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 After the Sabbath at dawn on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

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 There was a violent earthquake,

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 but an angel of the Lord came down from heaven

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 and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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 His appearance was like lightning and his clothes were white as snow.

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 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became

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 like dead men.

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 The angel said to the woman,

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 Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

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 He is not here, he has risen.

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 Just as he said, come and see the place where he lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell his disciples,

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 He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee.

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 There you will see him, now I have told you.

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 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy,

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 and ran to tell his disciples.

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 Suddenly Jesus said to them,

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 Greetings, he said.

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 They came to him, clasped his feet and worshipped him.

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 Then Jesus said to them,

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 Do not be afraid, go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee,

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 and there you will see me.

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 I am now going to sing a song.

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 While the women were on their way,

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 some of the guards went into the city

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 and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

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 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan,

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 they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,

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 telling them,

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 You are to say his disciples came during the night

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 and stole him away while we were asleep.

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 If this report gets to the governor,

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 we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.

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 So the soldiers took the money

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 and did as they were instructed.

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 And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews

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 to this very day.

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 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee,

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 to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

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 When they saw him,

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 they worshipped him,

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 but some doubted.

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 Then Jesus came to them and said,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 Therefore, go

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 and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit

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 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

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 And surely I am with you always

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 to the very end

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 of the age.

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 Amen.

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 May the Lord add his blessing

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 to this reading from his word.

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 Now, can you turn with me in your Bible

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 this time to the book of Exodus?

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 And we're going to continue

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 in our study in this wonderful book.

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 We are going to be reading Exodus chapter 5

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 from verse 22

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 to the end of chapter 6.

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 So let's hear God's word once again.

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 Moses returned to the Lord and said,

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 Why, Lord?

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 Why have you brought trouble on this people?

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 Is this why you sent me?

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 Ever since I went to Pharaoh

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 to speak in your name,

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 he has brought trouble on this people

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 and you have not rescued your people at all.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh.

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 Because of my mighty hand,

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 he will let them go.

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 Because of my mighty hand,

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 he will drive them out of this country.

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 God also said to Moses,

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 I am the Lord.

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 I appeared to Abraham,

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 to Isaac,

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 and to Jacob as God Almighty,

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 but by my name,

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 the Lord,

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 I did not make myself known to them.

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 I also established my covenant with them

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 to give them the land of Canaan

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 where they resided as foreigners.

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 Moreover,

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 I have heard the groaning of the Israelites

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 whom the Egyptians are enslaving,

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 and I have remembered my covenant.

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 Therefore say to the Israelites,

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 I am the Lord,

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 and I will bring you out

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 from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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 I will free you from being slaves to them,

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 and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm

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 and with mighty acts of judgment.

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 I will take you as my own people,

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 and I will be your God.

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 Then you will know that I am the Lord your God

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 who brought you out

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 from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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 And I will bring you to the land

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 I swore with uplifted hands

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 to give to Abraham,

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 to Isaac,

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 and to Jacob.

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 I will give it to you as a possession.

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 I am the Lord.

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 Moses reported this to the Israelites,

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 but they did not listen to him

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 because of their discouragement

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 and harsh labor.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Go tell Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt,

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 to let the Israelites go out of his country.

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 But Moses said to the Lord,

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 if the Israelites will not listen to me,

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 why would Pharaoh listen to me,

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 since I speak with faltering lips?

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 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron

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 about the Israelites

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 and Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt,

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 and he commanded them

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 to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

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 These were the heads of their families.

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 The son of Reuben,

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 the firstborn son of Israel,

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 were Hanok and Palu,

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 Hezron and Carmi.

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 These were the clans of Reuben.

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 The sons of Simeon were

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 Jemuel,

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 Jamin,

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 Ohad,

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 Jachin,

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 Zohar,

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 and Shaul,

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 the son of a Canaanite woman.

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 These were the clans of Simeon.

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 These were the names of the sons of Levi,

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 according to their records,

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 Gershon,

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 Kohath,

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 and Merari.

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 Levi lived 137 years.

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 The sons of Gershon,

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 by clans,

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 were Libni and Shimei.

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 The sons of Kohath were

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 Amram,

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 Ishar,

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 Hebron,

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 and Uziel.

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 Kohath lived 133 years.

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 The sons of Merari were

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 Machli and Mushi.

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 These were the clans of Levi,

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 according to their records.

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 Amram married his father's sister,

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 Jochebed,

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 who bore him Aaron and Moses.

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 Amram lived 137 years.

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 The sons of Ishar were

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 Korah,

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 Nepheg,

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 and Zichri.

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 The sons of Uziel were

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 Mishael,

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 Elzavan,

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 and Sithri.

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 Aaron married

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 Elisheba,

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 the daughter of Amminadab,

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 and sister of Nashon,

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 and she bore him

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 Nadab,

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 and Abihu,

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 Eleazar,

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 and Ithamar.

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 The sons of Korah

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 were Aser,

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 Elkanah,

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 and Abiasath.

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 These were the

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 Korahite clans.

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 Eliezer,

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 son of Aaron,

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 married one of the

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 daughters of Putiel,

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 and she bore him

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 Phinehas.

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 These were the heads of the

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 Levite families,

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 clan by clan.

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 It was this Aaron and

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 Moses to whom the Lord

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 said,

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 bring the Israelites out of

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 Egypt by their divisions.

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 They were the ones who

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 spoke to Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt,

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 about bringing the

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 Israelites out of Egypt,

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 this same Moses and Aaron.

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 Now when the Lord spoke to

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 Moses in Egypt,

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 he said to him,

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 I am the Lord.

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 Tell Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt,

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 everything I tell you.

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 But Moses said to the

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 Lord,

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 since I speak with

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 faltering lips,

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 why would Pharaoh

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 listen to me?

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 Amen.

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 So today,

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 what we're going to think

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 about,

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 what we're going to see

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 from our text,

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 is that our

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 remarkable God,

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 the one who declares

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 himself to be,

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 I am the Lord,

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 uses unremarkable people

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 for his purposes.

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 We've said it before,

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 and I'm sure we will

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 say it again,

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 that the Bible is

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 history's most honest

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 book.

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 That cover to cover,

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 we are invited to

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 recognize that God's

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 people are not

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 very impressive.

