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 Well, good evening. Slightly complex passage tonight and quite confusing, hence why I've given out a sort of sermon outline.

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 Unfortunately, I ran out of copies of those.

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 So if possibly some of the people that could sort of share them between two or whatever,

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 so that some of the people from the band can get them and know where we're going.

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 Let's start with just finishing off the reading.

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 So we've read chapter one and then we're also dealing with the first five verses of chapter two tonight.

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 So Judges chapter two.

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 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochum and said,

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 I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your forefathers.

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 I said, I will never break my covenant with you and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,

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 but you shall break down their altars.

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 Yet you have disobeyed me.

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 Why have you done this?

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 Now, therefore, I tell you that I will not drive them out before you.

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 They will be thorns in your sides and the gods, their gods will be a snare to you.

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 When the angel of the Lord has spoken these things to all the Israelites,

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 the people wept aloud and they called that place Bochum and they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

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 Let's just pray before we start into this.

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 Father, we pray that as we come tonight to a passage that's quite difficult to understand

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 and with application that is difficult,

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 that you will open our hearts,

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 that you will open our eyes,

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 that we may see your glories

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 and that you won't allow anything important to be snatched up from us,

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 but that anything worthless will be forgotten and swept away.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So it should have been perfect.

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 Everything had gone so well.

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 God had brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

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 and despite some rebellion and wandering around the wilderness for 40 years,

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 had brought them into the land he'd promised to them,

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 the land flowing with milk and honey.

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 Under the leadership of Joshua,

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 they had entered the land

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 and God had given them some miraculous victories,

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 such as that at Jericho.

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 And so God's covenants to the patriarchs

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 appeared to have been fulfilled.

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 We see here God's people

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 in God's place

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 under God's rule.

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 So

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 what went wrong?

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 Last week, Graham was

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 going through overview of the whole book

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 and left us with that question.

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 Where did it all go wrong?

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 And over the next two weeks

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 in these introductory chapters of Judges,

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 that's the question that we'll be looking at.

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 But I think before we get further

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 into this passage,

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 we need to deal

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 however briefly

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 and superficially

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 with one big issue.

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 We could

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 bypass it,

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 skim over it,

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 get some nice lessons from the passage,

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 go home

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 and

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 pretend

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 and pretend

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 the issue wasn't there

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 until

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 the enemy

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 whispers in our ear,

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 you don't really believe that,

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 do you?

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 And then we start to question everything.

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 The leaflet about this sermon series states,

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 there are few books

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 that make our modern sensibilities

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 squirm

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 as much as Judges.

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 And that's very true.

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 The trouble is,

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 in most of the rest of the book,

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 the things that we struggle with

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 are the things that are condemned as wrong.

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 Here,

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 the events we struggle with

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 are when they are obeying God.

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 When I was discussing this passage

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 with some people around,

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 I rather flippantly described it

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 as being about

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 why incomplete genocide is sin.

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 This is about the conquest

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 and destruction

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 of the various peoples

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 that inhabited the land of Canaan

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 and it doesn't sit very well

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 with our 21st century mindsets.

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 We know that Jesus teaches us

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 to love our enemies,

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 to turn the other cheek.

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 And so how do we reconcile this?

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 And it's not just us Christians

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 that find it difficult.

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 Richard Dawkins

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 in The God Delusion would write,

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 The God of the Old Testament

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 is arguably the most unpleasant character

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 in all fiction.

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 A vindictive,

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 bloodthirsty,

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 ethnic cleanser.

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 A misogynistic,

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 homophobic,

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 racist,

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 infanticidal,

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 genocidal,

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 phileicidal,

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 pestilential,

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 megalomaniacal,

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 pseudo-masochistic,

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 capriculously malevolent bully.

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 So how do we deal

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 with those accusations?

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 I think we need to be able

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 to respond to these challenges

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 whether they come from others

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 or whether they just come

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 from ourselves.

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 So what were the Israelites

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 told to do

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 and why?

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 Moses takes several chapters

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 to cover this early in Deuteronomy.

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 But the key passage really

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 is at the beginning of chapter 7

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 and it's pretty explicit.

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 when the Lord your God

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 brings you into the land

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 you're entering

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 to take possession of it

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 and clears away

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 many nations before you,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Girgashites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites,

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 seven nations

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 more numerous and mightier

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 than you.

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 And when the Lord your God

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 gives them over to you

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 and you defeat them,

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 then you must devote them

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 to complete destruction.

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 You shall make no covenant

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 with them

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 and show no mercy to them.

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 You shall not intermarry

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 with them

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 giving your daughters

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 to their sons

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 or taking their daughters

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 for your sons

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 for they would turn away

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 your sons from following me

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 to serve other gods.

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 Then the anger of the Lord

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 would be kindled against you

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 and he would destroy you quickly.

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 But thus shall you deal with them.

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 You shall break down their altars

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 and dash in pieces their pillars

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 and chop down their ashram

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 and burn their carved images

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 with fire.

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 They are to completely clear

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 the land of its inhabitants.

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 They are not to enter

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 into any sort of peace treaty,

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 but they are to destroy them

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 completely

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 and destroy all their pagan altars,

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 idols, etc.

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 There are several reasons

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 that are given for this.

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 The first,

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 and potentially the most obvious,

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 is to fulfill the promises

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 that God made to Abraham,

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 Isaac and Jacob.

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 He had promised them

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 on oath this land.

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 It was part of his plan

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 to bring blessing

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 to the whole world

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 and ultimately

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 to bring his Messiah.

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 Moses continues in

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 chapter 7 of Deuteronomy,

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 It was because the Lord

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 loved you and kept the oath

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 he swore to your ancestors

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 that he brought you out

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 with a mighty hand

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 and redeemed you

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 from the land of slavery,

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 from the power of Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt.

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 Then the second reason

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 was to punish the wickedness

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 of the nations

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 that lived in the land.

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 We see

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 actually his mercy

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 in this

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 because he promised

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 this land

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 to Abraham

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 but told him

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 that his descendants

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 would live as slaves

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 for 400 years

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 for the iniquity

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 of the Amorites

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 is not yet complete.

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 So God was holding off

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 as long

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 as he could.

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 But now the time

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 for mercy is over.

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 Their sin

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 has reached

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 its full extent

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 and God will use

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 his people

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 as an instrument

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 of judgment.

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 As one writer put it,

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 until it was right

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 to invade,

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 God's people must wait

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 even if it cost them

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 centuries of hardship.

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 But then the third reason

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 and the one

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 that probably

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 we see most

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 tonight

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 is because

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 God knows

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 the weakness

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 of his people.

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 He knows

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 how easily

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 they are led astray.

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 He knows

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 that if they settle

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 down among

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 the other nations

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 they will start

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 copying them

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 and become like them

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 in their detestable

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 practices

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 and worship.

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 And in the rest

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 of this series

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 we'll see that

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 that is exactly

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 what happens.

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 But along

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 with these reasons

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 there are several

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 clarifications

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 that God

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 gives through

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 Moses.

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 first of all

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 he reminds them

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 that there is

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 nothing special

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 about them

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 other than

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 that God

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 chose them.

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 He says that

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 the Lord

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 did not set

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 his affection

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 on you

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 and choose

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 you because

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 you are more

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 numerous

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 than the other

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 peoples

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 for you were

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 the fewest

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 of all peoples.

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 But then

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 there's a reminder

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 that it is God

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 who is doing this.

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 They are

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 at most

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 being used

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 by him.

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 this is God's

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 battle

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 not theirs.

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 Various times

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 through verses

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 18 to 24

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 still in

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 Deuteronomy

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 7 there

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 remember

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 what the Lord

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 your God

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 did to Pharaoh

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 and to all

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 Egypt.

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 The Lord

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 your God

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 will do the

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 same

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 to all the

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 peoples

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 you now

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 fear.

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 The Lord

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 your God

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 will drive

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 out those

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 nations

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 before you.

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 The Lord

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 your God

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 will deliver

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 them

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 over to

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 you.

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 And then

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 thirdly

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 there's

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 a reminder

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 that although

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 the Amorites

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 and other

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 peoples may

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 be wicked

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 the Israelites

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 themselves

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 are far

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 from perfect.

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 Later on

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 in chapter

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 9 of

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 Deuteronomy

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 after the

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 Lord

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 your God

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 has driven

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 them out

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 before you

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 do not

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 say to

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 yourself

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 the Lord

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 has brought

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 me here

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 to take

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 possession

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 of this

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 land

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 because of

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 my

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 righteousness.

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 No

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 it is on

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 account of

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 the wickedness

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 of these

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 nations

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 that the

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 Lord is

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 going to

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 drive them

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 out before

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 you.

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 And in

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 case they

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 hadn't got

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 the point

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 if you

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 ever forget

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 the Lord

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 your God

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 and follow

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 other gods

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 and worship

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 and bow

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 down to

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 them

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 I testify

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 against you

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 today

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 that you

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 will surely

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 be destroyed

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 like the

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 nations the

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 Lord destroyed

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 before you

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 so you

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 will be

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 destroyed

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 for not

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 obeying

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 the Lord

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 your God.

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 God

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 and the

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 rest of

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 tells how

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 God uses

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 the surrounding

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 pagan nations

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 time after

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 time against

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 his own

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 people when

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 they turn

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 away from

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 them.

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 There's

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 far more

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 that could

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 be said on

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 this topic.

