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in</c><00:14:54.000><c> the</c><00:14:54.159><c> ways</c><00:14:54.480><c> and</c><00:14:54.679><c> the</c><00:14:54.940><c> character</c><00:14:55.159><c> of</c><00:14:55.539><c> God,</c> 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:59.740 specifically<00:14:57.120><c> with</c><00:14:57.440><c> respect</c><00:14:57.860><c> to</c><00:14:58.059><c> forgiveness,</c><00:14:59.179><c> that</c><00:14:59.299><c> he</c><00:14:59.440><c> can</c> 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:03.179 then<00:15:00.139><c> reappeal</c><00:15:00.759><c> to</c><00:15:00.980><c> God</c><00:15:01.360><c> on</c><00:15:01.639><c> behalf</c><00:15:01.980><c> of</c><00:15:02.179><c> the</c><00:15:02.320><c> nation.</c> 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:08.440 And<00:15:03.759><c> this</c><00:15:04.279><c> second</c><00:15:04.659><c> time</c><00:15:05.159><c> based</c><00:15:05.600><c> on</c><00:15:05.879><c> a</c><00:15:06.220><c> different</c><00:15:06.539><c> appeal</c><00:15:07.159><c> will</c> 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.019 achieve<00:15:08.720><c> a</c><00:15:08.879><c> different</c><00:15:09.080><c> outcome.</c> 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:14.360 So<00:15:10.620><c> we</c><00:15:10.759><c> will</c><00:15:11.019><c> find</c><00:15:11.360><c> that</c><00:15:11.559><c> not</c><00:15:11.740><c> only</c><00:15:12.279><c> are</c><00:15:12.559><c> there</c><00:15:12.720><c> divine</c><00:15:13.120><c> principles</c><00:15:13.679><c> that</c> 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.139 must<00:15:14.659><c> be</c><00:15:14.960><c> honored,</c> 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:18.639 but<00:15:15.340><c> there</c><00:15:15.559><c> are</c><00:15:15.879><c> also</c><00:15:16.279><c> specific</c><00:15:16.860><c> steps</c><00:15:17.519><c> that</c><00:15:18.000><c> sinners</c><00:15:18.279><c> must</c> 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.340 take<00:15:19.580><c> before</c><00:15:20.100><c> they</c><00:15:20.279><c> can</c><00:15:20.559><c> find</c><00:15:20.759><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:24.539 And<00:15:22.059><c> we</c><00:15:22.159><c> will</c><00:15:22.399><c> watch</c><00:15:22.620><c> an</c><00:15:22.879><c> unforgiving</c><00:15:23.460><c> Israel</c><00:15:23.899><c> take</c><00:15:24.240><c> those</c> 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:26.740 steps<00:15:25.000><c> and</c><00:15:25.340><c> find</c><00:15:25.600><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:29.419 In<00:15:27.100><c> chapter</c><00:15:27.440><c> 32,</c><00:15:28.259><c> Moses</c><00:15:28.360><c> had</c><00:15:28.539><c> been</c><00:15:28.679><c> in</c><00:15:28.840><c> the</c><00:15:28.960><c> mountain,</c><00:15:29.159><c> as</c><00:15:29.299><c> we</c> 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:31.440 know,<00:15:29.700><c> for</c><00:15:29.779><c> 40</c><00:15:30.039><c> days</c><00:15:30.399><c> and</c><00:15:30.539><c> 40</c><00:15:30.799><c> nights.</c> 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:35.799 While<00:15:32.100><c> he</c><00:15:32.220><c> was</c><00:15:32.460><c> gone,</c><00:15:32.740><c> the</c><00:15:32.919><c> people</c><00:15:33.100><c> grew</c><00:15:33.360><c> impatient</c><00:15:33.840><c> and</c><00:15:34.220><c> longed</c><00:15:34.740><c> for</c><00:15:34.799><c> Egypt.</c> 00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:39.559 They<00:15:36.200><c> had</c><00:15:36.360><c> been</c><00:15:36.539><c> taken</c><00:15:36.700><c> out</c><00:15:37.000><c> of</c><00:15:37.159><c> Egypt,</c><00:15:37.740><c> but</c><00:15:37.919><c> the</c><00:15:38.240><c> raw</c><00:15:38.779><c> lusts</c> 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:44.139 of<00:15:39.679><c> the</c><00:15:39.919><c> flesh</c><00:15:40.559><c> still</c><00:15:41.360><c> dominated</c><00:15:41.899><c> their</c><00:15:42.220><c> thinking</c><00:15:42.539><c> and</c><00:15:43.000><c> their</c><00:15:43.240><c> behavior.</c> 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:47.259 Chapter<00:15:44.740><c> 32</c><00:15:45.139><c> is</c><00:15:45.360><c> a</c><00:15:45.480><c> vivid</c><00:15:45.679><c> reminder</c><00:15:46.120><c> of</c><00:15:46.340><c> what</c><00:15:46.600><c> happens</c><00:15:47.000><c> when</c> 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:49.679 idolatry<00:15:47.840><c> takes</c><00:15:48.179><c> hold</c><00:15:48.519><c> in</c><00:15:48.700><c> our</c><00:15:48.919><c> life.</c> 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:54.220 Verse<00:15:50.379><c> 6</c><00:15:50.679><c> says,</c><00:15:51.139><c> And</c><00:15:51.139><c> they</c><00:15:51.320><c> rose</c><00:15:51.600><c> up</c><00:15:52.019><c> on</c><00:15:52.159><c> the</c><00:15:52.360><c> morrow</c><00:15:52.679><c> and</c><00:15:52.980><c> offered</c><00:15:53.200><c> burnt</c><00:15:53.519><c> offerings</c><00:15:53.980><c> and</c> 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.340 brought<00:15:54.419><c> peace</c><00:15:54.779><c> offerings.</c> 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.100 And<00:15:55.960><c> the</c><00:15:56.080><c> people</c><00:15:56.279><c> sat</c><00:15:56.519><c> down</c><00:15:56.779><c> to</c><00:15:56.919><c> eat</c><00:15:57.159><c> and</c><00:15:57.299><c> to</c><00:15:57.519><c> drink</c><00:15:57.720><c> and</c><00:15:57.879><c> rose</c> 00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:59.340 up<00:15:58.299><c> to</c><00:15:58.500><c> play.</c> 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.200 And<00:15:59.620><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:59.919><c> said</c><00:16:00.120><c> unto</c><00:16:00.299><c> Moses,</c><00:16:00.879><c> Go,</c><00:16:01.220><c> get</c><00:16:01.360><c> thee</c><00:16:01.580><c> down</c><00:16:01.820><c> for</c><00:16:01.980><c> thy</c> 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:05.320 people,<00:16:02.960><c> which</c><00:16:03.120><c> thou</c><00:16:03.419><c> broughtest</c><00:16:03.860><c> out</c><00:16:04.039><c> of</c><00:16:04.159><c> the</c><00:16:04.320><c> land</c><00:16:04.500><c> of</c><00:16:04.700><c> Egypt,</c><00:16:05.220><c> have</c> 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.080 corrupted<00:16:05.759><c> themselves.</c> 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:10.419 The<00:16:07.539><c> word</c><00:16:07.799><c> for</c><00:16:08.059><c> corrupted</c><00:16:08.419><c> there</c><00:16:08.720><c> in</c><00:16:08.840><c> verse</c><00:16:09.120><c> 6</c><00:16:09.620><c> is</c><00:16:09.899><c> the</c><00:16:10.179><c> same</c> 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become</c><00:16:24.580><c> just</c><00:16:24.899><c> like</c><00:16:25.159><c> the</c><00:16:25.340><c> people</c><00:16:25.639><c> of</c> 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.539 Noah's<00:16:26.340><c> day.</c> 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.960 They<00:16:26.879><c> started</c><00:16:27.100><c> out</c><00:16:27.379><c> with</c><00:16:27.519><c> a</c><00:16:27.700><c> golden</c><00:16:27.980><c> calf,</c><00:16:29.059><c> sat</c><00:16:29.299><c> down</c><00:16:29.600><c> to</c><00:16:29.759><c> eat</c> 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.480 and<00:16:30.279><c> drink,</c><00:16:30.580><c> and</c><00:16:30.720><c> they</c><00:16:30.919><c> rose</c><00:16:31.120><c> up</c><00:16:31.399><c> to</c><00:16:31.620><c> play.</c> 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:36.340 And<00:16:33.340><c> the</c><00:16:33.480><c> word</c><00:16:33.620><c> for</c><00:16:33.899><c> play</c><00:16:34.080><c> there</c><00:16:34.360><c> means</c><00:16:34.679><c> to</c><00:16:35.059><c> sport</c><00:16:35.340><c> or</c><00:16:35.700><c> 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cannot</c><00:17:22.319><c> be</c><00:17:22.559><c> overtaken</c><00:17:23.140><c> by</c><00:17:23.460><c> idolatry,</c><00:17:24.660><c> leading</c><00:17:24.940><c> to</c> 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.160 moral<00:17:25.559><c> corruption.</c> 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:31.019 Have<00:17:26.940><c> a</c><00:17:27.039><c> look</c><00:17:27.259><c> afterwards</c><00:17:27.859><c> at</c><00:17:28.039><c> the</c><00:17:28.200><c> warning</c><00:17:28.460><c> of</c><00:17:28.680><c> Paul</c><00:17:28.980><c> in</c><00:17:29.140><c> Ephesians</c><00:17:29.599><c> 5,</c> 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:35.660 where<00:17:31.500><c> he</c><00:17:31.720><c> links</c><00:17:32.460><c> fornication</c><00:17:33.619><c> and</c><00:17:34.240><c> uncleanness.</c> 00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:39.539 And<00:17:36.220><c> the</c><00:17:36.220><c> word</c><00:17:36.480><c> uncleanness</c><00:17:37.640><c> in</c><00:17:37.819><c> Ephesians</c><00:17:38.319><c> 5,</c><00:17:38.700><c> at</c><00:17:38.759><c> verse</c><00:17:39.000><c> 3,</c> 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:43.880 is<00:17:39.859><c> the</c><00:17:40.059><c> same</c><00:17:40.339><c> word</c><00:17:40.640><c> for</c><00:17:40.920><c> uncleanness</c><00:17:41.579><c> in</c><00:17:41.740><c> Romans</c><00:17:42.019><c> 1,</c><00:17:42.680><c> verse</c><00:17:42.680><c> 28.</c> 00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:48.299 Sorry,<00:17:44.140><c> verse</c><00:17:44.420><c> 24,</c><00:17:45.920><c> where</c><00:17:46.119><c> it</c><00:17:46.140><c> says</c><00:17:46.319><c> God</c><00:17:46.640><c> gave</c><00:17:46.980><c> the</c><00:17:47.299><c> people</c><00:17:47.859><c> up</c> 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:51.319 to<00:17:48.579><c> uncleanness</c><00:17:49.380><c> through</c><00:17:49.599><c> the</c><00:17:49.819><c> lusts</c><00:17:50.279><c> of</c><00:17:50.279><c> their</c><00:17:50.519><c> own</c><00:17:50.740><c> hearts</c> 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:54.859 to<00:17:52.079><c> dishonor</c><00:17:52.440><c> their</c><00:17:52.640><c> own</c><00:17:52.940><c> bodies</c><00:17:53.519><c> between</c><00:17:54.079><c> themselves.</c> 00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:58.059 So<00:17:55.859><c> what</c><00:17:56.059><c> Israel</c><00:17:56.460><c> was</c><00:17:56.680><c> doing</c><00:17:56.920><c> that</c><00:17:57.140><c> day</c><00:17:57.319><c> at</c><00:17:57.500><c> the</c><00:17:57.660><c> foot</c><00:17:57.740><c> of</c><00:17:57.920><c> the</c> 00:17:58.059 --> 00:18:01.220 mountain<00:17:58.460><c> was</c><00:17:58.980><c> practicing</c><00:17:59.500><c> the</c><00:17:59.900><c> immorality</c><00:18:00.500><c> that</c><00:18:00.680><c> they</c><00:18:00.839><c> had</c> 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:03.619 seen<00:18:01.720><c> in</c><00:18:02.380><c> Egypt.</c> 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:10.640 Paul<00:18:03.740><c> goes</c><00:18:03.900><c> on</c><00:18:04.119><c> to</c><00:18:04.240><c> write</c><00:18:04.400><c> in</c><00:18:04.599><c> Ephesians</c><00:18:05.059><c> 5</c><00:18:06.420><c> that</c><00:18:07.960><c> covetousness</c><00:18:09.039><c> is</c><00:18:09.819><c> idolatry</c> 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.319 and<00:18:10.859><c> he</c><00:18:11.079><c> links</c><00:18:11.259><c> it</c><00:18:11.579><c> with</c><00:18:11.920><c> whoremongering.</c> 00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:17.660 The<00:18:13.779><c> reason</c><00:18:14.299><c> is</c><00:18:15.039><c> that</c><00:18:15.180><c> those</c><00:18:15.500><c> who</c><00:18:15.759><c> worship</c><00:18:16.160><c> idols</c><00:18:16.740><c> in</c><00:18:17.039><c> the</c><00:18:17.220><c> place</c><00:18:17.400><c> of</c> 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:21.119 God<00:18:18.000><c> give</c><00:18:18.640><c> themselves</c><00:18:19.220><c> over</c><00:18:19.660><c> to</c><00:18:19.859><c> the</c><00:18:20.039><c> lusts</c><00:18:20.500><c> of</c><00:18:20.500><c> the</c><00:18:20.720><c> flesh.</c> 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:25.880 Their<00:18:22.039><c> carnal</c><00:18:22.779><c> thinking</c><00:18:23.400><c> becomes</c><00:18:24.380><c> their</c><00:18:24.859><c> carnal</c><00:18:25.319><c> behavior.</c> 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:29.779 And<00:18:26.140><c> that</c><00:18:26.240><c> is</c><00:18:26.539><c> exactly</c><00:18:26.980><c> what</c><00:18:27.160><c> was</c><00:18:27.400><c> happening</c><00:18:27.839><c> at</c><00:18:28.740><c> Sinai</c><00:18:29.380><c> in</c> 00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:31.319 Exodus<00:18:30.059><c> 32.</c> 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:35.559 They<00:18:32.160><c> had</c><00:18:32.400><c> given</c><00:18:32.559><c> themselves</c><00:18:33.160><c> over</c><00:18:33.599><c> to</c><00:18:33.859><c> idol</c><00:18:34.059><c> worship</c><00:18:34.519><c> and</c><00:18:34.920><c> immorality.