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 And if you would open up your Bibles to the book of Judges, it's on page 236 of your Pew

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 Bible.

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 And if you're not familiar with how your Bible is laid out, the first book of your Bible

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 is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and then we go Joshua, and then Judges.

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 So open up your Bibles to the book of Judges.

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 And I've got a big swath of Scripture to preach to, so I'm not going to actually read its

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 entirety out.

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 I'm just going to work us through it, and we're going to make our way through it in a speedy

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 way this morning.

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 But I want to let you know that Judges 1-36, basically there's two parts to it.

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 1-1-36, it's kind of a listing.

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 It's a state of affairs of the tribes of Israel.

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 And then in 2-1 through 3-6, you have God's explanation for how the tribes are doing.

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 And what we're going to see is the book of Judges is about God testing His people.

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 We are being tested by God.

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 Testing isn't anything new for us.

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 If you're a student, you are tested by your teachers of your understanding of a given subject

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 matter.

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 Your kind of understanding of something is exposed, right?

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 Maybe you're an employee.

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 Your supervisors will test you, whether that is through some kind of evaluation or some

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 kind of review to kind of test your competence as an employee.

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 If you are a patient, your doctors are going to test your bodies to expose the good or ill

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 health within you.

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 If you are a parent, your children will test your patience.

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 Do I have an amen?

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 Amen.

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 And if you're a child, your parents will test your patience.

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 Do I have an amen?

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 And if you're a Christian, God will lovingly test you to expose in you who you love, to

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 expose your allegiance, to expose who you're devoted to, to expose who or what is the controlling

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 center of your life.

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 Will it be God, the Lord Jesus Christ, or will it be something from this world?

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 We live in the world, but we're not of the world.

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 And how your Bible is described the world throughout it, it's a definition like this.

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 The world is humanity in sinful spiritual deadness in organized rebellion against God.

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 That's the world.

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 And what God will do is He will test us to find out where our allegiances lie.

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 The book of Judges is a book of God testing His old covenant people, Israel, as they enter

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 the promised land.

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 Will they walk in Yahweh's way or will they compromise?

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 And as one scholar said, will they Canaanize?

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 Will they become like the nations they are to dispossess?

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 Moses led his people, God's people, out of Egypt.

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 Joshua leads the tribes of Israel into the promised land.

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 But Joshua doesn't eradicate all the nations in Canaan.

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 No, that's left for the generation to come.

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 In Deuteronomy chapter 7, this is an important passage to understand what God is expecting

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 of His people as they enter the promised land.

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 So if you can turn to Deuteronomy chapter 7, 1 through 5, it's on page 179 of your pew Bible.

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 I want to read it so you understand what God's expectation is, was of Israel.

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 When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession

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 of it.

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 This is the law of Moses.

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 He's anticipating His people going into Canaan.

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 And God clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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 Seven nations, more numerous and mightier than you.

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 And when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must devote

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 them to complete destruction.

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 That was the expectation.

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 It is hard.

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 Shall you deal with them?

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 You shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their

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 Asherim and burn their carved images with fire.

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 That was God's expectation for Israel, His people, as they went into the promised land.

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 And you might find yourself saying, this is very distasteful.

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 Why would God ever do that?

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 God answers that question.

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 Why would God use His people as a means of judgment and eradication of these nations in

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 Canaan?

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 In Deuteronomy 9, 4 and 5, we read this.

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 Do not say in your heart, Israel, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you,

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 these nations, that it's because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,

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 whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.

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 Not because of your righteousness nor the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land,

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 but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you,

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 and that He may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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 So what you need to know from the very beginning as we enter into the book of Judges

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 is that God's call on His people was to enter Canaan and be His means of judgment on these wicked nations

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 that have been rebelling against God.

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 And brothers and sisters, you've got to understand, judgment is coming for everyone.

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 And so here we have God's expectation on His people,

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 and you can see in Judges 1-1 that Joshua has died.

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 And now the question becomes, will the tribes of Israel, without Joshua as their leader,

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 will they finish dispossessing the land of Canaan,

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 and will they walk fully in the ways of the Lord their God, Yahweh,

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 or will they compromise?

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 And chapters 1 and 2 answers the question of Judges.

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 Judges.

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 Judges 1.

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 1-36.

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 It is a listing of the tribes of Judah and their compromise.

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 And then chapter 2, 1-36.

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 Is the divine explanation of why they are still dwelling with these nations in their midst.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 God tests His people.

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 And though His people fail,

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 God remains faithful.

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 So let's look at this compromised state of affairs.

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 This is chapter 1, 1-36.

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 And what I want you to see first is the listing out of the tribes of Israel.

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 And so it seems like Judges starts off strong.

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 Joshua dies.

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 The people of Israel inquire of Yahweh.

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 That is really good.

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 And they're like,

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 Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?

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 We're ready, God, to occupy the land.

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 Who of the tribes should go?

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 And God says in verse 2,

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 Send up Judah.

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 And then Judah says to Simeon, another tribe,

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 Let's go.

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 Let's go.

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 Let's do it.

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 And so from verse 2 all the way through verse 20,

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 We have the account of Judah and Simeon occupying Canaan.

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 And then what we see in verse 21,

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 You see the tribe of Benjamin.

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 22, the house of Joseph.

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 27, another tribe, Manasseh.

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 29, Ephraim.

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 30, Zebulun.

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 31, Asher.

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 33, Naphtali.

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 And then what comes up at the end is 34, the tribe of Dan.

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 So here's the listing.

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 You know what this is?

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 This is like a state of the union.

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 The Israel union of tribes.

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 How are they doing?

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 And in chapter 1, when we look at Judah,

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 Judah takes up a whole lot of real estate in chapter 1.

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 And you look at it and you're like, man, they're doing great.

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 They went up against Bazak and they defeated with Simeon 10,000 people.

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 And then in verse 8, they go against Jerusalem.

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 And then in verse 10, they go up against Hebron.

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 And they beat all these people.

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 And then there's this whole thing in Deborah where Caleb is like, who's going to take Deborah?

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 And then Othniel's like, I'll do it.

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 And then Caleb gives Othniel not just into the hand of the city, but the hand of his daughter.

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 You keep on reading and eventually they get into Philistine territory.

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 And it looks like Judah is doing really well.

