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 cavalry commander in the American Civil Wars and the Indian Wars. Today he is remembered for the

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 disastrous military engagement known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the 25th of June 1876,

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 where he died along with 260 soldiers, all of them, the whole company was wiped out,

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 included Custer, his two brothers, a nephew, so a bunch of his family members were killed there as

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 well. This is a man who had quite humble origins. He was born into a poor and obscure family somewhere

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 in the Midwest. Throughout his life, Custer was known as someone to test the boundaries

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 and the rules consistently. In his four years as a West Point cadet, he amassed a record.

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 This day, it's a record to this day. It's a record of 726 demerit points.

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 The worst conduct recorded in the history of the academy. And during his rocky tenure at the academy,

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 Custer came close to expulsion on every single year he was there due to the excessive amounts of his

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 demerits. There were 34 cadets in his year at West Point and at graduation, he ranked number 34.

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 This is a man who had origins, both humble origins, both in life and in his career.

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 During the American Civil War, he was regarded by soldiers as a great leader, always willing to do

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 the toughest jobs. His reputation spread at the age of 23. He became the youngest major general in

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 American military history. And it was during his rise to fame as a leader that he fell in love with

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 publicity of himself, about himself. For those who knew him, those who served under him or with him,

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 particularly in his latter years, he became known for his vanity and his desire for personal glory.

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 Some historians even suggest that it's because of his pride and his vanity and his desire for personal

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 glory that 260 men died with him at the little bighorn. All too often, this is the case, is it not,

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 where success leads to pride, leads to boasting, it leads to conceit, it leads to downfall.

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 Boasting, encouraging others, and in fact, even our own hearts, to give us glory,

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 is opposed to, and even saps life out of true faith. Conceit, being hungry for honour and glory,

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 is the cousin of boasting. So there's three things I want us to see today in this text. I want to see,

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 first of all, the strength in weakness. I want to see, secondly, triumphant weakness. And thirdly,

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 how to finish with triumphant weakness. So firstly, strength in weakness. Judges 6, as we saw last week,

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 Gideon is chosen by God to save Israel from the Midianites, who have been oppressing them for seven

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 years. At the beginning of chapter 7, we now get battle time, and two armies are facing each other off.

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 Before he goes into battle, God wants to teach Gideon and the rest of his people,

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 who actually deserves glory for the salvation that they're about to receive.

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 And it starts with advice that Gideon gets in verse 2, and you won't find this advice in any

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 military manual. Now, this is the verse that interprets the rest of chapter 7 and into chapter 8.

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 God's people will either praise God for their victory, or they will praise, they will boast in

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 themselves. Gideon will either give the honour to his Lord, or he will seek it for himself.

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 Human nature is such that if there is the tiniest opportunity for us to boast in our own work,

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 we will. Notice that God says in verse 2, that any such boasting is against me.

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 As soon as we begin to believe that we deserve the credit for rescuing or for delivering ourselves,

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 what we do in that moment is we take glory from God for delivering us, a glory that he deserves

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 alone. And as soon as we rob glory from God, it's called idolatry.

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 And we set ourselves up as alternative saviors. And this has to be the greatest spiritual danger

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 there is, that we should believe that we can save ourselves or have saved ourselves in any way.

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 And Christianity is so clear on this. Salvation is by God's gracious action.

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 We don't earn it with our own actions at all. And so what God does here is he reduces the number of

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 soldiers because he knows that the men are too many. There's too many for Israel to see clearly

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 where the praise and the glory is going to go for the victory that's about to come.

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 And so God decreases their numbers in two ways. Firstly, Gideon says that anyone here

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 anyone here at all who's too scared to fight, you can go home. And that shaves his army by two thirds.

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 22,000 go home.

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 You know, imagine being the first person. That's me, guys. I'm out of here.

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 Imagine being the one, you know, walking home to your family, to your community, and they're thinking,

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 what, it's over already? Nah, it's not over yet. I was just too scared. So I've just come home.

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 And imagine being there when the rest who do fight the battle come home.

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 Like, you know, pin a yellow ribbon on them all.

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 These guys publicly admit that they have no heart for the battle.

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 But 10,000 who were either too scared to go home or too scared to stay.

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 The 10,000 stayed anyway.

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 And in verse 4, that's still too many.

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 And so the second group were sent home after, well, for obscure reasons.

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 The way that they drank water.

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 Now, the text does not say why God picked the drinking test.

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 It isn't about the quality of the fighting men.

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 The first test potentially was, if you're too scared, go home because you're useless to us anyway.

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 But the second test was not about the quality of the fighting men.

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 And they separate out 9,700 who knelt down and put their mouths to the water to drink.

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 The 300 who cut the water into their hands, these are the ones chosen for the battle.

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 And if you're one of the 300, you have to go, oh my goodness.

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 We start the day with 32,000 men.

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 And now we've got 300, a reduction of over 99% of our numbers.

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 And the reduction in numbers, as verse 2 says, is that they will not boast about the victory.

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 Gideon and the army with him should look back and say, oh, this is clear.

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 This victory is clearly God's, not mine.

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 My only part in this was to trust and obey.

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 The glory is God's.

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 The privilege is mine.

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 God has allowed me, allowed us to be part of what he's doing.

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 It's our privilege, but the glory is his.

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 And the rest of Israel, including the 31,700 who went home, should praise God.

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 We weren't even there.

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 God rescued us without us even doing anything.

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 Praise God.

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 We see this principle of salvation right through the book of Judges,

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 and we see it in the rest of the Bible.

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 God's power is most clearly displayed through weakness.

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 In 2 Corinthians 12, the apostle Paul has been privileged with a vision of heaven.

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 And yet he suffers from what he calls a thorn in the flesh,

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 a messenger of Satan that was sent to torment me.