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 So often,

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 rather than trust,

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 we see doubt.

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 So often,

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 rather than love,

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 we see hate.

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 Rather than obedience,

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 we see sinful

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 disobedience.

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 And we are being

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 reminded in so many

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 ways that God

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 saves

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 by grace.

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 And that's something

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 we celebrate in the

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 gospel.

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 This comes to us as

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 good news,

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 that Jesus,

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 the God-man,

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 entered into

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 human history.

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 And that it's through

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 his sinless obedience,

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 and through his

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 sacrificial death,

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 and through his

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 resurrection life,

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 that we can be

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 saved and enter into

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 relationship with God.

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 That's good news

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 for unremarkable,

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 unimpressive,

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 sinful people like

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 us.

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 The question for

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 today is this,

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 do we believe that

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 this same remarkable

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 God who saves by

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 grace can use those

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 unremarkable people

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 on his mission,

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 in building his

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 kingdom for his

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 glory?

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 The text that we

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 just read

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 shows God,

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 by his spirit,

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 leading Moses

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 to highlight

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 this point,

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 to highlight

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 Moses' own

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 weakness,

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 to highlight the

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 glory of God

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 as the next part

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 of the drama

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 in Egypt

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 is about to

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 take place.

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 What's interesting

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 about this text

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 is that there are

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 different frames

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 that we can find

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 here?

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 How do we

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 think about

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 frames?

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 Think about

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 an art gallery,

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 think about the

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 walls of our

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 houses and

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 family photos,

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 or framed

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 portraits that

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 hang in a

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 gallery.

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 What's the point

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 of a frame?

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 It's to draw

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 attention to

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 what is inside.

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 Well,

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 there are two

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 frames in

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 this section,

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 and one,

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 inside that frame,

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 is a reminder

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 of just how

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 unremarkable

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 and how weak

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 the people of

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 God often are,

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 and one frame

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 that shows this

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 wonderful portrait

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 of who our

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 God really,

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 truly is.

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 One frame,

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 we're going to

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 see Moses,

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 the discouraged

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 believer.

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 One frame is

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 going to show

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 us Moses,

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 the unimpressive

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 believer,

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 but inside we're

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 going to see

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 a wonderful

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 portrait of

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 God.

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 I am the

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 Lord,

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 and it's this

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 Lord who is

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 able for his

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 glory and to

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 build his

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 kingdom,

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 he is able to

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 use people

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 like Moses,

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 with doubts

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 and fears,

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 people like us,

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 with our doubts

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 and fears too.

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 Remember,

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 this is Moses

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 telling his

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 story.

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 This is Moses

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 telling his

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 story to a

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 generation of

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 Israelites in

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 the wilderness,

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 and if we use

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 our imagination,

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 perhaps we can

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 see Moses,

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 in effect,

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 telling the

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 people,

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 I am just

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 like you,

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 I experienced

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 doubts,

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 I am someone

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 who lacked

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 patience in

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 God's timing,

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 hard times

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 made me

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 question God,

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 I often felt

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 too weak for

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 the task that

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 God had given

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 me to do.

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 And as we've

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 already noticed,

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 God doesn't

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 correct Moses,

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 God doesn't

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 massage Moses'

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 ego and says,

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 no of course

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 Moses,

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 you're wonderful,

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 rather,

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 what Moses is

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 going to tell

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 the Israelites

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 is that God

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 revealed himself

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 time and time

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 again,

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 in patience and

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 a mercy,

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 here revealing

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 more of what

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 it means that

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 God is the

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 I am Lord.

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 And bear in

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 mind that Moses

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 tells this story

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 once they've been

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 released from

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 slavery.

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 It's this Lord

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 who has kept

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 his promise to

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 save us.

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 It's this Lord

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 who's kept his

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 promise to be

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 with us.

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 It's this Lord

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 who's keeping

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 his promise to

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 bring us home.

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 So Moses could

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 stand before

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 the nation of

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 Israel and say,

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 our success is

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 not about me,

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 it's not my

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 wonderful leadership,

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 it's all about

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 the Lord and

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 his faithfulness

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 and his saving

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 grace.

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 And by God's

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 design that's

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 how this text

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 is supposed to

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 fall on our

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 ears.

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 So let's think

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 about this first

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 frame.

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 So boys and

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 girls on your

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 sheet, this is

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 the first point

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 that we're

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 thinking about.

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 There is a

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 frame that we

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 can see that

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 shows us Moses

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 as the

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 discouraged

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 believer.

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 So you'll

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 see one side

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 of the frame,

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 22 and

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 23, and the

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 other side of

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 it in chapter 6,

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 verse 9 to

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 12.

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 So chapter 5,

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 verse 22,

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 we read,

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 Moses returned

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 to the Lord

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 and said,

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 why Lord,

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 why have you

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 brought trouble

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 on this people?

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 So he returned

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 to the Lord.

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 So he's coming

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 to God in

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 prayer and he's

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 bringing lament.

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 Why, Lord?

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 You made

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 promises.

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 Within the

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 covenant we have

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 expectations that

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 life will work

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 itself out in a

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 certain way.

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 Things are not

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 getting better.

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 Why do we not

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 see what we are

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 hoping for and

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 what you have

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 promised?

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 Instead, what are

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 they seeing?

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 They're seeing more

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 trouble.

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 trouble.

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 Pharaoh has

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 brought more

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 trouble.

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 And Moses says,

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 Pharaoh has

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 brought trouble

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 because of the

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 Lord's words.

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 In response to

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 the Lord's plan,

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 Pharaoh has

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 only made things

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 more difficult

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 for the people.

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 And so Moses

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 and Israel,

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 they're discouraged.

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 Why have things

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 got harder?

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 Moses is

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 discouraged.

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 You have not

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 rescued your

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 people at all,

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 he says.

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 So that's one

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 side of the

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 frame.

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 And we're

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 going to come

00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.660
 back to verses

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 1 to 8 and

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 we're going to

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 see the Lord

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 revealing more

00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:01.020
 of himself and

00:14:01.020 --> 00:14:02.320
 his character and

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 more of his

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 glorious plans.

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 But let's leave

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 that to one side

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 and let's move

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 to the other

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 side of the

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 frame to verse

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 9 to 12.

