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 Heavenly Father, you say in Psalm 19

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 that your word is sweeter than honey,

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 than honey from the honeycomb.

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 We pray this morning that you would

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 refresh us with that sweet word.

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 Renew us that we might appreciate,

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 partake in your word in faith as we ought to.

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 And we pray that you would also lead us by your spirit

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 to believe in and to take hold of Jesus,

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 the bread of life, that we might live with you forever.

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 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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 Please stand for the reading of God's word

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 from Exodus 16, 1 to 21.

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 They set out from Elim,

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 and all the congregation of the people of Israel

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 came to the wilderness of Sin,

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 which is between Elim and Sinai,

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 on the 15th day of the second month

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 after they had departed from the land of Egypt.

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 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel

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 grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

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 And the people of Israel said to them,

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 would that we had died by the hand of the Lord

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 in the land of Egypt,

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 when we sat by the meat pots

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 and ate bread to the full?

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 For you have brought us out into this wilderness

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 to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you,

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 and the people shall go out

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 and gather a day's portion every day

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 that I may test them,

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 whether they will walk in my law or not.

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 On the sixth day,

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 when they prepare what they bring in,

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 it will be twice as much as they gather daily.

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 So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel,

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 at evening you shall know

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 that it was the Lord

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 who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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 And in the morning you shall see

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 the glory of the Lord,

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 because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord.

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 For what are we that you grumble against us?

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 And Moses said,

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 when the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat

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 and in the morning bread to the full,

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 because the Lord has heard your grumbling

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 that you grumble against him.

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 What are we?

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 Your grumbling is not against us,

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 but against the Lord.

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 Then Moses said to Aaron,

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 say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel,

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 come near before the Lord,

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 for he has heard your grumbling.

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 And as soon as Aaron spoke

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 to the whole congregation of the people of Israel,

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 they looked toward the wilderness,

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 and behold,

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 the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel.

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 Say to them,

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 at twilight you shall eat meat,

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 and in the morning you shall be filled with bread.

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 Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.

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 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp,

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 and in the morning dew lay around the camp.

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 And when the dew had gone up,

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 there was on the face of the wilderness

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 a fine flake-like thing,

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 fine as frost on the ground.

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 When the people of Israel saw it,

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 they said to one another,

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 what is it?

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 For they did not know what it was.

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 And Moses said to them,

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 it is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

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 This is what the Lord has commanded.

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 Gather of it,

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 each one of you,

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 as much as he can eat.

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 You shall each take an omer,

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 according to the number of the persons

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 that each of you has in his tent.

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 And the people of Israel did so.

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 They gathered some more,

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 some less,

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 but when they measured it with an omer,

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 whoever gathered much had nothing left over,

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 and whoever gathered little had no lack.

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 Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.

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 And Moses said to them,

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 let no one leave any of it over till the morning.

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 But they did not listen to Moses.

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 Some left part of it till the morning,

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 and it bred worms and stank.

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 And Moses was angry with them.

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 Morning by morning,

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 they gathered it,

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 each as much as he could eat.

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 But when the sun grew hot,

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 it melted.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Some of us know what it's like

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 to live from paycheck to paycheck.

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 Your paycheck is just enough

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 to pay for what you need.

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 So you literally spend all of it

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 before receiving your next paycheck.

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 Probably only a few of us,

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 if any,

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 know what it's like to live from hand to mouth.

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 You have no money to spare,

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 and all of it goes to your bare necessities,

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 like food.

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 You work with your hands

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 in order to literally put food in your mouth.

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 And that's your daily existence.

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 That kind of dire situation

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 is something that we usually try to avoid.

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 Because we don't do well with uncertainty.

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 It makes us anxious.

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 We want to know ahead of time

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 where our next meal is coming from.

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 Or more accurately,

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 we want to know

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 where our next 300 meals

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 are coming from,

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 don't we?

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 Since the standard financial advice

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 given in the US

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 is that we should have

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 three to six months worth of expenses

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 in an emergency savings account.

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 We idealize and admire

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 independent people,

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 self-sufficient people.

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 However,

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 whether we live

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 hand to mouth

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 or have

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 million dollar investments,

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 God calls

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 every Christian

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 to live with a sense

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 of dependence on God.

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 that's what we learn

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 in this passage

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 that rather than

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 grumbling against the Lord,

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 we should depend

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 on His daily provision

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 of the bread of life.

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 So first,

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 we're going to see

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 the grumbling of the people

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 in verses 1 to 12

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 and then the testing of the Lord

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 in verses 13 to 21.

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 Let's first talk about

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 the people's grumbling.

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 In Exodus 15, 22 to 17, 7,

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 there are three passages

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 about grumbling.

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 We saw one last week.

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 We're going to see another one

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 next week.

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 And so this is kind of

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 the middle, central passage

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 that Moses is really emphasizing.

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 So we have here

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 a mini-series

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 about,

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 topical series

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 about grumbling,

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 three-week series

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 in the middle of our

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 expository series

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 in the book of Exodus.

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 It says in verse 1,

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 they set out from Elim

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 and all the congregation

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 of the people of Israel

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 came to the wilderness of Sin,

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 which is between Elim

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 and Sinai,

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 or Sinai,

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 on the 15th day

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 of the second month

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 after they had departed

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 from the land of Egypt.

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 So they've passed

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 the wilderness of Shur

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 and they passed

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 the oasis of Elim

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 and they have now come

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 to the wilderness of Sin.

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 Sin is just

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 a transliteration

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 of the Hebrew word

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 that sounds like sin.

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 It's probably related

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 to Sinai,

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 or as we say

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 in English,

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 Sinai.

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 So it has nothing

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 to do with the

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 English word sin,

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 even though Israelites

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 do a lot of sinning

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 here in the wilderness

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 of Sin.

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 And so it's,

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 verse 1 tells us

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 that they are in

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 to the 15th day

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 of the second month

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 after they have

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 departed from the land

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 of Egypt.

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 So it's been over a month,

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 nearly two months,

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 since Israel's

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 exodus from Egypt.

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 So it's,

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 foreseeable,

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 it's possible

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 that they're actually

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 running out of food.

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 They still have

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 some livestock,

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 but they need those

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 to, you know,

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 for the sacrifices later

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 or to carry

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 some of their

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 luggages even.

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 but they're exhausting

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 their food supply

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 and there's no place

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 in the middle of the wilderness

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 to replenish their supply.

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 And so it says

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 in verses 2 to 3,

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 and the whole congregation

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 of the people of Israel

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 grumbled against Moses

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 and Aaron in the wilderness.

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 And they said to them,

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 would that we had died

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 by the hand of the Lord

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 in the land of Egypt

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 when we sat by

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 the meat pots

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 and ate bread

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 to the full.

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 For you have brought us

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 out into this wilderness

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 to kill this whole assembly

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 with hunger.

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 It's similar

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 to the way

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 they've grown

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 to God

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 in Exodus 14,

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 11 to 12

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 with the Egyptians

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 pursuing them

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 behind them

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 and the Red Sea

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 before them

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 and they were stuck

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 between a rock

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 and a hard place.

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 And at that point

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 the Israelites said,

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 well,

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 it would be better

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 if we had been slaves

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 in Egypt

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 if you never brought us out.

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 But the situation

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 they're complaining

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 now is escalating.

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 Instead of just saying,

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 I wish we had been

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 slaves back in Egypt,

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 now they say,

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 we wish that we would

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 rather have died

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 in Egypt

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 rather than

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 died a slow death

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 of starvation

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 here in the wilderness.

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 But this grumbling,

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 this reveals

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 a few things

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 about grumbling.

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 This grumbling

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 betrays their Israelites'

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 profound forgetfulness,

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 their ungratefulness,

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 and their faithlessness.

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 They describe

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 their slavery in Egypt

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 at a time

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 when they

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 wistfully described

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 this time.

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 They sat by meat pots

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 and ate bread

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 to the full.

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 It sounds like

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 they were living

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 like kings

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 in a palace,

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 but we know

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 that wasn't

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 what was happening

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 in the Exodus story.