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 Books and

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 books could

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 and have

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 been written

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 but ultimately

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 it comes down

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 to the question

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 of whether

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 we want

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 to exalt

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 our ideas

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 of right

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 and wrong

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 above that

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 of God

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 or whether

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 we want

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 to in faith

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 like Abraham

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 says

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 will not

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 the judge

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 of all

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 the earth

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 do right.

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 We may

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 not fully

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 understand it

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 but we

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 must trust

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 him in

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 this.

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 And so

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 back to

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 our passage

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 basically

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 it splits

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 into three

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 parts

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 roughly where

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 we divided

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 the readings

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 although they

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 overlap a bit

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 there's some

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 grey areas

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 about some

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 bits whether

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 they're right

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 or wrong

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 is slightly

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 uncertain

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 but essentially

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 about the

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 first 20

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 verses

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 talks about

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 the victories

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 of the people

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 then the

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 rest of

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 chapter 1

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 talks about

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 the defeats

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 and then

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 the section

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 2

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 talks about

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 the consequences

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 of that.

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 So it all

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 starts really

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 well at the

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 beginning.

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 In the first

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 few verses

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 we see the

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 Israelites

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 seeking to

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 obey God.

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 They know

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 what they've

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 been instructed

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 to do

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 they seek

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 God's guidance

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 about how

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 to do it

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 and then

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 trusting God

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 they follow

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 his direction

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 and God

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 gives them

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 the victory.

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 They are

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 obedient to

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 God

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 but they

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 are also

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 dependent on

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 him.

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 They don't

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 just say

00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.820
 God has

00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:06.240
 told us

00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:06.620
 to take

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 this land

00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.840
 we can

00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:08.399
 do that.

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 Instead

00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:09.799
 they go

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 in

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 dependent

00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:11.399
 on him

00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.460
 to lead

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 them

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 and to

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 give them

00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:14.360
 the victory

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 and as

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 promised

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 he does.

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 But another

00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:21.060
 thing we

00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:21.659
 notice in

00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.159
 these early

00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:22.560
 verses

00:13:22.560 --> 00:13:23.200
 where the

00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:23.539
 Israelites

00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:24.220
 are victorious

00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:25.759
 is that

00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.139
 they're often

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.659
 seen to be

00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:26.919
 working

00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:27.379
 together.

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 In verse

00:13:29.699 --> 00:13:30.179
 three we

00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:30.620
 read of

00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.199
 Judah

00:13:31.199 --> 00:13:31.839
 and the

00:13:31.839 --> 00:13:32.519
 Simeonites

00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.959
 agreeing to

00:13:33.959 --> 00:13:34.419
 help each

00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:35.360
 other in

00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:35.879
 taking their

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.579
 allotted piece

00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:36.819
 of the

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 land.

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 They will

00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:39.539
 go with

00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:40.459
 their fellow

00:13:40.459 --> 00:13:40.919
 Israelites

00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.959
 and fight

00:13:41.959 --> 00:13:42.399
 together

00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:43.899
 lending each

00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:44.360
 other their

00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:44.860
 strength.

00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.219
 In the

00:13:47.219 --> 00:13:47.519
 following

00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.120
 verses

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:50.039
 four to

00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:50.500
 eighteen

00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.339
 we read

00:13:51.339 --> 00:13:51.679
 of one

00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:52.059
 victory

00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:53.120
 after another

00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.759
 in Judah's

00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.220
 territory

00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.800
 and then

00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:57.340
 after that

00:13:57.340 --> 00:13:57.899
 victories

00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:58.940
 in Ath of

00:13:58.940 --> 00:13:59.340
 Simeon.

00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:00.940
 Working

00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:01.399
 together

00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:02.399
 they were

00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:02.700
 much

00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.120
 stronger.

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.320
 But I

00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:05.740
 think what's

00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.220
 particularly

00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:06.779
 significant

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:08.200
 here is

00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:08.580
 that Judah

00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.620
 at this

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.060
 point is

00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.500
 the largest

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:10.980
 of the

00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.320
 tribes

00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:12.660
 and Simeon

00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:12.940
 is the

00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.360
 smallest.

00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.500
 Judah

00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:15.860
 probably

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.360
 didn't need

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.879
 any help

00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:18.879
 but they

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.220
 turned to

00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:19.700
 their future

00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:20.200
 neighbours

00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:21.080
 Simeon

00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:22.160
 the smallest

00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:22.500
 of the

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:22.860
 tribes

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.560
 about a

00:14:23.560 --> 00:14:23.899
 third of

00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.480
 their size

00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:25.279
 and say

00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:25.659
 to them

00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.560
 let's

00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:26.940
 do this

00:14:26.940 --> 00:14:27.300
 together

00:14:27.300 --> 00:14:28.899
 and together

00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.759
 they go

00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.139
 into the

00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:30.500
 land

00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.539
 and take

00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:31.860
 it

00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:33.080
 and settle

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.420
 there.

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.019
 So another

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.879
 interesting

00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.379
 thing

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:39.019
 hidden away

00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.420
 in verse

00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:39.899
 sixteen

00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:42.600
 here we

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.460
 see the

00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:43.920
 descendants

00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.759
 of Moses

00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.639
 father-in-law

00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:46.360
 the

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:46.899
 Kenite

00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:48.060
 going up

00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.800
 and settling

00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.680
 along with

00:14:49.680 --> 00:14:49.940
 Judah.

