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 and in Peru. So it can be doctors, nurses, medics can go and work on our medical ships,

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 or if you're just not medically gifted or you're not a medical professional, you can go to Tanzania

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 and Peru to work with our construction teams building homes for orphans and children who

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 have lost their parents through HIV and AIDS, and also we're working with children in Peru

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 who are street children or vulnerable children. So that's the sort of the work that Vine Trust

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 has been involved in for the last 30 years.

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 Fantastic, and at least a couple from our church have been out to Peru, and indeed one came back with a very special friendship from it.

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 Kenny, what do you do? What is your role within the Vine Trust?

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 Yeah, well, my job title is Programmes Manager, which is very vague, and that's just to cover a multitude of different activities.

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 Predominantly, my role is to be the link between the projects we have in Peru and Tanzania and the Vine Trust,

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 so I'm the person that's chasing them up for reports, getting on their backs for different things,

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 but also it's to what we call capacity building. Sounds very fancy, doesn't it? It's all about helping and equipping our partners in Peru and Tanzania

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 to develop their skills and abilities to help the projects develop.

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 Fantastic, thanks very much. And just anything particularly we can pray for for Vine Trust yourself at the moment?

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 Yeah, please pray for the new health project we have in Tanzania.

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 We had a medical ship taken away from Greenock all the way to Lake Victoria, and we're now in the final stages of getting that up and running,

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 hopefully in the month of March, and we're working with the African Indian Church to be using that to reach out to the island communities,

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 so that's one thing to pray for. And also please pray for the work that's going on in Peru.

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 We're looking to develop the health work we've got there going there too, to reach more and more communities,

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 and we're working with Scripture Union there, so just please pray for those two parts in particular.

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 Fantastic. Let me just pray for both the work of Vine Trust and Kenny to come to speak to us now.

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 Our Father, we thank you that here in Edinburgh we can partner with those around the world.

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 We thank you with those who are actively involved and serve you in that way.

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 We thank you for Kenny's work with Vine Trust, and we do pray for him as he coordinates things,

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 as he holds things together, if you really give them wisdom and help in that.

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 We pray for the work in Tanzania. We thank you for this exciting new project.

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 We pray for the work that will enable them to reach many more in the motor parks, in the islands and so on,

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 and they'll be a real blessing for you.

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 We pray for the ongoing work in Peru as well, and as they will seek to reach further

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 and to tell people that the Lord Jesus will provide for their medical needs.

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 We pray that you will grant safety, that you will grant good care with the people,

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 and that your world will really spread out and have wonderful effect,

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 even as people's bodies too are healed.

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 We thank you for your presence with us this morning, and we quickly commit Kenny to you now

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 as he brings us your words, that what you have shown to him, he will be able to present to us clearly,

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 and that you will speak through him, and that we will be listeners and hearers and doers of the words.

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 We commit ourselves to you in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 Well, good morning.

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 It is a real privilege to share from God's word with you this morning,

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 but before we turn to God's word, I just want to say on behalf of the family,

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 thank you to Brunsfield for the way you've welcomed them.

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 We felt very welcome as soon as we walked through the door.

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 We had about five or six people welcoming us in the first five or six minutes,

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 and I said, the clouds are amazing.

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 We felt so welcome since we walked in the door,

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 and over the last, well, it was an Easter Sunday last year that we came for the first time.

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 So it's just about a year, but we felt so welcomed here,

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 and we just want to thank you for the way you've accepted us into the church family.

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 We thank you for your patience with us as well.

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 It's been quite a process for us as we've settled into life here in Scotland.

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 When we arrived back on the plane in July 2013,

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 we thought we were going back to Bolivia in January 2014,

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 but God had different plans for us completely,

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 and by November of that year, I had a new job with the Vine Trust,

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 and I had to go back to Bolivia myself and sell the house

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 and move all the things around and come back with three suitcases of things.

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 And God really has blessed us as we've settled back in,

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 but it's been a challenge.

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 So we thank you for your patience with us, for your prayers, for your concern,

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 for your encouragement. It's really a real blessing to us as a family.

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 As I say, it's been a real challenge, but also a real blessing during this time

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 to have settled back into life in Scotland.

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 I left Scotland at the age of 23,

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 and I was out to Bolivia 15 years.

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 So you can work out how roughly how old I am.

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 I'm not as old as I look, going by the hair.

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 But it's amazing having spent all that amount of time outside of Scotland

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 how little really I knew of my own country.

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 And it's been a real pleasure to me to find out more about Scotland

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 and do it with my family as well.

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 One of the things we love to do as a family is go out and explore.

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 And I must admit that part of that motivation is to find new things,

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 but also I have three children.