</c> 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:39.519 Their<00:18:36.319><c> carnal</c><00:18:36.720><c> thinking</c><00:18:37.119><c> had</c><00:18:37.480><c> become</c><00:18:37.880><c> their</c><00:18:38.240><c> carnal</c><00:18:38.559><c> behavior.</c> 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.559 Their<00:18:40.279><c> sin</c><00:18:40.660><c> was</c><00:18:41.059><c> enormous.</c> 00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:45.099 The<00:18:41.980><c> very</c><00:18:42.339><c> God</c><00:18:42.640><c> they</c><00:18:42.819><c> had</c><00:18:43.079><c> declared</c><00:18:43.680><c> that</c><00:18:44.460><c> they</c><00:18:44.599><c> would</c><00:18:44.799><c> obey</c> 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:47.420 in<00:18:45.359><c> chapters</c><00:18:45.640><c> 19</c><00:18:46.160><c> and</c><00:18:46.359><c> 20.</c> 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:51.200 They<00:18:48.119><c> were</c><00:18:48.400><c> now</c><00:18:48.799><c> breaking</c><00:18:49.200><c> their</c><00:18:49.500><c> covenant</c><00:18:49.819><c> with</c><00:18:50.099><c> him.</c> 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:58.500 The<00:18:51.700><c> sin</c><00:18:52.140><c> of</c><00:18:52.539><c> the</c><00:18:52.740><c> people</c><00:18:53.880><c> cannot</c><00:18:55.480><c> be</c><00:18:56.380><c> overemphasized.</c> 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:02.859 And<00:19:00.079><c> Moses</c><00:19:00.559><c> recognizes</c><00:19:01.460><c> the</c><00:19:01.779><c> enormity</c><00:19:02.279><c> of</c><00:19:02.500><c> it.</c> 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:06.660 God's<00:19:03.640><c> immediate</c><00:19:04.019><c> response</c><00:19:04.680><c> to</c><00:19:04.880><c> Moses</c><00:19:05.279><c> is</c><00:19:05.539><c> in</c><00:19:05.660><c> verse</c><00:19:05.920><c> 9.</c> 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:09.640 He<00:19:07.200><c> says,</c><00:19:07.480><c> I</c><00:19:07.480><c> will</c><00:19:07.660><c> destroy</c><00:19:08.059><c> them</c><00:19:08.319><c> all</c><00:19:08.599><c> and</c><00:19:08.779><c> make</c><00:19:09.000><c> of</c><00:19:09.180><c> you</c><00:19:09.400><c> a</c> 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.180 great<00:19:09.819><c> nation.</c> 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:13.200 And<00:19:10.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:10.700><c> said</c><00:19:10.940><c> to</c><00:19:11.140><c> Moses,</c><00:19:11.480><c> I</c><00:19:11.599><c> have</c><00:19:11.859><c> seen</c><00:19:12.059><c> this</c><00:19:12.299><c> people</c><00:19:12.660><c> and</c> 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.799 behold<00:19:13.480><c> it</c><00:19:13.640><c> is</c><00:19:13.779><c> a</c><00:19:13.960><c> stiff</c><00:19:14.160><c> neck</c><00:19:14.359><c> people.</c> 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:18.160 Now<00:19:15.480><c> therefore</c><00:19:15.859><c> let</c><00:19:16.039><c> me</c><00:19:16.240><c> alone</c><00:19:16.480><c> that</c><00:19:16.640><c> my</c><00:19:16.880><c> wrath</c><00:19:17.079><c> may</c><00:19:17.759><c> wax</c><00:19:17.940><c> hot</c> 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.180 against<00:19:18.539><c> them</c><00:19:18.759><c> and</c><00:19:18.900><c> that</c><00:19:19.000><c> I</c><00:19:19.119><c> may</c><00:19:19.279><c> consume</c><00:19:19.660><c> them</c><00:19:19.900><c> and</c><00:19:20.000><c> I</c><00:19:20.119><c> will</c><00:19:20.279><c> make</c><00:19:20.539><c> of</c><00:19:20.720><c> thee</c><00:19:20.960><c> a</c> 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.400 great<00:19:21.339><c> nation.</c> 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:27.539 Moses<00:19:22.980><c> 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of</c><00:19:37.480><c> the</c><00:19:37.720><c> evil</c><00:19:37.859><c> which</c> 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:40.079 he<00:19:38.339><c> thought</c><00:19:38.599><c> to</c><00:19:38.839><c> do</c><00:19:38.980><c> unto</c><00:19:39.339><c> his</c><00:19:39.640><c> people.</c> 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:43.099 But<00:19:41.099><c> make</c><00:19:41.359><c> a</c><00:19:41.519><c> note,</c><00:19:41.799><c> brethren</c><00:19:41.920><c> and</c><00:19:42.160><c> sisters,</c><00:19:42.460><c> that</c><00:19:42.599><c> they</c><00:19:42.740><c> are</c> 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:45.380 an<00:19:43.299><c> unforgiving</c><00:19:44.200><c> people.</c> 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:49.740 Sorry,<00:19:46.200><c> an</c><00:19:46.380><c> unforgiven</c><00:19:47.279><c> people</c><00:19:47.720><c> in</c><00:19:47.980><c> verse</c><00:19:48.259><c> 14.</c> 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:53.460 Moses<00:19:50.440><c> comes</c><00:19:50.720><c> down</c><00:19:51.019><c> the</c><00:19:51.160><c> mountain</c><00:19:51.380><c> 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his</c><00:20:44.539><c> eternal</c><00:20:44.900><c> life</c><00:20:46.000><c> given</c><00:20:46.539><c> in</c> 00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:49.519 exchange<00:20:47.359><c> for</c><00:20:47.640><c> the</c><00:20:47.819><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:48.180><c> of</c><00:20:48.480><c> the</c><00:20:48.640><c> people.</c> 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.720 After<00:20:50.799><c> 3</c><00:20:51.240><c>,000</c><00:20:51.539><c> had</c><00:20:51.700><c> been</c><00:20:52.019><c> slain</c><00:20:52.279><c> by</c><00:20:52.539><c> the</c><00:20:52.779><c> Israelites,</c><00:20:53.420><c> likely</c> 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.519 the<00:20:54.019><c> ringleaders</c><00:20:54.740><c> in</c><00:20:54.980><c> this</c><00:20:55.200><c> event,</c><00:20:55.720><c> they</c><00:20:55.940><c> are</c><00:20:56.180><c> still</c><00:20:56.660><c> not</c><00:20:57.099><c> forgiven.</c> 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:01.359 Even<00:20:58.460><c> after</c><00:20:58.779><c> the</c><00:20:59.059><c> plague</c><00:20:59.339><c> described</c><00:20:59.859><c> in</c><00:21:00.000><c> verse</c><00:21:00.259><c> 35</c><00:21:00.799><c> at</c><00:21:01.000><c> the</c><00:21:01.019><c> end</c><00:21:01.220><c> of</c> 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.740 this<00:21:01.559><c> chapter,</c><00:21:01.900><c> they</c><00:21:02.079><c> are</c><00:21:02.420><c> still</c><00:21:02.960><c> not</c><00:21:03.720><c> forgiven.</c> 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:08.299 Because<00:21:05.460><c> the</c><00:21:05.640><c> death</c><00:21:05.880><c> of</c><00:21:06.160><c> rebels</c><00:21:06.559><c> and</c><00:21:07.000><c> the</c><00:21:07.220><c> plague</c><00:21:07.579><c> did</c><00:21:07.980><c> not</c> 00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:10.140 bring<00:21:08.539><c> about</c><00:21:08.960><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:15.299 Because<00:21:11.339><c> forgiveness</c><00:21:11.880><c> is</c><00:21:12.339><c> not</c><00:21:12.579><c> achieved</c><00:21:13.380><c> by</c><00:21:13.980><c> the</c><00:21:14.259><c> death</c><00:21:14.759><c> of</c> 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.779 wicked<00:21:15.660><c> people.</c> 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:19.539 The<00:21:17.700><c> second</c><00:21:18.000><c> proof</c><00:21:18.279><c> that</c><00:21:18.440><c> they</c><00:21:18.579><c> are</c><00:21:18.740><c> not</c><00:21:18.940><c> forgiven</c><00:21:19.200><c> is</c><00:21:19.400><c> when</c> 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:22.900 we<00:21:19.619><c> come</c><00:21:19.799><c> to</c><00:21:19.960><c> Exodus</c><00:21:20.279><c> 34</c><00:21:20.960><c> after</c><00:21:21.259><c> Moses</c><00:21:21.619><c> sees</c><00:21:22.119><c> the</c><00:21:22.380><c> outstanding</c> 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:25.980 revelation<00:21:23.599><c> of</c><00:21:24.380><c> God</c><00:21:24.660><c> in</c><00:21:24.839><c> the</c><00:21:24.960><c> mountain.</c> 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:30.980 In<00:21:26.579><c> his</c><00:21:26.819><c> response</c><00:21:27.480><c> in</c><00:21:27.720><c> verse</c><00:21:28.000><c> 8,</c><00:21:28.640><c> he</c><00:21:28.859><c> bows</c><00:21:29.200><c> his</c><00:21:29.500><c> head</c><00:21:29.779><c> and</c><00:21:30.059><c> worships.</c> 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:34.420 But<00:21:31.640><c> they</c><00:21:31.839><c> are</c><00:21:32.099><c> still</c><00:21:32.420><c> not</c><00:21:32.740><c> a</c><00:21:33.019><c> forgiven</c><00:21:33.259><c> people.</c> 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:38.180 We<00:21:35.720><c> read</c><00:21:35.900><c> in</c><00:21:36.079><c> verse</c><00:21:36.259><c> 8,</c><00:21:36.619><c> and</c><00:21:36.700><c> Moses</c><00:21:37.059><c> made</c><00:21:37.319><c> haste</c><00:21:37.799><c> and</c><00:21:37.920><c> bowed</c> 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:40.599 his<00:21:38.400><c> head</c><00:21:38.559><c> toward</c><00:21:38.880><c> the</c><00:21:39.059><c> earth</c><00:21:39.279><c> and</c><00:21:39.539><c> worshiped.</c> 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:45.839 In<00:21:40.720><c> verse</c><00:21:40.980><c> 9,</c><00:21:41.319><c> he</c><00:21:41.480><c> is</c><00:21:41.759><c> still</c><00:21:41.980><c> looking</c><00:21:42.279><c> for</c><00:21:42.599><c> God</c><00:21:42.859><c> to</c><00:21:44.220><c> forgive</c><00:21:44.299><c> the</c><00:21:44.880><c> enormous</c><00:21:45.440><c> sin</c><00:21:45.660><c> of</c> 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.880 the<00:21:46.059><c> people</c><00:21:46.319><c> committed</c><00:21:46.660><c> back</c><00:21:46.960><c> in</c><00:21:47.160><c> chapter</c><00:21:47.400><c> 32.</c> 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:52.279 And<00:21:48.079><c> he</c><00:21:48.440><c> said,</c><00:21:49.920><c> If</c><00:21:49.940><c> now</c><00:21:50.400><c> I,</c><00:21:51.039><c> Moses,</c><00:21:51.039><c> have</c><00:21:51.259><c> found</c><00:21:51.519><c> grace</c><00:21:51.839><c> in</c><00:21:52.039><c> thy</c> 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:55.900 sight,<00:21:52.640><c> O</c><00:21:52.819><c> Lord,</c><00:21:53.099><c> let</c><00:21:53.299><c> my</c><00:21:53.599><c> Lord,</c><00:21:54.000><c> I</c><00:21:54.180><c> pray</c><00:21:54.380><c> thee,</c><00:21:54.779><c> go</c><00:21:54.900><c> among</c><00:21:55.160><c> us.</c> 00:21:56.059 --> 00:22:00.299 For<00:21:56.220><c> it</c><00:21:56.400><c> is</c><00:21:56.619><c> a</c><00:21:56.859><c> stiff</c><00:21:57.119><c>-necked</c><00:21:57.319><c> people,</c><00:21:58.359><c> and</c><00:21:58.619><c> pardon</c><00:21:59.039><c> our</c><00:21:59.480><c> iniquity</c><00:22:00.019><c> and</c> 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:05.380 our<00:22:00.640><c> sin,</c><00:22:01.680><c> and</c><00:22:01.920><c> take</c><00:22:02.839><c> us</c><00:22:03.240><c> sorry</c><00:22:03.440><c> for</c><00:22:03.740><c> thy</c><00:22:04.220><c> inheritance.</c> 00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:15.279 So<00:22:05.940><c> the</c><00:22:06.119><c> conclusion</c><00:22:06.599><c> that</c><00:22:06.839><c> is</c><00:22:07.019><c> the</c><00:22:07.240><c> sin</c><00:22:07.339><c> of</c><00:22:07.599><c> Exodus</c><00:22:07.859><c> 32</c><00:22:08.359><c> has</c><00:22:08.680><c> not</c><00:22:09.059><c> yet</c><00:22:09.279><c> been</c><00:22:09.640><c> forgiven</c><00:22:10.200><c> when</c><00:22:11.039><c> Moses</c><00:22:11.420><c> ascends</c><00:22:11.900><c> the</c><00:22:12.180><c> mountain</c><00:22:12.519><c> and</c><00:22:12.920><c> sees</c><00:22:13.079><c> the</c><00:22:13.420><c> glory</c><00:22:13.779><c> of</c><00:22:14.099><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:21.460 It<00:22:17.079><c> will</c><00:22:17.420><c> not</c><00:22:17.599><c> be</c><00:22:17.880><c> forgiven</c><00:22:18.220><c> until</c><00:22:18.700><c> verse</c><00:22:19.000><c> 10,</c><00:22:20.200><c> when</c><00:22:20.339><c> God</c><00:22:20.599><c> declares</c><00:22:21.240><c> that</c> 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:25.980 it<00:22:21.519><c> will</c><00:22:21.799><c> be</c><00:22:21.960><c> he</c><00:22:22.420><c> who</c><00:22:22.619><c> goes</c><00:22:23.039><c> among</c><00:22:23.440><c> them</c><00:22:23.700><c> to</c><00:22:23.920><c> drive</c><00:22:24.119><c> out</c><00:22:24.380><c> the</c><00:22:24.519><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:25.420><c> in</c> 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.079 the<00:22:26.200><c> land.