460><c> two.</c> 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:28.280 Just<00:34:25.360><c> sampling</c><00:34:26.000><c> sections</c><00:34:26.900><c> that</c><00:34:27.059><c> we're</c><00:34:27.260><c> going</c><00:34:27.440><c> to</c><00:34:27.599><c> go</c><00:34:27.840><c> back</c><00:34:28.079><c> to</c> 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:32.079 later<00:34:28.559><c> in</c><00:34:28.699><c> the</c><00:34:28.860><c> week</c><00:34:29.199><c> and</c><00:34:29.960><c> look</c><00:34:30.159><c> at</c><00:34:30.480><c> in</c><00:34:30.800><c> greater</c><00:34:31.039><c> detail.</c> 00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.639 Let's<00:34:34.440><c> go</c><00:34:34.619><c> to</c><00:34:34.820><c> Jonah.</c> 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:42.960 Jonah<00:34:40.760><c> chapter</c><00:34:41.320><c> two.</c> 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:51.019 Perhaps<00:34:49.119><c> before</c><00:34:49.500><c> we</c><00:34:49.639><c> look</c><00:34:49.760><c> at</c><00:34:49.860><c> some</c><00:34:50.039><c> of</c><00:34:50.159><c> the</c><00:34:50.340><c> details</c><00:34:50.719><c> there,</c> 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:54.360 we<00:34:51.179><c> could</c><00:34:51.500><c> step</c><00:34:51.840><c> back</c><00:34:52.420><c> by</c><00:34:52.820><c> way</c><00:34:53.059><c> of</c><00:34:53.280><c> introduction.</c> 00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:58.980 Let's<00:34:55.659><c> just</c><00:34:55.960><c> step</c><00:34:56.159><c> back</c><00:34:56.480><c> to</c><00:34:56.699><c> Jonah</c><00:34:56.960><c> one</c><00:34:57.980><c> before</c><00:34:58.559><c> we</c><00:34:58.760><c> look</c><00:34:58.860><c> at</c> 00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:01.639 the<00:34:59.159><c> verse</c><00:34:59.380><c> in</c><00:34:59.619><c> mind</c><00:34:59.820><c> in</c><00:35:00.119><c> chapter</c><00:35:00.440><c> two.</c> 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:06.280 So<00:35:02.139><c> let's</c><00:35:02.460><c> have</c><00:35:02.639><c> Jonah</c><00:35:02.900><c> open</c><00:35:03.679><c> chapter</c><00:35:04.219><c> one</c><00:35:04.860><c> verse</c><00:35:05.400><c> four.</c> 00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:15.420 And<00:35:08.119><c> the</c><00:35:08.239><c> Lord</c><00:35:08.840><c> sent</c><00:35:09.500><c> out</c><00:35:10.099><c> a</c><00:35:10.820><c> great</c><00:35:11.340><c> wind</c><00:35:12.099><c> into</c><00:35:13.219><c> the</c><00:35:13.559><c> sea</c><00:35:14.139><c> and</c><00:35:14.760><c> there</c><00:35:14.940><c> was</c><00:35:15.159><c> a</c> 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:18.159 mighty<00:35:15.820><c> tempest</c><00:35:16.519><c> in</c><00:35:16.900><c> the</c><00:35:17.179><c> sea</c> 00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:24.940 so<00:35:18.639><c> that</c><00:35:18.820><c> the</c><00:35:19.059><c> ship</c><00:35:19.239><c> was</c><00:35:19.579><c> like</c><00:35:19.739><c> to</c><00:35:19.960><c> be</c><00:35:20.159><c> broken.</c><00:35:22.219><c> Now</c><00:35:22.420><c> do</c><00:35:22.519><c> you</c><00:35:22.639><c> see</c><00:35:22.739><c> these</c><00:35:23.000><c> principles</c><00:35:23.380><c> beginning</c><00:35:23.739><c> to</c><00:35:24.000><c> emerge?</c> 00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:30.659 Number<00:35:26.440><c> one,</c><00:35:26.940><c> the</c><00:35:27.039><c> storm</c><00:35:27.500><c> is</c><00:35:27.719><c> in</c><00:35:27.920><c> God's</c><00:35:28.480><c> providential</c><00:35:29.019><c> control.</c><00:35:30.500><c> Jonah</c> 00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:32.820 chapter<00:35:31.119><c> one</c><00:35:31.480><c> starts</c><00:35:31.880><c> off</c><00:35:32.340><c> in</c><00:35:32.539><c> verse</c> 00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:39.320 four,<00:35:34.199><c> making</c><00:35:34.219><c> very</c><00:35:34.920><c> clear</c><00:35:35.340><c> that</c><00:35:35.659><c> the</c><00:35:35.980><c> great</c><00:35:36.300><c> wind,</c><00:35:37.460><c> the</c><00:35:37.679><c> tempest</c><00:35:38.760><c> is</c> 00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:42.000 sent<00:35:39.619><c> from</c><00:35:39.860><c> him.</c><00:35:40.320><c> So</c><00:35:40.460><c> he's</c><00:35:40.739><c> in</c><00:35:40.980><c> control.</c> 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:47.820 Number<00:35:42.659><c> two,</c><00:35:43.900><c> conditions</c><00:35:44.280><c> are</c><00:35:44.599><c> designed</c><00:35:45.199><c> to</c><00:35:46.019><c> remove</c><00:35:46.519><c> any</c><00:35:47.039><c> confidence</c><00:35:47.519><c> in</c> 00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.940 human<00:35:48.019><c> ability.</c> 00:35:49.230 --> 00:35:53.920 Now<00:35:49.559><c> look</c><00:35:49.840><c> what</c><00:35:49.980><c> happens</c><00:35:50.400><c> to</c><00:35:50.659><c> Jonah</c><00:35:50.900><c> and</c><00:35:51.179><c> the</c><00:35:51.400><c> ship.</c><00:35:52.659><c> All</c><00:35:53.159><c> confidence</c><00:35:53.739><c> in</c> 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.800 themselves<00:35:54.500><c> is</c><00:35:54.980><c> taken</c><00:35:55.179><c> away,</c> 00:35:56.239 --> 00:36:00.400 for<00:35:56.280><c> at</c><00:35:56.480><c> the</c><00:35:56.519><c> end</c><00:35:56.699><c> of</c><00:35:56.820><c> verse</c><00:35:57.059><c> four,</c><00:35:58.119><c> the</c><00:35:58.139><c> ship</c><00:35:58.739><c> was</c><00:35:59.460><c> like</c><00:35:59.800><c> to</c><00:36:00.199><c> be</c> 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:03.960 broken.