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 Well, a very good evening to you.

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 I hope you had a good afternoon.

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 I hope you did all your napping this afternoon

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 and that nobody feels like they need to catch a quick nap this evening, all right?

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 If you have a Bible, we're in Exodus 14.

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 I don't know if anybody reads through the Bible every year.

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 Anybody do that as a habit, practice?

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 Read through the Bible every year?

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 A couple?

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 Yeah? All right.

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 It's a great, that is a great habit to have.

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 If you're going to have habits, all right,

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 a good one to have is to try and get through the Bible once a year at least.

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 I knew one guy that tried to get through the Bible four times a year.

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 That was a big task.

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 But you can do it about 20 minutes a day,

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 try and get through the Bible in a year.

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 We try to encourage the folks at Corrobras to do that every year.

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 It's probably better to think of it as getting the Bible through you every year, okay?

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 So it's not just like this, you know, I'm a bit obsessive-compulsive about things.

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 So set me a task and I'll just kind of do it.

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 I don't know that I always do it for the right reasons, but, you know, I've got to do it.

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 Give me a problem to solve and, you know, I'll solve it.

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 So I don't like, I can get hooked into just, I got to get through the Bible every year.

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 But it's better if you think about trying to get the Word of God through you every year.

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 One of the good things about trying to read through the Bible every year is that the big picture begins to take a bit more shape in your mind and in your hearts.

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 I think that's fair to say.

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 The more that you read through the entire content of the Word of God,

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 the more all of the little pieces of the puzzle begin to fit in.

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 I don't know that any of us really have all the pieces where they belong.

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 Some of the pieces are really hard to fit in the right places.

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 But one thing's for sure.

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 The more that you go through and go over God's Word,

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 the more you'll begin to just look at things, particularly in the Old Testament, I think,

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 that are sometimes a little bit more difficult to put in the right places.

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 Exodus, prophecies, those kind of things.

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 You begin to see connections developing between many of the books of the Bible.

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 And you begin to see the theme that is woven through the Bible begin to come together a bit more.

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 So I just encourage you to do that.

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 The reason I mention that tonight is because if you're reading chronologically through the Bible,

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 which I try to do every year, you're probably not far off Exodus 14.

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 I think you'll probably be around Exodus 22, 24, somewhere in there if you're reading through chronologically.

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 So if you have been doing that, then some of what we're looking at tonight may be still fresh in your minds.

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 I can tell by your faces that many of you haven't a clue what I'm talking about here.

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 But okay, it's a good practice to have.

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 If I can encourage you to do that.

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 I started doing that, I don't know how many years ago.

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 But I remember we had a guy named Peter Jackson come to Corubbers.

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 I don't know if you've ever met Peter Jackson.

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 He's a blind pianist.

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 I think he just recently passed away, Peter.

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 And while he was with us one year, he's blind, okay?

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 He's been blind since he was about two years old from an illness.

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 And I think in Braille, he was reading through the Bible.

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 I don't know how many times a year he was reading through the Bible, but it really just caught me.

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 If this guy can read through the Bible more than once in a year, I could probably do it myself.

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 Okay, I've harped on about that enough.

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 Just an encouragement for you.

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 Exodus 14, you'll probably be aware of the fact that when you think about the book of Exodus,

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 Exodus begins, Israel's in a good place, right?

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 Come out of the end of book of Genesis.

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 Jacob and the rest of the family have gone down to join Joseph in Egypt.

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 Okay, they're given favor by Pharaoh because Joseph had been placed into such an exalted position in Egypt.

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 And they're given this great land of Goshen and they're given the greatest of the land

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 and the flocks are prospering there and the people are prospering there.

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 And so Genesis ends and Exodus begins and Israel's in a good place.

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 But of course, a Pharaoh arises who doesn't know Joseph, that generation and the generation of Joseph's brothers die out.

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 And very, very quickly, Egypt, the leaders and the rulers in Egypt begin to get really nervous about the prosperity of the nation of Israel.

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 They've grown, they're strong, they're prosperous.

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 And then they begin to subject them to just a great oppression.

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 And it's not long before Israel are in a really bad place.

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 By the time you get to chapter 14 now, okay, they've done their time.

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 The Lord prophesied that they would be in Egypt for many years.

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 They were in Egypt for over 400 years.

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 But now by the time you get to chapter 14, Moses has come.

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 The mighty hand of God has been revealed against Egypt.

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 And Israel comes out, the Passover in chapter 12.

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 And really interesting, they're coming out of slavery now.

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 And just an amazing experience of incredible hardship and oppression for generations.

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 Okay, so you got to remember that the generation that came out of Egypt,

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 that generation had never experienced freedom.

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 Right?

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 Because nobody was over 400 years old.

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 So that generation had never experienced freedom.

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 All they had ever known was slavery and oppression.

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 That was their life.

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 They were born into that.

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 They grew up in that.

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 They married in that.

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 They had children in that.

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 They died in that.

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 Okay, so that's kind of something of the backdrop here.

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 The nation that is now being delivered out of Egypt,

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 they have never known what it feels like to be free.

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 We just take that so for granted, don't we?

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 It's great to hear people praying tonight for the world and for countries where people wish they had what we had.

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 They would give anything to live in a nation that we live in.

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 As much as we bellyache about it and moan and groan about it, they'd give anything to live where we do.

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 And as you know, we're in the midst of this mass migration now that we've never seen.

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 Certainly, I've never seen anything like it.

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 And people want to live in a better place.

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 Well, 430 years of bondage, 430 years in Egypt, most of those years in bondage.

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 And now Israel are being delivered.

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 And as they come out, the generation that is coming out have never experienced freedom.

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 And now they're out.

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 Now they're out.

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 I've read this so many times, but the more I read it, the more I just try to get my head around what it must have felt like.

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 What it must have felt like to never have known.

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 I mean, your parents didn't know freedom.

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 Your grandparents didn't know freedom.

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 Your great-grandparents didn't know freedom.

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 Just generations of your nation have never known freedom.

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 And now they are out.

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 430 years.

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 And they're out.

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 They're free.

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 I can almost imagine.

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 I can hear them saying, I am never going to complain about anything again.

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 Right?

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 Can you see them?

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 You've had a headache before.

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 Right?

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 You've had a bad headache.

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 And it's lasted for hours.

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 And you pray to God.

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 And you take your aspirin or whatever.

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 And then your headache goes away.

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 And you just think, oh, Lord, thank you.

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 I'm never going to complain about anything again.

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 Until tomorrow.

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 Right?

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 I mean, 430 years and they are out.

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 You can almost hear them being released from this incredible burden.

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 And you just know that nothing is ever going to bother you again.

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 Well, let's see if that's true.

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 Exodus 14.

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 Let's pick it up in verse 1.

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 Now the Lord spoke to Moses saying, speak to the children of Israel that they turn and camp before Pi-Hahirath between Migdal and the sea opposite Baal-Ziphon.

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 You shall camp before it by the sea.

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 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, they're bewildered by the land.

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 Mark that phrase because it is repeated again and again and again and again in the Old Testament.

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 The reason why God does so much of what he does in the Old Testament that, if we're honest, really does boggle our minds is simply that the world might see and have a clearer picture of who he is.

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 The greatest thing this universe could ever see is the greatness of God.

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 Is that not fair?

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 The theme of the Bible, I think the theme of everything, is the glory of God.

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 What does that mean?

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 It just means the expression of the greatness of who God is.

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 I think that is the theme of everything.

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 I think that is the purpose of everything.

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 Do you think there's a reason?

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 The reason why there's a universe is because God determined that he would express the greatness of who he is.

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 Fair?

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 Is that fair?

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 Is that not why everything is here?

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 Psalm 19, verse 1, the heavens declare the glory of the Lord.

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 Well, what do you mean they declare the glory of the Lord?

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 Can you put your hand to your ear and you hear them saying something?

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 No.

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 Just by their very existence, they express the greatness of who God is.

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 That's why God made man in his image, didn't he?

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 Isaiah 43, verse 7, God made us for his glory.

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 God made us to express the greatness of who he is.

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 How did he make us?

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 Genesis 1, 26, how did he make us?

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 God made man in his image, like him.

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 We're not God, but God made us like him.

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 The reason God made us was that he wanted to express the greatness of who he is

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 in a being that was like him.

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 So God made us like him.

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 And we're different than anything else in creation.

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 We are like God.

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 In so many ways, God made us for his glory.

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 And so even here, God is going to act.

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 And what he's going to do is he acts.

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 All this deliverance, all that God is doing in this nation,

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 all that God does through Christ at the cross,

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 all that he does in the creation and the summation of the world and everything,

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 expresses the greatest thing in the world,

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 is that the greatness of who God is would be expressed,

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 that it would be seen,

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 and that people would see that.

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 That's the reason for the gospel,

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 is that people would come to understand,

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 not just how great it is to be a part of a Brunsfield Evangelical Church,

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 although I'm sure that's great,

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 but that they would come to know Christ

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 and recognize what it means

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 to understand and know the God who made everything

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 and the greatness of who he is.

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 God made everything for his glory.

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 But we have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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 And so all the pictures of the Old Testament,

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 we thought about this this morning,

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 all the shadowy insufficiencies are fulfilled in Christ.