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 And Paul pleads with God several times to take it away, but God doesn't do it.

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 And he doesn't do it.

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 And Paul says, this is the reason why he didn't do it.

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 In order to keep me from becoming conceited because of the vision of greatness and splendor that I saw.

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 In other words, God is keeping Paul from being hungry for his own honor,

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 hungry for his own glory, boasting about his own strength, his own experiences.

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 And so therefore he has this thorn.

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 And Paul learns here in 2 Corinthians what God wants Gideon to learn,

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 what he wants his 300 to learn, what he wants Israel to learn,

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 what he wants us to learn.

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 It's in 2 Corinthians 12 verse 9.

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 God's power is most clearly displayed in our weakness, our frailty.

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 And Paul went on to write this,

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 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly because of my weaknesses,

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 so that Christ's power may rest on me.

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 That is why for Christ's sake I delight in weaknesses,

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 in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

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 For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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 God does not work despite our weaknesses, but because of our weaknesses.

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 He says that his saving power does not work when we are strong or when we think we're strong,

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 but rather when we are weak and when we know that we are weak.

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 So let me just push that point a little bit further and tease out some principles.

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 This is so important because we exist in a culture which is hungry for power.

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 It's a success-driven culture that is hungry for power.

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 Firstly, this principle is the basis of salvation in the Christian faith.

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 We cannot be saved if we think that we are good and we are able.

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 God's saving power only works on us when we admit that we are not worthy.

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 We have got no goodness in ourselves.

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 It also explains how repentance works in the Christian life.

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 It is only as we repent and express sorrow over sin and failures before God

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 that his love and his grace become so much more precious to us,

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 so much more real for us.

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 If someone says to you, or says to me,

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 Hey Steve, I've paid a debt for you.

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 I don't know how overjoyed I should be in that moment

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 until I understand which debt it is and how big it is.

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 You see, jumping up at a cafe and paying for my coffee

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 and coming back and say I've just paid for everything,

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 well, that's fantastic.

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 That does not compare to the hugs from me

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 and the kisses you'll receive from me

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 if you've just paid out my entire mortgage.

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 There's a different level of gratitude at that point.

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 Always grateful for you to buy me a coffee,

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 but the bigger we understand our debt to be,

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 the greater the joy in its payment will be.

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 It is only as we see our weakness and our frailty

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 and our failure and our sin

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 that the strength of knowing God's grace and his love comes to us.

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 Jesus made the same point, Luke 7 verse 47,

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 where someone who thinks there is little in them that needs forgiving

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 will in fact love little.

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 And this is the principle on display here in Judges 7.

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 Gideon and Israel with him were going to be tempted

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 to put their confidence in their fighting men,

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 but God removes virtually all of them

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 so that they will trust in God in new ways.

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 As they prepare to fight the Midianite army

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 and look around at the 300,

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 just a few extra than what's sitting in this room,

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 they should feel weak.

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 They should feel extremely weak.

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 In the same way we should feel weak

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 when we look at the mission field that God has given us

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 and the many number of people that are yet to know Christ.

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 They will only go into battle if they know

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 that while they are weak,

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 so is the strongest army against their God.

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 So secondly, triumphant weakness.

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 It's at this point,

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 as Gideon is grappling with his weakness,

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 that God gives Gideon assurance of victory.

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 It's such wonderful thoughtfulness at this point

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 that the sovereign God here says to Gideon in verse 10,

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 if you are afraid to attack,

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 which I'd imagined you would be in this moment,

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 go down to the camp with your servant,

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 servant Pera,

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 and listen to what they are saying,

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 and afterwards you'll be encouraged to attack the camp.

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 So he heads down to the camp

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 and the first sight of this camp

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 must have been terrifying.

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 Verse 12,

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 the Midianites,

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 the Amalekites,

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 and all their mates from the eastern peoples

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 have settled in the valley

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 and thick as locusts,

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 their camels could no more be counted

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 than the sand on the seashore.

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 He's like,

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 well, that's good.

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 We've got 300.

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 And it's of no coincidence at all

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 that he sets up,

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 you know,

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 in the darkness beside the tent of a Midianite

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 who's just woken up from a nightmare.

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 A loaf of bread

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 has just rolled through the camp

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 and flattened the tents.

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 Nightmare stuff.

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 Like,

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 can you just imagine it?

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 No kid of mine

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 has ever run into my bedroom

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 crying with tears.

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 I've just been attacked

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 by a loaf of bread.

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 I mean,

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 this guy's

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 just so scared

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 of a loaf of bread

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 on a rampage

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 and he's woken his mate up

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 and his mate wakes up

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 and goes,

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 oh my goodness,

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 that must be Gideon.

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 Gideon.

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 The loaf of bread

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 must be Gideon.

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 What?

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 How did you make that connection?

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 Should be his next question.

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 the Midianites

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 would have been

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 no more concerned

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 of 32,000 men

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 than they would be

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 of a loaf of bread.

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 These are the 32,000 men

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 who they've oppressed

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 beautifully for seven years.

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 Why would they be scared of them?

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 unless God has put fear

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 in their hearts.

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 God's working on them as well.

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 It reveals something

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 very significant.

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 Underneath

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 underneath

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 the armor

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 of this vast army

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 are trembling hearts

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 fearful hearts

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 weak hearts

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 and Gideon

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 has heard

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 the assurance

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 of God

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 through the

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 oddest of channels

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 and now we see

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 Gideon

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 in his

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 finest moment.

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 This is him

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 in his finest moment

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 in all three chapters

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 of Judges.

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 He's on his knees

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 in worship.

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 This is

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 his

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 Gethsemane moment.

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 He's now

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 surrendered

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 to the will of God.