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 And if any of you have seen or know our three children,

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 or at least I've heard our three children,

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 they have boundless energy.

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 And often on Saturday it's the plan.

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 The question I ask each other is,

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 where are we going today?

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 Where can we go so the kids can burn up so energy

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 and they'll sleep this evening?

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 And so we often go to the beach.

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 And North Berwick Beach,

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 that's a picture of North Berwick Beach,

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 is one of our favourite places.

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 We also love Yellow Craigs Beach.

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 I don't know if anyone's ever been to these places.

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 Great places not too far from here.

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 And the places we go and we've got to know really well

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 just by enjoying the scenery

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 and just walking along the beach.

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 But what we've found as a family

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 is often we'd go walking for long distances

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 and get to know the area in a very general sort of way.

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 But sometimes the visits we enjoyed most

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 is we would go to a certain part of the beach

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 and just stop and start looking down.

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 And often you'll see the whole family on the beach

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 when we were down and hunched down,

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 looking and picking up tiny little shells.

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 And we have a collection of different shells and stones

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 that we've collected from all over different parts of Scotland.

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 Really enjoying seeing some of the smaller details

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 in this beautiful large landscape.

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 And that image came to my mind

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 as I turned to this passage we're looking at today

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 in Exodus chapter 11 and 12.

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 It's a passage which for many people here today

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 it'll be very familiar.

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 You'll have heard many times.

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 Maybe as you came up through Sunday school

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 you'll have heard this story over and over again.

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 And the problem with that is when we know something

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 we think we know something so well

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 and become so familiar with it

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 sometimes we can lose the small details.

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 And my prayer has been that as we

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 turn to these chapters today

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 as we turn to this story today

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 that maybe there's something

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 we just jump out of the page

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 from God's word to you today.

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 It happened to me a few weeks ago

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 when we were in Exodus chapter 5.

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 And we read these words.

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 It said, this is Pharaoh speaking.

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 He said,

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 Who is the Lord that I should obey him?

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 I've read that chapter I don't know how many times.

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 But that question he asked Pharaoh,

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 Who is the Lord that I should obey him?

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 And that link between knowing and obeying

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 nearly come to my mind.

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 And what also jumped to me from the page

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 was that Moses didn't answer.

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 He let God answer that question.

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 And my prayer this morning is that

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 as we turn to God's word

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 and we would have that question

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 maybe in our minds,

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 Who is the Lord?

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 Who is he to me?

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 Because I think this chapter 11 and chapter 12

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 really speak to us in a powerful way

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 about who this true God is.

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 And there wouldn't be that you would hear me speaking

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 this morning.

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 In the same way that Moses just

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 ignored the question altogether

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 and let God answer it.

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 I hope this morning as we look,

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 turn to God's word

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 that God will really speak to your hearts

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 as we go through his words.

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 Last week John was going through

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 the last nine of the ten plagues.

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 And we now come to the final plague,

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 probably the most gruesome of all.

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 And chapter 11 and chapter 12,

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 chapter 12 in particular,

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 it's like a list of instructions

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 when you read through it for the first time.

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 Now, we men have a bad reputation

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 when it comes to instructions.

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 And if my wife asked me

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 about me reading instructions,

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 not often the first thing that I do

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 when we buy something,

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 not even in the Ikea flat pack furniture,

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 have a go first of all,

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 and it doesn't work,

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 then you turn to the instructions.

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 Before it used to be asking directions in the car.

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 Men on the doors were not asking directions too.

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 Now we have GPS.

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 So we no longer don't listen to the people

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 in the neighborhood where to go to.

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 We now don't listen to the GPS

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 where it's telling us where to go to.

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 And we argue with the GPS.

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 Well, I do anyway.

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 Have a running battle.

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 Turn right?

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 No, I'm turning left.

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 Turn right?

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 No, I'm turning left.

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 And that is the way it goes.

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 But this chapter here,

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 11 and 12,

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 12 in particular,

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 is a list of instructions

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 that we really need to turn to

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 and listen to.

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 And I'd like God to apply those truths

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 to our hearts.

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 These are sort of multi-layered,

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 multi-purposed instructions

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 that we have here

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 in this part of God's words.

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 In chapter 11,

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 we read in verse 1,

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 it says there'll be,

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 God tells Moses there'll be

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 one more plague.

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 One more plague.

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 So God is making it very clear

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 here to Moses

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 and to all the Israelites,

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 this is the end of the plagues.

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 And then in verse 2,

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 we read something

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 which is maybe unusual

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 in the context

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 when we're reading through this.

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 It says here,

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 verse 2 of chapter 11,

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 tell the people

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 that men and women alike

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 are to ask their neighbours

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 for articles of silver and gold.