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 If you look at

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 chapter 1,

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 verses 13 to 14,

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 the Egyptians,

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 it says,

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 ruthlessly made

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 the people of Israel

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 work as slaves

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 and made their lives

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 bitter with hard service.

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 And it says

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 in chapter 223

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 that the people of Israel

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 for that reason

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 groaned because

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 of their slavery

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 and cried out

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 for rescue

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 from slavery.

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 They were told

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 by Pharaoh

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 and his minions

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 to produce bricks

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 without straw

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 needed to make it.

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 Their life in Egypt

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 was miserable,

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 and yet in their hunger

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 in the wilderness,

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 their memory

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 is very selective

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 and distorted.

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 They say,

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 oh,

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 we sat by meat pots

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 and ate bread

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 to the full.

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 Remember those

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 good old days

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 when we were slaves

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 in Egypt.

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 This betrays

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 their profound

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 forgetfulness.

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 People who tend

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 to reminisce

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 dreamily

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 about the good old days

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 likely don't remember

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 accurately

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 all the bad things

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 about those good old days.

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 If you are mired

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 in discontentment

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 and grumbling

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 this morning,

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 remember that the grass

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 always seems greener

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 on the other side,

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 but it often isn't.

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 Surely the Israelites'

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 bitter slavery

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 in Egypt

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 was not better

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 than the time

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 of wilderness

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 in sin,

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 but they were forgetful.

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 Their memory

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 was selective

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 and distorted.

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 The Lord remembers

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 much farther

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 than we do,

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 and the Lord

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 sees things farther,

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 much farther ahead

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 than we do.

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 And if our gracious

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 Lord has seen fit

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 to keep us

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 in our present lot,

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 then our grumbling

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 is misguided.

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 Israel's grumbling

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 also betrays

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 their profound

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 ungratefulness.

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 They say,

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 would that we had died

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 by the hand

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 of the Lord

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 in the land of Egypt.

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 This is ironic

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 because we have seen

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 over and over again

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 that the Lord

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 delivered Israel

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 by His strong hand,

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 it says.

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 Right?

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 The Lord said

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 in chapter 7,

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 verse 5,

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 the Egyptians

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 shall know

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 that I am the Lord

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 when I stretch out

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 my hand

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 against Egypt

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 and bring out

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 the people of Israel

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 from among them.

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 And Moses said

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 in chapter 13,

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 verse 3,

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 remember this day

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 in which you came out

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 from Egypt

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 out of the house

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 of slavery,

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 for by a strong hand

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 the Lord brought you

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 out from this place.

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 Having been delivered

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 by the hand of the Lord

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 in their newfound freedom,

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 the Israelites

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 have the shameless audacity

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 not to wish

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 that they had instead

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 died by that very hand

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 of the Lord.

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 Instead of saving us,

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 we wish the Lord

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 had killed us instead.

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 That's what they're saying.

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 This betrays the depth

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 of Israel's ungratefulness.

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 They think

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 that a quick death

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 at the hand of the Lord

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 that Passover night

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 is preferable

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 to a slow death

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 by starvation

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 in the wilderness.

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 In saying this,

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 they ironically point out

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 that death

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 is precisely

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 what they deserved

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 that night

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 of the Passover

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 and what they deserve still

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 because they are sinners

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 and rebels before God

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 and that it is only

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 by the grace

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 and mercy of God

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 that they still

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 are breathing

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 and have breath

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 left to grumble.

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 Third,

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 Israel's grumbling

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 also exposes

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 their utter faithlessness.

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 Having witnessed,

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 think about this,

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 having witnessed the Lord

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 turn water into blood,

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 unleash frogs

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 and gnats

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 and flies

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 and pestilence

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 and boils

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 and locusts

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 and darkness

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 upon the land of Egypt,

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 having witnessed the Lord

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 kill the firstborn sons

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 of Egypt

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 in retribution

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 for the murder

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 of Israel's sons

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 and for enslaving Israel

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 and God's firstborn son,

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 and having witnessed

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 the Lord split the Red Sea

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 and make them walk

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 through it on dry ground

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 and having witnessed

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 the Lord turn

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 the bitter waters

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 of Mara

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 into sweet water

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 for them to drink,

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 they still do not

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 seem to think

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 that maybe,

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 just maybe,

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 that the Lord

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 can and will

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 do something

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 about them

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 needing bread.

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 their grumbling

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 betrays

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 their failure

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 to remember

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 what God has already

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 done on their behalf,

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 their failure

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 to remember

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 what God has promised

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 for the future.

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 Their grumbling

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 is essentially

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 atheistic.

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 God is not

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 in the picture.

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 He is conspicuously

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 absent

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 from the Israelites'

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 perspective.

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 Instead,

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 they fixate

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 on Moses and Aaron

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 and blame them

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 for their problems.

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 They say to Moses

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 and Aaron

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 in verse 3,

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 for you have

00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.480
 brought us

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 out into the wilderness

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 to kill the whole

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 assembly with hunger.

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 But it was not

00:13:49.019 --> 00:13:50.240
 Moses and Aaron

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 who brought Israel

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 out of Egypt

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 into the wilderness.

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 It was the Lord.

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 So Moses points out

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 their error

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 in verses 6 to 8.

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 At evening

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 you shall know

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 that it was

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 the Lord

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 who brought you

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 out of the land

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 of Egypt.

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 And in the morning

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 you shall see

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 the glory of the Lord

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 because he has

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 heard your grumbling

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 against the Lord.

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 For what are we

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 that you grumble

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 against us?

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 And Moses said,

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 when the Lord

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 gives you in the evening

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 meat to eat

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 and in the morning

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.759
 bread to the full

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 because the Lord

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 has heard your grumbling

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 and that you grumble

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.920
 against him.

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 What are we?

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 Your grumbling

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 is not against us

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 but against the Lord.

00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:27.519
 Israelites

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 directed their grumbling

00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:30.220
 against Moses

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 and Aaron

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 because they were

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 easier,

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 more reachable targets.

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 But Moses

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 reminds them

00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.639
 that ultimately

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.279
 their grumbling

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.279
 is against the Lord.

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 You think I

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 brought those plagues

00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:41.939
 upon Egypt?

00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.279
 You think I

00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:44.319
 split the Red Sea?

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 You think I

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 brought you out

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:46.480
 into the wilderness?

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 Not a chance.

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 What are we?

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:51.799
 This is what

00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:52.240
 Moses and Aaron

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.500
 are saying.

00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.059
 What are we?

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 We're nobodies.

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.080
 We're just

00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.059
 God's instruments

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:58.139
 and tools.

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 Your grumbling

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 is not against us

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.439
 but against the Lord.

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.639
 Of course

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 there are people

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 who sin against us

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 and don't do right

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 by us.

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 I'm not denying

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 that those things happen

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 but if bitterness

00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.980
 has taken root

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.000
 in your heart,

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 if there is

00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:15.940
 unforgiveness,

00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.779
 if there is grumbling

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.539
 in your heart,

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 then your grumbling

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 is ultimately

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.659
 against the sovereign

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 Lord who is in charge

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 of your life.

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 Remember what I said

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.279
 last week

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.000
 about the difference

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 between groaning

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 and grumbling.

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 Both the Old

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 and the New Testaments

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 consistently make

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.679
 a distinction

00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.739
 between groaning

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 and grumbling.

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 Groaning is

00:15:38.479 --> 00:15:39.419
 when we pour out

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 our complaints

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.439
 to God

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 in lament

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 and prayer,

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 when we moan

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.239
 in pain

00:15:44.239 --> 00:15:45.000
 before God

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 as Job does

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 and as the psalmists

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 do over and over again.

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 It's what the Holy Spirit

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 does when he intercedes

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.899
 for us with groanings

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.739
 to deeper words.

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 It's what Jesus does

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 in some passages

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 in the Gospels.

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 To groan is

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 to cry out to God.

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 The grumble

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.519
 is to complain

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 about him.

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 We groan before God

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.220
 but grumble

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 against him.

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 A person

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 who is groaning

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 flings himself

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 into the arms

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.319
 of God

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 grasping onto him

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 asking him

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 for help

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 crying out

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 in pain.