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 He goes back

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 to his men

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 with this message

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 in verse 15.

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 Get up.

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 The Lord

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 has given

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 the Midianite camp

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 into your hands.

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 Notice two things

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 about that statement.

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 Notice he doesn't say

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 my hand

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 God promised him

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 I'm going to give

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 the Midianite army

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 into your hand

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 and now he says

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 it's not my hand

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 it's your hands.

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 He wants

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 his men

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 these 300

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.679
 to have

00:19:53.679 --> 00:19:55.059
 the same confidence

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:56.039
 that he has

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.879
 in this God.

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 And secondly

00:19:58.919 --> 00:20:00.019
 that confidence

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.139
 is in the fact

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.839
 that God

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.059
 has given

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.259
 them into his hands.

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 It's past tense.

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.619
 The battle

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:09.379
 has been won

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:10.399
 even though

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.039
 the fight

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.899
 has yet to begin.

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:16.339
 the plan

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.000
 is executed.

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 The chosen

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 weapons

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.319
 are

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:22.960
 torches

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.559
 in

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 jars

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.480
 of clay

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.559
 and horns.

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 That's it.

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:34.179
 Jar of clay

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 throw a torch

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.839
 in there

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 put a light

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 in the jar

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 of clay

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.740
 and a horn

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 to make a racket.

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 they surrounded

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.320
 the camp

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:45.140
 and the 300

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:46.160
 blew their horns

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.380
 they smashed

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.160
 their jars

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.700
 of clay

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.960
 the lamps

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.740
 illuminated

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 and the

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.780
 Midians

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 ran

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 out

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 crying out

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 in fear

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 and it says

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.740
 in verse 22

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:02.000
 that the Lord

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.640
 caused

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.320
 there to be

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.440
 such a panic

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.259
 in the darkness

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.319
 that they

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.879
 were killing

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.519
 each other.

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 How many

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.500
 men

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.859
 did the 300

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.279
 kill?

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 Not a single

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 one.

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 Not a single

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 one.

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 None of them

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.480
 could return

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.599
 home and say

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.119
 hey did you

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.740
 see me

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.079
 you know

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.920
 with my sword

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 and how

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:29.059
 skilled I was

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.480
 with it.

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 None of them

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.099
 could go home

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.859
 and cry about

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.660
 what they've done

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.620
 but only

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.560
 what they had

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:36.540
 watched God

00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:37.320
 do in that

00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.779
 moment

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.259
 with this

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.120
 vast army.

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 This is God's

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.279
 battle

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.240
 and he alone

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.800
 claimed the

00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:43.180
 victory.

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.519
 Gideon is

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.980
 mentioned

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.060
 in Hebrews

00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:49.040
 chapter 11

00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:50.320
 verses 32

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.860
 to 34

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.640
 as a man

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.240
 of faith.

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 That's what he's

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.380
 known for

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.980
 as a man

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.580
 of faith

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.680
 and this

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.420
 is the most

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.100
 impressive

00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:58.180
 thing about

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.640
 Gideon.

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.680
 When Gideon

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.700
 rises from

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.640
 his knees

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.780
 after hearing

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.560
 the dream

00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.200
 that the

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.759
 enemy

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:07.240
 of his

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.580
 enemy

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.320
 hasn't

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:09.720
 he hasn't

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.320
 seen

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:11.640
 God do

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.300
 anything at

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:12.820
 this point.

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.060
 He hasn't

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:16.240
 seen a

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.000
 Midianite

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.620
 die.

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:21.100
 He has

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.960
 however seen

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.540
 the awesome

00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:23.220
 power of

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.640
 God

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.460
 and he

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.600
 isn't afraid

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.460
 anymore

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.759
 in that

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.180
 moment.

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:30.140
 and he

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.660
 is set

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.160
 free

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.500
 to attempt

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.299
 the

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.200
 impossible

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:35.400
 relying

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.240
 on the

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.740
 promise

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.480
 of God

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.200
 alone.

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:40.620
 As

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.000
 Hebrews

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.019
 11 says

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.820
 of Gideon

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.880
 weakness

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.580
 was turned

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.420
 to strength

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.920
 who became

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.880
 powerful in

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.240
 battle

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.340
 and routed

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.740
 foreign

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.299
 armies.

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.519
 His

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.000
 weakness

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.200
 was turned

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.120
 to strength

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:55.820
 by faith

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.320
 in the

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.640
 sovereign

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.140
 saving

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.580
 God.