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 And when Christ comes and he makes atonement for sin,

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 all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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 that is a problem.

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 The wages of sin is death, so Jesus dies.

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 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 Jesus comes and makes atonement for sin,

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 that as we respond to Christ's offering

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 and sacrifice for us, we might be forgiven.

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 And then as Paul writes to the Corinthians,

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 don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,

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 transforming power of God in our lives

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 as we respond to the gospel?

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 Don't you know that the Spirit of God is in you

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 and that you are not your own?

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 You have been bought with a price.

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 Therefore, anybody know?

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 Glorify God in your bodies.

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 See the big picture?

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 Made for God's glory, fallen from glory,

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 restored to glory in Christ.

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 Okay, that's not really my message tonight.

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 It's a freebie, but I'll let you think about that.

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 Okay, so here it is again.

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 All that he does,

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 that is the purpose that lies behind,

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 I would suggest to you,

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 the purpose that lies behind everything.

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 So what he's going to do here with Egypt and with Pharaoh,

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 it just continues to fall along those lines

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 of God expressing the greatness of who he is.

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 That is what he does.

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 So then I will harden Pharaoh's heart

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 that he will pursue them

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 and I will gain honor or be glorified

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 that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.

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 And they did so.

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 Now it was told the king of Egypt,

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 so Israel went out and they camped by the sea.

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 They did so.

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 Now it was told the king of Egypt

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 that the people had fled

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 and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants

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 was turned against the people.

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 Remember he had sent them out finally,

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 go, go, just leave.

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 You've ruined, you've destroyed our nation.

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 Go, leave.

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 Go and make your sacrifices.

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 Take your animals, take your children,

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 take everybody and just get out.

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 Right?

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 Exodus 11, 12, get out.

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 And they did.

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 But now he's having second thoughts.

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 Right?

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 That's quite a big workforce to lose overnight.

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 He's having second thoughts.

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 The heart of Pharaoh and his servants

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 were turned against the people.

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 And they said,

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 why have we done this?

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 That we have let Israel go from serving us.

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 We've lost them all.

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 Right?

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 They were a huge nation by this time.

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 They were a huge nation.

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 600,000 adult men come out.

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 So many would speculate perhaps up to 2 million of them

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 at this point in time.

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 It's a huge workforce that we're doing,

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 by and large, most of the manual labor

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 for the nation of Egypt.

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 And they're gone.

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 What have we done?

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 What have we done?

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 We've let them go.

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 So verse 6,

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 He made ready his chariot

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 and took his people with him.

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 Also, he took 600 choice chariots

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 and all the chariots of Egypt

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 with captains over every one of them.

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 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt,

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 and he pursued the children of Israel.

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 And the children of Israel went out with boldness.

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 So the Egyptians pursued them.

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 So, okay, at this point in time,

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 they're feeling pretty good.

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 They've gone out with boldness, right?

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 They're delivered.

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 They're out after 400.

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 They're feeling good.

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 You with me?

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 They're feeling good.

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 They're going out with boldness.

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 The Egyptians have sent them over.

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 They plundered the Egyptians,

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 silver and gold.

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 Remember, right?

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 They took all their stuff

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 and they're going out.

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 They're heading out.

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 The promised land is...

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 This is a happy days.

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 Happy days.

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 They're in a good place at this point.

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 They're going out.

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 They're delivered.

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 Wow, what must that have felt like?

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 Gone out with boldness, we're told.

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 So the Egyptians pursued them, verse 9,

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 and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh.

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 That's a big company.

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 His horsemen and his army.

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 And overtook them,

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 camping by the sea beside Pihirith

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 before Baal-Ziphon.

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 Now, what's this?

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 They'd be thinking, right?

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 What is...

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 They get out of here.

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 Go.

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 Leave us.

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 We're finished with you.

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 What's happening now?

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 Who are these guys?

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 What?

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 Right?

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 We thought we were out.

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 We thought we were home free.

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 We...

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 All right.

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 So, doesn't quite look as good.

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 Verse 10,

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 When Pharaoh drew near,

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 the children of Israel lifted their eyes

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 and behold,

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 the Egyptians marched after them.

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 And so they were very afraid.

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 Going out with boldness,

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 now they're afraid.

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 And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.

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 And they said to Moses,

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 because there were no graves in Egypt,

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 have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?

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 Didn't take too long

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 before they started complaining again, didn't it?

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 Never complain about anything again.

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 Why have you so dealt with us

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 to bring us up out of Egypt?

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 Now, I didn't hear anyone complaining

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 when they were in Egypt.

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 Did you?

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 Right?

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 I mean, I'm sure just, you know,

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 they were crying out to the Lord.

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 The Lord heard their cries,

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 their oppression.

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 They were miserable

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 and they were asking God to deliver them.

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 God delivers them.

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 And now they're saying,

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 why do you take us out of here?

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 This is crazy.

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 This is crazy.

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 Saying, let us alone

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 that we may serve the Egyptians.

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 Hang on a minute.

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 Four to thirty years,

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 you're crying out to get us out of here.

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 So I got them out of here.

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 Let us serve the Egyptians.

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 This is crazy.

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 It's crazy.

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 For it would have been better

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 for us to serve the Egyptians

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 than that we should die in the wilderness.

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 So you have some sense of their despair.

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 This is great despair.

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 They obviously feel as though

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 there is no hope.

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 Why else,

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 after crying out for four hundred and thirty years

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 and then being delivered,

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 would they say,

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 hey, we'd rather not have been delivered?

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 Their despair must be huge.

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 Isn't it?

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 Can you imagine being delivered

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 from some illness or something?

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 I don't know.

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 Some terrifying experience of your life

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 and you're crying out to God

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 to be delivered.

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 God delivers you

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 and in just a couple of days

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 you're saying,

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 I'd rather have that.

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 Something massively bad

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 must be coming to your life

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 to say,

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 I'd rather go back to that.

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 That's kind of where they're at.

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 Verse 13.

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 Well, let's stop in verse 12.

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 Let's stop in verse 12.

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 We'll pick up in verse 13

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 in a minute.

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 Okay?

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 God is leading them out of Egypt.

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 Right?

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 God is leading them out of Egypt.

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 Nobody's going to argue with that.

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 Okay?

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 Who's in control here?

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 God is in control.

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 Who's leading them out?

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 God is leading them out.

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 Moses is there,

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 but Moses is God's spokesman

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 and through Moses,

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 God is leading them out of Egypt.

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 chapters 13, 14, and 15 of Exodus

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 form for me just an incredible story

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 about how sometimes God leads us.

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 And there are three really bizarre

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 different ways here.

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 One in chapter 13,

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 one in chapter 14,

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 one in chapter 15.

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 We're just going to look at chapter 14.

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 But there are three very unlikely,

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 seemingly unlikely ways

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 that God leads these people.

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 God is leading.

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 They're not making a mistake.

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 God's at the head of the whole deal here.

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 And yet it's a bizarre,

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 three bizarre different ways

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 that God leads.

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 The first way he seems to lead them

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 is by a different route

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 than they had planned to go.

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 Remember, they had planned to go

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 straight to the promised land

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 and he leads them instead

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 away from where they would have experienced

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 the conflict with the Philistines.

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 And now here in chapter 14,

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 he leads them seemingly to a dead end.

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 They've got nowhere to go.

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 In fact, it seems to be such a dead end

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 that they would prefer to go back to Egypt.

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 And then once you get into chapter 15,

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 he leads them to a very dry place.

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 So here God is leading them,

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 but in a strange way he's leading them.

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 So since when does God lead

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 down a dead end street?

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 You don't perceive that God does that.

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 Not the God of the Bible,

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 not the God who loves us,

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 not the God who makes provision for us.

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 Since when does God lead

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 down a dead end street?

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 What's going on here?

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 I wonder if any of you have ever hit

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 one of these in your life.

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 I wonder if any of you have ever hit,

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 as a follower of Christ,

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 hit a time in your life

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 when you just don't get it.

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 You're praying to God,

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 you're seeking to honor God with your life,

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 doing everything you can to,

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.940
 as far as you know,

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 to obey God.

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 And yet the circumstances,

00:21:54.040 --> 00:21:55.400
 as far as you're concerned,

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:57.740
 don't seem to be following the script

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 that you've written.

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 Right?

00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:01.880
 Wait a minute, Lord,

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 that's not the script that I've written.

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 And you just wonder,

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.960
 Lord, what on earth are you doing?

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:11.000
 You're leading me down a dead end street.

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 I think that's how Israel

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 are feeling just now.

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 You're trusting,

00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:17.880
 you're seeking,

00:22:18.020 --> 00:22:18.400
 you're asking,

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 but all you seem to get

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:21.080
 is a dead end.

00:22:21.760 --> 00:22:24.740
 The Israelites are right here.

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:28.800
 The Egyptians are on one side,

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 the sea is on the other side,

00:22:32.780 --> 00:22:34.860
 their backs are up against the wall.

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 It's the picture I've got.

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 Their backs are up against the wall.

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 And verse 10 says

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:42.240
 they are terrified.

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.520
 The AV says

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.839
 they're sore afraid.

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:45.900
 Right?

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.480
 That's big.

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:47.859
 They're sore.