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 But on closer inspection, they're not doing as well as they look.

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 If you look at chapter 1, this whole Bezek scenario where Judah and Simeon go and defeat 10,000 of these inhabitants of Bezek,

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 the king, Adonai Bezek, makes a run for it.

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 Israel, Judah, tracks him down.

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 They cut off his thumbs and big toes.

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 And you might think, well, that's great.

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 But you know what that is?

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 Nowhere in the Mosaic law is that required.

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 In fact, if they were to actually devote to destruction the inhabitants of Bezek,

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 the king would have been put to death as well.

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 What is actually happening is they are taking the practices of the king of Bezek

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 and applying it to the king of Bezek.

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 Did you notice what he had to say in verse 7?

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 Seventy kings.

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 This is Adonai Bezek, the king of Bezek.

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 Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table.

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 As I have done, so God has repaid me.

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 But what you need to understand is Judah has become Canaanized in its way of treating Bezek.

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 But it doesn't end there.

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 In verse 19,

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 And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country,

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 but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron.

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 And so that little phrase, they could not drive out, we're going to see that repeated in chapter 1.

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 And what it means is they didn't fully, completely do what God required of them.

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 And the reason given is they had chariots of iron.

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 That's not God's explanation.

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 God wasn't like, oh no, they have chariots of iron.

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 I can't take them.

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 This is Judah becoming unnerved.

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 Losing sight that it's God who fights for them.

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 And so what you have here is actual compromise in the tribe of Judah.

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 And then, you read in verse 21,

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 But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites.

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 So the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

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 So they don't drive them out.

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 And so now these Canaanite people are living in the midst of these Israelites.

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 It's not what God wanted.

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 That's not Deuteronomy 7, 1 through 5.

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 And then, you read in verse 27,

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 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean.

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 And what happens?

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 The Canaanites persisted in dwelling in the land at the end of verse 27.

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 End of verse 28,

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 But they did not drive them out completely.

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 Again, they don't drive them out.

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 These people are dwelling in the land with these Israelites.

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 It's not what God wanted.

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 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites.

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 So the Canaanites lived in Gezer with them.

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 30, Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron.

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 So the Canaanites lived among them.

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 31, Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Akko.

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 So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites.

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 That's a little change.

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 We're going from Judah doing pretty well to now these other tribes not doing so well.

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 And now Asher, the Canaanites aren't living with Asher.

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 Asher's living with the Canaanites.

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 33, Naphtali.

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 They did not drive out the inhabitants.

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 So they lived among the Canaanites.

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 And then when you get to the tribe of Dan in verse 34,

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 it's the Amorites who drive out Dan.

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 So what this is, this state of the union of Israel,

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 is full of compromise.

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 Partial obedience.

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 Not doing what God has required of them.

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 And here's what this means for us.

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 Partial obedience, brothers and sisters,

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 is full-on disobedience.

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 Don't confuse partial obedience

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 with full-on obedience.

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 Partial obedience

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 is full-on

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 disobedience.

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 It's the sin of omission.

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 It's not doing what God has required.

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 It's like a brother

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 who is giving generously to the Lord,

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 but over here,

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 he's dabbling in pornography.

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 And he's thinking he's being obedient.

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 It's partial obedience.

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 It's full-on disobedience.

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 The other thing you might want to know about is,

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 okay, why does Judah get so much real estate

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 in chapter 1?

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 Why do they get so much space

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 from like verse 2 all the way to verse 20?

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 Why is that?

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 Well, if you look at it carefully,

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 Judah is couched between a reference to Joshua

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 and a reference to Caleb.

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 And these are the two guys

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 in the book of Joshua

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 who are filled with the Spirit of God

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 and they are seeking to obey God.

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 So what's happening here is,

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 is Judah's being associated with those two.

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 Do you know why?

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 Judges occupies the historical space

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 between Joshua

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 and the establishing of the Israelite kings

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 in 1 Samuel.

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 Judges ends with a terrible story about Benjamin.

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 They're almost eradicated

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 like the Canaanites were supposed to be eradicated around them.

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 Do you remember which king came from

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 the tribe of Benjamin?

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 Saul.

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 He proved to be a lousy king.

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 But do you remember which king came from the tribe of Judah?

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 David.

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 And do you remember who else came from the line of Judah?

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 The greatest king of all.

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 Partial obedience is full on disobedience.

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 And now the question becomes,

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 well, what happened?

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 What happened?

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 Why this?

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 Why are God's people

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 disobedient in dwelling with the nations

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 they were supposed to dispossess?

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 What happened?

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 And then in chapter 2, verse 1 through 3, 6,

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 you have an explanation of why.

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 It's actually a three-fold explanation why.

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 The first is in verses 1 through 5.

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 The angel of the Lord.

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 And when you see the angel of the Lord speak,

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 it's God speaking.

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 First person.

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 Personal pronoun.

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 I.

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 He comes up from Gilgal.

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 You know what happened in Gilgal?

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 In Joshua?

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 End of chapter 5.

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 Joshua encounters the commander of the Lord's army.

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 And the commander of the Lord's army says,

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 take off your sandals.

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 You are on holy ground.

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 It's the commander of the Lord's army

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 that fights God's fights for Israel.

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 And if there's an association along these lines,

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 could it be

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 that the commander of the Lord's army,

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 the angel of the Lord,

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 has shown up to Bochim

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 to address God's people?

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 And he says this,

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 I brought you up from Egypt

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 and brought you into the land

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 that I swore to give to your fathers.

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 I said I will never break my covenant with you.

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 I delivered you.

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 I saved you.

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 I rescued you.

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 I made covenant with you.

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 I've held my side up to the covenant.

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 You shall make no covenant

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 with the inhabitants of this land.

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 You shall break down their altars.

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 That's a reference to Deuteronomy 7,

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 1 through 5.

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 But then he says this.

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 The angel of the Lord says this.

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 But you have not obeyed my voice.

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 What is this that you have done?

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 And he's looking at his compromised people.

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 What have you done?

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 They have broken God's covenant.

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 Their disobedience,

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 their partial obedience

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 is full-on breaking of God's covenant.

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 That the covenant that God made through Moses

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 to the people of Israel

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 coming out of Egypt.

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 And then the consequence of this

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 is in verse 3.