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 So Moses came

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 and reports to

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 the Israelites

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 what God has

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.500
 said about

00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:17.940
 himself, but the

00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:18.360
 people don't

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 listen because of

00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:19.860
 their discouragement,

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 because of their

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 circumstances, their

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 hard labor.

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 And in verse

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 12 we see

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 Moses'

00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.140
 discouragement

00:14:27.140 --> 00:14:27.860
 coming out.

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 If the

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 Israelites won't

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 listen, why in

00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:31.280
 the world would

00:14:31.280 --> 00:14:32.740
 Pharaoh listen?

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 So he feels

00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:34.879
 discouraged about

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.480
 the task that

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.000
 God has given

00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.400
 him to do.

00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:36.860
 No one's going

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.240
 to listen.

00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.360
 There is no

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 use in my

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 being there.

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 So the

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.420
 circumstances

00:14:45.420 --> 00:14:46.620
 facing Moses

00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:48.220
 are ones where

00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.960
 all he sees is

00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.820
 apparent failure.

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 failure.

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 And so he has

00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:51.840
 these questions

00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:52.580
 about his own

00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.080
 ability.

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 This is the

00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.620
 frame through

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.760
 which Moses is

00:14:56.760 --> 00:14:57.640
 viewing his life

00:14:57.640 --> 00:14:58.660
 and his mission.

00:15:00.040 --> 00:15:00.680
 And again, it would

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.620
 be very easy for us

00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.980
 to point the

00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.680
 finger of blame

00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.340
 at Moses and

00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:04.700
 say, well, you

00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:05.340
 should know better.

00:15:05.400 --> 00:15:05.960
 You should have

00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:06.560
 more faith.

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.440
 God has been

00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.240
 speaking to you,

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 but doesn't he

00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:10.520
 remind us of

00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:11.740
 ourselves when we're

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 being honest?

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 We hear God say

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.320
 to us in his

00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.980
 word, do not

00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:17.080
 fear, for I am

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 with you.

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 But there are

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 circumstances and

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 there are people

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 and there are

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 times where we

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 are fearful,

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 where we are

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 anxious and

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 where we are

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 paralyzed and we

00:15:28.540 --> 00:15:29.860
 fail to respond

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 in faith.

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 You know, we

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 believe that

00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:34.120
 Jesus says to

00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.580
 us, as he did

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.320
 in Matthew 28,

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 go and make

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.980
 disciples and

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 surely I am

00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:39.800
 with you to the

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 end of the age.

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 But when we

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.540
 get no response

00:15:45.540 --> 00:15:46.240
 or we face

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:47.100
 rejection, we

00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:49.019
 become discouraged.

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 Perhaps we

00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.659
 decide to even

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.680
 stop bothering

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 because we

00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.299
 don't see any

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 point.

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.279
 How could we

00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:56.899
 make any

00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:57.320
 difference?

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 God leads

00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.879
 Moses to

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.480
 write down

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 his story,

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 to make sure

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 that God's

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 people would

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 always understand

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 that when it

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 comes to our

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 salvation and

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 when it comes

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 to our

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 mission, we

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 would recognize

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 that all glory

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 belongs to

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 God and

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 that we

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 would place

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 our hope in

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 God and

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 not in

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 ourselves.

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 We would

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 place our

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 hope in

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 the one who

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 says, I

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 am the

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 Lord.

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 So we've

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 said that

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 there's this

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 frame and

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 we've seen

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 Moses as a

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 discouraged

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 believer, but

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 in the middle

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 we have a

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 beautiful

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 portrait where

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 God reveals,

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 I am the

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 Lord.

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 So boys and

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 girls, this is

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 the second thing

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 on your sheet,

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 chapter 6

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 verses 1

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 to 8.

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 Look at how

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 chapter 6

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 begins,

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 Then the

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 Lord said to

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 Moses,

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 Now you'll

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 see what I

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 will do to

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 Pharaoh, because

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 of my mighty

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 hand he will

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 let them go.

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 Moses in his

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 discouragement

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 stands in need

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 of reassurance,

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 and the Lord

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 again is very

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 patient and

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 merciful and

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 makes a fresh

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 promise to

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 Moses.

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 Now you'll

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 see what I

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 will do.

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 Pharaoh has

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 brought trouble,

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 he has brought

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 difficulty, but

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 my power, my

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 mighty hand will

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 bring freedom.

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 In fact, so

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 great is God's

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 strength that he

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 will turn the

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 mind of Pharaoh

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 so that Pharaoh

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 himself will

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 drive the

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 people of God

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 out of his

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 country.

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 Moses needs to

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 be reassured.

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 It's not on

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 you, Moses.

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 It's all about

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 the I am

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 God.

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 And Moses

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 too is given

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 a gracious

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 reminder, a

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 reminder of the

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 God who never

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 changes.

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 Verse 4, I

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 also established

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 my covenant

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 with them, with

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 Abraham, Isaac,

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 and Jacob, to

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 give them the

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 land of Canaan.

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 Moreover, I

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 have heard the

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 groaning of the

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 Israelites whom

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 the Egyptians

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 are enslaving, and

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 I have remembered

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 my covenant.

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 When God

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 remembers something,

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 it's not like it

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 was previously

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 forgotten, it

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 means he's

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 about to act.

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 So the

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 Lord graciously

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 and patiently

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 makes himself

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 known to

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 Moses, reminding

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 him of his

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 power, reminding

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 him of his

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 promises, saying

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 to Moses, at

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 every point, you

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 can trust me.

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 And then we

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 get that

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 fascinating

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 statement in

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 verses 2 and

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 3.

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 Perhaps you

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 noticed it as

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 we read.

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 God also

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 said to

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 Moses, I

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 am the

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 Lord.

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 I

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 appeared to

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 Abraham, to

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 Isaac, and to

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 Jacob as God

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 Almighty, but

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 by my name, the

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 Lord, I did

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 not make myself

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 known to

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 them.

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 So here's

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 another gift

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 from God to

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 Moses.

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 Moses is

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 given a new

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 revelation, an

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 ongoing revelation

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 of who God

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 is and what

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 God is going

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 to do, of

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 what it means

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 for God to

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 be the Lord,

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 the personal

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 covenant-making

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 God.