00:22:58.180 --> 00:23:00.900
 Now this

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.840
 whole

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.779
 passage in

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.620
 Judges 7

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:05.880
 has so

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.779
 many arms

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.340
 into the

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.080
 New Testament

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:10.480
 but it

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.380
 does recall

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.019
 to me

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.539
 one

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.880
 to mind

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:15.600
 one passage

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.220
 that's in

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.019
 fact encouraging

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.660
 Christians

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.779
 to not

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.560
 lose heart

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.000
 when they

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.600
 see their

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.200
 weakness

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.779
 to

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:24.320
 Corinthians

00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:25.039
 4

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:27.100
 for what

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:27.820
 we preach

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.139
 is not

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.740
 ourselves

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.619
 but Jesus

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.119
 Christ

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.859
 as Lord

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.460
 and

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.899
 ourselves

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.379
 as your

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:32.819
 servants

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.339
 for Jesus

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.859
 sake

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:35.419
 for God

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:35.839
 who said

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.339
 let light

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.939
 shine out of

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.299
 darkness

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.939
 made his

00:23:37.939 --> 00:23:38.879
 light shine

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.379
 in our

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.859
 hearts

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.859
 to give

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.359
 us the

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.899
 light of

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.379
 the knowledge

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.519
 of God's

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.859
 glory

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:45.359
 displayed in

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.980
 the face

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.779
 of Christ

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.779
 God's

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.440
 but we

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.019
 have this

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.440
 treasure

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.440
 in

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:50.899
 jars

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.539
 of clay

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.639
 to show

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.099
 that this

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.660
 all

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.500
 surpassing

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.059
 power

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.960
 is from

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.399
 God

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.339
 and not

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.119
 of

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.720
 ourselves

00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:01.619
 now I

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.039
 don't know

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.339
 whether

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.539
 Paul had

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.379
 Judges 7

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.900
 in mind

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.260
 when he

00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:05.600
 wrote

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:05.940
 that

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.800
 but

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:09.020
 it

00:24:09.020 --> 00:24:09.400
 resonates

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.040
 with it

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:12.200
 these

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.600
 verses

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.280
 are about

00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:13.780
 the fight

00:24:13.780 --> 00:24:14.040
 that the

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.360
 Christian

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.080
 is involved

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.320
 in

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:15.760
 one that

00:24:15.760 --> 00:24:16.060
 we will

00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.320
 lose

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.740
 heart

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.420
 if we

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.880
 rely upon

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.280
 our own

00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.580
 power

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:18.820
 and our

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.020
 own

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:19.380
 strength

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.640
 and our

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:19.860
 own

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.340
 enabling

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.160
 instead of

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.460
 God's

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.880
 enabling

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:23.100
 and God

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.780
 uses the

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:24.020
 same

00:24:24.020 --> 00:24:24.460
 strategy

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.900
 here

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.460
 strength

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.760
 in

00:24:25.760 --> 00:24:26.360
 weakness

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:28.060
 we

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.780
 are

00:24:28.780 --> 00:24:29.260
 according

00:24:29.260 --> 00:24:29.620
 to 2

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.040
 Corinthians

00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.420
 the

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.060
 breakable

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:31.600
 jar

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.380
 clays

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:34.900
 with

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.400
 something

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.880
 precious

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.420
 on the

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.960
 inside

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.680
 it's

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:37.860
 the

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.180
 light

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.380
 that

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.760
 shines

00:24:38.760 --> 00:24:39.040
 in

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:39.200
 the

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.620
 darkness

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:39.980
 that

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.640
 expels

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.840
 the

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.220
 darkness

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.780
 it's

00:24:42.780 --> 00:24:43.300
 the

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:43.780
 light

00:24:43.780 --> 00:24:44.020
 of

00:24:44.020 --> 00:24:44.180
 the

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.580
 knowledge

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:44.800
 of

00:24:44.800 --> 00:24:45.180
 God's

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.700
 glory

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:47.360
 displayed

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.620
 in

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:47.760
 the

00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:48.020
 face

00:24:48.020 --> 00:24:48.180
 of

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.660
 Christ

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:51.740
 the

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.500
 magnificence

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.660
 of

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:52.960
 God's

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.680
 glory

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:55.500
 is

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.960
 displayed

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.200
 in

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.340
 the

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.580
 face

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:56.740
 of

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.180
 Christ

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.980
 and

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.160
 that

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.780
 glory

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.260
 is

00:24:59.260 --> 00:24:59.960
 displayed

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.680
 in

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.060
 all

00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:01.260
 its

00:25:01.260 --> 00:25:01.940
 brilliance

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:04.080
 when

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.400
 Jesus

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.600
 is

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:04.720
 on

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:04.840
 the

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.100
 cross

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.259
 in

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.400
 all

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.539
 his

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.980
 weakness

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:08.440
 there's

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.680
 nothing

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.100
 impressive

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.460
 about

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.660
 the

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.860
 Lord

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.220
 Jesus

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.539
 as

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.960
 Isaiah

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.380
 tells

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.740
 us

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.460
 he

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.799
 came

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:12.980
 into

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.220
 this

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.480
 world

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.600
 in

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.200
 obscurity

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.400
 he

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.500
 was

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.980
 rejected

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.140
 and

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.539
 maligned

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.720
 by

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.080
 virtually

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 everyone

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 accused

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 of

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 wrongdoing

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 died

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 the

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 death

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 of

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 a

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 hardened

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 criminal

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 he

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 who

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 as

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 we

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 seen

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 often

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 around

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 Christmas

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 time

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 he

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 who

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 hung

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 the

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 starry

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 skies

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 surrendered

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 his

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 hands

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 to

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 cruel

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 nails

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 he

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 who

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 wore

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 the

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 crown

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 as

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 creator

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 and ruler

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 of all

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 allowed

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 a

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 crude

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 crown

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 of

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 thorns

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 to be

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 twisted

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 and

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 placed

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 on

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 his

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 head

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 mocked

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 with

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 the

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 words

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 you

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 who

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 saved

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 others

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 save

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 yourself

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 in

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 other

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 words

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 display

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 your

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 strength

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 and

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 save

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 yourself

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 and

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 the

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 great

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 irony

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 is

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 that

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 if

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 he

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 had

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 chosen

