1 00:00:31,219 --> 00:00:32,579 Turn to the book of Obadiah. 2 00:00:35,059 --> 00:00:40,419 So last Wednesday night we did an introduction message about Obadiah 3 00:00:41,059 --> 00:00:43,779 covered many different areas. 4 00:00:44,019 --> 00:00:53,219 Mainly what Obadiah, what his message is, who he was and the message 5 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:57,619 that he to the ones he was prophesying to, which is Edom. 6 00:00:58,289 --> 00:01:00,529 So we'll cover a little bit that tonight by way of review. 7 00:01:01,249 --> 00:01:04,209 But tonight will be the most practical message of all the messages. 8 00:01:04,209 --> 00:01:08,289 We're going to preach one more after this and it'll be in a few 9 00:01:08,289 --> 00:01:12,609 weeks because next Wednesday night is vbs. 10 00:01:13,649 --> 00:01:19,929 Our stay in here will be abbreviated and so we'll preach out 11 00:01:19,929 --> 00:01:23,569 of the Psalms next Wednesday night and then the following two 12 00:01:23,569 --> 00:01:24,089 Wednesday nights. 13 00:01:24,089 --> 00:01:27,269 Brother Stone's going to be preaching a couple of weeks and so 14 00:01:27,989 --> 00:01:31,509 and I'm going to take that opportunity to meet with our Sunday 15 00:01:31,509 --> 00:01:35,429 school teachers for two Wednesday nights during the service. 16 00:01:36,309 --> 00:01:37,589 And so I'm looking forward to that. 17 00:01:37,589 --> 00:01:38,229 We're going to. 18 00:01:38,309 --> 00:01:41,868 We actually decided as our staff, we decided to cancel the Sunday 19 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:45,829 school clinic and we're instead going to have an appreciation 20 00:01:45,829 --> 00:01:48,749 dinner on the 10th of August, Sunday night after church for all 21 00:01:48,749 --> 00:01:49,589 of our teachers and workers. 22 00:01:49,989 --> 00:01:53,019 That means anybody who's involved in Sunday school, children's 23 00:01:53,019 --> 00:01:55,619 church and master clubs in those areas. 24 00:01:55,619 --> 00:01:57,379 And so we have a nice, nice dinner. 25 00:01:57,379 --> 00:01:59,419 That's what we used to do years ago. 26 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:01,859 Some of you remember we used to do a Sunday school clinic and 27 00:02:01,859 --> 00:02:04,099 then the following year doing appreciation dinner. 28 00:02:04,099 --> 00:02:06,179 We're going to go back to that model and. 29 00:02:06,339 --> 00:02:09,899 And then I will individual or I will meet with the adult teachers 30 00:02:09,899 --> 00:02:14,819 one Wednesday night like I said, and then meet with the children's 31 00:02:15,139 --> 00:02:16,579 teachers the next Wednesday night. 32 00:02:17,059 --> 00:02:18,019 I look forward to that. 33 00:02:18,019 --> 00:02:18,339 I do. 34 00:02:18,339 --> 00:02:21,949 I want to just encourage you and try to strengthen you and look 35 00:02:21,949 --> 00:02:23,509 forward to a good fall. 36 00:02:24,949 --> 00:02:28,069 We have seen our church at times in the position we are right 37 00:02:28,069 --> 00:02:33,589 now and that is just a lot of visitors and our attendance just 38 00:02:34,949 --> 00:02:35,509 so good. 39 00:02:35,509 --> 00:02:37,949 You know, besides this last Sunday, everybody decided on a four 40 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:41,469 day, three day weekend to hiatus out of here. 41 00:02:41,469 --> 00:02:48,879 You know, it's amazing how we had a 100 drop from the previous 42 00:02:48,879 --> 00:02:50,319 Sunday, but. 43 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:56,359 But I can tell you just by way of historical records that again, 44 00:02:56,359 --> 00:02:58,799 we're kind of back up to that point. 45 00:02:58,959 --> 00:03:00,999 I think this is a good point to make on a Wednesday night to my. 46 00:03:00,999 --> 00:03:05,559 Our core group kind of back up to that point where we're bumping 47 00:03:05,559 --> 00:03:06,159 the 400. 48 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:09,879 You know, we've done this before a few times and so, you know, 49 00:03:09,879 --> 00:03:11,199 we want whatever the Lord wants. 50 00:03:11,839 --> 00:03:12,559 I really do. 51 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:15,909 I have zero, really. 52 00:03:15,989 --> 00:03:16,869 I'm at that point. 53 00:03:17,269 --> 00:03:18,789 You know, there's enough going on. 54 00:03:18,949 --> 00:03:21,909 But I also want us to reach more people for Jesus. 55 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:25,149 I still go back and I mentioned this to a couple of men 56 00:03:25,149 --> 00:03:25,709 the other night. 57 00:03:25,709 --> 00:03:28,149 Again, we had 50 saved last year. 58 00:03:28,629 --> 00:03:30,109 And then we're not going to have that every year. 59 00:03:30,109 --> 00:03:33,189 I realize that, but why not? 60 00:03:34,549 --> 00:03:36,069 You know, we have that opportunity. 61 00:03:36,069 --> 00:03:39,189 We're just in just a blessed area. 62 00:03:39,189 --> 00:03:41,979 People moving here from all over the world, all over the country. 63 00:03:42,219 --> 00:03:46,219 And, you know, we had some more people from the north joining 64 00:03:46,219 --> 00:03:48,099 and people from California here. 65 00:03:48,099 --> 00:03:50,419 And I met a couple from California who sat over here a couple 66 00:03:50,419 --> 00:03:53,979 Sundays ago who came because of the daycare and just amazing, 67 00:03:54,059 --> 00:03:55,019 amazing stuff. 68 00:03:55,019 --> 00:03:56,379 I'm supposed to preach, ain't it? 69 00:03:57,499 --> 00:04:00,299 So all that to say that there'll be a couple of weeks of 70 00:04:01,019 --> 00:04:03,379 meeting with teachers and then we'll have the revival meeting. 71 00:04:03,379 --> 00:04:07,589 But this Wednesday night after the revival meeting, it will be the 72 00:04:07,669 --> 00:04:10,389 prophetical message out of Obadiah. 73 00:04:10,709 --> 00:04:13,109 Because in verse 15, he does mention the day of the Lord. 74 00:04:14,069 --> 00:04:14,749 What is that? 75 00:04:14,749 --> 00:04:15,469 What does that mean? 76 00:04:15,469 --> 00:04:20,629 I'm going to preach also preach on the replacement theology 77 00:04:20,629 --> 00:04:24,949 and why we don't believe in that, why we believe the church did 78 00:04:24,949 --> 00:04:26,149 not replace Israel. 79 00:04:26,629 --> 00:04:28,189 Israel is still God's chosen people. 80 00:04:28,189 --> 00:04:32,109 We're going to take a whole service, preach on that subject out 81 00:04:32,109 --> 00:04:33,799 of this, out of this particular book. 82 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:38,279 And then also the prophetical aspects of this wonderful book. 83 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:39,799 And it is a neat book. 84 00:04:40,519 --> 00:04:42,119 And so let's look at it again. 85 00:04:42,119 --> 00:04:43,319 Let's look at verse one and two. 86 00:04:43,879 --> 00:04:47,799 And we'll use this as a springboard to bring five practical 87 00:04:47,799 --> 00:04:50,039 lessons from the Book of Obadiah. 88 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,079 The Vision of Obadiah. 89 00:04:52,079 --> 00:04:53,239 Thus saith the Lord God. 90 00:04:53,239 --> 00:04:54,279 Concerning Edom. 91 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,679 We have heard a rumor from the Lord. 92 00:04:57,239 --> 00:04:59,719 And an ambassador is sent among the heathen. 93 00:05:00,149 --> 00:05:00,869 Arise ye. 94 00:05:01,349 --> 00:05:04,309 Let us rise up against her in battle. 