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.379
 I like to,

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.359
 sometimes you go back

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.940
 to the old English,

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.319
 that's good.

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.740
 They're sore afraid.

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.400
 It hurts.

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.200
 They're so afraid.

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.720
 They're sore afraid.

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.480
 That's fear.

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 And so they cry out

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.440
 in verse 11,

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.879
 was it because there were no graves

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:02.019
 in Egypt that you brought us

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.839
 here to die?

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.680
 Or if you like,

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.500
 did you have to take us

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.660
 all the way out here

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:07.299
 to show us a dead end?

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:09.059
 We had a dead end

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:11.019
 enough in Egypt.

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 Did you have to bring us

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.920
 all the way out here

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.720
 to show us a dead end?

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.800
 Didn't take long

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:17.560
 for these guys to give up.

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.480
 Well, here's the question

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.480
 I'll pose for us tonight

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:22.279
 with this in view.

00:23:22.540 --> 00:23:23.740
 What happens when

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:26.759
 God is leading us,

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.180
 but where he leads us

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.960
 seems to be to a dead end?

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.640
 What happens?

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:34.019
 What do we do then?

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.620
 What do we do

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:36.120
 when our life hits a place

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:37.300
 where we just don't get it?

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:39.620
 We know God is for us.

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:42.519
 We know God is for us.

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.139
 That's pretty clear.

00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:44.099
 His word is very clear

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.019
 on that in Christ.

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.259
 We belong to him.

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.699
 We're beloved to him in Christ.

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.939
 We're accepted in the beloved.

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.219
 We belong to his family.

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.500
 What happens?

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.099
 What do you do

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.059
 when it seems like

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.199
 you've reached

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:56.279
 some kind of a dead end

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.919
 in your life?

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:58.159
 It's not what you would ever

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:59.399
 have expected God

00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:00.279
 to do in your life.

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:02.479
 It's not a great place to be.

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.579
 What happens then?

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.239
 Let me just give you

00:24:05.239 --> 00:24:06.119
 a few suggestions

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:07.859
 and we'll finish up tonight.

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:09.379
 Number one,

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.159
 I think if you reach

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.959
 a place like this

00:24:10.959 --> 00:24:11.399
 in your life,

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:12.319
 if you have an experience

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.899
 like this,

00:24:12.979 --> 00:24:14.259
 if you're in an experience

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.279
 like this just now,

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:17.399
 I think you need to remember

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.639
 that what you see

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.939
 is not all that you get.

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.479
 Is that not fair?

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.619
 What you see

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.659
 is not all that you get.

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.379
 We so often

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.939
 find ourselves

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:29.399
 being driven

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:31.879
 more by what we can see

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:33.759
 than by what we can't see.

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.259
 Fair enough?

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.619
 Right?

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.299
 Our emotions,

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.259
 our experiences.

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.180
 What you see

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:40.220
 is not all you get.

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.700
 Remember Paul

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:42.240
 in 1 Corinthians 13 verse 12.

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.279
 We see now

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.839
 in a mirror

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.299
 what?

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.639
 Dimly.

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.399
 Dimly.

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.059
 Dimly.

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.500
 I don't have

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.519
 all the answers.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.779
 I don't have

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.460
 all the answers.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.139
 In fact,

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.460
 now

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.319
 I'm

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.740
 hitting 55.

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.200
 My eyesight's getting so bad

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.839
 I can't even read

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.440
 all the questions.

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.240
 But I don't have

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.859
 all the answers.

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.159
 But I love

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.719
 the perspective

00:25:04.719 --> 00:25:05.479
 that David gives

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:06.500
 in Psalm 14.

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.539
 He says that

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:09.139
 God looks down.

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.659
 We just look out.

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.199
 We just look out

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:14.319
 and all we can see

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.159
 is what

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:16.240
 has just

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:18.579
 been behind us

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.839
 and where we are now.

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.519
 Don't know what

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.959
 the next day

00:25:21.959 --> 00:25:22.659
 is going to bring.

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.859
 All we can see

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.819
 is just on this

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.079
 very limited plane.

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.839
 But God

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.959
 looks down

00:25:27.959 --> 00:25:28.599
 we're told

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.559
 from heaven

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.799
 on the sons

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.559
 of men.

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.579
 I love that perspective.

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.000
 We have to remember

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.639
 that perspective.

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.159
 What's going on

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.099
 when it looks like

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.500
 a dead end?

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.179
 Well,

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.740
 for one thing

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.220
 you're certainly

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.879
 not seeing

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:42.299
 all that there is.

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.399
 I've shared

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.980
 I'm sure before

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.740
 I won't go into

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.720
 belabor this.

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.279
 We've been preaching

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.759
 through Job

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.399
 I said this morning

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.859
 at Corubbers

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.700
 so I've spoken

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.419
 a few times

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.639
 already about

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.119
 just a very,

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.139
 very bad patch

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.720
 that I had

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.639
 a number of years ago.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.079
 A burnout,

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.700
 breakdown,

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.679
 whatever,

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.799
 anxiety and depression

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.679
 and it

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.919
 bumbled on

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.240
 for me

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.919
 for years.

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.200
 For years.

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.079
 It was just

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.539
 a horrible

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.440
 dark place

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.000
 for me.

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.700
 Probably when I

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.579
 started that place

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.220
 I didn't have

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.819
 many books

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.500
 on my shelf

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.440
 about depression

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.019
 or mental illness

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.899
 or anxiety

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.299
 or anything.

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.159
 If any of you

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.599
 want to borrow

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.099
 a book now

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.440
 I probably

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.099
 have them all.

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.359
 I've just got

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.099
 shelves full

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.759
 of these things.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.960
 One of the best

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.700
 books I ever read

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.240
 was by a guy

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.299
 named David Jeremiah

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.919
 and he

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:25.899
 was a pastor

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.539
 in the States

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.179
 and he'd

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:28.319
 gone through

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.960
 lymphoma

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.559
 and he just

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.220
 had written

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.799
 this book

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.440
 with a number

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.039
 of other people

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.440
 sharing difficult

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.079
 experiences

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.720
 from a Christian

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.420
 point of view

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.299
 and he ties

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.720
 each one

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.200
 of the chapters

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.620
 in with a

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.200
 different psalm

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.559
 and it's just

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.620
 a great book.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.480
 But the title

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.839
 of the book

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.460
 is A Bend

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.319
 in the Road

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:45.600
 and let me

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.140
 just read you

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.339
 just a wee poem

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.240
 that's right

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.539
 at the very

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.440
 beginning of the book

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.960
 A Bend

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.480
 in the Road

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.940
 and here's

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.799
 what he says.

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.579
 He says

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.539
 sometimes we

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.700
 come to life's

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.539
 crossroads

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:57.799
 and we view

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:59.220
 what we think

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.019
 is the end.

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.279
 But God

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.920
 has a much

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.819
 wider vision

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:06.000
 and he knows

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.539
 that it's only

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.000
 a bend.

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:10.119
 The road

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.180
 will go on

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.200
 and get smoother

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.799
 and after we've

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:15.379
 stopped for a rest

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.359
 the path

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.980
 that lies

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.659
 hidden

00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:18.799
 beyond us

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.480
 is often

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.259
 the path

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.539
 that is best.

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:24.819
 So rest

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.299
 and relax

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.359
 and grow

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.839
 stronger.

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:30.039
 Let go

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.920
 and let God

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.119
 share your load

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:34.139
 and have faith

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.799
 in a brighter

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.399
 tomorrow.

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.940
 You've just

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.440
 come

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.379
 to a bend

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.740
 in the road.

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.119
 So not good.

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.359
 We view

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.899
 what we think

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.200
 and say

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.720
 Lord

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.799
 what have you

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.059
 done?

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.579
 I'd rather

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.240
 be in Egypt.

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.259
 I'd rather

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.859
 be in Egypt.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.460
 Man that must

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.240
 be pretty bad

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.819
 to wish

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.180
 that you were

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.619
 back there.

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.200
 I'd rather

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.819
 be in Egypt.

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.580
 What are

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.000
 you doing

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.460
 now?

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.640
 Don't forget

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.120
 that all

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.600
 that you

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.380
 see is not

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.380
 all that

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.920
 there is.

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.519
 The Israelites

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.980
 it looks

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.360
 like the

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:00.759
 end.

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.319
 But remember

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.720
 that God

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.500
 initiated this

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.860
 in the first

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.120
 place.

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.559
 It wasn't

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.039
 Pharaoh that

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.700
 initiated this

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.279
 it was God

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.759
 that brought

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.220
 them here.

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.559
 God told

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.900
 them where

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.319
 to go.

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.259
 God sent

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.600
 them to

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.180
 the sea.

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.580
 God sent

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.840
 them to

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.299
 the place

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.660
 where their

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.380
 backs are now

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.819
 against the

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.039
 wall.

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.059
 God sent

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.580
 them there.

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.639
 there.

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.460
 I'd reckon

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.679
 that in the

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.039
 number of

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.399
 people that

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:25.599
 are here

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:25.859
 tonight

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:27.099
 somebody is

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.899
 probably feeling

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.939
 something like

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.439
 this or you

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.980
 know somebody

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.480
 who is.