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 So now I say,

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 I will not drive them out before you,

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 but they shall become thorns in your sides,

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 and their gods shall be a snare to you.

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 God will no longer be fighting for them.

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 God will be kind of somehow opposing them.

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 That these nations

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 that they're living among,

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 they're going to be thorns to them.

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 Their gods are going to be snares to them.

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 Thorns and snares are not good things.

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 This is the consequence

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 of the God of the covenant

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 who loves his people.

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 He's saying,

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 I love you so much

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 that I'm going to make it

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 very uncomfortable for you

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 so that you come back to me.

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 Look what they do in verse 4.

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 They,

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 the people lift up their voices

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 and weep.

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 In fact,

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 bochem

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 means weeping.

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 this little passage,

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 one through five,

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 one starts with a reference to weeping

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 and it closes with a reference to weeping.

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 What kind of weeping is this?

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 Is this genuine repentance?

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 You're going to see in the book of Judges,

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 it is not.

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 The first explanation comes from the angel of the Lord

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 and he is saying,

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 you have broken the covenant.

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 That's why this is the way it is.

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 The second explanation comes in verses 6

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 and it goes all the way through verse 19

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 and this is from the narrator

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 of the book of Judges.

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 I think there's a good chance

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 this is actually Samuel,

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 the last of the judges

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 and he gives further explanation

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 of why this is the situation

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 these tribes are in.

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 If you look at verses 6 through 10,

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 there's a comparison made.

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 The word,

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 the name Joshua is dropped three times

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 and it's associated with the generation

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 with Joshua.

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 That these are the people

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 that they knew their God.

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 They saw Him act.

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 They were obeying Him.

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 Not perfect,

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 but they were obeying Him

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 and they were devoting to destruction

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 the nations that they were

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 coming into dwelling among.

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 That generation passes.

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 Joshua dies.

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 That generation who's seen the works of God.

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 I mean,

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 they were part of the whole Jericho event, gang.

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 They saw it.

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 And then in verse 10,

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 we read that all that generation

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 was gathered to their fathers.

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 They died.

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 And there arose another generation

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 after them who did not know the Lord

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 or the work that He had done for Israel.

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 They had major theological amnesia.

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 They were ignorant to who God was

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 and what God had done,

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 but it's worse than ignorance.

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 Do you know what this is?

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 This is called apostasy.

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 And what apostasy is,

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 is a turning of one's back

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 to the living God

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 to go and serve other gods

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 that are not gods at all.

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 This generation that followed

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 Joshua's generation,

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 they apostatized.

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 They had become canonized.

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 They turned their backs

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 on the living God.

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 This is why

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 they're in the situation

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 that they're in.

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 And then what we read

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 following this

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 in verses 11 through 19

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 is a cycle.

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 It's the cycle

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 that gets played

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 throughout the entire book of Judges

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 all the way through chapter 16

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 with Samson.

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 And here's how the cycle goes.

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 The cycle begins

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 with Israel's apostasy.

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 You can see that

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.600
 in verses 11 through 13.

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 And the people of Israel

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 did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 You will see that line

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:09.019
 repeated all throughout

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.860
 the book of Judges.

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 Israel turns

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 from their God.

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.500
 The God who delivered them.

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 The God who covenant with them.

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 The God who said,

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.440
 I am your God

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 and you are my people

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 among all the nations

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 on the planet.

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 They turn.

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 They abandoned him.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 And they abandoned the Lord

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 who had brought them out

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 of the land of Egypt.

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 They went after other gods

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 from among the gods

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.180
 of the people

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.940
 who were around them

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 and bowed down to them.

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 And they provoked

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.980
 the Lord to anger.

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 They abandoned Yahweh

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 and served the Baals

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 and the Ashtoreth.

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 These are the gods

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 of the Canaanites.

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 So the first move

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.399
 in the cycle

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:55.399
 is Israel's apostasy.

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.759
 The second move

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.259
 of the cycle

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:59.039
 is the kindling

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 of God's anger.

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 And we see that

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.779
 first reference

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.779
 at the end of verse 12

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 and they provoke

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 the Lord to anger.

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 And then we see it again

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.299
 in verse 14.

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.559
 So the anger of the Lord

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.899
 was kindled against Israel.

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.839
 We see it again

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.460
 in verse 20.

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.639
 So the anger of the Lord

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:14.099
 was kindled against Israel.

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.399
 And what anger is this?

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 Is this a capricious

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.100
 kind of anger?

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.940
 Maybe you had a dad

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.740
 you just walked

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:23.259
 on eggshells around him.

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.380
 You didn't know

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.320
 how he was going to react.

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:28.360
 This anger

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:30.660
 is a jealous anger.

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:32.560
 This anger

00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:34.040
 is the anger

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:35.420
 the jealous anger

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.240
 of a husband

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.759
 for his wife

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.920
 when he sees her

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.980
 flirting with other men.

00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:41.380
 It's that kind of anger.

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.200
 It's a holy anger.

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:45.580
 It's an exclusive

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:46.960
 devotion anger.

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:50.200
 What Israel was doing

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:52.279
 was worse than adultery.

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.120
 Let me point you out.

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.360
 Verse 17.

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.019
 Yet they did not listen

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.759
 to their judges

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.860
 for they whored

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:04.539
 after other gods

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:06.180
 and bowed down to them.

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:10.240
 The tribes of Israel

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:12.340
 were prostituting themselves

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.199
 to the gods

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:15.079
 of the Canaanites.

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.879
 This anger

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:21.099
 is a holy anger.

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.480
 It comes out of

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.179
 his devotion

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.779
 to his people.

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.519
 And in his anger

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.699
 what God then does

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.959
 we see it in 14 and 15

00:26:29.959 --> 00:26:30.679
 is God

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:32.139
 he actually raises

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.199
 up their enemies

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:34.379
 the nations around them

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.879
 to oppress them.

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.799
 You see

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.379
 God is the God

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.980
 of the nations.

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.539
 He's sovereign

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.519
 over them all.

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:42.480
 And he will use

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.940
 the nations

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.160
 to humble his people

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.859
 or use his people

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.019
 to humble the nations.

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.279
 And they

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.559
 and he

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.799
 makes it

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.480
 really hard

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.960
 for them.

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.819
 At the end

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.960
 of verse 15

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.720
 we read

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.099
 and they were

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:01.339
 in terrible distress.