</c> 00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:31.200 In<00:22:27.319><c> chapter</c><00:22:27.599><c> 33</c><00:22:28.099><c> at</c><00:22:28.299><c> verse</c><00:22:28.599><c> 2,</c><00:22:29.519><c> he</c><00:22:29.660><c> said</c><00:22:29.839><c> he</c><00:22:29.920><c> was</c><00:22:30.200><c> no</c><00:22:30.460><c> longer</c><00:22:30.680><c> going</c><00:22:30.940><c> to</c> 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:33.519 accompany<00:22:31.559><c> them</c><00:22:31.819><c> and</c><00:22:31.940><c> he</c><00:22:32.000><c> would</c><00:22:32.259><c> send</c><00:22:32.460><c> his</c><00:22:32.680><c> angel.</c> 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:37.339 Now<00:22:33.799><c> in</c><00:22:33.940><c> chapter</c><00:22:34.299><c> 34,</c><00:22:34.900><c> he</c><00:22:35.160><c> recommits</c><00:22:35.880><c> to</c><00:22:36.460><c> sending</c><00:22:36.700><c> the</c><00:22:37.039><c> angel</c> 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.240 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Moses<00:23:59.079><c> needed</c><00:23:59.440><c> to</c><00:23:59.799><c> learn</c><00:24:00.160><c> about</c><00:24:00.700><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:06.660 And<00:24:02.220><c> Moses</c><00:24:02.619><c> will</c><00:24:03.039><c> ask</c><00:24:03.519><c> God</c><00:24:03.819><c> to</c><00:24:04.019><c> be</c><00:24:04.339><c> instructed</c><00:24:05.079><c> in</c><00:24:06.180><c> the</c><00:24:06.339><c> ways</c> 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:11.859 of<00:24:06.980><c> forgiveness</c><00:24:07.619><c> so</c><00:24:08.160><c> that</c><00:24:08.299><c> he</c><00:24:08.400><c> can</c><00:24:08.819><c> reappeal</c><00:24:10.019><c> to</c><00:24:10.220><c> God</c><00:24:10.779><c> for</c><00:24:11.640><c> the</c> 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:13.819 people<00:24:12.200><c> to</c><00:24:12.480><c> be</c><00:24:12.759><c> forgiven.</c> 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:17.480 In<00:24:14.339><c> verses</c><00:24:14.500><c> 1</c><00:24:14.839><c> to</c><00:24:14.920><c> 3</c><00:24:15.259><c> of</c><00:24:15.460><c> chapter</c><00:24:15.740><c> 33,</c><00:24:16.400><c> God</c><00:24:16.619><c> tells</c><00:24:16.920><c> Moses</c><00:24:17.279><c> the</c> 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:20.099 people<00:24:17.779><c> should</c><00:24:17.960><c> go</c><00:24:18.180><c> up</c><00:24:18.319><c> to</c><00:24:18.500><c> take</c><00:24:18.640><c> the</c><00:24:18.880><c> promised</c><00:24:19.119><c> land,</c> 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:24.900 but<00:24:20.200><c> his</c><00:24:20.440><c> special</c><00:24:20.779><c> angel,</c><00:24:21.599><c> called</c><00:24:21.940><c> the</c><00:24:22.140><c> angel</c><00:24:22.339><c> of</c><00:24:22.500><c> his</c><00:24:22.720><c> presence,</c><00:24:23.980><c> in</c><00:24:24.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:24.319><c> 63</c> 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:27.519 and<00:24:25.099><c> verse</c><00:24:25.279><c> 9,</c><00:24:25.880><c> would</c><00:24:26.019><c> not</c><00:24:26.240><c> be</c><00:24:26.440><c> going</c><00:24:26.599><c> with</c><00:24:26.880><c> them</c><00:24:27.039><c> because</c><00:24:27.339><c> of</c> 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.420 their<00:24:27.680><c> wickedness.</c> 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:30.920 And<00:24:29.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:29.500><c> said</c><00:24:29.720><c> unto</c><00:24:29.859><c> Moses</c><00:24:30.240><c> in</c><00:24:30.420><c> verse</c><00:24:30.660><c> 1,</c> 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:35.779 Depart<00:24:31.460><c> and</c><00:24:31.700><c> go</c><00:24:31.839><c> up</c><00:24:32.079><c> hence,</c><00:24:33.819><c> thou</c><00:24:34.119><c> and</c><00:24:34.319><c> thy</c><00:24:34.500><c> people,</c><00:24:34.839><c> which</c><00:24:35.000><c> thou</c><00:24:35.220><c> hast</c><00:24:35.420><c> brought</c><00:24:35.619><c> up</c> 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:37.019 out<00:24:35.960><c> of</c><00:24:36.059><c> the</c><00:24:36.140><c> land</c><00:24:36.319><c> of</c><00:24:36.500><c> Egypt,</c> 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.880 under<00:24:37.579><c> the</c><00:24:37.720><c> land</c><00:24:37.920><c> which</c><00:24:38.079><c> I</c><00:24:38.319><c> swear</c><00:24:38.519><c> unto</c><00:24:38.700><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:39.319><c> to</c><00:24:39.500><c> Isaac,</c> 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:43.339 and<00:24:40.059><c> to</c><00:24:40.259><c> Jacob,</c><00:24:40.759><c> saying,</c><00:24:41.440><c> unto</c><00:24:41.660><c> thy</c><00:24:41.980><c> seed</c><00:24:42.359><c> will</c><00:24:42.599><c> I</c><00:24:42.759><c> give</c><00:24:42.900><c> it.</c> 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:46.500 And<00:24:43.920><c> I</c><00:24:44.079><c> will</c><00:24:44.259><c> send</c><00:24:44.519><c> an</c><00:24:44.740><c> angel</c><00:24:44.960><c> before</c><00:24:45.420><c> thee,</c><00:24:45.619><c> and</c><00:24:45.740><c> I</c><00:24:45.819><c> will</c><00:24:46.039><c> drive</c><00:24:46.240><c> out</c> 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:48.799 the<00:24:46.700><c> Canaanite,</c><00:24:47.200><c> the</c><00:24:47.400><c> Amorite,</c><00:24:47.859><c> and</c><00:24:47.960><c> the</c><00:24:48.099><c> Hittite,</c><00:24:48.480><c> and</c><00:24:48.619><c> the</c> 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.920 Perizzite,<00:24:49.259><c> the</c><00:24:49.500><c> Hivite,</c><00:24:49.859><c> and</c><00:24:50.000><c> the</c><00:24:50.160><c> Jebusite,</c> 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:53.440 unto<00:24:51.559><c> a</c><00:24:51.819><c> land</c><00:24:52.059><c> flowing</c><00:24:52.420><c> with</c><00:24:52.700><c> milk</c><00:24:52.920><c> and</c><00:24:53.079><c> honey.</c> 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:57.220 For<00:24:54.380><c> I</c><00:24:54.680><c> will</c><00:24:54.920><c> not</c><00:24:55.059><c> go</c><00:24:55.259><c> up</c><00:24:55.440><c> in</c><00:24:55.559><c> the</c><00:24:55.660><c> midst</c><00:24:55.839><c> of</c><00:24:56.039><c> thee,</c><00:24:56.500><c> for</c><00:24:56.599><c> thou</c><00:24:56.779><c> art</c><00:24:56.960><c> a</c> 00:24:57.220 --> 00:25:00.740 stiff<00:24:57.480><c>-necked</c><00:24:57.640><c> people,</c><00:24:58.480><c> lest</c><00:24:58.559><c> I</c><00:24:58.799><c> consume</c><00:24:59.200><c> thee</c><00:24:59.539><c> in</c><00:24:59.700><c> the</c><00:24:59.819><c> way.</c> 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:05.119 Isaiah<00:25:01.259><c> 59</c><00:25:01.920><c> verse</c><00:25:02.160><c> 2</c><00:25:02.480><c> speaks</c><00:25:03.019><c> of</c><00:25:03.240><c> how</c><00:25:03.460><c> our</c><00:25:03.799><c> sins</c><00:25:04.160><c> separate</c><00:25:04.759><c> us</c> 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:09.940 from<00:25:05.299><c> God,</c><00:25:06.640><c> and</c><00:25:06.740><c> this</c><00:25:06.960><c> was</c><00:25:07.140><c> now</c><00:25:07.359><c> being</c><00:25:07.720><c> experienced</c><00:25:08.480><c> by</c><00:25:08.880><c> the</c><00:25:09.039><c> nation.</c> 00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:13.799 This<00:25:10.460><c> change</c><00:25:11.240><c> that</c><00:25:11.500><c> God</c><00:25:11.880><c> announces</c><00:25:12.539><c> in</c><00:25:12.680><c> verses</c><00:25:12.960><c> 1</c><00:25:13.299><c> to</c><00:25:13.440><c> 3</c> 00:25:13.799 --> 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heart,</c><00:26:26.759><c> which</c><00:26:26.920><c> is</c><00:26:27.079><c> how</c> 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:30.079 we'll<00:26:27.440><c> see</c><00:26:27.619><c> tomorrow,</c><00:26:28.039><c> Lord</c><00:26:28.299><c> willing,</c><00:26:28.680><c> is</c><00:26:28.880><c> the</c><00:26:29.019><c> New</c><00:26:29.200><c> Testament</c><00:26:29.680><c> meaning</c> 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.880 of<00:26:30.359><c> repentance.</c> 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:36.220 It's<00:26:31.640><c> a</c><00:26:31.920><c> converted</c><00:26:32.420><c> people</c><00:26:33.019><c> in</c><00:26:33.279><c> chapter</c><00:26:33.640><c> 33.</c><00:26:34.299><c> They</c><00:26:34.299><c> are</c><00:26:34.559><c> now</c><00:26:34.859><c> walking</c><00:26:35.299><c> in</c><00:26:35.940><c> a</c> 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.839 different<00:26:36.619><c> direction.</c> 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:41.279 Again,<00:26:39.140><c> a</c><00:26:39.319><c> reflection</c><00:26:39.700><c> of</c><00:26:39.940><c> 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go</c><00:26:55.779><c> outside</c><00:26:56.299><c> the</c><00:26:56.559><c> camp</c> 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.720 to<00:26:56.980><c> commune</c><00:26:57.220><c> with</c><00:26:57.380><c> God.</c> 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:00.980 And<00:26:58.400><c> note</c><00:26:58.619><c> the</c><00:26:58.900><c> impact</c><00:26:59.380><c> that</c><00:26:59.579><c> this</c><00:26:59.759><c> has</c><00:27:00.099><c> upon</c><00:27:00.359><c> the</c><00:27:00.599><c> people</c><00:27:00.819><c> in</c> 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.599 verses<00:27:01.220><c> 7</c><00:27:01.539><c> to</c><00:27:01.680><c> 10.</c> 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:05.039 And<00:27:02.799><c> Moses</c><00:27:03.119><c> took</c><00:27:03.440><c> the</c><00:27:03.759><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:04.200><c> and</c><00:27:04.460><c> pitched</c><00:27:04.660><c> it</c><00:27:04.880><c> without</c> 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.819 the<00:27:05.299><c> camp,</c><00:27:05.700><c> afar</c><00:27:05.880><c> off</c><00:27:06.160><c> from</c><00:27:06.299><c> the</c><00:27:06.480><c> camp,</c><00:27:07.099><c> and</c><00:27:07.299><c> called</c><00:27:07.440><c> it</c><00:27:07.640><c> the</c> 00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.700 tabernacle<00:27:08.299><c> of</c><00:27:08.440><c> the</c><00:27:08.640><c> congregation.</c> 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:12.339 And<00:27:09.920><c> it</c><00:27:10.079><c> came</c><00:27:10.240><c> to</c><00:27:10.460><c> pass</c><00:27:10.700><c> that</c><00:27:10.940><c> everyone</c><00:27:11.359><c> who</c><00:27:11.700><c> sought</c><00:27:11.839><c> Yahweh</c> 00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:14.779 went<00:27:12.539><c> out</c><00:27:12.980><c> under</c><00:27:13.279><c> the</c><00:27:13.519><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:13.980><c> of</c><00:27:14.119><c> the</c><00:27:14.319><c> congregation,</c> 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:16.539 which<00:27:15.039><c> was</c><00:27:15.279><c> without</c><00:27:15.519><c> the</c><00:27:15.759><c> camp.</c> 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:20.240 And<00:27:16.880><c> it</c><00:27:16.980><c> came</c><00:27:17.180><c> to</c><00:27:17.420><c> pass</c><00:27:17.599><c> when</c><00:27:17.799><c> Moses</c><00:27:18.160><c> went</c><00:27:18.339><c> out</c><00:27:18.680><c> under</c><00:27:18.900><c> the</c><00:27:19.200><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:19.619><c> that</c><00:27:19.839><c> all</c> 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:24.960 the<00:27:20.480><c> people</c><00:27:20.880><c> rose</c><00:27:21.559><c> up</c><00:27:22.240><c> and</c><00:27:22.819><c> stood</c><00:27:23.259><c> every</c><00:27:23.779><c> man</c><00:27:24.019><c> at</c><00:27:24.140><c> his</c><00:27:24.359><c> tent</c><00:27:24.559><c> door</c> 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:28.859 and<00:27:25.480><c> looked</c><00:27:25.779><c> after</c><00:27:26.140><c> Moses</c><00:27:26.559><c> until</c><00:27:26.940><c> he</c><00:27:27.019><c> was</c><00:27:27.259><c> gone</c><00:27:27.559><c> into</c><00:27:27.839><c> the</c><00:27:28.079><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:34.000 And<00:27:29.400><c> it</c><00:27:29.519><c> came</c><00:27:29.700><c> to</c><00:27:29.900><c> pass</c><00:27:30.079><c> as</c><00:27:30.279><c> Moses</c><00:27:30.599><c> entered</c><00:27:31.000><c> into</c><00:27:31.259><c> the</c><00:27:31.440><c> tabernacle,</c><00:27:32.019><c> the</c><00:27:32.220><c> cloudy</c><00:27:32.480><c> pillar</c><00:27:32.759><c> descended</c><00:27:33.319><c> and</c> 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.559 stood<00:27:34.200><c> at</c><00:27:34.400><c> the</c><00:27:34.519><c> door</c><00:27:34.700><c> of</c><00:27:34.839><c> the</c><00:27:35.019><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:35.579><c> and</c><00:27:35.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:36.279><c> talked</c> 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.819 with<00:27:36.759><c> Moses.