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 It seems like a very strange instruction

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 right in the middle

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 of all these plagues here.

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 Tell the people

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 that men and women alike

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 are to ask their neighbours

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 for articles of silver and gold.

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 And here we have this unusual,

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 what seems to be a usual instruction by God,

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 but actually God is linking this back,

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 what's about to happen,

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 to something that happened

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 many, many years ago.

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 In Genesis chapter 15,

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 in verse 14,

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 we read this,

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 when God's speaking to Abraham,

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 the father of the Israel nation,

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 he says,

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 I will punish the nation

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 they serve as slaves

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 and afterwards

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 they will come out

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 with great possessions.

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 I will punish the nation

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 they serve as slaves

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 and afterwards

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 they will come out

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 with great possessions.

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 So here we have God

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 instructing them

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 to ask for possessions.

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 And by giving this instruction

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 very clearly here,

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 he's linking this back

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 to a promise

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 and a statement

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 he made to Abraham

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 many, many years ago.

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 So what is about to happen

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 is not something

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 sort of random thing,

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 it's not something

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 which is just happening,

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 it is part of a divine plan.

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 This is God's plan

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 for the Israelites,

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 something that was planned

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 many, many years beforehand.

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 So when Pharaoh is asking,

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 who is the Lord?

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 We find that here,

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 he is about to declare to Egypt

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 and leave them

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 without any doubt at all,

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 they are dealing

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 with the eternal,

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 all-powerful God

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 who is in control

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 of everything

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 from the past

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 and the present

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 and into the future.

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 And in this demonstration

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 of his power

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 and this declaration

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 of who he is

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 will go even further

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 than Egypt at that time.

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 Later on,

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 when you read about

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 the Israelites

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 going to the promised land

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 and when the spies

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 meet with Rahab

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 in Jericho,

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 we read this

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 in Joshua chapter 2,

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 he says,

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 she says this,

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 we have heard

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 how the Lord

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 dried up the water

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 of the Red Sea

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 for you

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 when you came out

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 of Egypt.

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 When we heard of it,

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 our hearts melted

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 and everyone's courage

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 failed because of you.

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 For the Lord,

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 your God,

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 is God in heaven above

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 and on earth below.

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 Who is the Lord?

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 He is the all-powerful God

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 in control of everything,

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 past, present

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 and future.

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 So this last plague,

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 a horrific plague,

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 we're going to read

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 from verses 4 to 8

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 in chapter 11.

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 It says,

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 so Moses,

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 verse 4,

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 this is what the Lord says,

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 about midnight

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 I will go throughout Egypt.

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 Every firstborn son

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 in Egypt will die

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 from the firstborn son

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 of Pharaoh

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 who sits on the throne

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 to the firstborn son

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 of the male slave

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 who is at her mill hand

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 and all the firstborn

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 of the cattle as well.

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 There will be a loud

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 wailing throughout Egypt

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 worse than there ever

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 has been or will ever be again.

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 Among the Israelites

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 not a dog will bark

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 at any person or animal.

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 Then you will know

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 that the Lord

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 who makes a distinction

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 between Egypt

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 and Israel.

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 All these officials of yours

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 will come to me

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 bowing down before me

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 and saying,

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 go,

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 you and all the people

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 who follow you,

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 after that I will leave.

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 Then Moses,

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 hot with anger,

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 left Pharaoh.

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 It's a horrific plague.

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 As I say,

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 we often read these words

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 and we've heard them

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 so often before

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 that we may become numb

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 to this last plague.

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 It is the death

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 of the firstborn

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 of these families.

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 A truly tragic

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 and horrific plague.

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 I wonder if you can

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 just,

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 in your minds,

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 just try and imagine

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 something similar

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 happening today.

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 The firstborn

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 of every family

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 and even in the cattle

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 dying

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 just overnight.

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 But we see

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 in what is to follow

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 in chapter 12

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 and it's highlighted here

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 that it says

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 that God will make

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 a distinction

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 between Egypt

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 and Israel

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 but God had instructions.

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 He had plans

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 and some guidance

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 for them

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 so they could avoid

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 being struck down

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 by this horrible plague.

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 And reading through

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 chapter 12,

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 I think there are

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 three things

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 that we can see

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 from these instructions.

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 First of all,

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 these are practical instructions.

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 Practical instructions

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 to save them

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 from the final plague.

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 what the Israelites

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 had to do

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 at that time.

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 Then they have

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 a remembrance element.

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 In God's instructions

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 he says

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 that they are

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 to have a festival

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 into the future

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 to remind them

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 of what God

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 has done for them.

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 And also these instructions

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 are symbolic.