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 strength

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 over

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 weakness

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 in

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 that

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 moment

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 we

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 would

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 be

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 the

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 ones

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 who

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 would

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 be

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 crushed

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 placed

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 in a

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 tomb

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 but on

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 the

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 third

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 day

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 rose

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 triumphant

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 and he

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 now

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 has

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 the

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 name

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 as

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 Philippians

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 2

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 says

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 it

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 is

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 above

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 every

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 name

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 every

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 name

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 and

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 everyone

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 will

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 one

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 day

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 surrender

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 to

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 this

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 lamb

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 who

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 sits

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 on

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 the

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 throne

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 of

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 the

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 universe

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 as

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 2

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 corinthians

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 13

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 3

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 and 4

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 say

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 jesus

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 was

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 crucified

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 in

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 weakness

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 but he

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 lives

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 by the

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 power

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 of

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 god

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 now

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:39.960
 strength

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.220
 in

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 weakness

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.160
 is the

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 gospel

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 the

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 son

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.100
 of

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 god

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 who

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:43.740
 laid

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 aside

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 all

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 of

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 his

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 glory

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 surrendered

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 himself

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 to

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 death

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 for

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 our

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 sakes

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 displays

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.159
 the

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 magnificent

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:52.399
 glory

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 of god

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 to

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 this

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 world

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 the

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.059
 great

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 encouragement

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 of these

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 verses

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 in 2

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 corinthians

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 4

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 is that

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 this

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 god

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 uses

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 weakness

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:02.179
 he

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.619
 uses

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 weary

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.539
 people

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.779
 he

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 uses

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.899
 ordinary

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 jars

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 of clay

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:08.139
 to

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 display

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.299
 to

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 this

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 world

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:11.220
 the

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.899
 light

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.319
 of the

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.919
 glory

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.720
 of god

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 in the

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.279
 face

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.919
 of christ

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 our

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.720
 weakness

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.600
 is not

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:18.759
 a

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.360
 hindrance

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:20.860
 weakness

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.400
 is the

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.759
 way of

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:21.900
 the

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.320
 gospel

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.120
 and

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.400
 2

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.180
 corinthians

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.180
 calls

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 christians

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.480
 in the

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.960
 midst

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.460
 of

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.019
 a

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.519
 world

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.700
 where

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:29.940
 they're

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.600
 seeing

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.080
 the

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.500
 gospel

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.140
 rejected

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.860
 do

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.360
 not

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.880
 lose

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.480
 heart

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.920
 do

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.120
 not

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.340
 lose

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.640
 heart

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:37.900
 in the

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.220
 vision

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.519
 in the

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.860
 mission

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:43.159
 let us

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.559
 press

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.359
 on in

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.500
 the

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.939
 task

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.059
 of

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.579
 proclaiming

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:45.959
 christ

00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:46.240
 as

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.599
 lord

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.039
 out

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.179
 of

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.479
 hearts

00:27:47.479 --> 00:27:47.639
 of

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.879
 love

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.159
 and

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.579
 lives

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.799
 of

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.319
 service

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.199
 while

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.579
 looking

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:51.819
 to

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.099
 god

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.319
 to

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.659
 push

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:52.979
 out

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.599
 darkness

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.199
 with

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.379
 the

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:54.759
 light

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.399
 of

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.559
 the

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:55.979
 glory

00:27:55.979 --> 00:27:56.259
 of

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.419
 the

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.759
 gospel

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:56.939
 of

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.079
 the

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.279
 lord

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.699
 jesus

00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.019
 in

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.179
 the

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.559
 hearts

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.740
 of

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.079
 so

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.399
 many

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:02.119
 losing

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.779
 heart

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.699
 is

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:04.079
 where

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.399
 we

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.139
 forget

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.539
 the

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.039
 gospel

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:09.180
 where

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.339
 we

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.779
 forget

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.099
 that

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.319
 we

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.500
 are

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.980
 weak

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.259
 and

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.019
 unimpressive

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.379
 and

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.539
 the

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.759
 real

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.259
 treasure

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.980
 is

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.200
 the

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.539
 gospel

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.740
 of

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:15.859
 the

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.039
 lord

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.399
 jesus

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.039
 christ

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.659
 losing

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.119
 heart

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.359
 is

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.799
 starting

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.059
 to

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.379
 think

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.740
 more

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:20.859
 of

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.619
 ourselves

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:23.299
 and

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.079
 less

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.420
 of

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.559
 the

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.019
 gospel

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:29.440
 starting

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.960
 to claim

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.379
 victory

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.659
 for

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.279
 ourselves

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.619
 starting

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:32.899
 to be

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.500
 impressed

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.819
 with

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.480
 ourselves

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:38.160
 and

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.319
 so

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.860
 thirdly

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.279
 finishing

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.500
 in

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.880
 triumphant

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.380
 weakness

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:44.380
 it's

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.720
 calling

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:44.960
 us

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.160
 to

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.660
 finish

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.039
 our

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.620
 course

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:46.940
 in

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.519
 triumphant

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.940
 weakness

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.400
 and

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.680
 it's

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.200
 tragic

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.579
 to

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.900