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.160
 At the beginning

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.940
 of verse 15

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.940
 whenever they marched out

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.579
 the hand of the Lord

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.339
 was against them

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.279
 for harm

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.339
 as the Lord

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.179
 had warned

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:11.199
 back in Deuteronomy 7

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:12.779
 you know I would do this.

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.779
 God is being faithful

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:17.019
 even though his people

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.559
 have failed.

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.839
 So

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.759
 Israel

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.699
 apostatizes

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:25.099
 God's anger

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.839
 is kindled

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.159
 he raises up

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.220
 to those people

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.039
 to oppress

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.259
 his people

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.199
 so that they would

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.199
 eventually come to

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:33.139
 an end to themselves

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:34.139
 and they do.

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:36.039
 The cycle goes on

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.919
 is that his people

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.840
 cry out.

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.420
 And we

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.279
 see that

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.279
 in verse 18

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.259
 in their groaning.

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.860
 For the Lord

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.680
 was moved to pity

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.460
 by their groaning

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.259
 because of those

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.900
 who afflicted

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.560
 and oppressed them.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.460
 That groaning

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.200
 language

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.880
 is that of

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.080
 Exodus chapter 2.

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.180
 Israel groaning

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.360
 under the slavery

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.200
 of Egypt

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.140
 and God

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.080
 is moved

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.080
 to action

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:58.759
 for them.

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.320
 We see

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:01.840
 God's

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.660
 anger

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.440
 kindled

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.920
 and we also

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.320
 see his

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.299
 compassion

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.759
 stirred.

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.379
 This

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.700
 crying

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.319
 out

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.700
 that we see

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:14.839
 it's

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.779
 God's people

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.579
 realizing

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:18.299
 oh this is

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.779
 awful

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.000
 God

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.899
 deliver us

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:22.240
 Yahweh

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.200
 rescue us

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.379
 and we see

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.059
 it again

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.460
 and again

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.939
 and again

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:28.059
 throughout the

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.759
 book of Judges.

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:32.279
 the last

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.819
 move of this

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.140
 cycle

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.859
 is that

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.319
 God

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.180
 in his

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.720
 compassion

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.379
 in his

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.779
 mercy

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.500
 his mercy

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.859
 is more

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:42.220
 raises up

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.019
 a deliverer

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.400
 a judge.

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.299
 We see this

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.299
 in verse 16

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.720
 then the Lord

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.200
 raised up

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.539
 judges

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.059
 who saved

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.480
 them out

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.879
 of the land

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.299
 of those

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.200
 who plundered

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.480
 them.

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:58.039
 In the

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.759
 book of Judges

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.079
 there are

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.860
 actually 12

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.339
 judges.

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.299
 Six are

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.059
 minor judges

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.940
 six are

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.740
 major judges

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.079
 we're going

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.259
 to be

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.599
 focusing

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.079
 this summer

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.360
 on the

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.920
 major judges

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.360
 but there's

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:08.000
 also one

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.039
 anti-judge

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.440
 Abimelech

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:12.980
 and Zach

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.319
 gets to

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.720
 preach on

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.180
 him.

