1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,274 The scripture today is from 2 00:00:04,274 --> 00:00:06,523 Proverbs 515 to 23. And just 3 00:00:06,523 --> 00:00:08,772 a note in your bulletin, the 4 00:00:08,772 --> 00:00:10,646 text is wrong but the 5 00:00:10,646 --> 00:00:11,770 reference is correct. 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,361 Drink water from your own 7 00:00:16,361 --> 00:00:17,770 cistern, running water from 8 00:00:17,770 --> 00:00:19,531 your own well should your 9 00:00:19,531 --> 00:00:20,940 springs overflow into the 10 00:00:20,940 --> 00:00:22,349 streets, your streams of 11 00:00:22,349 --> 00:00:23,758 water into the public 12 00:00:23,758 --> 00:00:26,199 squares. Let them be yours 13 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:27,771 alone, never to be shared 14 00:00:27,771 --> 00:00:30,384 with strangers. May your 15 00:00:30,384 --> 00:00:32,116 fountain be blessed, and may 16 00:00:32,116 --> 00:00:34,196 you rejoice in the wife of 17 00:00:34,196 --> 00:00:36,275 your youth. A loving doe, a 18 00:00:36,275 --> 00:00:37,662 graceful deer. May her 19 00:00:37,662 --> 00:00:39,048 breasts satisfy you always. 20 00:00:39,048 --> 00:00:41,127 May you ever be captivated by 21 00:00:41,127 --> 00:00:43,955 her love. Why be captivated, 22 00:00:43,955 --> 00:00:46,044 my son, by an adulteress? Why 23 00:00:46,044 --> 00:00:47,784 embrace the bosom of another 24 00:00:47,784 --> 00:00:50,347 man's wife?For a man's ways 25 00:00:50,347 --> 00:00:52,196 are in full view of the Lord, 26 00:00:52,196 --> 00:00:53,517 and he examines all his 27 00:00:53,517 --> 00:00:56,400 paths. The evil deeds of 28 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,318 a wicked man ensnare him. The 29 00:00:58,318 --> 00:01:00,237 cords of his sin hold him 30 00:01:00,237 --> 00:01:02,475 fast. He will die for lack of 31 00:01:02,475 --> 00:01:04,073 discipline, LED astray by his 32 00:01:04,073 --> 00:01:05,992 own great folly. This is the 33 00:01:05,992 --> 00:01:07,271 word of the Lord. 34 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:17,750 Thank you, Mark. Yeah, 35 00:01:17,750 --> 00:01:19,782 I'm going to be referring a 36 00:01:19,782 --> 00:01:21,138 number of times different 37 00:01:21,138 --> 00:01:23,170 verses in this passage. So I 38 00:01:23,170 --> 00:01:24,864 apologize that the text is 39 00:01:24,864 --> 00:01:26,897 not right in your Pew Bibles. 40 00:01:26,897 --> 00:01:28,591 There are Bibles around you 41 00:01:28,591 --> 00:01:30,284 and the Pew. It's different 42 00:01:30,284 --> 00:01:31,640 translation than than Laura 43 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,672 read, but you can figure out 44 00:01:33,672 --> 00:01:35,705 it's the same thing and in 45 00:01:35,705 --> 00:01:38,648 your Pew Bibles. It's 46 00:01:38,648 --> 00:01:39,501 on page. 47 00:01:41,411 --> 00:01:42,838 573 those little, these 48 00:01:42,838 --> 00:01:44,265 little black books. I'd 49 00:01:44,265 --> 00:01:46,048 encourage you to open that 50 00:01:46,048 --> 00:01:47,831 and follow along with me. 51 00:01:48,561 --> 00:01:51,309 As I'm speaking 573 52 00:01:51,309 --> 00:01:54,057 now, I wanted to 53 00:01:54,057 --> 00:01:55,431 prepare you. 54 00:01:56,671 --> 00:01:59,509 For. The topic that 55 00:01:59,509 --> 00:02:01,564 I'm speaking on today, I had, 56 00:02:01,564 --> 00:02:03,277 you know, a number of 57 00:02:03,277 --> 00:02:04,647 meditations and a sermon 58 00:02:04,647 --> 00:02:06,360 title that I hope would 59 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,415 prepare you as you came in 60 00:02:08,415 --> 00:02:10,128 for this topic, but they 61 00:02:10,128 --> 00:02:11,841 didn't make it into the 62 00:02:11,841 --> 00:02:13,896 bulletin. So let me tell you 63 00:02:13,896 --> 00:02:15,952 that I'm going to be speaking 64 00:02:15,952 --> 00:02:17,322 on *********** this morning. 65 00:02:17,962 --> 00:02:20,858 And this is an issue that 66 00:02:20,858 --> 00:02:22,789 is ubiquitous and confronts 67 00:02:22,789 --> 00:02:25,575 us. And let me 68 00:02:25,575 --> 00:02:27,182 try to introduce you to it. 69 00:02:29,672 --> 00:02:32,538 Anyway. The 70 00:02:32,538 --> 00:02:34,857 the question is and the the 71 00:02:34,857 --> 00:02:36,790 title of the sermon is 72 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,335 ***********. What's the big 73 00:02:38,335 --> 00:02:41,237 deal?One thing I 74 00:02:41,237 --> 00:02:43,426 think that we all need to 75 00:02:43,426 --> 00:02:45,616 kind of realize that we all 76 00:02:45,616 --> 00:02:47,805 do already do realize is that 77 00:02:47,805 --> 00:02:48,900 it's ubiquitous, that 78 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:50,724 *********** is all over the 79 00:02:50,724 --> 00:02:52,914 place. It's all around us. In 80 00:02:52,914 --> 00:02:54,739 the United States, in the 81 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:55,833 recent month, 45,000,000 82 00:02:55,833 --> 00:02:57,293 unique users visited adult 83 00:02:57,293 --> 00:02:59,118 websites as tracked by the 84 00:02:59,118 --> 00:03:01,727 Nielsen Net ratings. In 85 00:03:01,727 --> 00:03:04,049 the adult film industry sees 86 00:03:04,049 --> 00:03:06,370 $13 billion a year in 87 00:03:06,370 --> 00:03:08,228 business. That's more than 88 00:03:08,228 --> 00:03:10,990 Hollywood. In 89 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:13,477 a survey that was recently 90 00:03:13,477 --> 00:03:15,467 done, 2621% of adult 91 00:03:15,467 --> 00:03:17,457 Americans found that viewing 92 00:03:17,457 --> 00:03:19,446 *********** was was an 93 00:03:19,446 --> 00:03:21,436 acceptable activity was OK, 94 00:03:21,436 --> 00:03:24,421 21%. That translates to a lot 95 00:03:24,421 --> 00:03:27,405 of Americans, a lot of adult 96 00:03:27,405 --> 00:03:29,893 Americans, 45 million, infact. 97 00:03:32,653 --> 00:03:34,952 And the advent of of wireless 98 00:03:34,952 --> 00:03:36,484 handheld devices now means 99 00:03:36,484 --> 00:03:38,400 you can have *********** on 100 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,699 your cell phone. So it's a 101 00:03:40,699 --> 00:03:42,998 big deal. It's all around us 102 00:03:42,998 --> 00:03:44,913 in sexual imagery. It's all 103 00:03:44,913 --> 00:03:47,539 over the place. Um, 104 00:03:47,539 --> 00:03:49,486 and it's *********** use 105 00:03:49,486 --> 00:03:51,432 effects even Christians to 106 00:03:51,432 --> 00:03:52,892 some extent. Christianity 107 00:03:52,892 --> 00:03:55,811 Today did a survey of its 108 00:03:55,811 --> 00:03:58,244 readership in August of 2000, 109 00:03:58,244 --> 00:04:00,677 and they found of the 110 00:04:00,677 --> 00:04:03,110 readers, of their readers who 111 00:04:03,110 --> 00:04:05,543 responded, 36% of those who 112 00:04:05,543 --> 00:04:07,003 responded had visited. 113 00:04:07,213 --> 00:04:08,571 Sexually explicit Internet 114 00:04:08,571 --> 00:04:11,286 site. And of that, 3644% had 115 00:04:11,286 --> 00:04:14,002 visited that site a few times 116 00:04:14,002 --> 00:04:16,717 that past year. So what does 117 00:04:16,717 --> 00:04:19,432 that work out? About 15% of 118 00:04:19,432 --> 00:04:20,790 their readership who 119 00:04:20,790 --> 00:04:23,053 responded. It's an issue. And 120 00:04:23,053 --> 00:04:24,863 the saddest thing, friends 121 00:04:24,863 --> 00:04:27,765 for me to read. Was 122 00:04:27,765 --> 00:04:29,933 one study, it's now about 6 123 00:04:29,933 --> 00:04:32,823 years old, that found that51% of pastors. 