 see

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.160
 how

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.519
 gideon

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.039
 finished

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.839
 there

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.000
 is

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.319
 something

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.720
 really

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.299
 unusual

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.759
 in

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:55.960
 this

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.339
 judges

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.799
 cycle

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.079
 with

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.460
 gideon

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.839
 in

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.019
 the

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.420
 previous

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.960
 cycles

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.339
 if you

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.759
 remember

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.059
 the

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.500
 only

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.200
 details

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.539
 that are

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.799
 given

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.339
 after

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.539
 the

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.799
 battle

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.220
 after

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.399
 the

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.740
 victory

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.579
 is

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.779
 the

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.059
 length

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.259
 of

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.799
 peace

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.559
 that

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.779
 there

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.319
 was

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.740
 under

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:09.959
 the

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.439
 judge's

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.859
 rule

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.679
 and

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.119
 then

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.679
 the

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:12.980
 judge

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.579
 dies

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.579
 and

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.779
 then

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.019
 we

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.199
 see

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:15.299
 it

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.419
 all

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:15.659
 happens

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:15.919
 again

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.199
 new

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:16.859
 cycle

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.519
 starts

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.559
 not

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.819
 this

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.199
 time

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:20.199
 what

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.399
 we

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.639
 see

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:20.939
 this

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.439
 time

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.259
 is

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.419
 that

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.599
 the

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.139
 people

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:24.059
 start

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.379
 to

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.679
 back

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.500
 slide

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.459
 under

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:27.679
 the

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.099
 judge's

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.419
 rule

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:31.639
 not

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.039
 after

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.299
 it

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.819
 this

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:33.960
 is

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.099
 while

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.279
 the

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.539
 judge

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.680
 is

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:34.899
 still

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.480
 alive

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.700
 and

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.839
 we

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.240
 start

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.460
 to

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.819
 see

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.099
 some

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.359
 deep

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.960
 flaws

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.240
 in

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.700
 gideon's

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.019
 rule

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.700
 and

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.460
 the

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.799
 writer

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.159
 here

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:44.000
 dedicates

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.220
 two

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 chapters

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.879
 to

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 it

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.819
 in

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.139
 chapter

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.500
 eight

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.700
 we

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:47.940
 see

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.619
 gideon's

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.119
 need

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.339
 for

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.919
 respect

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.259
 and

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.639
 honour

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.599
 and

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:51.940
 his

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.680
 violent

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.700
 bitter

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.480
 rage

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.000
 when

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.180
 he

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.700
 fails

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.099
 to be

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.440
 given

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.059
 the

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.399
 honour

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:57.680
 that

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:57.819
 he

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.119
 thinks

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.259
 he

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.720
 deserves

00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.819
 success

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.880
 against

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.140
 the

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.900
 midianites

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.720
 was

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:04.980
 the

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.420
 worst

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.839
 thing

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.100
 for

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.500
 gideon

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:08.799
 there

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.039
 is

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.299
 a

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.980
 terrible

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.420
 spiritual

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.200
 danger

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.299
 receiving

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.900
 any

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.380
 blessing

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:16.480
 success

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.880
 can

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.380
 easily

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.880
 cause

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.079
 us

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.259
 to

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.559
 forget

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.000
 god's

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.200
 good

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.700
 grace

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.700
 because

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:20.980
 our

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.519
 hearts

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.860
 are

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.799
 so

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.160
 desperate

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.460
 to

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.160
 believe

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.920
 that

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.240
 we

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.460
 can

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.880
 save

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.559
 ourselves

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:30.899
 failure

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.419
 causes

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:31.679
 us

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:31.839
 to

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.259
 evaluate

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.579
 our

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.899
 hearts

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.019
 and

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.179
 our

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.779
 priorities

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.559
 success

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.139
 just

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.679
 affirms

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:35.960
 what we

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.259
 already

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.559
 thought

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.740
 was

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.000
 true

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.139
 of

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.639
 ourselves

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.899
 that

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.200
 we

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.419
 can

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.079
 fulfill

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.000
 and

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.220
 we

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.419
 can

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.079
 control

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.839
 ourselves

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.220
 and

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.379
 in

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.639
 chapter

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.039
 eight

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.960
 gideon

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.159
 has

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.579
 forgotten

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:48.879
 who

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.339
 called

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.639
 him

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.379
 who

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.879
 equipped

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.240
 him

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.759
 who

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.599
 reassured

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.940
 him

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.579
 and won

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.759
 the

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.000
 battle

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.399
 for

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.740
 him

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.779
 and

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.339
 gideon's

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.779
 ego

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.059
 is

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.740
 stroked

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.519
 when

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.599
 israel

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.160
 asked

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.319
 him

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.440
 to

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.599
 be

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:00.819
 their

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.299
 king

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.599
 in

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.839
 verse

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.599
 22

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.599
 rule

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.059
 over

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.539
 us

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.059
 you

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.420
 your

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.920
 son

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.139
 and

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.299
 your

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.759
 grandson

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.680
 because

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.259
 you

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.639
 have

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.279
 saved

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.859
 us

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.220
 from

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.420
 the

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.859
 hand

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.279
 of

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.960
 midian

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.579
 and

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.799
 the

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.119
 very

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.480
 next

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.119
 verse

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:18.500
 is

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.700
 the

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.299
 last

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:20.039
 time

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.579
 gideon

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.339
 remembers

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.639
 the

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.099
 gracious

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.920
 actions

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.180
 of

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.579
 god

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.859
 on

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.099
 his

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.759
 behalf

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.519
 it's

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.680
 the

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.000
 last

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.359
 time

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.579
 he

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.059
 mentions

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.700
 god

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:30.160