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 A person

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 who is grumbling

00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.340
 is pointing

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 his finger

00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.600
 at God

00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.379
 whispering

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:30.139
 in sedition

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.980
 opposed

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 to God's rule.

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 Grumbling

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 stems from

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 a fundamental

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.879
 misunderstanding

00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.379
 and suspicion

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 of God's character.

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 This is why

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 the Lord answers

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 Israel's grumbling

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 the way he does

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 in verse 12.

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 I have heard

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 the grumbling

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 say to them

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 at twilight

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 you shall eat meat

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 and in the morning

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 you shall be filled

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 with bread

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 and get this

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 then you shall

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 know

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:03.620
 that I am

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 the Lord

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 your God.

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 Knowing the Lord

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 is a major theme

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.079
 throughout the book

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:10.539
 of Exodus.

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 Remember how Pharaoh

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 responded to Moses'

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 demand to let

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 the Israelites go

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.839
 out of slavery

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 to serve the Lord.

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 He said

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 who is the Lord

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 that I should obey

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 his voice

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 and let Israel go?

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 I do not know

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 the Lord.

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 Moreover,

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 I will not let Israel go.

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 After Pharaoh's

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 arrogant and ignorant

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.400
 response,

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 the Lord reveals

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 himself layer

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 after layer

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 more and more

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 with each successive

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 strike on Egypt

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 and demonstrates

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 his lordship

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 over all the gods

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 of Egypt

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 and his explicit

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 purpose

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 in those signs

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 over and over again

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 is this,

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 that the Egyptians

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 shall know

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 that I am

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 the Lord.

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 And the Lord

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 was not revealing

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.680
 himself only

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.279
 to the Egyptians,

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 he was also revealing

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 himself to his own

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 people.

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 He said in Exodus 6,

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 6 to 7,

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 I am the Lord

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 and I will bring

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 you out from under

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 the burdens

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.180
 of the Egyptians

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 and I will deliver

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 you from slavery

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 to them

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.019
 and I will redeem

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 you with an

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 outstretched arm

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 and with great

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 acts of judgment.

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 I will take you

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 to be my people

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 and I will be

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 your God

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:10.720
 and you shall

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.599
 know that I am

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.440
 the Lord your God

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 who has brought you

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 out from under

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.160
 the burdens

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.799
 of the Egyptians.

00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:19.339
 I am the Lord.

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 Lord.

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 This entire Exodus

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 ordeal is so

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 that the Israelites

00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:26.079
 might know

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.279
 that the Lord

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 is,

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.539
 the Yahweh

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.959
 is the Lord

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 their God,

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 that they might

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 know him.

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 But tragically,

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 after all that

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 has happened

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 so far,

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.319
 the Israelites

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.720
 still do not

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.079
 know the Lord

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:42.039
 as they should.

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:43.959
 They do not

00:18:43.959 --> 00:18:44.819
 know that

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.679
 Yahweh

00:18:45.679 --> 00:18:47.059
 is the unchanging

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.819
 one who has

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.500
 promised to be

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.279
 with them yesterday

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.379
 today and forever.

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 They do not know

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:53.240
 Yahweh's steadfast

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:54.539
 love and faithfulness.

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 They do not know

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:57.059
 the Lord is mighty

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 to provide for them

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 and to preserve them.

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 And in their

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:00.980
 forgetfulness

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.740
 and ignorance,

00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:02.859
 they grumble

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.579
 against God

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.099
 thinking that

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.819
 they can rule

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.519
 the universe

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.759
 better than he can.

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.279
 Thinking that

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.940
 they know better

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.599
 than God does

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.480
 what is best for them.

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.599
 This is why

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.200
 the Lord must

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.500
 reveal his glory

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.420
 to them once again.

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 Twice we see

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 the phrase

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 the glory of the Lord

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 in this passage.

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 It says in verse 10,

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.099
 they look toward

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.500
 the wilderness

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 and behold,

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.879
 the glory of the Lord

00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:27.740
 appeared in the cloud.

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.940
 The word glory

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:31.099
 is the Hebrew word

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.639
 that is often

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.940
 translated honor.

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 And it literally

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.980
 means the heaviness

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 or the weight

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.920
 of something.

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 The Israelites'

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:41.119
 fundamental problem

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:42.259
 is that they do not

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.779
 give proper weight

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.660
 to the Lord.

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.299
 They treat him

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:46.920
 lightly.

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:49.300
 in their grumbling,

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.759
 there is little

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.039
 if any acknowledgement

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:53.080
 of the Lord's

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.759
 faithfulness.

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.740
 There is little

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.779
 if any acknowledgement

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.960
 of the Lord's power.

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.480
 But the Lord

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.160
 is not someone

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.220
 to be taken lightly.

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:00.800
 He's not someone

00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:01.860
 to be trifled with.

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.039
 He is not

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.880
 an inconsequential being.

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.120
 He is

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:08.200
 the supreme being

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.620
 of utmost importance.

00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.360
 He is weighty.

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.660
 He is considerable.

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:14.140
 He is honorable.

00:20:15.080 --> 00:20:15.500
 Glorious.

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.020
 And so it is

00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.400
 that the Lord

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:18.020
 must reveal

00:20:18.020 --> 00:20:19.060
 His glory

00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:20.680
 to the Israelites.

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:23.340
 The Lord

00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.240
 is not content

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.800
 to be a wallflower

00:20:25.800 --> 00:20:26.500
 in your life.

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:28.960
 A forgotten

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:31.060
 and overlooked deity.

00:20:33.020 --> 00:20:34.020
 The Lord

00:20:34.020 --> 00:20:35.340
 cannot be relegated

00:20:35.340 --> 00:20:36.620
 to the footnotes

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.500
 of your lives.

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.160
 The Lord

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.820
 must be

00:20:39.820 --> 00:20:40.460
 the heading,

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.180
 the title,

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.940
 the thesis,

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:45.580
 He must sit

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.280
 on the throne

00:20:46.280 --> 00:20:46.920
 of your life.

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.740
 In your daily lives,

00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.380
 brothers and sisters,

00:20:50.520 --> 00:20:51.500
 do you give

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.700
 little consideration

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.360
 to God

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:55.400
 or much consideration

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.960
 to Him?

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.420
 How much weight

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.580
 do you give Him

00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.580
 in your scheduling,

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.880
 in your decision making,

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.940
 in your relationship building?

00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:08.220
 Perhaps your grumbling

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.320
 is a warning sign

00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:10.880
 that you are not giving

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.880
 due weight

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.780
 to the Lord.

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:15.819
 As we see

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.980
 in verses 13 to 14,

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.819
 the Lord sends

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.420
 quail

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.759
 to Israel's camp

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.180
 in the evening

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.740
 so that they might

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.500
 eat meat.

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.319
 He rains manna

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.639
 on them

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.200
 in the morning

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.200
 so that they might

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.740
 eat bread.

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.680
 Migrating quails

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:29.519
 have been observed

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:31.079
 in the Sinai region

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.059
 that they would,

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.920
 as they're flying

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.700
 in their migration,

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.460
 they get exhausted

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.819
 and they would descend

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.519
 upon the wilderness

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.099
 of Sinai

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.980
 and then they would

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.399
 cover

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:40.200
 the desert area.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:42.740
 But the focus

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.580
 of the passage here

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.660
 is on the manna

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.920
 and not on the quail

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.420
 because the quail

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:49.000
 is only temporary provision.

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.720
 Only here,

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.640
 toward the beginning

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.400
 of Israel's journey

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.880
 in the wilderness

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.440
 and toward the end

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.140
 of Israel's journey

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.500
 in the wilderness,

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.480
 Numbers 11,

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.600
 does God provide

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:59.299
 quail for the Israelites.

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.779
 And in that second instance,

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.960
 God only provides quail

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.000
 because they complain,

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.080
 they grumble again

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.759
 about having

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.900
 only manna to eat.

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:09.660
 But manna is special.

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.759
 It becomes

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.380
 the Israelites'

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.700
 regular diet.

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:14.220
 It's their staple.

