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 Psalm 78

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 It's a longer Psalm so I was thinking maybe we could just

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 go around and read it if you guys are okay with that

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 Maybe we could each

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 read 10 verses or so

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 and then I'll read the first part

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 Give ear on my people to my teaching

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 incline your ears to the words of my mouth

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 I will open my mouth in a parable

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 I will utter dark sayings from of old

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 things that we have heard and known

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 that our fathers have told us

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 we will not hide them from their children

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 but tell to the coming generation

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 the glorious deeds of the Lord

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 and his might and the wonders

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 that he has done

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 he established a testimony in Jacob

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 and appointed a law in Israel

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 which he commanded our fathers

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 to teach to their children

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 that the next generation might know them

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 the children yet unborn

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 and arise and tell them to their children

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 so that they should set their hope in God

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 and not forget the works of God

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 but keep his commandments

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 and that they should not be like their fathers

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 a stubborn and rebellious generation

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 a generation whose heart was not steadfast

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 whose spirit was not faithful to God

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 the Ephraimites

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 armed with the bow

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 turned back on the day of battle

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 they did not keep God's covenant

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 but refused to walk according to his law

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 I'll give it a quick question

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 He forgot his works

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 and the wonders that he had shown them

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 in the sight of their fathers

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 he performed wonders

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 in the land of Egypt

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 and the fears of Zion

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 he divided the sea

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 and let them pass through it

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 and made the water stand like a heap

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 in the daytime

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 he led them with a cloud

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 and all the night

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 with a fiery light

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 he split rocks in the wilderness

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 and gave them drink abundantly

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 as from the deep

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 he made streams come out of the rock

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 and cause waters to flow down like rivers

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 yet they sinned still more against him

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 rebelling against the most high in the desert

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 they tested God in their heart

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 by demanding the food they crave

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 they spoke against God

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 saying can God spread a table in the wilderness

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 he struck the rock

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 so that water gushed out

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 and streams overflow

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 can he also give bread

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 or provide meat for his people

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 therefore

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 when the Lord heard

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 he was full of wrath

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 the fire was kindled against Jacob

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 his anger arose against Israel

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 because they did not believe in God

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 and did not trust his saving power

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 yet he commanded the skies above

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 and opened the doors of heaven

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 and he ran down on them manna to eat

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 and gave them the grain of heaven

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 man ate of the bread of angels

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 he sent them food in abundance

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 he caused the east wind to blow in the heavens

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 and by his power he led out the south wind

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 he rained meat on them like dust

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 winged birds like the sand of the seas

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 he let them fall in the midst of their camp

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 all around their dwelling

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 and they ate and were well filled

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 for he gave them what they craved

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 but before they had satisfied their craving

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 while the food was still in their mouths

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 the anger of God rose against them

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 and he killed the strongest of them

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 and laid those the young men of Israel

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 in spite of all this

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 they still sinned

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 despite his wonders

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 they did not believe

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 so he made their days vanish like a breath

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 and their years in tears

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 when he killed them

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 they sought him

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 they repented and sought God earnestly

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 they remembered that God was their rock

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 the most high God

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 their redeemer

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 but they flattered him with their mouths

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 they lied to him with their tongues

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 their heart was not steadfast toward him

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 they were not faithful to his tongues

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 yet he being compassionate

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 atoned for their iniquity

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 and did not destroy them

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 he restrained his anger often

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 and did not stir up all his wrath

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 he remembered that they were but flesh

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 a wind that passes and comes not again

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 how often they rebelled against him

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 in the wilderness

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 and grieved him in the desert

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 again and again they put God to the test

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 they vexed the Holy One of Israel

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 they did not remember his power

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 the day he redeemed them from the oppressor

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 the day he displayed his miraculous signs in Egypt

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 his wonders in the region of Zon

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 he turned their rivers to blood

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 they could not drink from their streams

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 he sent swarms of flies that devoured them

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 and frogs that devastated them

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 he gave their crops to the grasshopper

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 their produce to the locust

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 he destroyed their vines with hail

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 and their sycamore figs with sleet

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 he gave over their cattle to the hail

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 their livestock to bolts of lightning

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 he unleashed against them his hot anger

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 his wrath, indignation and hostility

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 a band of destroying angels

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 he made a path for his anger

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 he did not spare them from death

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 but gave their lives over to the plague

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 he struck down every firstborn in Egypt