00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:52.360
 the point

00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:52.800
 here is

00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:53.140
 that Moses

00:14:53.140 --> 00:14:53.960
 father-in-law

00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:54.520
 Jethro

00:14:54.520 --> 00:14:55.580
 was not

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:56.260
 an Israelite

00:14:56.260 --> 00:14:58.620
 here he's

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.000
 called a

00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.460
 Kenite

00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.680
 and elsewhere

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.580
 a Midianite

00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.940
 they're probably

00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:04.620
 two names

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.020
 for the same

00:15:05.020 --> 00:15:05.400
 people

00:15:05.400 --> 00:15:06.980
 in Exodus

00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.640
 he's called

00:15:07.640 --> 00:15:08.180
 the priest

00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:08.700
 of Midian

00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:10.180
 he's also

00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:10.700
 known as

00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.240
 Ruel

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.560
 which translates

00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.220
 as a friend

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.780
 of God

00:15:13.780 --> 00:15:16.280
 so this

00:15:16.280 --> 00:15:16.880
 demonstrates

00:15:16.880 --> 00:15:17.240
 that this

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:17.760
 conquest

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.700
 is not

00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:19.159
 about

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.679
 ethnicity

00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:21.220
 it's not

00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.720
 genocide

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.740
 it is

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.139
 about

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.539
 Yahweh

00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.759
 against

00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.200
 the false

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 gods

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:26.840
 of the

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 Canaanites

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:30.720
 but

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.740
 unfortunately

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:33.399
 these

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 positive

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.580
 accounts

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:36.059
 don't

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.559
 fill much

00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:36.779
 of the

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 chapter

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.519
 quickly

00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.360
 the accounts

00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:40.960
 of victory

00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:42.159
 turn into

00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:42.720
 accounts of

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.120
 defeat

00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.500
 and I think

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.120
 there's various

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.819
 things we can

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.679
 learn here

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.719
 about these

00:15:48.719 --> 00:15:49.239
 defeats

00:15:49.239 --> 00:15:50.039
 where they

00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:50.639
 came from

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.219
 the first

00:15:53.219 --> 00:15:53.799
 thing we see

00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:54.159
 about their

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.599
 defeat

00:15:54.599 --> 00:15:55.419
 is that they

00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:55.939
 have a stubborn

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.459
 enemy

00:15:56.459 --> 00:15:58.439
 it says

00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:59.219
 time after

00:15:59.219 --> 00:15:59.819
 time the

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 Canaanites

00:16:00.479 --> 00:16:01.419
 were determined

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:02.219
 to live in

00:16:02.219 --> 00:16:02.679
 the land

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.719
 the first

00:16:04.719 --> 00:16:05.479
 victories may

00:16:05.479 --> 00:16:05.759
 have been

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.179
 dramatic

00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:07.439
 but this is

00:16:07.439 --> 00:16:07.719
 going to

00:16:07.719 --> 00:16:08.500
 take endurance

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:10.239
 their enemies

00:16:10.239 --> 00:16:11.039
 aren't going to

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.699
 all flee before

00:16:11.699 --> 00:16:11.979
 them

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 they quite like

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 the land

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 they're living

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.099
 in thank you

00:16:15.099 --> 00:16:15.620
 very much

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 so this

00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.600
 is going to

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.759
 be a test

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.279
 of endurance

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:20.960
 for God's

00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.240
 people

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 not just

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 will they

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 trust him

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.700
 for one

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 battle

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.879
 but will

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.299
 they trust

00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:25.879
 him long

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 term

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:28.879
 the second

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.600
 thing we see

00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:29.960
 about their

00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:30.720
 defeat is that

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.200
 it comes from

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 fear

00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:34.600
 in verse 19

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 we read that

00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:36.240
 Judah were

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.000
 unable to

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.779
 drive the

00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.259
 people from

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.779
 the plains

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 because of

00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.860
 their chariots

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.419
 fitted with

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:41.720
 iron

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.139
 we have to

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.759
 remember here

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.320
 that iron

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 was the

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.320
 latest

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:46.980
 technology

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.379
 that was

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.379
 just beginning

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:49.019
 to be seen

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:50.080
 we aren't

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.960
 really into

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.540
 the iron age

00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.300
 proper yet

00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.660
 so this is

00:16:53.660 --> 00:16:54.600
 top grade

00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.440
 military hardware

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.639
 and so it is

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.139
 reasonable

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.379
 that

00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.620
 they

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.460
 can't

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.080
 defeat them

00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.340
 on their

00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.580
 own

00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:05.579
 but it's

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.319
 very interesting

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.819
 that this is

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.360
 just before

00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:07.799
 the next

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.200
 verse

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.799
 where we

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.200
 see the

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.680
 account of

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.080
 Caleb

00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:12.480
 defeating

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.180
 three sons

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.740
 of Anak

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 if you look

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.720
 back at

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.600
 various accounts

00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.019
 through

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.259
 numbers etc

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:21.580
 we see that

00:17:21.580 --> 00:17:22.819
 the sons of

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.259
 Anak

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.700
 are reported

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.460
 as giants

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 these are the

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.740
 people that

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.140
 the twelve

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:30.240
 spies that

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.860
 Moses sent

00:17:30.860 --> 00:17:31.259
 into the

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.080
 promised land

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.580
 saw

00:17:32.580 --> 00:17:34.920
 as the song

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.420
 goes

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.200
 ten were

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.640
 bad

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.400
 two were

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.779
 good

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:39.559
 ten saw

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.740
 the strength

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.059
 of the

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.359
 enemy

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.819
 saw

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:43.139
 the power

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.619
 of these

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.160
 giants

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.799
 and only

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.579
 two saw

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.819
 actually

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.759
 God is

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.240
 with us

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.139
 we can do

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.539
 anything

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:53.119
 and one of

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.000
 these good

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.379
 spies

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:55.619
 was Caleb

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:57.779
 the other

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.399
 was Joshua

00:17:58.399 --> 00:17:59.740
 who has

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.599
 now died

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:02.359
 so Caleb

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:03.019
 is now

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.379
 an old

00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:03.740
 man

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:05.839
 he's the

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.599
 only survivor

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.099
 from that

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.539
 time

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:09.539
 and he

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:09.899
 knows

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.240
 that it

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.500
 doesn't

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:10.940
 matter

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.059
 whether

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.659
 they're up

00:18:12.659 --> 00:18:13.000
 against

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.599
 giants

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.720
 or iron

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.399
 chariots

00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:16.740
 because God

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.279
 is greater

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.799
 it seems

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.440
 that the

00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:20.779
 men of

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.039
 Judah

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.799
 have forgotten

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.180
 this

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:23.159
 despite

00:18:23.159 --> 00:18:24.099
 all these

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.539
 victories

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:24.960
 that God

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.319
 has given

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:25.599
 them

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.920
 they seem

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.399
 to have

00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:28.039
 thought it

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.339
 was about

00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:29.000
 their strength

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.639
 and so

00:18:30.639 --> 00:18:31.019
 when up

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.519
 against a

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:31.859
 stronger

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.259
 enemy

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.920
 they cannot

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.279
 win

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:35.859
 but

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.779
 with God

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.599
 they had

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:37.839
 nothing

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.339
 to fear

00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:41.480
 the third

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.079
 thing we see

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.420
 about their

00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:42.819
 defeat

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.259
 is that

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.859
 pragmatism

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.460
 takes over

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:47.160
 time after

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:47.619
 time

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:48.859
 we read

00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.319
 that instead

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.980
 of killing

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:51.059
 or driving

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.420
 out the

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:51.779
 people

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:53.099
 as they've

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.399
 been told

00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:53.779
 to do

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:55.039
 they put

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.379
 them into

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:55.660
 forced

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:55.920
 labour

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.039
 they made

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.639
 them slaves

00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.259
 humanly

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.620
 it made

00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.060
 sense

00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:03.520
 they were

00:19:03.520 --> 00:19:03.900
 useful

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:05.500
 there was

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:05.900
 a lot of

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.280
 work to

00:19:06.280 --> 00:19:06.520
 do

00:19:06.520 --> 00:19:07.420
 building up

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:07.820
 the country

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.140
 and a

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.680
 ready supply

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.240
 of slaves

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.540
 would be

00:19:10.540 --> 00:19:10.759
 a real

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.140
 help

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:13.440
 but that's

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.980
 not what

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.180
 they were

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.540
 told to

00:19:14.540 --> 00:19:14.740
 do

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:17.840
 it was

00:19:17.840 --> 00:19:18.340
 not long

00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:18.960
 since that

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.320
 they'd

00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:20.340
 suffered a

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:20.580
 major

00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:21.160
 defeat

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:22.880
 after

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.300
 Achan

00:19:23.300 --> 00:19:25.020
 had kept

00:19:25.020 --> 00:19:25.759
 a portion

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.080
 of the

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.380
 plunder

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:27.020
 for himself

00:19:27.020 --> 00:19:28.220
 that should

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.480
 have been

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.940
 destroyed

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:31.440
 and later

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.920
 we'll read

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.980
 of Saul

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.559
 keeping the

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.039
 best of

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.720
 the herds

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.360
 from the

00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:37.660
 Amalekites

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.779
 to offer

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.160
 as a

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.559
 sacrifice

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.200
 to God

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:42.579
 he believed

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.000
 he had a

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.779
 better idea

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.500
 of how to

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.259
 worship God

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.339
 than what

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.700
 God had

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.019
 told him

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.380
 to do

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:51.400
 and then

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.420
 the final

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.140
 thing we see

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.539
 about their

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.259
 defeat here

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:56.339
 is the

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:57.140
 problem of

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:57.539
 unfinished

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.059
 work

00:19:58.059 --> 00:20:01.079
 in verse

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.500
 8

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.139
 Jerusalem

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.899
 is taken

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:04.740
 it's put

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.019
 to the

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.319
 sword

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.319
 and set

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.779
 on fire

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:09.240
 but it

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.619
 seems that

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:09.960
 they failed

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.399
 to hold

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:10.700
 it

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:13.179
 because in

00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.879
 verse 21

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.440
 we read

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.819
 that the

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.460
 Benjamites

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.599
 didn't drive

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:16.919
 out the

00:20:16.919 --> 00:20:17.460
 Jebusites

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.859
 that lived

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.359
 in Jerusalem

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.919
 and in

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.240
 fact it

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.480
 would be

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.799
 David

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.399
 several

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:21.839
 centuries

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.259
 later

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.980
 that

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.559
 finally

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.740
 conquered

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.400
 and held

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:25.880
 Jerusalem

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.980
 they have

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.400
 started

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.880
 the job

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.400
 but they

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.059
 haven't carried

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.799
 it through

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.559
 to the end

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:35.259
 and so

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.819
 their work

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.519
 the good

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.980
 work that

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.440
 they've done

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.700
 is all

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.140
 undone

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:45.300
 but then

00:20:45.300 --> 00:20:46.300
 in those

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.640
 verses

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.960
 at the

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.200
 beginning

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.660
 of chapter

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.000
 2

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.320
 we see

00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:50.720
 that their

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.060
 sin

00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:51.920
 and their

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.620
 disobedience

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.740
 has consequences

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:56.259
 the angel of

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.660
 the Lord

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.340
 appears to

00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:57.540
 them

00:20:57.540 --> 00:20:58.660
 and brings

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.320
 them God's

00:20:59.320 --> 00:20:59.780
 message

00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:00.560
 of judgment

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 it's interesting

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 to notice

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 that the

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.920
