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 I'm very thankful for being here today.

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 If you were not aware, Sam and I went on a family vacation this past week and we were not here last Sunday.

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 I want to say thank you to Kyle for filling in for me, preaching in Nehemiah.

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 I was hoping to come back to you refreshed and rested.

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 I'm exhausted and I brought a cold with me.

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 I'm actually going to have a seat today so I don't fall over.

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 I'm a little bit medicated.

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 But I really wanted to be here today and continue our work through the book of Nehemiah.

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 We have thus far seen, beginning in chapter 1, Nehemiah is the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes.

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 They are wintering in Susa, quite a bit of a journey from Israel.

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 But he receives word from his brother that the wall is still in shambles.

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 This is following Babylonian exile.

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 If you haven't been with us, Babylon as a judgment on Israel has come,

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 has conquered, has torn down the wall, has made Israel itself, Jerusalem a shambles,

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 and has carried away the people of God.

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 They have now in a couple of movements, as God promised, been returning to Jerusalem.

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 And at this time, this is some 90 years after the first exiles return.

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 And here we see the hand, the power, the world power has changed.

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 And now it's Persia that's in control.

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 And that's where we find Nehemiah still exiled, serving as the cupbearer to the king.

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 And he hears that the wall has yet to be rebuilt.

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 I want to remind you that the reason this troubles him,

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 you'll see in chapter 1 that he weeps and he mourns for days,

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 is not because he has a particular care for the wall,

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 that it's a special wall to him by any means,

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 but that the nature of what's happening with Israel,

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 the condition of God's people,

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 was the display of who God was.

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 So the fact that Israel's in shambles

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 meant that the view of God was not as high as it ought to be.

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 And this is why it grieves him so.

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 So we see him pray to God for months before he approaches the king.

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 And the king, by God's providence, grants him the ability to go back

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 and to lead in the building of this wall.

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 The king, in fact, makes him governor of the province

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 and basically gives him his credit cards

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 so that he can get all of the needs that he has for the rebuilding of this wall.

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 We saw the work that has happened.

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 They've begun to work.

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 They've strengthened their hands to work.

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 And in chapter 3, they began to rebuild the wall.

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 And we saw all the effort, the group effort that went in to this great task.

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 And then two weeks ago in chapter 4,

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 we talked about the opposition to the work.

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 There were some that weren't too happy about the work that was being done,

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 namely Sambalot and Tobiah.

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 Last week, Kyle, and Kyle, I apologize,

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 I have yet to listen to your sermon, but I promise that I will.

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 Kyle talked about chapter 5

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 and some of the spiritual work that begins to happen

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 as Nehemiah stops some of the oppression of the poor

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 and he himself is incredibly generous

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 to the servants that are living within his house.

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 But we see then again in chapter 6

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 a further expression of the opposition to this work.

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 And so this morning I want to talk a bit about that.

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 I want to show you specifically the opposition

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 that came up against Nehemiah.

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 A man that was called to lead God's people.

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 A man that was given a very special task

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 to accomplish and offer leadership to.

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 Before we do that, let's pray together.

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 Father God, I thank you for your goodness to us.

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 I thank you that an aspect of your character

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 is that you are good.

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 You are loving.

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 And your loving kindness towards us never fails.

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 You have shown us that in the greatest way in Christ.

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 I pray, Father, that all of us this morning

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 can say with confidence

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 that we have placed our faith in Him.

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 That we know that our souls have been redeemed

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 because of the work that He has done on our behalf.

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 Thank you for the blessing,

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 the grace to us of your Word.

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 That it is the guide and rule of our lives.

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 That it ultimately speaks of Christ.

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 That it is the grace of God.

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 Drawing us to Him.

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 Drawing us into holiness in Him.

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 And I pray, Father, this day it will have its way with us.

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 It will work in our hearts the way you see fit.

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 That we might look more like your Son

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 as a result of our work here together today.

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 And I pray this in Christ's precious and holy name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, as we've worked before,

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 typically I read the passage to you.

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 We're going to be looking at all of chapter 6.

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 Today I'm going to bring it to you in pieces.

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 So I just want to make you aware of that

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 so you're not wondering,

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 why has Nathan not read the text?

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 I'm so confused.

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 What's going on right now?

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 It's coming.

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 I'm going to read it to you in little pieces.

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 But I just first wanted to say to you

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 that any time that God calls us into leadership

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 with a holy ambition,

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 there will be opposition to that work.

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 I was surprised as I began to pastor this church

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 of what that opposition ended up looking like.

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 I came to realize that working in this setting

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 is not simply work, it's warfare.

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 It's a great task that is ahead of us

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 when we get called to a holy ambition for our Lord.

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 Now I want you to know at the outset this morning

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 that I am an exceedingly happy pastor.

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 Nothing I'm going to talk about today

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 has anything to do with any of you specifically.

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 Praise God for that,

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 that as I was studying through this,

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 I was seeing the way in which these men

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 were working to oppose the work,

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 that I couldn't think of a single example

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 of anybody that I knew would be sitting here this morning

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 having done this to me.

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 That's a blessing.

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 That's an incredible blessing,

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 and I thank you for that.

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 It has happened, though,

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 and I was surprised by that,

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 by people who have come here

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 and sat and said they were people of God

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 and opposed the very work of God.

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 The kind of opposition that came,

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 the personal criticism,

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 calling into question things like my age.

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 And if you don't know, I'm 33,

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 just in case you're wondering,

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 which is young.

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 Calling into question my motivations.

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 Calling into question my training.

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 Also, very surprised by the source of that opposition.

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 I was ready to take on the world,

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 not oblivious to that,

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 that the world hates us as it hates Christ.

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 Not at all.

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 I'm ready to contend for those types of things,

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 but I was so surprised that much of that opposition

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 came from those professing to be the people of God.

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 A holy ambition for the glory of God

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 will be met with unceasing opposition.

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 It's part of the game,

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 both from without and from within.

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 And the reason for this

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 is that God's enemy and ours,

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 the devil,

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 does not want to see the work accomplished.

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 He's a rather delusional character, right?

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 We all know the work is going to be accomplished.

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 We know that God is the sovereign

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 that reigns over all things.

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 And yet, the devil,

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 Satan, bucks against it

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 with all of his might.

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 His name, devil, means slander.

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 In the book of Revelation,

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 he's called Apollyon in Greek,

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 the destroyer, right?

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 The scriptures refer to him as a murderer,

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 a liar, a deceiver, the evil one,

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 a roaring, devouring lion,

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 and a great red dragon.

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 And he works most divisively in the church

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 by doing everything that he can

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 to impede God's ends,

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 knowing full well that he can't,

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 but he does everything that he can

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 to impede God's ends

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 by doing everything he can

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 to impede God's means.

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 And that is us, the church.

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 He roots his way in

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 to our meetings,

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 into our relationships,

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 and causes division

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 with this type of opposition.

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 We see that here with Nehemiah.

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 Not that Sanballat and Tobiah

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 and Geshem the Arab

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 are people of God,

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 but we see the way the enemy

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 works with them

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 and manipulates them

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 to try to stop the work

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 that Nehemiah is doing.

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 Some of you may ask the question,

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 wasn't Nehemiah doing the will of God?

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 Right?

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 Had God's blessing?

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 We saw that.

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 The good hand of God was upon me

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 is the record we see in Nehemiah.

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 And certainly he was.

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 In fact, the opposition

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 is the proof of this.

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 We're trying to help you see

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 that the book of Nehemiah

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 is not this far-removed

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 historical account

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 that we read about and say,

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 isn't that interesting

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 the way God and Nehemiah

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 and the people of Israel

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 worked then,

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 but it has real implications

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 for us now.

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 As God has set us to the task

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 of building the church.

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 As that is now

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 the visible display

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 of his glory.

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 The condition of our church

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 has something to say

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 about who our God is.

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 And if we want proper praise

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 to be ascribed to him

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 the way it ought to be

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 ascribed to him

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 we'll be about the work

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 of building the church.

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 And I've said to you

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 that all of us

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 are called into that.

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 Right?

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 We're all called to be holy

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 and to see holiness

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 come about in other people's lives.

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 To be disciples

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 that make disciples.

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 To put it as simply

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 as I possibly can for you.

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 And there will be

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 opposition to that work.

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 Paul writes in 2 Timothy

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 3.12

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 All who desire to live

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 a godly, holy,

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 be a disciple,

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 life in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted.

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 It's a promise

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 given to us

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 if we're to live

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 in this way.

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 And we ought not be

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 surprised by it.

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 Now, some of you

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 may be saying,

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 okay, this is great.

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 The record here,

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 chapter 6 of Nehemiah,

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 the opposition

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 that came to him

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 as a leader

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 with this holy ambition

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 for the glory of God

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 is great,

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 but it doesn't really

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 apply to me.

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 But it does.