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 And what I want to focus

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 more time on

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 this morning

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 is just how

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 what we see here

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 in these instructions

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 that God gives to them

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 that there is

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 an outline

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 or a glimpse

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 of God's

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 great salvation plan.

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 Not just for the Israelites,

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 not just for one nation,

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 but for all humanity.

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 In chapter 12

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 in verse 1 and 2

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 it says this,

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 The Lord said to Moses

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 in Egypt,

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 This month is to be

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 for you

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 the first month

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 the first month

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 of your year.

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 So here we have God

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.299
 outlining

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 a new calendar.

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 Changing the whole

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 structure of their lives

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 even from when

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 their calendar

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 the year starts.

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 This is a momentous occasion

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 that God is saying

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 this is a new stage

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 in your lives

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 a new phase

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 in your walk

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 with me.

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 So much so that

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 I'm going to change

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 the whole calendar

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 and you're going to

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 start every year

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 remembering

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 what I have done

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 in your lives.

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 These are practical

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 instructions.

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 Verses 3 to 11

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 in chapter 12

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 says,

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 Tell the whole community

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 of Israel

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 that on the tenth

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 year of this month

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 each man is to

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 take a lamb

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 for his family

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 one for each household.

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 If any household

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 is too small

00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:53.759
 for a whole lamb

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 they must share one

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 with their nearest neighbor

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 having taken into account

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 the number of people

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 there are.

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 You are to determine

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 the amount of lamb

00:15:00.619 --> 00:15:01.459
 in accordance

00:15:01.459 --> 00:15:02.500
 with what each person

00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.439
 will eat.

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 The animals you choose

00:15:05.119 --> 00:15:05.919
 must be year old

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.699
 males without defect

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 and you may take them

00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:08.639
 from the sheep

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.239
 or the goats.

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 Take care of them

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:12.040
 until the fourteenth day

00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:12.600
 of the month

00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:14.320
 when all the members

00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.840
 of the community

00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:15.240
 of Israel

00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:16.379
 must slaughter them

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:18.040
 at twilight.

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 Then you are to

00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.399
 take some of the blood

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 and put it on the sides

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 and tops of the door frames

00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:23.180
 of the houses

00:15:23.180 --> 00:15:25.240
 where they eat the lambs.

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 That same night

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:28.040
 they are to eat the meat

00:15:28.040 --> 00:15:28.960
 roasted over fire

00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.980
 along with bitter herbs

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:31.420
 and bread made

00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:32.759
 without yeast.

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.320
 Do not eat the meat

00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.820
 raw or boiled in water

00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:37.900
 but roasted over a fire

00:15:37.900 --> 00:15:38.940
 with the head, legs

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 and internal organs.

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 Do not leave

00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:41.079
 any of it

00:15:41.079 --> 00:15:41.719
 until morning.

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:43.120
 If some is left

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:43.559
 until morning

00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:44.419
 you must burn it.

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 This is how you are

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:45.919
 to eat it

00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.980
 with your cloak

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.959
 tucked into your belt

00:15:47.959 --> 00:15:48.939
 your sandals on your feet

00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:50.000
 your staff in your hands.

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 Eat it in haste.

00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:53.899
 It is the Lord's Passover.

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 There is always a bit

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:55.819
 of a worry

00:15:55.819 --> 00:15:56.240
 when you are sharing

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:56.879
 from God's Word

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.240
 when it is talking

00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.740
 about food

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.819
 and roasting food.

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 It is so close

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 to lunchtime.

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 I hope the stomachs

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 are not rumbling too much

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.600
 and hopefully not

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.299
 be too much longer

00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.980
 so you can get away

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.679
 and have that lunch

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.699
 but especially having

00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:06.240
 roast lamb

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.439
 for dinner today.

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.500
 But these are

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:10.039
 very, very specific

00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.919
 instructions God

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.840
 is giving to them.

00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.519
 On the tenth day

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.320
 I take a lamb

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:18.299
 one for each household.

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 It is to be a year old lawn

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.840
 without any defect at all.

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:23.259
 On the fourteenth day

00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.299
 they are to sacrifice

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.679
 that one at twilight.

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 They are to paint blood

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.820
 on the door frames

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 and then they are to roast

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:30.919
 not boil

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.019
 but roast the lamb

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:34.279
 eat it with bitter herbs

00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:35.899
 eat bread without yeast

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:37.399
 and then eat

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.000
 or burn

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:39.019
 all the leftovers

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:40.539
 and be dressed

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.340
 ready to go

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:42.439
 and eat quickly.

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.179
 Very, very specific

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.220
 instructions that God

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.980
 has put in place

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:47.019
 for them.