 last time

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.740
 the angel of

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 the Lord

00:21:06.040 --> 00:21:06.680
 was mentioned

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 was just

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.600
 before

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.680
 they took

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.120
 Jericho

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:12.299
 when he

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 said that

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.920
 he was there

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.600
 to fight

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.100
 with them

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:18.100
 but now

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:19.340
 following

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.600
 their

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:20.360
 disobedience

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:21.759
 God is

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.500
 doing exactly

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.940
 as he

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.420
 promised

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 and he's

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.660
 leaving them

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 to themselves

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:28.440
 he's not

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:28.799
 going to

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.180
 fight for

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.580
 them any

00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:29.920
 longer

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.860
 when they

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.360
 were obedient

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:34.240
 he fought

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.779
 for them

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 and gave

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 them victory

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 but he's

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:38.759
 not going

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.019
 to do

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.439
 that now

00:21:39.439 --> 00:21:40.799
 they are

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.179
 left to

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:41.500
 fight

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.919
 and ultimately

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:43.460
 lose

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.139
 their own

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.559
 battles

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.919
 but

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.980
 despite

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.519
 these

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.139
 consequences

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:51.299
 we see

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.699
 that God

00:21:51.699 --> 00:21:52.139
 did not

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.759
 completely

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.500
 abandon

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.019
 his people

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:56.059
 because

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.359
 we've got

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.699
 the rest

00:21:56.699 --> 00:21:56.919
 of the

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.199
 book of

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 Judges

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.619
 where

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:58.939
 time

00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.199
 after

00:21:59.199 --> 00:21:59.639
 time

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.419
 the people

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:00.960
 repent

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:02.639
 and God

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.179
 fights for

00:22:03.179 --> 00:22:03.419
 them

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:05.720
 but then

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.000
 they turn

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.279
 away

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.060
 again

00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:09.039
 and then

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.240
 we have

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.519
 the rest

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.740
 of the

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.039
 Bible

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.519
 which all

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.300
 tells the

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:13.240
 story of

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.800
 how God

00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:14.840
 patiently

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.720
 calls his

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.279
 people back

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.920
 to himself

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.759
 again

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.060
 and again

00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:20.720
 and again

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:22.100
 despite

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:23.320
 the repeated

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:24.279
 unfaithfulness

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.980
 and rebellion

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:29.019
 so

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:31.200
 how on

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.700
 earth do

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.200
 we apply

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.940
 a passage

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.539
 like this

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.980
 to our

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.339
 lives

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.200
 in 21st

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.500
 century

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.860
 Scotland

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:39.460
 some

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.900
 have taken

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.360
 passages

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.059
 like this

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.799
 as an

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.160
 excuse

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.920
 for Christian

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:44.099
 holy wars

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.140
 or crusades

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:47.640
 but Jesus

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.140
 would say

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.720
 my kingdom

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.579
 is not

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.920
 of this

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.319
 world

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.819
 if it

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.079
 were

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.819
 my servants

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.480
 would fight

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:56.279
 others

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.700
 would take

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:56.960
 these

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.380
 warnings

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.759
 for Israel

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.319
 to go to

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:00.200
 such lengths

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.940
 to separate

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.400
 themselves

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.900
 from the

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.799
 people around

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.980
 as a reason

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.680
 for Christians

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.099
 to separate

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.559
 themselves

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:07.980
 to cut

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.400
 themselves

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.860
 off

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:10.000
 whether

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.839
 as hermits

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.500
 in monasteries

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:14.980
 in separate

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.640
 societies

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.460
 like the

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.240
 Amish

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.400
 or just

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.480
 by cutting

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.900
 themselves

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.460
 off from

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.799
 much of

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.240
 the culture

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.720
 around

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:23.680
 as many

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.180
 in our

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.380
 own

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.799
 tradition

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:26.100
 would have

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.360
 done

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.880
 in previous

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.500
 generations

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:29.519
 and that

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.880
 urge

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.799
 is in many

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.220
 ways

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.980
 very

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.720
 commendable

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.460
 indeed

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.960
 Paul would

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.319
 write to

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.460
 the

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.839
 Corinthians

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.660
 who are

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:36.880
 getting

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.400
 caught up

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.579
 with

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.299
 idolatry

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.759
 come out

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.299
 from them

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.240
 and be

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.740
 separate

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.799
 there is

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.220
 a need

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.900
 for us

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.480
 to not

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.900
 get

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.180
 completely

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.079
 entangled

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.839
 in the

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.059
 world

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.420
 around

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.800
 us

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:51.779
 but

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.580
 Jesus

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:52.860
 would

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.220
 say

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.800
 in his

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.220
 prayer

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.279
 in the

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.480
 upper

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.800
 room

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.000
 in

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.180
 John

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.700
 17

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.279
 my

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.820
 prayer

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.840
 is not

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.440
 that you

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.820
 take them

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.120
 out of

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.539
 the world

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.860
 but

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.660
 that you

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.100
 protect

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.360
 them

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.900
 from the

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.120
 evil

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.480
 one

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:07.480
 elsewhere

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.880
 he would

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.240
 tell them

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.500
 how they

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.759
 had to

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.180
 be salt

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.660
 and light

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.860
 to not

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.200
 put their

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.480
 lamp

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.880
 under a

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.080
 bowl

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:13.580
 it was

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.100
 expected

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.840
 to unlike

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.539
 the Israelites

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.500
 they would

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.920
 be living

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.359
 among

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.440
 and

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.000
 interacting

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.519
 with

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.579
 unbelievers

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.980
 be they

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.359
 Jews

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.379
 pagans

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.220
 atheists

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.259
 or whatever

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:27.539
 and yet

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.960
 we are

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.539
 told of a

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.980
 battle that

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.279
 we are

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.799
 to fight

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:32.399
 the letter

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.659
 of the

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.039
 Ephesians

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.480
 would tell

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.899
 us that

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.720
 our struggle

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.859
 is not

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.399
 against

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.839
 flesh and

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.099
 blood

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.599
 but against

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.079
 the rulers

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.659
 against

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.399
 the authorities

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.299
 against the

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.819
 powers of

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.279
 this dark

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.619
 world

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.879
 and against

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.500
 the spiritual

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.000
 forces

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.000
 of evil

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.940
 in heavenly

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.519
 realms

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:50.019
 the letter

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.380
 to the

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.900
 Colossians

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.539
 tells us

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.420
 to put

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.099
 to death

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.900
 therefore

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.039
 whatever

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.059
 belongs

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.420
 to your

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.700
 earthly

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.180
 nature

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.680
 sexual

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.380
 immorality

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.420
 impurity

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.319
 lust

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.079
 evil

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.720
 desires

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.759
 and greed

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.660
 which is

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.299
 idolatry

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.940
 because of

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.480
 these the

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.839
 wrath of

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.200
 God is

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.500
 coming

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:10.619
 you used

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:10.980
 to walk

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.299
 in these

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.759
 ways in

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.119
 the life

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.559
 you once

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.880
 lived

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.880
 but now

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.720
 you must

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.339
 also rid

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.680
 yourself

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.180
 of all

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.420
 such

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.779
 things

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:16.980
 as

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.319
 these

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.220
 anger

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.160
 rage

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.039
 malice

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.880
 slander

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.740
 and filthy

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.220
 language

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.620
 from your

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.039
 lips

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.579
 do not

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.019
 lie to

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.460
 each other

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.279
 since you've

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.880
 taken off

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.259
 your old

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.680
 self

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.440
 with its

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.940
 practices

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.819
 and to

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.259
 put on

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.620
 the new

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.000
 self

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.920
 which has

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.740
 been renewed

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.700
 in knowledge

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.660
 in the image

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.980
 of its

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.360
 creator

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:38.039
 and in

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.740
 Romans 8

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.059
 therefore

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.759
 brothers and

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.099
 sisters

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.279
 we have

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.879
 an obligation

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:44.579
 but it is

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.179
 not to the

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.599
 flesh

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.359
 to live

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.759
 according

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.299
 to it

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.919
 for if you

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.479
 live according

00:25:49.479 --> 00:25:49.839
 to the

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.119
 flesh

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.399
 you will

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.719
 die

00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:51.779
 but

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.719
 if by

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:53.339
 the spirit

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.059
 you put

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.619
 to death

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.259
 the misdeeds

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.539
 of the

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.839
 body

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:57.279
 you will

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.979
 live

00:25:57.980 --> 00:26:00.720
 the stakes

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.099
 in this

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.400
 battle

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.819
 are high

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:03.539
 the

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.099
 destruction

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.500
 that is

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.000
 commanded

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.120
 is just

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.860
 as complete

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:09.019
 but this

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.420
 is not

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.000
 the destruction

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.460
 of pagan

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.900
 peoples

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.220
 and of

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.740
 their idols

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.039
 but of

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.640
 everything

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.920
 within us

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.920
 that falls

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.720
 short of

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.160
 displaying

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.660
 God's

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.960
 glory

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:20.400
 any sin

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.120
 within us

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.240
 or anything

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.519
 that would

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.039
 cause us

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.460
 to sin

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:25.400
 and we are

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.640
 to be

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.039
 ruthless

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:28.059
 Jesus

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.619
 would teach

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.480
 that if

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.920
 your right

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.519
 eye causes

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.879
 you to

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.220
 stumble

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.139
 gouge

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:32.579
 it out

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.019
 and throw

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.379
 it away