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.079
 Over

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.360
 and over

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.660
 again

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:22.920
 God raises

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.460
 up these

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:25.440
 human judges

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.819
 and what

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.160
 you need

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.640
 to know

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.019
 brothers

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.600
 and sisters

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:29.039
 these

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.779
 judges

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.440
 they are

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.799
 savior kings

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.319
 they're

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.259
 savior rulers

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.519
 they rescue

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.360
 then rule

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:37.240
 and they're

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.840
 all imperfect

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:40.440
 and as we

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.700
 get through

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:40.960
 the book

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.360
 of Judges

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.660
 you're going

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:41.980
 to see

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.360
 more and

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:42.519
 more

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.120
 oh man

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:45.360
 these judges

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.819
 they reflect

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.700
 God's people

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:50.019
 they're imperfect

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:52.000
 they are

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.500
 digressing

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.460
 into

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:56.559
 canaanization

00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.180
 and not

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.519
 only the

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.980
 imperfect

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.579
 but

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.880
 they provide

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.079
 a temporary

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.140
 salvation

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:09.660
 in verse

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.220
 18

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.839
 and 19

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.579
 whenever the

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:13.960
 Lord raised

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.339
 up judges

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.720
 for them

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.039
 the Lord

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.779
 was with

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.259
 the judge

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.539
 and he

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.079
 saved them

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.500
 from the

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.839
 land of

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.299
 their enemies

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.740
 all the

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.099
 days of

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.799
 the judge

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.759
 for the

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.180
 Lord was

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.960
 moved to

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.240
 pity

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.639
 by their

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:22.919
 groaning

00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:23.539
 because of

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.119
 those who

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.519
 afflicted

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.839
 and oppressed

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:24.980
 them

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.579
 but whenever

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.980
 the judge

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.480
 died

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.399
 they turned

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:27.859
 back

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.319
 and were

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.960
 more corrupt

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.359
 than their

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.740
 fathers

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.259
 going after

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.119
 other gods

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.279
 serving them

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.700
 and bowing

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.079
 down to

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.359
 them

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:35.240
 what we have

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.960
 in the book

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.639
 of Judges

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.639
 is not just

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.619
 these cycles

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.579
 of apostasy

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.139
 and God's

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.619
 anger and

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.019
 oppression

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.579
 and then

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.299
 they cry

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.799
 out for

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.319
 deliverance

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.720
 and then God

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.419
 raises up a

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:44.700
 judge

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.700
 and then they

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.220
 just drop

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.139
 into apostasy

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:49.020
 it's a

00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:49.820
 digressive

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.759
 spiral

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.660
 all the way

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.280
 through the

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:52.620
 book of

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.220
 Judges

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.540
 till you get

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:55.240
 to Samson

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.080
 but then you

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.820
 have five more

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.300
 chapters

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:59.360
 in the book

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.940
 of Judges

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.340
 and you know

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.620
 what gets

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.020
 repeated

00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:02.440
 there was no

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.120
 king in Israel

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.680
 so they did

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.340
 what was right

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.740
 in their own

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.160
 eyes

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:08.560
 they become

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:09.080
 more and more

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.820
 canaanized

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:14.860
 what

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.759
 canaanization

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.380
 was to

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.900
 Israel

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:19.019
 is what

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.920
 worldliness

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.440
 is to the

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.800
 church

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:25.440
 when

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.180
 Yahweh

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.940
 ceased to be

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.980
 the controlling

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.580
 center

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.720
 of Israel

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.800
 they went

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:32.100
 canaanization

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:33.280
 and when

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:33.759
 Jesus

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.600
 ceases to be

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.100
 the controlling

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.640
 center

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.500
 of God's

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.900
 new people

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.500
 the church

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:39.080
 we become

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.580
 worldly

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:43.920
 the third

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.460
 explanation

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:46.160
 is in

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.740
 verses 20

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.220
 and 22

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.620
 it's God

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.019
 himself

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.559
 and he

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.940
 picks up

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.519
 on a lot

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.799
 of the

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.019
 same

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.500
 language

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.299
 from verses

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.900
 1-5

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.120
 in the

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.500
 angel of

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.799
 the Lord

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.900
 in verse

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.340
 20

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.200
 Israel

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.600
 breaks

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.000
 covenant

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.799
 verse 21

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.340
 he will no

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.600
 longer

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.180
 leave them

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.079
 go before

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.480
 them

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:01.279
 but there's

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.980
 something new

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.559
 introduced

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.200
 in this

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.799
 explanation

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.160
 it's in

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.819
 verse 22

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:09.299
 21

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.740
 I will no

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.440
 longer drive

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.180
 out before

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.680
 them any

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:11.880
 of the

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.440
 nations that

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.220
 Joshua left

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.700
 when he

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.380
 died

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.380
 22

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.240
 in order to

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.220
 test Israel

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.819
 by them

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.059
 by the

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.880
 nations dwelling

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.480
 among them

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.039
 God is going

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.559
 to test

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.299
 his people

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.360
 by those

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.960
 people that

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.299
 were not

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.960
 dispossessed

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:30.299
 to test

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.600
 what

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.140
 whether they

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.640
 will take

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.100
 care to

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.519
 walk in

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.759
 the way

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:32.960
 of the

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.240
 Lord

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:34.019
 as their

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.360
 fathers

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.740
 did or

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.160
 not

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:38.000
 they remain

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.600
 to test

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.000
 God's

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.620
 people of

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:41.059
 who they're

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.299
 going to

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.759
 love

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.420
 of who

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.600
 they're

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:43.779
 going to

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.259
 live for

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.640
 who they're

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:44.840
 going to

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.360
 obey

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.980
 who's

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.160
 going to

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.380
 be the

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.720
 controlling

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.319
 center of

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.100
 their lives

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:48.860
 will it

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:50.100
 be Yahweh

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.980
 or will

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.140
 it be

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.980
 these gods

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.480
 of the

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.220
 Canaanites

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.700
 that's the

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.220
 test

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:58.519
 in chapter

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.860
 3

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.319
 1 through

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.700
 6

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.180
 that

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.620
 testing

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.000
 language

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.259
 is

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.860
 pulled

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.120
 all the

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.259
 way

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.600
 through

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.160
 if you

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.420
 look at

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:04.059
 verse 1

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.059
 now these

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.299
 are the

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.620
 nations

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:05.960
 that the

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.120
 Lord

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.559
 left

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.259
 to test

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.819
 Israel

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.480
 by them

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.140
 and then

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.480
 in verse

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.940
 4

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.620
 they were

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.319
 for the

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.819
 testing

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.519
 of Israel

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.059