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.299
 And yet God's

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.059
 the one who's

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.839
 sent them

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.460
 here.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.559
 The Lord

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.980
 said to

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.460
 Moses

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.339
 verse 1

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:41.039
 tell the

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.599
 Israelites to

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.199
 turn back

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.819
 and to

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.259
 encamp

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:45.019
 between

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.519
 Migdal

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.799
 and the

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:45.940
 sea.

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.339
 God

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.940
 sent

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.200
 them

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.859
 there.

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.740
 And then

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.180
 Pharaoh's

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.400
 going to

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.700
 think the

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.180
 Israelites are

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.519
 wandering

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.400
 around in

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.759
 the land

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.339
 in confusion

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.839
 hemmed in

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.160
 by the

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.379
 desert.

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.720
 So it's

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:55.940
 kind of

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.180
 like the

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.639
 old wandering

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.039
 around in

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.400
 confusion

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.799
 trick.

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.700
 Isn't it?

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.319
 You know

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.579
 God's

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.799
 going to

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.119
 see them

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.400
 wandering

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.879
 around and

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.220
 Pharaoh's

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.420
 going to

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.139
 go and

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.519
 get them.

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.119
 Nothing

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.879
 has

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:06.379
 God has

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.000
 lost nothing

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.279
 of his

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.779
 control of

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.379
 the situation.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.779
 It only

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.980
 looks like

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.240
 they're

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.559
 wandering

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.099
 around in

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.420
 the desert.

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.779
 It only

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.420
 looks like

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.779
 a dead

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.279
 end.

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.700
 Of course

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.059
 it does

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.639
 see.

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.859
 But that's

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.240
 not all

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.779
 there is.

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.440
 They see

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.700
 Pharaoh,

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.059
 they see

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.879
 600 of

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.259
 his best

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.759
 chariots,

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.160
 Egyptian

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.559
 officers,

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.119
 ranks of

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.400
 soldiers,

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.039
 but unfortunately

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.720
 the one

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.220
 person they

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.839
 don't seem

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.740
 to see in

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.579
 this place

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.059
 is God.

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.539
 The one

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.980
 person they

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.519
 don't seem

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.119
 to see is

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.440
 God.

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.839
 Reminds

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:31.940
 me,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.200
 remember

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.700
 Gehazi?

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.519
 Remember

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.039
 that story

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.440
 in 2

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.279
 Kings 6?

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.500
 It's a

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.200
 great story,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.519
 I'm sure

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.299
 you know

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.500
 it.

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.680
 And the

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.400
 king of

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.139
 the Arameans

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.639
 is desperate

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.039
 to get his

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.379
 hands on

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.900
 Elisha.

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.799
 Because as

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.319
 the king

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.180
 of the

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.619
 Arameans

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.160
 makes all

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.619
 his battle

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.059
 plans,

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.519
 God has

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.720
 given

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.200
 Elisha

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.879
 insight into

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.339
 what's going

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.819
 on in

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.980
 their board

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.240
 room.

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.759
 He's

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.460
 revealing to

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.980
 Elisha

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.920
 the plans

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.379
 that they're

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.000
 making,

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.819
 that the

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.259
 Arameans

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.639
 are making

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.480
 in secret.

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.379
 And so the

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.740
 king of the

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.279
 Arameans is

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.839
 just desperate

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.279
 to get his

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.759
 hands on

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.379
 Elisha.

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.740
 So listen,

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.839
 2 Kings 6,

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.460
 verse 13,

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.500
 the king

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.720
 says,

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.059
 go,

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.700
 find where

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.240
 he is,

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.700
 the king

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.000
 ordered,

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.519
 so I

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.960
 can send

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.319
 men and

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.000
 capture him.

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.779
 The report

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.200
 came back,

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.519
 he's in

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.980
 Dothan.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.720
 So they

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.180
 sent horses

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.740
 and chariots

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:18.980
 and a

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.740
 strong force

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.220
 there.

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.640
 Sounds like

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.059
 the Egyptians

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.539
 coming out

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.880
 to get the

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.220
 Israelites.

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.240
 And they

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.640
 went by

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.059
 night and

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.559
 they surrounded

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.059
 the city.

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.779
 And the

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.200
 servant of

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.660
 the man of

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.900
 God,

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.279
 Gehazi,

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.880
 the servant

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.299
 of the man

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.660
 of God

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.079
 got up and

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.299
 he went

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.680
 out early

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:29.880
 in the

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.119
 morning.

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.519
 And an

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.160
 army of

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.720
 horses and

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.119
 chariots

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.680
 had surrounded

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.200
 the city.

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.480
 Oh my

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.900
 Lord,

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.259
 he says,

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.000
 what are we

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.220
 going to

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.539
 do?

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.539
 Don't be

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.920
 afraid,

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.599
 the prophet

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.000
 answered,

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.180
 because those

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.399
 who were

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.879
 with us

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.680
 are more

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.460
 than those

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.039
 who are

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.099
 with them.

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.720
 And you

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.359
 can see,

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.899
 you can

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.539
 almost see

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.960
 Gehazi

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.879
 at that

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.119
 point.

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.519
 Gehazi

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.359
 comes out

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.559
 of the

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.819
 house,

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.720
 all he

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.579
 sees are

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.500
 the hillsides

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.639
 covered with

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.519
 Aramean

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.139
 soldiers.

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.539
 And Elisha

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.740
 says,

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.200
 oh don't be

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.519
 afraid,

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.079
 those who

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.359
 are with

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.079
 us are

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.920
 more than

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.720
 those who

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:03.980
 are with

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.259
 them.

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.639
 And you

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.019
 can just

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.559
 see Gehazi,

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.980
 the eyes

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.440
 are popping

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.899
 out of his

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.259
 head with

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.700
 fear.

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.960
 And he's

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.180
 probably

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.420
 thinking,

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.819
 Elisha,

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.099
 what have

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.379
 you been

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.700
 drinking?

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.680
 What do

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.079
 you mean?

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.759
 What do

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.019
 you mean?

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.579
 So Elisha

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.899
 prayed,

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.159
 Lord,

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.680
 open his

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.119
 eyes that

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.460
 he may

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.000
 see.

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.200
 And the

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.659
 Lord opened

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.220
 the servant's

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.539
 eyes and

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.839
 he looked

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.299
 and saw

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.119
 the hills

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.720
 full of

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.079
 the horses

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.779
 and chariots

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.220
 of fire

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.680
 all around

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.079
 Elisha.

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.659
 What you

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.299
 see is not

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.839
 all that

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.180
 there is.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.500
 That is

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.039
 always the

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.279
 case,

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.619
 folks.

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.480
 That is

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:28.980
 always the

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.319
 case.

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:29.960
 When God

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.319
 leads us

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.799
 to a place

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.339
 that we're

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.960
 uncomfortable

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.379
 in,

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.099
 we don't

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.619
 like it,

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.500
 we're

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.180
 despairing,

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.579
 we wonder

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.019
 where he

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.199
 is,

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.399
 we're

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.000
 crying out.

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.240
 One of

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.460
 the books

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.799
 I got on

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.179
 my shelf

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:39.439
 is When

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:39.899
 Heaven is

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.220
 Silent

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.720
 by Ron

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.339
 Dunn.

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.879
 And you're

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.439
 crying out

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.699
 and you're

00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:45.139
 getting no

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.980
 answer and

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.319
 you just,

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.559
 you know,

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.899
 Lord,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.659
 where are

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:47.919
 you?

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.460
 Read the

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.119
 Psalms.

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.259
 They're

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.740
 filled with

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.159
 this kind

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.699
 of an

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:53.059
 emotion.

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:53.339
 They're

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.879
 filled with

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.059
 it.

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.000
 Lord,

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.500
 where are

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.679
 you?

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.179
 All that

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.599
 you see

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.079
 is not

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.859
 all that

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.579
 there is.

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.099
 You just

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.519
 need to give

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.899
 God some

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.379
 space to

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.639
 work.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.240
 Second

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.639
 thing I'd

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.119
 suggest to

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.339
 you hear

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.559
 when you

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.799
 hit a

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:03.979
 dead

00:32:03.979 --> 00:32:05.059
 end is

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.419
 that dead

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:06.000
 ends tend

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.500
 to be some

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.699
 of the

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.019
 greatest

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.719
 opportunities

00:32:07.719 --> 00:32:09.179
 for us

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.699
 to express

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.219
 the greatness

00:32:10.219 --> 00:32:10.639
 of who

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.079
 God is

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.339
 in our

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.679
 lives.

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.639
 I think

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.139
 that's fair.

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.179
 I think

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.599
 that's fair.

00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:15.979
 I think

00:32:15.979 --> 00:32:16.719
 difficult

00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.519
 circumstances

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.719
 would look

00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:19.299
 like dead

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.759
 ends for

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.539
 us tend

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.959
 to be

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:21.619
 those times

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.939
 of our

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:24.000
 life when

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.299
 we have

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.859
 the greatest

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.599
 opportunity

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.000
 for the

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.519
 greatness of

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.899
 who God

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.459
 is to be

00:32:28.459 --> 00:32:29.079
 seen in

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.659
 our lives.

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:29.979
 Would you

00:32:29.979 --> 00:32:30.179
 agree?

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.599
 It's a

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.379
 great opportunity

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.060
 at these

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.900
 points.