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 the first fruits of their strength

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 in the tents of Ham

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 then he led out his people like sheep

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 and guided them in the wilderness like a flock

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 he led them in safety so that they were not afraid

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 but the sea overwhelmed their enemies

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 and he brought them to his holy land

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 to the mountain which his right hand had won

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 he drove out nations before them

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 he apportioned them for a possession

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 and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents

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 yet they tested and rebelled against the most high God

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 and did not keep his testimonies

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 but turned away and acted treacherously

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 like their fathers

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 they twisted like a deceitful bow

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 for they provoked him to anger with their high places

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 they moved him to jealousy with their idols

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 when God heard he was full of wrath

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 and he utterly rejected Israel

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 he forsook his dwelling at Shiloh

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 in the tent where he dwelt among mankind

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 and delivered his power to captivity

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 his glory to the hand of the foe

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 he gave his people over to the sword

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 and he bunted his wrath on his heritage

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 fire devoured their young men

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 and their young women

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 had no marriage song

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 the priests fell by the sword

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 and their widows made no lamentation

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 the Lord awoke as from sleep

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 like a strong man shouting because of one

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 and he put his adversaries to wrath

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 he put them to everlasting shame

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 he rejected the tent of Joseph

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 he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim

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 but he chose the tribe of Judah

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 Mount Zion which he loves

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 he built a sanctuary like the high heavens

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 like the earth

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 which he has founded forever

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 he chose David his servant

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 and took him from the sheepfold

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 for following the nursing news

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 he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people

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 Israel his inheritance

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 with upright heart he shepherded them

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 and guided them with a skillful hand

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 yeah

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 you guys have heard the quote

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 I'm sure it's from the Spanish-American philosopher

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 George Santayana

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 he said

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 those who cannot remember the past

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 are condemned to repeat it

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 and the Bible

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 obviously said

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 said that long before Santayana did

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 and that's really the theme of the psalm

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 because twice

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 in verses 7 and 11

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 the word forget is repeated

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 and then the verb remember

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 is repeated three times

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 throughout this psalm

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 and the idea is

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 that the first part of it

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 the verses 1 to 8

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 really is an exhortation

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 to the future generation

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 to remember

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 the wonders of God

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 the wondrous works of God

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 and then the rest of it

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 really is

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 a recitation of the past generations

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 forgetting the wonders of God

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 so using them as an example

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 really a negative example

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 the psalmist exhorting the future generations

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 to remember the wonders of God

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 and so

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 that's really

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 what you see in verses 1 to 8

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 God had charged them

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 after rescuing them

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 and making a covenant with them

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 to observe his commandments

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 and to remember

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 the covenant that they made

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 and then to teach it to their children

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 and that's what the psalmist is trying to do

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 because the fathers

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 their fathers

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 from whom they heard the story

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 were actually themselves unfaithful

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 to the covenant

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 and so they

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 it says in verse 8

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 that they should not be like their fathers

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 a stubborn and rebellious generation

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 a generation whose heart was not steadfast

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 whose spirit was not faithful to God

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 and so

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 the main point of the psalm really

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 is that we should remember

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 the wonders of God

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 and be steadfast and faithful toward them

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 and then we get to the second half

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 which is most of the psalm

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 verses 9 to 72

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 which is recounting of the past generations

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 forgetting the wonders of God

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 and it begins in verses 9 to 11

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 by saying

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 the Ephraimites

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 armed with the bow

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 turned back on the day of battle

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 they did not keep God's covenant

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 but refused to walk according to his law

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 they forgot his works

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 and the wonders that he had shown them

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 so Ephraim was the leading tribe of Israel

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 they were the biggest tribe

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 Ephraim was the younger son of Jacob

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 or Joseph

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 that received Jacob's blessing

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 the greater blessing

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 and so Ephraim became the leading tribe of Israel

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 so often the name Ephraim is used

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 to stand for the entire nation of Israel

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 so that's what's going on here

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 which is why the name Israel is used

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 repeatedly interchangeably throughout the psalm

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 when it's referring to the tribe of Ephraim

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 it singles out that it's a tribe of Ephraim

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 like it does later in verse 67

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 and Ephraim turning back from battle

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 it's probably a reference to 1 Samuel 4

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 where the Israelis are fighting against the Philistines

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 and Israel is defeated

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 because they have been idolatrous

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 and the ark of God is lost in the battle