<00:36:01.820><c> And</c><00:36:01.940><c> verse</c><00:36:02.179><c> five,</c><00:36:03.079><c> the</c><00:36:03.239><c> mariners</c><00:36:03.820><c> are</c> 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:07.960 afraid<00:36:04.440><c> with</c><00:36:04.719><c> Jonah</c><00:36:05.099><c> and</c><00:36:05.699><c> they</c><00:36:06.059><c> cry</c><00:36:06.400><c> every</c><00:36:06.800><c> man</c><00:36:07.059><c> unto</c><00:36:07.260><c> his</c><00:36:07.559><c> God</c> 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:10.599 and<00:36:08.400><c> cast</c><00:36:08.780><c> forth</c><00:36:09.119><c> the</c><00:36:09.420><c> wares</c><00:36:09.739><c> that</c><00:36:09.920><c> were</c><00:36:10.019><c> in</c><00:36:10.199><c> the</c><00:36:10.420><c> ship</c> 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:17.619 into<00:36:10.800><c> the</c><00:36:11.039><c> sea</c><00:36:11.320><c> to</c><00:36:11.860><c> lighten</c><00:36:12.179><c> it.</c><00:36:14.760><c> Despair,</c><00:36:15.659><c> perplexity,</c><00:36:17.440><c> the</c> 00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:19.860 language<00:36:18.019><c> of</c><00:36:18.159><c> the</c><00:36:18.360><c> Olivet</c><00:36:18.659><c> prophecy,</c><00:36:19.400><c> bring</c><00:36:19.639><c> it</c> 00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:23.920 to<00:36:20.039><c> bear.</c><00:36:21.400><c> Man's</c><00:36:21.960><c> hearts</c><00:36:22.440><c> failing</c><00:36:22.980><c> them</c><00:36:23.199><c> for</c><00:36:23.460><c> things</c><00:36:23.739><c> that</c> 00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.900 are<00:36:24.119><c> coming</c><00:36:24.300><c> upon</c><00:36:24.659><c> the</c><00:36:24.900><c> earth.</c><00:36:25.920><c> Man's</c><00:36:26.320><c> hearts</c><00:36:26.519><c> failing</c> 00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:32.960 them.<00:36:28.659><c> Perplexity.</c><00:36:31.219><c> You</c><00:36:31.599><c> see</c><00:36:31.739><c> the</c><00:36:31.880><c> language</c><00:36:32.260><c> of</c><00:36:32.400><c> the</c><00:36:32.659><c> Olivet</c> 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:36.539 prophecy<00:36:33.739><c> captures</c><00:36:35.099><c> all</c><00:36:35.539><c> of</c><00:36:35.699><c> these</c><00:36:35.920><c> storms</c><00:36:36.360><c> in</c> 00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:39.920 Old<00:36:36.960><c> Testament.</c><00:36:38.139><c> And</c><00:36:38.480><c> certainly</c><00:36:38.760><c> it's</c><00:36:38.980><c> the</c><00:36:39.199><c> case</c><00:36:39.420><c> here</c><00:36:39.659><c> with</c> 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:43.260 Jonah<00:36:40.199><c> and</c><00:36:40.519><c> the</c><00:36:40.760><c> mariners.</c><00:36:41.860><c> They</c><00:36:41.940><c> were</c><00:36:42.219><c> despairing</c> 00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.039 for<00:36:43.579><c> their</c><00:36:43.860><c> very</c><00:36:44.179><c> lives.</c><00:36:45.219><c> The</c><00:36:45.519><c> ship</c><00:36:45.760><c> was</c><00:36:46.039><c> ready</c><00:36:46.300><c> to</c><00:36:46.500><c> be</c><00:36:46.739><c> broken</c> 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:50.539 like<00:36:47.360><c> a</c><00:36:47.579><c> matchstick.</c><00:36:48.960><c> The</c><00:36:49.300><c> mariners</c><00:36:49.820><c> ball</c><00:36:50.179><c> out</c> 00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:55.800 in<00:36:50.780><c> their</c><00:36:51.679><c> terror.</c><00:36:52.340><c> They</c><00:36:52.960><c> call</c><00:36:53.300><c> to</c><00:36:53.460><c> their</c><00:36:53.719><c> gods</c><00:36:54.199><c> to</c><00:36:54.679><c> no</c><00:36:54.940><c> avail.</c> 00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:57.699 And<00:36:56.320><c> they</c><00:36:56.559><c> say</c><00:36:56.679><c> in</c><00:36:56.840><c> verse</c><00:36:57.059><c> six,</c> 00:36:57.699 --> 00:37:02.679 To<00:36:58.400><c> Jonah,</c><00:36:59.440><c> what</c><00:36:59.519><c> meanest</c><00:36:59.960><c> thou,</c><00:37:00.179><c> O</c><00:37:00.460><c> sleeper?</c><00:37:01.579><c> Arise,</c><00:37:02.380><c> call</c> 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:06.139 upon<00:37:03.039><c> thy</c><00:37:03.400><c> God.</c><00:37:04.480><c> If</c><00:37:04.659><c> so</c><00:37:04.900><c> be</c><00:37:05.119><c> that</c><00:37:05.340><c> God</c><00:37:05.679><c> will</c><00:37:05.920><c> think</c> 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:10.780 upon<00:37:06.500><c> us</c><00:37:06.820><c> that</c><00:37:07.420><c> we</c><00:37:07.760><c> perish</c><00:37:08.099><c> not.</c><00:37:09.300><c> It</c><00:37:09.519><c> sounds</c><00:37:09.699><c> like</c><00:37:09.920><c> the</c><00:37:10.179><c> disciples</c><00:37:10.539><c> to</c> 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:14.219 Jesus.<00:37:12.239><c> Carest</c><00:37:12.579><c> thou</c><00:37:12.780><c> not?</c><00:37:13.639><c> They</c><00:37:14.019><c> said</c> 00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:20.440 that<00:37:14.400><c> we</c><00:37:14.679><c> perish.</c><00:37:16.219><c> Their</c><00:37:16.519><c> words</c><00:37:17.079><c> echo</c><00:37:17.539><c> the</c><00:37:17.800><c> words</c><00:37:18.280><c> of</c><00:37:18.579><c> the</c><00:37:18.820><c> mariners</c><00:37:19.719><c> here</c><00:37:20.199><c> in</c> 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:23.820 Jonah's<00:37:20.920><c> day.