124 00:04:34,583 --> 00:04:37,290 Admitted *********** as a 125 00:04:37,290 --> 00:04:40,265 possible temptation. And 126 00:04:40,265 --> 00:04:43,036 37% of the passers in this 127 00:04:43,036 --> 00:04:44,884 study said that *********** 128 00:04:44,884 --> 00:04:47,654 was a struggle for them and 129 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:49,964 33% had viewed Internet site 130 00:04:49,964 --> 00:04:52,273 and a pornographic site at 131 00:04:52,273 --> 00:04:55,044 least once in the past year. 132 00:04:56,514 --> 00:04:58,993 So it's, it's an effect, you 133 00:04:58,993 --> 00:05:00,646 know, and it's, it's 134 00:05:00,646 --> 00:05:02,299 ubiquitous. I've never been 135 00:05:02,299 --> 00:05:05,192 to one of these sites, but it 136 00:05:05,192 --> 00:05:07,259 doesn't seem to matter. It 137 00:05:07,259 --> 00:05:09,738 comes to my e-mail. Now about 138 00:05:09,738 --> 00:05:11,805 half my emails are either 139 00:05:11,805 --> 00:05:13,458 advertisements for Viagra or 140 00:05:13,458 --> 00:05:15,524 the enlargement of some body 141 00:05:15,524 --> 00:05:18,394 part with pictures. So 142 00:05:18,394 --> 00:05:20,346 it's all around us. It's 143 00:05:20,346 --> 00:05:21,908 something we should address 144 00:05:21,908 --> 00:05:23,470 and it's something that 145 00:05:23,470 --> 00:05:25,031 especially we should address 146 00:05:25,031 --> 00:05:26,983 being here in our city 147 00:05:26,983 --> 00:05:28,935 because even today, as I'm 148 00:05:28,935 --> 00:05:30,497 speaking, the gay Pride 149 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:32,449 parade is starting. And if 150 00:05:32,449 --> 00:05:34,791 you check the schedule of the 151 00:05:34,791 --> 00:05:36,743 of the gay pride parade, 152 00:05:36,743 --> 00:05:38,746 you'll find that. Once again 153 00:05:38,746 --> 00:05:40,650 the the parade is opening 154 00:05:40,650 --> 00:05:42,554 with the ***** on bikes. 155 00:05:43,474 --> 00:05:45,180 Which is the kind of 156 00:05:45,180 --> 00:05:46,545 traditional way the parade 157 00:05:46,545 --> 00:05:47,910 opens where these lesbians 158 00:05:47,910 --> 00:05:49,616 are riding on on motorcycles. 159 00:05:49,616 --> 00:05:52,005 And that's not a big deal if 160 00:05:52,005 --> 00:05:53,711 lesbian on a motorcycle. It's 161 00:05:53,711 --> 00:05:55,076 what's striking is what 162 00:05:55,076 --> 00:05:56,782 they're not wearing from the 163 00:05:56,782 --> 00:05:59,549 waist up. New 164 00:05:59,549 --> 00:06:02,213 York has a nudity law from 165 00:06:02,213 --> 00:06:04,877 the waist down, which they do 166 00:06:04,877 --> 00:06:07,098 their best to enforce during 167 00:06:07,098 --> 00:06:08,874 this parade, but not, 168 00:06:08,874 --> 00:06:10,650 apparently, from the waist 169 00:06:10,650 --> 00:06:12,871 up. So, Gee, thanks, you 170 00:06:12,871 --> 00:06:15,865 know. So here 171 00:06:15,865 --> 00:06:17,875 we have these kind of half 172 00:06:17,875 --> 00:06:19,551 naked folks riding to open 173 00:06:19,551 --> 00:06:20,891 this parade there. What's 174 00:06:20,891 --> 00:06:22,567 striking to me, the reason 175 00:06:22,567 --> 00:06:24,577 I'm bringing it up is because 176 00:06:24,577 --> 00:06:26,923 this is A and this is a 177 00:06:26,923 --> 00:06:28,598 parade that people now walk 178 00:06:28,598 --> 00:06:29,939 in. Major political figures 179 00:06:29,939 --> 00:06:31,949 are supposed to walk in. If 180 00:06:31,949 --> 00:06:33,625 you want to get somewhere 181 00:06:33,625 --> 00:06:34,965 politically, you need to. 182 00:06:35,035 --> 00:06:36,325 Again, his parade. 183 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,738 So mayors walk in this 184 00:06:39,738 --> 00:06:41,865 parade. Senators walk in thisparade. 185 00:06:45,065 --> 00:06:46,234 Presidential candidates walk 186 00:06:46,234 --> 00:06:47,792 in this parade. It's 187 00:06:47,792 --> 00:06:49,350 something you're supposed to 188 00:06:49,350 --> 00:06:51,687 be in. What does this telling 189 00:06:51,687 --> 00:06:53,635 us, friends? **** ismainstream. 190 00:06:56,175 --> 00:06:57,594 **** and sexual imagery, it's 191 00:06:57,594 --> 00:06:59,012 just mainstream is this is 192 00:06:59,012 --> 00:07:00,430 this is something that's part 193 00:07:00,430 --> 00:07:01,565 of what you do. 194 00:07:03,825 --> 00:07:04,705 So. 195 00:07:07,195 --> 00:07:09,074 I have to start, I think 196 00:07:09,074 --> 00:07:10,640 anything that has this kind 197 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,518 of a cultural wave to it, 198 00:07:12,518 --> 00:07:14,084 anything that has this kind 199 00:07:14,084 --> 00:07:15,650 of a cultural influence, I 200 00:07:15,650 --> 00:07:17,215 have to start probably by 201 00:07:17,215 --> 00:07:18,781 talking about why it's wrong, 202 00:07:18,781 --> 00:07:20,033 why there's something wrong 203 00:07:20,033 --> 00:07:21,286 with it. Anything that 204 00:07:21,286 --> 00:07:22,538 overtakes us this way, 205 00:07:22,538 --> 00:07:24,104 because I imagine that there 206 00:07:24,104 --> 00:07:25,982 are people, I would say maybe 207 00:07:25,982 --> 00:07:27,282 3. Different groups here 208 00:07:27,282 --> 00:07:28,198 today, maybe overlapping 209 00:07:28,198 --> 00:07:29,726 groups, and one group you 210 00:07:29,726 --> 00:07:31,253 might be here saying, ohh, 211 00:07:31,253 --> 00:07:32,780 yeah, of course you hear 212 00:07:32,780 --> 00:07:34,002 *********** say, of course 213 00:07:34,002 --> 00:07:36,140 it's a bad thing, why do we 214 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:37,973 even need to talk about it? 215 00:07:37,973 --> 00:07:39,806 Of course, just don't do it. 216 00:07:41,356 --> 00:07:43,426 73% of adults. 217 00:07:44,306 --> 00:07:45,982 In this country still think 218 00:07:45,982 --> 00:07:47,994 it's a bad thing and and 219 00:07:47,994 --> 00:07:49,336 referring back to that. 220 00:07:51,116 --> 00:07:52,332 Survey I mentioned earlier, 221 00:07:52,332 --> 00:07:53,852 it's about 73% still think 222 00:07:53,852 --> 00:07:55,067 it's morally unacceptable. So 223 00:07:55,067 --> 00:07:56,891 you might be one of those. 224 00:07:56,891 --> 00:07:58,411 They're saying, oh, this is 225 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:00,235 very clear, it's, it's a bad 226 00:08:00,235 --> 00:08:01,755 thing. But I imagine also 227 00:08:01,755 --> 00:08:03,579 there are some people who are 228 00:08:03,579 --> 00:08:04,795 thinking about this and 229 00:08:04,795 --> 00:08:06,618 saying, I don't, I don't see 230 00:08:06,618 --> 00:08:08,746 what the big deal is. What is 231 00:08:08,746 --> 00:08:09,962 the big deal about 232 00:08:09,962 --> 00:08:11,810 ***********?We maybe need 233 00:08:11,810 --> 00:08:13,432 some explanation as to why 234 00:08:13,432 --> 00:08:15,379 this would not be a good 235 00:08:15,379 --> 00:08:17,327 thing. And that's part of the 236 00:08:17,327 --> 00:08:19,274 reason I was asking Bob those 237 00:08:19,274 --> 00:08:20,896 questions earlier that I did 238 00:08:20,896 --> 00:08:22,519 see the kind of societal 239 00:08:22,519 --> 00:08:23,817 effects and maybe personal 240 00:08:23,817 --> 00:08:25,764 effects is what I want to 241 00:08:25,764 --> 00:08:27,711 talk about to you today of 242 00:08:27,711 --> 00:08:29,009 ***********. But there's a 243 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:30,632 third group of people here 244 00:08:30,632 --> 00:08:32,689 who. I'm, I'm sure here who 245 00:08:32,689 --> 00:08:34,492 are saying, yeah, OK, now I 246 00:08:34,492 --> 00:08:36,295 know it's wrong. I know it's 247 00:08:36,295 --> 00:08:38,098 a bad thing, but I can't 248 00:08:38,098 --> 00:08:39,600 stop. You know, you might, 249 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:40,802 you might believe that 250 00:08:40,802 --> 00:08:42,304 *********** is a bad thing, 251 00:08:42,304 --> 00:08:43,506 but you're you're feeling 252 00:08:43,506 --> 00:08:45,009 entrapped by it. You also 253 00:08:45,009 --> 00:08:46,812 need to know why it's wrong. 