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 Hear what I'm saying to you.

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 We've all been called

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 to lead

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 in some regard.

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 And,

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 we've all been called

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 to follow

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 in some regard.

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 So there's many lessons

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 for us to learn here.

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 Both about how we ought

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 to respond

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 to opposition

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 and also about how we ought

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 to not be

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 that opposition.

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 We ought not let

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 the enemy come in

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 and have us

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 be the very ones

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 that are opposing

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 the leadership

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 of God.

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 Some of you,

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 I think many of you,

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 desire to spend

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 your lives

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 in vocational ministry.

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 Really believe

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 that God is leading

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 you into

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 a life

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 spent 24-7.

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 My vocation

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 is to lead

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 the people

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 of God.

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 And you ought

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 to be aware

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 of the opposition

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 that's going to come

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 against you

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 and how to deal

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 with it.

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 We all need to know

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 what our leaders

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 deal with

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 so that we can

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 best know

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 how to pray for them.

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 I covet

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 your prayers.

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 I need

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 your prayers.

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 I try to be

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 up here

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 so openly

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 honest with you.

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 Some people even say

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 to a fault

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 that I'm too

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 self-abasing.

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 But I want you to know

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 that I need grace

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 as much

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 as you do.

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 I battle

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 with my flesh

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 as much

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 as you do.

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 And I need

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 your prayers.

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 Much,

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 much opposition

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 will come against us.

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 Let me give you

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 just a small example.

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 This is,

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 again,

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 no one in the room.

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 So don't

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 cut eyes

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 at anybody in here.

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 There's nobody

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 in this room.

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 But my preaching

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 has been criticized.

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 The internet

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 is a really,

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 really fantastic tool.

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 How amazing.

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 All the things

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 we have at our fingertips.

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 You can spend

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 your week

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 listening to

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 wonderful,

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 wonderful

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 preaching.

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 We record

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 these sermons.

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 That's the primary

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 reason I wear

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 this little mic.

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 We put them up

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 on our website

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 so if you missed

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 one,

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 you can catch up.

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 That's the idea

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 behind that.

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 Not so everyone

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 can hear

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 really great preaching

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 which I'm not

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 claiming to do.

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 So you can catch up

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 if you normally

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 meet with us

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 and can do that.

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 You can hop on

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 Desiring God

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 the app

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 on your phone.

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 Get it.

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 It's fantastic.

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 Right?

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 You can hear

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 John Piper preach

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 any time

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 you want to.

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 But guess what?

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 It's also been

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 really damaging

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 to the local church.

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 Because now

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 everyone expects

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 their pastor

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 to be John Piper

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 or Tim Keller

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 or Mark Driscoll.

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 Right?

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 I'm not ever

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 going to be

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 those men.

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 Right?

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 I really, really

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 labor to be

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 the best possible

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 preacher I can be.

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 I am not going

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 to be Charles Spurgeon.

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 Right?

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 Get it out of your head.

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 I'm not going to do it.

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 Right?

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 He was a master

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 with words.

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 I sometimes

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 make up words

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 on the spot.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 So everyone

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 wants entertainment.

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 Everybody wants

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 celebrity.

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 Right?

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 Over content.

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 Right?

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 What did Paul say

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 to the Corinthians?

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 I came to you

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 speaking simply

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 to you.

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 Right?

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 I didn't want you

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 to praise me

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 like you did

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 all the Greek orators

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 which was what was

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 going on in Corinth.

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 These wonderful

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 deliverers of speech.

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 Paul, Taman said,

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 I spoke simply

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 to you.

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 I simply told you

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 about Christ crucified.

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 Right?

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 We need to elevate

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 truth over entertainment.

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 I hope to engage you

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 with the truth.

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 Right?

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 That's the good labor

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 is to give you the truth

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 and give it to you

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 in an engaging way

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 that goes through your head

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 and right to your heart

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 so that you change

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 the way you live.

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 Right?

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 I will not be

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 John Piper

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 or Tim Keller

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 or Charles Spurgeon.

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 Right?

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 So let's look

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 at the opposition.

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 Let's see who we have

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 coming up against him.

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 And it's an ever

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 increasing group

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 of people.

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 Right?

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 People who are

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 critics love to gather

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 other critics to themselves.

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 So we see

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 initially in chapter 1

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 right at the very end

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 we see Sambalat

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 and we see

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 Tobiah.

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 They add to their number

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 Geshem

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 and later we see

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 a widening group

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 that doesn't even get

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 named.

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 But understand

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 what was going on

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 with Sambalat and Tobiah

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 and why they were

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 so set against

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 what was going on.

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 It's not that they

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 praised King Artaxerxes

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 they wanted all glory

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 to King Artaxerxes

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 no it's that they

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 ultimately worshipped

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 themselves.

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 We see Sambalat

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 is the Horonite

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 right?

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 Which just means

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 he was born in Beth

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 Haran

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 and he was Samaritan

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 that's what that means.

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 Right?

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 And there was an intense

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 racial tension

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 between the Samaritans

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 and the Jews

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 just from the outset

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 they didn't like

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 one another.

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 Right?

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 But beyond that

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 he was the governor

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 of the Samaritan province

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 just north

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 of Judea.

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 Right?

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 And more than likely

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 most scholars say

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 that it was probably

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 under his control

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 as well.

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 So when King Artaxerxes

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 puts Nehemiah

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 over

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 Judea

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 the town of Judah

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 the province of Judah

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 he was cutting out

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 some of

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 Sambalat's property.

00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:29.480
 Right?

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.039
 He was cutting it out

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 some of his control.

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 Right?

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.120
 So Sambalat

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 hated him.

00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:33.560
 Right?

00:15:33.560 --> 00:15:34.539
 We see Tobiah

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 the governor

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 of Ammon.

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 Now recognize

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 if you're looking at a map

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 you're seeing that little strip of land

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 just to the east

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 of the Mediterranean.

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:41.680
 Right?

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 Picture above

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 just north of that

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 you've got Sambalat's property

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 and just to the west of that

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 to the coast

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 you've got Tobiah's property.

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 This is where

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 they reign.

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.899
 Now throughout history

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 Jerusalem was a major

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.440
 major

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 trade route.

00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.060
 Right?

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:02.259
 All the trade routes

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 of the region

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 crossed through

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 Jerusalem.

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 But when Babylon

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 came in and overthrew

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 the Israelites

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 that ceased to be the case.

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 The city was in ruins.

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 There was no reason

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.379
 to go there and trade

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 so guess where the trade shifted?

00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:15.460
 Right?

00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.240
 To the west

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.580
 and to the north.

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 So Sambalat and Tobiah

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 were profiting greatly

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.559
 as the governors

00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:23.320
 of these regions.

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 So what would happen

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 if they rebuilt the wall

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 and restored the city?

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 The trade routes

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 would shift back

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:32.220
 and they would lose out.

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 Right?

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.440
 They would become

00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.120
 poorer regions

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 as a result

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 of that very thing.

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 So recognize

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 that the opposition here

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 is ultimately

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 because they worship

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.279
 themselves

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.560
 and what they could gain

00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:44.980
 by keeping the wall

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 from being built.

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 Right?

00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.100
 Now look

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 as you see

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.779
 the first little example

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.120
 here.

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 We know that

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 at the end of chapter 1

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 Sambalat and Tobiah

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 are not happy

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.039
 with what's going on

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.840
 but they approach him

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 for the first time

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 at the end of chapter 2

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 verse 19.

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 But when Sambalat the Horonite

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 and Tobiah the Ammonite

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 servant and Geshem

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 here comes Geshem

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 the Arab

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 heard of it

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 they jeered at us

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 and despised us

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 and said

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 what is this thing

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.279
 that you are doing?

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 Are you rebelling

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 against the king?

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 Then I replied to them

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 the God of heaven

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 will make us prosper

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 and we his servants

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 will arise and build

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 but you have

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 no portion

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 or right

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 or claim

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 in Jerusalem.

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 I love his response here.

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.279
 Okay?

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.079
 So recognize

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 that these are not

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 people

00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:30.259
 who simply need

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.879
 their perspective

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 adjusted a little bit.

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:35.359
 It can be a very

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.319
 healthy thing

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:37.240
 to be constructively

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 critical of things

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:39.059
 that are going on

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 in your churches.

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 I need feedback.

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 That's what I'm trying

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 to say to you.

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 Come and talk to me.

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 And there will be times

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 that I will be wrong

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 and I hope that I have

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 been given the grace

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 to be humble

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 to accept that

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 and to make adjustments.

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 There will be times

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 that you're wrong

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 and you simply need

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 your perspective

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 adjusted a little bit.

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 Right?

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.599
 That's going to happen.

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 That's a good

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 healthy process

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 to take place here.

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 But these are not men

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 who just need

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 a little nuancing

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 of their perspective.

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 Right?

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 These are men

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 that need to be told

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 to be quiet.