</c><00:37:22.280><c> All</c><00:37:22.699><c> men</c><00:37:23.099><c> and</c><00:37:23.519><c> women,</c> 00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:27.900 all<00:37:24.159><c> disciples,</c><00:37:25.059><c> 12</c><00:37:25.480><c> men</c><00:37:25.739><c> included,</c><00:37:26.780><c> in</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.159><c> midst</c><00:37:27.420><c> of</c><00:37:27.639><c> the</c> 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:30.760 storm<00:37:28.320><c> have</c><00:37:29.059><c> this</c><00:37:29.420><c> thought</c><00:37:29.619><c> that</c><00:37:29.820><c> comes</c><00:37:30.059><c> to</c><00:37:30.340><c> mind.</c> 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:38.199 Do<00:37:31.519><c> you</c><00:37:31.820><c> not</c><00:37:32.320><c> care</c><00:37:32.760><c> that</c><00:37:33.059><c> we</c><00:37:33.340><c> perish?</c><00:37:36.239><c> And</c><00:37:36.400><c> then</c><00:37:36.699><c> thirdly,</c><00:37:38.079><c> in</c> 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.480 the<00:37:38.280><c> case</c><00:37:38.539><c> of</c><00:37:38.780><c> Jonah,</c> 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:44.079 God's<00:37:40.039><c> ways</c><00:37:40.400><c> of</c><00:37:40.679><c> salvation</c><00:37:41.219><c> are</c><00:37:41.420><c> being</c><00:37:41.780><c> demonstrated.</c><00:37:43.760><c> How</c> 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:47.039 do<00:37:44.260><c> you</c><00:37:44.440><c> know</c><00:37:44.719><c> that?</c><00:37:45.380><c> How</c><00:37:45.559><c> do</c><00:37:45.800><c> we</c><00:37:45.980><c> know</c><00:37:46.239><c> that?</c> 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:50.639 Because<00:37:47.760><c> Jonah</c><00:37:48.239><c> is</c><00:37:48.719><c> saved,</c><00:37:49.139><c> of</c><00:37:49.400><c> course,</c><00:37:49.739><c> in</c><00:37:49.960><c> chapter</c><00:37:50.360><c> two,</c> 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.960 you<00:37:50.780><c> might</c><00:37:51.039><c> say.</c> 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:56.579 But<00:37:52.960><c> we</c><00:37:53.219><c> know</c><00:37:53.519><c> from</c><00:37:53.739><c> the</c><00:37:54.019><c> gospels,</c><00:37:55.300><c> two</c><00:37:55.559><c> passages</c><00:37:56.099><c> referred</c> 00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:58.900 to<00:37:56.760><c> in</c><00:37:56.900><c> the</c><00:37:57.099><c> exhortation</c><00:37:57.679><c> on</c><00:37:57.980><c> Sunday,</c> 00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:02.519 that<00:37:59.900><c> Jonah,</c><00:38:00.380><c> being</c><00:38:00.599><c> three</c><00:38:00.900><c> days</c><00:38:01.260><c> and</c><00:38:01.480><c> three</c><00:38:01.760><c> nights</c><00:38:02.039><c> in</c><00:38:02.260><c> the</c> 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:05.320 heart<00:38:02.800><c> of</c><00:38:03.039><c> the</c><00:38:03.239><c> whale's</c><00:38:03.659><c> belly,</c><00:38:04.239><c> is</c><00:38:04.460><c> picked</c><00:38:04.760><c> up</c><00:38:04.980><c> by</c> 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:12.079 Jesus<00:38:05.880><c> as</c><00:38:06.679><c> the</c><00:38:07.039><c> sign</c><00:38:07.300><c> of</c><00:38:07.440><c> his</c><00:38:07.699><c> resurrection.</c><00:38:09.619><c> So</c><00:38:09.980><c> the</c><00:38:10.119><c> Lord</c><00:38:10.340><c> himself</c><00:38:10.820><c> tells</c><00:38:11.300><c> us</c> 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.000 the<00:38:12.500><c> experience</c><00:38:13.159><c> of</c><00:38:13.480><c> Jonah</c><00:38:13.820><c> in</c><00:38:14.159><c> the</c> 00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:20.840 whale's<00:38:15.820><c> belly</c><00:38:16.159><c> is</c><00:38:16.880><c> a</c><00:38:17.179><c> parable</c><00:38:17.659><c> of</c><00:38:18.019><c> salvation.</c><00:38:20.300><c> And</c><00:38:20.500><c> finally,</c> 00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:24.079 in<00:38:21.119><c> the</c><00:38:21.280><c> case</c><00:38:21.500><c> of</c><00:38:21.760><c> Jonah,</c><00:38:23.099><c> yes,</c><00:38:23.579><c> there</c><00:38:23.820><c> are</c> 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:28.239 two<00:38:24.260><c> groups.</c><00:38:25.659><c> There's</c><00:38:26.000><c> Jonah</c><00:38:26.360><c> and</c><00:38:27.039><c> they're</c><00:38:27.179><c> the</c><00:38:27.460><c> mariners,</c> 00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:31.380 and<00:38:28.619><c> they</c><00:38:28.940><c> both</c><00:38:29.179><c> are</c><00:38:29.579><c> part</c><00:38:29.880><c> of</c><00:38:30.039><c> this</c><00:38:30.239><c> scenario,</c> 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:38.639 and<00:38:31.880><c> they</c><00:38:32.199><c> both</c><00:38:32.440><c> are</c><00:38:32.780><c> part</c><00:38:33.019><c> of</c><00:38:33.159><c> the</c><00:38:33.519><c> experience,</c><00:38:34.820><c> and</c><00:38:35.440><c> they</c><00:38:35.780><c> both</c><00:38:36.559><c> experience</c><00:38:37.599><c> the</c><00:38:37.940><c> blessings</c><00:38:38.400><c> of</c> 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.800 God's<00:38:39.340><c> answer</c> 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:44.880 and<00:38:40.699><c> see</c><00:38:40.980><c> the</c><00:38:41.239><c> salvation</c><00:38:41.820><c> of</c><00:38:42.059><c> God.</c><00:38:43.260><c> Chapter</c><00:38:43.480><c> two</c><00:38:43.780><c> of</c><00:38:44.019><c> Jonah.