Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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Wait till you have a seat. so I recently came across a story of a tragic a tragic story of a father and a son they were close it was the son was an ordinary son young kid his father was a great dad and it was very very clear that this father loved his son very very much at one point they were on a, they were in the wilderness together and there was an accident and in the midst of this accident the father had a choice, the father had the opportunity, he could either save his own life or he could sacrifice his life and save his son's life and without thinking, without hesitating, this father sacrificed his own life so that his son could live. The son obviously was devastated by this and not only because his dad, his father, but also he was devastated because he blamed himself. He thought it was his fault. So he just, it ate him up. So he wanted to get as far away from, as far away from his life as possible. …
I'll wait you to have a seat. So I recently came upon a story of, a tragic story of a father and a son. This father and son, they had a good relationship. relationship that the son wasn't just a son, you know, obviously kind of immature and whatnot, but his father, he loved his father and his father was a good dad. And at one point, the two of them, they were out in a place that was dangerous and there was an accident. and at one point it was either the son was going to die or the father would die, and the father sacrificed himself so that his son could live, and the father died. The son, not only was he heartbroken because he lost his father, but he also believed it was his fault, and so he ran away. He wanted to get as far away as possible. that belief, that belief that my dad's dead and it's my fault ate him up. He ran away, again, far from home, and he met two characters. …
3. The warnings of God’s word have greatly the advantage, by reason of the greatness and majesty of him who speaks. The speeches and declarations of those who are great, excellent, and honourable, have a greater tendency to move the affections, than the declarations of others who are less excellent. Things spoken by a king affect more than the same things spoken by a mean man. But God is infinitely greater than kings; he is universal King of heaven and earth, the absolute Sovereign of all things. Now, what can have a greater tendency to strike the mind and move the heart, than to be warned by this great and glorious Being? Shall we be unmoved when he speaks who made heaven and earth by the word of his power? If his immediate speeches, declarations, and warnings, will not influence us, what will? Isa. i. 2. “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken.”—That is to the present purpose which we have in Matt. xxi. 37. “But last of all he sent his son, saying, They will reverence my son.” He sent his servants before, but they did not regard them. He therefore sent his son, who was a much greater and more honourable messenger, and said, Surely they will regard him. …