</c> 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:40.880 And<00:27:38.220><c> all</c><00:27:38.359><c> the</c><00:27:38.500><c> people</c><00:27:38.700><c> saw</c><00:27:38.980><c> the</c><00:27:39.220><c> cloudy</c><00:27:39.440><c> pillar</c><00:27:39.900><c> stand</c><00:27:40.480><c> 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up</c><00:27:56.299><c> to</c><00:27:56.539><c> worship.</c> 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.000 There<00:27:57.960><c> are</c><00:27:58.440><c> textual</c><00:27:59.220><c> connections</c><00:28:00.059><c> that</c><00:28:01.240><c> the</c><00:28:01.500><c> record</c><00:28:01.680><c> draws</c> 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:06.079 our<00:28:02.240><c> attention</c><00:28:02.599><c> to</c><00:28:02.900><c> between</c><00:28:03.240><c> chapter</c><00:28:03.599><c> 32</c><00:28:04.140><c> and</c><00:28:04.460><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.880><c> 33</c> 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:10.099 to<00:28:07.279><c> underscore</c><00:28:07.819><c> the</c><00:28:08.119><c> fact</c><00:28:08.299><c> that</c><00:28:08.500><c> the</c><00:28:08.740><c> idolatrous</c><00:28:09.359><c> people</c><00:28:09.839><c> of</c> 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:14.180 chapter<00:28:10.380><c> 32</c><00:28:10.900><c> are</c><00:28:11.240><c> now</c><00:28:11.519><c> a</c><00:28:11.859><c> repentant</c><00:28:12.380><c> people</c><00:28:12.839><c> in</c><00:28:13.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:13.680><c> 33.</c> 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:20.680 It's<00:28:14.519><c> the</c><00:28:14.680><c> same</c><00:28:14.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:15.400><c> word</c><00:28:16.420><c> for</c><00:28:16.920><c> rose</c><00:28:17.339><c> up</c><00:28:18.039><c> in</c><00:28:18.480><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.859><c> 32</c><00:28:19.440><c> verse</c><00:28:19.799><c> 6</c> 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:23.680 that's<00:28:21.640><c> used</c><00:28:21.880><c> in</c><00:28:22.140><c> connection</c><00:28:22.440><c> with</c><00:28:22.680><c> immorality</c> 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:28.700 that<00:28:24.140><c> we</c><00:28:24.420><c> see</c><00:28:24.819><c> referenced</c><00:28:25.519><c> in</c><00:28:25.839><c> chapter</c><00:28:26.220><c> 33</c><00:28:26.960><c> in</c><00:28:27.359><c> verse</c><00:28:27.640><c> 8</c><00:28:28.319><c> and</c> 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.039 verse<00:28:29.000><c> 10.</c> 00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:35.539 It's<00:28:30.740><c> 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rose</c><00:28:44.259><c> up</c> 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:47.019 to<00:28:44.720><c> play</c><00:28:44.960><c> and</c><00:28:45.240><c> worship</c><00:28:45.559><c> a</c><00:28:45.759><c> golden</c><00:28:46.119><c> calf.</c> 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:52.059 But<00:28:47.599><c> in</c><00:28:47.839><c> chapter</c><00:28:48.160><c> 33,</c><00:28:48.720><c> when</c><00:28:48.900><c> they</c><00:28:49.119><c> see</c><00:28:49.259><c> the</c><00:28:49.500><c> cloudy</c><00:28:49.740><c> pillar</c><00:28:50.119><c> descend,</c><00:28:51.240><c> they</c><00:28:51.440><c> rose</c><00:28:51.720><c> up</c> 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:54.279 to<00:28:52.319><c> worship</c><00:28:52.839><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:59.140 Each<00:28:54.799><c> man</c><00:28:55.220><c> at</c><00:28:55.460><c> his</c><00:28:55.720><c> tent</c><00:28:56.000><c> door,</c><00:28:57.259><c> a</c><00:28:57.500><c> remarkable</c><00:28:57.980><c> scene</c><00:28:58.539><c> in</c><00:28:58.799><c> light</c><00:28:58.940><c> of</c> 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:01.380 the<00:28:59.319><c> events</c><00:28:59.700><c> of</c><00:28:59.980><c> chapter</c><00:29:00.279><c> 32.</c> 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:04.539 There<00:29:01.640><c> is</c><00:29:01.859><c> Moses</c><00:29:02.200><c> going</c><00:29:02.519><c> outside</c><00:29:03.140><c> the</c><00:29:03.420><c> camp</c><00:29:03.579><c> each</c><00:29:03.920><c> morning</c><00:29:04.240><c> to</c> 00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:07.779 commune<00:29:04.880><c> with</c><00:29:05.039><c> God</c><00:29:05.579><c> and</c><00:29:06.480><c> the</c><00:29:06.680><c> people</c><00:29:06.960><c> take</c><00:29:07.279><c> note.</c> 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:13.019 And<00:29:08.500><c> when</c><00:29:09.039><c> they</c><00:29:09.240><c> see</c><00:29:09.519><c> the</c><00:29:09.819><c> cloud</c><00:29:10.140><c> descend,</c><00:29:12.299><c> they</c><00:29:12.480><c> bow</c><00:29:12.779><c> their</c> 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.619 heads<00:29:13.480><c> and</c><00:29:13.740><c> worship.</c> 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:21.740 As<00:29:17.380><c> further</c><00:29:17.680><c> proof</c><00:29:17.920><c> of</c><00:29:18.099><c> their</c><00:29:18.319><c> changed</c><00:29:18.660><c> hearts,</c><00:29:19.640><c> their</c><00:29:19.799><c> response</c><00:29:20.500><c> in</c><00:29:20.740><c> chapter</c><00:29:21.160><c> 33</c> 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:28.359 is<00:29:22.140><c> the</c><00:29:22.380><c> very</c><00:29:23.039><c> same</c><00:29:23.599><c> response</c><00:29:24.460><c> as</c><00:29:25.440><c> Moses</c><00:29:26.039><c> in</c><00:29:26.720><c> verse</c><00:29:27.000><c> 8</c><00:29:27.339><c> of</c><00:29:27.559><c> chapter</c><00:29:27.880><c> 34.</c> 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:33.119 When<00:29:28.599><c> Moses</c><00:29:29.000><c> saw</c><00:29:29.279><c> the</c><00:29:29.559><c> angel</c><00:29:29.880><c> of</c><00:29:30.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:30.680><c> pass</c><00:29:31.279><c> by,</c><00:29:32.539><c> he</c><00:29:32.759><c> 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mountain</c><00:32:57.660><c> was</c> 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:03.480 the<00:32:58.920><c> righteous</c><00:32:59.559><c> basis</c><00:33:00.400><c> upon</c><00:33:00.960><c> which</c><00:33:01.299><c> he</c><00:33:01.619><c> forgives</c><00:33:02.259><c> sinners.</c> 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:09.220 I<00:33:04.500><c> forgive,</c><00:33:05.180><c> he</c><00:33:05.460><c> tells</c><00:33:05.720><c> Moses,</c><00:33:06.460><c> because</c><00:33:06.859><c> of</c><00:33:07.420><c> my</c><00:33:08.019><c> character,</c> 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:13.059 which<00:33:10.019><c> is</c><00:33:10.319><c> bound</c><00:33:10.500><c> up</c><00:33:10.700><c> in</c><00:33:10.839><c> my</c><00:33:11.140><c> name</c><00:33:11.440><c> and</c><00:33:11.660><c> my</c><00:33:11.900><c> purpose.</c> 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:18.359 I<00:33:13.700><c> forgive</c><00:33:14.180><c> because</c><00:33:14.619><c> I</c><00:33:14.920><c> am</c><00:33:15.160><c> compassionate.</c><00:33:17.019><c> I</c><00:33:17.059><c> 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34</c><00:33:32.740><c> was</c><00:33:33.420><c> primarily</c><00:33:34.220><c> dealing</c><00:33:34.799><c> with</c><00:33:35.140><c> forgiveness</c> 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:40.500 is<00:33:36.759><c> in</c><00:33:36.880><c> verses</c><00:33:37.119><c> 9</c><00:33:37.500><c> to</c><00:33:37.579><c> 14.</c><00:33:38.740><c> He</c><00:33:38.859><c> will</c><00:33:39.059><c> not</c><00:33:39.339><c> always</c><00:33:39.799><c> try,</c><00:33:40.400><c> neither</c> 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:42.619 will<00:33:40.720><c> he</c><00:33:40.940><c> keep</c><00:33:41.079><c> his</c><00:33:41.359><c> anger</c><00:33:41.599><c> forever.</c> 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.980 He<00:33:42.980><c> had</c><00:33:43.259><c> not</c><00:33:43.579><c> dealt</c><00:33:43.839><c> with</c><00:33:44.079><c> us</c><00:33:44.319><c> after</c><00:33:44.640><c> our</c><00:33:44.960><c> sins</c><00:33:45.200><c> in</c><00:33:45.400><c> verse</c><00:33:45.680><c> 10,</c> 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:48.640 nor<00:33:46.240><c> rewarded</c><00:33:46.640><c> us</c><00:33:46.920><c> according</c><00:33:47.240><c> to</c><00:33:47.500><c> our</c><00:33:47.700><c> iniquities.</c> 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.240 For<00:33:49.059><c> as</c><00:33:49.220><c> the</c><00:33:49.339><c> heaven</c><00:33:49.519><c> is</c><00:33:49.799><c> high</c><00:33:50.059><c> above</c><00:33:50.279><c> the</c><00:33:50.519><c> earth,</c><00:33:50.799><c> so</c><00:33:51.059><c> great</c> 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.240 is<00:33:51.400><c> his</c><00:33:51.619><c> mercy</c><00:33:51.940><c> toward</c><00:33:52.220><c> them</c><00:33:52.460><c> that</c><00:33:52.680><c> fear</c><00:33:52.839><c> him.</c> 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:56.779 As<00:33:54.039><c> far</c><00:33:54.380><c> as</c><00:33:54.519><c> the</c><00:33:54.740><c> east</c><00:33:54.940><c> is</c><00:33:55.180><c> from</c><00:33:55.380><c> the</c><00:33:55.539><c> west,</c><00:33:56.000><c> so</c><00:33:56.099><c> far</c><00:33:56.359><c> have</c><00:33:56.539><c> he</c> 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:59.660 removed<00:33:57.140><c> our</c><00:33:57.640><c> transgressions</c><00:33:58.380><c> from</c><00:33:58.700><c> us.</c> 00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:04.440 God<00:34:00.339><c> doesn't</c><00:34:00.819><c> treat</c><00:34:01.200><c> us.</c><00:34:01.599><c> He</c><00:34:01.779><c> has</c><00:34:02.059><c> not</c><00:34:02.420><c> dealt</c><00:34:02.740><c> with</c><00:34:03.019><c> us</c><00:34:03.279><c> according</c><00:34:03.619><c> to</c><00:34:03.880><c> what</c><00:34:04.099><c> we</c> 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.500 deserve.<00:34:05.740><c> Instead,</c><00:34:06.319><c> he</c><00:34:06.619><c> forgives</c><00:34:07.099><c> us.</c> 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:12.800 And<00:34:07.779><c> the</c><00:34:08.000><c> mercy</c><00:34:08.719><c> that</c><00:34:09.380><c> he</c><00:34:09.679><c> shows</c><00:34:10.000><c> us</c><00:34:10.420><c> is</c><00:34:10.699><c> enormous,</c><00:34:11.860><c> as</c><00:34:12.260><c> high</c> 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:15.559 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the</c><00:34:25.679><c> galaxy,</c><00:34:26.500><c> the</c><00:34:26.500><c> universe</c><00:34:26.880><c> is</c><00:34:27.099><c> at</c> 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:31.480 least<00:34:27.739><c> 13</c><00:34:28.360><c> billion</c><00:34:28.980><c> light</c><00:34:29.360><c> years</c><00:34:29.619><c> going</c><00:34:29.920><c> in</c><00:34:30.139><c> one</c><00:34:30.320><c> direction.</c> 00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:36.719 13<00:34:32.980><c> billion</c><00:34:33.500><c> light</c><00:34:33.860><c> years.</c><00:34:35.340><c> And</c><00:34:35.480><c> if</c><00:34:35.599><c> Christ</c><00:34:35.860><c> remains</c><00:34:36.239><c> away</c><00:34:36.500><c> 10</c> 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.679 years<00:34:37.000><c> from</c><00:34:37.199><c> now,</c><00:34:37.420><c> it's</c><00:34:37.579><c> likely</c><00:34:37.860><c> they'll</c><00:34:38.079><c> send</c><00:34:38.340><c> a</c><00:34:38.440><c> more</c> 00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.659 powerful<00:34:39.119><c> telescope</c> 00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:42.239 on<00:34:39.900><c> a</c><00:34:40.039><c> satellite</c><00:34:40.300><c> that</c><00:34:40.500><c> goes</c><00:34:40.659><c> even</c><00:34:40.920><c> further</c><00:34:41.239><c> and</c><00:34:41.400><c> finds</c><00:34:41.659><c> out</c> 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:44.539 that<00:34:42.360><c> it's</c><00:34:42.559><c> 130</c><00:34:43.239><c> billion</c><00:34:44.000><c> light</c><00:34:44.380><c> years.</c> 00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:50.900 You<00:34:44.639><c> can't</c><00:34:44.860><c> even</c><00:34:45.079><c> imagine</c><00:34:46.619><c> what</c><00:34:47.119><c> 13</c><00:34:47.679><c> billion</c><00:34:48.119><c> light</c><00:34:48.440><c> years</c><00:34:48.659><c> is.</c><00:34:49.239><c> 187</c><00:34:49.880><c>,000</c><00:34:50.260><c> miles</c><00:34:50.619><c> a</c> 00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:54.210 second,<00:34:51.780><c> stretched</c><00:34:51.960><c> over</c><00:34:52.320><c> 13</c><00:34:52.960><c> billion</c><00:34:53.360><c> years.</c> 00:34:56.280 --> 00:35:02.219 But<00:34:56.480><c> that</c><00:34:56.639><c> is</c><00:34:56.820><c> how</c><00:34:57.199><c> far</c><00:34:58.139><c> God</c><00:34:59.539><c> is</c><00:34:59.840><c> willing</c><00:35:00.219><c> to</c><00:35:00.699><c> forgive</c><00:35:00.900><c> our</c><00:35:01.199><c> sins.