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 So God

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 says to

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 Moses that

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 the story of

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 Abraham, Isaac,

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 and Jacob was

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 one of them

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 knowingly as

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 God Almighty.

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 And that's a

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 wonderful thing.

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 In Genesis

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 17, we

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 discover that

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.700
 this Almighty

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 God can come

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 to Abraham at

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 the age of

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 99 and can

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 call him the

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 father of

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 nations and

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 can promise

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 him that he

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 will bring his

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 family into

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 the land.

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 In Genesis

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 28, we

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 hear this

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.700
 wonderful word

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 that God

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 Almighty can

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 make Jacob

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 into a

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 community and

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.580
 bring them to

00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:32.779
 the land of

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 Canaan.

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 But now

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 what's going to

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:37.360
 happen with

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:37.940
 Moses and

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.840
 this generation

00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.860
 is that they

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 are going to

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 see those

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:43.060
 covenant promises

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 come to

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 life.

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 Promise is

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 about to

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:48.160
 become reality.

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 They're going

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.039
 to see I

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.539
 am the

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.340
 Lord in a

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.139
 whole new

00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:53.859
 way as

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 he begins

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 to work

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.199
 out these

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 promises.

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 And we

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:58.879
 see that

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 and we're

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.240
 going to

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.699
 focus on

00:19:59.699 --> 00:20:00.439
 verses 6

00:20:00.439 --> 00:20:00.699
 to 8.

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 And notice

00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:01.519
 as well,

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:01.779
 so we're

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.199
 thinking about

00:20:02.199 --> 00:20:02.599
 frames,

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.240
 notice that

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.919
 verses 6

00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:04.299
 to 8 when

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.199
 God speaks,

00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.259
 he begins

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.619
 with,

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.339
 I am the

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.659
 Lord,

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.359
 and he

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.199
 closes with,

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.959
 I am the

00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:10.220
 Lord,

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.019
 and everything

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.679
 in between

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:13.039
 is intended

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.619
 to help us

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:14.199
 to know more

00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:15.319
 about who

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.899
 is the

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.119
 Lord,

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.799
 what is

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.599
 his character

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:17.980
 like.

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 And there

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.579
 are three

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:21.160
 truths in

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.019
 these verses.

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 First

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.279
 truth,

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.759
 I am the

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.140
 Lord,

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.980
 and I

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:27.079
 will redeem

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.839
 you.

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.759
 Verse 6,

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.720
 I will free

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.180
 you from

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 being slaves

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.660
 to them,

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.759
 and I

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.440
 will redeem

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.519
 you with

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.299
 an outstretched

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.779
 arm and

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.420
 with mighty

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.079
 acts of

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.460
 judgment.

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:39.980
 Who is

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.519
 the Lord?

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.279
 The Lord

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.519
 is the

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.039
 Redeemer.

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.759
 the present

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.559
 reality of

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:45.940
 the people

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.399
 of Israel,

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:46.779
 they are

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.859
 under the

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.960
 yoke of

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.599
 slavery.

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.139
 That is

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:51.680
 their experience,

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.440
 the misery

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.980
 of being

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.019
 slaves.

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.379
 But God

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:55.799
 is going

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.420
 to act.

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:56.779
 He says,

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.579
 I will

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.059
 bring you

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.359
 out,

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:58.859
 I will

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.500
 free you,

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.319
 I will

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.819
 redeem

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.240
 you.

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.440
 Here is

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.279
 God saying,

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.000
 I will

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.059
 act as

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.259
 your

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.039
 kinsman

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.539
 Redeemer.

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.859
 That

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.359
 close

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.079
 family

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.960
 relative who

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.559
 would pay

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.559
 the price

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:15.059
 to relieve

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:16.200
 a debt,

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.079
 to buy

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.519
 a person

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.019
 out of

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.480
 slavery.

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.159
 God says,

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:19.659
 I will

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.379
 do that

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.819
 for you.

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.019
 God is

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.639
 in covenant

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.519
 relationship

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.559
 with his

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.039
 people.

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.619
 He is

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.019
 going to

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.859
 pay the

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.179
 price.

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.460
 He is

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.839
 going to

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.559
 bear the

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 debt to

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 secure the

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 freedom for

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 his own.

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 That's the

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 promise that

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 they receive

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 as slaves.

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 And it's

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 the promise

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 of the

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 gospel that

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 we receive.

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 as

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 Fergus was

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 praying.

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 Jesus

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 says,

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 anyone who

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 sins is

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 a slave

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 to sin.

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 Well,

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 what's the

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.059
 good news

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.379
 of the

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.839
 gospel?

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 That God

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.700
 has sent

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 his son

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 Jesus to

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 free us

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 from that

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 greater

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 slavery than

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 political

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 slavery.

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 That Jesus

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 comes as

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 the one

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 declaring,

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 I am

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 the Lord.

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 And he

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 comes because

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 he loves

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 his bride.

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 And he's

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 going to

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 bear the

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 debt and

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 pay the

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 price to

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 remove the

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 chains from

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 his bride,

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 to make

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 his bride

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 righteous and

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 holy so

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 that we,

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 the people

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 of God,

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 by faith in

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 him,

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 would know

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 freedom in

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 Christ.

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 So the

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 Lord is

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 the great

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 redeemer of

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 his people.

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 A discouraged

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 believer like

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 Moses needs to

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 be reminded of

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 that.

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 Discouraged

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.299
 believers in

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 21st century

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 Edinburgh need

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 to be reminded

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 of that.

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 The second

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 truth in this

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 portrait of

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 what it means

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.620
 that God

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 is the

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 Lord,

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 I am the

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 Lord and

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 I will

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 take you

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 as my

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 own.

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.779
 Verse 7,

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 I will

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 take you

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 as my

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 own people

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 and I

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 will be

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 your God.

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 Then you

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 will know

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 that I

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 am the

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.660
 Lord your

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 God who

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 brought you

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 out from

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 under the

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 yoke of

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 the Egyptians.

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 I am

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 the Lord,

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 I am

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 the Lord

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 your God,

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 I will

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 be your

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 God.

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 What is

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 this?