254 00:08:46,812 --> 00:08:48,314 Very important if you want 255 00:08:48,314 --> 00:08:49,817 kind of freedom from it. 256 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:54,423 So I have a little bit of 257 00:08:54,423 --> 00:08:56,370 help from the culture now 258 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:58,317 because even even a secular 259 00:08:58,317 --> 00:08:59,875 culture beginning to realize 260 00:08:59,875 --> 00:09:01,822 that there is something here 261 00:09:01,822 --> 00:09:03,769 that is bad about the 262 00:09:03,769 --> 00:09:04,937 phenomenon of prevalent 263 00:09:04,937 --> 00:09:06,495 sexual imagery in our 264 00:09:06,495 --> 00:09:07,663 culture. The Psychoanalytic 265 00:09:07,663 --> 00:09:08,831 Psychotherapy Study Center, 266 00:09:08,831 --> 00:09:11,168 which is right over here on 267 00:09:11,168 --> 00:09:14,091 5th Ave. In 19th Street right 268 00:09:14,091 --> 00:09:16,759 over here is they do a series 269 00:09:16,759 --> 00:09:18,665 of lectures here where they 270 00:09:18,665 --> 00:09:20,190 investigate issues that are 271 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:21,333 confronting the helping 272 00:09:21,333 --> 00:09:22,476 industry, that therapeutic 273 00:09:22,476 --> 00:09:24,382 industry and they try to 274 00:09:24,382 --> 00:09:26,288 bring up issues that are 275 00:09:26,288 --> 00:09:27,812 really serious that they 276 00:09:27,812 --> 00:09:30,099 could that that need help and 277 00:09:30,099 --> 00:09:32,386 need to be addressed and so 278 00:09:32,386 --> 00:09:34,594 the. PSC did this series this 279 00:09:34,594 --> 00:09:36,351 year. The first lecture, the 280 00:09:36,351 --> 00:09:38,109 very first lecture of this 281 00:09:38,109 --> 00:09:39,514 year was on Internet 282 00:09:39,514 --> 00:09:41,272 ***********. Now why do we 283 00:09:41,272 --> 00:09:42,677 have a secular educational 284 00:09:42,677 --> 00:09:44,083 institute featuring this as 285 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:46,192 one of the big problems for 286 00:09:46,192 --> 00:09:47,597 clinicians to be facing? 287 00:09:50,157 --> 00:09:52,081 They were viewing it as a 288 00:09:52,081 --> 00:09:53,363 problem not only apparently, 289 00:09:53,363 --> 00:09:55,286 for the patients but also for 290 00:09:55,286 --> 00:09:57,949 the clinicians. And 291 00:09:57,949 --> 00:09:59,635 they compared *********** to 292 00:09:59,635 --> 00:10:02,322 other addictions. So 293 00:10:02,322 --> 00:10:04,919 you see, there's arecognition there of of 294 00:10:04,919 --> 00:10:06,542 harmful effects by people who 295 00:10:06,542 --> 00:10:08,165 are dealing with the the 296 00:10:08,165 --> 00:10:09,463 effects themselves. There's a 297 00:10:09,463 --> 00:10:11,411 clue for you. There's a clue 298 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:12,710 that there's something wrong 299 00:10:12,710 --> 00:10:14,333 with this. But this passage 300 00:10:14,333 --> 00:10:16,280 that we just heard right and 301 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,228 we're going to look at here 302 00:10:18,228 --> 00:10:19,851 provides more than a clue, 303 00:10:19,851 --> 00:10:21,799 friends. It tells us why it 304 00:10:21,799 --> 00:10:23,236 goes into. By *********** 305 00:10:23,236 --> 00:10:24,981 even without using the word 306 00:10:24,981 --> 00:10:27,774 what's wrong with it?And 307 00:10:27,774 --> 00:10:29,919 how even to be helped in the 308 00:10:29,919 --> 00:10:30,838 midst of it? 309 00:10:33,388 --> 00:10:34,941 So that's what I'm gonna do. 310 00:10:34,941 --> 00:10:36,236 I'm gonna talk about this 311 00:10:36,236 --> 00:10:37,790 passage. And I just want to 312 00:10:37,790 --> 00:10:39,343 say before I do, it's a 313 00:10:39,343 --> 00:10:40,897 little bit hard for me to 314 00:10:40,897 --> 00:10:42,191 preach this sermon because I 315 00:10:42,191 --> 00:10:43,486 like praising sex. Those of 316 00:10:43,486 --> 00:10:44,781 you of the village church 317 00:10:44,781 --> 00:10:46,334 know you come here. You know, 318 00:10:46,334 --> 00:10:47,370 I preach occasionally about 319 00:10:47,370 --> 00:10:49,441 sex and I spend a lot of time 320 00:10:49,441 --> 00:10:52,305 talking it up. I 321 00:10:52,305 --> 00:10:54,034 spent a lot of time I talking 322 00:10:54,034 --> 00:10:55,270 about and praising it. You 323 00:10:55,270 --> 00:10:56,505 know why? Because that's what 324 00:10:56,505 --> 00:10:57,987 the Bible does is the Bible 325 00:10:57,987 --> 00:11:00,788 has has a. Has a 326 00:11:00,788 --> 00:11:02,648 hugely positive view. 327 00:11:03,488 --> 00:11:06,170 Of sex. Praises it, really. 328 00:11:06,170 --> 00:11:08,462 It talks about how good it is 329 00:11:08,462 --> 00:11:10,754 all the time. And so I can't 330 00:11:10,754 --> 00:11:12,718 spend a lot of time praising, 331 00:11:12,718 --> 00:11:14,682 praising it today. I have to 332 00:11:14,682 --> 00:11:16,319 just make the point quickly 333 00:11:16,319 --> 00:11:17,956 that this is something that 334 00:11:17,956 --> 00:11:19,593 the Bible teaches, that sex 335 00:11:19,593 --> 00:11:21,557 is such a great thing. I'm 336 00:11:21,557 --> 00:11:23,522 going to do it very quickly 337 00:11:23,522 --> 00:11:25,159 and we can do it. 338 00:11:26,649 --> 00:11:28,716 In verse 19, OK, where it 339 00:11:28,716 --> 00:11:30,782 says, and I believe in your 340 00:11:30,782 --> 00:11:32,849 Pew. Bibles also use the same 341 00:11:32,849 --> 00:11:34,227 translation. OK, I notice 342 00:11:34,227 --> 00:11:35,950 people are very attentive to 343 00:11:35,950 --> 00:11:37,672 the sermon this week. You 344 00:11:37,672 --> 00:11:39,739 want to see what this text 345 00:11:39,739 --> 00:11:41,117 says, right? Well, good. 346 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:43,184 Yeah. Open it up there. Verse 347 00:11:43,184 --> 00:11:46,082 19. There are 348 00:11:46,082 --> 00:11:48,342 6 words for breast in Hebrew 349 00:11:48,342 --> 00:11:50,226 friends. This is the most 350 00:11:50,226 --> 00:11:52,899 ****** 1. Is being 351 00:11:52,899 --> 00:11:55,359 used in this passage. This is 352 00:11:55,359 --> 00:11:56,589 highly ****** language. 353 00:11:57,439 --> 00:11:58,620 Extremely ****** language. 354 00:11:58,620 --> 00:12:00,588 What's it teaching us? It's 355 00:12:00,588 --> 00:12:02,949 teaching us that God likessex. 356 00:12:05,299 --> 00:12:06,439 That he likes it. 357 00:12:08,719 --> 00:12:10,669 Now this is a test for you. 358 00:12:11,959 --> 00:12:14,131 If you cannot see God being 359 00:12:14,131 --> 00:12:15,940 pleased with you while you 360 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:17,388 are having intercourse with 361 00:12:17,388 --> 00:12:19,559 your wife, or if you cannot 362 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:21,369 possibly think that God is 363 00:12:21,369 --> 00:12:22,816 there enjoying your activity 364 00:12:22,816 --> 00:12:24,626 with your husband, then you 365 00:12:24,626 --> 00:12:27,159 have a messed up view of sex. 366 00:12:29,859 --> 00:12:31,500 You're messed up in your view 367 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:33,140 of sex because this is what 368 00:12:33,140 --> 00:12:34,508 the Bible teaches, that he 369 00:12:34,508 --> 00:12:35,875 delights in this, that he's 370 00:12:35,875 --> 00:12:37,242 present and and enjoying that 371 00:12:37,242 --> 00:12:38,882 activity of yours as much as 372 00:12:38,882 --> 00:12:40,249 he is when you're praying. 373 00:12:42,689 --> 00:12:44,246 If you can't see that, 374 00:12:44,246 --> 00:12:45,491 there's something off about 375 00:12:45,491 --> 00:12:47,048 the way that you're looking 376 00:12:47,048 --> 00:12:48,293 at lovemaking, so it's 377 00:12:48,293 --> 00:12:49,849 completely good. It's to be 378 00:12:49,849 --> 00:12:51,406 enjoyed as much as possible 379 00:12:51,406 --> 00:12:54,363 in your marriage. OK, 380 00:12:54,363 --> 00:12:55,1000 I think I've made the pointright. 381 00:12:58,780 --> 00:13:00,522 Alright, why is **** such a 382 00:13:00,522 --> 00:13:01,975 big business? Because sex is 383 00:13:01,975 --> 00:13:03,717 such a great gift. It's such 384 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:05,460 a great gift, but look at 385 00:13:05,460 --> 00:13:06,622 what this passage teaches 386 00:13:06,622 --> 00:13:08,655 about it. As we look at it, 387 00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:10,107 there really three big issues 388 00:13:10,107 --> 00:13:11,849 of this passage. I would say 389 00:13:11,849 --> 00:13:13,592 the issues and the and the 390 00:13:13,592 --> 00:13:15,044 themes. I would say there 391 00:13:15,044 --> 00:13:16,496 were themes of this passage. 