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:35.200
 if your

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.720
 right hand

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.220
 causes you

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.700
 to stumble

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.960
 cut it

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.339
 off

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.039
 and throw

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.480
 it away

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:42.119
 or as

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.480
 the writer

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.799
 to the

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.099
 Hebrews

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.599
 says

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.819
 let us

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.279
 throw off

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.119
 everything

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:47.539
 that hinders

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:49.059
 and the

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.319
 sin

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.920
 that so

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.420
 easily

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.220
 entangles

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:54.139
 ultimately

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.779
 it's the

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.379
 same battle

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:57.500
 the battle

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.440
 for God's

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.760
 glory

00:26:58.760 --> 00:26:59.720
 to be seen

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.260
 in the

00:27:00.260 --> 00:27:00.540
 obedience

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:01.040
 of his

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.420
 people

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:03.020
 a people

00:27:03.020 --> 00:27:03.260
 that are

00:27:03.260 --> 00:27:03.820
 not special

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.360
 in themselves

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:05.620
 but that have

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.180
 been chosen

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.080
 called

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:08.120
 and redeemed

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.660
 by God

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.620
 and just

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.000
 like the

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.400
 Israelites

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.080
 God knows

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.120
 how easily

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.520
 we are

00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:15.160
 drawn astray

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:17.340
 and so I

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.740
 want to go

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.320
 back through

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:19.080
 the exact

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.800
 same headings

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.060
 that we

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.580
 looked at

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.820
 the Israelites

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.660
 battle

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.460
 under

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.779
 and use

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.220
 the same

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.000
 headings

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.579
 to look

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.140
 at our

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.380
 own

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.759
 battle

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:31.039
 the first

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.799
 and most

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.500
 obvious thing

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.400
 we learn here

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.120
 about victories

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.640
 in the

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.380
 Christian battle

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.920
 is they

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.240
 come

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.360
 when we

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:38.779
 come to

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.160
 God

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.920
 in obedience

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.140
 and dependence

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:43.539
 knowing what

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.819
 he has

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.259
 commanded

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.240
 but looking

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.779
 to him

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.920
 to lead

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.900
 and guide

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.680
 and for his

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.180
 strength

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.480
 in the

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.779
 battle

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:52.059
 so often

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.680
 we try

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.700
 and do

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.379
 what God

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.940
 commanded

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.079
 but we try

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.559
 and do it

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.259
 in our own

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.539
 way

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.599
 and in our

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.359
 own strength

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:03.079
 and wonder

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.259
 why we

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.539
 fail

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:07.720
 but Paul

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.240
 tells the

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.819
 Philippians

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:10.099
 it's God

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.879
 who works

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.259
 in you

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.119
 to will

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:13.639
 and to act

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.200
 in order

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.819
 to fulfill

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.240
 his good

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.700
 purpose

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:18.340
 we sort

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:19.160
 of grudgingly

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.840
 accept

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.640
 that our

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.100
 salvation

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.860
 is nothing

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.180
 to do

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.600
 with us

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:25.980
 but we

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.680
 like to

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.140
 think

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:28.519
 at least

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.960
 think we

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.299
 can do

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.920
 something

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.740
 about our

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.500
 sanctification

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:33.000
 that we

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.539
 can work

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.019
 hard

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.539
 to make

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.920
 ourselves

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.420
 better

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:38.519
 but Paul

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.000
 tells us

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.299
 here that

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.680
 even our

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.180
 will to

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.840
 obey God

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:42.140
 comes from

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.420
 God

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:44.340
 we can

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.160
 do nothing

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.759
 on our

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:45.980
 own

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:48.840
 the second

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.200
 thing

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.019
 we've

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.279
 learnt

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.660
 here

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.420
 is that

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.860
 so often

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.240
 victory

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.620
 comes

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:52.960
 when we

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.160
 work

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.560
 together

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:55.640
 Jesus

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:55.980
 sends

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.220
 his

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.580
 disciples

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:57.019
 out in

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.380
 pairs

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.100
 we're told

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.580
 in Hebrews

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.180
 not to

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.460
 give up

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.720
 meeting

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.120
 together

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:03.140
 but to

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.660
 spur one

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.340
 another on

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.800
 to love

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:05.100
 and good

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.500
 deeds

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.420
 we're told

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.080
 in Proverbs

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.500
 that as

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.340
 iron sharpens

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.759
 iron

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.300
 so one

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.100
 man sharpens

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.560
 in another

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:14.940
 or in

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.619
 Ecclesiastes

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.859
 two are

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.319
 better than

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.619
 one

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.879
 because they

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.240
 have a good

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.759
 return for

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.220
 their labour

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.599
 if either

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:21.899
 of them

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.579
 falls down

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.839
 one can

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.240
 help the

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.740
 other up

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.299
 but pity

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.859
 anyone who

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.319
 falls

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.379
 and has

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.859
 no one

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.579
 to help

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.240
 them up

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:35.159
 Tim was

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.639
 telling us

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.139
 last Sunday

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.720
 morning as

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:36.940
 we were

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.440
 looking at

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.819
 the beginning

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.599
 of Philippians

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.419
 of the

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:39.819
 importance

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.099
 of good

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.459
 Christian

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:42.039
 friends

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.779
 of

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.299
 partnership

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.939
 in

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.299
 Christian

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.719
 life

00:29:44.719 --> 00:29:45.159
 and

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.459
 gospel

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:45.980
 ministry

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:48.259
 as

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.459
 Tim

00:29:48.459 --> 00:29:48.719
 isn't

00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:48.919
 here

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.339
 tonight

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.779
 I

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:49.980
 feel

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.199
 free

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:50.379
 to

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.699
 embarrass

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.000
 him

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.619
 over

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.000
 the last

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.219
 few

00:29:54.219 --> 00:29:54.519
 years

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.719
 I

00:29:54.719 --> 00:29:54.879
 have

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.119
 found

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.319
 him

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.500
 to

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.799
 be

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.419
 that

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:56.839
 partner

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.839
 that

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.219
 brother

00:29:58.219 --> 00:29:58.740
 in the

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.019
 Christian

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.459
 fight

00:29:59.459 --> 00:30:01.199
 it's

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.679
 a great

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.259
 encouragement

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.759
 to have

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.139
 someone

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.759
 that you

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.139
 can send

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.579
 a message

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.839
 to

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.219
 saying

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:05.819
 I'm

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.199
 struggling

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.599
 please

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.919
 pray

00:30:06.919 --> 00:30:07.939
 and know

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.219
 that they

00:30:08.219 --> 00:30:08.480
 will

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.959
 it's

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.219
 a real

00:30:11.219 --> 00:30:11.719
 encouragement

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:12.079
 to have

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.339
 someone

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.619
 that

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.219
 has the

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:13.659
 patience

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:15.240
 to spend

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.819
 the hours

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.659
 with you

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.199
 until you

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.679
 actually

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.379
 finally

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.319
 see

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.339
 how you

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.619
 really

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.000
 are

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:25.339
 and to

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.919
 encourage

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:27.259
 and to

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.719
 point my

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.139
 eyes to

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.719
 the beauties

00:30:28.719 --> 00:30:29.059
 of my

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.500
 saviour

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.879
 and to

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.319
 send me

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.439
 on my

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:32.639
 way

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.379
 rejoicing

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.399
 strengthened

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.819
 for the

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.119
 battles

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.519
 ahead

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.959
 obviously

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.879
 he's

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.280
 a far

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:38.540
 from

00:30:38.540 --> 00:30:38.860
 perfect

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.180
 friend

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.920
 and I

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.160
 am

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.780
 a far

00:30:41.780 --> 00:30:42.020
 from

00:30:42.020 --> 00:30:42.320
 perfect

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.580
 friend

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:42.740
 to

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:42.980
 him

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:45.340
 but he

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.520
 has

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:45.840
 greatly

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:47.080
 helped me

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.480
 as a

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.680
 brother

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.040
 in the

00:30:48.040 --> 00:30:48.360
 fight

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.840
 and so

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.080
 I would

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.600
 highly

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.340
 encourage

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.160
 all of

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.340
 you

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:53.120
 to take

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.660
 the time

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.820
 effort

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:56.600
 and risk

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:58.599
 to

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.779
 get

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.099
 around

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.419
 you

00:30:59.419 --> 00:30:59.859
 brothers

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.159
 and

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.559
 sisters

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.199
 that

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:01.319
 you

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.539
 can

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.039
 fight

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.719
 with

00:31:02.719 --> 00:31:04.500
 and

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.619
 who

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:04.759
 will

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.039
 fight

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.359
 with

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.679
 you

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:08.359
 maybe

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.139
 like

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.439
 Judah

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:09.719
 and

00:31:09.719 --> 00:31:10.199
 Simeon

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:11.359
 there's

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.599
 someone

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.059
 younger

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.519
 weaker

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.859
 in the

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.240
 faith

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.059
 that you

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.359
 can get

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.740
 alongside

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.019
 and say

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.039
 let's

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.399
 do this

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.740
 together

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:23.660
 but

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.980
 just like

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.180
 the

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.539
 Israelites

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.140
 battle

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.539
 unfortunately

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.880
 the

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.200
 Christian

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.660
 battle

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.900
 also

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.299
 tends

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.559
 to be

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.920
 littered

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.079
 with

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.559
 defeats

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:35.799
 we

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.000
 see

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.180
 that

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.460
 like

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.660
 the

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.059
 Israelites

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.579
 we

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.700
 have

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.859
 a

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.140
 stubborn

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.620
 enemy

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:41.000
 the

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.339
 sin

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.940
 within

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.299
 us

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.799
 is

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.160
 deeply

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.519
 rooted

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:45.339
 and

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.799
 ultimately

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.339
 will not

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.559
 be

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.980
 completely

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.400
 gone

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.340
 until

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.759
 that

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.060
 day

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.480
 when

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.620
 we

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:49.840
 see

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.120
 him

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.880
 and

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.000
 are

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.259
 like

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.500
 him

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:53.740