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.620
 For God

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.860
 to be

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.580
 glorified in

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.040
 our bodies.

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.860
 Look back

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.160
 at verse

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.560
 2 again.

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:38.880
 Tell the

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.140
 Israelites

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.500
 to turn

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.740
 back,

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:40.060
 set up

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.440
 camp by

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.760
 the sea.

00:32:41.020 --> 00:32:41.360
 Pharaoh's

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.560
 going to

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:41.920
 think they're

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.400
 trapped and

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.660
 then I'm

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.840
 going to

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.280
 harden his

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.520
 heart.

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.180
 He's going

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.540
 to chase

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:44.960
 after them

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.260
 for all

00:32:45.260 --> 00:32:45.520
 that he's

00:32:45.520 --> 00:32:45.720
 worth.

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.180
 But I

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.400
 am going

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.700
 to gain

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.380
 glory for

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.780
 myself.

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.160
 Honor,

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.840
 glory for

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.240
 myself.

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.260
 God says

00:32:50.260 --> 00:32:51.480
 through

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.580
 Israel's

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.760
 sticky

00:32:53.760 --> 00:32:54.480
 situation.

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.220
 I'm going

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.460
 to gain

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.000
 glory for

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.300
 myself.

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.760
 God is

00:32:56.760 --> 00:32:57.240
 going to be

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.660
 glorified.

00:32:57.760 --> 00:32:58.040
 And is that

00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.420
 not what we

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.600
 pray?

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.540
 I think

00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:02.720
 we've

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:02.880
 sung

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.080
 some

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.440
 songs

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.920
 like that

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.240
 tonight.

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.460
 Lord,

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.720
 I could

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:06.980
 never

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.520
 thank you

00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:08.300
 enough for

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.040
 the sacrifice

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.580
 that you've

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.060
 made on

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.820
 my behalf.

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.400
 I never

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.120
 deserved it.

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.800
 You sent

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:13.580
 your son to

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:13.960
 die for

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.540
 my sin.

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:14.860
 I could

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.340
 never

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.320
 express to

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:16.640
 you in

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.180
 a million

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.900
 lifetimes

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.920
 the gratitude

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.400
 that I

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.700
 feel.

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.880
 My life

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.740
 is what?

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.100
 Yours.

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.780
 Do with

00:33:25.780 --> 00:33:26.580
 it as you

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:26.700
 will.

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.000
 Have any

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.380
 of you ever

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.780
 prayed that

00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:27.960
 prayer?

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.680
 Any of you

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.020
 ever prayed

00:33:30.020 --> 00:33:30.380
 that prayer?

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.160
 Anybody,

00:33:31.280 --> 00:33:31.680
 anything like

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:31.900
 that?

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.180
 That's a

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.480
 dangerous

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.840
 prayer to

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.019
 pray,

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.400
 isn't it?

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.540
 My life

00:33:34.540 --> 00:33:34.720
 is your

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.519
 do with

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.180
 it as

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.460
 you will.

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.420
 Glorify

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.400
 yourself,

00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:38.660
 Lord,

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.720
 in my

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.120
 life.

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.560
 Glorify

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.420
 yourself in

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.840
 my life.

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.440
 Paul faced

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.780
 this.

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.680
 Same

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.360
 experience.

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.259
 Israel

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.200
 is stuck

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.500
 and God's

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.860
 getting the

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.120
 glory.

00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:53.780
 All they

00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.180
 saw was

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.700
 the stuck

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:54.980
 bit.

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.100
 They

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.440
 saw the

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.660
 stuck.

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.019
 They seem

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.360
 to have

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.680
 forgotten

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.040
 all about

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.480
 the cloud

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.740
 and the

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.060
 fire.

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.540
 Never

00:34:00.540 --> 00:34:00.880
 seen the

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.259
 dawn on

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.339
 them.

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.579
 God

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.879
 might be

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.039
 doing

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.319
 something

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.680
 great

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.859
 for

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.200
 himself.

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.579
 Never

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:03.900
 seemed

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.059
 to

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.299
 dawn

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.500
 on

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.779
 them.

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.619
 God

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:06.779
 had

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:06.960
 led

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.119
 them

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.319
 out.

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.640
 God

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.799
 knew

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.960
 what

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.039
 he

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.199
 was

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.420
 doing

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.599
 and

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.900
 God

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.119
 was

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.480
 going

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.000
 to

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.619
 glorify

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.159
 himself

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.699
 in

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:11.880
 what

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.280
 seemed

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.460
 to

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.820
 them

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.199
 was

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.340
 a

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.519
 dead

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.880
 end.

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.800
 Be

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.159
 patient.

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:16.980
 Be

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.320
 patient.

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:17.920
 The

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.360
 story's

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.579
 not

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.940
 over

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.280
 yet.

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.900
 Could

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.000
 have

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.260
 said to

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.519
 Israel,

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:22.760
 you're

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.039
 not in

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.159
 the

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.420
 water

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.760
 yet.

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.239
 They

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.440
 had

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.920
 themselves

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.320
 in

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.539
 the

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.920
 depths

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.119
 of

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.239
 the

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.440
 Red

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.700
 Sea,

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:26.980
 didn't

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.200
 they?

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.800
 They

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.240
 already

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.619
 had

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.079
 themselves

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.519
 in

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.659
 the

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.920
 depths

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.039
 of

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.159
 the

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.340
 Red

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.559
 Sea.

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.760
 They're

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:30.920
 not

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.099
 in

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.260
 the

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.380
 sea

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.720
 yet.

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.059
 God's

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.240
 not

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.639
 finished

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.900
 yet.

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.139
 Be

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.679
 patient.

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.340
 I think

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.500
 this

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.840
 happens

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.179
 to us

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.440
 loads.

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.599
 We

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.760
 get

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:36.940
 into

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.200
 these

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.000
 difficult

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.720
 circumstances

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:38.980
 in

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.139
 our

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.460
 lives

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.940
 and

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.179
 we

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:41.260
 write

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.539
 the

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.780
 end

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:41.880
 of

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.019
 the

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.380
 story

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.579
 and

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.800
 that's

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.139
 not

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.360
 the

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.599
 same

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.900
 script

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.099
 that

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.320
 God

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.840
 has.

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.940
 Give

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.019
 him

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.139
 an

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.539
 opportunity

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.880
 to

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.059
 show

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.179
 you

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.340
 what

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.599
 he's

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.900
 written.

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.460
 Paul

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.659
 says

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:52.800
 in

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:52.980
 Romans

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.460
 15

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.019
 verse

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.240
 4

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.460
 whatever

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.699
 was

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.880
 written

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.000
 in

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.079
 the

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.300
 earlier

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.599
 times

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.760
 was

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:55.900
 written

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.079
 for

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.240
 our

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.639
 instruction

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:56.840
 that

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:56.980
 through

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.440
 perseverance

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.619
 and

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.019
 encouragement

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.659
 of the

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:58.920
 scriptures

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.579
 we might

00:34:59.579 --> 00:34:59.820
 have

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.119
 hope.

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.320
 Do you

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.659
 hear that?

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.039
 By

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.420
 looking at

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.559
 their

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.079
 situation

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.579
 we need

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:02.860
 to learn

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.139
 something

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.679
 from it

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.099
 and we

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.360
 might

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.679
 have

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.220
 hope.

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.440
 These

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.679
 guys

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:05.900
 got

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.240
 hemmed

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.380
 in

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.519
 at

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.639
 the

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:06.820
 Red

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.099
 Sea

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.000
 so

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.139
 that

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.400
 my

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.659
 dead

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:08.860
 end

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.500
 experience

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.099
 might

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.340
 not

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.699
 sink

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.000
 me.

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.380
 They

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.599
 got

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.880
 hemmed

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.039
 in

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.179
 so

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.280
 that

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.340
 I

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.460
 could

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.780
 be

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.179
 reminded

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.659
 that

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:23.820
 he's

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:23.920
 going

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.079
 to do

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.480
 exactly

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.720
 the

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.920
 same

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.119
 thing

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.280
 when

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.420
 I

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.559
 hit

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.679
 a

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.820
 dead

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:25.980
 end.

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.300
 It's

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.460
 the way

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.659
 Paul

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:28.980
 puts it

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.099
 in

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.480
 Philippians

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.780
 1

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.079
 verse

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.860
 19

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.460
 talking

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.639
 about

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.800
 being

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:31.960
 in

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.199
 prison

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.420
 for

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.820
 Christ.

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.440
 He

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.619
 says

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.740
 I

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:33.940
 know

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.119
 that

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.440
 my

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.699
 dead

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:34.900
 end

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.280
 prison

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.000
 experience

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.960
 is

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.099
 going

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.220
 to

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.460
 turn

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.659
 out

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:37.820
 for

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.000
 my

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.579
 deliverance

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.800
 through

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.019
 your

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.360
 prayers

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.519
 and

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.639
 the

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:39.940
 provision

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.099
 of

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.260
 the

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.539
 spirit

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.960
 of

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.199
 Jesus

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.519
 Christ.

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.000
 Completely

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.300
 different

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.780
 perspective

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.000
 on

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.119
 his

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.599
 circumstances.

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.440
 Completely

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.139
 different

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.839
 perspective.