95 00:05:05,269 --> 00:05:08,389 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen. 96 00:05:08,629 --> 00:05:10,309 Thou art greatly despised. 97 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:12,389 Greatly despised. 98 00:05:13,269 --> 00:05:14,709 Look with me in verse 18. 99 00:05:15,989 --> 00:05:20,149 And the house of Jacob shall be afire, and the house of Joseph 100 00:05:20,149 --> 00:05:20,789 a flame. 101 00:05:21,589 --> 00:05:26,479 And the house of Esau, that's Edom for stubble. 102 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:30,239 And they shall kindle in them and devour them. 103 00:05:30,719 --> 00:05:34,599 And there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for 104 00:05:34,599 --> 00:05:36,239 the Lord hath spoken it. 105 00:05:36,639 --> 00:05:39,759 I mentioned last Wednesday night there are. 106 00:05:40,479 --> 00:05:41,478 You can Google this. 107 00:05:41,478 --> 00:05:46,079 There are approximately 15.8 million Jews in the world today. 108 00:05:47,519 --> 00:05:49,839 The Jews have stayed a distinct people. 109 00:05:51,449 --> 00:05:52,889 15.8 million. 110 00:05:54,569 --> 00:05:56,329 But not one Edomite. 111 00:05:57,929 --> 00:05:58,569 Not one. 112 00:05:58,809 --> 00:05:59,529 And God. 113 00:05:59,689 --> 00:06:02,329 The prophecy of Obadiah came true. 114 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:04,969 Just no one's going to stand up. 115 00:06:05,689 --> 00:06:10,169 I was watching a YouTube video about this subject. 116 00:06:10,889 --> 00:06:11,569 And there's a. 117 00:06:11,569 --> 00:06:12,609 There's a lot of good stuff out there. 118 00:06:12,609 --> 00:06:14,569 You had to weed through some junk. 119 00:06:14,569 --> 00:06:14,889 But. 120 00:06:15,529 --> 00:06:16,379 And the. 121 00:06:16,449 --> 00:06:21,689 There is a conference speaker who preaches about basically Petra 122 00:06:21,689 --> 00:06:23,849 in that area where the Edomites lived. 123 00:06:23,849 --> 00:06:27,969 And he said everywhere he goes and he would preach like 60 times 124 00:06:27,969 --> 00:06:29,169 a year all across the nation. 125 00:06:29,649 --> 00:06:31,729 He would ask at every place he went. 126 00:06:31,729 --> 00:06:33,089 It wasn't just churches either. 127 00:06:33,569 --> 00:06:36,049 He would ask, is there any Edomites here? 128 00:06:37,009 --> 00:06:39,689 And he said, I've been preaching this for 20 or 30 years. 129 00:06:39,689 --> 00:06:40,449 I forget how long. 130 00:06:40,849 --> 00:06:43,569 He said, I've never had anybody ever raise their hand. 131 00:06:44,379 --> 00:06:46,299 But if you ask, are there any Jews in the room? 132 00:06:47,819 --> 00:06:49,979 Hundreds and hundreds as he's met across the country. 133 00:06:50,619 --> 00:06:51,339 Thousands. 134 00:06:52,219 --> 00:06:55,499 And so again, God's word is true. 135 00:06:56,379 --> 00:06:59,698 The prophecies fulfilled every one of them. 136 00:06:59,698 --> 00:07:00,179 Let's pray. 137 00:07:00,179 --> 00:07:01,979 Heavenly Father, we do pray that you. 138 00:07:02,379 --> 00:07:03,019 Thank you. 139 00:07:03,019 --> 00:07:05,659 And we ask that you'd be with the service tonight especially. 140 00:07:05,819 --> 00:07:06,699 Lord help us. 141 00:07:07,019 --> 00:07:09,619 And these practical lessons we're going to learn tonight to apply 142 00:07:09,619 --> 00:07:10,379 them to our lives. 143 00:07:10,859 --> 00:07:12,619 In Jesus name, Amen. 144 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:15,499 Obadiah, again, is one of the minor prophets. 145 00:07:15,979 --> 00:07:19,179 Again, the minor just simply means shorter books. 146 00:07:19,339 --> 00:07:23,499 Has nothing to do with the gravity of the subject, the importance 147 00:07:23,499 --> 00:07:24,179 of the subject. 148 00:07:24,179 --> 00:07:27,579 In fact, again, he's a minor prophet with a major message. 149 00:07:28,139 --> 00:07:29,739 He's prophesying to Edom. 150 00:07:30,139 --> 00:07:31,979 And this is Esau's descendants. 151 00:07:32,059 --> 00:07:36,079 So remember now, Abraham was called to the Uri Chaldees by God 152 00:07:36,079 --> 00:07:36,479 himself. 153 00:07:36,479 --> 00:07:39,479 In fact, Acts 7 says that God spoke to him directly. 154 00:07:39,479 --> 00:07:42,359 He came and spoke to him face to face. 155 00:07:43,079 --> 00:07:48,599 It was a theophany Christophany and called him. 156 00:07:49,719 --> 00:07:51,959 Abraham had a child. 157 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:53,639 He promised Abraham to have a child. 158 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:57,719 He had Isaac and Isaac had what? 159 00:07:57,879 --> 00:07:58,999 Jacob and Esau. 160 00:08:00,119 --> 00:08:01,239 Jacob and Esau. 161 00:08:02,289 --> 00:08:07,289 Jacob was to be the promised seed for which the Messiah would 162 00:08:07,289 --> 00:08:07,649 come. 163 00:08:08,369 --> 00:08:11,569 And Esau was not chosen. 164 00:08:11,889 --> 00:08:13,489 And we'll cover that here in a moment. 165 00:08:14,049 --> 00:08:15,649 But these are Esau's descendants. 166 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:16,929 Esau's descendants. 167 00:08:16,929 --> 00:08:21,249 After Jacob and Esau split, when Esau came back to the land after 168 00:08:21,249 --> 00:08:22,289 20 years of being away. 169 00:08:24,369 --> 00:08:27,489 Remember Jacob was 75 years old when he. 170 00:08:28,189 --> 00:08:32,789 When he fled his brother Esau after he stole the blessing from 171 00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:33,229 his father. 172 00:08:33,229 --> 00:08:35,389 Remember, Isaac said, I'm about to die. 173 00:08:35,949 --> 00:08:39,389 Esau, you know, go out and kill the. 174 00:08:40,029 --> 00:08:41,069 Kill me a deer. 175 00:08:41,469 --> 00:08:43,229 Make that stew that I like so much. 176 00:08:43,309 --> 00:08:44,509 I'm summarizing, please. 177 00:08:44,509 --> 00:08:44,909 All right. 178 00:08:44,989 --> 00:08:46,749 This is the Eric Crawford version. 179 00:08:47,229 --> 00:08:49,629 And he said, make that stew that I like so much. 180 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:53,669 And when you come back and we have the stew, I'm going to bless 181 00:08:53,669 --> 00:08:54,509 you before I die. 182 00:08:55,279 --> 00:09:05,399 Well, instead, Jacob, mother made stew, put some skin, hairy skin 183 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:07,879 of animals on Jacob. 184 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:09,759 Because Esau was a hairy dude. 185 00:09:11,039 --> 00:09:12,639 He must have been really hairy. 186 00:09:12,879 --> 00:09:14,719 Also describes him as being red. 187 00:09:15,839 --> 00:09:21,519 And went before his father Isaac, who was blind or almost blind, 188 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:25,839 and deceived his father and received Esau's blessing. 189 00:09:26,639 --> 00:09:28,719 When Esau found out, he was a little bit upset. 190 00:09:29,599 --> 00:09:33,439 Just said he was going to kill his brother. 191 00:09:34,079 --> 00:09:37,599 His mother overheard and said, you need to leave. 192 00:09:37,599 --> 00:09:41,999 And at 75 years old, that's when he deceived his dad. 193 00:09:41,999 --> 00:09:43,679 At 75, he left. 194 00:09:44,319 --> 00:09:48,329 Twenty years later, he comes back, he thinks, my brother's gonna 195 00:09:48,329 --> 00:09:49,849 kill me when I come back. 196 00:09:50,169 --> 00:09:55,129 And he took some preparation to try to, you know, thwart that. 197 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:56,489 And then. 198 00:09:56,569 --> 00:09:59,369 But we know as they met, they hugged each other, kissed each other, 199 00:10:00,729 --> 00:10:05,849 and Jacob dwelt in the land and Esau left and dwelt on the south 200 00:10:05,849 --> 00:10:07,369 side of the Dead Sea. 201 00:10:07,849 --> 00:10:09,289 And that's the Edomites. 