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<v SPEAKER_00>Good morning, First Baptist Wimberly.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Welcome to Friday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I am really looking forward to this Sunday when we finish up our brief walk through Obadiah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Because it is God's Word, I hope you have seen how this book, written over 2,500 years ago to a small Middle Eastern nation, has something to say to us today.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Obadiah's theme is divine sovereignty.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The Lord of history works out his purposes even during the captivity and cruelty towards his people, the people of Israel.

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<v SPEAKER_00>God will bring Edom down.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He is in control of the plans of men, was what he was trying to tell Israel at that time.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But he's also the God of the future.

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<v SPEAKER_00>There is a coming kingdom of God.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Listen to verse 21.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The king is building his kingdom, and he will prevail.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Mount Zion will be a proud capital again, cleansed from all the defilements of foreign destruction, as Jerusalem was at that time.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But this also points toward Christ and the new Jerusalem.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So I have a simple question for you this morning.

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<v SPEAKER_00>If the Lord is sovereign, and if the kingdom will be the Lord's, is that King your King?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Are you part of his kingdom?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let me put it another way.

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<v SPEAKER_00>When the day of the Lord eventually comes, which it will, will you bow the knee joyfully to the king?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Because that is what you are doing now, in following his commands and loving him faithfully.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Will you greet him with great joy?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Or will you fall in utter terror because you know your day of judgment is coming?

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<v SPEAKER_00>The awful wrath of God against sin has already fell on Christ at the cross.

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<v SPEAKER_00>If we recognize our sin and turn to Him in repentance and faith, we can escape that judgment and wrath.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Self-sufficiency, hard-hearted arrogance, indifferent apathy, and reliance on worldly wisdom will lead to a horrible outcome on that day.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I pray that for you, that rather than the judgment of God on that day, that it will be the joy of Jesus.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And if you have turned to Him in repentance and faith, I pray that your joy is evident to all today.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons, and I love being your pastor.