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.860
 It's described here

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:17.259
 as bread from heaven,

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.759
 suggesting God's direct

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.500
 and supernatural intervention.

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.080
 Psalm 78,

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.140
 recalling God's provision

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.080
 of manna in the wilderness,

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:25.780
 calls it the grain of heaven,

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.380
 the bread of the angels.

00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.840
 It is a token

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.120
 of heavenly provision

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:31.620
 intended to sustain

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.140
 the Israelites

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.360
 through their long journey

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.100
 in the wilderness.

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:36.119
 I just finished

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.559
 the Lord of the Rings trilogy

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.519
 again recently

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.959
 and it's like Lembus

00:22:39.959 --> 00:22:41.899
 or the way bread of the elves

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:43.119
 that sustains the hobbits

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.959
 through their journey

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:45.079
 in the wilderness

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.819
 to Mordor.

00:22:47.459 --> 00:22:48.740
 Verses 14 to 15

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.480
 tells us more

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.459
 about this mysterious

00:22:50.459 --> 00:22:51.259
 bread from heaven.

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.819
 It says,

00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:53.379
 When the dew had gone up,

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.759
 there was on the face

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.319
 of the wilderness

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.179
 a fine flake-like thing,

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.919
 fine as frost on the ground.

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.219
 When the people of Israel

00:23:00.219 --> 00:23:00.859
 saw it,

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.859
 they said to one another,

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.839
 What is it?

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.339
 For they did not know

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.000
 what it was.

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.459
 And Moses said to them,

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.220
 It is the bread

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.879
 that the Lord

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:09.099
 has given you to eat.

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.619
 Later,

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.679
 verse 31 adds

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.279
 that manna

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.740
 was like coriander seed,

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.399
 white,

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.379
 and the taste of it

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.199
 was like wafers

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.379
 made with honey.

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.839
 So we have a little bit

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.539
 of a picture here

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.500
 of what manna was like.

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.980
 It was white,

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.039
 perhaps the size

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.019
 of a coriander seed,

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:24.079
 and it had a fine,

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.439
 you know,

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.480
 crystal-like texture,

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.819
 like frost on the ground.

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:28.339
 And when consumed raw,

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:29.659
 it tasted like wafers

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.439
 with honey.

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:32.539
 And as Numbers 11a tells us,

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.799
 if you ground it

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.299
 in a handmaid

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.940
 and beat it,

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.140
 and then you cooked it,

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.600
 it tasted like cakes

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.940
 baked with oil.

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.640
 Isn't that kind of the Lord?

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.920
 He could have just

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:45.320
 given them really

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.240
 stuffy,

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:47.519
 stale bread to eat,

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.080
 and they would have

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.820
 had no choice.

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:50.500
 But he gives them

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.900
 wafer that tastes

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.600
 like honey.

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:56.719
 Sometimes,

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.240
 when I'm parenting,

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.159
 and the kids

00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.459
 are grumbling a lot,

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.799
 they're like,

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:02.359
 I really don't want

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.839
 to give them

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.859
 what they're asking for.

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.099
 It's like,

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:06.639
 ask me in your

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.539
 normal voice.

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.439
 They're grumbling

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.279
 again and again

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.679
 and again,

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.480
 and it says,

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.679
 again and again

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.019
 and again,

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.539
 the Lord heard

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.619
 their grumbling.

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.740
 How kind of the Lord.

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.279
 He doesn't need

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.079
 to listen to them.

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:24.480
 He owes them nothing.

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.199
 Everything they have

00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:26.899
 is from Him.

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.500
 And yet,

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.439
 they are complaining

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:28.899
 to Him

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:30.179
 and that He is kind

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:32.259
 to hear their grumbling,

00:24:32.719 --> 00:24:33.839
 to answer them

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:35.519
 with wafers

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.079
 like honey.

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.859
 The Israelites

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.539
 have no idea

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.000
 what it is.

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.619
 They've never had

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.199
 manna before.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.539
 And it ceases

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.480
 when they are at,

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.519
 right about to enter

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.279
 the land of Canaan.

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.459
 So it was God's provision

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.039
 for that time

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.480
 in the wilderness.

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.039
 And so they ask each other,

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.819
 what is it?

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.980
 And that's the meaning

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.459
 in Hebrew

00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:58.719
 of the name manna.

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.639
 What is it?

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.779
 They literally named it.

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.879
 What's my call it?

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.679
 God's so kind.

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.199
 And God,

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.279
 because they have

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.059
 no idea what it is,

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:12.039
 when God provides it,

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:13.500
 He provides a little manual

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.459
 for how to use it.

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.399
 He says in verses 16 to 19,

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.199
 this is what the Lord

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.779
 has commanded.

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.839
 Gather of it,

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.459
 each one of you

00:25:20.459 --> 00:25:21.599
 as much as he can eat,

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.779
 you shall each take

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.220
 an omer

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.119
 according to the number

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.659
 of the persons

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.159
 that each of you

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.939
 has in his tent.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.359
 And the people of Israel

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.919
 did so.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.259
 They gathered some more,

00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:30.059
 some less,

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.159
 but when they measured it

00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:31.740
 with an omer,

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.079
 whoever gathered much

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.959
 had nothing left over,

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.519
 and whoever gathered

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.899
 little had no lack.

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.119
 Each of them gathered

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.379
 as much as he could eat,

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.659
 and Moses said to them,

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.599
 let no one leave

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.339
 any of it over

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.179
 till the morning.

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.339
 So this,

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.119
 reconstructing what exactly

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.559
 happened here

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.159
 could be a little bit

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.519
 confusing,

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.040
 and there's some

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:48.519
 disagreement among people

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.240
 in the interpretation.

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.980
 The best way I can make

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.800
 sense of it is this,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:53.800
 each person was commanded

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:55.040
 to gather as much

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:56.460
 as he or she could eat.

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.800
 So the way you determine

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.500
 how much to collect

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.500
 is how much can you eat,

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.580
 how hungry are you,

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.180
 how much do you think

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.380
 you eat,

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.279
 collect that much.

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.640
 And then they bring

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.640
 all of it in seams

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.640
 to a communal pot,

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.779
 and then they use

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.440
 a measuring unit

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.160
 called an omer

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.300
 to distribute it.

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.980
 And each person,

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.840
 no matter how much

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:13.360
 they brought in,

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.880
 whether they gather

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.660
 much or little,

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.600
 they get an omer.

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:17.480
 Per person

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.359
 in the household.

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.599
 And when they do that,

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.599
 it seems that,

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:23.199
 so an omer is,

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.619
 you know,

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.159
 like a,

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:25.339
 it's a tenth of an ephah,

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.919
 it says,

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.939
 in verse 36.

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.699
 An ephah is 22 liters,

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.500
 this is probably

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.879
 2.2 liters or so,

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.639
 or half a gallon.

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.059
 So imagine half a gallon,

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:34.939
 half of a milk gallon jug,

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.719
 they're filling that

00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.240
 with manna,

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.539
 and giving it to each

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.500
 person in the household.

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.139
 And what was amazing

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.879
 is that even though

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.659
 they distributed it

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.119
 like that,

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.959
 so that even the people

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.699
 who gather little

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.579
 were able to take

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.419
 an omer home,

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.439
 it said,

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.719
 whoever gathered much

00:26:47.719 --> 00:26:49.379
 had nothing left over,

00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:51.399
 and whoever gathered little

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:53.159
 had no lack.

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.419
 This is God's

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.279
 miraculous provision.

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.339
 Each household found

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.059
 that what they had

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.819
 been apportioned

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.439
 according to the

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.959
 measuring unit

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:01.179
 that God has chosen

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:02.419
 was sufficient

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:04.000
 for every person

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.919
 in their household.

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.059
 So then,

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:07.599
 no one could be gluttonous,

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.019
 and no one could go hungry.

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.379
 There was neither

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:13.440
 left over nor lack

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.099
 for any of the Israelites.

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.700
 God's provision

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.879
 was sufficient

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.759
 for all.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.200
 There's an exhortation

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.879
 here for us

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.799
 about sharing

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.779
 and being generous

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.639
 with fellow Christians

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.119
 in need.