</c> 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.460 Look<00:38:47.599><c> at</c><00:38:47.800><c> verse</c><00:38:48.019><c> six.</c><00:38:49.800><c> Here</c><00:38:49.980><c> is</c><00:38:50.199><c> a</c><00:38:50.380><c> declaration,</c><00:38:52.059><c> witnessing</c> 00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:54.559 to<00:38:52.840><c> the</c><00:38:53.099><c> principles</c><00:38:53.539><c> of</c><00:38:53.860><c> salvation</c> 00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:59.139 in<00:38:55.039><c> a</c><00:38:55.280><c> temporal</c><00:38:55.599><c> sense,</c><00:38:57.079><c> worked</c><00:38:57.260><c> out</c><00:38:57.599><c> through</c><00:38:57.860><c> this</c><00:38:58.239><c> storm.</c> 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:02.559 Jonah<00:38:59.380><c> two,</c><00:38:59.760><c> verse</c><00:38:59.980><c> six,</c><00:39:01.420><c> says</c><00:39:01.619><c> Jonah,</c> 00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:07.239 I<00:39:03.059><c> went</c><00:39:03.320><c> down</c><00:39:03.800><c> to</c><00:39:04.000><c> the</c><00:39:04.199><c> bottoms</c><00:39:04.500><c> of</c><00:39:04.699><c> the</c><00:39:04.880><c> mountains.</c><00:39:06.320><c> The</c><00:39:06.639><c> earth</c><00:39:07.019><c> with</c> 00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:09.960 her<00:39:07.539><c> bars</c><00:39:07.960><c> was</c><00:39:08.239><c> about</c><00:39:08.500><c> me</c><00:39:08.800><c> forever.</c> 00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:18.000 Yet<00:39:11.079><c> hast</c><00:39:11.800><c> thou</c><00:39:12.219><c> brought</c><00:39:12.860><c> up</c><00:39:13.579><c> my</c><00:39:14.460><c> life</c><00:39:15.079><c> from</c><00:39:15.980><c> corruption.</c><00:39:17.840><c> Oh,</c> 00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:21.139 Lord,<00:39:18.260><c> my</c><00:39:18.519><c> God,</c><00:39:19.719><c> there</c><00:39:19.820><c> he</c><00:39:20.059><c> was</c><00:39:20.260><c> in</c><00:39:20.460><c> the</c><00:39:20.559><c> midst</c><00:39:20.739><c> of</c><00:39:20.920><c> the</c> 00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:25.639 waters.<00:39:22.719><c> The</c><00:39:22.980><c> storm</c><00:39:23.400><c> perhaps</c><00:39:23.940><c> still</c><00:39:24.340><c> brooding</c><00:39:24.800><c> above</c><00:39:25.239><c> the</c> 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:28.619 ship<00:39:25.840><c> still</c><00:39:26.219><c> rocking.</c><00:39:27.300><c> Jonah</c><00:39:27.599><c> goes</c><00:39:27.860><c> down</c><00:39:28.199><c> into</c><00:39:28.380><c> the</c> 00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:34.820 waters.<00:39:30.280><c> And</c><00:39:31.059><c> finally,</c><00:39:32.300><c> as</c><00:39:32.440><c> a</c><00:39:32.579><c> result</c><00:39:32.840><c> of</c><00:39:33.099><c> that,</c><00:39:33.940><c> those</c><00:39:34.219><c> above</c> 00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:38.940 experience<00:39:35.679><c> of</c><00:39:36.019><c> calm</c><00:39:36.380><c> and</c><00:39:37.280><c> Jonah</c><00:39:37.659><c> by</c><00:39:38.199><c> being</c><00:39:38.579><c> saved</c> 00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:42.400 from<00:39:39.159><c> these</c><00:39:39.519><c> depths</c><00:39:40.219><c> says</c><00:39:40.880><c> that</c><00:39:41.059><c> his</c><00:39:41.320><c> life</c><00:39:41.639><c> has</c><00:39:41.900><c> been</c><00:39:42.119><c> brought</c> 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:44.500 up<00:39:42.619><c> from</c><00:39:42.920><c> corruption.</c><00:39:43.900><c> It's</c><00:39:44.019><c> the</c><00:39:44.179><c> language</c> 00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:49.760 of<00:39:44.719><c> resurrection.</c><00:39:46.320><c> His</c><00:39:46.619><c> ways</c><00:39:47.059><c> of</c><00:39:47.380><c> salvation</c><00:39:48.019><c> in</c><00:39:48.559><c> the</c><00:39:48.880><c> storm.</c> 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:52.900 Let's<00:39:51.380><c> go</c><00:39:51.539><c> to</c><00:39:51.639><c> the</c><00:39:51.679><c> New</c><00:39:51.860><c> Testament.</c> 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:59.380 The<00:39:55.019><c> New</c><00:39:55.260><c> Testament.</c><00:39:57.679><c> We'll</c><00:39:57.960><c> be</c><00:39:58.139><c> looking</c><00:39:58.300><c> at</c><00:39:58.480><c> these</c><00:39:58.900><c> for</c><00:39:59.280><c> at</c> 00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:01.159 least<00:39:59.579><c> three</c><00:39:59.820><c> of</c><00:39:59.960><c> our</c><00:40:00.159><c> classes.</c> 00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:07.159 In<00:40:02.940><c> the</c><00:40:03.059><c> New</c><00:40:03.260><c> Testament,</c><00:40:03.719><c> it's</c><00:40:04.099><c> clear</c><00:40:04.539><c> that</c><00:40:04.940><c> the</c><00:40:05.159><c> Lord's</c><00:40:06.559><c> experience</c><00:40:06.960><c> with</c> 00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.699 his<00:40:07.440><c> disciples</c><00:40:07.900><c> on</c><00:40:08.179><c> these</c><00:40:08.440><c> two</c> 00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:14.320 occasions,<00:40:10.039><c> such</c><00:40:10.239><c> as</c><00:40:10.460><c> Mark</c><00:40:10.719><c> four,</c><00:40:12.860><c> were</c><00:40:13.079><c> intended</c><00:40:13.639><c> to</c><00:40:14.000><c> teach</c> 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.300 something<00:40:14.940><c> to</c><00:40:15.239><c> the</c><00:40:15.460><c> disciples.