 even

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.100
 the

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.420
 apostle

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.820
 Paul

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.140
 could

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.960
 grieve

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.340
 about

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:56.680
 how

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.120
 the

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.380
 things

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.519
 that

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.640
 he

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:57.940
 wanted

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.200
 to

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.460
 do

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.060
 he

00:31:59.060 --> 00:31:59.400
 didn't

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.680
 do

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.720
 and

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:00.840
 the

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.040
 things

00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:01.160
 that

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.240
 he

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.560
 didn't

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:01.780
 want

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:01.940
 to

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.200
 do

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.080
 he

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.480
 did

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:06.920
 there

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.080
 are

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.460
 several

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.120
 songs

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.960
 that

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.340
 while

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.040
 quite

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.440
 good

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.980
 in

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.280
 some

00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:12.640
 ways

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.960
 I

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.300
 refuse

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.519
 to

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.800
 sing

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:16.720
 the

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.000
 chorus

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.160
 of

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.420
 one

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.799
 hymn

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.960
 another

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.339
 wise

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.660
 great

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.000
 hymn

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.380
 says

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.859
 at

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:22.980
 the

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.460
 cross

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.839
 where

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:24.980
 I

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.259
 first

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.480
 saw

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.640
 the

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.980
 light

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.180
 and

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.319
 the

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.599
 burden

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:27.759
 of

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.900
 my

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.259
 heart

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.579
 rolled

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.900
 away

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:30.240
 I

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.380
 was

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.640
 there

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:30.859
 by

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.299
 faith

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.759
 I

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.160
 received

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.420
 my

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.819
 sight

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.660
 and

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:33.960
 now

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.339
 I

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.480
 am

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.799
 happy

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.019
 all

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.160
 the

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.440
 day

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.119
 really

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.920
 is

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.059
 that

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.259
 what

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.480
 your

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.839
 Christian

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.079
 life

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.200
 is

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.500
 like

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:42.819
 mine

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.380
 certainly

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.940
 isn't

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.779
 so

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.080
 many

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.240
 of

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.440
 these

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.880
 songs

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.820
 and

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:47.980
 so

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.299
 many

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.900
 presentations

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.180
 of

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.320
 the

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.680
 gospel

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.860
 manage

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.160
 to

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.779
 miss

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.180
 out

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.960
 everything

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.700
 that

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.059
 happens

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.400
 between

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.759
 that

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.480
 first

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.840
 moment

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.019
 of

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.500
 salvation

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.720
 and

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:57.860
 our

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.200
 ultimate

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.940
 glorification

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:00.559
 they

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.059
 forget

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.580
 the

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.039
 long

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:03.299
 arduous

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.840
 and

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.420
 sometimes

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.960
 painful

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.519
 process

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.700
 of

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.400
 sanctification

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.180
 in

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.519
 between

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:09.920
 they

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.539
 forget

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.879
 about

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.059
 the

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.500
 reality

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.680
 of

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.799
 the

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.059
 Christian

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.420
 life

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:14.779
 and

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:14.900
 we

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.099
 see

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.379
 too

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.700
 many

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.039
 new

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.539
 Christians

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.400
 that

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.680
 aren't

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.019
 prepared

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.259
 for

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.579
 this

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:20.240
 they

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.559
 think

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.019
 everything

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.200
 will

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.339
 be

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.680
 easy

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.839
 and

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:22.980
 they're

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.299
 completely

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.720
 thrown

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.579
 when

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.740
 the

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.059
 battles

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.440
 come

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.519
 and

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.819
 keep

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.279
 coming

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:30.440
 but

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.920
 secondly

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.879
 like

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.059
 the

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.500
 Israelites

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.200
 many

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.359
 of

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.500
 our

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.819
 defeats

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.039
 come

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.240
 from

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.539
 fear

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:36.740
 we

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.099
 know

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.839
 that

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.099
 dealing

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.339
 with

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.619
 sin

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.000
 will

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.119
 be

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.480
 hard

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.579
 and

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.719
 we

00:33:40.719 --> 00:33:41.000
 don't

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.480
 really

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.480
 want

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.659
 to

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:42.879
 do

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.379
 hard

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:45.839
 the

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.079
 call

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.279
 to

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.980
 discipleship

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.259
 is a

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.419
 call

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.639
 to

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.079
 radical

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.539
 living

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.679
 to

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:49.919
 take

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.079
 up

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.240
 our

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.539
 cross

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:50.980
 daily

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.119
 potentially

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.339
 to

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.519
 be

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.000
 hated

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.259
 and

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.919
 persecuted

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.419
 by the

00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:55.659
 world

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.039
 around

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.419
 us

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:58.059
 a

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.259
 call

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.459
 to

00:33:58.459 --> 00:33:58.779
 follow

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.099
 God

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.339
 into

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.500
 the

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.899
 unknown

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:01.359
 and

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.539
 we

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.779
 sort

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:01.899
 of

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.099
 think

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.299
 yeah

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.599
 that's

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:02.799
 fine

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:02.980
 for

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.319
 others

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:06.519
 I

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.839
 remember

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.159
 one

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.559
 preacher

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.340
 saying

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.840
 something

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.079
 along

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.219
 the

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.500
 lines

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.759
 of

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.000
 and

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.159
 I'm

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.340
 sure

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.500
 I'm

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.860
 completely

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.420
 misquoting

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.659
 them

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:13.179
 you

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.599
 haven't

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.940
 really

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.539
 repented

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.400
 until

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.659
 it's

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.179
 painful

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.799
 to

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.119
 turn

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.440
 away

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.779
 from

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:17.960
 the

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.199
 sin

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.420
 that

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.539
 you

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.900
 love

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:21.239
 are

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.400
 we

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.759
 willing

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.299
 to

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.519
 deal

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.799
 with

00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.039
 that

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.420
 pain

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:27.159
 but

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.480
 Charles

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.960
 Macmillan

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.219
 brought

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.500
 to us

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.619
 on

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:28.880
 Wednesday

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.319
 night

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.539
 the

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.840
 story

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.119
 of

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.900
 Elisha

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.079
 and

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.239
 his

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.699
 servant

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:33.199
 surrounded

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.619
 by an

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:33.939
 army

00:34:33.939 --> 00:34:34.579
 the

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.899
 servant

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.159
 is

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.599
 fearful

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.519
 and

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.919
 Elisha

00:34:37.919 --> 00:34:38.419
 prays

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:38.519
 that

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.659
 the

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.079
 servant's

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.319
 eyes

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.480
 will

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.619
 be

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:39.980
 opened

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:41.719
 he

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.119
 sees

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.239
 that

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.359
 the

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:42.599
 whole

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.199
 hillside

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.739
 is

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.179
 covered

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.179
 with

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.719
 chariots

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:45.919
 and

00:34:45.919 --> 00:34:46.199
 horses

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.439
 of

00:34:46.439 --> 00:34:46.739
 fire

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:48.000
 the

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.519
 angelic

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.019
 armies

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.579
 are

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.859
 there

00:34:49.859 --> 00:34:50.119
 to

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.339
 fight

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:50.579
 for

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.799
 them

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:52.519
 why

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.839
 should

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.019
 we

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.379
 fear

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.879
 hard

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.399
 things

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:56.399
 when

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:56.719
 this

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.239
 is

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.399
 our

00:34:57.399 --> 00:34:57.699
 God

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:57.719
 God

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:57.739
 God

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:57.799
 God

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.539
 but

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.019
 thirdly

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.279
 like

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.500
 the

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.879
 Israelites

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.279
 our

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.599
 defeats

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.819
 come

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.000
 from

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.659
 pragmatism

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:07.879
 we

00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:08.159
 often

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.599
 find

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.279
 useful

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.779
 those

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.279
 things

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:11.819
 that

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.379
 either

00:35:12.379 --> 00:35:12.839
 lead us

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.039
 into

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.619
 temptation

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:13.939
 or

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:14.559
 sometimes

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.819
 even

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.059
 our

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.399
 sins

00:35:16.399 --> 00:35:16.679
 we

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:16.960
 find

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.439
 useful

00:35:17.439 --> 00:35:18.019
 and

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.299
 quite

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:19.079
 convenient

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.779
 for

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.239
 example

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.619
 the

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.079
 devices

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.359
 that

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.559
 many

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.719
 of

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:25.859
 you

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.079
 are

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.679
 reading

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:26.859
 the

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.099
 text

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.460
 tonight

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.819
 on

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:29.339
 are

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.480
 the

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.719
 exact

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.079
 same

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.579
 devices

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.519
 that

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.679
 can

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:31.940
 bring

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.199
 you

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.799
 in

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:32.920
 the

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.239
 privacy

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.440
 of

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.579
 your

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.960
 homes

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.799
 a

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.480
 Pandora's

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:35.900
 box

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.480
 of

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.159
 distraction

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.380
 and

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.860
 temptation

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:41.900
 some

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.039
 of

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.119
 you

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.279
 will

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.579
 struggle

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.059
 greatly

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.440
 with

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.840
 this

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.099
 and

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.279
 yet

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.579
 find

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.739
 it

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.000
 too

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.460
 useful

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.259