202 00:10:09,289 --> 00:10:14,539 Edom, the land of Edom, the south side of the Dead Sea. 203 00:10:14,539 --> 00:10:15,739 And that's where Petra's at. 204 00:10:15,739 --> 00:10:17,619 We described Petra last week and I. 205 00:10:17,859 --> 00:10:19,819 Many of you said you enjoyed that. 206 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:23,299 I encourage you to go online and do some reading and a lot of 207 00:10:23,299 --> 00:10:24,179 good videos out there. 208 00:10:24,179 --> 00:10:25,139 You can look that up. 209 00:10:25,779 --> 00:10:27,459 By the way, where does Israel flee? 210 00:10:28,739 --> 00:10:29,259 We're going to. 211 00:10:29,259 --> 00:10:30,099 We'll cover that later. 212 00:10:30,979 --> 00:10:31,539 We'll stop. 213 00:10:32,819 --> 00:10:39,999 So we have the prophecy against Edom, the prophecy against 214 00:10:39,999 --> 00:10:47,439 the descendants of Esau, of God's coming judgment for the way 215 00:10:47,519 --> 00:10:51,119 that they treated Israel. 216 00:10:52,079 --> 00:10:53,519 God was going to judge them. 217 00:10:53,839 --> 00:11:00,719 Edom, because the way they treated Edom said, edom's going to 218 00:11:00,719 --> 00:11:01,439 be destroyed. 219 00:11:01,999 --> 00:11:02,879 And I already said. 220 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:03,999 I showed you verse 18. 221 00:11:04,999 --> 00:11:08,679 That prophecy absolutely was fulfilled, by the way. 222 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:09,879 It's fulfilled by Babylon. 223 00:11:10,439 --> 00:11:14,439 Same Nebuchadnezzar, the same that defeated Israel. 224 00:11:14,759 --> 00:11:17,079 The same that defeated, I'm sorry, Judah. 225 00:11:17,399 --> 00:11:19,959 The southern kingdom, same that destroyed Jerusalem. 226 00:11:22,199 --> 00:11:24,399 After they had destroyed Jerusalem, they headed down south 227 00:11:24,399 --> 00:11:26,679 to destroy and defeat Egypt. 228 00:11:26,999 --> 00:11:31,149 And on the way down to Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar took Edom. 229 00:11:32,429 --> 00:11:36,949 And what a battle that must have been because it's almost impervious. 230 00:11:36,949 --> 00:11:38,429 I mean, you'd have to. 231 00:11:38,989 --> 00:11:39,709 There's no way. 232 00:11:39,709 --> 00:11:41,349 There's as little I told you about that. 233 00:11:41,349 --> 00:11:45,709 There's some places in that little valley, that little crevice 234 00:11:45,869 --> 00:11:49,429 to get to Petra that you can actually touch both sides of your 235 00:11:49,429 --> 00:11:49,869 hands. 236 00:11:51,309 --> 00:11:52,229 The walls are. 237 00:11:52,229 --> 00:11:54,469 The stone is so high. 238 00:11:54,469 --> 00:11:55,389 There's some places. 239 00:11:55,469 --> 00:11:58,429 It's like 300ft, 500ft. 240 00:11:59,949 --> 00:12:01,869 You know, back then, they didn't have guns. 241 00:12:02,749 --> 00:12:06,229 You know, they Had a bow and arrow you trying to shoot down. 242 00:12:06,229 --> 00:12:06,589 And. 243 00:12:06,669 --> 00:12:09,669 And then they have all these again, all these houses and stuff 244 00:12:09,669 --> 00:12:13,549 that are hewn into the rock, the face of the cliffs, you know, 245 00:12:13,549 --> 00:12:14,269 it's amazing. 246 00:12:14,989 --> 00:12:16,989 And yet Nebuchadnezzar defeated them. 247 00:12:18,829 --> 00:12:24,819 And those that were left in Edom fled to southern Israel and 248 00:12:24,979 --> 00:12:30,979 they dwelt there until 70 AD and the rest of them were wiped out. 249 00:12:32,499 --> 00:12:34,339 And again, you can't find an Edomite. 250 00:12:35,299 --> 00:12:39,458 So we see this leads us, as we think about again the Edomites being 251 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:40,579 totally destroyed. 252 00:12:41,219 --> 00:12:42,659 This leads into the first point. 253 00:12:42,739 --> 00:12:45,619 The first practical point tonight is that God is sovereign. 254 00:12:47,539 --> 00:12:48,499 God is sovereign. 255 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,349 He is God. 256 00:12:50,989 --> 00:12:52,109 He is Jehovah. 257 00:12:52,669 --> 00:12:54,589 He is independent. 258 00:12:56,429 --> 00:12:58,189 He doesn't need anything. 259 00:13:02,669 --> 00:13:07,629 He has the right to choose whomever he will. 260 00:13:09,469 --> 00:13:13,549 There's a verse that says to us in the New Testament that God 261 00:13:13,549 --> 00:13:15,229 chose Jacob over Esau. 262 00:13:16,089 --> 00:13:18,409 And you try to explain the verse and there are explanations 263 00:13:18,409 --> 00:13:19,129 for that verse. 264 00:13:19,369 --> 00:13:23,769 But can I just tell you, as Christians, we just say God has the 265 00:13:23,769 --> 00:13:24,409 right to do that. 266 00:13:26,649 --> 00:13:28,129 God has the authority to do that. 267 00:13:28,129 --> 00:13:29,209 He's the one who made us. 268 00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:29,929 He made everything. 269 00:13:30,489 --> 00:13:32,249 And therefore he's sovereign. 270 00:13:32,249 --> 00:13:36,209 He has the right to choose by the way he sees the beginning from 271 00:13:36,209 --> 00:13:36,529 the end. 272 00:13:36,529 --> 00:13:37,689 That's why he has the right to choose. 273 00:13:37,689 --> 00:13:40,289 Not just because he created all things, but because he knows 274 00:13:40,289 --> 00:13:41,249 the beginning from the end. 275 00:13:41,249 --> 00:13:42,329 So he knows what's going to. 276 00:13:42,949 --> 00:13:44,069 And this is so mind blowing. 277 00:13:44,069 --> 00:13:44,429 I know. 278 00:13:44,429 --> 00:13:47,549 This is why we have Calvinists, because they think they're 279 00:13:47,549 --> 00:13:48,309 smarter than us. 280 00:13:50,389 --> 00:13:52,549 We know God knows what's going to happen in the future. 281 00:13:52,949 --> 00:13:54,869 We know that God knows who's going to get saved. 282 00:13:55,189 --> 00:13:56,869 He doesn't choose who gets saved. 283 00:13:57,909 --> 00:13:59,669 He doesn't force people to get saved. 284 00:13:59,909 --> 00:14:01,669 Irresistible grace is a farce. 285 00:14:03,029 --> 00:14:04,949 Nobody, we're not robots. 286 00:14:05,589 --> 00:14:06,509 But God knows. 287 00:14:06,509 --> 00:14:07,429 God knows everything. 288 00:14:09,489 --> 00:14:11,409 And so why did he choose Abraham? 289 00:14:13,969 --> 00:14:16,209 Well, first off, I want to say it doesn't matter. 290 00:14:16,529 --> 00:14:17,489 That's who he chose. 291 00:14:18,769 --> 00:14:19,289 Amen. 292 00:14:19,289 --> 00:14:20,089 He's sovereign God. 293 00:14:20,089 --> 00:14:20,929 That's the point tonight. 294 00:14:20,929 --> 00:14:21,929 He is a sovereign God. 295 00:14:21,929 --> 00:14:23,009 He can do what he wants. 296 00:14:23,409 --> 00:14:26,889 But I will say, because he knows what's going to happen in the 297 00:14:26,889 --> 00:14:30,449 future, he knows the decisions that Abraham's going to make and 298 00:14:30,449 --> 00:14:32,129 his future generations are going to make. 299 00:14:32,929 --> 00:14:33,969 He chose Abraham. 