</c> 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:07.000 That<00:35:02.539><c> is</c><00:35:02.739><c> how</c><00:35:03.119><c> great</c><00:35:03.440><c> his</c><00:35:03.800><c> mercy</c><00:35:04.199><c> is</c><00:35:04.739><c> towards</c><00:35:05.079><c> us,</c><00:35:06.219><c> as</c><00:35:06.519><c> high</c><00:35:06.800><c> as</c> 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.420 the<00:35:07.219><c> heaven</c><00:35:07.420><c> is</c><00:35:07.800><c> above</c><00:35:08.059><c> the</c><00:35:08.280><c> earth.</c> 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:12.320 You<00:35:08.599><c> can't</c><00:35:09.099><c> measure</c><00:35:09.340><c> the</c><00:35:09.539><c> distance</c><00:35:10.420><c> between</c><00:35:11.179><c> the</c><00:35:11.440><c> 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you</c><00:35:24.199><c> can't</c><00:35:24.599><c> measure</c><00:35:24.920><c> the</c><00:35:25.260><c> east</c><00:35:25.920><c> to</c><00:35:26.639><c> west.</c> 00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.559 The<00:35:27.960><c> two</c><00:35:28.199><c> never</c><00:35:28.559><c> meet.</c> 00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:34.980 So<00:35:31.099><c> the</c><00:35:31.239><c> point</c><00:35:31.400><c> he's</c><00:35:31.599><c> making</c><00:35:32.000><c> is</c><00:35:32.219><c> you</c><00:35:32.360><c> couldn't</c><00:35:32.780><c> place</c><00:35:33.360><c> a</c><00:35:33.760><c> greater</c><00:35:34.059><c> gulf</c> 00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:40.380 between<00:35:35.739><c> us</c><00:35:36.280><c> and</c><00:35:36.559><c> our</c><00:35:36.900><c> sins</c><00:35:37.380><c> once</c><00:35:38.079><c> God</c><00:35:38.599><c> has</c><00:35:38.960><c> forgiven</c><00:35:39.219><c> us.</c> 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:46.639 You<00:35:41.559><c> couldn't</c><00:35:41.880><c> make</c><00:35:42.139><c> the</c><00:35:42.400><c> gulf</c><00:35:42.780><c> any</c><00:35:43.139><c> greater.</c><00:35:45.619><c> That's</c><00:35:45.880><c> how</c><00:35:46.179><c> far</c><00:35:46.360><c> he</c> 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:49.960 removes<00:35:46.960><c> them</c><00:35:47.360><c> because</c><00:35:48.159><c> of</c><00:35:48.500><c> his</c><00:35:48.820><c> character.</c> 00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:55.960 Because<00:35:51.139><c> he</c><00:35:51.340><c> is</c><00:35:51.699><c> merciful</c><00:35:52.280><c> and</c><00:35:52.860><c> gracious</c><00:35:53.400><c> and</c><00:35:54.000><c> long</c><00:35:54.260><c>-suffering,</c><00:35:55.599><c> and</c><00:35:55.659><c> he</c> 00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:59.059 abounds<00:35:56.340><c> in</c><00:35:56.639><c> loving</c><00:35:56.880><c> kindness</c><00:35:57.500><c> and</c><00:35:57.960><c> truthfulness.</c> 00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:06.320 That's<00:36:01.320><c> who</c><00:36:01.539><c> he</c><00:36:01.719><c> is.</c><00:36:02.619><c> It's</c><00:36:02.820><c> how</c><00:36:02.960><c> he</c><00:36:03.159><c> acts.</c><00:36:04.219><c> It's</c><00:36:04.320><c> what</c><00:36:04.440><c> he</c><00:36:04.599><c> does.</c><00:36:06.139><c> This</c> 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.920 is<00:36:06.539><c> the</c><00:36:06.679><c> God</c><00:36:06.860><c> we</c><00:36:07.099><c> worship.</c> 00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:12.440 In<00:36:08.219><c> verse</c><00:36:08.440><c> 17,</c><00:36:09.099><c> David</c><00:36:09.280><c> includes</c><00:36:09.699><c> a</c><00:36:10.139><c> third</c><00:36:10.400><c> comparison</c><00:36:11.059><c> regarding</c><00:36:11.739><c> God's</c><00:36:12.139><c> mercy.</c> 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:16.820 He's<00:36:13.079><c> already</c><00:36:13.360><c> identified</c><00:36:14.079><c> the</c><00:36:14.480><c> infinity</c><00:36:14.920><c> of</c><00:36:15.360><c> space</c><00:36:15.820><c> in</c><00:36:16.099><c> verse</c><00:36:16.340><c> 11.</c> 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:19.699 And<00:36:17.360><c> in</c><00:36:17.480><c> verse</c><00:36:17.659><c> 12,</c><00:36:17.980><c> there</c><00:36:18.119><c> is</c><00:36:18.340><c> the</c><00:36:18.619><c> infinity</c><00:36:18.960><c> of</c><00:36:19.300><c> distance.</c> 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:23.699 And<00:36:19.920><c> now</c><00:36:20.119><c> he</c><00:36:20.239><c> uses</c><00:36:20.559><c> the</c><00:36:20.960><c> infinity</c><00:36:21.380><c> of</c><00:36:21.820><c> time</c><00:36:22.340><c> from</c><00:36:23.019><c> everlasting</c> 00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.440 to<00:36:24.139><c> everlasting.</c> 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:33.320 Verse<00:36:26.119><c> 17,</c><00:36:28.239><c> but</c><00:36:28.460><c> the</c><00:36:28.679><c> mercy</c><00:36:29.039><c> or</c><00:36:29.239><c> the</c><00:36:29.500><c> steadfast</c><00:36:30.039><c> love,</c><00:36:30.579><c> the</c><00:36:30.820><c> chesed,</c><00:36:31.760><c> that's</c><00:36:32.079><c> the</c><00:36:32.320><c> loving</c><00:36:32.579><c> kindness</c><00:36:33.039><c> of</c> 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might</c><00:36:50.800><c> learn</c><00:36:51.139><c> to</c><00:36:51.420><c> know</c><00:36:51.659><c> God</c> 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:57.699 in<00:36:53.420><c> order</c><00:36:53.699><c> to</c><00:36:54.039><c> live</c><00:36:54.239><c> what</c><00:36:54.480><c> we</c><00:36:54.760><c> learn</c><00:36:55.420><c> so</c><00:36:55.980><c> that</c><00:36:56.159><c> we</c><00:36:56.260><c> can</c><00:36:56.599><c> find</c><00:36:56.900><c> favor</c><00:36:57.280><c> or</c> 00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:59.460 grace<00:36:58.059><c> in</c><00:36:58.239><c> his</c><00:36:58.619><c> sight.</c> 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.659 Specifically<00:37:00.679><c> with</c><00:37:01.039><c> respect</c><00:37:01.519><c> to</c><00:37:01.800><c> forgiveness.</c><00:37:02.340><c> When</c><00:37:02.579><c> he</c><00:37:02.920><c> asks</c><00:37:03.300><c> us</c> 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:05.679 to<00:37:03.980><c> forgive</c><00:37:04.300><c> others</c> 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:09.980 and<00:37:06.780><c> to</c><00:37:07.019><c> take</c><00:37:07.199><c> those</c><00:37:07.579><c> sins</c><00:37:07.920><c> that</c><00:37:08.139><c> have</c><00:37:08.320><c> been</c><00:37:08.500><c> committed</c><00:37:08.920><c> against</c><00:37:09.440><c> us,</c> 00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:16.619 he<00:37:10.920><c> is</c><00:37:11.179><c> asking</c><00:37:11.579><c> us</c><00:37:11.920><c> to</c><00:37:12.199><c> place</c><00:37:12.480><c> an</c><00:37:13.059><c> immeasurable</c><00:37:13.739><c> gulf</c><00:37:15.980><c> between</c> 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:19.340 the<00:37:16.880><c> person</c><00:37:17.360><c> and</c><00:37:18.099><c> the</c><00:37:18.320><c> sin.</c> 00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:24.800 Just<00:37:20.460><c> as</c><00:37:20.679><c> when</c><00:37:20.840><c> we</c><00:37:21.280><c> appeal</c><00:37:21.579><c> to</c><00:37:21.860><c> him</c><00:37:22.280><c> and</c><00:37:22.559><c> he</c><00:37:22.800><c> forgives</c><00:37:23.159><c> us,</c><00:37:24.260><c> there</c><00:37:24.420><c> is</c> 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:29.940 an<00:37:25.260><c> immeasurable</c><00:37:26.000><c> gulf</c><00:37:26.639><c> that</c><00:37:27.000><c> exists</c><00:37:27.579><c> between</c><00:37:28.639><c> us</c><00:37:29.059><c> and</c><00:37:29.280><c> our</c><00:37:29.500><c> sins.</c> 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.860 In<00:37:30.679><c> verses</c><00:37:30.840><c> 13</c><00:37:31.300><c> to</c><00:37:31.400><c> 14</c><00:37:32.019><c> of</c><00:37:32.440><c> Psalm</c><00:37:32.679><c> 103,</c><00:37:33.340><c> it</c><00:37:33.460><c> adds</c><00:37:33.699><c> further</c><00:37:34.119><c> insight</c><00:37:34.619><c> into</c> 00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:36.679 God's<00:37:35.360><c> loving</c><00:37:35.559><c> and</c><00:37:35.800><c> forgiving</c><00:37:36.059><c> character.</c> 00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:40.739 Like<00:37:36.679><c> as</c><00:37:37.760><c> a</c><00:37:37.920><c> father</c><00:37:38.199><c> pityeth</c><00:37:38.719><c> his</c><00:37:38.860><c> children,</c><00:37:39.400><c> so</c><00:37:39.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:40.059><c> pityeth</c><00:37:40.480><c> them</c> 00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.699 that<00:37:40.980><c> fear</c><00:37:41.159><c> him.</c> 00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:47.199 For<00:37:42.239><c> he</c><00:37:42.559><c> knoweth</c><00:37:42.920><c> our</c><00:37:43.239><c> frame,</c><00:37:43.659><c> he</c><00:37:44.119><c> remembereth</c><00:37:44.800><c> that</c><00:37:45.159><c> we</c><00:37:45.639><c> are</c><00:37:46.199><c> dust.</c> 00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:51.639 Psalm<00:37:48.139><c> 86</c><00:37:48.860><c> is</c><00:37:49.460><c> another</c><00:37:49.719><c> time</c><00:37:50.099><c> the</c><00:37:50.300><c> five</c><00:37:50.659><c> characteristics</c><00:37:51.219><c> are</c> 00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:53.000 cited<00:37:51.840><c> together.</c> 00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:57.019 We'll<00:37:53.619><c> just</c><00:37:53.840><c> note</c><00:37:54.239><c> one</c><00:37:54.519><c> example</c><00:37:55.139><c> in</c><00:37:55.940><c> verse</c><00:37:56.260><c> five,</c><00:37:56.659><c> but</c><00:37:56.780><c> it's</c> 00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:59.400 worth<00:37:57.679><c> recognizing</c><00:37:58.360><c> in</c><00:37:58.800><c> scripture</c> 00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:04.000 when<00:38:00.199><c> the</c><00:38:00.519><c> five</c><00:38:00.840><c> characteristics</c><00:38:01.619><c> of</c><00:38:01.920><c> mercy</c><00:38:02.380><c> and</c><00:38:02.820><c> grace</c><00:38:03.559><c> and</c> 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:07.539 long<00:38:04.219><c>-suffering</c><00:38:04.699><c> and</c><00:38:04.880><c> loving</c><00:38:05.119><c> kindness</c><00:38:05.619><c> and</c><00:38:06.039><c> truth</c><00:38:06.260><c> or</c><00:38:06.639><c> faithfulness</c><00:38:07.199><c> are</c> 00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:09.340 cited<00:38:07.760><c> in</c><00:38:08.019><c> scripture.</c> 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:14.260 In<00:38:09.599><c> nearly</c><00:38:09.940><c> every</c><00:38:10.559><c> instance,</c><00:38:11.579><c> it's</c><00:38:11.760><c> connected</c><00:38:12.380><c> with</c><00:38:13.480><c> the</c><00:38:13.699><c> need</c><00:38:13.940><c> for</c> 00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:19.039 a<00:38:14.539><c> very</c><00:38:15.079><c> sinful</c><00:38:15.519><c> people</c><00:38:16.159><c> or</c><00:38:16.719><c> person</c><00:38:17.280><c> to</c><00:38:17.820><c> be</c><00:38:18.099><c> forgiven.</c> 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:23.260 This<00:38:19.719><c> is</c><00:38:19.980><c> a</c><00:38:20.079><c> Psalm</c><00:38:20.219><c> of</c><00:38:20.380><c> David</c><00:38:20.760><c> in</c><00:38:21.079><c> trouble</c><00:38:21.880><c> due</c><00:38:22.179><c> to</c><00:38:22.360><c> the</c><00:38:22.619><c> adversaries</c><00:38:23.099><c> that</c> 00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.300 are<00:38:23.440><c> seeking</c><00:38:23.659><c> his</c><00:38:23.980><c> life.</c> 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:28.179 In<00:38:24.860><c> appealing</c><00:38:25.360><c> for</c><00:38:25.860><c> God's</c><00:38:26.300><c> help,</c><00:38:26.920><c> he</c><00:38:26.920><c> also</c><00:38:27.280><c> acknowledges</c><00:38:27.900><c> his</c> 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:30.239 need<00:38:28.679><c> to</c><00:38:28.980><c> be</c><00:38:29.239><c> forgiven.</c> 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:33.980 In<00:38:30.480><c> verse</c><00:38:30.739><c> five,</c><00:38:31.179><c> he</c><00:38:31.340><c> states,</c><00:38:31.820><c> God</c><00:38:31.880><c> is</c><00:38:32.219><c> good</c><00:38:32.539><c> and</c><00:38:32.940><c> ready</c><00:38:33.280><c> to</c><00:38:33.599><c> forgive.</c> 00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:39.780 For<00:38:34.300><c> thou,</c><00:38:34.760><c> Lord,</c><00:38:35.219><c> art</c><00:38:35.519><c> good</c><00:38:36.139><c> and</c><00:38:37.099><c> ready</c><00:38:37.400><c> to</c><00:38:37.719><c> forgive</c><00:38:38.219><c> and</c><00:38:39.039><c> plenteous</c><00:38:39.559><c> and</c> 00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:42.639 mercy<00:38:40.139><c> unto</c><00:38:40.440><c> all</c><00:38:40.840><c> them</c><00:38:40.980><c> that</c><00:38:41.219><c> call</c><00:38:41.380><c> upon</c><00:38:41.719><c> thee.