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.980
 According

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.279
 to my

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.500
 earnest

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.879
 expectation

00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:50.819
 and hope

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.139
 that I

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.639
 shall not

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.960
 be put

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.319
 to shame

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:52.759
 in anything

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.359
 but that

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:53.859
 with all

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.460
 boldness

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.859
 listen to

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.119
 this

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.599
 that with

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:55.839
 all

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.259
 boldness

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.679
 Christ

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.139
 shall

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.480
 even

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.960
 now

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.339
 as

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:59.019
 always

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.420
 be

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.139
 exalted

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.719
 in

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:00.940
 my

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.299
 body.

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.539
 I'm

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.659
 in

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.940
 prison.

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:02.559
 I don't

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.799
 like

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.019
 being

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.179
 in

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.420
 prison.

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.960
 But

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.099
 it's

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.199
 an

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.619
 opportunity

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.900
 for

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.079
 God

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.179
 to

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.319
 be

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.759
 exalted

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.359
 in

00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:07.519
 my

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.839
 body

00:36:07.839 --> 00:36:08.239
 whether

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.480
 by

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.920
 life

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.679
 or

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.859
 by

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.279
 death.

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.099
 For

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.279
 to

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.460
 me

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.639
 to

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.859
 live

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.179
 is

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:13.639
 Christ

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.920
 and

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.019
 to

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.339
 die

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.400
 gain.

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.879
 You

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:16.940
 know

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.099
 what's

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.239
 going

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.420
 on

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.519
 when

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.619
 you

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.819
 hit

00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.239
 a

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.440
 dead

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:18.759
 end?

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:19.799
 Great

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.239
 opportunity

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.460
 to

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.799
 express

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:20.980
 the

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.219
 greatness

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.400
 of

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.519
 who

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.739
 God

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.000
 is

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.599
 in

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:22.739
 your

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.219
 life

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:24.099
 because

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.319
 that's

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.440
 what

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.000
 glorifying

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.259
 God

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.400
 is

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.539
 all

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.859
 about.

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.779
 For

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:26.940
 God

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.079
 to

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.500
 express

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.699
 how

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.019
 great

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.199
 he

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.599
 is

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.639
 and

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:29.940
 you've

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.159
 read

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.319
 the

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.579
 books

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:30.839
 you've

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.039
 heard

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.239
 the

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.539
 stories

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.960
 your

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.420
 life

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.599
 is

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:32.779
 a

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.079
 story

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.400
 isn't

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.619
 it?

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.379
 Your

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:34.940
 life

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.319
 is

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.539
 a

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.920
 story

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.480
 that's

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.759
 being

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.139
 written.

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:37.960
 Your

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.379
 life

00:36:38.379 --> 00:36:38.879
 is

00:36:38.879 --> 00:36:39.059
 a

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.440
 story

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.739
 listening

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:45.960
 to

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.099
 what

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.219
 I'm

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.579
 saying

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:48.139
 some

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.279
 of

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.379
 you

00:36:48.379 --> 00:36:48.480
 are

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.920
 nodding

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.400
 but

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.920
 most

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.039
 of

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.119
 you

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.199
 are

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.519
 listening

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.420
 then

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.559
 the

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.779
 story

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:51.879
 is

00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:52.039
 not

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.339
 over.

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.719
 The

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:53.940
 story

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.039
 is

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.179
 not

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.440
 over.

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.699
 Your

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:54.960
 life

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.179
 my

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.440
 life

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.599
 is

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:55.799
 a

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.099
 story

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.299
 that

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.500
 God

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.659
 is

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:56.940
 writing.

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.159
 It's

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.379
 not

00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:57.719
 over.

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.259
 Don't

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.559
 write

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.739
 the

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:58.920
 end

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.019
 of

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.179
 the

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.420
 script

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.679
 for

00:36:59.679 --> 00:36:59.980
 God

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.559
 please.

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.000
 He's

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.199
 writing

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.339
 his

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:03.500
 own

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.839
 story

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:04.059
 with

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.179
 your

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.559
 life

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:06.799
 that

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:06.920
 will

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.279
 satisfy

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.619
 you

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.759
 and

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.099
 glorify

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.400
 him.

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.739
 Let

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:08.839
 him

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.099
 finish

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.259
 the

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.539
 end.

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.980
 The

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.359
 final point

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:17.719
 is simply

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.039
 that God

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.420
 doesn't do

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.619
 dead

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:18.920
 ends.

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.960
 God

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.299
 doesn't do

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:22.500
 dead

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.859
 ends.

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.679
 Right?

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.199
 He

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.500
 causes

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.039
 all

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.859
 things

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.599
 to work

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.440
 together

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.219
 for

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:30.440
 good.

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:31.879
 He

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.139
 doesn't

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.319
 do

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:32.559
 dead

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.000
 ends.

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:33.799
 There's

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:34.179
 nothing

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.639
 like that

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.799
 in

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:35.079
 scripture.

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.480
 Nothing

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.920
 like that

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.079
 in

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.279
 scripture.

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.659
 Causes

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.059
 all

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.440
 things

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.619
 to

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:38.819
 work

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.239
 together

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:40.239
 the

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.460
 good

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.599
 of

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.019
 those

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.400
 who

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.599
 love

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.839
 God

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:41.960
 and

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.119
 are

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.440
 called

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.859
 according

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.239
 to

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:45.019
 their

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.239
 own

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.679
 purpose.

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.400
 Right?

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.019
 No.

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.820
 His

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.199
 purpose.

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.519
 His

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.880
 purpose.

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.219
 His

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.579
 purpose.

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:49.940
 For

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.079
 your

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.380
 life.

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:50.860
 His

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.159
 purpose.

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.420
 There

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.679
 was a

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:51.980
 time,

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.380
 I'm

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.559
 sure,

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:52.739
 for

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:52.940
 all

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.059
 of

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.259
 you,

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.639
 where

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:53.780
 you

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.199
 gave,

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.559
 we

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:54.780
 often

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.039
 put

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.519
 salvation

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.719
 in

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:55.880
 these

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.119
 terms.

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.519
 We

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.759
 say

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:56.960
 that

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.259
 there

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.360
 was

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.460
 a

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.599
 point

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.679
 in

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:57.800
 my

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:57.980
 life

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.119
 where

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.259
 I

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.539
 gave

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:58.759
 my

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.079
 life

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.340
 to

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:01.099
 Christ.

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.639
 Or

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.780
 I

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.039
 gave

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.259
 my

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.519
 heart

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.800
 to

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.559
 the

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:03.759
 Lord.

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.099
 It's

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.340
 not

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.579
 quite

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.860
 biblical

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.440
 terminology,

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.679
 but

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.820
 we

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:05.960
 know

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.079
 what

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.240
 we

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:06.500
 mean.

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.139
 It was

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.240
 a

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.400
 point

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.500
 in

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.639
 my

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:07.860
 life

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.000
 where

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.360
 I

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.900
 gave

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.300
 my

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.679
 life

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.019
 to

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.260
 Christ.

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.559
 Oh,

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:10.860
 really?

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.920
 So what

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.039
 do you

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.099
 do?

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.280
 It's like

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.420
 the

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.579
 Israelites

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.019
 saying,

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.320
 you know,

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.679
 God is

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.159
 leading us

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.440
 out.

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:17.880
 We're

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.240
 trusting

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.760
 God to

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.059
 lead us

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.340
 out.

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.159
 First

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.760
 little blip

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.079
 that they

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.240
 hit,

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.519
 they want

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.679
 to go

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.019
 back to

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.260
 Egypt.

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.900
 God

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.280
 doesn't do

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.880
 dead ends

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.740
 according

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.159
 to his

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:28.019
 purpose.

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.519
 His

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.740
 purpose

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.059
 doesn't

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.380
 include

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.800
 dead ends

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.139
 for us.

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.460
 It does

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.980
 not include

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.559
 dead ends.

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:33.299
 Isaiah

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:33.820
 46,

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.239
 verse 10,

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.579
 declaring

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:34.880
 the end

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.159
 from the

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.440
 beginning

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.840
 and from

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.139
 ancient

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.539
 times,

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.039
 things

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.239
 which

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.460
 have

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.039
 not

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.259
 been

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.539
 done,

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.880
 saying,

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.360
 my

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.219
 purpose

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.940
 will

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.679
 be

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.519
 established

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.900
 and I

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.099
 will

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.719
 accomplish

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:46.179
 all

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.559
 of my

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:46.779
 good

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.119
 pleasure.

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.219
 That is

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.519
 what God

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.799
 is doing

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.059
 in your

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.299
 life.

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.619
 That is

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:49.880
 what God

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.019
 has

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.320
 promised

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.619
 to do

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.840
 in your

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.099
 life.

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.820
 As a

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.079
 follower

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.279
 of

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.639
 Christ,

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.659
 it doesn't

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:53.980
 sound like

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.259
 a dead

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:55.179
 end to

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.420
 me.

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.079
 God

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.320
 doesn't

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.460
 do

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.659
 dead

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:56.860
 ends.

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:56.980
 He

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.179
 does

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.739
 justification.

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.179
 He

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.380
 does

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:59.039
 sanctification.