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 and it says they fled every man to his home

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 so that's probably the reference

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 and I think that's most likely to be the background

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 of this psalm

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 because the psalmist mentions that specifically

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 that instance more in detail

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 later in verses 59-64

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 what's remarkable is in verses 12-56

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 we see repeated rebellion by the Israelites

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 just persistent sin and rebellion

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 and they forget the wonders that God performed

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 it's in verse 12

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 in the sight of their fathers

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 he performed wonders in the land of Egypt

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 in the fields of Zohan

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 so he's going back a generation further

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 than the ones that he's currently addressing

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 the ones that are in the promised land

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 and then he's saying that their fathers

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 saw the wonders of God in the land of Egypt

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 and fields of Zohan is another way to say land of Egypt

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 Zohan is a city in Egypt

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 that's the area of Goshen

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 it's a city inside the region of Goshen

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 where the Israelites

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 Joseph and Jacob and his families lived

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 and their descendants

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 and then the way

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 the unfaithfulness of Israelites

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 and the faithfulness of God is described

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 is exactly contrasted

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 so in Hebrew poetry

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 the poetry is divided into colons

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 and in verses 12-16

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 there are exactly 10 colons

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 that exclaim the wonders of God

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 and then in verses 17-20

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 there are exactly 10 colons

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 of Israel's rebellion

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 and the kind of pattern repeats

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 and so it's showing us

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 that the faithless behavior of Israel

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 is the exact opposite

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 of what you would expect

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 from God's faithfulness

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 that he had shown them

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 in Egypt

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 and he recons

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 different things he's done

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 in Egypt

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 God brought various pests and plagues

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 upon the Egyptians

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 and killed their firstborn

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 to rescue

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 and deliver Israel

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 when they were in the wilderness

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 right

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 God provided rock

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 you know water from the rock

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 he poured down manna

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 the bread from heaven

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 and he poured down quail from heaven

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 meat from heaven

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 he parted the sea

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 to take them out

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 through the Red Sea

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 and in spite of all of this

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 we keep hearing the refrain

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 throughout this psalm

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 verse 17

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 yet they sinned

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 still more against him

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 rebelling against the most high

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 and then verse 32

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 in spite of all this

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 they still sinned

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 in verse 40

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 how often they rebelled against him

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 and then finally in verse 56

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 yet they tested

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 and rebelled against the most high God

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 the word rebel

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 and the word test

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 are repeated in conjunction

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 with each other

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 throughout this psalm

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 three and four times

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 to describe the Israeli forefathers

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 so this really is

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 kind of gets at the heart of sin

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 right

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 instead of submitting to God

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 we rebel against him

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 and instead of trusting God

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 we test him

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 and how many times

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 have we done this in our lives

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 right

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 when we

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 when God's word is clear

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 and the demands

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 the commands of God

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 are clear

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 we disobey

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 we rebel

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 instead of submitting

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 and when God calls us

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 to trust him

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 in spite of uncertainty

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 when God calls us

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 to trust him

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 and we take things

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 into our own hands

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 and by doing that

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 we test him instead

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 instead of trusting him

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 and so really

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 this psalm

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 calls us to repentance

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 that in spite of

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 the repeated forgiveness

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 and repeated deliverance

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 and the constant love of God

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 that we have been

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 turning against him

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 and being unfaithful to him

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 and then

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 by verse 56

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 we return to the second generation

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 because it's

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 and

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 and

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 yet they

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 even though God

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 had driven out the nations

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 before them

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 and given them the inheritance

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 of the promised land

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 even they

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 as it says in 56

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 they have rebelled against the Lord

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 and we see the details

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 of the rebellion

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 in verses 57 to 58

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 it says

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 they turned away

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 and acted treacherously

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 like their fathers

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 they twisted like a deceitful bow

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 the mention of the bow

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 is

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 ties this verse back

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 to verse 9

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 which describes

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 the Ephraimites

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 as those who are armed

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 with the bow

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 and

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 and so it's

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 it's

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 probably referring to

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 the same incidents

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 incident

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 and

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 and

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 like a twisted bow

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 like a deceitful bow

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 so I mean

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 like when your bow is twisted

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 and you shoot it

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 it misfires

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 and it

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 it basically

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 treacherous

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 because you can hit anything