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:27.539
 In 2 Corinthians 8,

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.700
 Paul prepares

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.579
 the Corinthian church

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.720
 for the offering,

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.740
 the collection he will make

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.720
 when he visits them,

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.099
 so that the funds

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.019
 can be used

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.599
 to relieve

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.519
 the poor saints

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.180
 in the church

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.779
 in Jerusalem,

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.539
 because they were

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.460
 not doing well,

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.559
 affected by famine.

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.180
 And at the end

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.720
 of the passage,

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:45.539
 Paul cites this verse,

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.839
 Exodus 16, 18.

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.039
 He says to the Corinthians,

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.879
 your abundance

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:52.220
 at the present time

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.160
 should supply

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.139
 their need

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.460
 so that their abundance

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.000
 may supply your need

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.680
 that there may be fairness.

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.220
 As it is written,

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:01.579
 whoever gathered much

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.980
 had nothing left over,

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.200
 and whoever gathered

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.940
 little had no lack.

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.759
 So in the wilderness,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.339
 as the Israelites

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.319
 gathered as much

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.920
 as they could eat,

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.579
 some more,

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.359
 some less,

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.599
 and yet each person

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.680
 was allotted an omer

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.420
 of manna,

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.980
 no more,

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.579
 no less,

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.920
 and in God's economy,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.980
 whoever gathered much

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.920
 had nothing left over,

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.539
 and whoever gathered

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.579
 little had no lack.

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.899
 So this is what Paul

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.279
 is saying.

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.099
 Some of you in the church,

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.940
 in the Corinthian church,

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:26.519
 you have gathered much,

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.180
 while others,

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.000
 in other churches,

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.779
 the church in Jerusalem,

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.839
 they have gathered little.

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:33.039
 Some of you are rich,

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.019
 while other believers

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.980
 are poor.

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.759
 And it's God's intention

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.980
 that the saints

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.980
 who have abundance

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.360
 should supply the saints

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.120
 who have need

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.880
 so that there is no lack

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:44.240
 among God's people.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.299
 And when fortunes turn,

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.740
 and one day it is you

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.420
 who have need,

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.620
 these other saints

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.640
 will then have your back

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:52.220
 and supply your need.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.220
 We often fail to give

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.120
 because we are worried

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.019
 that there won't be enough

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.700
 left for us,

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.039
 don't we?

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.220
 Well, if I give

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.379
 to that Christian brother

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.200
 or sister now,

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.759
 will I have enough money

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.319
 for the future?

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:08.000
 Inflation is pinching

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.500
 my budget,

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.119
 and who knows,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.279
 I might lose my job

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.960
 in the near future

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.899
 or remain jobless

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.960
 for the foreseeable future.

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:15.680
 But this is the scarcity mindset

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.859
 of a spiritual orphan

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:20.039
 who fears for tomorrow,

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.899
 not knowing that she has

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.779
 a heavenly father

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.659
 who cares for her.

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.079
 And this is also

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.759
 the mindset of independence.

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.619
 Each man for himself.

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.400
 I fend for myself,

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.339
 I provide myself,

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.619
 you provide for yourself.

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.819
 But God calls us

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.500
 as God's people

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.740
 not to independence,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.859
 but to interdependence.

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:42.019
 We are to live

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.700
 as a community

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.700
 of mutual trust

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.440
 and provision,

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.819
 which is described

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.759
 in Acts 4, 34 to 35.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.879
 There was not

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:50.759
 a needy person among them,

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.799
 for as many as were

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.839
 owners of lands

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:54.039
 or houses sold them

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.259
 and brought the proceeds

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.200
 of what was sold

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.960
 and laid it

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.559
 at the apostles'

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.019
 feet,

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.139
 and it was distributed

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.279
 to each as any

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.559
 had need.

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.940
 You guys have

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.940
 historically done this

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.759
 really, really well.

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.679
 I know people

00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.299
 who have paid

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.799
 thousands of dollars

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.379
 of debt

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:12.839
 for other church members,

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.659
 people who have paid

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.799
 for oral surgery

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.619
 that they couldn't do,

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.839
 people who paid

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.879
 for who were jobless

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:20.200
 during COVID times.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:26.380
 We are to give

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.240
 without reservation

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.299
 because we know

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.860
 that our brothers

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.840
 and sisters in Christ

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.240
 will have our backs

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.000
 and will rise

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.539
 to the occasion

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.600
 to supply what we need

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.080
 in the future.

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.600
 We are to give

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.299
 without fear

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.880
 because we know

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.759
 that our Heavenly Father

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:39.160
 is our ultimate provider.

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.660
 And this applies

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.480
 not only to giving

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.680
 within the local church,

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.660
 but also to giving

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:46.100
 between local churches.

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.400
 For example,

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.980
 Paul in 2 Corinthians 8

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.259
 applies this principle

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.480
 in Exodus 16, 18

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:53.660
 to the Corinthian church

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:55.300
 giving to the Jerusalem church,

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.019
 to another church

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.800
 in a different part

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.860
 of the Roman Empire.

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.640
 We do this as a church

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.780
 in part by giving

00:31:01.780 --> 00:31:03.460
 a portion of our money

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.380
 to our denomination,

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:06.100
 Sovereign Grace Churches,

00:31:06.280 --> 00:31:07.000
 each month.

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.540
 Most of the money

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.060
 that we give

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.660
 to our denomination

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.380
 gets funneled

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.360
 to our region's

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:12.120
 missions budget,

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.360
 and recently,

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.380
 our region used

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.540
 some of that funds

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.379
 to give $7,500

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:19.299
 toward our denomination's

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:20.460
 Ukrainian Relief Fund,

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.039
 which is supporting

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.799
 a church

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.619
 that is connected

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.460
 with our denomination

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.720
 in Dnipro, Ukraine.

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.639
 Here's an excerpt

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.379
 from an email

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.059
 that we received,

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.599
 some of the pastors

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.839
 received from this pastor

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:32.619
 in the Ukrainian church.

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.579
 I cut out the details

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.299
 about the rockets

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.879
 and different things,

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.159
 but he says,

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.599
 Friends,

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.859
 every time we receive money,

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.460
 I get very excited,

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:42.180
 and every time I cry

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.799
 because of God's care for us.

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:46.379
 The more dangerous

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.059
 the situation

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.039
 in our city becomes,

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.940
 the more people

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.940
 come to our services.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.599
 We distribute

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:53.240
 300 food parcels

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.919
 every week

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.519
 to refugees

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.539
 and displaced people

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.639
 from bombed-out cities.

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.759
 We are looking

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.859
 for every opportunity

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.079
 to pray for these people

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.980
 and share the gospel

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.440
 with them.

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:03.099
 We thank the Lord

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.180
 for your generosity

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.919
 and faithfulness

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.500
 to the gospel,

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.139
 all for the glory

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:08.099
 of our Savior,

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.440
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.559
 Christ.

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.600
 We as a church

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.320
 in Cambridge

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:16.200
 have abundance now,

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:18.220
 but here is another church

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.080
 in a different part

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.420
 of the world

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.820
 that has need now,

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:22.840
 and God is using us

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:24.059
 to provide for the church

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.860
 in a small way

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:26.440
 so that whoever gathers much

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.820
 has nothing left over,

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:29.320
 and whoever gathers little

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:30.500
 has no lack.

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.600
 The gracious provision

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.100
 of manna

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:35.700
 also brings a test

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.440
 of God with it.

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.200
 The Lord said to Moses

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.460
 early in verses 45,

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.259
 Behold,

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:41.720
 I'm about to rain bread

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.759
 from heaven for you,

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.620
 and the people

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.440
 shall go out

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.680
 and gather a day's portion

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.259
 every day

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:48.380
 that I may test them

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:50.080
 whether they will walk

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.180
 in my law or not.

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:54.480
 The test is to see

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.640
 whether the Israelites

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.480
 will walk in God's law

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.039
 or not,

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:59.440
 and what is God's law here?

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.779
 One of them was this.

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:02.740
 Let no one leave any of it

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:04.080
 over till the morning.