</c> 00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:46.019 Forgiveness<00:38:43.119><c> is</c><00:38:43.519><c> not</c><00:38:43.719><c> a</c><00:38:44.039><c> passive</c><00:38:44.420><c> part</c><00:38:44.800><c> of</c><00:38:45.119><c> God's</c><00:38:45.699><c> character.</c> 00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:50.280 He<00:38:46.659><c> is</c><00:38:47.139><c> at</c><00:38:47.480><c> the</c><00:38:47.699><c> ready</c><00:38:47.980><c> to</c><00:38:48.300><c> forgive</c><00:38:48.679><c> and</c><00:38:48.960><c> he</c><00:38:49.179><c> is</c><00:38:49.460><c> prepared</c><00:38:49.960><c> to</c> 00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.480 forgive<00:38:50.760><c> at</c><00:38:51.219><c> all</c><00:38:51.420><c> times.</c> 00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:56.699 In<00:38:53.500><c> this</c><00:38:53.820><c> Psalm,</c><00:38:54.340><c> David</c><00:38:54.460><c> couldn't</c><00:38:54.739><c> paint</c><00:38:55.019><c> the</c><00:38:55.219><c> more</c><00:38:55.539><c> reassuring</c><00:38:56.059><c> picture</c> 00:38:56.699 --> 00:39:00.320 of<00:38:57.340><c> God's</c><00:38:57.760><c> willingness</c><00:38:58.099><c> to</c><00:38:58.420><c> forgive</c><00:38:58.659><c> those</c><00:38:59.019><c> who</c><00:38:59.239><c> call</c><00:38:59.380><c> upon</c><00:38:59.679><c> him.</c> 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:04.139 He<00:39:00.739><c> is</c><00:39:00.960><c> not</c><00:39:01.199><c> some</c><00:39:01.599><c> stern,</c><00:39:02.619><c> unforgiving</c><00:39:03.079><c> character.</c> 00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:09.159 He<00:39:04.800><c> is</c><00:39:05.179><c> a</c><00:39:05.559><c> loving,</c><00:39:06.360><c> forgiving</c><00:39:06.940><c> God</c><00:39:07.500><c> who</c><00:39:07.760><c> is</c><00:39:08.059><c> full</c><00:39:08.440><c> of</c><00:39:08.739><c> mercy.</c> 00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:12.000 And,<00:39:09.800><c> brethren</c><00:39:09.920><c> and</c><00:39:10.179><c> sisters,</c><00:39:10.500><c> that</c><00:39:10.760><c> is</c><00:39:11.059><c> the</c><00:39:11.360><c> character</c><00:39:11.719><c> we</c> 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:14.199 should<00:39:12.159><c> be</c><00:39:12.579><c> developing</c><00:39:13.000><c> in</c><00:39:13.340><c> our</c><00:39:13.679><c> life</c> 00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:19.519 If<00:39:15.139><c> we</c><00:39:15.400><c> are</c><00:39:15.559><c> to</c><00:39:15.760><c> reflect</c><00:39:16.239><c> the</c><00:39:16.659><c> moral</c><00:39:17.079><c> power</c><00:39:17.519><c> of</c><00:39:17.780><c> God's</c><00:39:18.239><c> glory</c><00:39:18.460><c> now,</c> 00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:22.059 so<00:39:19.739><c> that</c><00:39:19.900><c> we</c><00:39:19.980><c> can</c><00:39:20.159><c> be</c><00:39:20.360><c> part</c><00:39:20.559><c> of</c><00:39:20.800><c> that</c><00:39:20.980><c> host</c><00:39:21.260><c> that</c><00:39:21.460><c> will</c><00:39:21.739><c> reflect</c> 00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:26.260 the<00:39:22.380><c> physical</c><00:39:22.840><c> power</c><00:39:23.320><c> of</c><00:39:23.500><c> his</c><00:39:23.780><c> glory</c><00:39:24.159><c> in</c><00:39:24.599><c> the</c><00:39:24.760><c> days</c><00:39:24.960><c> to</c><00:39:25.219><c> come.</c> 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:31.840 This<00:39:27.380><c> is</c><00:39:27.500><c> why</c><00:39:27.659><c> it's</c><00:39:28.000><c> important</c><00:39:28.639><c> for</c><00:39:29.139><c> a</c><00:39:29.380><c> spiritual</c><00:39:29.920><c> man</c><00:39:30.360><c> or</c><00:39:30.619><c> woman</c><00:39:31.079><c> to</c> 00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:34.519 have<00:39:32.019><c> this</c><00:39:32.320><c> understanding</c><00:39:32.920><c> of</c><00:39:33.239><c> his</c><00:39:33.480><c> character.</c> 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:37.760 So,<00:39:35.619><c> too,</c><00:39:35.780><c> that</c><00:39:35.880><c> when</c><00:39:36.000><c> we</c><00:39:36.179><c> are</c><00:39:36.340><c> weighed</c><00:39:36.519><c> down</c><00:39:36.880><c> by</c><00:39:37.260><c> sin,</c><00:39:37.440><c> 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forgive</c><00:39:52.619><c> us.</c> 00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:59.519 He<00:39:53.599><c> is</c><00:39:53.940><c> prepared</c><00:39:54.539><c> to</c><00:39:54.860><c> forgive</c><00:39:55.159><c> us.</c><00:39:56.679><c> It's</c><00:39:56.699><c> part</c><00:39:56.840><c> of</c><00:39:57.019><c> his</c><00:39:57.280><c> character</c><00:39:57.800><c> to</c><00:39:58.099><c> forgive</c><00:39:58.380><c> us.</c> 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:04.139 There<00:40:00.280><c> is</c><00:40:00.619><c> no</c><00:40:00.980><c> sin</c><00:40:01.320><c> that</c><00:40:01.539><c> we</c><00:40:01.760><c> can</c><00:40:02.119><c> commit</c><00:40:02.760><c> that</c><00:40:03.539><c> hasn't</c><00:40:03.820><c> been</c> 00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:07.880 committed<00:40:04.480><c> already,</c><00:40:05.199><c> that</c><00:40:05.400><c> God</c><00:40:05.699><c> hasn't</c><00:40:06.019><c> been</c><00:40:06.260><c> willing</c><00:40:06.500><c> to</c><00:40:06.800><c> forgive.</c> 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:12.219 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wallowing</c><00:40:25.079><c> in</c><00:40:25.280><c> our</c><00:40:25.599><c> discouragement</c><00:40:26.079><c> and</c><00:40:26.400><c> despair,</c><00:40:28.019><c> as</c> 00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:29.860 we<00:40:28.400><c> can</c><00:40:28.619><c> so</c><00:40:28.860><c> naturally</c><00:40:29.260><c> be,</c> 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:35.019 but<00:40:30.719><c> to</c><00:40:31.039><c> turn</c><00:40:31.320><c> to</c><00:40:31.480><c> him</c><00:40:31.820><c> in</c><00:40:32.019><c> our</c><00:40:32.280><c> time</c><00:40:32.519><c> of</c><00:40:32.820><c> need,</c><00:40:34.380><c> because</c><00:40:34.539><c> above</c> 00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:38.219 all<00:40:35.500><c> else,</c><00:40:36.500><c> he</c><00:40:36.500><c> is</c><00:40:36.760><c> a</c><00:40:36.900><c> forgiving</c><00:40:37.179><c> God.</c> 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:41.000 He's<00:40:38.639><c> not</c><00:40:38.860><c> like</c><00:40:39.079><c> the</c><00:40:39.300><c> parent</c><00:40:39.539><c> who</c><00:40:39.679><c> gets</c><00:40:39.880><c> so</c><00:40:40.260><c> angry</c><00:40:40.519><c> every</c><00:40:40.820><c> time</c> 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.579 there's<00:40:41.300><c> a</c><00:40:41.480><c> mistake</c> 00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:46.579 that<00:40:43.019><c> the</c><00:40:43.219><c> child</c><00:40:43.500><c> actually</c><00:40:43.920><c> becomes</c><00:40:44.420><c> fearful</c><00:40:45.119><c> of</c><00:40:46.119><c> going</c><00:40:46.360><c> to</c> 00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:49.719 the<00:40:46.780><c> parent</c><00:40:47.019><c> and</c><00:40:47.320><c> admitting</c><00:40:47.659><c> the</c><00:40:47.980><c> mistake</c><00:40:48.539><c> because</c><00:40:49.239><c> of</c><00:40:49.420><c> the</c> 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:51.599 consequences<00:40:50.199><c> that</c><00:40:50.480><c> are</c><00:40:50.639><c> suffered.</c> 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:55.480 And<00:40:52.119><c> parents,</c><00:40:52.440><c> if</c><00:40:52.460><c> this</c><00:40:52.659><c> is</c><00:40:52.860><c> our</c><00:40:52.980><c> response</c><00:40:53.400><c> to</c><00:40:53.579><c> our</c><00:40:53.760><c> children's</c><00:40:54.320><c> mistakes,</c> 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:58.440 how<00:40:56.159><c> will</c><00:40:56.280><c> they</c><00:40:56.539><c> ever</c><00:40:56.880><c> learn</c><00:40:57.239><c> to</c><00:40:57.500><c> confess</c><00:40:57.800><c> their</c><00:40:58.099><c> sins?</c> 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.480 We<00:40:58.639><c> need</c><00:40:58.880><c> to</c><00:40:59.139><c> model</c><00:40:59.539><c> God's</c><00:41:00.179><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:00.579><c> for</c><00:41:00.880><c> our</c><00:41:01.099><c> children</c> 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:04.019 and<00:41:02.199><c> teach</c><00:41:02.480><c> them</c><00:41:02.719><c> by</c><00:41:03.000><c> example.</c> 00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:07.579 There<00:41:04.599><c> are</c><00:41:04.860><c> steps</c><00:41:05.219><c> that</c><00:41:05.539><c> the</c><00:41:05.760><c> sinner</c><00:41:05.920><c> needs</c><00:41:06.219><c> to</c><00:41:06.500><c> take,</c><00:41:06.880><c> and</c><00:41:06.880><c> we'll</c><00:41:07.280><c> look</c><00:41:07.519><c> at</c> 00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.480 those<00:41:07.900><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:11.099 But<00:41:08.940><c> for</c><00:41:09.139><c> the</c><00:41:09.340><c> purposes</c><00:41:09.619><c> of</c><00:41:09.880><c> this</c><00:41:10.119><c> morning's</c><00:41:10.559><c> class,</c><00:41:10.780><c> we</c><00:41:10.900><c> want</c> 00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:15.000 to<00:41:11.400><c> underscore</c><00:41:11.880><c> just</c><00:41:12.239><c> how</c><00:41:12.539><c> forgiving</c><00:41:13.280><c> God</c><00:41:13.719><c> is.</c> 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:17.719 But<00:41:15.179><c> to</c><00:41:15.420><c> avoid</c><00:41:15.699><c> any</c><00:41:16.059><c> misunderstanding,</c><00:41:16.860><c> it's</c><00:41:17.099><c> important</c><00:41:17.420><c> to</c> 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:20.460 recognize<00:41:18.119><c> that</c><00:41:18.320><c> 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verse</c><00:41:35.920><c> 1,</c><00:41:36.400><c> this</c><00:41:36.460><c> person</c><00:41:36.760><c> has</c><00:41:37.000><c> a</c><00:41:37.199><c> humble</c><00:41:37.599><c> spirit.</c> 00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:41.920 In<00:41:38.900><c> verse</c><00:41:39.139><c> 2,</c><00:41:39.380><c> he's</c><00:41:39.739><c> made</c><00:41:39.880><c> a</c><00:41:40.199><c> commitment</c><00:41:40.619><c> to</c><00:41:40.980><c> holiness.</c> 00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:44.260 In<00:41:42.219><c> verse</c><00:41:42.440><c> 3,</c><00:41:42.800><c> he</c><00:41:42.940><c> cries</c><00:41:43.239><c> daily</c><00:41:43.679><c> to</c><00:41:43.920><c> God.</c> 00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:47.900 In<00:41:44.400><c> verse</c><00:41:44.639><c> 4,</c><00:41:45.019><c> he</c><00:41:45.079><c> lifts</c><00:41:45.480><c> his</c><00:41:45.780><c> soul</c><00:41:46.619><c> up</c><00:41:46.960><c> to</c><00:41:47.079><c> God,</c><00:41:47.860><c> expressing</c> 00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:51.280 the<00:41:48.139><c> idea</c><00:41:48.579><c> of</c><00:41:49.059><c> giving</c><00:41:49.340><c> his</c><00:41:49.579><c> whole</c><00:41:49.820><c> being</c><00:41:50.119><c> to</c><00:41:50.340><c> God.</c> 00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:55.260 In<00:41:51.480><c> verse</c><00:41:51.760><c> 11,</c><00:41:52.239><c> he</c><00:41:52.340><c> seeks</c><00:41:52.679><c> to</c><00:41:52.900><c> be</c><00:41:53.159><c> taught</c><00:41:53.780><c> so</c><00:41:54.360><c> that</c><00:41:54.460><c> he</c><00:41:54.519><c> can</c><00:41:54.719><c> walk</c><00:41:55.099><c> in</c> 00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:56.719 God's<00:41:55.719><c> ways.</c> 00:41:57.139 --> 00:42:00.239 So<00:41:57.280><c> there</c><00:41:57.400><c> is</c><00:41:57.599><c> a</c><00:41:57.800><c> link</c><00:41:57.960><c> then</c><00:41:58.260><c> between</c><00:41:58.539><c> God's</c><00:41:59.079><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:59.679><c> and</c> 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:02.079 the<00:42:00.480><c> way</c><00:42:00.800><c> of</c><00:42:01.159><c> life.</c> 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after</c><00:42:19.619><c> having</c><00:42:19.980><c> seen</c><00:42:20.400><c> the</c><00:42:20.679><c> moral</c><00:42:21.059><c> beauty</c><00:42:21.599><c> of</c><00:42:22.260><c> the</c> 00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:24.679 divine<00:42:22.780><c> personality</c><00:42:23.559><c> being</c><00:42:24.139><c> revealed</c> 00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:29.239 and<00:42:25.539><c> understanding</c><00:42:26.159><c> the</c><00:42:26.440><c> righteous</c><00:42:26.760><c> basis</c><00:42:27.239><c> upon</c><00:42:27.579><c> which</c><00:42:27.780><c> God</c><00:42:28.099><c> forgives.