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.579
 He

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.860
 does

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.099
 new

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.440
 life,

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.659
 not

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:02.880
 dead

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.219
 ends.

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.500
 God

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.699
 does

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:03.880
 new

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.279
 life.

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.840
 That's

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:05.980
 his

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.279
 purpose

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:06.699
 for

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.059
 us.

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.659
 So

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:08.900
 shall we

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.219
 read how

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.559
 the story

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.820
 ends?

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.079
 Let's

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.320
 read how

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.659
 the story

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:10.920
 ends.

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.139
 You

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.320
 guys

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:11.599
 know how

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.900
 the story

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.079
 ends,

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.320
 but it's

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.639
 always good

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.940
 to read

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.139
 these

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.360
 things,

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.539
 even

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.759
 though you

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:14.039
 know the

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.500
 end of

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.860
 the story,

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.059
 right?

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:15.659
 Every

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.900
 time I

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.119
 get to

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.279
 these

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.539
 stories

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:16.779
 in the

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:16.980
 Bible,

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.380
 I

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.259
 read it

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.860
 a hundred

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.199
 times,

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.579
 a thousand

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.960
 times.

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.500
 I

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.659
 just

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:20.980
 love to

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.199
 read them

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.480
 again.

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.860
 It's

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:22.980
 like

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.420
 watching a

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.800
 movie where

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.059
 you just

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.519
 love that

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.900
 bit and

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.240
 you kind

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.440
 of know

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.659
 what's

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:25.820
 coming,

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.099
 but you

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.480
 enjoy

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.420
 watching it

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.760
 over and

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.139
 over again.

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:32.500
 Verse 13.

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.059
 So

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.639
 Moses said

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:34.900
 to the

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.159
 people,

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.019
 don't be

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.440
 afraid,

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.780
 stand still

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.500
 and see

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.559
 the salvation

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.940
 of the

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.219
 Lord,

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.599
 which he

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:41.980
 will

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.719
 accomplish

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.820
 for you

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.840
 today.

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.199
 Don't even

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.480
 have to

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.980
 wait till

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.420
 tomorrow.

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.039
 He's going

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.360
 to do it

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.679
 for you

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.039
 today.

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.159
 for the

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.820
 Egyptians

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.840
 whom you

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.599
 see today,

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.480
 you shall

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.420
 see again

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.219
 no more

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.759
 forever.

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.739
 The Lord

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.440
 will fight

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:58.199
 for you

00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:00.639
 and you

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.219
 shall hold

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:01.940
 your peace.

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:04.039
 The Lord

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.380
 said to

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:04.679
 Moses,

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.199
 why do you

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.579
 cry to

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.699
 me?

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.139
 Tell the

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.579
 children of

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.059
 Israel to

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.519
 go forward.

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.259
 Where?

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:11.840
 Go

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.320
 forward,

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.219
 lift up

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.659
 your rod,

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.360
 stretch out

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.779
 your hand

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.340
 over the

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.920
 sea and

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.599
 divide it.

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.300
 The

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.679
 children of

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.179
 Israel shall

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.079
 go on

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:20.199
 dry ground

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.879
 through the

00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:21.279
 midst of

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:21.739
 the sea.

00:40:22.819 --> 00:40:23.379
 And I

00:40:23.379 --> 00:40:24.119
 indeed will

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.599
 harden the

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.219
 hearts of

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.699
 the Egyptians

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.079
 and they

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.679
 shall follow

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.399
 them and

00:40:27.399 --> 00:40:27.940
 so I

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.619
 will glorify

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.219
 myself or

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.919
 gain honor

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:30.839
 over Pharaoh

00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.339
 and all his

00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:31.799
 army, his

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.219
 chariots,

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.059
 his horsemen.

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:33.980
 The Egyptians

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.099
 shall know

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.839
 that I am

00:40:35.839 --> 00:40:36.980
 the Lord and

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.259
 I have

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.879
 gained honor.

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.139
 I have

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.699
 glorified

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.739
 myself over

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:41.219
 Pharaoh and

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:42.000
 his chariots

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.919
 and his

00:40:42.919 --> 00:40:43.319
 horsemen.

00:40:43.899 --> 00:40:44.359
 The angel

00:40:44.359 --> 00:40:45.199
 of God who

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.719
 went before

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.219
 the camp of

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:46.839
 Israel moved

00:40:46.839 --> 00:40:47.199
 and went

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:48.139
 behind them

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:49.319
 and the

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:49.739
 pillar of

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:50.359
 cloud went

00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:52.099
 from before

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.480
 them and

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.079
 stood behind

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.279
 them.

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:53.779
 So it

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.319
 came between

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:54.739
 the camp

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:55.440
 of Egyptians

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.159
 and the

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.480
 camp of

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.859
 Israel.

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.739
 Thus it

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.639
 was a

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.359
 cloud and

00:40:59.359 --> 00:41:00.460
 darkness to

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.799
 come to

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.719
 the one and

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.339
 gave light

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:03.219
 by night to

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:04.099
 the other so

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.519
 that the one

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.039
 did not come

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.539
 near the other

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.279
 all that night.

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.339
 The Moses

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:07.960
 stretched out

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.839
 his hand over

00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:09.559
 the sea and

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:09.859
 the Lord

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:10.480
 caused the

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.000
 sea to go

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:12.779
 back by a

00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:13.679
 strong east

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.619
 wind all that

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.339
 night and

00:41:15.339 --> 00:41:16.139
 made the sea

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:17.279
 into dry

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:19.799
 land and

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:20.219
 the waters

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:20.799
 were divided.

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:22.199
 So the

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.599
 children of

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.139
 Israel went

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.759
 into the

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.739
 midst of

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.759
 the sea.

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.119
 It's where

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.400
 they were

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.019
 afraid they

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.299
 were going

00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:28.719
 to go.

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.319
 But they

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:30.819
 went into the

00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:31.339
 midst of the

00:41:31.339 --> 00:41:31.900
 sea on dry

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.239
 ground.

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:32.639
 Wow.

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.980
 Wow.

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.960
 Into the

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.519
 midst of the

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.119
 sea on dry

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:39.000
 ground and

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.539
 the waters

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:40.559
 were a wall

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.179
 to them on

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.579
 the right

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.819
 hand and

00:41:42.819 --> 00:41:43.559
 on the left.

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:45.039
 the Egyptians

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.779
 pursued and

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.360
 went after

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.019
 them into

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.400
 the midst

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.940
 of the sea

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.759
 and Pharaoh's

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.480
 horses his

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.299
 chariots and

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.900
 his horsemen.

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.400
 Now it came

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.900
 to pass in

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.380
 the morning

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.880
 at the

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.639
 morning watch

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.320
 that the

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:56.019
 Lord looked

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.619
 down.

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.559
 Here he is

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.259
 seeing

00:41:58.259 --> 00:41:59.000
 everything.

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.000
 The Lord

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.719
 looked down

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:01.480
 upon the

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:02.019
 army of the

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.360
 Egyptians

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:03.159
 through the

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.579
 pillar of

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:03.940
 fire and

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.279
 the cloud

00:42:04.279 --> 00:42:04.940
 and he

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.719
 troubled the

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.480
 army of

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.039
 the Egyptians

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:08.259
 and he

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:08.779
 took off

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.880
 their chariot

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.480
 wheels.

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.139
 What an

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:12.059
 incredible sight

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.739
 that must have

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.139
 been.

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.460
 It would be

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.019
 like blowing

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.739
 out tires

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.219
 left right

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:15.619
 and center

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.119
 wouldn't it?

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:16.779
 You know

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:18.000
 they're cruising

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.639
 in there just

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.500
 thinking the

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.379
 Israelites are

00:42:20.379 --> 00:42:20.839
 right within

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:21.619
 our grasp and

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.059
 it's like a

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.839
 cartoon isn't

00:42:22.839 --> 00:42:23.079
 it?

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.379
 Just about ready

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:24.819
 to get there

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.359
 and they blow

00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:26.139
 their tires out

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.639
 and the wheels

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.599
 are coming off

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.519
 their chariots.

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:29.960
 I'm sure you

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.359
 could probably

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:31.420
 make something

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.219
 of a cartoon

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:33.440
 out of this.

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:34.940
 So that they

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.500
 drove them with

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.139
 difficulty and

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.599
 the Egyptians

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:38.000
 said let us

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.799
 flee from the

00:42:38.799 --> 00:42:39.460
 face of Israel

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.279
 for the Lord

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:41.519
 fights for

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:43.220
 them against

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:44.320
 the Egyptians.

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.160
 Now what was

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:47.420
 completely unseen

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.860
 to Egypt and

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.360
 to Israel

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.780
 God is beginning

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.500
 to expose.

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:52.280
 He's taking the

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:54.040
 cover off and

00:42:54.040 --> 00:42:54.420
 they're beginning

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:55.180
 to see what's

00:42:55.180 --> 00:42:56.120
 really going on.

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:57.480
 Who's really in

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.860
 control?

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.440
 Who's really in

00:42:59.440 --> 00:42:59.880
 charge?

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:01.120
 And the Lord

00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:01.600
 said to Moses

00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:02.240
 stretch out your

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:02.820
 hand over the

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.660
 sea so that the

00:43:03.660 --> 00:43:04.260
 waters may come

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:05.019
 back upon the

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:06.340
 Egyptians on their

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:07.100
 chariots and on

00:43:07.100 --> 00:43:07.600
 their horsemen.