 but

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.480
 gideon

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.799
 told

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.039
 them

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.299
 i

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.480
 will

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.819
 not

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.079
 rule

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.440
 over

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.839
 you

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.500
 nor

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.720
 will

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:33.940
 your

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.420
 son

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.019
 my

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.359
 son

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.559
 rule

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.799
 over

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.059
 you

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.400
 the

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.960
 lord

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.400
 will

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.839
 rule

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.220
 over

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.559
 you

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:41.039
 now

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.640
 ironically

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.079
 and

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.879
 tragically

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:45.119
 he

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.599
 almost

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.619
 immediately

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.379
 contradicts

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.940
 himself

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:50.660
 when

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:50.799
 he

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.080
 starts

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.500
 acting

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.820
 like

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:51.980
 a

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.200
 king

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:54.720
 he

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.360
 asks

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.640
 for

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.180
 financial

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.920
 reward

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.460
 for

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.100
 delivering

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.559
 them

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.279
 in

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.500
 verse

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.000
 24

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.180
 in

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.259
 the

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.400
 very

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.620
 next

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.059
 verse

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.320
 and

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.420
 he

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.019
 becomes

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.360
 a

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.720
 very

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.000
 rich

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.299
 man

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.559
 through

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.759
 it

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:06.340
 he

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.740
 takes

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:06.960
 the

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.299
 riches

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.160
 he

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.600
 makes

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:08.940
 an

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.640
 ephod

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.059
 like

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.240
 the

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.559
 ones

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.820
 worn

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:11.000
 by

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.160
 the

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.400
 high

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.880
 priest

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.420
 and

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.640
 in

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.920
 doing

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.380
 so

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.620
 what

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:13.799
 he

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.259
 does

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.559
 is

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:14.720
 he

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.419
 creates

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:17.259
 an

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.119
 alternative

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:20.379
 option

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.700
 for

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.159
 worship

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.519
 for

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.119
 Israel

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:26.720
 he

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.179
 creates

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.559
 a new

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.899
 option

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.139
 for

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.539
 worship

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:30.179
 creates

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.460
 a new

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.859
 center

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.119
 for

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.579
 worship

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:36.879
 Gideon

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.220
 has

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.799
 used

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.279
 God

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.519
 in

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.720
 this

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.079
 moment

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.299
 to

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.819
 consolidate

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.240
 his

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.579
 own

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.099
 position

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.519
 instead

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.700
 of

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:41.960
 using

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.179
 his

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.679
 position

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 to

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 be

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 served

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 and

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 to

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 be

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 used

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 of

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 God

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 in

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 order

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 that

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 he

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 might

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 serve

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 and

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.680
 be

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:48.920
 used

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 of

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 God

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:51.200
 the

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.599
 judge

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 is

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:51.980
 meant

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 to

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 turn

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 people

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.900
 from

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 false

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.500
 worship

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.660
 to

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 true

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.640
 worship

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.079
 and

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.279
 here

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.759
 Gideon

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 leads

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 them

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 in

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.700
 a

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 totally

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.500
 different

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 direction

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 he

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 even

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 calls

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.599
 his

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.640
 illegitimate

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 son

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.339
 Abilamech

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 which

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.539
 means

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.720
 my

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.140
 father

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.539
 is

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.740
 the

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.019
 king

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:12.339
 what

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.740
 Gideon

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:12.980
 has

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 rejected

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.920
 out

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 of

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 his

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 mouth

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.220
 he

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.720
 harbors

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.039
 in

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.360
 his

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.900
 heart

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.460
 he

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.960
 knew

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.720
 a

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.640
 true

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.940
 he

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.240
 knew

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.480
 the

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.880
 truth

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.559
 intellectually

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 but

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 it

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.220
 had

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.420
 not

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 gripped

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:26.900
 his

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.259
 heart

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.700
 he

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 had

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.039
 a

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.279
 mental

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.819
 grasp

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:29.980
 of

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 the

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.460
 doctrine

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.680
 of

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 God's

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.980
 grace

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 and

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.500
 his

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.980
 rule

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.680
 and

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:34.779
 he

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:34.920
 could

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.220
 give

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.420
 the

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 right

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 answer

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 at

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.140
 the

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.339
 right

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.920
 time

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.539
 but

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.740
 his

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.200
 heart

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.839
 hadn't

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.039
 been

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.440
 broken

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 it

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 is

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:43.960
 so

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.400
 essential

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.660
 that

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.840
 we

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.100
 keep

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.519
 remembering

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.759
 the

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.100
 gospel

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.400
 and

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:46.680
 allowing

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:46.820
 it

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:46.960
 to

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.160
 humble

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.380
 our

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.799
 hearts

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.320
 that

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.480
 the

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.820
 normal

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.279
 pattern

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.660
 of

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.840
 our

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.200
 Christian

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.559
 walk

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.720
 is

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:50.900
 one

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.019
 of

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.440
 constant

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.920
 repentance

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.920
 that

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:55.100
 that

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.180
 is

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.320
 why

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:55.500
 we

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.880
 have

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.160
 this

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.560
 cultural

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.000
 value

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.300
 at

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:57.519
 St.

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.160
 Paul's

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.740
 called

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.100
 humble

00:33:59.100 --> 00:33:59.840
 authenticity

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:01.100
 it

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.480
 states

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.640
 that

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.019
 as a

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.360
 church

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:02.560
 here

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:02.680
 at

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.840
 St.