</c> 00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:32.420 He<00:42:29.699><c> forgives</c><00:42:29.920><c> on</c><00:42:30.099><c> the</c><00:42:30.260><c> basis</c><00:42:30.480><c> of</c><00:42:30.659><c> his</c><00:42:30.840><c> character,</c><00:42:31.860><c> on</c><00:42:31.940><c> the</c><00:42:32.079><c> basis</c><00:42:32.260><c> of</c> 00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.639 his<00:42:32.619><c> eternal</c><00:42:32.940><c> purpose.</c> 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00:42:55.320 but<00:42:51.699><c> they</c><00:42:51.900><c> are</c><00:42:52.159><c> forgiven</c><00:42:52.400><c> on</c><00:42:52.579><c> the</c><00:42:52.760><c> basis</c><00:42:53.059><c> of</c><00:42:53.280><c> God's</c><00:42:53.659><c> righteous</c><00:42:54.159><c> character.</c> 00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:59.920 God<00:42:55.780><c> establishes</c><00:42:56.619><c> the</c><00:42:56.780><c> fact</c><00:42:57.019><c> that</c><00:42:57.300><c> sinners</c><00:42:57.639><c> must</c><00:42:58.059><c> conform</c><00:42:58.539><c> their</c><00:42:58.840><c> lives</c><00:42:59.420><c> to</c> 00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:02.300 the<00:43:00.199><c> principles</c><00:43:00.739><c> of</c><00:43:01.059><c> this</c><00:43:01.320><c> righteous</c><00:43:01.699><c> character</c> 00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:05.099 if<00:43:02.920><c> they</c><00:43:03.099><c> are</c><00:43:03.280><c> looking</c><00:43:03.539><c> to</c><00:43:03.760><c> be</c><00:43:04.019><c> forgiven.</c> 00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:08.960 Exodus<00:43:06.239><c> 34</c><00:43:06.719><c> is</c><00:43:06.860><c> not</c><00:43:07.079><c> the</c><00:43:07.260><c> only</c><00:43:07.559><c> place</c><00:43:07.900><c> where</c><00:43:08.119><c> God's</c><00:43:08.559><c> character</c> 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:12.500 and<00:43:09.300><c> eternal</c><00:43:09.719><c> purpose</c><00:43:10.260><c> are</c><00:43:10.679><c> connected</c><00:43:11.059><c> with</c><00:43:11.400><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:16.360 They<00:43:13.079><c> are</c><00:43:13.400><c> connected</c><00:43:13.800><c> because</c><00:43:14.179><c> his</c><00:43:14.480><c> purpose</c><00:43:15.199><c> with</c><00:43:15.679><c> the</c><00:43:15.940><c> earth</c> 00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:19.599 is<00:43:17.300><c> to</c><00:43:17.679><c> develop</c><00:43:17.980><c> a</c><00:43:18.420><c> sinful</c><00:43:18.860><c> people</c> 00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:23.820 to<00:43:20.300><c> be</c><00:43:20.599><c> part</c><00:43:20.980><c> of</c><00:43:21.239><c> that</c><00:43:21.500><c> future</c><00:43:21.960><c> purpose</c><00:43:22.480><c> by</c><00:43:22.920><c> transforming</c> 00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:25.300 their<00:43:24.260><c> character</c> 00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:28.659 from<00:43:26.179><c> walking</c><00:43:26.480><c> after</c><00:43:26.760><c> the</c><00:43:27.039><c> flesh</c><00:43:27.260><c> to</c><00:43:27.480><c> walking</c><00:43:27.780><c> after</c><00:43:28.079><c> the</c><00:43:28.380><c> spirit.</c> 00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:32.280 So<00:43:28.840><c> it's</c><00:43:29.119><c> not</c><00:43:29.340><c> surprising.</c><00:43:30.179><c> In</c><00:43:30.179><c> fact,</c><00:43:30.579><c> it's</c><00:43:30.719><c> to</c><00:43:30.840><c> be</c><00:43:31.139><c> expected.</c> 00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:35.980 Along<00:43:32.920><c> the</c><00:43:33.179><c> way,</c><00:43:33.659><c> this</c><00:43:33.840><c> people</c><00:43:34.159><c> that</c><00:43:34.340><c> God</c><00:43:34.539><c> is</c><00:43:34.760><c> looking</c><00:43:34.980><c> to</c><00:43:35.340><c> transform</c> 00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:39.159 from<00:43:36.619><c> walking</c><00:43:36.940><c> after</c><00:43:37.239><c> the</c><00:43:37.500><c> flesh</c><00:43:37.659><c> to</c><00:43:37.860><c> walking</c><00:43:38.159><c> after</c><00:43:38.440><c> the</c><00:43:38.760><c> spirit</c><00:43:38.920><c> are</c> 00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:42.619 going<00:43:39.320><c> to</c><00:43:39.500><c> have</c><00:43:39.679><c> numerous</c><00:43:40.239><c> failings.</c> 00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:49.780 And<00:43:43.340><c> this</c><00:43:43.519><c> is</c><00:43:43.679><c> why</c><00:43:43.840><c> God</c><00:43:44.199><c> is</c><00:43:44.500><c> willing</c><00:43:44.699><c> to</c><00:43:45.039><c> forgive</c><00:43:45.260><c> them,</c><00:43:46.300><c> because</c><00:43:46.699><c> he</c><00:43:46.840><c> has</c><00:43:47.099><c> the</c><00:43:47.480><c> end</c><00:43:47.900><c> goal</c><00:43:48.280><c> in</c><00:43:48.639><c> mind.</c> 00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:52.820 He<00:43:50.800><c> understands</c><00:43:51.380><c> that</c><00:43:51.659><c> we</c><00:43:51.840><c> are</c><00:43:52.079><c> but</c><00:43:52.280><c> dust.</c> 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:56.519 He<00:43:53.300><c> understands</c><00:43:53.840><c> the</c><00:43:54.260><c> strength</c><00:43:54.599><c> of</c><00:43:54.860><c> the</c><00:43:55.019><c> nature</c><00:43:55.260><c> that</c><00:43:55.480><c> we</c><00:43:55.699><c> bear.</c> 00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:00.940 So<00:43:57.559><c> in</c><00:43:57.780><c> light</c><00:43:58.059><c> of</c><00:43:58.260><c> his</c><00:43:58.519><c> future</c><00:43:59.079><c> purpose</c><00:43:59.739><c> to</c><00:44:00.320><c> fill</c><00:44:00.539><c> the</c><00:44:00.760><c> earth</c> 00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:02.539 with<00:44:01.159><c> his</c><00:44:01.420><c> glory,</c> 00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:09.420 he<00:44:03.639><c> is</c><00:44:03.900><c> quite</c><00:44:04.099><c> willing</c><00:44:04.440><c> to</c><00:44:04.760><c> forgive</c><00:44:05.039><c> us</c><00:44:06.239><c> without</c><00:44:06.800><c> compromising</c><00:44:07.840><c> his</c><00:44:08.260><c> principles.</c> 00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:15.219 So<00:44:10.179><c> that</c><00:44:10.420><c> means</c><00:44:10.659><c> we</c><00:44:10.880><c> need</c><00:44:11.059><c> to</c><00:44:11.340><c> conform</c><00:44:11.699><c> ourselves</c><00:44:12.420><c> to</c><00:44:12.639><c> the</c><00:44:12.920><c> principles</c><00:44:13.360><c> that</c><00:44:13.639><c> he</c><00:44:13.960><c> establishes.</c> 00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:18.920 Numbers<00:44:15.739><c> 14,</c><00:44:16.320><c> we</c><00:44:16.480><c> won't</c><00:44:16.659><c> go</c><00:44:16.920><c> through</c><00:44:17.159><c> all</c><00:44:18.039><c> of</c><00:44:18.239><c> the</c><00:44:18.360><c> events</c><00:44:18.579><c> there,</c> 00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:24.679 but<00:44:19.079><c> it's</c><00:44:19.360><c> another</c><00:44:19.599><c> example</c><00:44:20.179><c> of</c><00:44:20.420><c> an</c><00:44:20.639><c> enormous</c><00:44:21.119><c> sin</c><00:44:21.940><c> on</c><00:44:22.920><c> the</c><00:44:23.139><c> part</c><00:44:23.360><c> of</c><00:44:23.639><c> Israel.</c> 00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:29.760 And<00:44:26.000><c> Moses</c><00:44:26.420><c> this</c><00:44:26.900><c> time,</c><00:44:28.099><c> turn</c><00:44:28.420><c> just</c><00:44:28.699><c> for</c><00:44:28.960><c> a</c><00:44:28.980><c> quick</c><00:44:29.099><c> minute</c><00:44:29.460><c> to</c> 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:31.659 verse<00:44:30.000><c> 12.</c> 00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:35.840 Once<00:44:32.199><c> again,</c><00:44:32.760><c> their</c><00:44:32.980><c> sin</c><00:44:33.260><c> is</c><00:44:33.639><c> enormous</c><00:44:34.139><c> in</c><00:44:34.420><c> Numbers</c><00:44:34.699><c> 14.</c> 00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:39.639 And<00:44:36.219><c> notice</c><00:44:36.539><c> this</c><00:44:36.900><c> time,</c><00:44:37.420><c> Moses</c><00:44:37.539><c> will</c><00:44:37.840><c> appeal</c><00:44:38.099><c> to</c><00:44:38.320><c> God</c><00:44:38.599><c> for</c><00:44:38.820><c> the</c><00:44:39.039><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:39.380><c> of</c> 00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.280 the<00:44:39.880><c> people</c> 00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:46.840 based<00:44:41.059><c> upon</c><00:44:41.480><c> what</c><00:44:41.739><c> he</c><00:44:42.019><c> has</c><00:44:42.280><c> learned</c><00:44:42.659><c> in</c><00:44:43.239><c> Exodus</c><00:44:43.639><c> 32,</c><00:44:44.800><c> 33,</c><00:44:45.659><c> and</c><00:44:45.820><c> 34.</c> 00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:50.800 The<00:44:47.440><c> people</c><00:44:47.820><c> have</c><00:44:48.300><c> rejected</c><00:44:48.960><c> God.</c><00:44:49.940><c> They're</c><00:44:50.159><c> in</c><00:44:50.340><c> rebellion.</c> 00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:52.719 They're<00:44:51.139><c> murmuring</c><00:44:51.500><c> against</c><00:44:51.840><c> him</c><00:44:52.099><c> all</c><00:44:52.400><c> night.</c> 00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:56.219 They<00:44:53.380><c> determined</c><00:44:53.860><c> to</c><00:44:54.219><c> stone</c><00:44:54.440><c> his</c><00:44:54.760><c> appointed</c><00:44:55.119><c> leaders</c><00:44:55.519><c> and</c><00:44:55.719><c> appoint</c><00:44:55.940><c> a</c> 00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:58.900 new<00:44:56.440><c> leader</c><00:44:56.780><c> to</c><00:44:57.239><c> take</c><00:44:57.400><c> them</c><00:44:57.559><c> back</c><00:44:57.820><c> to</c><00:44:57.980><c> Egypt.</c> 00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:01.480 Once<00:44:59.440><c> again,</c><00:44:59.800><c> as</c><00:44:59.800><c> we</c><00:45:00.019><c> say,</c><00:45:00.260><c> their</c><00:45:00.380><c> sin</c><00:45:00.659><c> is</c><00:45:00.980><c> enormous.</c> 00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:06.659 God<00:45:01.980><c> says</c><00:45:02.280><c> he</c><00:45:02.400><c> will</c><00:45:02.619><c> strike</c><00:45:02.900><c> them</c><00:45:03.139><c> with</c><00:45:03.460><c> pestilence</c><00:45:05.440><c> and</c><00:45:05.760><c> disinherit</c><00:45:06.380><c> them</c> 00:45:06.659 --> 00:45:10.599 and<00:45:06.880><c> will</c><00:45:07.280><c> make</c><00:45:07.559><c> of</c><00:45:07.760><c> the</c><00:45:07.920><c> Moses</c><00:45:08.340><c> a</c><00:45:08.599><c> nation</c><00:45:08.920><c> greater</c><00:45:09.320><c> and</c><00:45:09.599><c> mightier</c><00:45:09.920><c> than</c><00:45:10.139><c> they.</c> 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:14.519 Moses<00:45:11.280><c> again</c><00:45:11.860><c> intervenes</c><00:45:12.579><c> with</c><00:45:12.860><c> them,</c><00:45:13.460><c> with</c><00:45:13.719><c> God,</c><00:45:14.199><c> sorry,</c><00:45:14.380><c> on</c> 00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:16.559 their<00:45:14.699><c> behalf</c><00:45:15.019><c> in</c><00:45:15.219><c> verses</c><00:45:15.400><c> 17</c><00:45:15.920><c> to</c><00:45:16.039><c> 19.</c> 00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:19.940 And<00:45:17.260><c> notice</c><00:45:17.480><c> now,</c><00:45:17.780><c> it's</c><00:45:18.099><c> a</c><00:45:18.300><c> different</c><00:45:18.480><c> request</c><00:45:19.119><c> than</c><00:45:19.599><c> Moses</c> 00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:21.320 made<00:45:20.179><c> in</c><00:45:20.440><c> Exodus</c><00:45:20.679><c> 32.</c> 00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:25.119 And<00:45:22.119><c> now</c><00:45:22.420><c> I</c><00:45:22.619><c> beseech</c><00:45:23.039><c> thee,</c><00:45:23.380><c> let</c><00:45:23.559><c> the</c><00:45:23.780><c> power</c><00:45:24.159><c> of</c><00:45:24.420><c> my</c><00:45:24.579><c> Lord</c><00:45:24.760><c> be</c> 00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:27.639 great<00:45:25.380><c> in</c><00:45:25.539><c> verse</c><00:45:25.760><c> 17</c><00:45:26.440><c> of</c><00:45:26.840><c> Numbers</c><00:45:27.099><c> 14,</c> 00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:31.119 according<00:45:28.199><c> as</c><00:45:29.519><c> thou</c><00:45:29.760><c> has</c><00:45:30.139><c> spoken.</c> 00:45:31.199 --> 00:45:33.559 Where<00:45:31.400><c> had</c><00:45:31.500><c> God</c><00:45:31.739><c> spoken?