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 This is an

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 invitation for

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 the people of

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 God to say

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 this is my

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.860
 God, I

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 belong to

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 him, I

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 know him

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 personally, I

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.059
 am the Lord

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 might seem

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 distant, I

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.000
 am your

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 Lord and

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.580
 your God

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.500
 reminds us

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 of just how

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 personal God's

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.860
 love becomes.

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 God will

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.340
 save his

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.720
 people for

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.399
 relationship

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:38.159
 as Moses

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 and Israel

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 will soon

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.399
 enough discover

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 God's people

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:44.019
 are redeemed,

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 not so they

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 can enjoy

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.099
 political freedom

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 but they can

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.099
 have freedom

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 for relationship

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.539
 with the

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.980
 God who

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 made them

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 and who

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.259
 acts in

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.799
 grace to

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 save them.

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 And that's

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 why the

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 journey doesn't

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:55.939
 go from

00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.699
 Egypt straight

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.000
 to the

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.819
 promised land,

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 rather it

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.619
 goes from

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 Egypt to

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 Mount Sinai

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 because there

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 God will

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 meet with

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.699
 his people

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.000
 as he

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.539
 promised,

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.579
 there he

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.339
 will renew

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.519
 a covenant

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.439
 with them

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.379
 and they

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.919
 will enjoy

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.460
 the Lord's

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.559
 presence there

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.460
 at Mount

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.099
 Sinai.

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 They will

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.960
 become the

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.899
 Lord's own

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.519
 people.

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.659
 Remember the

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.259
 promise of

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.879
 Jesus at the

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.519
 end of Matthew

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.699
 28, that he

00:24:20.699 --> 00:24:21.659
 would always be

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.879
 with his people

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.559
 to the very

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.279
 end of the

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.819
 age.

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.500
 It's a

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.460
 wonderful gospel

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.139
 reality.

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.599
 What's the joy

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.599
 of the new

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.359
 heaven and the

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.039
 new earth?

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:33.139
 for the

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.700
 believer in

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.039
 the Lord

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:36.920
 Jesus, that

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.659
 Christ and

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.220
 his bride,

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.779
 the church,

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.200
 will be

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.799
 together

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.480
 forever,

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.819
 having been

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.759
 made righteous

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.759
 and washed,

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.299
 and there'll

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.980
 be a wedding

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.799
 feast, and

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.220
 there will be

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.759
 joy when

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.319
 Jesus and

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.839
 his church

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.480
 are together

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.079
 forever.

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.000
 There is

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.639
 wonderful hope

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.940
 for discouraged

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:56.480
 believers when

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.299
 we remember

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:59.059
 that the

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.119
 Lord loves

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.779
 his own

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.679
 and seeks

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.539
 relationship

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.459
 and fellowship

00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:04.539
 and sent

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.019
 his son

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.699
 Jesus to

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.039
 pay the

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.500
 price that

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.799
 we might

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.739
 enjoy that.

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.039
 Truth number

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.599
 three in

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.219
 this portrait

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.679
 of what it

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.219
 means that

00:25:14.219 --> 00:25:15.619
 God says,

00:25:15.719 --> 00:25:16.079
 I am a

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:17.899
 Lord, I

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.239
 am a

00:25:18.239 --> 00:25:18.519
 Lord,

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.079
 verse 8,

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:19.459
 and I

00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:19.979
 will bring

00:25:19.979 --> 00:25:20.299
 you to

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.799
 the land

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.459
 I swore

00:25:21.459 --> 00:25:22.539
 with uplifted

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.919
 hand to

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.179
 give to

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.479
 Abraham,

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:24.959
 to Isaac,

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:25.299
 and to

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.639
 Jacob.

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.639
 I will

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.079
 give it to

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.799
 you as a

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.339
 possession.

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:30.299
 Now think

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.039
 about the

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.480
 people of

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.839
 God's

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.779
 experience in

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.179
 Egypt.

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.220
 They had

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.859
 no land of

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.159
 their own

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.539
 by this

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.859
 stage,

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.699
 no rights,

00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:37.639
 no freedom,

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.859
 no freedom

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.480
 to worship.

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.299
 If that's

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.919
 your reality,

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.240
 imagine how

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.000
 amazing this

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.759
 promise sounds.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.059
 It's the

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.559
 promise of

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.980
 home.

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.039
 It's a

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.619
 promise of

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.199
 freedom and

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.539
 security.

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:51.879
 It's a

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.439
 promise of

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.359
 being with

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.259
 God in

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.939
 God's place

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.819
 as God's

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.279
 people and

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.000
 enjoying his

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.720
 blessing.

00:25:58.339 --> 00:26:00.000
 poor,

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.659
 discouraged

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.119
 Israelites.

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.899
 It sounds

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.500
 too good to

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.179
 be true for

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.539
 them, but

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.240
 they will

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.799
 discover it

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.639
 is good

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.039
 and it

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.099
 is true.

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:07.639
 And the

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.459
 Lord offers

00:26:08.459 --> 00:26:09.699
 certainty.

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.799
 Notice in

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.199
 verse 8,

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.139
 I swore with

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.659
 uplifted

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.099
 hand.

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.599
 I swear to

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:14.899
 tell the

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.220
 truth, the

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.659
 whole truth,

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.039
 and nothing

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.459
 but the

00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:16.659
 truth.

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.539
 God is

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.000
 offering

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.939
 certainty

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.419
 to his

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.639
 people.

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.619
 I will

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.240
 save you

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.779
 and I

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.319
 will bring

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.959
 you home.

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.720
 It's the

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.439
 certainty of

00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:26.740
 Jesus'

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.500
 promise to

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.919
 the thief

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.220
 on the

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.600
 cross.

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.279
 As that

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.820
 thief turned

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.340
 in faith

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.800
 to Jesus,

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.340
 today you

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.860
 will be

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.200
 with me

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.779
 in paradise.

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.800
 And it's

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.180
 the same

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.360
 promise that

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.940
 leads us to

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.700
 have hope,

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.400
 that our

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.880
 ultimate

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.360
 hope,

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.240
 home for

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.320
 the people

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.779
 of God.

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.720
 Revelation 21

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.340
 verse 3,

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.200
 God's dwelling

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.400
 place is now

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.779
 among the

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.160
 people.