</c><00:40:16.800><c> And</c><00:40:17.099><c> surely</c> 00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:21.820 it<00:40:17.480><c> wasn't</c><00:40:17.760><c> simply</c><00:40:18.219><c> a</c><00:40:18.579><c> vain</c><00:40:18.760><c> repetition</c><00:40:19.380><c> to</c><00:40:20.599><c> put</c><00:40:20.760><c> them</c><00:40:20.960><c> through</c><00:40:21.260><c> two</c> 00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:25.039 storms,<00:40:22.659><c> brothers</c><00:40:22.820><c> and</c><00:40:23.079><c> sisters.</c><00:40:24.780><c> Look</c> 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:31.840 at<00:40:25.139><c> what</c><00:40:25.300><c> we've</c><00:40:25.539><c> just</c><00:40:25.860><c> seen</c><00:40:26.119><c> from</c><00:40:26.320><c> the</c><00:40:26.500><c> Old</c><00:40:26.699><c> Testament</c><00:40:27.239><c> and</c><00:40:28.219><c> see</c><00:40:28.619><c> how</c><00:40:28.940><c> these</c><00:40:29.239><c> lessons</c><00:40:29.639><c> emerge.</c><00:40:30.420><c> Obviously</c><00:40:31.059><c> in</c> 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.980 Mark<00:40:32.159><c> four,</c> 00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:38.179 just<00:40:33.699><c> very</c><00:40:34.000><c> briefly,</c><00:40:35.679><c> verse</c><00:40:35.800><c> 38</c><00:40:36.400><c> and</c><00:40:36.840><c> 39.</c> 00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:44.719 And<00:40:41.260><c> he</c><00:40:41.380><c> was</c><00:40:41.519><c> in</c><00:40:41.699><c> the</c><00:40:41.860><c> hinder</c><00:40:42.139><c> part</c><00:40:42.480><c> of</c><00:40:42.619><c> the</c><00:40:42.800><c> ship</c><00:40:42.960><c> asleep</c><00:40:43.460><c> on</c><00:40:43.719><c> a</c><00:40:43.900><c> pillow.</c> 00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:48.820 And<00:40:44.980><c> they</c><00:40:45.219><c> awake</c><00:40:45.500><c> him</c><00:40:45.679><c> and</c><00:40:45.900><c> say</c><00:40:46.039><c> unto</c><00:40:46.300><c> him,</c><00:40:46.719><c> Master,</c><00:40:48.519><c> carest</c> 00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:51.619 thou<00:40:49.059><c> not</c><00:40:49.460><c> that</c><00:40:49.699><c> we</c><00:40:50.019><c> perish?</c><00:40:51.139><c> You</c><00:40:51.320><c> hear</c><00:40:51.440><c> the</c> 00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:55.760 words<00:40:51.780><c> of</c><00:40:51.940><c> the</c><00:40:52.119><c> mariners,</c><00:40:52.519><c> don't</c><00:40:52.739><c> you?</c><00:40:53.900><c> You</c><00:40:54.320><c> think</c><00:40:54.519><c> of</c><00:40:54.679><c> the</c><00:40:54.900><c> disciples</c><00:40:55.400><c> as</c> 00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:57.800 they<00:40:55.980><c> went</c><00:40:56.139><c> through</c><00:40:56.400><c> the</c><00:40:56.639><c> experience.</c> 00:40:57.820 --> 00:41:01.300 And<00:40:58.079><c> he</c><00:40:58.260><c> arose</c><00:40:58.639><c> and</c><00:40:58.880><c> rebuked</c><00:40:59.320><c> the</c><00:40:59.480><c> wind</c><00:40:59.719><c> as</c><00:40:59.920><c> Moses</c><00:41:00.280><c> did</c><00:41:00.880><c> and</c> 00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:02.900 said<00:41:01.440><c> unto</c><00:41:01.639><c> the</c><00:41:01.940><c> sea,</c> 00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:06.639 peace,<00:41:03.880><c> be</c><00:41:04.119><c> still.</c><00:41:05.019><c> And</c><00:41:05.159><c> the</c><00:41:05.340><c> wind</c><00:41:05.579><c> ceased</c><00:41:06.039><c> and</c><00:41:06.179><c> there</c><00:41:06.300><c> was</c><00:41:06.420><c> a</c> 00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:09.860 great<00:41:06.900><c> calm.</c><00:41:09.179><c> Brothers</c><00:41:09.320><c> and</c><00:41:09.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:15.539 it's<00:41:10.300><c> history</c><00:41:10.480><c> repeated.</c><00:41:12.699><c> Now</c><00:41:12.960><c> for</c><00:41:13.119><c> the</c><00:41:13.360><c> last</c><00:41:13.840><c> moment</c><00:41:14.280><c> or</c><00:41:14.539><c> two,</c><00:41:15.039><c> since</c><00:41:15.260><c> we</c> 00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:17.559 started<00:41:15.780><c> a</c><00:41:16.000><c> little</c><00:41:16.179><c> late</c><00:41:16.420><c> this</c><00:41:16.659><c> morning,</c> 00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:22.440 I<00:41:17.780><c> want</c><00:41:17.840><c> to</c><00:41:18.059><c> take</c><00:41:18.219><c> you</c><00:41:19.460><c> very</c><00:41:20.019><c> briefly</c><00:41:20.460><c> to</c><00:41:20.880><c> other</c><00:41:21.099><c> parts</c><00:41:21.440><c> of</c><00:41:21.739><c> scripture</c><00:41:22.119><c> to</c> 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.699 just<00:41:22.780><c> show</c><00:41:22.960><c> you</c><00:41:23.320><c> how</c><00:41:23.820><c> in</c><00:41:24.059><c> many</c><00:41:24.280><c> different</c> 00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:28.940 contexts<00:41:25.460><c> the</c><00:41:26.400><c> storm</c><00:41:26.739><c> scenes</c><00:41:27.139><c> are</c><00:41:27.460><c> used.</c><00:41:28.400><c> Let's</c><00:41:28.619><c> do</c><00:41:28.780><c> this</c> 00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:31.679 rather<00:41:29.119><c> quickly.</c><00:41:30.159><c> Ephesians</c><00:41:30.420><c> chapter</c><00:41:30.800><c> four.