300 00:14:35,319 --> 00:14:40,119 We also know from the scriptures that Abraham was seeking, 301 00:14:42,119 --> 00:14:47,039 even though he lived in a pagan society, Abraham sought the 302 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:47,399 Lord. 303 00:14:49,719 --> 00:14:55,639 I'm thankful to God that whoever seeks him, God comes to them. 304 00:14:56,199 --> 00:14:57,719 We see that in the New Testament too. 305 00:14:57,959 --> 00:15:00,929 Cornelius House Cornelius. 306 00:15:01,809 --> 00:15:03,809 Seeking for the Lord and seeking for the right. 307 00:15:03,809 --> 00:15:04,369 And guess what? 308 00:15:04,369 --> 00:15:05,729 God sent somebody to his house. 309 00:15:06,609 --> 00:15:10,169 I believe that can happen in the deepest part of the jungles of 310 00:15:10,169 --> 00:15:12,129 Africa, the jungles of South America. 311 00:15:12,129 --> 00:15:15,209 If someone is seeking God, truly seeking God and wanting to 312 00:15:15,209 --> 00:15:18,129 know who he really is, God will send somebody. 313 00:15:18,529 --> 00:15:20,289 That's why we got to keep sending missionaries. 314 00:15:22,769 --> 00:15:24,849 God has the right to choose. 315 00:15:24,849 --> 00:15:25,889 He chose Abraham. 316 00:15:27,039 --> 00:15:28,719 He chose Jacob over Esau. 317 00:15:29,999 --> 00:15:34,359 I want to remind you too that Isaac and Rebekah were told prior 318 00:15:34,359 --> 00:15:39,639 to this Esau and Jacob feud, they were told that Jacob was the 319 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:40,479 promised seed. 320 00:15:41,918 --> 00:15:50,079 And yet they, Isaac especially, didn't accept the message. 321 00:15:51,039 --> 00:15:53,279 Or else that whole event would have been a lot different. 322 00:15:55,639 --> 00:15:56,919 Again, you think about it. 323 00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:01,159 Had they clearly accepted God's message that Jacob was indeed 324 00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:05,919 going to be the leader of the family and not Esau, even though 325 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:10,039 Esau was older, then it would have been totally different. 326 00:16:11,479 --> 00:16:14,279 Esau would have been told as a kid, he would have been raised that 327 00:16:14,279 --> 00:16:17,319 way, hey, God chose your brother. 328 00:16:18,119 --> 00:16:20,739 I don't know exactly how it would have went, but it would have 329 00:16:20,739 --> 00:16:26,059 been much, would have went much better than it did because of 330 00:16:26,059 --> 00:16:29,379 their refusing again, God's word. 331 00:16:30,179 --> 00:16:34,139 It caused problems in the family, but ultimately the Messiah 332 00:16:34,139 --> 00:16:37,139 would come through Jacob and Jacob's descendants. 333 00:16:38,499 --> 00:16:44,419 So why was Edom and you read this chapter, you read history. 334 00:16:44,659 --> 00:16:46,659 Edom's mentioned a lot in the Bible. 335 00:16:47,569 --> 00:16:51,969 Every time they're mentioned, it is them attacking or doing something 336 00:16:52,609 --> 00:16:58,289 to their brothers and sisters, the Jacob's descendants, to the Jews, 337 00:16:58,769 --> 00:17:00,369 not letting them come across their land. 338 00:17:00,369 --> 00:17:08,129 Or when Nebuchadnezzar and destroyed Jerusalem. 339 00:17:08,369 --> 00:17:09,809 That's what it's describing here. 340 00:17:10,289 --> 00:17:14,819 We read earlier that, that Edom laughed. 341 00:17:14,819 --> 00:17:20,259 Not only did they laugh and just revel in the destruction of 342 00:17:20,659 --> 00:17:26,899 Jerusalem and the descendants of Jacob, but they plundered. 343 00:17:27,619 --> 00:17:32,099 They came in and took stuff back to Edom with them. 344 00:17:33,379 --> 00:17:36,259 This was their own kinfolk. 345 00:17:38,909 --> 00:17:39,549 So here's the point. 346 00:17:39,549 --> 00:17:43,549 At the root of the problem between Israel and Edom was jealousy, 347 00:17:45,229 --> 00:17:47,229 not accepting the choice that God had made. 348 00:17:48,269 --> 00:17:55,189 God clearly had chosen Jacob over Esau and they refused to accept 349 00:17:55,189 --> 00:17:55,549 it. 350 00:17:57,389 --> 00:17:58,269 Think about this. 351 00:17:59,069 --> 00:18:04,999 Over hundreds of years, hundreds of years, the Edomites became 352 00:18:04,999 --> 00:18:07,079 very bitter towards the Israelites. 353 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:09,239 Again, read it. 354 00:18:09,879 --> 00:18:10,439 That's. 355 00:18:10,439 --> 00:18:12,479 That's assuming that's what happened. 356 00:18:12,479 --> 00:18:13,399 Otherwise, why? 357 00:18:15,879 --> 00:18:18,439 Clearly, over several hundred years, bitterness grew. 358 00:18:19,878 --> 00:18:23,359 Hebrews chapter 12, verse 15 speaks of the root of bitterness 359 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,119 bringing up trouble in you, in us. 360 00:18:26,999 --> 00:18:28,759 We need to be careful about bitterness. 361 00:18:30,449 --> 00:18:31,409 Bitterness will grow. 362 00:18:33,569 --> 00:18:37,369 The Edomites were jealous in not accepting God's choice. 363 00:18:37,369 --> 00:18:39,929 And because of that, they became bitter towards the children 364 00:18:39,929 --> 00:18:40,609 of Israel. 365 00:18:41,569 --> 00:18:44,329 And if we're not careful, we become bitter towards those whom 366 00:18:44,329 --> 00:18:45,649 God chooses to bless. 367 00:18:45,729 --> 00:18:47,609 Sometimes we look at others and God's blessed them. 368 00:18:47,609 --> 00:18:49,809 And you go, why hasn't God blessed me? 369 00:18:50,929 --> 00:18:54,089 And I'm talking about maybe in financial area or whatever it may 370 00:18:54,089 --> 00:18:59,459 be, or we can many other ways in which we can question God's choices 371 00:18:59,459 --> 00:19:02,299 that he makes in my life or he makes in your life. 372 00:19:02,379 --> 00:19:06,459 Hebrews 8:23 says, Thou art in the gall of bitterness. 373 00:19:08,779 --> 00:19:12,459 We need to be careful in the Christian life of becoming bitter. 374 00:19:14,379 --> 00:19:15,339 Becoming bitter. 375 00:19:17,259 --> 00:19:19,699 In order to overcome bitterness in our life towards those 376 00:19:19,699 --> 00:19:22,799 around us, we have got to be able to forgive. 377 00:19:24,159 --> 00:19:27,119 If we're not careful, we can become bitter at other people because 378 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:31,719 of whatever it may be, whether it's jealousy towards something they 379 00:19:31,719 --> 00:19:36,359 have or they've gained, or whatever it may be or something they've 380 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:36,639 done. 381 00:19:38,479 --> 00:19:40,079 We need to be willing to forgive. 382 00:19:40,239 --> 00:19:41,799 By the way, Jesus Christ forgave you. 383 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:44,159 That's what the New Testament tells us we ought to forgive. 384 00:19:44,159 --> 00:19:45,359 As Christ forgave us. 385 00:19:45,839 --> 00:19:48,699 He forgave us of everything, all of our sins. 386 00:19:51,259 --> 00:19:52,939 Resentment leads to bitterness. 387 00:19:55,019 --> 00:19:56,939 I always, I say it like this. 388 00:19:56,939 --> 00:19:59,259 It's kind of like if the. 389 00:19:59,259 --> 00:20:04,139 If you have a problem with an individual and you can't, you continue 390 00:20:04,139 --> 00:20:08,779 to rehearse that in your mind over and over and over again. 391 00:20:09,419 --> 00:20:14,469 Every time then you see them, that anger is there. 392 00:20:14,549 --> 00:20:19,829 Every time you see them, the volcano inside begins to build. 393 00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:23,629 That's resentment. 394 00:20:23,629 --> 00:20:24,629 That leads to bitterness. 