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:06.599
 God had promised

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.199
 in verse 4

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:09.199
 to provide for everyone

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:10.980
 a day's portion

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.000
 every day.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.939
 He was not going to provide

00:33:13.939 --> 00:33:15.359
 for them a week's portion

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.059
 of food

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:18.199
 or a month's portion

00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:18.639
 of food.

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:20.099
 He was only going to provide

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.619
 a day's portion

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:23.939
 so that they have to learn

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:25.279
 to trust God

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.559
 for their daily provision.

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:29.279
 But,

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.759
 it says in verse 20,

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.379
 they did not listen

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:32.840
 to Moses.

00:33:33.520 --> 00:33:34.820
 Some left part of it

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.500
 till the morning,

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.280
 and it breathed worms

00:33:37.280 --> 00:33:38.340
 and stank,

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:40.220
 and Moses was angry

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.740
 with them.

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:46.920
 I'm very compassionate

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:48.760
 toward these frugal Israelites

00:33:48.760 --> 00:33:50.000
 because I would be

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.880
 one of those people,

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.560
 I think.

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:56.180
 These are the kind of people

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.420
 who are always saved

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.220
 and prepared

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.220
 for the future.

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.700
 You guys know exactly

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.259
 who you are.

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.019
 Despite the fact

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.620
 that they were given

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:08.000
 just enough to eat,

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.460
 they choose to eat

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.440
 a little less

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:13.619
 so they could save it

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.940
 for tomorrow.

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.440
 You know,

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.420
 if God were not

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.059
 in the picture,

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.179
 that would be a very

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.300
 shrewd thing to do.

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:23.420
 But in light of God's promise

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.240
 that He would provide

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:25.599
 manna for them daily,

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:27.900
 it betrays a grievous

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:29.519
 lack of trust in God.

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.980
 You could imagine

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.000
 the conversation

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.799
 at the dinner table.

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.900
 The father

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.440
 rations out

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:38.599
 only half of the manna

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.179
 that they got

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.819
 for the day.

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.559
 And then you could imagine

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.779
 the kids complaining,

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.579
 grumbling,

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.360
 saying,

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.000
 Dad,

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.920
 I'm still hungry.

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.059
 Can I have some more

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.659
 of that manna?

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.579
 He's like,

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.179
 hey,

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.920
 watch it.

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.139
 That's for tomorrow.

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.299
 Dad,

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:56.139
 but didn't Mr. Moses

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.980
 tell us that God's

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.440
 going to give us

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.199
 new manna tomorrow?

00:35:00.339 --> 00:35:00.659
 Kid,

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.940
 I know better than you.

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.339
 Yeah,

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:05.900
 he said he's going

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.400
 to give it tomorrow,

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.379
 but how do you know?

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.239
 How do you know?

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.539
 What if God

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:11.719
 is not there tomorrow?

00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:13.179
 What if He goes

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.819
 on vacation?

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:17.099
 What if He decides

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.639
 He doesn't want us

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.619
 to be His people anymore

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:18.960
 one day

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.920
 and we don't have food to eat?

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.859
 Then you'll be glad

00:35:20.859 --> 00:35:21.900
 I saved some of this

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.480
 for tomorrow.

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:28.039
 Think about that

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.400
 from our Heavenly Father's

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.900
 perspective.

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:32.039
 I would be

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.480
 heartbroken

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:36.160
 if my daughters

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:38.059
 started hoarding food

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:39.320
 at the dinner table.

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:41.380
 If I found out

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.840
 that they were

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.480
 intentionally

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.760
 not eating

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.900
 and putting away

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.920
 half their dinner

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:47.119
 every night

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.240
 because they were

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.740
 worried

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.519
 that they might

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.240
 go hungry.

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:54.419
 I would ask them,

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:56.379
 do you not know

00:35:56.379 --> 00:35:57.519
 that I am your Father?

00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:01.579
 Do you not know

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.619
 that I love you?

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:04.519
 Do you not know

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.679
 that I would go hungry

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.379
 myself

00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:06.879
 to make sure

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.799
 I put food

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.559
 on your table?

00:36:11.419 --> 00:36:12.719
 Do you not know

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.879
 that I would work

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.659
 night and day

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.099
 to make sure

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.699
 you have food

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.359
 on your table?

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.419
 Do you not know

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.880
 that you're my

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.760
 beloved daughter?

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.900
 Do you not know

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.800
 that I am

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.180
 your Father?

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:29.719
 this was exactly

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.480
 what the Israelites

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.099
 were doing

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.719
 to the Lord.

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.739
 There's a

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.659
 heartbreaking

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.219
 mistrust

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:36.059
 of their

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.359
 Heavenly Father

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:40.339
 and God

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:40.739
 would have

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.359
 none of it.

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:44.039
 People try

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.519
 to save

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:44.980
 the manna

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.359
 overnight

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:46.039
 and it breathes

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.599
 warms

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.500
 and stinks.

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.779
 It's incredible

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.179
 food,

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.739
 this manna.

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:51.759
 it's like

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.579
 it's been

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.339
 engineered

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:55.039
 precisely

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.739
 to cultivate

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.579
 trust

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.500
 in God's

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.000
 provision.

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.339
 So they have

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:02.899
 to depend

00:37:02.899 --> 00:37:03.219
 on it

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.879
 morning

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.979
 by morning

00:37:04.979 --> 00:37:05.339
 it says

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:06.159
 in verse 21.

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.859
 Brothers and sisters,

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.039
 children of God,

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.699
 do you know

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.439
 also that

00:37:10.439 --> 00:37:11.019
 the Lord

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.859
 provides

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.459
 for your

00:37:12.459 --> 00:37:13.099
 needs

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:14.019
 daily

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:15.359
 morning

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:16.339
 by morning?

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:18.579
 this is why

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.400
 Jesus taught us

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.740
 to pray

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.019
 to our

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.620
 Heavenly Father,

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.180
 give us

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.700
 each day

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.200
 our

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:24.079
 daily bread,

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.660
 not our

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.340
 weeks worth

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.720
 of bread.

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.660
 There's a

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.100
 reason why

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:30.840
 Jesus taught us,

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.320
 therefore do not

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.880
 be anxious

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.820
 about tomorrow,

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.720
 for tomorrow

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.360
 will be anxious

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.160
 for itself,

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.480
 sufficient for

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.880
 the day

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.400
 is its own

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.840
 trouble.

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.360
 God sustains

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.200
 us on a

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:41.100
 daily basis,

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.240
 so if you're

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:43.079
 worried that you

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.680
 don't have what

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.220
 you need for

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.760
 tomorrow,

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.620
 well that's

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.279
 because God

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:47.400
 hasn't provided

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.559
 for you yet,

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:50.319
 but he will.

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.579
 Whether you

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.920
 are a

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.239
 millionaire,

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.559
 or whether you

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.940
 live from

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.359
 hand to

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.679
 mouth,

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.880
 God calls

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:59.079
 every Christian

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.980
 to trust

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.839
 in him

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.779
 daily for

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.659
 his provision.

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:04.920
 With the

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.460
 stock market

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.980
 crash,

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.719
 all your

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.199
 investments

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.539
 can be

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.059
 wiped out

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.539
 in a day.

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.000
 With the

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.299
 hurricane,

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.940
 your house

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.539
 can be

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.400
 destroyed

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.940
 in a day.

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.119
 With an

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.579
 accident,

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:17.199
 your car

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.559
 can be

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.980
 totaled

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.359
 in a day.

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.119
 With the

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.559
 recession,

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.079
 you can

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.440
 lose your

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.000
 job in

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.239
 a day.

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.659
 With the

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.059
 war,

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.779
 you can

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.119
 lose your

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.859
 very life

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.219
 in a

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.519
 day.

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:29.119
 Your money

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.759
 is uncertain.

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.900
 Your property

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.679
 is uncertain.

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.739
 Your life,

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:33.500
 your tomorrow

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:35.239
 is uncertain,

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.839
 but the

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.480
 Lord who

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.199
 loves you

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.799
 and the

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.259
 Lord who

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.940
 provides for

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.380
 you every

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.039
 single day

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.759
 is a

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:42.599
 certainty.