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.840
 But if they are complete

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.019
 and do what God

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.419
 has said

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:51.379
 and if they obey

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.980
 then verse 13

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.740
 says this

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:55.240
 The blood will be

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:56.179
 a sign for you

00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:56.799
 on the houses

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.559
 where you are

00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:59.259
 and when I see the blood

00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.360
 this is God speaking

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.759
 I will pass over you.

00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.740
 No destructive plague

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.440
 will touch you

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.900
 when I strike Egypt.

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.400
 What God is saying is

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.400
 here are some

00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.440
 specific instructions

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.839
 if you obey

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:16.360
 then when I see the blood

00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:17.620
 I will pass over you

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.940
 and my destructive hand

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.720
 will not touch

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.559
 your family.

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.799
 Practical instructions.

00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.180
 But these also have

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:26.259
 instructions for remembrance

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.579
 into the future.

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.640
 In verse 14

00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.079
 it says

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.419
 this is a day

00:17:32.419 --> 00:17:33.799
 you are to commemorate

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:35.619
 for the generations

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.279
 to come

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.759
 you shall celebrate it

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.539
 as a festival

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.339
 to the Lord

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:41.839
 a lasting ordinance.

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:43.419
 And in verse 25

00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:44.179
 it says this

00:17:44.179 --> 00:17:45.480
 when you enter the land

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.899
 God is looking

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.559
 into the future

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.679
 when you enter the land

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 the Lord will give you

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 as he promised

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 observe this ceremony

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 and when your children

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 ask you

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 what does this ceremony

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 mean to you

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 then tell them

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 it is the Passover

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 sacrifice to the Lord

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 who passed over the houses

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 of the Israelites

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 and spared our homes

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 when he struck down

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 the Egyptians.

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 So it's a new calendar

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 some specific instructions

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 to save themselves

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 from the destruction

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 of the final plague

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 but also a reminder

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 a festival

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 which God starts

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 to help them

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 to reflect

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 on what he has done

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 and help them

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 to worship too.

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 and it's to be passed down

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 from generation

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 to generation.

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 When we're driving

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 in the car

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 going anywhere

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 doesn't matter

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 where we're going

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 we can go to Tesco

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 in the shops

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 or Sainsbury's

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 wherever

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 it's always daddy

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 and then there's a question

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 daddy why is this

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 and daddy's why that

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 and I'm going

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 you've got your mum

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 sitting here too

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 she can answer

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 some questions too.

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 Kids are generally

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 inquisitive

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 well mine are anyway

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 always asking why

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 why is this

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 why is that

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 and God is saying

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 when you're

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 when you're celebrating

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 this festival

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 in the future

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 and your children

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 will ask you

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 because that's what children do

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 why

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 then you can tell them

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 what God did for you

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 in the past

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 because in years to come

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 that generation

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 was no longer

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 good to be there

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 and as humans

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 we have this tendency

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 to forget

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 we're great at forgetting

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 what's happened

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 in the past

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 and what God wants to do

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 is make sure

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 that the next generation

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 the next generation

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 the generations to come

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 will know

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 who God is

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 and what he has done

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 for them

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 but this Passover

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 isn't just practical

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 it's just for remembrance

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 but it's also symbolic

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 and I want to pick out

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 just very quickly

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 some

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 some

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 symbols here

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 in this

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 passage

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 which speak to us

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 about God's

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 great wonderful

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 salvation plan

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 not just as a

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 for one nation

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 not just for one night

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 but for

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 for all humanity

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 forever

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 it describes

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 at the beginning

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 of Genesis

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 when we started

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 this study

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 a number of weeks ago

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 right at the beginning

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 we find out

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 these Israelites

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 this family

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 who'd been invited

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 to Egypt

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 invited as guests

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 were no longer guests

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 they were now living

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 as slaves

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 and it says in verse

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 23 of chapter 2

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 that they cried

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 for help

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 they cried for help

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 why?

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 because

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 they were completely

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 powerless

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 to overthrow

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 the Egyptian rulers

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 their overlords

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 they had no power

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 to get rid of them

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 at all

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 and this is an example

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 of where we are

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 the Bible clearly

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 illustrates and tells us

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 that we are also slaves

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 in Romans chapter 6

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 it talks about

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 we are slaves

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 to sin

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 that sin

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 controls our lives

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 our thoughts

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 our actions

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 our motives

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 our desires

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 we are controlled

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 by it

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 and our destiny

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 is shaped

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 by the sin

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 and we are

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 completely powerless

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 under our own strength

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 to do anything

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 at all

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 about this

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 when I was

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 growing up

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 as a kid

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 there was only

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 one television program

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 worth watching

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 as far as I was concerned

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 it was the 18

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 now my daughter

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 Ella's daughter

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 Emma saw this picture

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 and she says

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 who are they?