 too

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.840
 integral

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.259
 a part

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.400
 of

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.519
 your

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.880
 life

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.679
 you're

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.880
 willing

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.099
 to

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.519
 compromise

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.840
 to

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.279
 accept

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:54.500
 the

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.819
 risk

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.819
 to

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.019
 put

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.420
 yourself

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.619
 in

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:56.799
 that

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.119
 danger

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.500
 zone

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.679
 because

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:58.920
 it's

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.319
 convenient

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:02.580
 previous

00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:03.220
 generations

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.680
 worried

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:03.940
 about

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.200
 bringing

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.600
 TV

00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:04.880
 into

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.059
 our

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.380
 homes

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.980
 and

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.420
 generations

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.800
 before

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.200
 that

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.519
 worried

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.940
 about

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.620
 printed

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.120
 books

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:11.980
 but

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.120
 we

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.300
 have

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.500
 brought

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.700
 into

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:12.860
 our

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.039
 life

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.460
 something

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.740
 far

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:14.980
 more

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.460
 powerful

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:17.640
 both

00:36:17.640 --> 00:36:17.860
 for

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.200
 good

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:19.280
 and

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.500
 for

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.800
 evil

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:23.039
 are

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.160
 we

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.420
 willing

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.640
 to

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:23.820
 live

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.019
 with

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.160
 the

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.539
 things

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.039
 that

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.280
 cause

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.420
 us

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.600
 to

00:36:25.600 --> 00:36:25.940
 stumble

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.240
 because

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.580
 they're

00:36:27.580 --> 00:36:28.120
 convenient

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:30.059
 even

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.339
 because

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.480
 we

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.739
 find

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:30.880
 them

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.279
 useful

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.539
 in

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.699
 our

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.079
 worship

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.559
 and

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:32.699
 our

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.139
 service

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:35.199
 or

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.500
 maybe

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.900
 in

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.019
 our

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.460
 attempts

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.819
 to

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.500
 provide

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.880
 for

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.359
 ourselves

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:39.099
 and

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.259
 our

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.759
 families

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.779
 to

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.159
 support

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.359
 the

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:41.799
 church

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:43.519
 to

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.699
 give

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:43.839
 to

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:44.000
 the

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.299
 poor

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:46.400
 do

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.559
 we

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.799
 allow

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.199
 ourselves

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.500
 to

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.099
 forget

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.420
 about

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.599
 our

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.980
 dependence

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.279
 on

00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:49.619
 God

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.960
 and

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.119
 be

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.359
 shaped

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:51.599
 by

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:51.779
 the

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.179
 greed

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.839
 the

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.579
 idolatry

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.019
 the

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.440
 striving

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.699
 for

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.059
 wealth

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.239
 and

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.619
 power

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.299
 of

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.539
 those

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.659
 that

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:56.759
 are

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.059
 around

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.380
 us

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:59.980
 in

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.140
 our

00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:00.559
 attempts

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.760
 to

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:00.880
 be

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.440
 responsible

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.340
 and

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.519
 do

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.980
 good

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.039
 do

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.160
 we

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.880
 unthinkingly

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.660
 open

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.180
 ourselves

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.760
 to

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.280
 temptation

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.920
 and

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.200
 sin

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:10.619
 there

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:10.900
 are so

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.140
 many

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.460
 other

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.920
 areas

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.780
 where

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:12.900
 it's

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.039
 so

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.380
 easy

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.599
 for

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:13.740
 us

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:13.880
 to

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.400
 accept

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.280
 as

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.599
 part

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.740
 of

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:15.880
 our

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.280
 lives

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:17.180
 things

00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:17.500
 that

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.760
 cause

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:17.920
 us

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.099
 to

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.440
 stumble

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.920
 that

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.240
 turn

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.440
 our

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.800
 hearts

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.079
 from

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.300
 the

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.660
 glories

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:21.840
 of

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.280
 Christ

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:24.519
 and

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.640
 the

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.059
 difficulty

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.460
 here

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.740
 is

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.099
 that

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.860
 as

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.019
 we've

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.480
 discussed

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.039
 unlike

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.219
 the

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.500
 Israelites

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.219
 we

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.579
 can't

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.940
 just

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.739
 cut

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.119
 ourselves

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.539
 off

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.119
 from

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.339
 all

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.599
 these

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.940
 sources

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.460
 of

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.940
 temptation

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.199
 and

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.420
 even

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.579
 if

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.719
 we

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.000
 could

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.259
 there

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.380
 are

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.679
 plenty

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:36.980
 within

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.299
 us

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:40.799
 and

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.019
 yet

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.480
 we need

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.139
 wisdom

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:44.519
 each

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.880
 of us

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.059
 is

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.559
 different

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.480
 each

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:46.759
 of us

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:46.900
 has

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.059
 our

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.400
 own

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.239
 particular

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.779
 weaknesses

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:50.299
 things

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.699
 that cause

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:50.940
 real

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.299
 struggles

00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:51.799
 to me

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.420
 are

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.659
 probably

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:52.819
 not

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:52.940
 a

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.159
 problem

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.360
 to

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.599
 you

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:55.000
 and

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.219
 other

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.380
 way

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.779
 around

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:58.500
 we

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.619
 are

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.880
 called

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.099
 in

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.519
 James

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.900
 to

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.059
 be

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.519
 involved

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.019
 in

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.159
 the

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.500
 world

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.819
 to

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.119
 feed

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.299
 the

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.699
 widows

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:03.980
 and

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.500
 orphans

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.519
 and

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.739
 yet

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.259
 not

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.679
 be

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.099
 polluted

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.480
 by

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.759
 it

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:10.819
 it's

00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:10.980
 not

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.339
 easy

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:12.779
 but

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:12.900
 it's

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.039
 what

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.219
 we're

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.480
 called

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.719
 to

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:15.119
 and

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.219
 it

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.460
 needs

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.960
 care

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.420
 wisdom

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.579
 and

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.019
 not

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.920
 compromise

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:23.000
 and

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.400
 finally

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.740
 like

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.900
 the

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.240
 Israelites

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.539
 our

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.960
 defeats

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.400
 come

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.740
 from

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.440
 unfinished

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.900
 work

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:29.139
 it's

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.320
 so

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:29.659
 easy

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.079
 for us

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.240
 to

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.559
 think

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.000
 that

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.380
 something

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.240
 that

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.400
 we

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:32.860
 struggled

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.180
 with

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.320
 in

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.440
 the

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.880
 past

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.700
 is

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:34.880
 now

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.280
 defeated

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.380
 and

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.519
 we

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.840
 needn't

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.119
 worry

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.400
 about

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.579
 it

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.840
 any

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.180
 longer

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:40.480
 I

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.800
 heard

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.440
 the

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.720
 story

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:41.900
 of

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.260
 someone

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.639
 who

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:44.159
 proudly

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.659
 told

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.019
 those

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.320
 around

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.559
 him

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.780
 that

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.740
 he

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.099
 hadn't

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.440
 sinned

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.599
 for

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.860
 ten

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.200
 years

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:49.200
 and

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:51.539
 their

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.880
 comment

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.159
 was

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.320
 he

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.519
 has

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.760
 now

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:55.800
 but

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.119
 maybe

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.579
 our

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.980
 attitude

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:59.500
 needs

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.900
 to be

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.200
 like

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.440
 that

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.579
 of

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.740
 the

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.180
 alcoholic

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:02.780
 who

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:02.960
 can

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.300
 say

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:05.000
 my

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.240
 name

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:05.380
 is

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.659
 Jim

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.980
 I'm

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.099
 an

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.559
 alcoholic

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.480
 I

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.820
 haven't

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:08.960
 had

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.079
 a

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.280
 drink

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.460
 for

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.760
 40

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.119
 years

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:12.579
 I

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.780
 need

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:12.940
 to

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.240
 say

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:13.980
 my

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.220
 name

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.380
 is

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.619
 Neil

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.880
 I'm

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.019
 a

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.340
 poor

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:16.840
 vile

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.240
 sinner

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.300
 redeemed

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.579
 by

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.300
 outrageous

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.000
 amazing

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.440
 grace

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:22.740
 as soon

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.039
 as we

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.320
 think

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.539
 we're

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.019
 anything

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.300
 more

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.440
 than

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.760
 that

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:25.880
 we're

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.260
 sure

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.640
 to

00:39:26.640 --> 00:39:26.920
 fall

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:30.780
 unlike

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.039
 the

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.420
 Israelites

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.900
 our

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.320
 defeats

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.500
 have

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.080
 consequences

00:39:34.080 --> 00:39:37.300
 as a

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.800
 congregation

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.160
 we were

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.500
 shocked

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.019
 recently

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:40.080
 to see

00:39:40.080 --> 00:39:40.820
 the

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.280
 effects

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.720
 of sin

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.039
 that had

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.240
 gone

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.000
 unchecked

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.500
 in the

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.840
 life of

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.200
 one of

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.360
 our

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.840