395 00:20:25,429 --> 00:20:28,908 And when you get to the point where you can't sleep at night sometimes 396 00:20:28,908 --> 00:20:33,109 because you can't stop thinking about it, that's bitterness. 397 00:20:35,509 --> 00:20:37,109 And bitterness has got to be dug out. 398 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:40,639 It will eat you alive. 399 00:20:42,319 --> 00:20:43,999 It will hollow you out. 400 00:20:45,199 --> 00:20:49,439 Illustration is, you know, is a tree that I use the illustration. 401 00:20:49,519 --> 00:20:53,559 A few years ago when we were preaching on forgiveness and we were 402 00:20:53,559 --> 00:20:56,919 out cutting hackberry trees on our property and I had to. 403 00:20:56,919 --> 00:20:58,559 I love electric chainsaws. 404 00:20:58,559 --> 00:20:59,279 They're amazing. 405 00:20:59,919 --> 00:21:00,559 Amazing. 406 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:02,559 Now, if you had to cut wood for a living, you would. 407 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:03,839 You still want the gas one. 408 00:21:03,999 --> 00:21:04,799 I get that. 409 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:05,679 I totally get it. 410 00:21:06,259 --> 00:21:08,619 But if I'm just going to cut a few trees down, I just got this small 411 00:21:08,619 --> 00:21:09,459 piece of property. 412 00:21:09,699 --> 00:21:12,179 No way I'm ever buying a gas chainsaw ever again. 413 00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:15,059 They only start like every 10th time. 414 00:21:15,779 --> 00:21:20,219 And then you got to get the barium amount and clean the carburetor 415 00:21:20,219 --> 00:21:21,299 and put it all back together. 416 00:21:22,659 --> 00:21:26,019 No, I can just stick a battery in one of those little electric things 417 00:21:26,339 --> 00:21:27,219 and go to town. 418 00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:27,939 It's awesome. 419 00:21:28,739 --> 00:21:29,779 Starts every time. 420 00:21:30,739 --> 00:21:32,499 I guess it'll wear out sometimes anyway. 421 00:21:32,739 --> 00:21:36,019 All that to say I was, I was going through a tree about. 422 00:21:36,339 --> 00:21:40,779 Literally, I have a 16 inch electric chainsaw, Milwaukee, not 423 00:21:40,779 --> 00:21:42,459 a Milwaukee, but a DeWalt. 424 00:21:42,459 --> 00:21:44,179 And I was going, that thing's powerful. 425 00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:47,299 And I was going through that tree and it's, it's every bit of 426 00:21:47,299 --> 00:21:49,299 probably 16 inches or 20 inches around. 427 00:21:49,699 --> 00:21:52,899 And as I went through it, I'm glad I kind of know what's going 428 00:21:52,899 --> 00:21:53,219 on. 429 00:21:53,459 --> 00:21:54,499 It was hollow. 430 00:21:54,979 --> 00:21:57,139 And man, that thing started trying to kick on me. 431 00:21:57,139 --> 00:22:01,059 It tried to do things, but on the outside you could not tell. 432 00:22:01,459 --> 00:22:03,059 I could not tell it was hollow. 433 00:22:04,019 --> 00:22:06,099 And that's many times what happens in our own lives. 434 00:22:06,179 --> 00:22:09,459 On the outside we look fine, we look fine. 435 00:22:10,739 --> 00:22:12,179 But on the inside we're hollow. 436 00:22:12,819 --> 00:22:14,499 And eventually it will be revealed. 437 00:22:15,059 --> 00:22:16,339 It will come to the top. 438 00:22:17,859 --> 00:22:22,499 What's in the belly, what's in the bottom of the well, eventually 439 00:22:23,619 --> 00:22:24,899 it gets brought up to the top. 440 00:22:25,599 --> 00:22:29,559 What's behind the stage of your life, behind the stage will 441 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:30,959 eventually be brought to the front. 442 00:22:32,239 --> 00:22:33,519 You've got to be careful. 443 00:22:35,039 --> 00:22:37,199 That's why the Bible speaks of the New Testament, that if you have 444 00:22:37,199 --> 00:22:38,879 an odd against a brother, you need to get it right. 445 00:22:39,839 --> 00:22:42,839 You have an odd against a fellow believer, you ought to get 446 00:22:42,839 --> 00:22:43,199 it right. 447 00:22:45,279 --> 00:22:47,199 And by the way, that's on your end, not theirs. 448 00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:48,199 Doesn't matter. 449 00:22:48,199 --> 00:22:51,299 Their response, honestly, it's just you getting it right with them. 450 00:22:51,449 --> 00:22:51,689 Them. 451 00:22:53,209 --> 00:22:57,209 The Bible says if you have an odd against a brother and you don't 452 00:22:57,209 --> 00:23:01,449 get it right, better not come to the altar. 453 00:23:02,809 --> 00:23:05,449 Says, go get that right and then come to the altar. 454 00:23:06,809 --> 00:23:08,929 Now by that I mean, I don't mean you can't come to the altar 455 00:23:08,929 --> 00:23:12,609 and ask God for help, but it's saying that your prayers will be 456 00:23:12,609 --> 00:23:13,049 hindered. 457 00:23:15,929 --> 00:23:16,729 Boy, there's a. 458 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:17,859 That's tough, isn't it? 459 00:23:19,299 --> 00:23:20,019 Forgiveness. 460 00:23:20,659 --> 00:23:23,699 Be willing to forgive, forgive others. 461 00:23:24,099 --> 00:23:29,139 It's the greatest antidote in life. 462 00:23:29,459 --> 00:23:31,219 It's the greatest help in marriage. 463 00:23:31,939 --> 00:23:32,739 I'm telling you. 464 00:23:33,059 --> 00:23:35,859 Marriage, you've got to be willing to forgive each other. 465 00:23:37,299 --> 00:23:38,899 I would put it number one on the list. 466 00:23:40,099 --> 00:23:41,139 Number one on the list. 467 00:23:41,539 --> 00:23:43,059 Yes, of course. 468 00:23:43,139 --> 00:23:47,439 Love and showing your love and telling them you love them. 469 00:23:47,999 --> 00:23:51,199 But forgiveness, man, it is the, it's the glue. 470 00:23:52,239 --> 00:23:53,599 Being willing to forgive. 471 00:23:55,519 --> 00:23:58,159 Forgive one another as I have forgiven you. 472 00:23:59,199 --> 00:24:02,039 In our relationship with God, we must understand that sometimes 473 00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:05,599 we get to that point, we get in a situation, we may question him. 474 00:24:06,639 --> 00:24:08,999 And you know, I've never been there. 475 00:24:08,999 --> 00:24:09,879 I would never have done that. 476 00:24:09,879 --> 00:24:11,339 But maybe you have. 477 00:24:13,499 --> 00:24:16,939 And if you're not careful, you may get to the point where you are 478 00:24:17,099 --> 00:24:22,419 in that position where you're not just questioning him, but maybe 479 00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:26,939 you're mad at something he allowed in your life. 480 00:24:29,499 --> 00:24:30,859 What do you do about that one? 481 00:24:32,139 --> 00:24:35,739 Well, on that one, you go to ask him for forgiveness. 482 00:24:36,969 --> 00:24:38,809 You got to go to him and ask for forgiveness. 483 00:24:39,929 --> 00:24:41,689 We'll say, well, what did I ask for forgiveness for? 484 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:42,649 A lack of trust. 485 00:24:44,169 --> 00:24:48,009 Lord, I'm sorry I should trust you more. 486 00:24:49,529 --> 00:24:52,009 Lord, forgive me for being angry at you. 487 00:24:52,249 --> 00:24:54,489 Forgive me for being resentful or bitter. 