</c> 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:38.199 Have<00:41:33.639><c> you</c><00:41:33.820><c> thought</c><00:41:34.079><c> that</c><00:41:34.199><c> this</c><00:41:34.420><c> is</c><00:41:34.599><c> a</c><00:41:34.820><c> storm</c><00:41:35.239><c> in</c><00:41:36.760><c> this</c><00:41:37.179><c> important</c><00:41:37.739><c> epistle</c> 00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.599 dealing<00:41:38.539><c> with</c><00:41:38.780><c> the</c><00:41:38.980><c> unity</c><00:41:39.239><c> of</c><00:41:39.440><c> the</c> 00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:44.860 Ecclesia?<00:41:41.300><c> It</c><00:41:41.579><c> now</c><00:41:41.840><c> comes</c><00:41:42.179><c> on</c><00:41:42.559><c> the</c><00:41:42.800><c> Ecclesial</c><00:41:43.280><c> experience.</c> 00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:47.500 Ephesians<00:41:46.159><c> chapter</c><00:41:46.619><c> four,</c> 00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:55.860 verse<00:41:49.579><c> 14.</c><00:41:52.000><c> Just</c><00:41:52.280><c> notice</c><00:41:52.699><c> the</c><00:41:52.960><c> storm</c><00:41:53.320><c> language.</c><00:41:55.460><c> Ephesians</c> 00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:58.000 four,<00:41:56.360><c> verse</c><00:41:56.679><c> 14.</c> 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:05.679 That<00:42:00.659><c> we</c><00:42:00.940><c> henceforth</c><00:42:01.719><c> be</c><00:42:01.980><c> no</c><00:42:02.320><c> more</c><00:42:02.579><c> children,</c><00:42:04.059><c> tossed</c><00:42:04.440><c> to</c><00:42:05.300><c> and</c> 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:09.280 fro<00:42:06.019><c> and</c><00:42:06.780><c> carried</c><00:42:07.119><c> about</c><00:42:07.519><c> with</c><00:42:07.880><c> every</c><00:42:08.599><c> wind</c> 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:14.699 of<00:42:10.139><c> doctrine,</c><00:42:11.500><c> by</c><00:42:11.679><c> the</c><00:42:11.960><c> slight</c><00:42:12.099><c> of</c><00:42:12.360><c> men</c><00:42:12.599><c> and</c><00:42:12.920><c> cunning</c><00:42:13.239><c> craftiness</c><00:42:14.099><c> whereby</c> 00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:16.519 they<00:42:15.099><c> lie</c><00:42:15.360><c> and</c><00:42:15.619><c> wait</c><00:42:15.800><c> to</c><00:42:16.059><c> deceive.</c> 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:20.599 Now<00:42:17.300><c> think</c><00:42:17.500><c> of</c><00:42:17.659><c> that,</c><00:42:17.960><c> brothers</c><00:42:18.039><c> and</c><00:42:18.300><c> sisters,</c><00:42:18.599><c> it's</c><00:42:18.840><c> the</c><00:42:18.980><c> language</c><00:42:19.340><c> of</c><00:42:19.599><c> storm.</c> 00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:25.619 Children<00:42:21.900><c> tossed</c><00:42:22.579><c> to</c><00:42:23.019><c> and</c><00:42:23.300><c> fro,</c><00:42:24.000><c> carried</c><00:42:24.199><c> about</c><00:42:24.619><c> every</c><00:42:25.280><c> wind</c> 00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:29.260 of<00:42:25.940><c> doctrine.</c><00:42:26.840><c> It</c><00:42:27.099><c> applies</c><00:42:27.559><c> even</c><00:42:27.840><c> to</c><00:42:28.059><c> the</c><00:42:28.239><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:32.559 James<00:42:31.360><c> chapter</c><00:42:31.719><c> one.</c> 00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:39.719 James<00:42:35.679><c> chapter</c><00:42:36.019><c> one,</c><00:42:36.480><c> the</c><00:42:36.699><c> language</c><00:42:36.980><c> of</c><00:42:37.239><c> storm</c><00:42:37.699><c> once</c><00:42:38.659><c> again.</c> 00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.400 James<00:42:42.199><c> chapter</c><00:42:42.559><c> one.</c> 00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:01.079 James<00:42:58.320><c> chapter</c><00:42:58.760><c> one,</c><00:42:59.619><c> language</c><00:43:00.179><c> very</c><00:43:00.500><c> much</c><00:43:00.639><c> like</c><00:43:00.800><c> what</c><00:43:00.940><c> we</c> 00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:03.139 just<00:43:01.320><c> looked</c><00:43:01.500><c> at.</c><00:43:02.139><c> Verse</c><00:43:02.300><c> six.</c> 00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:10.619 But<00:43:04.800><c> let</c><00:43:05.159><c> him</c><00:43:05.500><c> ask</c><00:43:05.900><c> in</c><00:43:06.219><c> faith</c><00:43:06.699><c> nothing</c><00:43:07.340><c> wavering,</c><00:43:08.760><c> for</c><00:43:09.000><c> he</c><00:43:09.400><c> that</c><00:43:09.820><c> wavereth</c><00:43:10.300><c> is</c> 00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:12.599 like<00:43:10.880><c> a</c><00:43:11.159><c> wave</c><00:43:11.539><c> of</c><00:43:11.880><c> the</c><00:43:12.159><c> sea,</c> 00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:17.880 driven<00:43:13.179><c> with</c><00:43:13.440><c> the</c><00:43:13.719><c> wind</c><00:43:14.159><c> and</c><00:43:14.900><c> tossed.</c><00:43:15.860><c> Once</c><00:43:16.199><c> again,</c><00:43:17.519><c> language</c> 00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:19.139 of<00:43:18.059><c> the</c><00:43:18.280><c> storm.</c> 00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:23.619 We<00:43:19.980><c> think</c><00:43:20.139><c> of</c><00:43:20.300><c> the</c><00:43:20.559><c> parable</c><00:43:21.000><c> of</c><00:43:21.579><c> the</c><00:43:21.820><c> house</c><00:43:22.119><c> upon</c><00:43:22.460><c> the</c><00:43:22.719><c> rock.