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 you can even hit your own

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 people

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 or

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 and so that's how

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 the Israelites

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 responded

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 behaved

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 toward God

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 they acted like a

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 treacherous

00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:25.760
 deceitful bow

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 turned against him

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 who was his Lord

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 and

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 and

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 and the reason why

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 and

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 and

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 and they do

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 did that

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 it says

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 by following the idols

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 so they were pursuing

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 idols

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 and

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 God

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 rejected them

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 in response to that

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 and so

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 I mentioned this earlier

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 but

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 the incident that

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 verse 8 is referring to

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 is probably from

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 1st Samuel 4

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 right

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 so

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 they're worshipping

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 Baal

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 worshipping the

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 Asherah

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 and

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 and

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 and

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 and

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 at the time

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 in the tabernacle

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 was where

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 God's presence

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 dwelt

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 and it was

00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:58.860
 God's presence

00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.899
 was represented

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 by the Ark

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 of the Covenant

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 and the Ark

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 of the Covenant

00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:03.439
 resided in

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 in Shiloh

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 that's the

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 place that's

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 mentioned here

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 but then

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 even though

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 they were

00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.579
 idolatrous

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 they thought

00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:11.419
 that they would

00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.059
 do live service

00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:12.539
 to God

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.120
 and make

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 and

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 and get

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.919
 maybe good luck

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.279
 charm

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:15.799
 as they go into

00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.219
 this battle

00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:16.899
 against Philistines