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.500
 He will

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.060
 dwell with

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.480
 them.

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:54.500
 God's

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.900
 love for

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.420
 him.

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.819
 The Lord

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.539
 saves us

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.420
 for relationship

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.299
 and he

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.759
 saves us

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.099
 so that we

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.720
 might enjoy

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.440
 an eternal

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:02.120
 home with

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.480
 him.

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.860
 It's good

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.480
 news for

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.960
 discouraged

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.420
 believers.

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.120
 We need

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.880
 this

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.940
 portrait.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.019
 When people

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.779
 go to see a

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.460
 famous painting,

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.880
 you go to

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.339
 see the

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.900
 Mona

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.259
 Lisa,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.140
 and you

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.360
 go to

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.700
 see any

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.019
 famous

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.380
 painting,

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.900
 you're not

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.480
 about the

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.819
 frame,

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.140
 are you?

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.579
 You want

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.160
 to see the

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.579
 beautiful

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:20.420
 picture inside.

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.680
 Moses and

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.019
 Israel,

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.200
 in their

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.740
 discouragement,

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.200
 they need to

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.519
 learn to

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.120
 look away

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.840
 from themselves

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.620
 and to

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.160
 fix their

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.740
 eyes on

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.180
 the great

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.039
 I am and

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.660
 to trust

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.240
 his covenant

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.759
 promise.

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.420
 That they

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.039
 will come to

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.620
 recognize that

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.400
 every step of

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.840
 the journey

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.360
 out of

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.920
 Egypt to

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.640
 Mount Sinai

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.180
 to the

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.200
 promised land,

00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:40.400
 it is the

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.039
 Lord who

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.560
 will be with

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:41.940
 them.

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.140
 He is with

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.600
 them and

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.180
 he is for

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.560
 them.

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.120
 And the

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.539
 same is

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.039
 true for

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.420
 us.

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.460
 Jesus is

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.120
 our Lord.

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.799
 He is

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.699
 the great

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:53.179
 I am.

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.039
 The new

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.539
 covenant

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.259
 promise is

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.199
 kept in

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.459
 him,

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.819
 that in

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.259
 him we

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.459
 have

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:58.000
 redemption,

00:27:58.219 --> 00:27:59.179
 in him we

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.979
 have relationship

00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:00.339
 with the

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.819
 living God,

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.639
 in him we

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:01.959
 have the

00:28:01.959 --> 00:28:03.439
 promise of

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:03.979
 an eternal

00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:04.559
 home.

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.119
 Robert

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.339
 Murray

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.919
 McShane,

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.159
 the famous

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:10.399
 preacher from

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.979
 Dundee,

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:12.339
 reminded his

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.279
 congregation more

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.819
 than once,

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.779
 for every one

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.819
 look itself,

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.439
 take ten

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:18.000
 looks to

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.519
 Christ.

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:20.480
 Moses and

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.019
 Israel needed

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.460
 to stop

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.059
 looking at

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.839
 themselves and

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.599
 their inability

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.859
 to look to

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.460
 the God of

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.379
 all ability.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.000
 And the

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.619
 same is true

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.019
 for us,

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.559
 we need to

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.119
 learn to

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.220
 look to

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.759
 Christ.

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.660
 That's not

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.000
 the only

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.440
 frame in

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.259
 our story,

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.740
 there is a

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.339
 second one we

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.819
 need to see,

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.200
 boys and

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.319
 girls,

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.759
 this is the

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.900
 third point

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:42.240
 in your

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.900
 worksheet.

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.240
 Frame

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.559
 two draws

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.220
 attention to

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.960
 Moses the

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.480
 unimpressive

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.559
 believer.

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.079
 Let's read

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.579
 again verse

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.420
 28 to

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.900
 30.

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.039
 Now when

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.380
 the Lord

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.960
 spoke to

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.460
 Moses in

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.680
 Egypt,

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.200
 he said to

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.299
 him,

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.740
 I am a

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.140
 lord,

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.420
 tell Pharaoh

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.880
 king of

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.640
 Egypt everything

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.600
 I tell you.

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.819
 But Moses

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.519
 said to the

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.900
 Lord,

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.120
 since I

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.740
 speak with

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.339
 faltering

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.920
 lips,

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.140
 why would

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.660
 Pharaoh

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.660
 listen to

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.980
 me?

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:15.180
 I don't

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.920
 know how

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.320
 many of

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:17.100
 you enjoy

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:18.080
 superhero

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.980
 movies,

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.480
 TV,

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.600
 comic books,

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.140
 I quite

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.539
 like them.

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.400
 We just

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.940
 started watching

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.860
 recently Superman

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.580
 and Lois on

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:26.980
 TV.

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.100
 Superman's an

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.440
 interesting

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.840
 character,

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.600
 Clark Kent's

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.080
 an interesting

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.539
 character,

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.660
 mild-mannered,

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.779
 regular guy,

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.940
 they're always

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.420
 selling it,

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.840
 he's just this

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.180
 normal,

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:37.420
 slightly clumsy

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.820
 sort of a

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:37.920
 guy,

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.100
 until he's

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:40.279
 really not.

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.240
 He's a

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.100
 regular guy,

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.660
 until he's

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.240
 using his

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.240
 super strength,

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.599
 or his

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.339
 laser eyes,

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.680
 or his

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.599
 super hearing,

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.400
 and then we

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.920
 are reminded

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.819
 actually he's

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.700
 totally a

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.180
 superhero.

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.220
 When we

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.599
 read the

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.000
 Bible,

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.740
 and remember

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.380
 how honest

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.759
 the Bible

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.380
 is,

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.539
 we recognize

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.839
 that the

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.620
 Bible is not

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.500
 presenting us

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.539
 with biblical

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.240
 superheroes.

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.579
 Moses is no

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.440
 biblical

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.980
 superhero.

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.339
 He seems

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.940
 an awful lot

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.740
 like us,

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:15.120
 with his

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.500
 doubts,

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:15.940
 with his

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.460
 fears.