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.679
 eternity.

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.480
 This is

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.159
 why the

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.679
 Christians all

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:49.960
 over the

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.480
 world have

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.940
 a habit of

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.659
 praying before

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.259
 their meals.

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.619
 It's not

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.179
 because it's a

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.739
 law that we

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.039
 have to

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.400
 observe,

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.880
 but because

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.239
 we're trying

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.659
 to remind

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:59.440
 ourselves that

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.199
 we can't even

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.940
 take this meal

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.579
 for granted.

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.460
 It's from

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.199
 the hand of

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.719
 the Lord.

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:07.039
 Are you

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.699
 worried about

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.920
 the economy

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.920
 or climate

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.680
 change or

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.860
 about wars?

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.720
 Don't eat

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.280
 the bread of

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.099
 anxious toil

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.639
 by worrying

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.240
 about tomorrow.

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.460
 Receive with

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.300
 thankfulness

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.240
 God's provision

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.960
 of bread for

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:23.360
 today and

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:24.680
 entrust tomorrow

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:25.700
 to Him as

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.000
 well.

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.639
 Lamentations

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.860
 3, 22-23

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.380
 says this,

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.159
 The steadfast

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.720
 love of the

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.800
 Lord never

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.300
 ceases.

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.039
 His mercies

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:36.000
 never come to

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.420
 an end.

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.340
 They are

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:39.260
 new every

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:40.099
 morning.

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.519
 Great is

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.680
 your

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.340
 faithfulness.

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.320
 This test

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.840
 of manna

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.360
 was also

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.260
 intended to

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:48.039
 teach the

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.760
 Israelites that

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.139
 there is

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.059
 something more

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.119
 fundamental to

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.780
 their survival

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.840
 than bread.

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.099
 Recalling

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.880
 God's provision

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.380
 of manna in

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.760
 the wilderness,

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.440
 Deuteronomy

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:58.220
 8-3 says

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:58.579
 this,

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.180
 And He

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.940
 humbled you

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.380
 and let you

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.059
 hunger and

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.720
 fed you with

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.099
 manna,

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.440
 which you

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.760
 did not

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.059
 know,

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.420
 nor did

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:04.900
 your fathers

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.220
 know,

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.119
 that He

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.700
 might make

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.360
 you know

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:08.579
 that man

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.280
 does not

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.120
 live by

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:11.079
 bread alone,

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.860
 but man

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.620
 lives by

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.940
 every word

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.680
 that comes

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:15.120
 from the

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.920
 mouth of

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.340
 the Lord.

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.740
 This is a

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.180
 very important

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.820
 lesson for us

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.160
 believers.

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:20.220
 There was

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.960
 something more

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.860
 basic to

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.880
 Israel's existence

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.900
 than bread.

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.860
 It was the

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.620
 word of God.

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.400
 His commands

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:28.260
 and His

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.900
 promises.

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.960
 The Lord

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.720
 has said

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.140
 that He

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.760
 would provide

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.400
 manna for

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.280
 them every

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:34.860
 morning,

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.740
 and it's

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.640
 that word

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:37.780
 that sustains

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.519
 the Israelites.

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.280
 It is

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:41.260
 short-sighted

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.539
 of the

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.059
 Israelites to

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.420
 try to

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:42.980
 cling to

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.740
 manna like

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.720
 their survival

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.519
 depends on

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.980
 it,

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.820
 when it is

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.400
 the Lord

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.019
 who supplies

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.519
 it morning

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.240
 by morning.

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.700
 Their

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:51.400
 survival does

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.820
 not depend

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.660
 on manna.

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:53.960
 Their

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.380
 survival

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.860
 depends on

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.340
 the Lord

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:56.280
 who supplies

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:56.599
 it.

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.720
 So they

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:59.140
 should cling

00:40:59.140 --> 00:40:59.780
 to Him.

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:00.440
 They should

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:00.800
 cling to

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.820
 His word.

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.180
 The wilderness

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.860
 is the

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.500
 training ground

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.760
 for the

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.059
 Israelites

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.519
 before they

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.980
 enter the

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.699
 promised land

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.300
 Canaan that

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:07.900
 flows with

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:08.760
 milk and

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:09.019
 honey.

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.760
 They must

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:10.400
 learn here

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.659
 in the

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.000
 wilderness

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.440
 that it

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.659
 is the

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.119
 Lord who

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.519
 provides

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.940
 for them

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:14.800
 that they

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.199
 don't provide

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.920
 for themselves.

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.460
 Christian

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.800
 brothers and

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.039
 sisters,

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.659
 are you more

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.340
 concerned about

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:22.059
 bread or

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.460
 about the

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.780
 word of

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.079
 God?

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.719
 Are you

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.280
 more concerned

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.900
 about having

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.539
 your needs

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.179
 and desires

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.440
 met than

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.119
 about knowing

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.940
 God and

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.039
 believing His

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.380
 word?

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.420
 God,

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:35.119
 if you're

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.820
 right with

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.280
 God,

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.260
 everything else

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.599
 will be

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.220
 rightly ordered

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.519
 in your

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:38.840
 life.

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.519
 If you

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.579
 seek God's

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.420
 kingdom first,

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.700
 all the

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.059
 things you

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.240
 need,

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.920
 He will

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.480
 add those

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.860
 things to

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.220
 you as

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.500
 well.

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.000
 In

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.619
 John 6,

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:52.980
 Jesus

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.740
 multiplies

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.559
 five barley

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:54.960
 loaves and

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.500
 two fish

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.920
 to feed

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:57.240
 5,000 men

00:41:57.240 --> 00:41:58.000
 and there's

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.360
 so much

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.780
 left over

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.059
 that they

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.559
 fill 12

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.500
 baskets with

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.400
 leftover crumbs

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.980
 of the barley

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.860
 loaves and

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.300
 after that

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.700
 miracle,

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.200
 a large

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:05.099
 crowd follows

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.500
 Him around

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.880
 and Jesus

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.340
 says to

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.579
 them,

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.119
 truly,

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.539
 truly,

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:08.200
 I say to

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.380
 you,

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.700
 you are

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:08.980
 seeking

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.340
 me,

00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:10.639
 not because

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.019
 you saw

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.559
 signs,

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:12.320
 but because

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.880
 you ate

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.539
 your fill

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:13.840
 of the

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.300
 loaves.

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.579
 Just like

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.079
 the Israelites

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.639
 in Moses'

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.000
 day,

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.900
 these Jews

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.900
 are fixating

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.860
 on bread

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.800
 rather than

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.480
 fixing their

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.160
 eyes on

00:42:23.160 --> 00:42:23.579
 the Lord.

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.139
 So Jesus

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.700
 tells them

00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:26.960
 that they

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.539
 should believe

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.079
 in Him

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.539
 whom God

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:28.980
 has sent.

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.400
 He's referring

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:29.920
 to Himself.

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:31.079
 And then the

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.900
 skeptics ask

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.320
 Jesus,

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:32.980
 then what

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.659
 sign do

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.079
 you do

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.380
 that we

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:34.740
 may see

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.139
 and believe

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.519
 you?

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.760
 What work

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.119
 do you

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.700
 perform?

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:39.099
 Our fathers

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.920
 ate manna

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.500
 in the wilderness.

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.380
 As it is

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.619
 written,

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:42.300
 He gave them

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.820
 bread from

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.180
 heaven to

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.440
 eat,

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:43.940
 and they

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.420
 had Moses

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.940
 in mind.

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.280
 But Jesus

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.960
 responds to

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.260
 them,

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:47.980
 truly,

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:48.460
 truly,

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.000
 I say to

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.159
 you,

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:49.539
 it was

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:50.480
 not Moses

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.599
 who gave

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.079
 you the

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.480
 bread from

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:52.760
 heaven,

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.480
 but my

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.579
 Father from

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.960
 heaven who

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.440
 gives.

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:56.720
 He said,

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.340
 my Father

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:57.740
 gives you

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:58.079
 the true

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.579
 bread from

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:58.900
 heaven.