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.120
 Paul's

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.300
 we

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:03.600
 seek

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.740
 to

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.120
 declare

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.640
 war

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.060
 on

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.220
 the

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.519
 daily

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.000
 tendency

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.460
 towards

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.360
 self-sufficiency

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:08.380
 and the

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.119
 desire to

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.300
 live

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.820
 independently

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.099
 of

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.480
 God

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.740
 the

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.300
 promise

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.780
 of

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.159
 James

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.460
 4

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.860
 6

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.200
 is

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.380
 that

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.519
 he

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.800
 gives

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.159
 grace

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.300
 to

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.420
 the

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.740
 humble

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.539
 we

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.720
 are

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.159
 convinced

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.400
 that

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.720
 no

00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:18.119
 effective

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.659
 growth

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:18.920
 in

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.360
 ministry

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.639
 or

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.920
 mission

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.340
 happens

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.559
 without

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.800
 the

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.360
 cultivation

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.300
 humility

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.700
 in

00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:22.840
 the

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.159
 heart

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.500
 and

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.659
 the

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.019
 weakening

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.180
 of

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.440
 pride

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.599
 in

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:24.720
 the

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.119
 life

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.039
 we

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.440
 therefore

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.920
 seek

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.159
 our

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.480
 words

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.599
 and

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.760
 our

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.119
 actions

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.320
 to

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.539
 be

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.760
 what

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.980
 we

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.400
 believe

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.599
 and

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.880
 teach

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.039
 from

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.420
 God's

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.680
 word

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.139
 we

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.340
 are

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.619
 committed

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.840
 to

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.119
 being

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.840
 vulnerable

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.139
 with

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.320
 our

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.220
 imperfections

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.639
 in

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.059
 such

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.220
 a

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.500
 way

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.599
 that

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.139
 candor

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.360
 is

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.000
 encouraged

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.940
 rather

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.139
 than

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.760
 concealment

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:42.840
 how

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.300
 wonderful

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.579
 it

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.960
 is

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.659
 for

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:44.880
 us

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.079
 to

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.460
 gather

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.360
 week

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.760
 after

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.180
 week

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.440
 in

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.800
 corporate

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.280
 worship

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.960
 and

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.180
 be

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.860
 reminded

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.519
 of

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.900
 our

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.940
 imperfections

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.240
 and our

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.760
 frailty

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.660
 and

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:53.980
 Jesus

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.460
 purity

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.680
 and

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:54.980
 strength

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.380
 that's

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.800
 that's

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.320
 one of

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.519
 the

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.960
 goals

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.139
 of

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.400
 corporate

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.880
 worship

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.280
 is

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.480
 the

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.920
 breaking

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.119
 of

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.280
 our

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.920
 hearts

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:03.500
 as

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.680
 we

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:03.980
 look

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.559
 to

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:04.700
 the

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.340
 magnificence

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.519
 and

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.820
 strength

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:05.980
 of

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.180
 God

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.340
 in

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.740
 Christ

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:08.559
 how

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.099
 wonderful

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.940
 it

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.240
 is

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.400
 to

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.579
 look

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.880
 again

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.380
 today

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.659
 to

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:12.840
 the

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.380
 one

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:15.840
 to

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.019
 the

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.300
 one

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.940
 each

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.260
 of

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.480
 the

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.920
 judges

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.440
 is

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.659
 just

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:19.840
 a

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.039
 mere

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.380
 shadow

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.880
 of

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.920
 Gideon

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.079
 is

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.220
 just

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.380
 a

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.579
 mere

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:22.920
 shadow

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.400
 of

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.680
 let

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:24.940
 us

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.260
 not

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.639
 forget

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.840
 the

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.119
 God

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.320
 who

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.720
 saves

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:26.860
 us

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.019
 how

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.440
 wonderful

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.680
 it

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:27.820
 is

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:27.980
 to

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.400
 see

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.980
 again

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.240
 how

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.539
 he

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.280
 used

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.660
 his

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.260
 position

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:34.680
 he

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:34.900
 had

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.539
 every

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.200
 single

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.860
 right

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:38.079
 to

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.840
 demand

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.820
 service

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.620
 as

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:40.860
 the

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.120
 king

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:41.400
 of

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.980
 kings

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:44.059
 his

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.579
 father

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.140
 is

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.360
 the

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.720
 king

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:50.200
 and

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.440
 yet

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.780
 in

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.059
 Luke

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.940
 4

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.460
 verses

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.800
 5

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:53.900
 and

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.079
 8

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.420
 Jesus

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.360
 resisted

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.519
 the

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.019
 temptation

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.280
 to

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.519
 rule

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.719
 in

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 power

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 over

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 the

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 nations

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 because

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 he

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 came

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 not

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 to

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 be

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 served

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 but

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 to

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 serve

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 and

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 to

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 give

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 his

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 life

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 as

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 a

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 ransom

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 for

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 many

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 he

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 has

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 ransomed

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 us

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 from

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 our

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 self

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 honoring

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 reactions

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 to

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 success

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 and

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 our

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 self

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 hating

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 responses

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 to

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 failure

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 he

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 used

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 his

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 position

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 as

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 the

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 son

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 of

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 God

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 to

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 give

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 us

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 freedom

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 from

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 needing

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 respect

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 or

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 being

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 crushed

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 by

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 lack

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 of

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 it

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 we

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 must

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 keep

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 looking

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 keep

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 looking

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 to

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 the

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 author

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 and

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 the

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 perfecter

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 of

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 Gideon's

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 faith

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 and

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 our

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 faith

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 if we

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 are to

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 finish

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 with

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 triumphant

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 weakness

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 in

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 spiritual

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 matters

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 we

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 are all

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 weak

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 and

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 we

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 are all

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 inadequate

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 and

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 face

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 it

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 and

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 corporate

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:49.980
 worship

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 helps

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 us

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 do

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 that

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.460
 week

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 in

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 and

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 week

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 out

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:54.779
 sin

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 has

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 disabled

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.839
 us

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.819
 right

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.199
 across

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 the

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 board

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 we

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.019
 need

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.139
 to

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.980
 understand

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.359
 our

00:37:02.359 --> 00:37:03.059
 limitations

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 and

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 let

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.299
 this

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 awareness

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.500
 work

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.880
 in

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.119
 us

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.780
 humility

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.760
 and

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.440
 self

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 distrust

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 and

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.780
 in

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.239
 this

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.599
 we

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.920
 may

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.280
 learn

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.440
 to

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.800
 depend

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.039
 on

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.559
 Jesus

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:20.000
 our

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.480
 Savior

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.739
 our

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.280
 Lord

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:23.519
 and

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.099
 practice

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.400
 that

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.139
 dependence

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.300
 as

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.760
 one of

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:26.980
 the

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.400
 habits

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.760
 of

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:27.960
 our

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.500
 hearts

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.199
 every

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.780
 single

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.199
 day

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:30.920
 and

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.280
 therefore

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.920
 discover

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.139
 what

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.300
 the

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.659
 apostle

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.079
 Paul

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.719
 discovered

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.659
 when

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.859
 I

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.019
 am

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.359
 weak

00:37:36.359 --> 00:37:37.739
 then

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.339
 I

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.480
 am

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.939
 strong

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:44.720
 God

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:52.320
 of

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.659
 you