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 I was shocked

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 I thought

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 what have I been doing

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 what education

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 have I been giving

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 to my children

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 they have no idea

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 who the 18 is

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 whatsoever

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 I wanted to be

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 that gentleman

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 there on the right hand side

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 B.A. Barakas

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 he was my favourite

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 I wanted to be like

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 B.A. Barakas

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 I have kind of like

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 the reverse Mohican

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 going on now

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 instead of the

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 but he was my hero

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 he was a big tough guy

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 and even

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 I'm sure you must have

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 most of you seen

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 the A team

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 at some time

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 they were always

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 these guys are running away

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 from the police

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 and from the army

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 and they'd be

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 always holed up

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 somewhere in a warehouse

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 and it looked like

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 everything was lost

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 and all of a sudden

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 because there was guys

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.040
 these guys were geniuses

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 they could get

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 this old bit of metal

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.040
 from here

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 and this old bit of metal

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 from there

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 and they would put together

00:21:41.780 --> 00:21:42.320
 a tank

00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:43.360
 from absolutely nothing

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 it's ridiculous

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.960
 I actually turned around

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 it's true

00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:46.500
 I actually watched an episode

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 a couple of years ago

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.380
 I thought

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.140
 why on earth

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 did I watch this again

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 it was completely ridiculous

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.320
 but they

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 through their own

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 just sort of

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.900
 genius

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.759
 were able to save themselves

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 from a helpless situation

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 and sometimes

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 of course

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.259
 we don't run

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.000
 in warehouses

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.720
 making tanks

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.380
 to escape from

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.320
 helpless situations

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.820
 in our own life

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 but we think

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.900
 that sometimes

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.980
 when problems

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.900
 arrive in our lives

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.640
 that through our own

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:10.040
 maybe cleverness

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.700
 through our own skills

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.259
 and our money

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.779
 and ability

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.319
 and influence

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.319
 we try to influence

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.839
 situations

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.480
 to escape from the problems

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.480
 that appear in our lives

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:19.659
 but this passage

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:21.059
 this book of Exodus

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.099
 and the whole Passover

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.039
 and what happens here

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:24.519
 clearly illustrates this to us

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.500
 in a symbolic way

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.460
 that there is one problem

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:28.079
 we can do absolutely nothing about

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.339
 under our own power

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:30.819
 and that is sin

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:32.399
 it doesn't matter

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.079
 how smart

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 how clever

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 how wealthy

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.359
 or powerful you are

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:37.920
 there is nothing you can do

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.800
 to escape from

00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:39.700
 the problem

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.580
 of sin

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:42.300
 and this Passover

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.600
 teaches in a symbolic way

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.100
 that freedom

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:45.320
 from the slavery

00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:45.800
 of sin

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:47.680
 is God's initiative

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.500
 it is God's plan

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:51.180
 it is through God's power

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.000
 and it is through

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.880
 God's grace

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:54.980
 see God didn't save

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.600
 the Israelites

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:57.259
 from the slavery

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.800
 in Egypt

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:59.340
 because they were worth it

00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:00.200
 because I'm worth it

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.779
 like the advert says

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.400
 on television

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.900
 it wasn't because

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.740
 they had done something

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.360
 that justified

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.200
 or made God

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.060
 want to do it for them

00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:06.500
 it was because

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.720
 God's grace

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.420
 he wanted to

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.480
 save them

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.680
 from slavery

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.700
 in Egypt

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.500
 and then we have

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.299
 the image

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.279
 of the lamb

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:18.500
 this was to be

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.019
 sacrificed

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.480
 in place

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.259
 or in substitute

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:23.140
 for the firstborn

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 it was to be a lamb

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.259
 without defect

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.740
 and here we have

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.819
 such a beautiful picture

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.859
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.319
 do we not

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:32.339
 he who was without sin

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:34.119
 he who gave his life

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:35.500
 as a sacrifice

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.519
 as a substitute

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.460
 for us

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.000
 John the Baptist

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.119
 when he saw Jesus coming