00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.319
 they brought

00:15:17.319 --> 00:15:18.019
 the Ark of God

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.879
 to accompany them

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:20.120
 and of course

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.679
 God would not

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.279
 be mocked

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:21.559
 and so

00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:22.059
 they lose

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:22.519
 the battle

00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.679
 and

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.639
 Hophni

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 and Phinehas

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 who are the

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 two priests

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.559
 who priest

00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.220
 sons of

00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:28.559
 Eli

00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.460
 die in the

00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:29.700
 battle

00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.399
 and then

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:30.759
 the Ark

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.179
 of the Covenant

00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:32.019
 is stolen

00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.779
 and then

00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.120
 they

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.120
 the news

00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.519
 reaches

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.019
 Eli the

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 priest

00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:35.840
 and he's

00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.320
 an overweight

00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:36.740
 man

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 and he's

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:38.279
 elderly

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 and he's

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.700
 so shocked

00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.139
 by the news

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 he tips over

00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.059
 backward

00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.519
 in his chair

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.100
 breaks his neck

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:42.519
 and dies

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.340
 and then

00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:44.059
 when his

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:45.100
 daughter-in-law

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.340
 who is Phinehas

00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:46.919
 his wife

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.840
 was pregnant

00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.480
 hears the news

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.620
 she gives

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.519
 premature birth

00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.159
 and she dies

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:52.980
 after giving birth

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.879
 and as she

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.399
 names

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.500
 as she dies

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.139
 she names

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.060
 her son

00:15:57.060 --> 00:15:58.200
 Ichabod

00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:58.980
 or Ichabod

00:15:58.980 --> 00:16:01.240
 and which means

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.659
 it says

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.320
 the glory

00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.039
 has departed

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.519
 from Israel

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.100
 that's what

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.879
 that's what

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.700
 verses 59 to 64

00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.379
 is talking about

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:07.700
 it says

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:09.020
 he forsook

00:16:09.020 --> 00:16:09.040
 he forsook

00:16:09.040 --> 00:16:09.560
 his dwelling

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.220
 at Shiloh

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:11.140
 the tent

00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:11.480
 where he

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:11.820
 dwelt

00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.400
 among mankind

00:16:12.400 --> 00:16:13.580
 and delivered

00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:14.320
 his power

00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.140
 to captivity

00:16:15.140 --> 00:16:16.259
 his glory

00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:16.840
 to the hand

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.400
 of the foe

00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:18.720
 their priests

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.400
 later says

00:16:19.400 --> 00:16:20.340
 fell by the sword

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.379
 and their widows

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.620
 made no lamentation

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:24.420
 so that's

00:16:24.420 --> 00:16:25.220
 kind of the low

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.820
 point really

00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:27.300
 of Israel's

00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:27.680
 history

00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:28.580
 before the

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:28.900
 monarchy

00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:29.280
 began

00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:30.460
 but even

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:31.100
 in that case

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.680
 it turns out

00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.040
 that God

00:16:32.040 --> 00:16:32.400
 does not

00:16:32.400 --> 00:16:32.860
 reject his

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.400
 people forever

00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:33.940
 so he says

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:34.300
 in verses

00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.679
 65 to 66

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.879
 then the Lord

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.559
 awoke as

00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.179
 from sleep

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:38.919
 like a strong

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.799
 man shouting

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.779
 because of wine

00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.579
 and he put

00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:42.459
 his adversaries

00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:42.859
 to rout

00:16:42.859 --> 00:16:43.500
 he put them

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:44.519
 to everlasting

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.599
 shame

00:16:45.599 --> 00:16:47.819
 and of course

00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.679
 it's not saying

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.459
 that God

00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:50.219
 was literally

00:16:50.219 --> 00:16:50.559
 asleep

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.139
 but he

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.899
 woke up

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.500
 as if

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.319
 from slumber

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:55.279
 as like

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.240
 a strong

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.699
 man who

00:16:56.699 --> 00:16:57.319
 is energized

00:16:57.319 --> 00:16:58.039
 invigorated

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.599
 by wine

00:16:58.599 --> 00:16:59.299
 he came

00:16:59.299 --> 00:16:59.879
 in power

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.939
 and routed

00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:01.439
 his enemies

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.179
 and restored

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.539
 them

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:03.459
 but then

00:17:03.459 --> 00:17:03.839
 when that

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.480
 happens

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.600
 God's grace

00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:06.140
 the focal

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.600
 point

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 the locus

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 of God's

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 really grace

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 and blessing

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 shifts

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 so Ephraim

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 was the leading

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 tribe in Israel

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 but that now

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 shifts to Judah

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 the tribe of Judah

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 and the house

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 of David

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 is chosen by God

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 to be the

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 ones that will

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 lead

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 and so that's

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 what verses

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 67 to 70

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 is talking about

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 he chose

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 David his servant

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 and took him

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 from the sheepfold

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 and so it was

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 under the

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 established

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 under the

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 Davidic monarchy

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 that Israel

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 achieved victory

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 from the

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 surrounding nations

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 and the ark

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 of God

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 was finally

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 restored

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 to its

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 new dealing

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 place in

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.180
 Jerusalem

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 and that's

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 kind of

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 really

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 what the

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 psalmist

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 is celebrating

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 and so the

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 psalm really

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 ends in a

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 hopeful note

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 right

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 because

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 and most

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 likely because

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 that's the

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 period that the

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 psalmist lived

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 in

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 so he's saying

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 oh yeah

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 all this

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 happened now

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 we should

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 remember this

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 so that this

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 doesn't happen

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 to us again

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 but that we

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 can stay

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 with God's

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 blessing

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 but as

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 people who

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 know the

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 rest of

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 scripture

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 we know

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 that it

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 doesn't play

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 out the way

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 the psalmist

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 envisions or

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 hopes

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 and they

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 sin again

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 they turn to

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 idolatry again

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 and then they're

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 exiled

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 and they lose

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 God's favor

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 and so it

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 seems that

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 things are just

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 hopeless

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 maybe this

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 vicious cycle

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 will continue

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 indefinitely

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 but then that's

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 exactly why

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 God has to

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 send a second

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 David

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 a better

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 David