392 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:17,949 We want to satisfaction. The 393 00:13:17,949 --> 00:13:19,472 other is captivation. The 394 00:13:19,472 --> 00:13:22,180 other is ownership. And 395 00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:23,783 the real problem with **** 396 00:13:23,783 --> 00:13:25,705 friends I'm going to try to 397 00:13:25,705 --> 00:13:27,628 show you, is that **** takes 398 00:13:27,628 --> 00:13:28,589 satisfaction and captivation 399 00:13:28,589 --> 00:13:31,280 out of ownership. OK, 400 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,560 let's look at verse 20. You 401 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,460 see the exhortation, The real 402 00:13:35,460 --> 00:13:36,980 chief exhortation of the 403 00:13:36,980 --> 00:13:38,500 passage is what you're 404 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:40,400 captivated with. Who are you 405 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,300 captivated by? And it's about 406 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:43,820 being captivated by someone 407 00:13:43,820 --> 00:13:45,720 who doesn't belong to you. 408 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,269 See, and and so you see that 409 00:13:50,269 --> 00:13:51,947 that this is kind of 410 00:13:51,947 --> 00:13:53,289 something that transcends the 411 00:13:53,289 --> 00:13:54,296 maybe specific circumstance 412 00:13:54,296 --> 00:13:55,638 that he's talking about, 413 00:13:55,638 --> 00:13:57,316 which is maybe an adultery 414 00:13:57,316 --> 00:13:59,329 and he's saying, who are you 415 00:13:59,329 --> 00:14:01,648 captivated by?Problem is 416 00:14:01,648 --> 00:14:02,863 being captivated with someone 417 00:14:02,863 --> 00:14:04,381 who doesn't belong to you, 418 00:14:04,381 --> 00:14:05,899 whether she's on film or 419 00:14:05,899 --> 00:14:07,418 whether she's on a computer, 420 00:14:07,418 --> 00:14:08,936 whether she's on your cell 421 00:14:08,936 --> 00:14:10,758 phone, it's not about an act, 422 00:14:10,758 --> 00:14:12,277 it's about it's about your 423 00:14:12,277 --> 00:14:15,022 heart. It's about and 424 00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:16,824 it's not about action, it's 425 00:14:16,824 --> 00:14:18,265 about your captivation. What 426 00:14:18,265 --> 00:14:20,067 are you captivated by? You're 427 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:21,869 being exhorted. It's sort of 428 00:14:21,869 --> 00:14:23,671 a command here about who 429 00:14:23,671 --> 00:14:25,112 you're being captivated by. 430 00:14:25,112 --> 00:14:26,914 All right, So it's about 431 00:14:26,914 --> 00:14:28,356 captivation versus 16 verse 432 00:14:28,356 --> 00:14:29,797 17. Talk about satisfaction 433 00:14:29,797 --> 00:14:31,599 and how it satisfaction is 434 00:14:31,599 --> 00:14:33,041 not a public venue. 435 00:14:34,151 --> 00:14:35,636 Characters involved in this 436 00:14:35,636 --> 00:14:37,493 operation are not from the 437 00:14:37,493 --> 00:14:39,350 outside is what it's saying. 438 00:14:39,350 --> 00:14:41,207 It says these springs, these 439 00:14:41,207 --> 00:14:42,692 channels of water, they 440 00:14:42,692 --> 00:14:44,549 shouldn't be flowing in the 441 00:14:44,549 --> 00:14:46,405 street. You know what the 442 00:14:46,405 --> 00:14:47,891 springs, the channels of 443 00:14:47,891 --> 00:14:49,748 water are the author's poetic 444 00:14:49,748 --> 00:14:51,604 way of referring to some 445 00:14:51,604 --> 00:14:53,090 female source of sexual 446 00:14:53,090 --> 00:14:55,495 satisfaction. And the author 447 00:14:55,495 --> 00:14:57,564 is saying that you know what? 448 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,633 It's unnatural. It'sunnatural for that 449 00:14:59,633 --> 00:15:01,012 satisfaction to come from 450 00:15:01,012 --> 00:15:02,391 someone outside your house. 451 00:15:03,081 --> 00:15:05,101 In other words, outside of 452 00:15:05,101 --> 00:15:06,717 the sacred covenant of 453 00:15:06,717 --> 00:15:09,586 marriage. That's what 454 00:15:09,586 --> 00:15:12,404 it's saying. And then 455 00:15:12,404 --> 00:15:14,184 the third issue, they're in 456 00:15:14,184 --> 00:15:15,965 verse 15, third theme is 457 00:15:15,965 --> 00:15:18,660 ownership. Drink from 458 00:15:18,660 --> 00:15:20,233 your own. Well, drink from 459 00:15:20,233 --> 00:15:21,491 your own cistern. Now, 460 00:15:21,491 --> 00:15:23,693 cistern is not a nice word in 461 00:15:23,693 --> 00:15:25,266 our parlance, but I'll tell 462 00:15:25,266 --> 00:15:27,153 you something. If you go to 463 00:15:27,153 --> 00:15:29,040 the Near East or the Middle 464 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,613 East now it's called, which 465 00:15:30,613 --> 00:15:32,186 I'm actually going about to 466 00:15:32,186 --> 00:15:34,387 go to today, you go over to 467 00:15:34,387 --> 00:15:35,960 Israel. I'll tell you the 468 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,533 first thing you realize, You 469 00:15:37,533 --> 00:15:39,260 get away. From the developed 470 00:15:39,260 --> 00:15:41,315 areas that the Middle East is 471 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:43,028 all about water, you think 472 00:15:43,028 --> 00:15:45,084 it's all about oil now it's 473 00:15:45,084 --> 00:15:47,828 all about water. It's all 474 00:15:47,828 --> 00:15:49,322 about catching it, preserving 475 00:15:49,322 --> 00:15:51,935 it, holding on to it so you 476 00:15:51,935 --> 00:15:54,175 can use it. And cisterns were 477 00:15:54,175 --> 00:15:56,042 very valuable for holding on 478 00:15:56,042 --> 00:15:58,655 to water. There are a lot of 479 00:15:58,655 --> 00:16:00,149 the architecture is about 480 00:16:00,149 --> 00:16:01,642 holding onto water there, 481 00:16:01,642 --> 00:16:03,882 getting it, holding on to it. 482 00:16:03,882 --> 00:16:05,375 Cisterns were very valuable. 483 00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:07,242 They were also very private. 484 00:16:10,932 --> 00:16:13,035 So you see what's going on 485 00:16:13,035 --> 00:16:14,788 here? The author is saying 486 00:16:14,788 --> 00:16:16,891 that real sex, real sex is 487 00:16:16,891 --> 00:16:17,592 about ownership. 488 00:16:20,172 --> 00:16:22,991 Now. Again, 489 00:16:22,991 --> 00:16:25,141 it's a highly ****** way of 490 00:16:25,141 --> 00:16:26,933 talking. Don't want to, want 491 00:16:26,933 --> 00:16:29,083 to, can't go in there. But 492 00:16:29,083 --> 00:16:31,233 this is the way the Bible 493 00:16:31,233 --> 00:16:33,025 teaches real sex is about 494 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,458 ownership and the New 495 00:16:34,458 --> 00:16:36,250 Testament picks up that theme 496 00:16:36,250 --> 00:16:38,042 and actually says it that 497 00:16:38,042 --> 00:16:39,834 way. Possible Paul and 1st 498 00:16:39,834 --> 00:16:41,267 Corinthians 7 says listen, 499 00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:43,293 wife you own. To your 500 00:16:43,293 --> 00:16:45,145 husband's body. In fact, I 501 00:16:45,145 --> 00:16:46,997 was just telling an engaged 502 00:16:46,997 --> 00:16:48,849 couple this week about this. 503 00:16:48,849 --> 00:16:50,701 Again, listen, this is how 504 00:16:50,701 --> 00:16:52,553 you have to understand it. 505 00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:54,405 You own your husband's body. 506 00:16:54,405 --> 00:16:56,257 You own your wife's body. 507 00:16:56,257 --> 00:16:58,109 Paul is very explicit about 508 00:16:58,109 --> 00:17:00,332 it. The apostle. The real sex 509 00:17:00,332 --> 00:17:01,443 is about ownership. 