00:43:07.660 --> 00:43:08.340
 And Moses stretched

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:09.000
 out his hand over

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.699
 the sea and

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.780
 when the morning

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:12.079
 appeared the sea

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:13.119
 returned to its

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.519
 full depth while

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.639
 the Egyptians were

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:17.239
 fleeing into it.

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.619
 So the Lord

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.460
 overthrew the

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.380
 Egyptians in the

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:21.699
 midst of the sea.

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:22.639
 Then the waters

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.679
 returned and

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.199
 covered the

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.860
 chariots and the

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:26.460
 horsemen and all

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:28.219
 the army of Pharaoh

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:29.440
 that came into the

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:30.260
 sea after them.

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.480
 Not so much as

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.000
 one of them

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.480
 remained.

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.559
 But the

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.380
 children of Israel

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:38.780
 had walked,

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:41.000
 on dry land,

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.599
 in the midst of

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:43.980
 the sea.

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:45.179
 I love that.

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.219
 I love that

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.519
 picture.

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.199
 Absolutely love

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.480
 that picture.

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:49.380
 I think I'm going

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.099
 down for the third

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:50.800
 time, right?

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:52.780
 I'm in a situation

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.059
 about that.

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.659
 I think I'm going

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.380
 down for the third

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:55.500
 time in the midst

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.900
 of the sea when in

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:57.739
 actual fact God's

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:59.679
 got my feet on

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.400
 solid ground.

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:03.440
 The waters are a

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.099
 wall on the right

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.599
 and the wall to

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:05.000
 the left.

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.440
 So the Lord

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.300
 saved Israel that

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:07.980
 day out of the

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.320
 hand of the

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.980
 Egyptians and

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.780
 Israel saw the

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.720
 Egyptians dead on

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.300
 the seashore.

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:15.900
 Thus Israel saw

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:18.900
 the great work

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:21.480
 which the Lord

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:23.120
 had done in

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:23.400
 Egypt.

00:44:24.160 --> 00:44:24.980
 So the people

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:26.800
 feared the

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.059
 Lord.

00:44:27.620 --> 00:44:28.180
 Somebody once

00:44:28.180 --> 00:44:28.519
 said, right,

00:44:28.600 --> 00:44:29.220
 fear the Lord and

00:44:29.220 --> 00:44:30.280
 there's nothing

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:30.800
 else to fear.

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:34.180
 Just the day

00:44:34.180 --> 00:44:34.880
 before they were

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.620
 so frightened.

00:44:36.100 --> 00:44:37.320
 They were begging

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:37.880
 to go back to

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:38.180
 Egypt.

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:39.820
 And now their

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.559
 eyes are in the

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:41.000
 right place.

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:42.019
 Do they stay in

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:42.720
 the right place

00:44:42.720 --> 00:44:45.360
 henceforth forever

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:45.660
 more?

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.100
 No.

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.840
 Get to chapter 15

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.240
 and they're right

00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:49.000
 back to complaining

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.320
 again.

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:50.180
 So, you know,

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.680
 I mean, God is so

00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:52.320
 patient with us,

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:52.680
 isn't he?

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.260
 He delivers us.

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:55.240
 We fear him.

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.740
 Okay, Lord, I get it.

00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:57.220
 I get it.

00:44:57.260 --> 00:44:57.780
 I get it.

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.360
 I'll never complain

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.600
 again.

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.620
 God is so patient

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:01.500
 with us, isn't he?

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:03.659
 He knows our

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.719
 frame, Psalm 103

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:05.340
 says.

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.840
 He knows our

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.300
 frame that we

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:07.860
 are but dust.

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.500
 Dust is pretty

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.280
 low, isn't it?

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.260
 Dust is pretty

00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:12.280
 low and yet God

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:12.840
 loves dust.

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:14.920
 God loves the

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.500
 dust that we

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:15.739
 are.

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:17.119
 God loves the

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.739
 dust that we

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:17.980
 are.

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.699
 So much so that

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:21.280
 he would do all

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.920
 that he's done for

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.519
 us in Christ.

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:23.239
 He loves the

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:23.440
 dust.

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.940
 He knows we're

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:24.239
 dust.

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:24.960
 Listen, he knows

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.360
 we're weak.

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:26.440
 He knows that he's

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.880
 going to deliver

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.119
 us.

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.579
 He knows that

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.059
 when he delivers

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:28.500
 us, we're going

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.360
 to feel great and

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:29.639
 we're going to

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:30.219
 make all kinds of

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:30.579
 promises.

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:32.539
 99% of which

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:32.920
 we're probably

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.319
 not going to

00:45:33.319 --> 00:45:33.519
 keep.

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:34.079
 He knows that.

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.380
 And he's

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:36.000
 patient and we

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:36.599
 cry out to him.

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:37.279
 He comes back

00:45:37.279 --> 00:45:39.500
 and he delivers

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.219
 us again.

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.420
 So dead end

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:44.259
 or awesome God,

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.779
 right?

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.659
 Dead end or

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:47.739
 awesome God.

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.779
 Whatever comes

00:45:49.779 --> 00:45:50.599
 our way in the

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.340
 week ahead or

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:52.019
 the month ahead

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.500
 or the year

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.599
 ahead or the

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:54.179
 life ahead,

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:55.059
 whatever it is,

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:56.759
 these things have

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:57.239
 been written for

00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:57.699
 our instruction,

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.099
 guys.

00:45:58.779 --> 00:45:59.420
 These things have

00:45:59.420 --> 00:45:59.920
 been written for

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.360
 our instruction.

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:03.000
 Okay, so God

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.840
 intends for us to

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.139
 learn.

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.219
 He intends for us

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:06.420
 to read his

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:07.219
 loving heart,

00:46:07.319 --> 00:46:07.980
 his loving care,

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.599
 his delivering

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:09.039
 purposes.

00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:09.779
 He intends for

00:46:09.779 --> 00:46:10.880
 us to get it.

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:11.840
 He wants us to

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.340
 get it.

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:13.480
 So that whatever

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:14.059
 comes our way,

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:14.579
 I don't know what's

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.119
 coming tomorrow.

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:15.440
 Do you?

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:16.019
 I don't know what's

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.500
 coming tomorrow.

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.519
 But I know

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.159
 whatever comes,

00:46:19.279 --> 00:46:20.159
 God's promises are

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:20.480
 sure.

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:22.319
 He's the same God

00:46:22.319 --> 00:46:23.259
 yesterday, today,

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:23.719
 forever.

00:46:24.279 --> 00:46:24.940
 He'll be there for

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:25.119
 me.

00:46:25.239 --> 00:46:25.819
 He'll be there for

00:46:25.819 --> 00:46:26.039
 you.

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:28.139
 He'll rescue

00:46:28.139 --> 00:46:29.500
 those that he

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:29.900
 loves,

00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.299
 and he'll bring

00:46:31.299 --> 00:46:31.980
 glory to his

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.599
 great name.

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.519
 And we will

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.940
 have the delight

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.460
 of knowing

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:36.719
 that we have

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.279
 been able to

00:46:37.279 --> 00:46:37.900
 participate

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:41.179
 in the world,

00:46:41.339 --> 00:46:42.099
 seeing something

00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:42.619
 of the greatness

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:43.219
 of God,

00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:44.639
 as he displays

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.579
 that in our lives,

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:46.400
 through the

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:47.139
 circumstances of

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.480
 our lives,

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:48.239
 as we trust him

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:49.379
 and follow him

00:46:49.379 --> 00:46:49.799
 faithfully.

00:46:50.099 --> 00:46:50.659
 Well, let's pray.

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:52.899
 Father, we thank

00:46:52.899 --> 00:46:55.940
 you for the

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.699
 story that comes

00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:57.899
 to us here in

00:46:57.899 --> 00:47:00.440
 Exodus and all

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:01.039
 through your word,

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:01.279
 really.

00:47:01.359 --> 00:47:01.960
 We thank you for

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:05.299
 the greatness of

00:47:05.299 --> 00:47:06.719
 who you've revealed

00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:07.460
 yourself to be.

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.699
 Lord, we are so

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:11.759
 weak, so fickle,

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:13.859
 so fallen, so

00:47:13.859 --> 00:47:15.319
 prone to wander,

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:16.699
 so prone to

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:19.000
 lack confidence.

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.760
 But we pray that

00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:21.360
 something of what

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.460
 we've been able to

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:23.559
 participate in today

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:24.420
 as we've worshipped

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:25.360
 you together and

00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:26.719
 spent time in your

00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:27.719
 word would really,

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.579
 really make a

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:29.219
 difference in our

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:31.059
 lives tomorrow,

00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:33.940
 that we might

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:35.159
 leave from this

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:35.760
 place,

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:38.440
 committed to put

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:39.039
 our faith and

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.760
 trust in you,

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:42.659
 and to give you

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:44.119
 all the glory

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:46.380
 and all the honor

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:48.260
 for all that you

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:50.060
 do in our lives.

00:47:50.660 --> 00:47:51.480
 In Jesus' name,

00:47:51.700 --> 00:47:51.940
 Amen.