 to know

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.319
 whether

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.700
 Israel

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.220
 would obey

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.740
 the commandments

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.140
 of the

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.380
 Lord

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.039
 which he

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.460
 commanded

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.000
 their fathers

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.420
 by the

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.900
 hand of

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.160
 Moses

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.839
 this is

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.380
 all about

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.940
 testing

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:25.940
 who is

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.220
 this

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.039
 generation

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.759
 going to

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.120
 love and

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.380
 obey

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:30.920
 and you

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.299
 know what

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:33.279
 they fail

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.059
 miserably

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:36.460
 look at

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.799
 3

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.259
 6

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:40.600
 please

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.140
 if you

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.660
 can remember

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.240
 Deuteronomy

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.600
 7

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:42.900
 1 through

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.220
 5

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:45.940
 and their

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.360
 daughters

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.940
 they took

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.559
 to themselves

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.299
 for wives

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:50.299
 and their

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.019
 own daughters

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.039
 they gave

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.379
 to their

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.839
 sons

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:54.879
 and they

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.139
 served

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.700
 the gods

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:58.759
 compromise

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:01.399
 it's

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:02.339
 God's

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.799
 anger is

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.019
 kindled

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.339
 against

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.619
 them

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.379
 this is

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:04.819
 the

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.440
 consequence

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.859
 of

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.559
 failure

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.819
 to

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.200
 obey

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.740
 Deuteronomy

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.119
 7

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.400
 and so

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.699
 what we

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.159
 have here

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.559
 is in

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.199
 chapter 1

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.820
 we have

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.440
 this list

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.199
 of compromised

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.779
 tribes

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.800
 going from

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.699
 bad to

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.019
 worse

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.960
 and then

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.740
 in chapter 2

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.599
 1 through

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.159
 3 6

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.679
 we have an

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.460
 explanation of

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.059
 why this is

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.500
 the way it

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.900
 is

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.220
 they've broken

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.820
 the covenant

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:26.519
 they're apostate

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:28.159
 and God is now

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.920
 testing them

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.019
 so what does this

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.659
 mean for us

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:35.980
 we're being

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.559
 tested too

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:39.659
 God is

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.800
 testing us

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.980
 and even

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.539
 though we're

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:44.000
 failures

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:45.199
 and unfaithful

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.699
 to him

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:47.379
 he remains

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:48.259
 faithful

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:51.179
 because he's

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.599
 a God

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.379
 of steadfast

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:52.879
 love

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:54.139
 slow to

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.579
 anger

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:58.139
 this is a

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.899
 very sobering

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.159
 book

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.480
 it can be

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.059
 very dark

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.399
 book

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:01.239
 and what

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.539
 we're going

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.059
 to be

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.699
 confronted

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.139
 with

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.960
 is a

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.839
 compromised

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.899
 canonized

00:35:05.899 --> 00:35:06.599
 Israel

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.359
 again and

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:07.719
 again and

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.000
 again

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:10.039
 and it

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.299
 can be

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:10.519
 like

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.939
 oh this

00:35:10.939 --> 00:35:11.239
 is

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.479
 you know

00:35:12.479 --> 00:35:12.919
 one sermon

00:35:12.919 --> 00:35:13.339
 is enough

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:15.779
 but what you

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.519
 also have

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.899
 in this

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.219
 book

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.979
 is God's

00:35:18.979 --> 00:35:19.679
 faithfulness

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.159
 over and

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.419
 over and

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:20.679
 again

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:22.379
 God's

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.919
 faithfulness

00:35:22.919 --> 00:35:23.299
 to his

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.639
 people

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.699
 so even

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.099
 though God

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.659
 is testing

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.979
 them and

00:35:25.979 --> 00:35:26.399
 even though

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:26.819
 his people

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.439
 fail him

00:35:27.439 --> 00:35:28.319
 God remains

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:28.919
 faithful

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:32.760
 then and

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.180
 now

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:35.300
 the book

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.940
 of Judges

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:37.980
 God has

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.840
 not ceased

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.940
 his plan

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.780
 to bless

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.320
 all the

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.880
 nations of

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.320
 the world

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.960
 through

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.659
 Abraham

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.099
 Judges

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.519
 doesn't put

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.019
 that on hold

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.099
 God is

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.579
 continuing

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.240
 his plan

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.480
 out

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.500
 Judges

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.180
 doesn't

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:51.760
 stop

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.639
 God's

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.019
 plan

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.400
 for the

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.599
 fullness

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.280
 of time

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.900
 to raise

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.420
 up from

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.760
 the line

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.159
 of Judah

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:58.039
 the greatest

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.119
 savior

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.099
 and king

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.759
 of all

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:03.859
 God

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.440
 tests

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.000
 his people

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.460
 fail

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.679
 but God

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.159
 remains

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.960
 faithful

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.819
 here's what

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.279
 that means

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:12.699
 brothers and

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:12.980
 sisters

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.679
 we need the

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.259
 book of Judges

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.619
 because the

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.179
 book of Judges

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.659
 points us

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.239
 to Jesus

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:19.179
 God has

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.159
 raised up

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.559
 a new

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.099
 and better

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.679
 judge

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:28.219
 Othniel

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:29.480
 Ehud

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.679
 Deborah

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.139
 Barak

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.719
 Gideon

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.299
 Jephthah

00:36:32.299 --> 00:36:32.919
 Samson

00:36:32.919 --> 00:36:34.279
 these are

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.000
 all imperfect

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.219
 four of

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.559
 them get

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.259
 named in

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.879
 Hebrews 11

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.799
 but they're

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.440
 all imperfect

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.799
 imperfect

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.460
 saviors

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.299
 and they

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:44.019
 they provide

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.659
 a temporary

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.179
 rest

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.739
 a temporary

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.379
 salvation

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.739
 you know

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:46.960
 what it

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.319
 does

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.159
 as you

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.539
 read through

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.739
 it

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.500
 it makes

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.219
 you long

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.679
 oh

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.919
 there's

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:53.179
 got to

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.619
 be better

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.739
 there's

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.019
 got to

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.339
 be a

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:56.579
 better

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.259
 savior

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.500
 and judge

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.219
 and king

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.519
 there's

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.799
 got to

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.039
 be a

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.279
 better

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:02.859
 it makes

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.579
 you long

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.980
 for the

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.399
 king

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:07.739
 the perfect

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:09.179
 savior

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.679
 who provides

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.619
 a permanent

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.980
 salvation

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:14.440
 that's

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.719
 Jesus

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.319
 Christ

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:17.299
 God in

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.819
 the flesh

00:37:17.819 --> 00:37:18.899
 never since

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.859
 once and

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.099
 you know

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.699
 what he's

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.419
 still alive

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.920
 and you

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.059
 know

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.460
 what it

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.800
 means

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.360
 because

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.519
 he's

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.659
 still

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.119
 alive

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.780
 his

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.539
 salvation

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.480
 is

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.700
 still

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.200
 alive

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.860
 it's

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.240
 permanent

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:30.800
 perfect

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.280
 savior

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:33.180
 permanent

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.760
 rest

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:35.579
 permanent

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.220