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.640
 In chapter

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.100
 6,

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.740
 verses 10

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.299
 to 12,

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.960
 and then

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.460
 those verses

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.000
 in 28

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.700
 to 30,

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.080
 we have

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.620
 the same

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.120
 event

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.779
 recorded

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.519
 twice.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.000
 For

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.440
 emphasis,

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.320
 they frame

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:28.740
 what comes

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:28.920
 in the

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.080
 middle.

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.920
 The Lord

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.160
 says,

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.480
 go,

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.740
 I've told

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:31.980
 you to

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.240
 go,

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.779
 I've told

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.039
 you what's

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.200
 going to

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.380
 happen,

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.740
 and Moses

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.299
 says,

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.720
 I have a

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:35.960
 speech

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.420
 problem,

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.220
 I'm not

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.580
 a public

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.000
 speaker,

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.000
 the plan

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.940
 just won't

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.380
 work.

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.539
 Again,

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.440
 at no

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.120
 point does

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.519
 God

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.460
 correct him

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.039
 instead.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.519
 And this

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.799
 is really

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.220
 interesting,

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.000
 so God

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.799
 who directs

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.240
 the writing

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.720
 of Scripture

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.400
 directs

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.019
 Moses at

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.960
 this stage

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.220
 to write

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.680
 down his

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.580
 family tree.

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.420
 Seems

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.700
 quite an

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.120
 unusual

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:01.500
 thing to

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.340
 place at

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:03.200
 this stage

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.740
 of the

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.039
 story,

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.779
 but it's

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.320
 here,

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.660
 and we

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.880
 need to

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.279
 ask ourselves,

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.519
 why here

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.840
 and why

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.240
 now?

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:10.859
 And as

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.279
 we start

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.720
 to think

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.359
 about some

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.700
 of these

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.140
 characters,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.420
 we don't

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.700
 have time

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.039
 to think

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.380
 about a

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.599
 lot of

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.720
 them,

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.759
 but what

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.500
 we discover

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.259
 we are

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.240
 getting here

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.660
 in this

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.519
 family tree,

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.059
 in a sense,

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.519
 is one of

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.740
 those,

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.500
 they talk

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.039
 about warts

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.319
 and all

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.859
 portraits,

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.279
 don't they?

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.740
 It's not

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.299
 like the

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.099
 airbrushed,

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.660
 everything looks

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.240
 all glossy

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.740
 and wonderful,

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.079
 it's a

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.599
 warts and all

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.180
 picture of

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.380
 Moses and

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:31.160
 his family,

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.640
 and it's

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.940
 there by

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.579
 God's

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.079
 design.

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.000
 Again,

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.380
 he's not

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.880
 sort of looking

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.500
 to puff up

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.839
 Moses'

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.359
 pride,

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.619
 this

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.740
 emphasizes

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.000
 how

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.819
 unimpressive,

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.599
 unremarkable

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.299
 Moses and

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.920
 his family

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.500
 are to

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.759
 highlight that

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.460
 other portrait

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.980
 of God's

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.480
 glory and

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.839
 God's

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.420
 grace.

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.240
 Where does

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.380
 Moses,

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.299
 led by the

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.539
 Spirit,

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.440
 begin in

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.759
 this

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.420
 selected

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.980
 family

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.579
 history?

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.720
 It begins

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.400
 with Reuben,

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.339
 and Reuben

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:03.680
 brought open

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.339
 shame on his

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.940
 family through

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.680
 sexual sin,

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.799
 Genesis 35.

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:09.099
 We have a

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:10.140
 mention of

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.480
 verse 15,

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.140
 Shaul,

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.059
 the son of

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.500
 a Canaanite

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.880
 woman,

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.799
 an outsider.

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.900
 We have in

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.859
 verse 21,

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.220
 we have

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.779
 Korah.

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.900
 Korah leads

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.279
 an open

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.180
 rebellion against

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.799
 Moses,

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.839
 God's appointed

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.259
 leader.

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:30.240
 And of course

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.900
 we have

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.440
 Moses'

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.339
 brother Aaron,

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.119
 who by this

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.740
 stage,

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.900
 in the

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.539
 retelling of

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.900
 the story,

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.339
 has helped

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.839
 Israel to

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.140
 make the

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.819
 golden cat.

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.099
 And there's

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.920
 Moses himself.

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.440
 And we saw

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.900
 a couple of

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.319
 weeks ago,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.900
 Moses who

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.420
 killed an

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.920
 Egyptian and

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.299
 had to

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.319
 flee for

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:49.059
 his life.

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.940
 Perhaps it's

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.579
 no surprise

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.240
 that it says

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.660
 to us in

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.359
 verse 26,

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.380
 it was this

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.819
 Aaron and

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.099
 Moses.

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.220
 Verse 27,

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.059
 it was this

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.180
 same Moses

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.720
 and Aaron

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.940
 from this

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.820
 family background,

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.920
 with this

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.380
 list of

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.900
 sin in

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.620
 their past,

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.640
 with all

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.180
 their doubts

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.740
 and all

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.840
 their failures.

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.060
 What becomes

00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:11.720
 absolutely clear

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.160
 to the people

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.740
 of Israel is

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.180
 Moses,

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.120
 although he

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.620
 grew up in

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.039
 the palace,

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.620
 he's absolutely

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.240
 one of them,

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.840
 one of them

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.759
 in terms of

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.640
 his genealogy,

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.460
 but also one

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.940
 of them in

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.140
 terms of his

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.759
 own sin and

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.420
 disobedience.

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.259
 The attention

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.140
 is not on

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.400
 Moses,

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.740
 and it

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.200
 shouldn't be.

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.519
 He's a

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.920
 regular,

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.560
 unremarkable

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.299
 believer.

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.799
 He's living

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.359
 by faith,

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.759
 but the

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.379
 attention

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.940
 goes to

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.279
 the other

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.720
 portrait,

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.839
 the wonderful

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.359
 portrait of

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.879
 God.

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.159
 But here's

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.680
 the remarkable

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.099
 thing,

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.039
 despite Moses'

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.180
 failures,

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.139
 despite Moses'

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.980
 doubts and

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.539
 fears and

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.099
 questions about

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.399
 his own

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.759
 ability,

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:47.159
 God has

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:48.099
 used him,

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.019
 will use

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.419
 him to

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:50.419
 deliver Israel

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:50.899
 and to

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.539
 redeem them

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.359
 from slavery.