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:05.939
 Right?

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 And to get out of the way.

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 That's a painful thing

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 to do.

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 I've had to do that

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 in the life of this church

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 already.

00:18:13.179 --> 00:18:13.439
 Right?

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.699
 With grace and love

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 to tell somebody

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 be quiet

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 and get out of our way.

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 Right?

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 So this is his response

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 to him.

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 The God of heaven

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 will make us prosper

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 and we as servants

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 will rise and build

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 but you have no portion

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 or right

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 or claim

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 in Jerusalem.

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 So these are the people

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 that we're talking about.

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 And what I hope

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 you're hearing from me

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 is that I don't want you

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 to be one of these people.

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 Right?

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 Have any character quality

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 of a person

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 that really

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 what I would respond

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 to you is

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 be quiet

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 and just get out of the way.

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 Right?

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 I want to have a bunch

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 of people

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 who need just a little

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 perspective adjustment

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 occasionally

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 and not ones

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 that need to be shown

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 the door.

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 Right?

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 So let's look now

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 at our text.

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 Nehemiah was tempted

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 in four common ways.

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 Right?

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 And I want to show you those

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 and I want to see

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 I want you to see

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 how he responded

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 appropriately

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 to these temptations.

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 Right?

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 Number one

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 the temptation

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 to be distracted

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 by the daunting nature

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 of the work.

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 Right?

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 And we've got to look

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 a little bit before

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 chapter 6

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 to see that.

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 Beginning of chapter 6

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 we see that

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 he has completed

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 the wall

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 the breaches

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 the gaps in the wall

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 have been filled in

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 except that the doors

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 the huge gate doors

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 which is a huge task

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 in and of itself

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 they have yet to be set

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 so it's not quite done

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 we're almost there.

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 But let's back up

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 just a little bit

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 in chapter 4

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 to see the temptation

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 verse 10.

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 Right?

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 The temptation

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 to be distracted

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 by the daunting nature

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 of the work.

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 Chapter 4 verse 10

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 we have record

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 of what was

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 happening in Judah

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 what was being said.

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 they've half completed

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 the wall at this point.

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 It says

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 in Judah it was said

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 the strength of those

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 who bear the burdens

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 is failing.

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 There is too much rubble.

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 By ourselves

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 we will not be able

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 to rebuild the wall.

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 And our English

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 doesn't quite capture here

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:02.920
 what this phrase

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 would have looked like

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 to the Hebrew people.

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 It was actually

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.700
 a Hebrew couplet.

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 It was a little song

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 a little ditty

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 that had been written.

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 It took them 52 days

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 to build the wall.

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 And at this point

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 it's half built

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 and somebody

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 has come up

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 with a song

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 and been passing it

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 around Jerusalem

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 about how

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 they're going to fail.

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 Right?

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.920
 A little sing song thing.

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 The strength of those

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 who bear the burden

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.519
 is failing.

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 There's too much rubble.

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 By ourselves

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 we will not be able

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 to rebuild

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 the wall.

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 Right?

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.519
 Look carefully

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.740
 at who was saying it.

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 Right?

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 So here's

00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:35.200
 we've got opposition

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.160
 coming from without

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.120
 Sambalat, Tobiah,

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.220
 Geshem the Arab.

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.600
 But from within

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 it was in Judah

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 that this was being said.

00:20:42.320 --> 00:20:42.500
 Right?

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.779
 The people of Judah

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 had become whiners.

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.759
 My father

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.640
 who's sitting in the room

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.680
 is really famous

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 at least

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.359
 most of you may not

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.119
 have ever heard him say this

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.559
 but for me

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.200
 he's really famous

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.859
 for always saying

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.920
 we want winners

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.660
 not whiners.

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.119
 Right?

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.799
 I just had to interject that

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.519
 at this point.

00:20:59.640 --> 00:20:59.819
 Right?

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.960
 The people of Judah

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.140
 were being whiners.

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.380
 How is it

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.220
 that in the face

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.440
 of this kind of

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.660
 sing song

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.380
 opposition

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.080
 to the work?

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.300
 Right?

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.800
 People are walking around

00:21:11.800 --> 00:21:13.400
 saying it's never

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.300
 going to be accomplished.

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:14.880
 Right?

00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.720
 We've written

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:17.240
 a little lyrical poem

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.920
 that we're singing

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:19.440
 about that very thing

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.920
 that Nehemiah

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.760
 who's trying to lead

00:21:21.760 --> 00:21:22.380
 this great work

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.400
 doesn't become

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.480
 just absolutely

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.140
 distracted

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.780
 by the daunting

00:21:25.780 --> 00:21:26.440
 nature of it.

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.840
 Just crushed

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.740
 by how much

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.380
 is ahead of him

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.080
 when it seems

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:31.520
 that the people

00:21:31.520 --> 00:21:31.940
 of Judah

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.840
 are not for

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.820
 the work.

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.659
 He did so

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.339
 by resting

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:37.079
 in the fact

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.099
 that God

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.839
 will

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.859
 accomplish

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:41.319
 his purposes.

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.879
 We've been talking

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.480
 a lot about

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.099
 the providence

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.500
 of God

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.000
 and what God

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.000
 sets out to do

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.119
 he does in fact

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.879
 accomplish

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.679
 and this is a very

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.819
 great motivation

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.919
 for us

00:21:50.919 --> 00:21:51.579
 to see the work

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.099
 get done.

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.679
 Verse 14

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.439
 of chapter 4

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:55.339
 He says

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.879
 that I looked

00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.439
 and arose

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:56.919
 and I said

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.439
 to the nobles

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:58.139
 and to the officials

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:58.639
 and to the rest

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.099
 of the people

00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.799
 do not be afraid

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.399
 of them

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:02.579
 in light of this

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.480
 physical opposition

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.000
 that could be

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.740
 coming from without

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.700
 do not be afraid

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:05.860
 of them

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.779
 remember the Lord

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.839
 who is great

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.839
 and awesome

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.480
 and fight for your

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.099
 brothers, your sons,

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.500
 your daughters,

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.099
 your wives

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.460
 and your homes

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.500
 and then in verse 20

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.220
 he says

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.240
 our God

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.140
 will fight

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:18.460
 for us.

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.900
 So Nehemiah

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.960
 rested in the fact

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.480
 that God

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.640
 was providentially

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.279
 in control

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.180
 he knew

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.160
 that it was God's

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.579
 will

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.519
 that the wall

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.319
 be built

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.500
 and therefore

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.380
 he wasn't distracted

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:30.019
 by the daunting

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.420
 nature

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.799
 of the work.

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.779
 Secondly

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:35.539
 Nehemiah

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.359
 was tempted

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:37.799
 to be distracted

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.359
 by prestige

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.799
 or position

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.899
 look now

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.659
 in chapter 6

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:44.079
 finally here we go

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.819
 chapter 6

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:47.319
 beginning in verse 2

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:50.919
 Sanbalat and Geshem

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.859
 sent to me

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.419
 saying

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.839
 come and let us

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.480
 meet together

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.079
 at Hakafurim

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.700
 in the plain

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.419
 of Ono

00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:58.700
 but they intended

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.519
 to do me harm

00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.960
 and I sent

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.819
 messengers to them

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.139
 saying

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:02.099
 I am doing

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.980
 a great work

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.740
 and I cannot

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.539
 come down

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.679
 why should the

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.399
 work stop

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.200
 while I leave it

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.779
 and come down

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.240
 to you

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.119
 and they sent

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.960
 to me four times

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.379
 in this way

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.019
 and I answered

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.599
 them in the same

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.579
 manner.