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.460
 he said

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.839
 look

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.980
 the lamb

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.920
 of God

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.779
 who takes away

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.839
 the sin

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:46.799
 of the world

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 one of my favourite

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.759
 bible commentators

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 is a man called

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.339
 Warren Wearsby

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.900
 he's tremendous

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.819
 way of opening up

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.259
 God's word

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.920
 in simple ways

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.519
 for people who are

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.079
 simple like me

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.799
 can understand

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:58.299
 and he turns

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.980
 to these verses

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.940
 of verse 3

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.680
 to verse 5

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.720
 of Genesis

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.620
 of Exodus

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.360
 and he says here

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.819
 he points out

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.319
 three things

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.880
 in verse 3

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 it says

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.400
 each man

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.079
 is to take

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.720
 a lamb

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 and then in verse 4

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 he says

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 according to what

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 each can eat

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 you shall make

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 your count

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 for the lamb

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 and then in verse 5

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 he says

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 your lamb

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 shall be

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 without blemish

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 and he points out

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.500
 the progression

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 here that is

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 from a lamb

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 to the lamb

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 to your lamb

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 to general

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 to specific

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 to personal

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 and he points out

00:24:37.040 --> 00:24:37.720
 that this

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.400
 this image

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 of the lamb

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 becoming something

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 very general

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 to specific

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 and then to personal

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 is also the plan

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 that God has

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 for our lives

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:47.000
 towards the lamb

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 of God

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.600
 Jesus Christ

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:50.060
 he should be

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:50.680
 no longer just

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 a lamb

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 he would then move

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 to the lamb

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 of God

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 and then our lamb

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 or my lamb

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 of God

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 this wonderful

00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.379
 progression here

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.539
 because God

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.479
 wants Jesus Christ

00:25:02.479 --> 00:25:03.219
 to become personal

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:04.419
 to each one of us

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:05.479
 we're talking about

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:06.359
 the study in John

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 chapter 17

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 this week

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 from the young people

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.779
 of the day away

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 John 17 verse 3

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 gives us a wonderful

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.259
 definition of what

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.240
 eternal life is

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 it says

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 now this is

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.599
 eternal life

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 definition

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:20.099
 that you may know

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:21.119
 the one true God

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:23.439
 and Jesus Christ

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.759
 whom he has sent

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.659
 the eternal life

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.500
 which God has to offer

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.019
 each one of us

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.779
 is a personal

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.619
 relationship

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.720
 with God

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.180
 from a lamb

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 to the lamb

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 to my lamb

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 and then there's

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.500
 the blood

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 which we've been

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.740
 singing about

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.700
 in many of the songs

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.299
 this morning

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:42.940
 that people

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.460
 would understand

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.440
 clearly that blood

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.019
 was a symbol

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.900
 of life

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.920
 in the book

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.940
 of Deuteronomy

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 we read

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.200
 the blood

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:51.240
 is the life

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 the blood

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.519
 is the life

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 I wonder

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.579
 what the Egyptians

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.220
 were thinking

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.940
 as they saw

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:58.059
 these Israelites

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.539
 slaughtering a lamb

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 at twilight

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.519
 and all of a sudden

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.119
 starting to paint

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.639
 their doors

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:03.119
 with lamb's blood

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.599
 it must have been

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.460
 a shocking

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.660
 a worrying

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.339
 image to see

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.359
 but this painting

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.859
 of blood

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.960
 onto their door frames

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.980
 was an act

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.319
 of faith

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.980
 how on earth

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.980
 can just by painting

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.359
 blood onto a door frame

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.000
 save you from

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.200
 your firstborn

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.039
 dying

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:22.079
 but the thing is

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.720
 you have to understand

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.839
 that this simple

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.759
 blood of a lamb

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.700
 the power was in

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.639
 what God understood

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.839
 that lamb to represent

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.220
 that that blood

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.940
 being painted

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.740
 there was an act

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.299
 of faith

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.359
 an act of obedience

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.399
 an act of trust

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:36.119
 and that that blood

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.700
 of that lamb

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.740
 was to be in place

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.460
 or that sacrifice

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.359
 that lamb was in place

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.359
 of the firstborn

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.159
 in that household

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:43.639
 and that blood

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.639
 there was nothing else

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.240
 they can do

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.920
 there was no other way

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.720
 there was no other

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.220
 instruction

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.740
 just the blood

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.440
 of the lamb

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.440
 on the doorpost

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.160
 that's what they were

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.559
 to do

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.359
 and because God

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.859
 says when I see

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.160
 the blood

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.819
 I will pass

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.960
 over

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.880
 this is a wonderful

00:26:57.880 --> 00:27:00.279
 symbolic expression

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.019
 of what Jesus Christ

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.599
 has done for us

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.519
 his blood

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.839
 that covers us

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.779
 and our sin

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.660
 so that God

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.259
 passes over us

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.940
 he sees his

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.859
 son's blood

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.620
 that was shared

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:08.980
 on the cross

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.380
 for us

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.420
 and we no longer

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.220
 receive the punishment

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.299
 that we deserve

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.920
 in Ephesians chapter 1