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.639
 The God

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.039
 who says,

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.759
 I am the

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.119
 Lord,

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.519
 who is

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.460
 all-glorious

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.180
 and all-powerful,

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.779
 is able to

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.339
 use weak

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.279
 people like

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.980
 Moses and

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.660
 like us

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:03.500
 for his

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.220
 own

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.339
 glory.

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.679
 And so

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.279
 this text

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.679
 gives us

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.320
 two frames

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.759
 and two

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.239
 portraits,

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.940
 and we

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.699
 need both

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.300
 of them

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.500
 as the

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.940
 people of

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.279
 God.

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.699
 We need

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.460
 the honest

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.380
 portrait of

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.159
 us as

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.860
 believers

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:23.559
 to recognize

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.099
 our own

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.500
 weakness

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.800
 so that we

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.420
 might look to

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.940
 Christ for

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.400
 strength,

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:29.119
 to be

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.780
 honest about

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.420
 our sin

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.420
 so that we

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.920
 would look to

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.300
 the Christ

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.160
 who pardons

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.539
 sin.

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.760
 And we

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.599
 really need that

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.420
 glorious portrait

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.099
 of the God of

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.480
 grace.

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.940
 We need to be

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.800
 reminded about the

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.400
 God who says,

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.119
 I am,

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.860
 and I will

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.500
 save you,

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.360
 and I am

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.039
 present with

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.200
 you,

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.039
 and I will

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.860
 bring you

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.420
 home.

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.119
 So that we

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.780
 understand that

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.240
 when God

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.340
 calls us

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.320
 to be

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.100
 disciples of

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:54.420
 Jesus,

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:56.539
 when God

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.240
 says to

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.660
 us,

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.780
 now that

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.039
 you're in

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.519
 my kingdom,

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.039
 I'm asking

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.460
 you to be

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.420
 my ambassadors,

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.500
 when he

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.039
 calls on us

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.360
 as the

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.860
 church to

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.880
 seek justice

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.620
 and to

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.240
 care for

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.820
 others and

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.220
 to tell

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.880
 lost people

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.660
 about Jesus,

00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:14.980
 we don't

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.500
 trust in

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.120
 ourselves.

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.900
 Rather,

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.380
 we trust

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.960
 that he

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:20.000
 will provide.

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.360
 We look

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.680
 to the

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:21.920
 Lord,

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.440
 trusting that

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.720
 he will

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.519
 work despite

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.880
 our

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.440
 inability,

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.900
 recognizing

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.519
 that in

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.260
 Christ,

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.659
 our success

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.639
 rests entirely

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.639
 on his

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.539
 faithfulness.

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.619
 Let's

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:37.940
 pray.

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.139
 Lord,

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.139
 our God,

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.780
 we thank

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.480
 you for

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.099
 the honesty

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.539
 of the

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.860
 Bible,

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.059
 that you

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.639
 in your

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.260
 kindness

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.000
 to us

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.900
 would strip

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.400
 us of

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.420
 all pride

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:56.660
 and self-reliance.

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.400
 Rather,

00:35:58.520 --> 00:35:58.800
 you would

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.920
 constantly show

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.520
 us our own

00:36:00.520 --> 00:36:00.980
 weakness

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.840
 and our

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.320
 sin,

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:05.460
 and you

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.920
 would show

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.500
 us such a

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.460
 wonderful picture

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.400
 of your love

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.520
 and your grace

00:36:09.520 --> 00:36:10.460
 and your

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.280
 all-sufficient

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.940
 power

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:14.560
 to recognize

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:15.240
 that just as

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.880
 you save

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.460
 people by

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.880
 grace,

00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:17.460
 so you

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.940
 empower people

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.860
 by grace

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.619
 to serve

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.039
 you in

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.720
 your kingdom

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:23.059
 as weak

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.440
 as we

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:23.740
 are,

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.860
 as full of

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.400
 doubts and

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.400
 fears as

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.019
 we are,

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.440
 so that you

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.679
 would constantly

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.860
 be glorified.

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.420
 And so,

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.599
 Lord,

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.440
 we pray

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.579
 that we would

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.380
 keep these

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.659
 portraits in

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.139
 view,

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:39.099
 that we

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.559
 wouldn't

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.500
 focus

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.159
 only on

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.820
 ourselves,

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.460
 only on our

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.159
 weakness and

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.960
 fears and

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.539
 failures,

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.639
 others,

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.139
 but that you

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.659
 would keep

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.599
 drawing our

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:51.000
 eyes to

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.500
 the Lord

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.679
 Jesus Christ,

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.519
 the great

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.380
 I Am,

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.559
 the one who

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.679
 saved us,

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.940
 the one who

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.279
 says,

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.019
 I will be

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.840
 with you,

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.259
 and the one

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.539
 who has

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:03.219
 promised that

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.739
 in the fullness

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.559
 of his timing

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.480
 he will call

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.360
 his people

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.960
 home to

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.400
 himself.

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.259
 Give us

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.779
 confidence in

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:12.179
 Christ when

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.619
 we feel

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.500
 discouraged.

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.880
 Give us

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.480
 hope in

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.640
 our remarkable

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:19.360
 God and

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.059
 your amazing

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.820
 grace when

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.220
 we feel

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.920
 ourselves to

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.340
 be so

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:24.340
 unremarkable.

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.980
 Lord, may

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.280
 you be

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:27.340
 glorified among

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.760
 us, we

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:29.019
 pray in

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.860
 Jesus' name.

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.760
 Amen.

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 Now, we

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 will close

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 our time

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 together this

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 evening,

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 singing the

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.860
 hymn,

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 When Peace

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 Like a

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 River

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 attendeth my

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 way.

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 Let's

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 stand together

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 to sing.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.040
 Amen.

00:37:50.040 --> 00:37:50.120
 Amen.

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.220
 Amen.

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:51.140
 Amen.

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.220
 Amen.

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.260
 Amen.

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.300
 Amen.

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.360
 Amen.

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.380
 Amen.

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.420
 Amen.

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.540
 Amen.

00:37:51.540 --> 00:37:51.740
 Amen.

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:51.760
 Amen.

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:51.840
 Amen.

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:51.900
 Amen.

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 Amen.