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:15.220
 So two of these

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.480
 leaders

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.980
 we've already talked

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.119
 about

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.659
 Sambalite

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.639
 and Geshem

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:19.159
 they send to him

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.639
 and they say

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:21.199
 let's go and meet

00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:21.699
 in a place

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.419
 that's only recorded

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.299
 here in the scriptures

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.039
 so I tried to do

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.839
 some research on it

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.099
 don't really know

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.779
 a lot about

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:28.159
 Hecathurim

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.720
 however

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.079
 it's likely

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:33.199
 that this was a place

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:33.779
 in the plain

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.460
 of Ono

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.339
 that was a

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.559
 lush place

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.599
 a nice

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.359
 place

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.159
 to meet

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.899
 and these

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:41.019
 other governors

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.419
 were saying to him

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.840
 hey as a governor

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.900
 let's come together

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.460
 and meet

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.660
 let's talk about

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.420
 this work

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.220
 that you're setting

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.300
 out to do

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:51.400
 now he perceives

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.920
 that they intended

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.880
 to do him harm

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.960
 but he was not

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.920
 distracted

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.180
 by a meeting

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.519
 a day's journey

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.900
 away

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.980
 to go and meet

00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:00.060
 in this nice

00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:00.480
 place

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.160
 with the other

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.779
 governors

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.800
 of the provinces

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.860
 surrounding

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.440
 but instead

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.560
 what does he say

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:06.920
 to them

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.340
 I'm doing a great

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.759
 work

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:10.019
 and I cannot

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.940
 come down

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.740
 why should

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.059
 the work

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.519
 stop

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.820
 while I

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.240
 leave it

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.600
 and come

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:14.980
 down

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.860
 to you

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:17.200
 so he

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.700
 battled

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.039
 against

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.360
 this

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.000
 temptation

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.559
 to be

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.100
 distracted

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:21.440
 by position

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.420
 by possessing

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.220
 a focused

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.980
 understanding

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.559
 of his

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:25.940
 God-given

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.500
 task

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:28.000
 Nehemiah

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.860
 knew exactly

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.519
 what it was

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.920
 he was there

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.360
 to do

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.180
 Nehemiah

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.660
 knew that

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.840
 his position

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:34.700
 any prestige

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.160
 that belonged

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.640
 to him

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.320
 was not

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.279
 for him

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.880
 it was for

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.500
 the work

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.000
 that was to

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.440
 be done

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.340
 he was made

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.019
 governor of the

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.440
 providence

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.759
 so he could

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.240
 lead the

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.620
 people

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.799
 in that

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.200
 very

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.080
 work

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.519
 there is a

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.340
 great difference

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.420
 between being a

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.620
 man or woman

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.320
 of God

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.580
 and a puppet

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.900
 of people

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:55.279
 God has given

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.700
 us a task

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.220
 he's given

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.799
 you

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.799
 tasks

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.680
 laid them out

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.120
 before you

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.140
 prepared them

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.980
 beforehand

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.940
 that you might

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.820
 walk in them

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:05.600
 have a

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:07.279
 single-mindedness

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.819
 towards

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.519
 accomplishing

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.000
 those

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.480
 tasks

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.500
 be a

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.339
 man or

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.859
 woman of

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.119
 God

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.740
 and not

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.639
 a puppet

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.879
 of people

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:16.279
 on our

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.740
 vacation

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.619
 Sam and I

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.019
 got away

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.319
 from the

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.619
 beach

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.240
 which was

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.619
 a blessing

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.099
 to me

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.879
 for an

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.180
 afternoon

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.480
 with the

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.759
 kids

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.559
 and we

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.879
 went to

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.220
 a place

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.519
 called

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.920
 Brook

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.319
 Green

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.960
 Gardens

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.200
 have you

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.799
 ever been

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.319
 to Brook

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.539
 Green

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.059
 Myrtle

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.359
 Beach

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.399
 nobody

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:28.819
 okay

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:30.019
 beautiful

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.500
 place

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.339
 just

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.660
 just

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.000
 south

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.160
 of

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.319
 Myrtle

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.639
 Beach

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.660
 that was

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.299
 built by

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.839
 in the

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.639
 early

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.240
 late

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.880
 property

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.120
 bought

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.259
 in

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.680
 29

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.520
 built

00:25:38.520 --> 00:25:38.660
 into

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:38.780
 the

00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:38.960
 early

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.420
 30s

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.900
 by

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.340
 Archer

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.600
 and

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:40.880
 Anna

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.400
 Huntington

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.340
 and

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.600
 it's

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:42.920
 just a

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.259
 beautiful

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.940
 garden

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.340
 to walk

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.640
 around

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.220
 Anna

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.700
 was a

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.220
 sculptor

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.460
 so there's

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.740
 all these

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.820
 huge bronze

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.259
 sculptures

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.800
 all over

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.720
 the gardens

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.920
 and as I was

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.460
 thinking about

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.040
 this text

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.480
 and thinking

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.240
 about the

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.800
 work that

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.660
 was ahead

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.280
 of them

00:25:55.280 --> 00:25:55.880
 in doing

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.520
 this

00:25:56.520 --> 00:25:59.220
 task

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.680
 of rebuilding

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.259
 the wall

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.040
 I saw a

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.600
 comparison

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.040
 here

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:03.020
 because

00:26:03.020 --> 00:26:03.740
 Archer

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.060
 and Anna

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:04.380
 had to

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.060
 have vision

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.599
 for this

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:05.960
 place

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.399
 because

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.559
 this

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:06.839
 place

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.240
 has

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.679
 these

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.539
 huge

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.940
 live

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.159
 oak

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.399
 trees

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.579
 you know

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:09.679
 they're

00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:09.859
 kind of

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.519
 split off

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.759
 from the

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.000
 bottom

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.200
 of the

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.539
 ground

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.919
 and grow

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.119
 up

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.279
 they're

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.039
 massive

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.399
 massive

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.639
 oak

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.819
 trees

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.399
 and the

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.879
 property's

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.359
 been planned

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.980
 around them

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.599
 the pathways

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.259
 these types

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.639
 of things

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.659
 there are hedges

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.079
 everywhere

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.859
 there's a hedge

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.399
 maze

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.440
 you don't just

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.240
 go build a hedge

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.559
 maze

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.279
 you've got to

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.740
 plant it

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.259
 and plant

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.700
 the hedges

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.200
 and wait

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.480
 for them

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.859
 to grow

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.440
 and trim

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.819
 them back

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.220
 and shape

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.339
 them

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.579
 and keep

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.980
 doing this

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.279
 type of

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.539
 thing

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.299
 this was

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.879
 a work

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.619
 that they

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.099
 knew

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.459
 they would

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.000
 never see

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.500
 the completion

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.839
 of

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.979
 when they

00:26:33.979 --> 00:26:34.399
 set out

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.779
 to build

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.000
 this

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.539
 magnificent

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.959
 garden

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.739
 they knew

00:26:36.739 --> 00:26:37.019
 that it

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.219
 wouldn't

00:26:37.219 --> 00:26:37.500
 reach

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.979
 its full

00:26:37.979 --> 00:26:38.459
 glory

00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:39.019
 until

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.359
 I don't

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.619
 even know

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:39.879
 is it

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.179
 in its full

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.439
 glory

00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:40.719
 I don't

00:26:40.719 --> 00:26:40.899
 know

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.119
 it's

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.439
 beautiful

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.879
 right

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.839
 these hedges

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.639
 are you know

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.139
 ten feet

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.799
 tall now

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:46.039
 blocking off

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.539
 these things

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.859
 with these

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.219
 sculptures

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:47.539
 and all

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.000
 this stuff

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.579
 and they

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:48.979
 must have

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.299
 had a

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.559
 single

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.319
 mindedness

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.679
 to

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.319
 accomplishing

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.919
 this

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.259
 work

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.739
 draws my

00:26:53.739 --> 00:26:54.219
 mind also

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.739
 to Noah

00:26:54.739 --> 00:26:55.159
 and the

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.439
 work that

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:55.699
 was set

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.339
 before him

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.259
 God

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.859
 told Noah

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.239
 to build

00:26:58.239 --> 00:26:58.619
 a boat

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:58.859
 in the

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.000
 middle

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.259
 of a

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.500
 desert

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.899
 and his

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.219
 friends

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.719
 thought he

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:01.579
 was insane

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.379
 and yet

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.839
 he built

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.539
 it

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.819
 right

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.559
 and praise

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.000
 God

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.599
 for his

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.639
 grace to

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:06.899
 Noah

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.319
 to have

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.599
 such

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.519
 single mindedness

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.439
 that we

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:10.339
 live today

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.000
 because the

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.419
 human race

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.099
 was preserved

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.619
 in Noah's

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.059
 family

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.259
 right

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.959
 we should

00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.439
 not be

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.000
 distracted

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.659
 by the place

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:18.959
 that God

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:19.539
 has put us

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.539
 I think a

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.839
 lot of

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.159
 Christians

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.639
 are

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.099
 because