488 00:24:55,289 --> 00:24:56,569 Lord, I love you. 489 00:24:56,809 --> 00:24:57,369 Help me. 490 00:24:57,369 --> 00:24:57,929 Help me get. 491 00:24:58,089 --> 00:24:59,369 Help me get past this. 492 00:24:59,929 --> 00:25:01,129 Give me the grace I need. 493 00:25:02,819 --> 00:25:04,099 Boy, he will do it, won't he? 494 00:25:04,419 --> 00:25:07,619 We have an amazing God number two. 495 00:25:08,339 --> 00:25:12,099 And we see this very evident verse three says, the pride of thine 496 00:25:12,099 --> 00:25:15,299 heart hath deceived thee, that thou dwellest in the clefts of the 497 00:25:15,299 --> 00:25:15,619 rocks. 498 00:25:16,259 --> 00:25:21,419 Obadiah is saying, you think you're safe from destruction that's 499 00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:25,059 being prophesied against you because you dwell in Petra. 500 00:25:25,059 --> 00:25:29,389 You dwell in this place that's, you know, almost basically 501 00:25:29,389 --> 00:25:30,189 indestructible. 502 00:25:31,949 --> 00:25:32,429 You live. 503 00:25:32,429 --> 00:25:33,669 You live in the clefts of the rock. 504 00:25:33,669 --> 00:25:36,509 You live in these houses that are etched into the edge of the rocks. 505 00:25:36,509 --> 00:25:37,589 It's an amazing place. 506 00:25:37,589 --> 00:25:38,309 It really is. 507 00:25:38,309 --> 00:25:40,189 And it is a man. 508 00:25:40,269 --> 00:25:43,949 I don't know, a modern army would have somewhat. 509 00:25:43,949 --> 00:25:46,909 Well, we got drones now, but it would still be difficult. 510 00:25:47,709 --> 00:25:48,189 Guys. 511 00:25:49,149 --> 00:25:49,789 Amazing. 512 00:25:50,189 --> 00:25:50,829 And they. 513 00:25:50,829 --> 00:25:51,989 They were prideful about it. 514 00:25:51,989 --> 00:25:52,989 They thought no one could. 515 00:25:53,069 --> 00:25:54,189 No one can take us. 516 00:25:54,189 --> 00:25:54,669 No one. 517 00:25:54,749 --> 00:25:56,029 No one can defeat us. 518 00:25:56,439 --> 00:25:58,839 No one's going to be able to penetrate Petra. 519 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:02,359 For pride deceives us. 520 00:26:03,719 --> 00:26:07,079 Pride is so deceitful, by the way. 521 00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:09,639 Pride is deceived. 522 00:26:09,719 --> 00:26:13,559 Means to beguile or lead astray, delude or seduce. 523 00:26:16,039 --> 00:26:17,439 Proverbs 16, verse 18. 524 00:26:17,439 --> 00:26:18,279 Y' all know it. 525 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,999 Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before fall. 526 00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:24,279 Pride. 527 00:26:25,399 --> 00:26:27,639 Proverbs 8:13 says, God hates pride. 528 00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:32,639 Satan's sin was that of pride. 529 00:26:32,639 --> 00:26:35,119 I will go above the heavens. 530 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:36,679 I will be like God. 531 00:26:38,118 --> 00:26:40,839 Satan fell because of his pride. 532 00:26:42,759 --> 00:26:46,679 It's also the root cause of mankind's refusal to worship God. 533 00:26:47,889 --> 00:26:48,289 Pride. 534 00:26:49,329 --> 00:26:55,609 Refusal to worship him in obedience to him, acknowledging his 535 00:26:55,609 --> 00:26:58,849 authority over mankind. 536 00:27:01,889 --> 00:27:05,409 Edom got in a power struggle with God. 537 00:27:05,569 --> 00:27:07,489 You get in a power struggle with God, you're going to lose. 538 00:27:09,569 --> 00:27:10,929 Pride is deceitful. 539 00:27:11,649 --> 00:27:15,339 Their hearts were deceived by their pride. 540 00:27:17,179 --> 00:27:20,059 Again, they should have accepted God's choice. 541 00:27:23,019 --> 00:27:26,579 And they could have benefited from the promise found in Genesis 542 00:27:26,579 --> 00:27:32,299 chapter 12, the promise to Abraham that those who bless Israel 543 00:27:32,299 --> 00:27:33,099 will be blessed. 544 00:27:34,139 --> 00:27:35,819 Those who curse Israel will be cursed. 545 00:27:37,019 --> 00:27:38,219 They could have Been blessed nation. 546 00:27:39,349 --> 00:27:40,429 Thirdly, we need to hurry. 547 00:27:40,429 --> 00:27:41,909 God's judgment will overcome. 548 00:27:42,469 --> 00:27:48,949 Edom's amazing location again made that a hard, hard place in order 549 00:27:48,949 --> 00:27:50,149 to defeat an enemy. 550 00:27:50,789 --> 00:27:52,869 But God was unlike any other enemy. 551 00:27:53,429 --> 00:27:58,229 I mean, God's all powerful and God used Nebuchadnezzar and he even 552 00:27:58,229 --> 00:27:59,229 said that against Israel. 553 00:27:59,229 --> 00:28:02,469 He said, God is my instrument to defeat Jerusalem. 554 00:28:03,589 --> 00:28:05,189 Nebuchadnezzar is my instrument. 555 00:28:06,819 --> 00:28:11,379 God used the nation of Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar to defeat many, 556 00:28:11,379 --> 00:28:13,139 many the then known world. 557 00:28:13,619 --> 00:28:18,339 And Obadiah reminds Edom, God's judgment will be complete. 558 00:28:20,819 --> 00:28:22,099 They would not escape. 559 00:28:23,139 --> 00:28:27,259 There was no amount of protection or plans that would rescue 560 00:28:27,259 --> 00:28:27,539 them. 561 00:28:29,379 --> 00:28:31,059 You can't outsmart God. 562 00:28:33,449 --> 00:28:35,129 The Edomites had a wrong view of God. 563 00:28:37,129 --> 00:28:40,649 You know, I always say that most people's ideal of God is Zeus, 564 00:28:40,809 --> 00:28:41,209 right? 565 00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:45,049 But you kind of have, you have two trains of thought about God. 566 00:28:45,449 --> 00:28:48,849 I would say still probably the majority have that Zeus mentality, 567 00:28:48,849 --> 00:28:51,129 especially with all the movies that have come out lately. 568 00:28:51,929 --> 00:28:57,999 But the other one is God and you know, long white hair, long beard, 569 00:28:57,999 --> 00:28:59,919 sitting on a front porch in a rocking chair. 570 00:29:01,679 --> 00:29:02,559 You don't you think? 571 00:29:02,719 --> 00:29:04,799 I mean it is funny to me, absolutely. 572 00:29:04,959 --> 00:29:07,599 But man, a lot of people think he, you know, he kind of started 573 00:29:07,599 --> 00:29:10,999 the earth, he kind of, he made it, yes, but he just kind of wound 574 00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:13,999 it up and threw it into space and basically has nothing. 575 00:29:13,999 --> 00:29:16,759 He's just sitting in his rocking chair, just watching like 576 00:29:16,759 --> 00:29:20,799 it's a tv drinking Mountain Dew. 577 00:29:26,809 --> 00:29:31,849 Can I tell you that the wrong view of God is so prevalent today? 578 00:29:32,249 --> 00:29:38,809 And as it's always been, God is not a 75 year old man sitting 579 00:29:38,809 --> 00:29:39,529 in a rocking chair. 580 00:29:40,489 --> 00:29:44,329 By the way, God's not a 51 year old, fat bald white guy. 581 00:29:46,329 --> 00:29:51,309 Because so many times we think of God, we think of God kind of compared 582 00:29:51,309 --> 00:29:51,989 to ourselves. 583 00:29:52,469 --> 00:29:54,189 Well, he's unlike, he's transcendent. 584 00:29:54,189 --> 00:29:55,269 He's wholly other. 585 00:29:55,669 --> 00:29:58,389 He's unlike anything that you could ever think or imagine. 586 00:29:59,349 --> 00:30:04,069 Our little finite minds can't wrap around the ideal or the thought 587 00:30:05,189 --> 00:30:08,789 of an everlasting eternal God. 588 00:30:09,669 --> 00:30:14,729 It's so, so hard to wrap your head around you. 589 00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:15,599 You can't escape. 