510 00:17:02,853 --> 00:17:05,592 So you see how this 511 00:17:05,592 --> 00:17:07,235 passage applies to 512 00:17:07,235 --> 00:17:09,917 ***********?Because it's not 513 00:17:09,917 --> 00:17:11,112 only about visiting 514 00:17:11,112 --> 00:17:12,705 prostitutes, not only about, 515 00:17:12,705 --> 00:17:14,696 you know, going with another 516 00:17:14,696 --> 00:17:16,687 man's wife, but it's about 517 00:17:16,687 --> 00:17:19,076 **** as well. And that **** 518 00:17:19,076 --> 00:17:21,067 is just as much about 519 00:17:21,067 --> 00:17:22,660 captivation as these other 520 00:17:22,660 --> 00:17:25,049 things. It's a much a matter 521 00:17:25,049 --> 00:17:27,438 of the heart. And **** seeks 522 00:17:27,438 --> 00:17:28,633 sexual satisfaction outside. 523 00:17:28,763 --> 00:17:30,278 Of the marriage covenant. 524 00:17:30,278 --> 00:17:32,551 Really what it does is power 525 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:34,444 and extracts sex out of 526 00:17:34,444 --> 00:17:36,623 ownership. For us. 527 00:17:38,023 --> 00:17:39,525 See ****. Just like 528 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:41,026 prostitution or adultery, it 529 00:17:41,026 --> 00:17:42,528 extracts sex out of 530 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:45,182 ownership. It doesn't 531 00:17:45,182 --> 00:17:46,581 extraction. It's kind of 532 00:17:46,581 --> 00:17:48,329 like, you know, eating the 533 00:17:48,329 --> 00:17:49,727 peanut butter without the 534 00:17:49,727 --> 00:17:51,825 bread. In the end, it's just 535 00:17:51,825 --> 00:17:52,873 kind of gross. 536 00:17:57,133 --> 00:17:58,965 Or it's like, you know, going 537 00:17:58,965 --> 00:18:00,187 into the artichoke heart 538 00:18:00,187 --> 00:18:01,408 without going through the 539 00:18:01,408 --> 00:18:03,413 leaves. Right. 540 00:18:05,354 --> 00:18:07,580 Doesn't look like many of you 541 00:18:07,580 --> 00:18:09,435 eat artichokes. OK, we eat 542 00:18:09,435 --> 00:18:11,290 artichokes in our house and 543 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:14,054 that's always the issue. OK, 544 00:18:14,054 --> 00:18:15,907 actually Susan Sontag put it 545 00:18:15,907 --> 00:18:18,131 better than I am putting it. 546 00:18:18,131 --> 00:18:20,355 This is the way she said. 547 00:18:20,355 --> 00:18:22,949 This is the way she said it, 548 00:18:22,949 --> 00:18:24,802 Susan Sontag said. You know, 549 00:18:24,802 --> 00:18:26,285 *********** drives a wedge 550 00:18:26,285 --> 00:18:28,138 between one's existence as a 551 00:18:28,138 --> 00:18:29,991 full human being and one's 552 00:18:29,991 --> 00:18:31,844 existence as a sexual being. 553 00:18:32,614 --> 00:18:34,033 Very interesting, well said. 554 00:18:34,033 --> 00:18:35,807 Driving a wedge there. It 555 00:18:35,807 --> 00:18:37,225 doesn't. Extraction tries to 556 00:18:37,225 --> 00:18:39,354 take it out of that context. 557 00:18:40,384 --> 00:18:42,333 And this is a challenge in 558 00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:44,931 this passage. What thispassage is doing is 559 00:18:44,931 --> 00:18:45,905 challenging the challenging 560 00:18:45,905 --> 00:18:47,854 you to see that as unnatural. 561 00:18:48,744 --> 00:18:50,093 You see that in verse 20. 562 00:18:50,093 --> 00:18:51,217 That's what he's trying to 563 00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:52,566 do. He's saying you've got to 564 00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:53,690 see this as unnatural. Now, 565 00:18:53,690 --> 00:18:54,814 this is difficult for us. 566 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,066 It's difficult for us to see 567 00:18:58,066 --> 00:19:00,093 it as unnatural because that 568 00:19:00,093 --> 00:19:02,763 would mean. That our 569 00:19:02,763 --> 00:19:04,840 propensity for sexual images 570 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,918 outside of ownership, outside 571 00:19:06,918 --> 00:19:09,515 of our our covenant of 572 00:19:09,515 --> 00:19:12,244 marriage. That would 573 00:19:12,244 --> 00:19:13,764 mean that there's something 574 00:19:13,764 --> 00:19:15,664 wrong with us, right? It's 575 00:19:15,664 --> 00:19:17,564 difficult to see that because 576 00:19:17,564 --> 00:19:19,844 that would mean that if we 577 00:19:19,844 --> 00:19:21,744 are really attracted, if we 578 00:19:21,744 --> 00:19:24,024 find that easy to happen to 579 00:19:24,024 --> 00:19:25,925 us, even on the street, 580 00:19:25,925 --> 00:19:27,445 there's something wrong with 581 00:19:27,445 --> 00:19:29,345 us if it's really unnatural. 582 00:19:30,325 --> 00:19:33,080 And. It 583 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,607 the usual ideas that we're 584 00:19:34,607 --> 00:19:35,828 getting from our culture, 585 00:19:35,828 --> 00:19:37,355 especially now, you know, is 586 00:19:37,355 --> 00:19:38,882 that, you know, men have 587 00:19:38,882 --> 00:19:40,408 these androgens and it's the 588 00:19:40,408 --> 00:19:41,935 way they're made and blah, 589 00:19:41,935 --> 00:19:43,767 blah, blah, blah. And not to 590 00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,599 say that there are women who 591 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:46,821 struggle with ***********. I 592 00:19:46,821 --> 00:19:48,042 certainly want to acknowledge 593 00:19:48,042 --> 00:19:49,874 that. But it's a bigger deal 594 00:19:49,874 --> 00:19:52,454 for men. And this is, you 595 00:19:52,454 --> 00:19:53,916 know, this is how they're 596 00:19:53,916 --> 00:19:55,378 made. This is their visual. 597 00:19:55,378 --> 00:19:56,839 And, you know, they're sort 598 00:19:56,839 --> 00:19:58,593 of structured by this. I was 599 00:19:58,593 --> 00:20:00,347 reading a article just in The 600 00:20:00,347 --> 00:20:02,394 New Yorker of a man who was 601 00:20:02,394 --> 00:20:03,563 saying, I'm hardwired. I'm 602 00:20:03,563 --> 00:20:04,733 not. I'm hardwired against 603 00:20:04,733 --> 00:20:07,462 monogamy. There's a big long 604 00:20:07,462 --> 00:20:09,809 article about this. And he 605 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:11,343 was being very honest about 606 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:12,878 his feelings and so honest 607 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,719 that he brought his wife. He 608 00:20:14,719 --> 00:20:16,253 talked, he talked about how 609 00:20:16,253 --> 00:20:17,788 he discussed this with his 610 00:20:17,788 --> 00:20:19,629 wife and she was livid, you 611 00:20:19,629 --> 00:20:21,470 know, about this. But he was 612 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:23,311 saying, you know, this is how 613 00:20:23,311 --> 00:20:24,846 we're made. It's a natural 614 00:20:24,846 --> 00:20:26,687 friends. This is look at what 615 00:20:26,687 --> 00:20:28,528 this look at what he's saying 616 00:20:28,528 --> 00:20:30,527 here. Why be captivated with 617 00:20:30,527 --> 00:20:32,143 someone who doesn't belong to 618 00:20:32,143 --> 00:20:34,081 you? Is that always saying in 619 00:20:34,081 --> 00:20:36,342 verse 20? Why? Why be it as 620 00:20:36,342 --> 00:20:38,603 if you could not be, as if 621 00:20:38,603 --> 00:20:39,895 you should not be? 622 00:20:42,615 --> 00:20:44,353 He's saying it's not natural. 623 00:20:44,353 --> 00:20:45,743 He's saying there's something 624 00:20:45,743 --> 00:20:48,618 wrong with us. If we're that 625 00:20:48,618 --> 00:20:51,310 way. Now hear that in 626 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:53,065 the passage and struggle with 627 00:20:53,065 --> 00:20:56,061 it. I want you to struggle 628 00:20:56,061 --> 00:20:58,011 with it because many men just 629 00:20:58,011 --> 00:20:59,636 March right off into a 630 00:20:59,636 --> 00:21:00,936 *********** addiction on that 631 00:21:00,936 --> 00:21:02,561 thought alone that it's so 632 00:21:02,561 --> 00:21:05,545 natural. But I was saying 633 00:21:05,545 --> 00:21:06,754 something very radical here. 634 00:21:06,754 --> 00:21:09,386 In fact, it's quite wrong. It 635 00:21:09,386 --> 00:21:12,046 goes so far as to as to 636 00:21:12,046 --> 00:21:13,566 call extracting sex from 637 00:21:13,566 --> 00:21:15,086 ownership of marriage evil. 638 00:21:15,086 --> 00:21:17,886 Verse 22. This calls it evil. 639 00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:22,697 So **** you know, is not as 640 00:21:22,697 --> 00:21:25,326 bad as adultery. Certainly 641 00:21:25,326 --> 00:21:27,476 in terms of implications and 642 00:21:27,476 --> 00:21:29,196 repercussions, but the evil 643 00:21:29,196 --> 00:21:30,486 is the same. 644 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:35,066 You see, it's the same thing. 