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.199
 we're

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:24.119
 the children

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.639
 of God

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.579
 right

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.500
 we want

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.739
 to have

00:27:26.739 --> 00:27:27.339
 our special

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.879
 meetings

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.720
 we get

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.100
 together

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.380
 and we

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.820
 feel good

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.080
 about

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.560
 ourselves

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:31.140
 because God

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.000
 has picked

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.780
 us out of

00:27:32.780 --> 00:27:33.100
 the muck

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.660
 and the mire

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.480
 right

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.180
 and we sit

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.780
 and we revel

00:27:35.780 --> 00:27:36.280
 in that

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:37.060
 rather than

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.800
 recognizing that

00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:38.280
 he's done

00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:39.580
 so for a

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.420
 very important

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.520
 work

00:27:41.520 --> 00:27:43.720
 thirdly

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:45.720
 Nehemiah

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.400
 was tempted

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.380
 to be

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.900
 distracted

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.940
 by fear

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:50.140
 let's look

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.280
 at chapter 6

00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:52.020
 verse 5

00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:52.880
 through 9

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:54.880
 in the same

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.580
 way Sambalot

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.040
 for the fifth

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:56.640
 time sent

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.060
 his servant

00:27:57.060 --> 00:27:57.500
 to me

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.160
 with an

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.819
 open letter

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.240
 in his

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.700
 hand

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:01.640
 in it

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.079
 was written

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.339
 it is

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.660
 reported

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.019
 among the

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.380
 nations

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.099
 and Geshem

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.819
 also says

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.000
 it

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.779
 that you

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.079
 and the

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.299
 Jews

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.599
 intend

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.140
 to rebel

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.900
 that is

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.319
 why you

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.680
 are building

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.079
 the wall

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.579
 and according

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.000
 to these

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.480
 reports

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.240
 you wish

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.759
 to become

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.400
 their king

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.200
 and you

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.539
 have also

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.900
 set up

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.259
 prophets

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.660
 to proclaim

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.200
 concerning you

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.619
 in Jerusalem

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.319
 there is a

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.779
 king in

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.019
 Judah

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.720
 and now

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.119
 the king

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.619
 will hear

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:19.900
 of these

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.380
 reports

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.099
 so now

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.880
 come and

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.180
 let us

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.400
 take

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.880
 counsel

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.980
 together

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.460
 so after

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.960
 four requests

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.360
 have gone

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.900
 the fifth

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.500
 comes

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.559
 Sambalot

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.980
 writes

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.799
 with an

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.839
 open letter

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.779
 and letters

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.259
 in these days

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.839
 were sealed

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.960
 which meant

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.799
 that the letter

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.360
 was intended

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.180
 for a particular

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.779
 person

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.440
 and it was only

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.920
 that person

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.259
 that broke

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.599
 the seal

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.940
 and read it

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.599
 if a letter

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.019
 was sent

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.559
 open

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.720
 without a seal

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.500
 it was intended

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.019
 to be read

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.299
 by everybody

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:47.359
 the messenger

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.940
 would say

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.200
 I've got an

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.619
 open letter

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.180
 and he'd open

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.379
 it up

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.740
 and he'd read

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:50.960
 it

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.659
 and walking

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.119
 along the way

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.480
 he'd share

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.919
 it with others

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.319
 hey the

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.779
 open letter

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.399
 so what

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.919
 Sambalot's

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.419
 doing here

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:55.740
 is he's

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.180
 spreading

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.839
 the rumor

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:58.039
 far and

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.519
 wide

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.099
 about what

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.759
 Nehemiah

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.680
 is supposedly

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.599
 doing

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.680
 he makes

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.919
 this accusation

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.319
 to him

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.839
 that the reason

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.180
 he's there

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.460
 to build

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.899
 the wall

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.519
 is so that

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.220
 the Israelites

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.839
 will rebel

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.339
 he will be

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.899
 their king

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.519
 they will

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.960
 overthrow

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.980
 the king

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.960
 of Persia

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.740
 listen to his

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.279
 response

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.859
 then I

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.399
 sent to him

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.799
 saying

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.119
 no such

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.399
 thing

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:18.740
 as you

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.539
 say

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.940
 have been

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.279
 done

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.839
 for you

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:20.960
 are

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.420
 inventing

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.639
 them

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.940
 out of

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.039
 your

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.299
 own

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.740
 mind

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.379
 for they

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:23.720
 all

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.019
 wanted

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.139
 to

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.379
 frighten

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.519
 us

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.819
 thinking

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.119
 their

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.440
 hands

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.599
 will

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:25.859
 drop

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.019
 from

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.139
 the

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.379
 work

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.500
 and

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.599
 it

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.759
 will

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.019
 not

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.180
 be

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.480
 done

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.240
 but

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.619
 now

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:28.920
 oh

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.339
 God

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.379
 strengthen

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.139
 my

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.639
 hands

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.559
 his

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.920
 response

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.279
 to him

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.619
 is

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.700
 liar

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.500
 and

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.680
 that's

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:35.940
 it

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.559
 right

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.940
 he

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.259
 simply

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.559
 says

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.700
 the

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.940
 things

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.059
 you're

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.299
 saying

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.420
 of

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.539
 me

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.660
 are

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:38.940
 not

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.240
 true

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.399
 I

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.579
 will

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.779
 not

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.039
 allow

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.220
 your

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.480
 false

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.960
 accusations

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.539
 to

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.940
 cause

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.460
 me

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.920
 to

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.319
 fear

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.879
 I

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.279
 will

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.019
 continue

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.539
 to

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.899
 work

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:47.279
 another

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.720
 example

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.079
 here

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.480
 another

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.559
 instance

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.839
 of it

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.079
 beginning

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.339
 in

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.659
 verse

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.019
 10

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.259
 now

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.480
 when I

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.740
 went

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.000
 into

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.180
 the

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.639
 house

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.159
 of

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.619
 Shemaiah

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.039
 the son

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.159
 of

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.519
 Deliah

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.920
 son

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.240
 of

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.720
 Mehedabel

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.440
 who

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.579
 was

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.039
 confined

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.240
 to

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.399
 his

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:58.740
 home

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.279
 he

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.759
 said

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.220
 let

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.339
 us

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.559
 meet

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.960
 together

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.159
 in

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.259
 the

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.519
 house

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.659
 of

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:01.899
 God

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.119
 within

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.299
 the

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.579
 temple

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.099
 let

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.220
 us

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.559
 close

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.720
 the

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:03.899
 doors

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:03.980
 of

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.059
 the

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.279
 temple

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.440
 for

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.559
 they

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.659
 are

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:04.980
 coming

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.259
 to

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.480
 kill

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.720
 you

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.079
 they

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.160
 are

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.400
 coming

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.620
 to

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.819
 kill

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.079
 you

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.559
 by

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.980
 night

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.940
 so

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.279
 notice

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.559
 here

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.920
 he

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.200
 now

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.839
 goes

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.259
 to

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.740
 visit

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.720
 a

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.160
 friend

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.339
 someone

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.559
 that

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.720
 he

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.319
 knows

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.880
 he's

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.299
 in

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.559
 his

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.039
 house

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.240
 he's

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.680
 confined

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:17.880
 to

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.019
 his

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.380
 home

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.799
 and

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:18.900
 he

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.099
 goes

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.279
 to

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.519
 visit

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.940
 this

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.460
 man

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.500
 who

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.620
 has

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:21.839
 been

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.579
 bought

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.799
 out

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:22.960
 by

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.400
 Tobiah

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.039
 and

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.620
 Sambalot

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.960
 his

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.380
 response

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.640
 is

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.920
 but

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.079
 I

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.559
 said

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.019
 should

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.360
 such

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.519
 a

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.740
 man

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:27.920
 as

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.180
 I

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.460
 run

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.839
 away

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.319
 and

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.500
 what

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.860
 man

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.039
 such

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.180
 as

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.319
 I

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.480
 could

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.779
 go

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:30.980
 into

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.140
 the

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.660
 so

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:36.900
 what

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.440
 Shemaiah

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.680
 had

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.120
 suggested

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.339
 to

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.640
 him

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.059
 is

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.200
 that

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.380
 out

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.579
 of

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.980
 fear

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.420
 he

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.660
 go

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.059
 into

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.599
 the

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.400
 holy