590 00:30:15,919 --> 00:30:18,319 Galatians, chapter six says, you reap what you sow. 591 00:30:19,199 --> 00:30:20,959 By the way, you reap more than you sow. 592 00:30:21,999 --> 00:30:26,439 Psalm 50 speaks about God's God may be silent, but don't think 593 00:30:26,439 --> 00:30:31,759 that God being silent in our sin is a weakness of God. 594 00:30:32,719 --> 00:30:37,959 What it is, and I'm so thankful it's showing us the mercy 595 00:30:37,959 --> 00:30:40,719 of God, the patience of God. 596 00:30:42,399 --> 00:30:44,959 By the way, Edom could have experienced that same mercy and same 597 00:30:44,959 --> 00:30:45,279 patience. 598 00:30:45,279 --> 00:30:46,799 And they did up to a certain point. 599 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:51,599 But they never, never, never accepted that mercy and grace. 600 00:30:52,399 --> 00:30:52,999 I'm thankful. 601 00:30:52,999 --> 00:30:54,399 I know our core group here tonight. 602 00:30:54,399 --> 00:30:55,679 I know most of you are saved. 603 00:30:55,679 --> 00:30:57,759 Most of you have accepted that grace and mercy. 604 00:30:57,759 --> 00:31:00,919 And when things come into our life that shouldn't be there and 605 00:31:00,919 --> 00:31:03,479 we begin to question, or whatever may happen in our life, 606 00:31:03,479 --> 00:31:05,519 we need to remember the grace and mercy of God. 607 00:31:05,599 --> 00:31:15,539 But don't be careful that you take for granted the grace and mercy, 608 00:31:16,579 --> 00:31:19,299 because the reaping, the sowing, will happen. 609 00:31:21,219 --> 00:31:23,138 Number four, God protects his children. 610 00:31:24,099 --> 00:31:27,859 Zachariah 2, 8 says that Israel is the apple of God's eye. 611 00:31:28,099 --> 00:31:30,979 Can I remind you tonight that God loves Israel? 612 00:31:31,299 --> 00:31:32,739 They are his chosen people. 613 00:31:33,119 --> 00:31:35,999 God set his favor on the nation of Israel, and they're still 614 00:31:35,999 --> 00:31:37,039 God's chosen people. 615 00:31:37,519 --> 00:31:40,799 And those who come against them will face God's wrath. 616 00:31:45,359 --> 00:31:47,359 And by the way, they're still God's chosen people. 617 00:31:48,479 --> 00:31:53,839 One day, According to Romans 11, Israel the Jew will recognize 618 00:31:53,839 --> 00:31:55,439 Jesus as their Messiah. 619 00:31:55,999 --> 00:31:59,439 By the way, Romans chapter 9, 10, 11 deal with Israel. 620 00:31:59,779 --> 00:32:02,099 Romans chapter 9 deals with Israel's past. 621 00:32:02,739 --> 00:32:04,659 Romans, chapter 10, Israel's present. 622 00:32:04,819 --> 00:32:06,659 Romans, chapter 11, Israel's future. 623 00:32:07,299 --> 00:32:08,459 Go read those three chapters. 624 00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:09,219 It'll help you. 625 00:32:10,659 --> 00:32:12,579 We are to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. 626 00:32:12,579 --> 00:32:16,499 The Bible says we're to reach Jews for the cause of Christ. 627 00:32:16,499 --> 00:32:17,859 We're to give them the Gospel. 628 00:32:19,379 --> 00:32:22,019 To the Jew first, the Bible says, and also to the Greek. 629 00:32:22,739 --> 00:32:25,789 Brother Phil Savalowski likes to remind us that all the time it 630 00:32:25,789 --> 00:32:26,909 says to the Jew first. 631 00:32:27,869 --> 00:32:29,269 Some of y' all don't know who brother Phil is. 632 00:32:29,269 --> 00:32:29,949 We support him. 633 00:32:30,349 --> 00:32:31,549 Jewish evangelist. 634 00:32:32,589 --> 00:32:33,789 We're to pray for the Jew. 635 00:32:34,589 --> 00:32:35,749 New Testament believers. 636 00:32:35,749 --> 00:32:38,189 As New Testament leaders, we've been grafted into the vine. 637 00:32:39,229 --> 00:32:40,589 Grafted into the vine. 638 00:32:40,989 --> 00:32:42,189 Israel's the vine. 639 00:32:43,389 --> 00:32:45,549 We, as Gentiles have been grafted in the vine. 640 00:32:45,949 --> 00:32:50,429 The saved have been grafted into the vine into God's family. 641 00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:52,919 Galatians, chapter six. 642 00:32:54,039 --> 00:32:54,559 I'm sorry. 643 00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:55,959 Galatians, chapter three and verse seven. 644 00:32:55,959 --> 00:32:57,959 I just went over and looked at it a while ago. 645 00:32:58,359 --> 00:32:59,959 I was thinking about that verse again. 646 00:33:01,319 --> 00:33:07,439 Galatians, chapter 3 and verse 7 says, now know ye therefore, that 647 00:33:07,439 --> 00:33:11,159 they which are of faith the same are the children of Abraham. 648 00:33:12,919 --> 00:33:14,919 Father Abraham had many sons. 649 00:33:15,159 --> 00:33:16,119 Many sons had. 650 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:17,079 Father Abraham. 651 00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:17,399 What? 652 00:33:17,699 --> 00:33:18,419 I am one of them. 653 00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:19,459 And you are too. 654 00:33:19,459 --> 00:33:20,219 Or so are you. 655 00:33:20,219 --> 00:33:21,939 Some of y' all sing it wrong and just. 656 00:33:22,419 --> 00:33:23,659 Just praise the Lord. 657 00:33:23,659 --> 00:33:24,219 Right hand. 658 00:33:24,219 --> 00:33:24,579 Left. 659 00:33:24,579 --> 00:33:24,979 Right. 660 00:33:25,059 --> 00:33:27,059 And I told you this, and I've said this to you. 661 00:33:27,059 --> 00:33:27,219 Before. 662 00:33:27,219 --> 00:33:29,459 But I had somebody come to me and say, preacher, we shouldn't be 663 00:33:29,459 --> 00:33:29,619 singing. 664 00:33:29,619 --> 00:33:31,139 That song had nothing to do with anything. 665 00:33:31,619 --> 00:33:32,579 I said, yes, it does. 666 00:33:32,579 --> 00:33:33,539 Let me show you a verse. 667 00:33:34,339 --> 00:33:34,899 Galatians. 668 00:33:34,899 --> 00:33:35,299 I just. 669 00:33:35,299 --> 00:33:36,019 I just read it. 670 00:33:36,099 --> 00:33:39,139 We're spiritual descendants of Abraham. 671 00:33:39,859 --> 00:33:41,699 We're spiritual children of Abraham. 672 00:33:42,579 --> 00:33:43,379 That amazing. 673 00:33:43,819 --> 00:33:45,099 Grafted into the vine. 674 00:33:46,059 --> 00:33:47,499 Amazing, amazing thought. 675 00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:49,499 Under God's care. 676 00:33:50,219 --> 00:33:52,459 Secure in God's care. 677 00:33:53,099 --> 00:33:55,499 John 10 says, no one can pluck us out of his hand. 678 00:33:56,219 --> 00:33:59,979 Lastly, God holds us accountable when we gloat over our 679 00:33:59,979 --> 00:34:00,459 enemies. 680 00:34:00,779 --> 00:34:02,299 I think this is fascinating too. 681 00:34:02,299 --> 00:34:05,579 We always talk about the New Testament and how that Jesus said, 682 00:34:05,579 --> 00:34:06,179 love your enemies. 683 00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:07,259 And that is absolutely true. 684 00:34:07,259 --> 00:34:08,299 We ought to love our enemies. 685 00:34:08,299 --> 00:34:09,419 Jesus commanded it. 686 00:34:09,999 --> 00:34:13,279 And that's only done by way of the Holy Spirit, the grace of God 687 00:34:13,279 --> 00:34:13,919 upon our lives. 688 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:15,679 You cannot love your enemies. 689 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:16,279 You can't do it. 690 00:34:16,279 --> 00:34:16,799 Naturally. 691 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:19,199 It doesn't just, you know, just happen. 692 00:34:19,839 --> 00:34:24,319 No, it's the grace of God that enables you to love your enemies 693 00:34:24,319 --> 00:34:25,159 more than you love yourself. 694 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:26,519 It's an amazing, amazing thing. 