</c><00:45:32.219><c> He</c><00:45:32.320><c> had</c><00:45:32.559><c> spoken</c><00:45:32.800><c> back</c><00:45:33.079><c> in</c><00:45:33.320><c> Exodus</c> 00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:35.280 34,<00:45:34.619><c> saying,</c> 00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:39.579 Yahweh<00:45:35.980><c> is</c><00:45:36.239><c> long</c><00:45:36.480><c> suffering</c><00:45:36.940><c> and</c><00:45:37.099><c> of</c><00:45:37.260><c> great</c><00:45:37.460><c> mercy</c><00:45:37.920><c> for</c><00:45:38.159><c> giving</c><00:45:38.340><c> iniquity</c><00:45:38.780><c> and</c><00:45:39.019><c> transgression</c> 00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:42.900 and<00:45:40.179><c> by</c><00:45:40.380><c> no</c><00:45:40.579><c> means</c><00:45:40.800><c> clearing</c><00:45:41.079><c> the</c><00:45:41.320><c> guilty,</c><00:45:41.780><c> visiting</c><00:45:42.059><c> the</c><00:45:42.400><c> iniquity</c><00:45:42.760><c> of</c> 00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:44.800 the<00:45:43.099><c> fathers</c><00:45:43.480><c> upon</c><00:45:44.119><c> the</c><00:45:44.380><c> children</c> 00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:46.940 under<00:45:45.360><c> the</c><00:45:45.599><c> third</c><00:45:45.760><c> and</c><00:45:45.960><c> fourth</c><00:45:46.179><c> generation.</c> 00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:50.780 Pardon,<00:45:48.380><c> I</c><00:45:48.460><c> beseech</c><00:45:48.920><c> thee,</c><00:45:49.239><c> the</c><00:45:49.519><c> iniquity</c><00:45:49.960><c> of</c><00:45:50.119><c> this</c><00:45:50.360><c> people</c> 00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:54.099 according<00:45:51.400><c> unto</c><00:45:51.760><c> the</c><00:45:52.119><c> greatness</c><00:45:52.500><c> of</c><00:45:52.840><c> thy</c><00:45:52.980><c> mercy,</c> 00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:57.800 as<00:45:54.219><c> thou</c><00:45:54.400><c> has</c><00:45:54.659><c> forgiven</c><00:45:55.000><c> this</c><00:45:55.300><c> people</c><00:45:55.599><c> from</c><00:45:55.860><c> Egypt</c><00:45:56.199><c> even</c><00:45:56.539><c> until</c><00:45:56.820><c> now.</c> 00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:00.320 No<00:45:58.019><c> longer</c><00:45:58.300><c> is</c><00:45:58.519><c> Moses</c><00:45:58.760><c> asking</c><00:45:59.159><c> God</c><00:45:59.400><c> to</c><00:45:59.639><c> forgive</c><00:45:59.840><c> the</c><00:46:00.079><c> people</c> 00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:02.480 by<00:46:00.599><c> offering</c><00:46:00.860><c> up</c><00:46:01.059><c> his</c><00:46:01.239><c> eternal</c><00:46:01.539><c> life.</c> 00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:06.340 He<00:46:03.320><c> now</c><00:46:03.599><c> understands</c><00:46:04.179><c> the</c><00:46:04.539><c> connection,</c><00:46:05.360><c> the</c><00:46:05.480><c> foundation</c><00:46:06.119><c> of</c> 00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:07.780 God's<00:46:06.800><c> forgiveness,</c> 00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:10.219 is<00:46:07.980><c> the</c><00:46:08.280><c> greatness</c><00:46:08.619><c> of</c><00:46:08.940><c> his</c><00:46:09.219><c> character.</c> 00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:12.800 He<00:46:10.579><c> is</c><00:46:11.019><c> a</c><00:46:11.300><c> forgiving</c><00:46:11.699><c> God.</c> 00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:16.860 And<00:46:13.280><c> Moses</c><00:46:13.699><c> links</c><00:46:14.260><c> that</c><00:46:14.719><c> character</c><00:46:15.159><c> of</c><00:46:15.420><c> Exodus</c><00:46:15.679><c> 34</c><00:46:16.300><c> with</c><00:46:16.639><c> the</c> 00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:19.199 need<00:46:17.059><c> for</c><00:46:17.280><c> the</c><00:46:17.440><c> people</c><00:46:17.679><c> to</c><00:46:17.920><c> be</c><00:46:18.139><c> forgiven.</c> 00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:23.440 It's<00:46:20.900><c> important</c><00:46:21.199><c> to</c><00:46:21.440><c> recognize</c><00:46:21.940><c> that</c><00:46:22.119><c> God</c><00:46:22.340><c> does</c><00:46:22.679><c> not</c><00:46:23.019><c> pardon</c> 00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:24.860 the<00:46:23.820><c> guilty.</c> 00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:28.860 Those<00:46:25.880><c> who</c><00:46:26.079><c> were</c><00:46:26.360><c> guilty</c><00:46:26.860><c> of</c><00:46:27.219><c> having</c><00:46:27.659><c> disobeyed</c><00:46:28.280><c> him</c><00:46:28.539><c> on</c> 00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:30.079 numerous<00:46:29.260><c> occasions</c> 00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:33.940 would<00:46:31.039><c> not</c><00:46:31.260><c> be</c><00:46:31.559><c> forgiven,</c><00:46:31.880><c> they</c><00:46:32.000><c> would</c><00:46:32.260><c> not</c><00:46:32.500><c> enter</c><00:46:32.699><c> the</c><00:46:32.960><c> land.</c> 00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:37.980 He<00:46:34.920><c> traced</c><00:46:35.099><c> through</c><00:46:35.300><c> the</c><00:46:35.460><c> events</c><00:46:35.639><c> of</c><00:46:35.820><c> that</c><00:46:35.980><c> chapter,</c><00:46:36.719><c> verse</c><00:46:36.980><c> 23,</c> 00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:43.559 because<00:46:39.900><c> they</c><00:46:40.659><c> have</c><00:46:40.900><c> rejected</c><00:46:41.619><c> the</c><00:46:42.039><c> character</c><00:46:42.679><c> upon</c><00:46:43.179><c> which</c> 00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:45.559 God<00:46:43.780><c> is</c><00:46:44.019><c> building</c><00:46:44.340><c> the</c><00:46:44.579><c> future.</c> 00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:49.460 And<00:46:46.300><c> those</c><00:46:46.699><c> who</c><00:46:46.980><c> reject</c><00:46:47.500><c> the</c><00:46:47.860><c> character</c><00:46:48.239><c> of</c><00:46:48.480><c> God,</c> 00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:52.840 who<00:46:49.920><c> will</c><00:46:50.179><c> not</c><00:46:50.320><c> make</c><00:46:50.599><c> mercy</c><00:46:51.099><c> and</c><00:46:51.400><c> grace</c><00:46:51.860><c> and</c><00:46:52.199><c> long</c><00:46:52.460><c> suffering</c> 00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:54.639 and<00:46:53.059><c> loving</c><00:46:53.280><c> kindness</c><00:46:53.780><c> and</c><00:46:54.099><c> truthfulness</c> 00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:56.719 part<00:46:55.219><c> of</c><00:46:55.440><c> their</c><00:46:55.679><c> character,</c> 00:46:58.099 --> 00:47:00.960 those<00:46:58.380><c> who</c><00:46:58.699><c> repeatedly</c><00:46:59.139><c> take</c><00:46:59.500><c> advantage</c><00:46:59.980><c> of</c><00:47:00.179><c> God's</c><00:47:00.579><c> forgiveness,</c> 00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:03.940 who<00:47:01.360><c> persist</c><00:47:01.820><c> in</c><00:47:02.139><c> rebelling</c><00:47:02.559><c> against</c><00:47:03.039><c> him,</c> 00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:07.139 who<00:47:04.679><c> will</c><00:47:04.920><c> pick</c><00:47:05.179><c> up</c><00:47:05.480><c> stones</c><00:47:06.000><c> to</c><00:47:06.380><c> slay</c><00:47:06.659><c> Moses,</c> 00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:10.340 the<00:47:07.539><c> Savior</c><00:47:07.820><c> that</c><00:47:08.019><c> God</c><00:47:08.260><c> has</c><00:47:08.619><c> sent</c><00:47:08.820><c> to</c><00:47:09.039><c> them</c><00:47:09.300><c> to</c><00:47:09.760><c> redeem</c><00:47:10.079><c> them</c> 00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:11.699 from<00:47:10.599><c> Egypt,</c> 00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:14.380 those<00:47:12.099><c> who</c><00:47:12.360><c> want</c><00:47:12.599><c> to</c><00:47:12.699><c> go</c><00:47:12.940><c> back</c><00:47:13.159><c> to</c><00:47:13.300><c> the</c><00:47:13.400><c> very</c><00:47:13.760><c> pleasures</c><00:47:14.079><c> of</c> 00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:17.019 life<00:47:14.599><c> that</c><00:47:14.780><c> God</c><00:47:14.980><c> has</c><00:47:15.260><c> redeemed</c><00:47:15.539><c> them</c><00:47:15.800><c> from,</c> 00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:23.219 they<00:47:18.940><c> will</c><00:47:19.159><c> not</c><00:47:19.360><c> be</c><00:47:19.619><c> forgiven,</c><00:47:20.820><c> they</c><00:47:21.000><c> will</c><00:47:21.179><c> not</c><00:47:21.340><c> be</c><00:47:21.539><c> redeemed,</c> 00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:27.000 because<00:47:23.760><c> they</c><00:47:23.940><c> are</c><00:47:24.179><c> electing</c><00:47:24.500><c> not</c><00:47:24.679><c> to</c><00:47:24.860><c> be</c><00:47:25.079><c> part</c><00:47:25.519><c> of</c><00:47:25.880><c> the</c><00:47:26.099><c> future</c><00:47:26.519><c> glory</c> 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:28.219 of<00:47:27.260><c> God,</c> 00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:31.719 because<00:47:28.920><c> they</c><00:47:29.119><c> are</c><00:47:29.360><c> rejecting</c><00:47:29.900><c> the</c><00:47:30.260><c> character</c><00:47:30.699><c> that</c><00:47:30.880><c> was</c><00:47:31.139><c> revealed</c><00:47:31.480><c> to</c> 00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:34.380 Moses<00:47:32.280><c> in</c><00:47:32.940><c> Exodus</c><00:47:33.179><c> 34.</c> 00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:38.559 So<00:47:34.780><c> when</c><00:47:34.920><c> we</c><00:47:35.119><c> find,</c><00:47:35.519><c> brothers</c><00:47:35.579><c> and</c><00:47:35.860><c> sisters,</c><00:47:36.179><c> that</c><00:47:36.380><c> we</c><00:47:36.519><c> are</c><00:47:36.739><c> weighed</c><00:47:36.960><c> down</c><00:47:37.260><c> by</c><00:47:37.619><c> sin,</c> 00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:42.300 or<00:47:39.460><c> when</c><00:47:39.619><c> we</c><00:47:39.800><c> find</c><00:47:40.099><c> that</c><00:47:40.340><c> others</c><00:47:40.599><c> have</c><00:47:40.960><c> sinned</c><00:47:41.360><c> against</c><00:47:41.780><c> us,</c> 00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:45.000 remember<00:47:43.139><c> God's</c><00:47:44.079><c> character.</c> 00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:49.239 This<00:47:46.199><c> is</c><00:47:46.460><c> who</c><00:47:46.699><c> he</c><00:47:46.780><c> is,</c><00:47:47.440><c> this</c><00:47:47.679><c> is</c><00:47:47.860><c> what</c><00:47:48.019><c> he</c><00:47:48.179><c> does.</c> 00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:53.699 He<00:47:49.840><c> is</c><00:47:50.179><c> ready</c><00:47:50.500><c> to</c><00:47:50.820><c> forgive</c><00:47:51.059><c> us,</c><00:47:51.320><c> he</c><00:47:51.639><c> delights</c><00:47:52.239><c> in</c><00:47:52.619><c> forgiving</c><00:47:52.880><c> us,</c> 00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:57.619 because<00:47:54.360><c> he</c><00:47:54.519><c> knows</c><00:47:54.860><c> he</c><00:47:55.059><c> is</c><00:47:55.340><c> doing</c><00:47:55.619><c> so</c><00:47:56.139><c> with</c><00:47:56.340><c> a</c><00:47:56.539><c> purpose,</c> 00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:01.639 to<00:47:58.320><c> take</c><00:47:58.639><c> up</c><00:47:58.900><c> people</c><00:47:59.179><c> who</c><00:47:59.440><c> are</c><00:47:59.800><c> committed</c><00:48:00.239><c> to</c><00:48:00.539><c> righteousness,</c> 00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:06.420 and<00:48:02.099><c> when</c><00:48:02.320><c> they</c><00:48:02.739><c> fail,</c><00:48:03.440><c> even</c><00:48:03.880><c> committing</c><00:48:04.300><c> grievous</c><00:48:04.940><c> sins,</c> 00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:11.059 if<00:48:07.079><c> they</c><00:48:07.280><c> will</c><00:48:07.519><c> respond</c><00:48:08.340><c> as</c><00:48:08.699><c> he</c><00:48:08.920><c> has</c><00:48:09.179><c> ordained,</c> 00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:14.880 and<00:48:11.739><c> recommit</c><00:48:12.179><c> themselves</c><00:48:12.780><c> to</c><00:48:13.019><c> the</c><00:48:13.239><c> future</c><00:48:13.579><c> that</c><00:48:13.760><c> is</c><00:48:14.000><c> coming,</c> 00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:18.599 he<00:48:15.920><c> will</c><00:48:16.179><c> delight</c><00:48:16.579><c> in</c><00:48:16.960><c> forgiving</c><00:48:17.300><c> them,</c> 00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:24.860 because<00:48:20.179><c> they</c><00:48:20.460><c> can</c><00:48:20.739><c> then</c><00:48:21.019><c> too</c><00:48:21.800><c> be</c><00:48:22.460><c> part</c><00:48:22.960><c> of</c><00:48:23.619><c> his</c><00:48:23.800><c> character,</c> 00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:27.980 and<00:48:25.320><c> part</c><00:48:25.400><c> of</c><00:48:25.619><c> his</c><00:48:25.820><c> name,</c><00:48:26.539><c> and</c><00:48:26.639><c> part</c><00:48:26.760><c> of</c><00:48:26.940><c> his</c><00:48:27.059><c> purpose.</c>