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.839
 place

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.480
 the

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.759
 holy

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:43.920
 of

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.400
 holies

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.880
 in

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.019
 the

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.339
 temple

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.940
 a

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.240
 place

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.440
 that

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.599
 the

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:46.900
 Israelites

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.200
 were

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.720
 clearly

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.240
 instructed

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.579
 not

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:48.860
 to

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.099
 go

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.759
 unless

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.480
 they

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.579
 were

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.680
 the

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:50.860
 high

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.279
 priest

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.380
 it

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.519
 was

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.259
 off

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.660
 limits

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.140
 place

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.700
 to

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:55.940
 go

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.579
 and

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:56.740
 he

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.940
 would

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.099
 have

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.599
 either

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:57.900
 been

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.279
 killed

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.500
 which

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.579
 is

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.720
 what

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.299
 the

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.079
 law

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.640
 prescribed

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.099
 probably

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.299
 would

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.380
 have

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.559
 taken

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:01.860
 place

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.059
 God

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.180
 would

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.259
 have

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.460
 struck

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.599
 him

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:02.900
 dead

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.740
 his

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.259
 reputation

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.860
 the

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.160
 Israelites

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.360
 would

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.519
 not

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.680
 have

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:07.920
 followed

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.099
 him

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.400
 any

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.779
 longer

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.279
 because

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.460
 of

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.599
 the

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.420
 travesty

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.799
 that

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:10.920
 would

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.019
 have

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.240
 been

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.660
 committed

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:11.880
 here

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.039
 so

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.180
 he

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.579
 said

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.160
 should

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.640
 such

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:13.759
 a

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:13.900
 man

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.059
 as

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.339
 I

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.799
 run

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.079
 away

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.279
 and

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.519
 what

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.960
 man

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.460
 such

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.579
 as

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.700
 I

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:16.860
 could

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.160
 go

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.360
 into

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.519
 the

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.819
 temple

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.319
 and

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.599
 live

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:18.740
 I

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.099
 will

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.620
 not

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.019
 go

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.360
 in

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.259
 verse

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.700
 12

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.120
 and

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.200
 I

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.500
 understood

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.940
 and saw

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.160
 that

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.480
 God

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.680
 had

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:23.920
 not

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.220
 sent

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.480
 him

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.960
 but

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.019
 he

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.140
 had

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.579
 pronounced

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.819
 the

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.180
 prophecy

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.559
 against

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.819
 me

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.140
 because

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.579
 Tobiah

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.759
 and

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.240
 Sambalot

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.419
 had

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.779
 hired

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:28.980
 him

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.279
 speaking

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.439
 of

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:29.740
 Shemaiah

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.980
 there

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.599
 for

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:30.779
 this

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.079
 purpose

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.220
 he

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.359
 was

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.659
 hired

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.859
 that

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:31.980
 I

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.079
 should

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.199
 be

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:32.679
 afraid

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:32.899
 and

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.240
 act

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.339
 in

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.480
 this

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.759
 way

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:33.939
 and

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.359
 sin

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.899
 and

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.000
 so

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.119
 they

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.240
 could

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.399
 give

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.500
 me

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.659
 a

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:35.980
 bad

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.379
 name

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.679
 in

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:36.939
 order

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.659
 to

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:37.939
 taunt

00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.159
 me

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:39.500
 so

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.659
 he

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:39.919
 was

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.439
 tempted

00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:40.819
 to be

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.359
 distracted

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.639
 by

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.079
 fear

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.539
 to

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.879
 lose

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.099
 the

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.460
 point

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.599
 of

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.740
 the

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.079
 work

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.439
 that

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.539
 he

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.720
 was

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:44.819
 to

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:44.939
 be

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.319
 doing

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.319


00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.579
 So

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.879
 what

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.039
 is

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.059
!

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.159
 his

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.480
!

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.740
 how

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:47.859
 does

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.000
 he

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.539
 properly

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.219
 deal

00:31:49.219 --> 00:31:49.419
 with

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:49.639
 it?

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.879
 He

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.699
 prays

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.519
 and

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.639
 then

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.759
 he

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.259
 acts

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.479
 simple

00:31:54.479 --> 00:31:54.839
 he

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.579
 prays

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.359
 and

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.539
 then

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.839
 he

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.779
 acts

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.459
 so

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:58.579
 we

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.759
 see

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:58.899
 in

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.059
 verse

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.479
 9

00:31:59.479 --> 00:32:00.859
 so

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.000
 the

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.199
 wall

00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:01.359
 was

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.799
 finished

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.659
 nope

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:04.719
 nope

00:32:04.719 --> 00:32:04.979
 that's

00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:05.099
 verse

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.399
 15

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.639
 I'm

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:05.799
 sorry

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.959
 I

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:07.099
 didn't

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.259
 write

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.379
 down

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.539
 verse

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.679
 9

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:07.799
 for

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.079
 myself

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.399
 so

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.579
 verse

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.879
 9

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.979
 for

00:32:09.979 --> 00:32:10.079
 they

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.259
 wanted

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.419
 us

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:10.619
 frightened

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.000
 thinking

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.299
 and

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.439
 he

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.919
 prays

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.079
 but

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.379
 now

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.679
 oh

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.159
 God

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:14.259
 strengthen

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.959
 my

00:32:14.959 --> 00:32:15.419
 hands

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:15.839
 right

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.099
 so

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.299
 there's

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.419
 the

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:16.819
 prayer

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.359
 right

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.839
 I'm

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.279
 I've

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.459
 been

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.939
 made

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.159
 to

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.379
 feel

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:19.819
 afraid

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.000
 my

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.519
 reputation

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.720
 is

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:20.859
 out

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.000
 there

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.159
 being

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.619
 slandered

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.759
 with

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:21.899
 this

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.139
 open

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.419
 letter

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.819
 I

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.199
 could

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.839
 stop

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:23.959
 and

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:24.099
 be

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.359
 worried

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.579
 about

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.859
 that

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.119
 but

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.220
 he

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.959
 prays

00:32:25.959 --> 00:32:26.619
 instead

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.259
 but

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.599
 now

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:27.839
 oh

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.199
 God

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.980
 strengthen

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.480
 my

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.879
 hands

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.099
 and

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.240
 then

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.399
 he

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.740
 acts

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:30.839
 and

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:30.939
 how

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.019
 do

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.099
 we

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.220
 know

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.319
 that

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.399
 he

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.639
 acts

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:31.939
 because

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.279
 in

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.439
 verse

00:32:32.439 --> 00:32:32.779
 15

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:32.959
 we

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:33.199
 see

00:32:33.199 --> 00:32:33.559
 so

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:33.699
 the

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:33.899
 wall

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.099
 was

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.519
 finished

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.740
 on

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:34.819
 the

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.259
 25th

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.419
 day

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:35.619
 of the

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:35.919
 month

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.679
 Elul

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:37.019
 in

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.359
 52

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.779
 days

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.220
 right

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.639
 the

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:38.960
 work

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.580
 continued

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.020
 on

00:32:40.020 --> 00:32:40.340
 because

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.580
 it

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.820
 was

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.360
 completed

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.560
 right

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:43.240
 in

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.420
 verse

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.900
 12

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.860
 we

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.000
 see

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.160
 the

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.460
 record

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.640
 and

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:45.820
 I

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.440
 understood

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.940
 and

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.460
 saw

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.740
 that

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.240
 God

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.900
 had

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.360
 not

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:50.060
 sent

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.340
 him

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.560
 now

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:51.700
 the

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:51.920
 Hebrew

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.180
 word

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.320
 here

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:52.460
 for

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.960
 understood

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.240
 is

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.620
 the

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:54.980
 same

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.280
 word

00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:55.420
 that

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:55.540
 would

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:55.620
 have

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:55.759
 been

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.120
 used

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.480
 of

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.900
 wisdom

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.100
 right

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.640
 so

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.800
 you

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:58.920
 could

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.100
 read

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.320
 it

00:32:59.320 --> 00:32:59.740
 and

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.200
 I

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.360
 was

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.400
 wise

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.259
 and

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.420
 I

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.820
 saw

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.600
 that

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.860
 God

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.080
 had

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.380
 not

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.920
 sent

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.180
 him

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.080
 right

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.520
 how

00:33:06.520 --> 00:33:06.759
 was

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:06.860
 it

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:06.860


00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.020
 that

00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.080
 it

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.100
!