695 00:34:26,519 --> 00:34:29,039 But the Old Testament also refers to this. 696 00:34:29,039 --> 00:34:32,359 In Proverbs chapter 24, he speaks of it. 697 00:34:32,359 --> 00:34:33,079 I'm going to go read it. 698 00:34:33,079 --> 00:34:36,079 Just because again, sometimes we think, well, only the New Testament 699 00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:40,069 really says, you know, we ought to love our enemies and whatever. 700 00:34:40,069 --> 00:34:44,509 But Proverbs 24, verse 17, I breathed into the mic. 701 00:34:45,869 --> 00:34:47,869 Proverbs 24, verse 17. 702 00:34:48,749 --> 00:34:51,229 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth. 703 00:34:51,469 --> 00:34:55,789 And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth, lest the 704 00:34:55,789 --> 00:34:58,749 Lord see it and it displease him. 705 00:34:59,069 --> 00:35:01,149 And he turn away his wrath from him. 706 00:35:04,999 --> 00:35:08,199 That's Solomon under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 707 00:35:09,639 --> 00:35:10,919 That's what happened to Edom. 708 00:35:12,359 --> 00:35:14,199 They rejoiced in Israel's defeat. 709 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:16,759 They rejoiced in Israel's demise. 710 00:35:16,759 --> 00:35:19,839 They rejoiced in the destruction of Israel, of Jerusalem. 711 00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:23,399 They participated somewhat and also took of the spoils. 712 00:35:25,319 --> 00:35:28,359 And not too long after that, they themselves were destroyed. 713 00:35:29,329 --> 00:35:30,369 It came upon them. 714 00:35:31,409 --> 00:35:35,809 God turned Edom's desire to see Israel suffer back on their heads. 715 00:35:37,089 --> 00:35:37,849 Can I remind you? 716 00:35:37,849 --> 00:35:43,369 Deuteronomy 32, this is old Testament, says, vengeance is mine, 717 00:35:43,369 --> 00:35:44,209 saith the Lord. 718 00:35:45,809 --> 00:35:48,929 Vengeance belongs to God in the New Testament. 719 00:35:48,929 --> 00:35:51,569 Romans 12, chapter 12, verses 18 through 20. 720 00:35:51,569 --> 00:35:53,089 We are to give our enemies what they need. 721 00:35:53,089 --> 00:35:55,759 If our enemy comes to us and asks us of something they have in 722 00:35:55,759 --> 00:35:56,879 need, we ought to give it to them. 723 00:35:57,359 --> 00:35:58,559 That's what the Bible says. 724 00:35:58,959 --> 00:36:01,039 Matthew 5:44, we quote all the time. 725 00:36:01,039 --> 00:36:02,319 Jesus said, love your enemies. 726 00:36:04,399 --> 00:36:07,119 The only way we can do that is by way of the Holy Spirit power, 727 00:36:07,199 --> 00:36:08,559 the grace that he gives us. 728 00:36:09,279 --> 00:36:12,319 So, Obadiah, practical lessons. 729 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,759 He warns us against pride. 730 00:36:17,839 --> 00:36:20,559 We just got to get the eye out. 731 00:36:22,819 --> 00:36:24,259 And it wells up, doesn't it? 732 00:36:26,899 --> 00:36:32,899 We, me, are so much into ourselves. 733 00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:36,019 It's what comes natural. 734 00:36:36,419 --> 00:36:37,539 That's the old man. 735 00:36:39,459 --> 00:36:47,149 We are, by disposition selfish. 736 00:36:49,149 --> 00:36:50,029 That's our nature. 737 00:36:50,749 --> 00:36:52,429 You don't have to teach a duck how to swim. 738 00:36:53,389 --> 00:36:54,509 It's amazing to me. 739 00:36:54,509 --> 00:36:59,149 We had several ducks on our pond in the spring, and the very 740 00:36:59,149 --> 00:37:02,349 first time that our dogs haven't gotten to the eggs. 741 00:37:02,909 --> 00:37:03,949 And we had a little. 742 00:37:03,949 --> 00:37:06,747 Little duck hatch about, I don't know, 10. 743 00:37:06,871 --> 00:37:07,789 10 little. 744 00:37:08,029 --> 00:37:08,389 Little. 745 00:37:08,389 --> 00:37:09,229 Little ducks. 746 00:37:09,549 --> 00:37:11,309 I don't know what they're called, little ducks. 747 00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:15,479 I got video of them going around our pond, and she's. 748 00:37:15,559 --> 00:37:16,559 She's out in front of them. 749 00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:17,279 They're following her. 750 00:37:17,279 --> 00:37:17,959 It's so cute. 751 00:37:19,639 --> 00:37:20,319 Little bitty. 752 00:37:20,319 --> 00:37:21,239 I mean, just tiny. 753 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:21,479 Just. 754 00:37:21,479 --> 00:37:22,879 Just hatched, and they're out there swimming. 755 00:37:22,879 --> 00:37:24,199 You don't have to teach a duck how to swim. 756 00:37:25,319 --> 00:37:26,119 We had a rain. 757 00:37:26,119 --> 00:37:26,999 A big, big rain. 758 00:37:26,999 --> 00:37:29,239 About a week later, they're gone. 759 00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:31,919 I don't know where they went, but. 760 00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:32,399 I'm sorry. 761 00:37:32,399 --> 00:37:33,799 I shouldn't have gave you the end part. 762 00:37:33,959 --> 00:37:36,959 I was, like, all into that really cute thing, and then we got 763 00:37:36,959 --> 00:37:37,599 a big rain. 764 00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:41,049 And by the way, when it rains and the water comes down our place, 765 00:37:41,049 --> 00:37:42,089 it's like a huge river. 766 00:37:42,089 --> 00:37:44,489 And the ducks are down the river somewhere. 767 00:37:44,489 --> 00:37:45,009 You know what? 768 00:37:45,009 --> 00:37:45,529 They can swim. 769 00:37:45,529 --> 00:37:46,649 They'd probably be fine. 770 00:37:47,529 --> 00:37:48,289 Man, I shouldn't. 771 00:37:48,289 --> 00:37:49,369 I spoiled the whole thing. 772 00:37:50,489 --> 00:37:52,649 Some of you are so sad now you're gonna go home and cry. 773 00:37:53,209 --> 00:37:54,288 The ducks are fine. 774 00:37:54,288 --> 00:37:54,889 They can swim. 775 00:37:54,889 --> 00:37:55,609 That's the whole point. 776 00:37:55,609 --> 00:37:57,609 You don't have to teach a little baby duck how to swim. 777 00:37:57,609 --> 00:37:59,369 They swam down that raging river. 778 00:37:59,369 --> 00:38:00,089 I know it. 779 00:38:00,089 --> 00:38:01,129 I know they did. 780 00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:02,849 They swam right down it. 781 00:38:02,849 --> 00:38:04,409 Mama's over there taking care of them. 782 00:38:04,409 --> 00:38:05,849 About three miles that way. 783 00:38:09,529 --> 00:38:10,929 You don't have to teach Doug how to swim. 784 00:38:10,929 --> 00:38:14,689 You don't have to teach a person, a human being, how to be 785 00:38:14,689 --> 00:38:15,209 selfish. 786 00:38:16,969 --> 00:38:21,649 We have to rely upon the Holy Spirit, the power of his grace to 787 00:38:21,649 --> 00:38:24,569 enable us to live a selfless life. 788 00:38:25,209 --> 00:38:27,529 And then he warns us against revenge. 789 00:38:28,169 --> 00:38:29,769 That's God's place, not ours. 790 00:38:30,329 --> 00:38:33,709 He warns us against bitterness, resentment. 791 00:38:34,669 --> 00:38:40,829 He reminds us that we serve a powerful God who is sovereign, who, 792 00:38:40,829 --> 00:38:43,069 by the way, protects his children. 793 00:38:44,749 --> 00:38:45,949 We have a loving God. 794 00:38:47,949 --> 00:38:54,189 As he protected and loved Israel, so he protects us, the spiritual 795 00:38:54,189 --> 00:38:55,229 children of Abraham. 796 00:38:55,949 --> 00:38:59,559 He says he would never leave us nor forsake us. 797 00:38:59,799 --> 00:39:01,159 God's so good isn't he? 798 00:39:01,799 --> 00:39:02,919 All right, let's all stand. 799 00:39:03,639 --> 00:39:05,319 We have verse invitation tonight.