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.639
 For the

00:42:59.639 --> 00:42:59.980
 bread of

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.460
 God is

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.840
 He who

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.519
 comes down

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.960
 from heaven

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.360
 and gives

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:03.019
 life to

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.519
 the world.

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.700
 At that

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:04.920
 point,

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.500
 the crowds

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.579
 think this

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.019
 bread is

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.480
 better than

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.880
 manna.

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.300
 They're like,

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.840
 we want

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.119
 some of

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.760
 that bread.

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:10.800
 Can you

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.079
 give us

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.700
 that bread

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:12.039
 instead?

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.200
 And then

00:43:13.200 --> 00:43:13.519
 Jesus'

00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:14.240
 response in

00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:14.680
 John 6,

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.119
 35,

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.860
 absolutely

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.639
 floors them.

00:43:16.680 --> 00:43:17.139
 He says,

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.660
 I am

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:20.200
 the bread

00:43:20.200 --> 00:43:20.840
 of life.

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:23.500
 whoever

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.039
 comes to

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:24.760
 me shall

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:24.960
 not

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.320
 hunger,

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.140
 and whoever

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.440
 believes

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.960
 in me

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.539
 shall

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.079
 never

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:29.059
 thirst.

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.220
 Jesus

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.700
 says at

00:43:31.700 --> 00:43:31.820
 the

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.079
 Last

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.320
 Supper

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:32.740
 that his

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:33.420
 body is

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:33.840
 what's

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:34.460
 broken for

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:34.600
 us.

00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:34.820
 He's the

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.120
 bread

00:43:35.120 --> 00:43:35.740
 broken for

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:36.059
 us to

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.380
 eat.

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.539
 He says

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:37.960
 later in

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.280
 that same

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.640
 chapter in

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:38.940
 John 6,

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.280
 51,

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.740
 that the

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:40.300
 bread that

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.820
 I will

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:41.300
 give for

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:41.700
 the life

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:41.860
 of the

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.160
 world is

00:43:42.160 --> 00:43:42.559
 my

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:43.440
 flesh.

00:43:44.100 --> 00:43:44.460
 Jesus

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.140
 is speaking

00:43:45.140 --> 00:43:45.640
 of his

00:43:45.640 --> 00:43:46.280
 impending

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:46.900
 death on

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.400
 the cross.

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.260
 He's going

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.640
 to give

00:43:48.640 --> 00:43:49.579
 his life,

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.599
 his body

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.980
 will be

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.279
 torn,

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.179
 his blood

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.539
 will be

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:52.840
 shed,

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.480
 so that he

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:54.059
 could be

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.779
 the bread

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.840
 of life,

00:43:56.139 --> 00:43:56.759
 the heavenly

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:57.159
 bread,

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.659
 the true

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:58.340
 heavenly bread

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:58.880
 that gives

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.900
 eternal life

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.840
 to all of

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:01.480
 his people.

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.019
 And that

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.500
 bread is

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.279
 more basic

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:04.679
 to our

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:05.159
 survival,

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:06.059
 more basic

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.639
 to our

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:07.659
 identity,

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.539
 more basic

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.179
 to our

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.779
 existence

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:11.239
 than even

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.840
 the bread

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.440
 we eat.

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.559
 Baguettes,

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.860
 I love

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.219
 bread,

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.900
 baguettes,

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:23.619
 croissants,

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.179
 pitas,

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.079
 tortillas,

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.360
 rice cakes,

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:27.679
 I love

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:28.119
 them all.

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:31.219
 But they

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:31.900
 only nourish

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.739
 us temporarily.

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:34.619
 We'll get

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.340
 hungry again.

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.500
 But Jesus,

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:38.960
 the bread

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.340
 of life,

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.799
 nourishes

00:44:39.799 --> 00:44:40.480
 us unto

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.239
 eternity,

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.759
 and we

00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.699
 will never

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:44.420
 hunger

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:45.099
 again.

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:47.819
 And how

00:44:47.819 --> 00:44:48.159
 do you eat

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:48.639
 this bread?

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.279
 Jesus gave

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:50.739
 us the answer

00:44:50.739 --> 00:44:51.159
 when he said,

00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:51.779
 I am the

00:44:51.779 --> 00:44:52.039
 bread of

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:52.219
 life.

00:44:52.279 --> 00:44:52.500
 He said,

00:44:52.799 --> 00:44:52.960
 whoever

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.819
 comes to

00:44:53.819 --> 00:44:54.539
 me shall

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.059
 not hunger,

00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:55.619
 whoever

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.539
 believes in

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.139
 me shall

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:57.940
 never thirst.

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.119
 You eat

00:44:59.119 --> 00:44:59.500
 the bread

00:44:59.500 --> 00:44:59.940
 of life

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.679
 by coming

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:01.199
 to Jesus.

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.319
 You eat

00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:02.579
 the bread

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:02.960
 of life

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:03.920
 by believing

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.440
 in Jesus.

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.639
 Faith is

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.159
 the hand

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:06.779
 and mouth

00:45:06.779 --> 00:45:07.319
 of our

00:45:07.319 --> 00:45:07.799
 souls,

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:08.340
 as we say

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:08.900
 sometimes in

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.319
 our communion

00:45:09.319 --> 00:45:09.819
 liturgy.

00:45:10.699 --> 00:45:11.440
 In Jesus,

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:12.239
 we see the

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:12.819
 Lord's

00:45:12.819 --> 00:45:13.480
 provision.

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.639
 In Jesus,

00:45:14.759 --> 00:45:15.400
 we see the

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:15.799
 Lord's

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:16.519
 faithfulness.

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:17.420
 In Jesus,

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:18.039
 we see the

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.500
 Lord's

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.139
 steadfast

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:19.719
 love.

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.900
 So let's

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.320
 quit our

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.639
 grumbling

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.360
 against God.

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:25.139
 Instead,

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:25.820
 find our

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.099
 daily

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:26.739
 sustenance

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:27.159
 in the

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:27.440
 bread of

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:27.759
 life.

00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:28.599
 Let's pray

00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:28.920
 together.

00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:29.019
 Amen.

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.639
 Oh Lord,

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:40.360
 only you

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:40.599
 could have

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.099
 imagined

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:42.280
 such a

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:42.659
 solution

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.139
 to our

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.619
 spiritual

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:44.119
 hunger.

00:45:47.279 --> 00:45:48.480
 Lord Jesus,

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:48.940
 the bread

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.599
 of life,

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:52.420
 you're so

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:53.039
 sweet

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:54.239
 to the

00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:54.759
 taste.

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:57.059
 When we

00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:57.759
 taste of

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:57.980
 you,

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.480
 we taste

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.079
 and see

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.759
 that the

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.420
 Lord is

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:00.960
 good.

00:46:04.779 --> 00:46:05.839
 So much

00:46:05.839 --> 00:46:06.339
 better

00:46:06.339 --> 00:46:07.139
 than

00:46:07.139 --> 00:46:07.719
 manna

00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:08.019
 in the

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:08.339
 wilderness,

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:08.900
 so much

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:10.039
 better than

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.519
 the way

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:10.900
 bread of

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:11.359
 the elves

00:46:11.359 --> 00:46:11.559
 and

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.219
 ambrosia

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.519
 of

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:12.940
 Greek

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.259
 and

00:46:13.259 --> 00:46:14.099
 Roman

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:14.759
 mythologies.

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.079
 Lord,

00:46:15.139 --> 00:46:15.519
 this is

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.019
 truly

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:17.920
 the

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.239
 bread

00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:18.460
 from

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:18.800
 heaven.

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.880
 Lord

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.259
 Jesus,

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:23.820
 we cling

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.239
 to you.

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:26.039
 We

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:26.460
 believe

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:26.860
 in you.

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.079
 Thank you

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:29.380
 for the

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.820
 gift of

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:30.239
 life you

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:30.599
 have given

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:30.980
 us.

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:33.759
 Sustain

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.179
 us to

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:34.480
 the end

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:34.699
 of our

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:35.000
 days.

00:46:35.619 --> 00:46:36.099
 For

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.619
 your glory.

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:37.679
 In

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:37.920
 Jesus'

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.320
 name we

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.539
 pray.

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:39.460
 Amen.