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.200
 was

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.880
 possible

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.400
 for

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.559
 him

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.660
 to

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:08.900
 be

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.580
 wise

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:09.720
 in

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.900
 this

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.319
 way

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.400
 unless

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.039
 he

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.240
 was

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.759
 tarrying

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.240
 with

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.640
 God

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:15.100
 Leonard

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.580
 Ravenhill

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:15.840
 in his

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.080
 book

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.440
 Why

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.920
 Revival

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.360
 Tarries

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.600
 which

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:17.920
 Chris

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.279
 McKean

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.660
 gave me

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:18.779
 here

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.080
 recently

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.440
 wrote

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.000
 to be

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.279
 much

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.640
 for

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:20.980
 God

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.180
 we

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.580
 must

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:21.819
 be

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.299
 much

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.559
 with

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.980
 God

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.360
 as

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.480
 a

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.860
 result

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.059
 of

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.180
 the

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.500
 way

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.660
 in

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:26.860
 which

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.860
 Nehemiah

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.059
 spent

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.380
 time

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.559
 with

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.860
 God

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.019
 he

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.200
 was

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.900
 wise

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.279
 unto

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.559
 these

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.160
 things

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:32.380
 heard

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:32.559
 a

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.920
 great

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.140
 little

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.580
 analogy

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.840
 which

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.080
 I've

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.360
 made

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:34.640
 some

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.900
 slight

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.500
 alterations

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.819
 to

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.819
 speaking

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.079
 of

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.480
 wisdom

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:39.140
 and

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.240
 here

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.339
 you

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.619
 go

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:41.240
 knowledge

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.099
 is

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.640
 valuable

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.880
 we

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.279
 want

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.480
 to

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.740
 gain

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.119
 knowledge

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.299
 it's

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.440
 a

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.660
 good

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.920
 thing

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.140
 for

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.319
 us

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.460
 to

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.880
 have

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:47.039
 knowledge

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.640
 is

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.319
 knowing

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.779
 that

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:48.900
 a

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.240
 tomato

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.759
 is

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:49.880
 a

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.119
 fruit

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.599
 that's

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:51.980
 knowledge

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.220
 it's

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.319
 a

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.599
 fact

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.940
 right

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.339
 a

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.759
 tomato

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.059
 is

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.119
 a

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.180
 fruit

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.299
 if

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.380
 you

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.500
 didn't

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.640
 know

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.779
 that

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:54.920
 a

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.160
 tomato

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.319
 is

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.400
 a

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.640
 fruit

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.220
 okay

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.140
 understanding

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.420
 would

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.539
 be

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.740
 like

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.039
 knowing

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.240
 what

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.359
 a

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.599
 tomato

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:00.960
 tastes

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.319
 like

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.559
 and

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.680
 how

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.839
 to

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.599
 properly

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:02.940
 cut

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.059
 it

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.240
 for

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.539
 eating

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.960
 right

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.339
 getting

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.539
 the

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.839
 tomato

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.099
 like

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.220
 we

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.759
 understand

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.960
 what

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.099
 the

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.380
 tomato

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.259
 is

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.320
 right

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.760
 we've

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.579
 experienced

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.599
 the

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:10.920
 tomato

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.840
 when you

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.260
 combine

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.719
 those two

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.159
 things

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.639
 you have

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.239
 wisdom

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.599
 and

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.940
 wisdom

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.260
 is

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.519
 knowing

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.679
 that

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.840
 a

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.099
 tomato

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.619
 does

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.940
 not

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.480
 belong

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.780
 in

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:17.900
 a

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.099
 fruit

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.460
 salad

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:20.300
 right

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.179
 and

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.320
 this

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.420
 is

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.559
 what

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.159
 Nehemiah

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.820
 had

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.440
 right

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.300
 Nehemiah

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.780
 had

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.440
 wisdom

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.199
 right

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:27.219
 he knew

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.119
 that

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.300
 God

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.440
 had

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.639
 given

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:28.780
 him

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:28.940
 a

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.260
 work

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.559
 he

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.059
 knew

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.519
 that

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.699
 God

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.860
 had

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.320
 purposes

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.360
!