645 00:21:35,066 --> 00:21:37,903 It's the same evil. And so, 646 00:21:37,903 --> 00:21:39,946 as you can expect, with 647 00:21:39,946 --> 00:21:41,580 things that the scriptures 648 00:21:41,580 --> 00:21:43,622 tell us are wrong, they're 649 00:21:43,622 --> 00:21:45,256 also harmful for us. 650 00:21:46,446 --> 00:21:47,810 And there are harmful 651 00:21:47,810 --> 00:21:49,174 effects, as we're talking 652 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:50,878 about with Bob, but also 653 00:21:50,878 --> 00:21:51,901 personally harmful effects, 654 00:21:51,901 --> 00:21:53,265 even if that's not 655 00:21:53,265 --> 00:21:55,754 immediately clear. And again, 656 00:21:55,754 --> 00:21:57,849 you know, referring to this 657 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:59,944 lecture at the at the 658 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:00,782 Psychoanalytic Analytic 659 00:22:00,782 --> 00:22:02,039 Psychotherapy Study Center 660 00:22:02,039 --> 00:22:04,794 that they did. What 661 00:22:04,794 --> 00:22:07,026 they said is quote 662 00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:08,699 compulsively turning to 663 00:22:08,699 --> 00:22:10,931 online pornographic sites has 664 00:22:10,931 --> 00:22:12,047 disrupted relationships. 665 00:22:13,687 --> 00:22:15,616 So they're seeing it. But you 666 00:22:15,616 --> 00:22:17,223 know what at any divorce 667 00:22:17,223 --> 00:22:18,831 lawyer could have told you 668 00:22:18,831 --> 00:22:20,438 that. Just talk to any 669 00:22:20,438 --> 00:22:22,046 divorce lawyer, tell you the 670 00:22:22,046 --> 00:22:23,011 increasing role of 671 00:22:23,011 --> 00:22:25,837 *********** in the cases. So 672 00:22:25,837 --> 00:22:27,937 it's a it's a harmful effect 673 00:22:27,937 --> 00:22:30,037 to your marriagerelationship. Wow, big 674 00:22:30,037 --> 00:22:31,087 surprise. OK, they're 675 00:22:31,087 --> 00:22:32,837 catching up to Proverbs 5 676 00:22:32,837 --> 00:22:35,601 here. But you know 677 00:22:35,601 --> 00:22:37,373 more than that, more than 678 00:22:37,373 --> 00:22:38,792 harmful to your current 679 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:39,501 marriage relationships, 680 00:22:39,501 --> 00:22:40,919 harmful to your future 681 00:22:40,919 --> 00:22:41,983 marriage relationship as 682 00:22:41,983 --> 00:22:43,756 well. This book Proverbs, in 683 00:22:43,756 --> 00:22:45,529 which we are reading, was 684 00:22:45,529 --> 00:22:48,042 actually written to youth. It 685 00:22:48,042 --> 00:22:49,466 was written to the royal 686 00:22:49,466 --> 00:22:50,890 youth of Israel and Solomon's 687 00:22:50,890 --> 00:22:52,599 time to equip them for life. 688 00:22:52,599 --> 00:22:54,023 These are people to many 689 00:22:54,023 --> 00:22:55,447 people who were not married. 690 00:22:56,387 --> 00:22:58,208 And the, and then you have 691 00:22:58,208 --> 00:22:59,726 the father exhorting his son 692 00:22:59,726 --> 00:23:01,548 and all of these sort of 693 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:02,458 became, these exhortations 694 00:23:02,458 --> 00:23:04,279 became a curriculum in a way 695 00:23:04,279 --> 00:23:05,797 of educating the youth there. 696 00:23:08,047 --> 00:23:09,619 So they're talking about 697 00:23:09,619 --> 00:23:10,797 harmful effects before. 698 00:23:11,987 --> 00:23:13,590 Marriage even changes the way 699 00:23:13,590 --> 00:23:15,512 you look about things. By the 700 00:23:15,512 --> 00:23:17,435 way, I would say to young 701 00:23:17,435 --> 00:23:18,717 people in this congregation, 702 00:23:18,717 --> 00:23:20,319 read this book. Read this 703 00:23:20,319 --> 00:23:21,922 book. It's very helpful for 704 00:23:21,922 --> 00:23:23,524 getting through youth and and 705 00:23:23,524 --> 00:23:24,806 actually coming out alive. 706 00:23:24,806 --> 00:23:26,088 It's conveniently ordered in 707 00:23:26,088 --> 00:23:28,331 31 chapters. So you read 1 a 708 00:23:28,331 --> 00:23:30,254 day and you're done in a 709 00:23:30,254 --> 00:23:32,497 month and then you can do it 710 00:23:32,497 --> 00:23:34,332 again. But I, I recommend 711 00:23:34,332 --> 00:23:36,037 this to a youth. Very 712 00:23:36,037 --> 00:23:37,401 helpful. That's what that's 713 00:23:37,401 --> 00:23:39,107 what its purpose was, you 714 00:23:39,107 --> 00:23:41,098 know?In 1000 BC. 715 00:23:42,678 --> 00:23:44,399 But I think what's coming out 716 00:23:44,399 --> 00:23:46,408 here is that you don't drop a 717 00:23:46,408 --> 00:23:47,843 **** habit easily just by 718 00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:48,991 getting married, and you 719 00:23:48,991 --> 00:23:50,138 certainly don't drop the 720 00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:52,147 habit of lust of the eyes by 721 00:23:52,147 --> 00:23:54,271 just getting married. It's 722 00:23:54,271 --> 00:23:56,037 something that can harm you 723 00:23:56,037 --> 00:23:57,803 beforehand. OK, so some of 724 00:23:57,803 --> 00:23:59,922 you I know are coming along 725 00:23:59,922 --> 00:24:02,042 with me saying OK, this third 726 00:24:02,042 --> 00:24:04,487 group now. We're saying, OK, 727 00:24:04,487 --> 00:24:05,778 I know, I know. 728 00:24:07,128 --> 00:24:09,783 I know it's wrong, but I 729 00:24:09,783 --> 00:24:12,604 can't stop. How do 730 00:24:12,604 --> 00:24:15,448 I stop Preacher?Will 731 00:24:15,448 --> 00:24:16,368 you stop? 732 00:24:18,088 --> 00:24:20,821 By saying. How big 733 00:24:20,821 --> 00:24:22,598 a deal it is to God. 734 00:24:24,118 --> 00:24:25,989 You stop by saying why it's a 735 00:24:25,989 --> 00:24:27,058 big deal to God. 736 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:31,645 You see, this passage 737 00:24:31,645 --> 00:24:32,978 understands sexual addiction. 738 00:24:34,388 --> 00:24:36,358 You can see that in verse 22. 739 00:24:37,138 --> 00:24:38,849 Right, the language. The 740 00:24:38,849 --> 00:24:40,988 language there, verse 22. It 741 00:24:40,988 --> 00:24:42,698 summons up trapped animals. 742 00:24:42,698 --> 00:24:43,982 He's entrapped, he's 743 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:46,120 ensnared, the cords of his 744 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,259 own sin holding him fast. 745 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:50,950 So this passage Understanding 746 00:24:50,950 --> 00:24:52,541 the feelings of sexual 747 00:24:52,541 --> 00:24:55,465 addiction. And saying. But 748 00:24:55,465 --> 00:24:56,846 since saying you feel 749 00:24:56,846 --> 00:24:58,572 helpless and you feel guilty 750 00:24:58,572 --> 00:25:00,644 at the same time. Is that 751 00:25:00,644 --> 00:25:02,371 possible? Is it possible to 752 00:25:02,371 --> 00:25:04,097 feel helpless and guilty at 753 00:25:04,097 --> 00:25:06,889 the same time? Sure. Is it 754 00:25:06,889 --> 00:25:08,429 possible for it to be true at 755 00:25:08,429 --> 00:25:09,309 the same time? Yeah. 756 00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:13,141 Can they both be true? Yes, 757 00:25:13,141 --> 00:25:14,609 cause **** makes you weak. 758 00:25:15,819 --> 00:25:17,757 It brings you under its power 759 00:25:17,757 --> 00:25:19,372 like Delilah robbed Samson of 760 00:25:19,372 --> 00:25:20,988 his strength. **** robs you 761 00:25:20,988 --> 00:25:22,603 of its strength because it 762 00:25:22,603 --> 00:25:25,536 masters you. It 763 00:25:25,536 --> 00:25:26,840 masters you and the way that 764 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:27,709 you think about it. 765 00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:29,941 Determines whether it becomes 766 00:25:29,941 --> 00:25:31,655 a trap to you and addiction. 