 brothers

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:44.940
 others

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:47.079
 but

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.420
 while

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.620
 the

00:39:47.620 --> 00:39:48.079
 effects

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.740
 may

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:49.000
 not

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.440
 always

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.640
 be

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:49.840
 so

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.340
 public

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.200
 our

00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:51.539
 sin

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.160
 does

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.579
 have

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.160
 consequences

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:54.539
 in

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.680
 our

00:39:54.680 --> 00:39:54.900
 own

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.320
 lives

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.039
 in

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.160
 the

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.360
 lives

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.519
 of

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.720
 those

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.039
 around

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.440
 us

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.400
 in

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.620
 the

00:39:59.620 --> 00:40:00.140
 church

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.640
 as a

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:00.900
 whole

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:03.120
 the

00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:03.680
 consequences

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.280
 of our

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:04.559
 sin

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.519
 are

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.960
 many

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.760
 and

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.260
 varied

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.920
 and

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.160
 we

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:10.039
 could

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.320
 have

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.900
 several

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.320
 sermons

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.620
 on

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:11.840
 them

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.940
 and

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.140
 some

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.280
 of

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.400
 the

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.760
 psalms

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:14.900
 we

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.300
 studied

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.840
 recently

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.380
 we've

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.820
 heard

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.680
 the

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.059
 psalmist

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.820
 recounting

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:21.059
 some

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.320
 of the

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.900
 consequences

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.380
 of sin

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.880
 they had

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.539
 experienced

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:25.420
 as they

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.920
 find that

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.380
 it takes

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.660
 away

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:26.920
 their

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.320
 joy

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.059
 it

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.000
 obstructs

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.480
 their

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:30.880
 fellowship

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.200
 with

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.539
 God

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:33.280
 it

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.860
 affects

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.760
 fellowship

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.860
 with their

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.140
 brothers

00:40:36.140 --> 00:40:36.900
 and sisters

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:39.180
 I'm

00:40:39.180 --> 00:40:39.340
 sure

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.880
 at times

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.340
 all of

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.500
 us

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.780
 know

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.260
 the

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.760
 reality

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:42.080
 of

00:40:42.080 --> 00:40:42.500
 these

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.180
 and

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:43.480
 many

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.760
 other

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.440
 consequences

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.640
 but

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:47.900
 I just

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.220
 want to

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.460
 focus

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.060
 on one

00:40:49.060 --> 00:40:50.260
 consequence

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.580
 just

00:40:50.580 --> 00:40:50.880
 now

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:52.220
 it

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.760
 affects

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.100
 our

00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:53.620
 display

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.100
 of

00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:54.480
 God's

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.840
 glory

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.440
 to

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.560
 the

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:55.760
 world

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:56.100
 around

00:40:56.100 --> 00:40:56.480
 us

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:58.420
 man

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.620
 was

00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:58.980
 created

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.300
 in the

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.660
 beginning

00:40:59.660 --> 00:41:00.640
 in the

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:00.920
 image

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.100
 of

00:41:01.100 --> 00:41:01.380
 God

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.100
 to

00:41:02.100 --> 00:41:02.560
 reflect

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:02.820
 his

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.280
 glory

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:03.860
 his

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.420
 beauty

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.900
 his

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.420
 character

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:07.180
 but

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:07.340
 in

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.660
 Romans

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.420
 we

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.720
 read

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:08.880
 that

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.180
 all

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:09.519
 have

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:09.900
 sinned

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:11.000
 and

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.260
 fallen

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.660
 short

00:41:11.660 --> 00:41:11.860
 of

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.000
 the

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.220
 glory

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.380
 of

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.700
 God

00:41:12.700 --> 00:41:13.960
 we

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.079
 have

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.480
 all

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.180
 failed

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.420
 in

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:15.559
 the

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.000
 purpose

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.559
 for

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:16.800
 which

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:16.940
 we

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.079
 were

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.599
 created

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:20.180
 likewise

00:41:20.180 --> 00:41:20.500
 as

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.900
 Christians

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.180
 we're

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:21.559
 called

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.019
 to

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.420
 shine

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.700
 as

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.240
 stars

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:24.079
 in a

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.380
 crooked

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.000
 and

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.519
 depraved

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.240
 generation

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:28.539
 God

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.019
 Paul

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.299
 could

00:41:29.299 --> 00:41:29.539
 write

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.699
 to

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.259
 Romans

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:31.579
 God's

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.939
 name

00:41:31.939 --> 00:41:32.219
 is

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:32.939
 blasphemed

00:41:32.939 --> 00:41:33.279
 among

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.500
 the

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.059
 Gentiles

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.379
 because

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:34.679
 of

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:34.859
 you

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:37.359
 how

00:41:37.359 --> 00:41:37.559
 we

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:37.839
 act

00:41:37.839 --> 00:41:38.479
 individually

00:41:38.479 --> 00:41:39.439
 and

00:41:39.439 --> 00:41:39.599
 as

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.739
 a

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.139
 church

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.139
 has

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.279
 a

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.659
 great

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.259
 impact

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.339
 on

00:41:43.339 --> 00:41:43.559
 what

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:43.719
 the

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.139
 world

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.759
 thinks

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:45.159
 of

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.339
 our

00:41:45.339 --> 00:41:45.719
 God

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.319
 and

00:41:46.319 --> 00:41:46.500
 his

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.859
 gospel

00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:49.099
 there's

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.399
 always

00:41:49.399 --> 00:41:49.799
 great

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.379
 scandal

00:41:50.379 --> 00:41:51.399
 when

00:41:51.399 --> 00:41:51.619
 yet

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.059
 another

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.659
 well

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:52.919
 known

00:41:52.919 --> 00:41:53.279
 church

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:53.639
 leader

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.399
 has

00:41:54.399 --> 00:41:54.579
 seen

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:54.819
 to

00:41:54.819 --> 00:41:55.139
 fall

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.779
 dramatically

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:57.780
 and

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:57.920
 the

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.300
 constant

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:59.000
 accusation

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.380
 that is

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.580
 thrown

00:42:00.580 --> 00:42:00.880
 at

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.320
 Christians

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.440
 is that

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.600
 we're

00:42:02.600 --> 00:42:03.160
 hypocrites

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:04.460
 that we

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.000
 fail to

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.360
 practice

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.760
 what we

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.120
 preach

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:08.500
 we need

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.800
 to be

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 very

00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:09.640
 clear

00:42:09.640 --> 00:42:10.580
 to those

00:42:10.580 --> 00:42:10.880
 we come

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.300
 in contact

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:11.700
 with

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 that none

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:13.560
 of us

00:42:13.560 --> 00:42:13.900
 claim to

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 be perfect

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:15.519
 that that's

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.080
 not what

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:16.500
 Christianity

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.980
 is about

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 but

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 if there's

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 nothing

00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:22.120
 different

00:42:22.120 --> 00:42:22.800
 about us

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:25.160
 other than

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.379
 that we

00:42:25.379 --> 00:42:25.679
 go to

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.099
 church

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:27.779
 are they

00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:28.279
 really

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:28.940
 going to

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.299
 believe

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 that there's

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.279
 any

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:30.879
 power in

00:42:30.879 --> 00:42:31.299
 the gospel

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:32.279
 to transform

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.759
 lives

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:37.319
 but before

00:42:37.319 --> 00:42:37.819
 we finish

00:42:37.819 --> 00:42:38.159
 up

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:39.699
 before we

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.119
 go from

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.539
 here

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:42.119
 yes

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.799
 challenged

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.819
 but really

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:44.179
 feeling

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.759
 discouraged

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:47.000
 there's a

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.460
 great

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.159
 encouragement

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.779
 for us

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:49.079
 in this

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.420
 fight

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:51.859
 we read

00:42:51.859 --> 00:42:52.359
 last week

00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:52.960
 in Philippians

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.699
 chapter 1

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.939
 he who

00:42:54.939 --> 00:42:55.419
 began

00:42:55.419 --> 00:42:55.899
 a good

00:42:55.899 --> 00:42:56.159
 work

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.519
 in you

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.379
 will

00:42:57.379 --> 00:42:58.039
 bring it

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.219
 to

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.659
 completion

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.500
 at the

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.879
 day of

00:42:59.879 --> 00:43:00.339
 Christ

00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:02.239
 in

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.719
 Ephesians

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.179
 we read

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.419
 about

00:43:03.419 --> 00:43:03.819
 Christ

00:43:03.819 --> 00:43:04.299
 that God

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:05.139
 placed

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.219
 all things

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:07.039
 all his

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.439
 enemies

00:43:07.439 --> 00:43:08.399
 under his

00:43:08.399 --> 00:43:08.739
 feet

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:10.960
 at the

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.279
 cross

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.679
 we hear

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:12.259
 those great

00:43:12.259 --> 00:43:12.639
 words of

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.079
 triumph

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.739
 it

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.359
 is

00:43:14.359 --> 00:43:15.059
 finished

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:17.039
 the battle

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.879
 is already

00:43:17.879 --> 00:43:18.199
 won

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:20.899
 our enemy

00:43:20.899 --> 00:43:22.319
 who appears

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:23.019
 to be so

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.439
 strong

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:25.700
 has been

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.679
 gloriously

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.420
 defeated

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:29.240
 the battle

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:29.900
 belongs to

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.280
 the Lord

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:33.179
 we are

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.980
 very much

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.619
 in a battle

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:37.280
 a battle

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:37.880
 that seems

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:38.900
 too much

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:40.179
 where the

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.579
 victories

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.500
 often seem

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.780
 too infrequent

00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:45.760
 but a

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.300
 battle that

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:47.159
 is already

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.559
 won

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:50.599
 God's

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.059
 words to

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.440
 Joshua

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.079
 just before

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.460
 entering

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.980
 the land

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.279
 were

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:54.559
 be strong

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:55.139
 and

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.579
 courageous

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:57.420
 do not

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.980
 be afraid

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.559
 do not

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:00.279
 be discouraged

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:01.279
 for the

00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:01.799
 Lord your

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:02.239
 God

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.820
 will be

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.380
 with you

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.039
 wherever

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.679
 you go

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:07.379
 and

00:44:07.379 --> 00:44:07.559
 then

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:07.899
 Jesus

00:44:07.899 --> 00:44:08.359
 last

00:44:08.359 --> 00:44:08.699
 words

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:09.019
 before

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.219
 his

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.739
 ascension

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:11.539
 I

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:11.719
 am

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:11.980
 with

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.239
 you

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:13.440
 always

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.500
 even

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:14.879
 to

00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:15.019
 the

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.239
 end

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:15.359
 of

00:44:15.359 --> 00:44:15.480
 the

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.839
 age

00:44:15.839 --> 00:44:18.879
 as

00:44:18.879 --> 00:44:19.019
 the

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.419
 old hymn

00:44:19.419 --> 00:44:19.940
 says

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.919
 the last

00:44:20.919 --> 00:44:21.239
 hymn

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:22.139
 sung by

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.359
 Jim

00:44:22.359 --> 00:44:22.599
 Elliot

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.019
 and his

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.359
 friends

00:44:23.359 --> 00:44:23.739
 that we're

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.379
 reminded

00:44:24.379 --> 00:44:24.719
 about

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:24.940
 this

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.299
 morning

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:27.240
 we go

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.500
 in

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:27.940
 faith

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:29.400
 our

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.780
 own

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.500
 great

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:31.220
 weakness

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:31.780
 feeling

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:33.240
 and

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:33.460
 needing

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:33.980
 more

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.539
 each

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:34.940
 day

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.320
 thy

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:35.700
 grace

00:44:35.700 --> 00:44:35.920
 to

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.160
 know

00:44:36.160 --> 00:44:37.420
 yet

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:38.539
 from

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.720
 our

00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:39.280
 hearts

00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:40.019
 a

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.420
 song

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:40.660
 of

00:44:40.660 --> 00:44:41.340
 triumph

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:41.820
 pealing

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:43.280
 we

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:43.660
 rest

00:44:43.660 --> 00:44:43.860
 on

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.120
 thee

00:44:44.120 --> 00:44:45.100
 and

00:44:45.100 --> 00:44:45.320
 in

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.720
 thy

00:44:45.720 --> 00:44:46.100
 name

00:44:46.100 --> 00:44:46.580
 we

00:44:46.580 --> 00:44:46.800
 go

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.780
 Amen