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.019
 Israel

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.260
 right

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.400
 there

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.559
 were

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.320
 promises

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.840
 made

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:33.980
 in

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.099
 the

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.440
 scriptures

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.420
 for

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.619
 what

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.860
 ought

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.019
 to

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.179
 be

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.539
 done

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.079
 right

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.219
 he

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.420
 knew

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.579
 that

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.779
 God

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:37.940
 had

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.079
 said

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.199
 him

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.699
 about

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:38.880
 the

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.380
 task

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.880
 right

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.199
 he

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.460
 knew

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.599
 that

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.699
 he

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:40.880
 ought

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.039
 not

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.239
 go

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.420
 into

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.599
 the

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.900
 temple

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.960
 right

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.360
 he

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.759
 knew

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.199
 that

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.400
 what

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.579
 San

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.739
 Blot

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:44.900
 was

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.099
 saying

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.259
 was

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.440
 a

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.820
 lie

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.599
 right

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.000
 and

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.079
 he

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.460
 combined

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.659
 this

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:47.779
 with

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:47.900
 his

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.539
 understanding

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.539
 wisdom

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.880
 to

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.279
 make

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.519
 the

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.940
 right

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.779
 choices

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.179
 in

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.299
 this

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.639
 case

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:54.239
 so

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.679
 Nehemiah

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:54.960
 was

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.599
 not

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.059
 distracted

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.059


00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.259
 by

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.659
 fear

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.400
 because

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.559
 he

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.980
 prayed

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.759
 and

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:58.860
 he

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.279
 acted

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:01.980
 fourthly

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.199
 and

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.559
 finally

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:04.980
 Nehemiah

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.119
 was

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.360
 tempted

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.559
 to be

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.059
 distracted

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.539
 by

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.360
 exacting

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.400
 justice

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:13.880
 so

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.340
 note

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.700
 these

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.039
 men

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.220
 are

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.880
 conniving

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.599
 right

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.880
 obnoxious

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.220
 men

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:19.920
 San

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.139
 Blot

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.220
 and

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.460
 Tobiah

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.639
 they

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:20.840
 show

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:20.980
 up

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.320
 beginning

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.539
 in

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.000
 chapter

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.500
 one

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.820
 we

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.019
 begin

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.160
 to

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.340
 see

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.559
 their

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.079
 appearances

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.740
 right

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.340
 they

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.660
 send

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:25.920
 him

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.039
 four

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.720
 requests

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.519
 right

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.700
 and

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:28.820
 he

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.119
 answers

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.280
 them

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.400
 the

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.619
 same

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.840
 way

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.019
 they

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.539
 continue

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.119
 to

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.320
 send

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.420
 him

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.579
 these

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.099
 requests

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.360
 to

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.579
 stop

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.740
 the

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.000
 word

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.760
 then

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:33.980
 they

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.420
 spread

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.119
 obnoxious

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.519
 rumors

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.420
 about

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.660
 him

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.160
 right

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:38.340
 Nehemiah

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.539
 had

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.700
 every

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.160
 reason

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.640
 to

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:41.300
 despise

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.559
 them

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.200
 right

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:43.480
 Nehemiah

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.940
 had

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.539
 every

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.039
 reason

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:48.039
 I'm

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.320
 speaking

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.740
 in human

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.300
 terms

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.980
 to be

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.559
 distracted

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.460
 to be

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.900
 plotting

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.140
 his

00:35:52.140 --> 00:35:52.519
 vengeance

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.180
 to be

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.480
 figuring

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.740
 out

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.000
 he

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.240
 could

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.579
 shame

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.720
 the

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:54.900
 name

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.039
 of

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.240
 Sam

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.660
 who's

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:55.960
 spreading

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.280
 rumors

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.440
 and

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.640
 lies

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:56.880
 about

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.140
 him

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.519
 but

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.800
 what

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.180
 does

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:59.019
 Nehemiah

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.320
 do

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.320
 he

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.740
 turns

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:00.900
 his

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.140
 enemies

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.519
 over

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.240
 to

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.400
 the

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.760
 justice

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.120
 of

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.260
 the

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.620
 ultimate

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.720
 judge

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.820
 verse

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.300
 14

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.460
 he

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.860
 prays

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:07.980
 to

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.220
 God

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.779
 remember

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.559
 Tobiah

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.799
 and

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.359
 Sanballat

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:10.899
 oh my

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.279
 God

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.959
 according

00:36:11.959 --> 00:36:12.139
 to

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.439
 these

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:12.779
 things

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:12.939
 that

00:36:12.939 --> 00:36:13.059
 they

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.399
 did

00:36:13.399 --> 00:36:13.879
 and

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.279
 also

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.480
 the

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.079
 prophetess

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.959
 Noadiah

00:36:15.959 --> 00:36:16.519
 and the

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.839
 rest of

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.279
 the prophets

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.699
 who want

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.079
 to make

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.359
 me

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.199
 afraid

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.859
 right

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:22.039
 Nehemiah

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.419
 is so

00:36:22.419 --> 00:36:23.059
 singularly

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.559
 focused on

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:23.879
 the work

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.319
 ahead of

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.480
 him

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.959
 that he

00:36:24.959 --> 00:36:25.219
 simply

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.639
 says

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.179
 God

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.939
 remember

00:36:26.939 --> 00:36:27.980
 those

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.599
 who are

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.980
 opposing

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.439
 the work

00:36:29.439 --> 00:36:29.899
 right

00:36:29.899 --> 00:36:30.579
 you deal

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.019
 with them

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.500
 the way

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.939
 you see

00:36:31.939 --> 00:36:32.259
 fit

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:33.480
 I got

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.759
 work to

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:33.899
 do

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.180
 I'm

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.320
 getting

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.740
 back

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.000
 to

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.119
 the

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.360
 work

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.480
 and

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.599
 I

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:35.880
 will

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.200
 not

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:36.579
 be

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.019
 distracted

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.860
 by

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.340
 exacting

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.840
 justice

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:43.079
 now I

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.500
 hope that

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.639
 you're

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.059
 about

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:45.680
 the work

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.000
 of God

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.400
 already

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.880
 and you

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.380
 can relate

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.720
 to some

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:48.000
 of these

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.400
 things

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.079
 that you've

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.599
 experienced

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.019
 some of

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.180
 this

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.820
 type of

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.420
 opposition

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.240
 to the

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.440
 work

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.900
 that God

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.539
 laid

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.820
 before

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.079
 you

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.340
 I

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.539
 hope

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.660
 you

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:54.840
 get

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:54.920
 it

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.039
 if

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.139
 you

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.619
 don't

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:55.880
 it's

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.320
 coming

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.740
 I

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.360
 promise

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.680
 it's

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:57.860
 on

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.019
 its

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.360
 way

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.000
 you

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.140
 are

00:36:59.140 --> 00:36:59.460
 going

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.940
 to

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.780
 experience

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.920
 opposition

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.380
 and I

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.840
 hope

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.400
 that you

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.539
 will

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.740
 deal

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:03.980
 with

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.260
 it

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.660
 appropriately

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.579
 now we

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.840
 have our

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.280
 greatest

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.840
 example

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.440
 of this

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.880
 in Christ

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:12.079
 the perfect

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.660
 model

00:37:12.660 --> 00:37:13.300
 for this

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.640
 type of

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:13.840
 thing

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.160
 we are

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.800
 to grow

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.280
 up into

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.620
 him

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:15.860
 or to

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:15.980
 be

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.420
 like

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.079
 Christ

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.620
 in

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:17.920
 dealing

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.280
 with

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.340
 opposition

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.460
 remember

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.740
 that

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.519
 Nehemiah

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.079
 is a

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.660
 type

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.460
 of Christ

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.280
 Christ

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.599
 is the

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.099
 anti-type

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.860
 the greater

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.039
 Nehemiah

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:28.019
 Jesus

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.480
 was tempted

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.920
 in many

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.179
 of the

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.380
 same

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.920
 ways

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.699
 and yet

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.699
 he did

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.000
 not

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.739
 sin

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:34.219
 recall

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:35.079
 that the

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.259
 world

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.780
 will hate

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.400
 us

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.480
 because

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.699
 it

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.119
 first

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.559
 hated

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.440
 Jesus

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.860
 Christ

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.039
 is

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.219
 John

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.759
 15

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.800
 18

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.219
 turn with

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.440
 me to

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.840
 Hebrews

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.480
 chapter

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.019
 13

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.500
 13

00:37:45.500 --> 00:38:03.360
 try to

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.579
 wrap

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.759
 this

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.079
 all up

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.380
 for us

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.619
 here

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.619
 beginning

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.800
 in

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:05.960
 verse

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.340
 12

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:17.280
 So Jesus also suffered

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:20.300
 had opposition

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:22.120
 outside the gate

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:23.640
 in order to sanctify the people

00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:24.600
 through his own blood.

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:27.460
 Therefore, let us go to him

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.220
 outside the camp

00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:29.720
 and bear the reproach

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.640
 he endured.

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:32.019
 And that's simply what I want you to see.

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:32.539
 Right?

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:34.120
 Jesus bore reproach

00:38:34.120 --> 00:38:36.140
 we ought to bear reproach as well.

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:38.860
 For here we have no lasting city,

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:40.180
 but we seek the city

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:41.420
 that is to come.

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.579
 Through him, then,

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:45.500
 let us continually offer up

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:47.420
 a sacrifice of praise to God

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:50.280
 that is the fruit of lips

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:51.940
 that acknowledge his name.

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.760
 Do not neglect to do good

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.820
 and to share what you have,

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.900
 for such sacrifices

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.960
 are pleasing to God.

00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:58.559
 Obey your leaders

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.460
 and submit to them,

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.519
 for they are keeping watch

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.260
 over your souls

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:02.800
 as those who will give an account.

00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:05.019
 Let them do this with joy

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.900
 and not with groaning,

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:07.000
 for that would be

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.940
 of no advantage

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:09.000
 to you.

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.220
 Isn't that a beautiful

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:12.720
 wrap-up here?

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:14.220
 As if the author of Hebrews

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.980
 knew

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.099
 that someone

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.880
 was going to need a way

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.519
 to close

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:19.160
 a sermon on Nehemiah

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:20.099
 chapter 6.

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.280
 Right?

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.920
 What are we to do?

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.780
 We're supposed to suffer

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:25.680
 as Christ suffered.

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.200
 Why?

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.460
 Because here we have

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.340
 no lasting city.

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.800
 Right?

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.780
 We're sojourners

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.480
 in this place.

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.180
 We're seeking

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.480
 the city that is to come,

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.559
 that is the kingdom of God.

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.840
 We're about that work.

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.280
 Building the kingdom.

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.760
 Right?

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.340
 That's founded on Christ.

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.300
 The chief cornerstone.

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.800
 We've been looking at Peter

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.360
 in the last couple of weeks.

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:43.539
 Right?

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:45.019
 Through Him then,

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.840
 let us offer up

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:48.260
 sacrifices of praise.

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.840
 The fruit of lips

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.900
 that acknowledge

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.699
 His name.

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.340
 Right?

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:54.159
 Being disciple-making

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.559
 disciples.

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.240
 That's what I've been

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:57.840
 saying to you.

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.960
 Do not neglect

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.660
 to do good

00:39:59.660 --> 00:40:00.140
 and to share

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.860
 what you have.

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:02.400
 For these sacrifices

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:04.160
 are pleasing to God.

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.579
 And then 17.

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.320
 Obey your leaders

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:08.480
 and submit to them.

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.559
 For they are keeping

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.700
 watch over your souls

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.960
 as those who will give

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.100
 an account.

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.360
 Right?

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.340
 Do not be

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.220
 the Sambalots

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.980
 and the Tobias

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.440
 and the Geshams

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:20.160
 of the church.

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.960
 Let them do this

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.680
 with joy

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.980
 and not with groaning.

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.180
 For that would be

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:26.280
 of no advantage to you.

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.820
 You want your leaders

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:29.100
 to be joyful.

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.260
 And I'm thankful

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:31.420
 as I said before

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.740
 again that you do this

00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:33.100
 for me.

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:34.900
 And I really appreciate it.

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.780
 I hope that will continue

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.539
 to be the case

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.980
 as we consider

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.539
 this.

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:41.140
 Now as we

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:42.120
 think about

00:40:42.120 --> 00:40:43.539
 Christ

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:45.140
 and what He has done

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:45.780
 the suffering

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.940
 that He did

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.360
 on our behalf

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:49.880
 as we take

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.460
 the Lord's Supper

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:50.920
 together

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:52.920
 my mind was drawn

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:54.240
 to Hebrews 12.3

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.940
 It says

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.700
 consider Jesus

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:56.340
 who endured

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.380
 from sinners

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:58.480
 such hostility

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.260
 against Himself

00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:01.079
 so that you may not

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.760
 grow weary

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:03.340
 or faint hearted.

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.820
 That we may not

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.420
 grow weary

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.640
 as we suffer

00:41:06.640 --> 00:41:07.380
 in the work

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:07.820
 that's put

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.840
 before us.

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.579
 And it goes on

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.000
 to say that

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.440
 none of us

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.380
 have suffered

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:11.780
 none of us

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.220
 have fought

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.960
 against sin

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.940
 to be holy

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.320
 to the point

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.680
 of death

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:16.340
 the way Jesus

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.720
 has.

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.019
 Right?

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.640
 All of us

00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:18.119
 live on.

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:18.599
 So let's be

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.200
 encouraged

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:20.160
 by the way

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.840
 that Jesus

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.400
 endured

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.519
 from sinners

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.699
 such hostility.

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.619
 We ought not

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.559
 grow weary

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.980
 or faint hearted.

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:28.960
 It is because

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:30.119
 of the personal

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.800
 work of Christ

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.679
 what He has done

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.340
 for us

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.159
 that we can have

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:34.000
 the encouragement

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.880
 the motivation

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:36.239
 He is the channel

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.980
 by which grace

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.519
 comes to us

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.000
 to live

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.900
 in this way

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.800
 and that's why

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.719
 we celebrate

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.639
 the Lord's Supper

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 together.

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 This is

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 an invitation

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 to you.

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 Recognize that

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 the Lord's Supper

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 when we give it to you

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 is a chance

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 for you to respond

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 to the work

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 that God's doing

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 in your life.

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 In fact,

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 we plead with you

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 to do that.

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 To not take

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 the Lord's Supper

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 with sin

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 in your life.

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 Not to

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 dismiss things

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 and go through

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 the motion

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 and sit back down.

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 But recognize

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 that these are

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 symbols of what

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 Christ has done

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 for you

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 and what He's

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 promised to do

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 for you.

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 That should be

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 working down

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 in you.

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 That should be

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 a truth

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 that's rolling

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 around in your

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 heart

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 and having

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 some effect

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 and some

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 change.

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 I've said

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 to you before

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 this should be

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 joyful and solemn.

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 The gospel

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 all at once

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 both gladdens

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 and abases.

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 We should be

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 humbled by

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 who we are.

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 How sinful

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 we can be.

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 But so joyful

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 for what Christ

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 has done for us

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 that simply

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 by believing

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 we have become

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 righteous.

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 And that's

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 what we celebrate

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 together

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 in the Lord's Supper.

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 I'm going to pray

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 for us to close

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 our time

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 and I'm going to

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 ask men

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 that I ask

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 to come

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 hold the elements.

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 If you'll come up

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 while I'm praying

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 that way we can

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 get the elements

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 out.

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 Just as you

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 feel prepared

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 feel free to go

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 and partake of the

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 elements

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 and then come back

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 to your seat.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Let's pray together.

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