767 00:25:31,655 --> 00:25:33,939 OK, so I want to go one step 768 00:25:33,939 --> 00:25:35,367 deeper into the meaning of 769 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:37,366 this passage to see why it is 770 00:25:37,366 --> 00:25:39,079 such a big deal to God. 771 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:43,889 Verse 19. We 772 00:25:43,889 --> 00:25:46,589 can see it right there in theword love. 773 00:25:49,709 --> 00:25:51,861 It says be captivated by her 774 00:25:51,861 --> 00:25:54,069 love. By her love. 775 00:25:55,619 --> 00:25:57,301 And the Hebrew word there, 776 00:25:57,301 --> 00:25:58,983 ohba, it's a particular word 777 00:25:58,983 --> 00:26:01,001 for love, aha, BA. And a 778 00:26:01,001 --> 00:26:03,356 little while ago I went and I 779 00:26:03,356 --> 00:26:05,038 looked at other places where 780 00:26:05,038 --> 00:26:06,720 it was used. It's very 781 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,066 interesting. Ohba stands for 782 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,420 the love between a man and a 783 00:26:10,420 --> 00:26:12,439 woman, but it also stands for 784 00:26:12,439 --> 00:26:14,793 the love of the Lord for his 785 00:26:14,793 --> 00:26:17,534 people. So 786 00:26:17,534 --> 00:26:19,733 what I want to do here is 787 00:26:19,733 --> 00:26:21,932 read you. I just want to read 788 00:26:21,932 --> 00:26:23,816 you 4 passages, 4 verses that 789 00:26:23,816 --> 00:26:25,701 talk about this aha Baja of 790 00:26:25,701 --> 00:26:27,586 God for His people. And I 791 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:29,471 want you to listen to the 792 00:26:29,471 --> 00:26:30,413 characteristics that are 793 00:26:30,413 --> 00:26:31,984 being expressed. What can we 794 00:26:31,984 --> 00:26:33,554 learn about the Lord's love? 795 00:26:33,554 --> 00:26:35,125 And I specifically want you 796 00:26:35,125 --> 00:26:36,696 to listen for these three 797 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:38,843 things. Note the 798 00:26:38,843 --> 00:26:41,343 satisfaction. Note the 799 00:26:41,343 --> 00:26:43,842 captivation. And note the 800 00:26:43,842 --> 00:26:46,658 ownership. Deuteronomy 7 801 00:26:46,658 --> 00:26:48,751 Chapter 7 verse 7 This is 802 00:26:48,751 --> 00:26:50,495 Moses talking to the people 803 00:26:50,495 --> 00:26:52,588 of God, talking to the people 804 00:26:52,588 --> 00:26:54,332 of Israel, telling them about 805 00:26:54,332 --> 00:26:56,076 what God feels towards them, 806 00:26:56,076 --> 00:26:58,169 and this is what he says. 807 00:26:58,169 --> 00:27:00,611 Jerami 7 The Lord did not set 808 00:27:00,611 --> 00:27:02,355 his affection on you. That's 809 00:27:02,355 --> 00:27:05,014 another way of saying. Decide 810 00:27:05,014 --> 00:27:06,654 to be captivated by you. The 811 00:27:06,654 --> 00:27:08,022 Lord did not set His 812 00:27:08,022 --> 00:27:09,389 affection on you and choose 813 00:27:09,389 --> 00:27:10,756 you because you were more 814 00:27:10,756 --> 00:27:11,850 numerous than other people's. 815 00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:14,058 For you were the fewest of 816 00:27:14,058 --> 00:27:17,049 all peoples. But it was 817 00:27:17,049 --> 00:27:19,580 because the Lord loved you. 818 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,330 And kept the oath. 819 00:27:23,170 --> 00:27:24,754 That he swore to your 820 00:27:24,754 --> 00:27:26,707 forefathers. That he brought 821 00:27:26,707 --> 00:27:28,261 you out with a mighty hand. 822 00:27:30,231 --> 00:27:31,998 First Kings chapter 10, the 823 00:27:31,998 --> 00:27:33,412 queen of Sheba visits 824 00:27:33,412 --> 00:27:34,826 Solomon. She's very impressed 825 00:27:34,826 --> 00:27:36,240 with Solomonic court. She's 826 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,008 just so impressed what it 827 00:27:38,008 --> 00:27:40,129 what it had been done there 828 00:27:40,129 --> 00:27:41,896 and she's just offers a 829 00:27:41,896 --> 00:27:44,018 praise to God. This is what 830 00:27:44,018 --> 00:27:46,139 the queen of Sheba says to 831 00:27:46,139 --> 00:27:47,906 Solomon. Praise be the Lord 832 00:27:47,906 --> 00:27:50,381 your God who has delighted inyou. 833 00:27:54,091 --> 00:27:56,689 Placed you on the throne of 834 00:27:56,689 --> 00:27:58,855 Israel because of the Lord's 835 00:27:58,855 --> 00:28:00,587 eternal love, the eternal 836 00:28:00,587 --> 00:28:02,753 Ahaba for Israel and His 837 00:28:02,753 --> 00:28:04,919 desire to uphold them, Uphold 838 00:28:04,919 --> 00:28:06,651 them forever, His people. 839 00:28:08,631 --> 00:28:10,804 Isaiah 63 The the prophet 840 00:28:10,804 --> 00:28:12,977 Isaiah Isaiah 63 nine. He 841 00:28:12,977 --> 00:28:15,584 says he puts it this way. 842 00:28:15,584 --> 00:28:17,757 In all their distress, God 843 00:28:17,757 --> 00:28:19,061 too was distressed. 844 00:28:21,071 --> 00:28:23,276 In all their distress he too 845 00:28:23,276 --> 00:28:25,114 was distressed, and the Angel 846 00:28:25,114 --> 00:28:26,951 of His presence saved them. 847 00:28:26,951 --> 00:28:29,156 In his love and mercy He 848 00:28:29,156 --> 00:28:30,994 redeemed them. He lifted them 849 00:28:30,994 --> 00:28:33,199 up and carried them all the 850 00:28:33,199 --> 00:28:35,809 days of old. Carry them 851 00:28:35,809 --> 00:28:36,811 almost like luggage. 852 00:28:39,631 --> 00:28:41,231 Jeremiah 31 Finally the last 853 00:28:41,231 --> 00:28:43,151 the the scripture I want to 854 00:28:43,151 --> 00:28:44,431 bring out the prophet 855 00:28:44,431 --> 00:28:45,711 Jeremiah talks about the 856 00:28:45,711 --> 00:28:47,631 Lord's love in this way and 857 00:28:47,631 --> 00:28:49,552 says the Lord appeared to us 858 00:28:49,552 --> 00:28:51,472 in the past saying I have 859 00:28:51,472 --> 00:28:53,392 loved you, I have aha bad 860 00:28:53,392 --> 00:28:56,267 you. With an 861 00:28:56,267 --> 00:28:59,037 everlasting love. I've 862 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:00,337 drawn you with loving 863 00:29:00,337 --> 00:29:01,962 kindness. Do you see what's 864 00:29:01,962 --> 00:29:03,912 being said here about God and 865 00:29:03,912 --> 00:29:05,537 the way that He approaches 866 00:29:05,537 --> 00:29:08,387 you, His people?Note 867 00:29:08,387 --> 00:29:09,728 the satisfaction in these 868 00:29:09,728 --> 00:29:11,404 verses. I have delighted in 869 00:29:11,404 --> 00:29:13,080 you. His love is being 870 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,756 compared, you see, to the 871 00:29:14,756 --> 00:29:16,432 sexual love in a marriage. 872 00:29:17,962 --> 00:29:19,889 ****** love in a marriage, we 873 00:29:19,889 --> 00:29:21,816 find is really about the joy 874 00:29:21,816 --> 00:29:23,422 of God delighting in you. 875 00:29:25,472 --> 00:29:27,102 Notice the captivation. 876 00:29:28,282 --> 00:29:30,912 He has set his affection onyou. 