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.279
 verse 7

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.480
 it says

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.339
 in him

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.059
 in Jesus Christ

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.579
 we have

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.480
 redemption

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.680
 through his

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.440
 blood

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.940
 the forgiveness

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.779
 of our sins

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.299
 according to the

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.600
 riches

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:25.440
 of his grace

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.779
 again

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.940
 because of his

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.779
 grace

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.880
 in the same way

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.200
 that Israelites

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.840
 did not deserve

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.920
 to be forgiven

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.860
 and to be pardoned

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.660
 from this final plague

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.640
 we do not deserve

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.660
 to be pardoned either

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:36.019
 but it's from God's grace

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.000
 that he

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.519
 forgives us

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:40.380
 so Jesus Christ

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.820
 is our

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.820
 Passover

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.700
 lamb

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.600
 this Passover

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.279
 passage is not just

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.220
 about a new calendar

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.539
 it's not just about

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.400
 salvation from the

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.059
 tenth plague

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.919
 it's not just the

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.519
 introduction of a

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.099
 new festival

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.960
 that they are to

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.359
 celebrate

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.539
 but points us to

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.039
 very clearly

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.720
 the

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.200
 Passover

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.079
 lamb

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.819
 Jesus Christ

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.859
 his life

00:27:58.859 --> 00:28:00.220
 his death

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.519
 his sacrifice

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.440
 once and for all

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.539
 his

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.639
 victory

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:06.319
 you see

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.879
 that is the only

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.200
 way

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.700
 to salvation

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.240
 is to do

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.299
 to come before God

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.399
 and trust in him

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.399
 and receive what

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.779
 Jesus Christ

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.399
 done for us

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.780
 in faith

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:17.820
 and when

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:19.360
 they did this

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:19.780
 it says

00:28:19.780 --> 00:28:20.820
 here

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:21.780
 it is the

00:28:21.780 --> 00:28:22.160
 Passover

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.680
 sacrifice

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.320
 to the Lord

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:23.980
 who passed

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.500
 over the

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.900
 houses of

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.280
 Israelites

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:26.100
 in Egypt

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.700
 and spared

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.160
 our homes

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.460
 when he

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.080
 struck down

00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:29.000
 the Egyptians

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.440
 when Moses

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.519
 explains these

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.980
 things to the

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.280
 people

00:28:31.280 --> 00:28:32.060
 what was the

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.460
 response

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.759
 when they

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.100
 heard this

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.440
 message

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.840
 it says

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.620
 then the

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.560
 people bowed

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:35.820
 down

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:37.820
 and worshipped

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:39.060
 bowed down

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.780
 and worshipped

00:28:39.780 --> 00:28:40.000
 it was the

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.380
 only true

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.900
 response

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.880
 and understanding

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.220
 fully

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.540
 that as they

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.080
 were grasping

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.419
 what God

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:43.759
 was about

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.059
 to do

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.439
 for them

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.859
 their

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.279
 response

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.659
 was

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.299
 worship

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.199
 and that

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:47.439
 should be

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:47.659
 our

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.119
 response

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.699
 this

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.059
 morning

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.339
 that as we

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.740
 understand

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.079
 and appreciate

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.480
 what God

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.759
 has done

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.039
 for us

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.359
 to Jesus

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.599
 Christ

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.079
 it's to turn

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.539
 round

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.539
 and worship

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.139
 him

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.579
 I want to

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.179
 leave you

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.799
 with a quote

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.399
 from a hymn

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.819
 that was written

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.559
 almost 100 years

00:28:59.559 --> 00:28:59.839
 ago

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:01.359
 in 1917

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:03.539
 it says this

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.980
 the chorus

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.439
 of the hymn

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:05.639
 and I pray

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:05.839
 that these

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.199
 will be the

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.720
 words of our

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.000
 hearts

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.259
 and our

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.699
 worship to

00:29:07.699 --> 00:29:07.919
 God

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.500
 this morning

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.779
 O

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.119
 Jesus

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.839
 Lord

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.439
 and Saviour

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:12.740
 I give

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.200
 myself

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.720
 to you

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.240
 for you

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.759
 in your

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.440
 atonement

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.440
 did give

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.059
 yourself

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.039
 for me

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.440
 I owe

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.819
 no other

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.259
 master

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.779
 my heart

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.200
 shall be

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.740
 your throne

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.220
 my life

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.779
 I give

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.819
 henceforth

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.259
 to live

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.960
 O Christ

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.200
 for you

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.420
 alone

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.400
 may God

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.140
 bless the

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.400
 reading of

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.779
 his words

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.720
 this morning

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.400
 thank you

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.280
 I love you

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:36.300
 God

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:37.100
 will

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:51.460
 let's

00:29:53.780 --> 00:29:55.060
 bless you