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[1199.34 --> 1200.26] to accomplish
[1200.26 --> 1201.68] God's good will.
[1202.62 --> 1204.06] It has happened.
[1205.70 --> 1206.30] His word
[1206.30 --> 1207.38] never fails.
[1207.38 --> 1208.66] That's our Jesus.
[1210.24 --> 1211.00] So I think
[1211.00 --> 1211.62] I've emphasized
[1211.62 --> 1212.42] God's sovereignty
[1212.42 --> 1212.96] enough here.
[1213.78 --> 1214.90] The other part of this,
[1215.32 --> 1216.20] God is all powerful
[1216.20 --> 1216.80] and sovereign
[1216.80 --> 1219.06] and this God of ours,
[1219.50 --> 1220.50] He's also loving.
[1221.56 --> 1222.46] It's not just
[1222.46 --> 1223.76] some random will
[1223.76 --> 1224.32] that He's trying
[1224.32 --> 1224.94] to accomplish.
[1225.64 --> 1227.10] It is His loving,
[1227.74 --> 1228.74] good will
[1228.74 --> 1229.44] for the world
[1229.44 --> 1230.26] and for us.
[1232.38 --> 1233.52] That's part
[1233.52 --> 1235.08] of this plan of His.
[1235.50 --> 1236.86] Part of the redemption.
[1237.38 --> 1238.44] is hope,
[1239.12 --> 1239.72] it's peace,
[1239.92 --> 1240.32] it's love
[1240.32 --> 1241.40] that we'll look at next week
[1241.40 --> 1243.16] and it is joy.
[1243.72 --> 1244.84] It is to rejoice
[1244.84 --> 1246.34] with all of creation
[1246.34 --> 1247.42] and with our Maker.
[1248.38 --> 1250.06] That's part of God's will
[1250.06 --> 1251.72] and this plan
[1251.72 --> 1253.56] has already been accomplished
[1253.56 --> 1254.60] and will continue
[1254.60 --> 1255.46] to be revealed
[1255.46 --> 1256.22] through His people.
[1257.24 --> 1257.92] The good news
[1257.92 --> 1259.22] of His new creation,
[1259.62 --> 1260.40] a place where
[1260.40 --> 1261.92] all of our holy waiting
[1261.92 --> 1263.26] and expecting,
[1263.50 --> 1263.78] Advent,
[1264.28 --> 1265.88] become fully realized
[1265.88 --> 1267.20] where real joy
[1267.20 --> 1268.70] is fully lived out.
[1269.64 --> 1270.78] I can't even begin
[1270.78 --> 1272.32] to express
[1272.32 --> 1272.92] what that joy
[1272.92 --> 1273.58] will look like.
[1273.80 --> 1275.00] We get glimpses of it.
[1275.12 --> 1275.38] Again,
[1275.54 --> 1276.36] the more and more
[1276.36 --> 1277.20] we are aligned
[1277.20 --> 1277.86] to His will.
[1280.70 --> 1282.28] And so as it is revealed
[1282.28 --> 1282.94] through Jesus,
[1283.08 --> 1283.94] our Lord and Savior,
[1284.64 --> 1286.12] the more Christ-like
[1286.12 --> 1286.68] we are,
[1287.04 --> 1288.22] the more we'll be able
[1288.22 --> 1288.80] to glimpse
[1288.80 --> 1289.82] and foretaste
[1289.82 --> 1290.84] that joy.
[1290.84 --> 1293.06] So that's reflected
[1293.06 --> 1293.56] in Isaiah.
[1293.74 --> 1294.20] We go back
[1294.20 --> 1294.90] to verse 12.
[1296.16 --> 1296.64] God's word
[1296.64 --> 1297.20] is trustworthy
[1297.20 --> 1298.80] and then Isaiah says,
[1299.30 --> 1299.52] you,
[1299.88 --> 1300.64] all of you,
[1300.92 --> 1301.66] God's people,
[1302.20 --> 1303.48] will go out
[1303.48 --> 1304.08] in joy
[1304.08 --> 1305.40] and be led forth
[1305.40 --> 1306.18] in shalom.
[1307.34 --> 1308.60] That now connects us
[1308.60 --> 1309.90] to last week's sermon
[1309.90 --> 1310.70] by Pastor Sid.
[1311.18 --> 1311.40] Right?
[1311.86 --> 1313.06] You find real joy
[1313.06 --> 1313.58] in God
[1313.58 --> 1315.12] and you shall be led forth
[1315.12 --> 1315.82] in shalom,
[1315.96 --> 1316.62] real peace.
[1318.16 --> 1319.68] Little reminder exercise.
[1319.68 --> 1320.72] Peace,
[1321.34 --> 1322.72] and I would appropriately add
[1322.72 --> 1323.74] joy here,
[1323.92 --> 1325.40] is not just the absence
[1325.40 --> 1326.44] of conflict,
[1326.78 --> 1327.24] violence,
[1327.54 --> 1327.80] sadness,
[1327.96 --> 1328.54] and loss.
[1329.12 --> 1330.94] It's also the presence