 salvation

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.980
 there's

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.260
 no one

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.500
 like

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.680
 him

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:39.260
 but you

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.360
 know

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.519
 what it

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.760
 also

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.059
 means

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:42.380
 we've

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.559
 got a

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.659
 new

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:42.820
 and

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:42.980
 better

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.400
 covenant

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:47.280
 God's

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.539
 old

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.860
 covenant

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.380
 people

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.059
 Israel

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:52.059
 God

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.360
 dwelled

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.539
 with

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.679
 them

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:52.920
 in a

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.500
 tabernacle

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:55.039
 the

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.360
 people

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.619
 were

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.299
 ethnic

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.159
 Israel

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.619
 and they

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.719
 were

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.139
 devoting

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.340
 other

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.579
 people

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.719
 to

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.239
 destruction

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.480
 the

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.840
 best

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.000
 thing

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.159
 that

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.299
 they

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:01.500
 could

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.799
 do

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.360
 in order

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.639
 to

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.059
 atone

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.259
 for

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.440
 their

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.739
 sins

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:03.980
 was

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.199
 the

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.559
 blood

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.739
 of

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.179
 goats

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:06.739
 the

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.219
 promised

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.559
 land

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:07.799
 was

00:38:07.799 --> 00:38:08.079
 this

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.759
 strip

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.039
 of

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.360
 land

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.699
 just

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.360
 east

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.599
 of

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:10.739
 the

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.219
 Mediterranean

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:12.519
 that's

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.759
 the

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.039
 old

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.420
 covenant

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.179
 how about

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.320
 the

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.559
 new

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:16.840
 how about

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:16.980
 the

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.139
 new

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.340
 that

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.759
 this

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:19.000
 ultimate

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.500
 judge

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.779
 has

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.179
 brought

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.599
 let me

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:20.860
 tell you

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.059
 about

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.539
 it

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:23.599
 God

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.179
 dwells

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.360
 with

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.619
 his

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.179
 people

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.579
 now

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.840
 through

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.099
 his

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.699
 spirit

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:28.320
 we

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.500
 are

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.920
 God's

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.219
 people

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.559
 God's

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.840
 dwelling

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.239
 place

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.519
 it's

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.639
 a

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.820
 better

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.219
 covenant

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:33.639
 and

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:33.779
 the

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.119
 people

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.320
 is

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.500
 not

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.659
 an

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.259
 ethnic

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.980
 Israel

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:37.299
 it's

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.619
 all

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.039
 people

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.360
 who

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.679
 believe

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:38.860
 in

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.320
 Jesus

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:41.420
 all

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.820
 people

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.340
 and

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.519
 now

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.719
 we

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.000
 don't

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.340
 devote

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.699
 people

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:43.920
 to

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.500
 destruction

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.800
 we

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.280
 declare

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.840
 Christ

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.139
 among

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.320
 the

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.820
 nations

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:50.179
 and

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.260
 you

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.360
 want

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.460
 to

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.599
 talk

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:50.760
 about

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:50.880
 a

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.179
 payment

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:54.199
 way

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.519
 better

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:54.679
 than

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:54.820
 the

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.000
 blood

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.139
 of

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.539
 goats

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:57.480
 it's

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.679
 the

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:57.940
 blood

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.079
 of

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.219
 the

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.639
 king

00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:00.800
 shed

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.019
 for

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.260
 you

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:01.460
 and

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.840
 me

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:03.460
 permanent

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:05.019
 salvation

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:07.559
 and

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.639
 you

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.760
 want

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:07.840
 to

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.019
 talk

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.179
 about

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.300
 a

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.679
 promised

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.079
 land

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:12.139
 don't

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:13.099
 don't

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.320
 think

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.820
 now

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.240
 don't

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.460
 think

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.780
 east

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:14.920
 of

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.019
 the

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.500
 Mediterranean

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.980
 think

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.539
 then

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.480
 a

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.220
 heavenly

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.200
 homeland

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:20.180
 which

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.360
 will

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.820
 come

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.280
 down

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.600
 from

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:21.960
 heaven

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.740
 itself

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.080
 the

00:39:23.080 --> 00:39:23.420
 new

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.960
 heavens

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.559
 and

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.740
 the

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.039
 new

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.519
 earth

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.080
 where

00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:26.660
 God's

00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:26.980
 people

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.260
 will

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.600
 dwell

00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:27.880
 with

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.200
 God

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.519
 in

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.980
 God's

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.340
 place

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:30.080
 forever

00:39:30.080 --> 00:39:30.880
 in

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.300
 perfect

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.740
 peace

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.380
 no

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:32.740
 more

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.559
 tears

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:36.920
 better

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.360
 covenant

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:40.420
 that's

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.579
 our

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.000
 king

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.779
 but you

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:43.900
 know

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.079
 what we

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.239
 got

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.500
 going

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.699
 on

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.019
 now

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:47.539
 we've

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.739
 got

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:47.980
 the

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:49.139
 old

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.139
 sober

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.699
 warning

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:52.779
 we can

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.440
 canaanize

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:56.820
 what

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.460
 canaanization

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.880
 was to

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.279
 Israel

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:58.679
 is what

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.239
 worldliness

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.599
 is to

00:39:59.599 --> 00:39:59.960
 the church

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.400
 today

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.760
 again

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.200
 the world

00:40:02.200 --> 00:40:02.559
 is

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.539
 sinful

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.320
 spiritually

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.720
 dead

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.280
 humanity

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:06.460
 that is

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.160
 an organized

00:40:07.160 --> 00:40:07.619
 rebellion

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.039
 against

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.480
 God

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.619
 the world

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.059
 thinks

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.400
 away

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.039
 they value

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.420
 certain

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.680
 things

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:12.039
 they have

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.360
 different

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.019
 methods

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:14.720
 we can't

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:15.460
 canaanize

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:17.820
 you know

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.039
 how we

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.260
 not

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:19.380
 keep

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.539
 from

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.920
 becoming

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.340
 worldly

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.639
 it's

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:21.820
 not

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.160
 by

00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:23.180
 avoiding

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:24.720
 it's

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:24.940
 by

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.760
 adoring

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.760
 by

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.480
 treasuring

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.019
 Jesus

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.480
 above

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.780
 all

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:30.119
 else

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.599
 by

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.019
 keeping

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.579
 Jesus

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.420
 as

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.599
 the

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.039
 controlling

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.539
 center

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.839
 of

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.039
 our

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.759
 lives

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:39.179
 when

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.339
 we

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:39.699
 abandon

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.239
 Christ

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.500
 we