</c> 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:29.059 Individually,<00:43:25.699><c> collectively</c><00:43:26.039><c> as</c><00:43:26.320><c> an</c><00:43:26.519><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:27.619><c> it's</c><00:43:27.880><c> the</c><00:43:28.059><c> language</c><00:43:28.500><c> of</c><00:43:28.760><c> a</c> 00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:32.519 storm,<00:43:30.199><c> rain,</c><00:43:31.099><c> lightning,</c><00:43:32.079><c> wind,</c> 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:37.719 and<00:43:33.260><c> in</c><00:43:33.460><c> the</c><00:43:33.739><c> parable,</c><00:43:35.260><c> lessons</c><00:43:35.460><c> of</c><00:43:35.800><c> redemption,</c><00:43:36.780><c> God's</c><00:43:37.260><c> way</c> 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:39.519 is<00:43:38.099><c> in</c><00:43:38.340><c> the</c><00:43:38.619><c> storm.</c> 00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:44.039 Finally,<00:43:41.900><c> brothers</c><00:43:41.980><c> and</c><00:43:42.239><c> sisters,</c><00:43:43.079><c> one</c><00:43:43.320><c> perhaps</c><00:43:43.739><c> that</c><00:43:43.920><c> we</c> 00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:46.179 don't<00:43:44.300><c> often</c><00:43:44.659><c> think</c><00:43:44.940><c> about.</c> 00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:58.239 Years<00:43:47.380><c> ago,</c><00:43:49.420><c> before</c><00:43:49.719><c> the</c><00:43:49.960><c> chrysadelphian</c><00:43:50.699><c> body</c><00:43:51.260><c> was</c><00:43:52.480><c> a</c><00:43:52.699><c> reality,</c><00:43:56.300><c> brother</c><00:43:56.480><c> Thomas</c><00:43:57.079><c> was</c> 00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:59.300 on<00:43:58.440><c> the</c><00:43:58.659><c> marquee</c><00:43:59.119><c> of</c> 00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:03.559 Wellesley.<00:44:01.559><c> And</c><00:44:01.840><c> as</c><00:44:01.960><c> you</c><00:44:02.139><c> read</c><00:44:02.420><c> his</c><00:44:02.739><c> description,</c><00:44:03.460><c> brothers</c> 00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:05.860 and<00:44:03.840><c> sisters,</c><00:44:04.619><c> well</c><00:44:04.739><c> this</c><00:44:04.840><c> is</c><00:44:05.119><c> a</c><00:44:05.460><c> picture,</c> 00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:10.699 an<00:44:06.119><c> actual</c><00:44:06.380><c> picture</c><00:44:06.699><c> of</c><00:44:06.860><c> the</c><00:44:07.039><c> boat</c><00:44:07.519><c> which</c><00:44:08.199><c> he</c><00:44:08.460><c> used.</c><00:44:10.280><c> As</c><00:44:10.519><c> you</c> 00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:13.920 read<00:44:10.880><c> Dr.</c><00:44:11.480><c> Thomas's</c><00:44:11.880><c> description</c><00:44:12.519><c> of</c><00:44:13.260><c> how</c><00:44:13.400><c> he</c><00:44:13.639><c> came</c> 00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:19.019 to<00:44:14.159><c> his</c><00:44:14.460><c> knees</c><00:44:14.980><c> in</c><00:44:16.039><c> that</c><00:44:16.280><c> final</c><00:44:16.619><c> night</c><00:44:16.820><c> of</c><00:44:17.000><c> the</c><00:44:17.219><c> storm,</c><00:44:18.800><c> how</c> 00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:22.260 the<00:44:19.300><c> storm</c><00:44:19.619><c> had</c><00:44:19.980><c> beaten</c><00:44:20.320><c> down</c><00:44:20.780><c> upon</c><00:44:21.079><c> the</c><00:44:21.380><c> ship,</c> 00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:28.139 and<00:44:22.760><c> how</c><00:44:22.900><c> it</c><00:44:23.000><c> was</c><00:44:23.219><c> beginning</c><00:44:23.599><c> to</c><00:44:24.400><c> break</c><00:44:24.659><c> up,</c><00:44:26.139><c> he</c><00:44:26.360><c> describes</c><00:44:26.980><c> the</c><00:44:27.280><c> despair</c><00:44:27.840><c> on</c> 00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:29.139 the<00:44:28.360><c> ship,</c> 00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:33.280 the<00:44:29.599><c> ship's</c><00:44:30.000><c> mate</c><00:44:30.179><c> and</c><00:44:30.360><c> his</c><00:44:30.539><c> emotions</c><00:44:31.019><c> are</c><00:44:31.300><c> described</c><00:44:31.739><c> by</c><00:44:31.940><c> Dr.</c><00:44:32.320><c> Thomas.</c> 00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:38.619 How<00:44:34.139><c> he</c><00:44:34.440><c> tells</c><00:44:34.880><c> us</c><00:44:35.260><c> in</c><00:44:35.380><c> his</c><00:44:35.699><c> personal</c><00:44:36.099><c> biography</c><00:44:36.760><c> that</c><00:44:38.280><c> on</c><00:44:38.440><c> the</c> 00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:40.000 marquee<00:44:39.079><c> of</c><00:44:39.219><c> Wellesley,</c> 00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:45.599 not<00:44:41.039><c> far</c><00:44:41.739><c> from</c><00:44:42.059><c> the</c><00:44:42.239><c> North</c><00:44:42.480><c> American</c><00:44:42.960><c> shore,</c><00:44:44.559><c> as</c><00:44:44.739><c> it</c><00:44:45.139><c> ground</c> 00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:49.380 down,<00:44:47.260><c> as</c><00:44:47.420><c> it</c><00:44:47.639><c> began</c><00:44:47.860><c> to</c><00:44:48.219><c> break</c><00:44:48.440><c> up</c><00:44:48.820><c> and</c><00:44:49.159><c> looked</c> 00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:53.780 like<00:44:49.659><c> there</c><00:44:49.760><c> was</c><00:44:49.980><c> no</c><00:44:50.260><c> hope</c><00:44:50.480><c> of</c><00:44:50.659><c> coming</c><00:44:50.920><c> to</c><00:44:51.179><c> shore,</c><00:44:53.099><c> Dr.</c><00:44:53.599><c> Thomas</c> 00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:58.019 came<00:44:54.019><c> to</c><00:44:54.199><c> his</c><00:44:54.400><c> knees.