877 00:29:32,992 --> 00:29:35,823 In their distress, he was 878 00:29:35,823 --> 00:29:36,956 distressed. That's 879 00:29:36,956 --> 00:29:39,765 captivation. Notice the 880 00:29:39,765 --> 00:29:42,619 ownership. He kept to 881 00:29:42,619 --> 00:29:44,334 the oath that everlasting 882 00:29:44,334 --> 00:29:46,479 love carried them all the 883 00:29:46,479 --> 00:29:48,623 days of old. There's a 884 00:29:48,623 --> 00:29:50,338 forever emphasis here in 885 00:29:50,338 --> 00:29:52,483 these, in this love, a 886 00:29:52,483 --> 00:29:54,198 forever emphasis of God 887 00:29:54,198 --> 00:29:55,913 speaking this over his 888 00:29:55,913 --> 00:29:58,847 people. So you 889 00:29:58,847 --> 00:30:01,662 see, friends. This is what 890 00:30:01,662 --> 00:30:03,154 *********** does. It obscures 891 00:30:03,154 --> 00:30:05,020 the sign. It contradicts the 892 00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:07,689 love of the Lord. If 893 00:30:07,689 --> 00:30:09,768 you steal sex out of marriage 894 00:30:09,768 --> 00:30:11,153 covenant, you obscure the 895 00:30:11,153 --> 00:30:13,763 point of sex. Every marriage 896 00:30:13,763 --> 00:30:15,828 between a man and a woman is 897 00:30:15,828 --> 00:30:17,303 first and foremost a sign. 898 00:30:18,873 --> 00:30:20,679 That is its liaison. Detra's 899 00:30:20,679 --> 00:30:22,124 marriage is there primarily 900 00:30:22,124 --> 00:30:24,291 to point to you, to something 901 00:30:24,291 --> 00:30:26,993 else. To give us 902 00:30:26,993 --> 00:30:28,911 hope of greater reality. And 903 00:30:28,911 --> 00:30:30,828 the reality is Jesus Christ 904 00:30:30,828 --> 00:30:32,746 and his committed love for 905 00:30:32,746 --> 00:30:35,418 his bride. The church 906 00:30:35,418 --> 00:30:37,533 marriage is there to give us 907 00:30:37,533 --> 00:30:39,295 an understanding of how much 908 00:30:39,295 --> 00:30:41,058 Jesus loves his people, how 909 00:30:41,058 --> 00:30:42,820 he is solely committed to 910 00:30:42,820 --> 00:30:45,603 them. And when we engage in 911 00:30:45,603 --> 00:30:47,498 **** we destroy the sign of 912 00:30:47,498 --> 00:30:49,394 his commitment to us, of his 913 00:30:49,394 --> 00:30:50,974 rejoicing in us, of his 914 00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:52,553 satisfaction in us, of his, 915 00:30:52,553 --> 00:30:54,133 of his ownership of us. 916 00:31:00,433 --> 00:31:01,923 You see, essentially, when 917 00:31:01,923 --> 00:31:03,413 you use **** you're 918 00:31:03,413 --> 00:31:04,531 proclaiming really, that 919 00:31:04,531 --> 00:31:06,393 Jesus didn't die for us. 920 00:31:08,643 --> 00:31:10,401 That he did not find his 921 00:31:10,401 --> 00:31:11,573 distress in our distress. 922 00:31:13,643 --> 00:31:15,271 The act. The very act that 923 00:31:15,271 --> 00:31:18,080 bought us. The very act that 924 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,497 founded us. His satisfaction 925 00:31:19,497 --> 00:31:21,622 in us. The very act that 926 00:31:21,622 --> 00:31:22,685 demonstrated his captivation 927 00:31:22,685 --> 00:31:25,529 with us. **** using **** 928 00:31:25,529 --> 00:31:26,843 proclaims that either that 929 00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:28,485 didn't happen or it doesn't 930 00:31:28,485 --> 00:31:31,325 matter. That's 931 00:31:31,325 --> 00:31:33,435 why it's a big deal to God 932 00:31:33,435 --> 00:31:34,942 friends. That's why verse 21 933 00:31:34,942 --> 00:31:37,354 it's he watches it in hisfull view. 934 00:31:39,954 --> 00:31:41,901 That's why he's grieved by 935 00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:43,848 it. That's why he examines, 936 00:31:43,848 --> 00:31:45,796 quote, a man's paths closely, 937 00:31:45,796 --> 00:31:47,354 UN quote, about this. 938 00:31:49,514 --> 00:31:50,730 Because that's what it's 939 00:31:50,730 --> 00:31:53,164 doing. Is destroying the idea 940 00:31:53,164 --> 00:31:55,244 of a sign of his love in the 941 00:31:55,244 --> 00:31:57,989 world?And when 942 00:31:57,989 --> 00:32:00,015 a husband, on the other hand, 943 00:32:00,015 --> 00:32:01,703 reserves his pleasure for his 944 00:32:01,703 --> 00:32:03,053 wife, he's saying something 945 00:32:03,053 --> 00:32:04,741 to her. He's saying something 946 00:32:04,741 --> 00:32:06,766 that God once said in every 947 00:32:06,766 --> 00:32:09,626 marriage. And you can feel 948 00:32:09,626 --> 00:32:11,189 it if you're not too cynical 949 00:32:11,189 --> 00:32:12,492 already, if you're not too 950 00:32:12,492 --> 00:32:13,794 burned, if you're not too. 951 00:32:14,684 --> 00:32:17,231 Spent on sex, you can feel it 952 00:32:17,231 --> 00:32:19,051 in your own love making. 953 00:32:19,051 --> 00:32:21,234 Those of you who are married, 954 00:32:21,234 --> 00:32:23,418 you can feel a foreverness in 955 00:32:23,418 --> 00:32:24,873 your lovemaking. If you're 956 00:32:24,873 --> 00:32:26,693 not too cynical already, you 957 00:32:26,693 --> 00:32:29,453 can feel this. Just what's 958 00:32:29,453 --> 00:32:30,773 being talked about in these 959 00:32:30,773 --> 00:32:32,094 verses in your own lovemaking? 960 00:32:34,314 --> 00:32:36,010 This forever feeling All 961 00:32:36,010 --> 00:32:38,978 right, as we come now to the 962 00:32:38,978 --> 00:32:40,674 table, consider these things. 963 00:32:40,674 --> 00:32:42,370 Consider what Christ is 964 00:32:42,370 --> 00:32:44,490 saying that he feels about 965 00:32:44,490 --> 00:32:47,272 you. It's not 966 00:32:47,272 --> 00:32:49,615 natural to be captivated by 967 00:32:49,615 --> 00:32:51,957 someone you don't own. Except 968 00:32:51,957 --> 00:32:52,895 that message. 969 00:32:54,915 --> 00:32:56,928 You can be like the apostle 970 00:32:56,928 --> 00:32:58,606 Paul first Corinthians 7 who 971 00:32:58,606 --> 00:33:00,619 says I will not be mastered 972 00:33:00,619 --> 00:33:02,632 by anything even as great as 973 00:33:02,632 --> 00:33:03,975 great a thing, sex. 974 00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:07,407 And if you're having this 975 00:33:07,407 --> 00:33:08,689 trouble, let me just invite 976 00:33:08,689 --> 00:33:10,227 you talk to one of the 977 00:33:10,227 --> 00:33:12,535 leaders of this church. Talkto one of us. 978 00:33:15,355 --> 00:33:17,481 We can't help you. There is 979 00:33:17,481 --> 00:33:19,961 help for this and we can pray 980 00:33:19,961 --> 00:33:22,087 with you. We can set up 981 00:33:22,087 --> 00:33:23,858 meetings where you come in 982 00:33:23,858 --> 00:33:26,339 and guys can do this in this 983 00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:28,110 church and ask each other 984 00:33:28,110 --> 00:33:29,528 difficult questions to help 985 00:33:29,528 --> 00:33:32,008 you grow in this area, to be 986 00:33:32,008 --> 00:33:34,481 free in this area. Invites 987 00:33:34,481 --> 00:33:37,393 you to do that. It's a lot 988 00:33:37,393 --> 00:33:39,766 messier, sure. To have sex 989 00:33:39,766 --> 00:33:42,288 with a wife than with a 990 00:33:42,288 --> 00:33:44,390 video. But it's better. It's 991 00:33:44,390 --> 00:33:46,912 better. Let me close with the 992 00:33:46,912 --> 00:33:49,013 words of Robertson Davies. I 993 00:33:49,013 --> 00:33:51,535 thought he put it so well. 994 00:33:53,085 --> 00:33:54,433 Davis says this *********** 995 00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:56,454 is rather like trying to find 996 00:33:56,454 --> 00:33:57,801 out about a Beethoven 997 00:33:57,801 --> 00:33:59,148 Symphony by having somebody 998 00:33:59,148 --> 00:34:01,683 tell you about it. And 999 00:34:01,683 --> 00:34:03,235 perhaps Huma few bars. 1000 00:34:05,065 --> 00:34:06,985 Amen. Would you stand? 1001 00:34:13,806 --> 00:34:15,176 The Lord be with you. 1002 00:34:16,676 --> 00:34:18,193 Now lift up your hearts. You 1003 00:34:18,193 --> 00:34:19,964 lift them up to the Lord. Let 1004 00:34:19,964 --> 00:34:21,481 us give thanks to the Lord 1005 00:34:21,481 --> 00:34:22,746 our God. It is right. 1006 00:34:24,826 --> 00:34:26,188 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, 1007 00:34:26,188 --> 00:34:28,231 we thank you for Speaking of 1008 00:34:28,231 --> 00:34:30,274 your love for us, for showing 1009 00:34:30,274 --> 00:34:32,317 us what you have done, how 1010 00:34:32,317 --> 00:34:34,701 you have set your love on us. 1011 00:34:34,701 --> 00:34:36,403 Are decided to be captivated 1012 00:34:36,403 --> 00:34:38,446 by us, certainly not, as the 1013 00:34:38,446 --> 00:34:39,808 scriptures say, because we're 1014 00:34:39,808 --> 00:34:41,170 more numerous than other 1015 00:34:41,170 --> 00:34:42,873 people here, but because you 1016 00:34:42,873 --> 00:34:44,575 have decided to set your 1017 00:34:44,575 --> 00:34:46,965 love. On us and in that Lord 1018 00:34:46,965 --> 00:34:48,943 and in Christ, we see what 1019 00:34:48,943 --> 00:34:51,252 you have done for us, and it 1020 00:34:51,252 --> 00:34:52,900 creates in us a forever 1021 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:54,879 feeling. And so we we turn 1022 00:34:54,879 --> 00:34:57,187 now to respond to you in that 1023 00:34:57,187 --> 00:34:59,166 with this unending hymn ofpraise.