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.699
 will

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.259
 accommodate

00:40:41.259 --> 00:40:41.579
 to

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.779
 the

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:42.139
 world

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.619
 but

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:42.839
 when

00:40:42.839 --> 00:40:43.079
 we

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.579
 adore

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.099
 Christ

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.380
 we

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.619
 will

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.339
 stand

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:46.279
 distinct

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.639
 from

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:46.819
 the

00:40:46.819 --> 00:40:47.059
 world

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.380
 in

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.519
 the

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:47.719
 world

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:47.900
 but

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.099
 not

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.359
 of

00:40:48.359 --> 00:40:48.539
 the

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.779
 world

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.199
 we

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.359
 will

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:49.599
 light

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:49.759
 up

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:49.940
 the

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.139
 world

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.359
 for

00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:50.719
 Jesus

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:52.279
 we

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.799
 won't

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.639
 think

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:53.980
 the

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.319
 world's

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:54.579
 thoughts

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:54.859
 about

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.659
 sexuality

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:55.940
 and

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.400
 marriage

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.359
 we'll

00:40:57.359 --> 00:40:57.500
 think

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.819
 God's

00:40:57.819 --> 00:40:58.099
 thoughts

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:59.279
 we

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.500
 won't

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.080
 value

00:41:00.080 --> 00:41:00.460
 what

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.700
 the

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.100
 world

00:41:01.100 --> 00:41:01.800
 values

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.140
 about

00:41:02.140 --> 00:41:02.760
 expressive

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.700
 individualism

00:41:03.700 --> 00:41:03.980
 by the

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.160
 way

00:41:04.160 --> 00:41:05.140
 if you

00:41:05.140 --> 00:41:05.320
 have

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.640
 not

00:41:05.640 --> 00:41:05.960
 read

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.220
 this

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.600
 book

00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:06.900
 by

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.240
 Carl

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.640
 Truman

00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.060
 strange

00:41:08.060 --> 00:41:08.260
 new

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.580
 world

00:41:08.580 --> 00:41:09.420
 this

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.560
 will

00:41:09.560 --> 00:41:09.760
 help

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.900
 you

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.040
 see

00:41:10.040 --> 00:41:10.240
 the

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.660
 values

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:10.860
 of

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.000
 the

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.360
 Canaan

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.580
 we're

00:41:11.580 --> 00:41:11.840
 living

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.180
 in

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:15.019
 we're

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.139
 not

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.259
 going

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.299
 to

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:15.639
 value

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.059
 that

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.099
 if

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.259
 you're

00:41:17.259 --> 00:41:17.440
 trying

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.539
 to

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.679
 make

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:17.859
 a

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:18.500
 better

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.899
 version

00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.139
 of

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.579
 yourself

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:19.839
 you

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:20.019
 need

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.139
 to

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.319
 start

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:20.659
 asking

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:20.859
 have

00:41:20.859 --> 00:41:20.960
 you

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.099
 been

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.799
 canonized

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:26.000
 we're

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.119
 not

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.239
 going

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.279
 to

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:26.399
 use

00:41:26.399 --> 00:41:26.519
 the

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.839
 world's

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.239
 methods

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:28.960
 politically

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.299
 we're

00:41:29.299 --> 00:41:29.460
 not

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.559
 going

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:29.659
 to

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:29.819
 cut

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:29.960
 off

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.339
 people's

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:30.599
 thumbs

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.159
 and toes

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:39.239
 God

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.399
 will

00:41:39.399 --> 00:41:39.739
 test

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.119
 us

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.359
 and

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:40.559
 we're

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.679
 going

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:40.799
 to

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.079
 fail

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:43.900
 but

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.039
 he

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.199
 will

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.420
 be

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.880
 faithful

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:47.400
 better

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.819
 king

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:49.199
 better

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.599
 covenant

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:51.199
 and

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.360
 we're

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.460
 going

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.579
 to

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.840
 keep

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.000
 him

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.139
 as

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.259
 the

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.619
 controlling

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.039
 center

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.279
 the

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:54.480
 treasured

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.759
 center

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.019
 of

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.159
 our

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.579
 lives

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:57.480
 just

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.759
 as

00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:58.219
 Israel

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.480
 was

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.980
 tested

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:00.099
 brothers

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.440
 and

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.739
 sisters

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.400
 we

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.119
 are

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.819
 being

00:42:02.819 --> 00:42:03.360
 tested

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:06.159
 how

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.739
 do

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.340
 we

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.340
 not

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:08.880
 fail

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.819
 God's

00:42:09.819 --> 00:42:10.340
 tests

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:10.960
 of

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.120
 our

00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:11.539
 hearts

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:13.600
 how

00:42:13.600 --> 00:42:13.780
 do

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:13.960
 we

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.320
 walk

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.519
 in

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.640
 the

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:15.000
 ways

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.200
 of

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.300
 the

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.460
 Lord

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.640
 our

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:15.980
 God

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.180
 in

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:16.320
 the

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.600
 midst

00:42:16.600 --> 00:42:17.180
 of

00:42:17.180 --> 00:42:17.400
 this

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.980
 world

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:19.340
 it's

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.500
 not

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.019
 complicated

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:22.559
 but it

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 requires

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 daily

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:23.780
 dying

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:23.940
 to

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.400
 yourself

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:28.260
 treasure

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:28.600
 Jesus

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:28.880
 above

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.280
 all

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:31.260
 know

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.600
 him

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 be

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 in

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 relationship

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 with

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 him

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:37.600
 be in

00:42:37.600 --> 00:42:38.019
 awe

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.320
 of

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 his

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.739
 great

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.079
 works

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.259
 of

00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:39.980
 deliverance

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:44.019
 brothers

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 and

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:44.559
 sisters

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.500
 do you

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.780
 know why

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.019
 we need

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.259
 the book

00:42:46.259 --> 00:42:46.400
 of

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.699
 judges

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:49.980
 because

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.480
 judges

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.039
 points us

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.199
 to

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.639
 Jesus

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:54.119
 will you

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.239
 pray

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.019
 with me

00:42:55.019 --> 00:43:01.000
 God

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.139
 in

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.400
 heaven

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:04.440
 we

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.000
 welcome

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.200
 your

00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:05.639
 tests

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:07.480
 consider

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.840
 it all

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.160
 joy

00:43:08.160 --> 00:43:08.440
 whenever

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:08.720
 you

00:43:08.720 --> 00:43:09.160
 encounter

00:43:09.160 --> 00:43:09.940
 trials

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.139
 of

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.480
 various

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.860
 kinds

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.059
 because

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.240
 we

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.380
 know

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.559
 you're

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:11.840
 testing

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:12.059
 our

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.400
 hearts

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:15.160
 God

00:43:15.160 --> 00:43:15.320
 would

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:15.420
 you

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:15.680
 help

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.019
 us

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.920
 learn

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.160
 from

00:43:17.160 --> 00:43:17.280
 the

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.420
 book

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.559
 of

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:17.860
 judges

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.660
 that

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:18.820
 we

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:18.980
 would

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.139
 be

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.700
 warned

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.099
 not

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.260
 to

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.420
 be

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:20.760
 worldly

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.420
 and

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.599
 you

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.880
 would

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.519
 woo

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.099
 us

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:24.380
 to

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.639
 our

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:25.039
 king

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.420
 again

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.579
 and

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:25.940
 again

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:27.559
 so

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:27.700
 that

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:27.820
 we

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:27.980
 would

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.220
 walk

00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:28.740
 faithfully

00:43:28.740 --> 00:43:28.980
 with

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.260
 you

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:31.900
 in

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.099
 this

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.420
 place

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:32.599
 at

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:32.760
 this

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.059
 time

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:34.720
 in

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:34.920
 Jesus

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.340
 name

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:36.460
 amen

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:45.460
 so

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:46.440
 you

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.400
 not

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.400
 but

00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:50.039
 have

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.320
 but

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:51.460
 I