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 because the

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 first David

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 could not

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 accomplish

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 once and

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 for all

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 what God

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 intended to

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 accomplish

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 and so

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 Jesus was

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 the prophesied

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 offspring of

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 David

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 he's described

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 that way

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 in 2 Samuel

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 7 12-16

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 as the one

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 the Davidic

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 offspring who

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 will reign

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 forever in

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 God's stead

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 as a

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 representative

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 and then during

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 his life he

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 was given the

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.059
 messianic title

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.899
 son of David

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 Matthew 1-1

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 other places

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 and then so

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 similar to

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 David who

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 David was a

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 champion of

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 Israelites

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 he defeated

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 Goliath on

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 behalf of the

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 Israelites

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 defeated the

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 Philistines and

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 cut off the

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 Goliath's head

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 in a similar

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 way Jesus

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 now as the

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 champion of

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 his people

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 dies on the

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 cross for our

00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:01.980
 sins on

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.600
 Golgotha

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 rises again

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.840
 and he

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 crushes the

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 head of

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.060
 Satan

00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:06.880
 David was

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 only able to

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.100
 deliver his

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:09.040
 people temporarily

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 but Christ is

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.820
 able to deliver

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.300
 his people

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 eternally and

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.759
 permanently

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 because he

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 fights not

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:15.639
 only the

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 physical

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 temporal

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.000
 enemies but

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.659
 the spiritual

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.079
 enemies

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.719
 the sin

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 and the

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 devil and

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 world and

00:19:22.699 --> 00:19:23.019
 flesh and

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.319
 the devil

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 and even

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 though we

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.879
 continue to

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.879
 sin and

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.379
 because of

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.859
 that this

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.419
 cycle really

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:30.819
 should continue

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:32.059
 because Christ

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.799
 bore all the

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.479
 punishment and

00:19:33.479 --> 00:19:33.959
 we deserved

00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:34.459
 and the

00:19:34.459 --> 00:19:35.000
 justice of

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.519
 God and

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.059
 the mercy of

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.379
 God was

00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:36.939
 satisfied

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:37.659
 it was made

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 one in

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.519
 him we

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.039
 are no

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.979
 longer under

00:19:41.979 --> 00:19:43.000
 condemnation

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.640
 under judgment

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:43.980
 and so

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.380
 that's

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.180
 that's

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.599
 really what

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:45.859
 this is

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.480
 talking about

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.920
 so that in

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.500
 verse 2

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.920
 when the

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.460
 psalmist says

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.519
 I will open

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.240
 my mouth

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:51.019
 in a parable

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.740
 I will utter

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.880
 dark sayings

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.220
 from the

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.460
 world

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.759
 right

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.920
 dark saying

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.680
 meaning obscure

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.839
 saying something

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.859
 that's perplexing

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.319
 a riddle

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.240
 and then

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.660
 and that

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.319
 verse is

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.880
 cited in

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.579
 Matthew 13

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.339
 35 to

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.299
 just describe

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.819
 Jesus's

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.119
 teaching

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:05.440
 that Jesus

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.359
 is described

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:07.079
 as I open

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.839
 up my mouth

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.579
 in parable

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.679
 and how

00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:09.980
 is this

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.439
 a parable

00:20:10.439 --> 00:20:11.039
 it's a

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.379
 parable

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.799
 because

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.639
 the story

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.259
 of Israel

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.039
 their history

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.939
 is supposed

00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.460
 to function

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.159
 as a parable

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:17.039
 for us

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.519
 so that it's

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.059
 supposed to be

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.539
 a parable

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.179
 of the gospel

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.639
 for us

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.639
 that if we

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.519
 are faithless

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.480
 God remains

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.919
 faithful

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.599
 2 Timothy

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.119
 2 13

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:25.379
 right

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.159
 that where

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:27.199
 sin increased

00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:28.339
 grace abounded

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.899
 all the more

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.139
 right

00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:29.939
 Romans 5 20

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.159
 right

00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:30.500
 that's

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.460
 that's the

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.679
 truth

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.159
 that's the

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:32.919
 parable

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:34.039
 of the gospel

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.699
 the Israel

00:20:34.699 --> 00:20:35.460
 history

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.559
 their ups

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.000
 and downs

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.319
 their

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.519
 their constant

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.279
 their repeated

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.900
 unfaithfulness

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.420
 and God's

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.839
 constant

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.480
 faithfulness

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.259
 is the

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.599
 parable

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.099
 for us

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.599
 to learn

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.579
 the mystery

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.059
 of Christ

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.599
 that he's

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.019
 the one

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.299
 who saves

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.639
 us

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.579
 and is

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.920
 faithful

00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.379
 with us

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.900
 in spite

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.240
 of our

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.500
 sins

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.680
 and so

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.119
 that's

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.400
 when we

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.759
 remember

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.259
 that

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.980
 that's

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.319
 when we're

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.839
 able to be

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.319
 steadfast

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.799
 and faithful

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.400
 toward God

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.460
 so when we

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.599
 are plagued

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.200
 by doubts

00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.039
 or

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:02.480
 we remember

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.000
 how faithful

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.599
 God has been

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.139
 toward us

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.660
 when we

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.220
 are tempted

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.680
 to

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.940
 sin

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.599
 disobey him

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:07.940
 and rebel

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.420
 against him

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.740
 instead of

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.360
 obeying him

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.039
 that's

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.440
 when we

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.980
 remember his

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.300
 goodness

00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:12.480
 and kindness

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.080
 toward us

00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.840
 and that's

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.560
 what enables

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:14.900
 us to be

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.019
 still