</c><00:44:56.480><c> He</c><00:44:56.739><c> realized</c><00:44:57.400><c> that</c><00:44:57.619><c> he</c><00:44:57.780><c> was</c> 00:44:58.019 --> 00:45:02.440 a<00:44:58.019><c> pauper,</c><00:44:59.199><c> spiritually</c><00:44:59.539><c> speaking,</c><00:45:00.099><c> he</c><00:45:00.280><c> confesses</c><00:45:00.780><c> that.</c><00:45:02.199><c> And</c><00:45:02.320><c> in</c> 00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:06.639 the<00:45:02.760><c> storm,</c><00:45:03.440><c> the</c><00:45:03.519><c> lightning,</c><00:45:05.780><c> unwittingly,</c> 00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:10.539 Dr.<00:45:07.260><c> Thomas</c><00:45:07.500><c> experienced</c><00:45:08.420><c> Paul's</c><00:45:09.320><c> shipwreck</c><00:45:09.820><c> in</c><00:45:10.039><c> a</c><00:45:10.300><c> smaller</c> 00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:14.380 fashion.<00:45:12.500><c> For</c><00:45:12.599><c> it</c><00:45:12.760><c> was</c><00:45:12.900><c> on</c><00:45:13.179><c> that</c><00:45:13.500><c> very</c><00:45:13.800><c> occasion,</c> 00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:18.619 as<00:45:14.719><c> he</c><00:45:14.980><c> tells</c><00:45:15.139><c> us</c><00:45:15.320><c> in</c><00:45:15.400><c> his</c><00:45:15.659><c> biography,</c><00:45:16.980><c> that</c><00:45:17.159><c> he</c><00:45:17.400><c> came</c><00:45:17.699><c> to</c><00:45:18.079><c> grips</c><00:45:18.360><c> with</c> 00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:21.420 the<00:45:18.900><c> issues</c><00:45:19.079><c> of</c><00:45:19.360><c> life.</c><00:45:20.019><c> And</c><00:45:20.579><c> it</c><00:45:20.699><c> was</c><00:45:21.000><c> there</c> 00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:25.699 on<00:45:21.699><c> the</c><00:45:22.159><c> floorboards</c><00:45:22.900><c> of</c><00:45:23.199><c> the</c><00:45:23.500><c> marquee</c><00:45:23.980><c> of</c><00:45:24.159><c> Wellesley</c><00:45:25.219><c> that</c> 00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:28.619 in<00:45:25.920><c> the</c><00:45:26.079><c> midst</c><00:45:26.280><c> of</c><00:45:26.500><c> that</c><00:45:26.860><c> howling</c><00:45:27.420><c> storm,</c> 00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:33.500 Dr.<00:45:29.480><c> Thomas</c><00:45:29.800><c> resolved</c><00:45:30.480><c> to</c><00:45:31.199><c> pray</c><00:45:31.400><c> to</c><00:45:31.599><c> God</c><00:45:31.960><c> and</c><00:45:32.619><c> to</c><00:45:32.920><c> promise</c><00:45:33.199><c> that</c><00:45:33.380><c> he</c> 00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:36.659 would<00:45:33.739><c> seek</c><00:45:34.059><c> the</c><00:45:34.380><c> truth</c><00:45:34.860><c> if</c><00:45:35.400><c> he</c><00:45:35.559><c> was</c><00:45:35.860><c> just</c><00:45:36.320><c> given</c> 00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:42.300 a<00:45:37.179><c> fair</c><00:45:37.480><c> haven</c><00:45:37.840><c> to</c><00:45:38.159><c> land.</c><00:45:38.900><c> And</c><00:45:39.539><c> he</c><00:45:39.760><c> was.</c><00:45:40.860><c> He</c><00:45:41.239><c> tells</c><00:45:41.460><c> us</c><00:45:41.760><c> he</c><00:45:42.019><c> kept</c> 00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:46.380 to<00:45:42.500><c> his</c><00:45:42.699><c> resolve.</c><00:45:44.559><c> In</c><00:45:44.920><c> that</c><00:45:45.260><c> storm,</c><00:45:45.980><c> brothers</c><00:45:46.099><c> and</c> 00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:54.159 sisters,<00:45:47.179><c> was</c><00:45:47.320><c> the</c><00:45:47.679><c> seed</c><00:45:48.420><c> sown</c><00:45:49.019><c> to</c><00:45:49.420><c> begin</c><00:45:50.039><c> the</c><00:45:51.079><c> Christadelphian</c><00:45:51.739><c> movement.</c><00:45:53.460><c> There's</c><00:45:53.639><c> no</c><00:45:53.900><c> question</c> 00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:57.460 of<00:45:54.380><c> that.</c><00:45:55.280><c> Isn't</c><00:45:55.480><c> that</c><00:45:55.739><c> remarkable,</c><00:45:56.480><c> brothers</c><00:45:56.739><c> and</c><00:45:57.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:57.780 --> 00:46:00.119 as<00:45:57.960><c> we</c><00:45:58.199><c> come</c><00:45:58.420><c> well</c><00:45:58.719><c> beyond</c><00:45:59.159><c> Paul's</c><00:45:59.780><c> shipwreck</c> 00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:05.760 to<00:46:00.280><c> the</c><00:46:00.480><c> present</c><00:46:00.699><c> day,</c><00:46:02.340><c> in</c><00:46:02.519><c> the</c><00:46:02.820><c> storm,</c><00:46:03.480><c> God's</c><00:46:04.340><c> will</c><00:46:04.739><c> is</c><00:46:05.480><c> being</c> 00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:07.860 worked<00:46:06.019><c> out.</c><00:46:06.800><c> Tomorrow</c><00:46:07.119><c> we'll</c><00:46:07.300><c> pick</c><00:46:07.460><c> up</c><00:46:07.599><c> these</c> 00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:11.099 threads<00:46:08.199><c> and</c><00:46:08.800><c> look</c><00:46:09.019><c> more</c><00:46:09.380><c> carefully</c><00:46:09.820><c> at</c><00:46:10.019><c> one</c><00:46:10.159><c> of</c><00:46:10.280><c> the</c><00:46:10.500><c> Psalms,</c> 00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:14.019 which<00:46:11.420><c> provides</c><00:46:11.900><c> a</c><00:46:12.280><c> key</c><00:46:12.659><c> to</c><00:46:13.380><c> understanding</c> 00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:17.480 God's<00:46:14.599><c> ways</c><00:46:15.000><c> as</c><00:46:15.800><c> we</c><00:46:16.059><c> face</c><00:46:16.340><c> the</c><00:46:16.559><c> storm.</c>