WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.540 Let's look at Matthew chapter 1. 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:04.639 Brand new Bible and the same words, 00:00:04.900 --> 00:00:05.879 but it's staying together. 00:00:06.140 --> 00:00:09.200 Matthew chapter 1, verse 21. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:11.560 She shall bring forth a son, 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:15.480 that shall call his name Jesus, 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:19.780 for he shall save his people from their sins. 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:23.000 All this was done, 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:26.800 that my field was spoken of the Lord 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.480 by the prophet, saying, 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.560 Behold, a virgin shall with child, 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:34.840 shall bring forth a son, 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.420 they shall call his name Emmanuel, 00:00:38.179 --> 00:00:39.380 which being interpreted, 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:41.200 is God with us. 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:42.740 Because of that Christmas, 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:44.200 that first Christmas, 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.420 the child of God is recipient 00:00:46.420 --> 00:00:49.179 of three great assurances, 00:00:50.260 --> 00:00:52.939 more, but just three tonight, 00:00:53.519 --> 00:00:55.820 that provide comfort and strength 00:00:55.820 --> 00:00:56.960 throughout our life. 00:00:56.960 --> 00:00:59.079 First of all, he was God's own son. 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:01.799 Luke 2.19 says, 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:05.540 But Mary kept all those things 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:07.620 and pondered them in his heart. 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:12.740 Can you imagine the thoughts 00:01:12.740 --> 00:01:16.980 that Mary was actually pondering on that night? 00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:17.920 A young woman. 00:01:18.219 --> 00:01:21.299 I can think as Mary was rocking her baby boy, 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:24.700 she might have been filled with sadness, 00:01:25.019 --> 00:01:26.099 or with a new birth, 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:27.039 filled with joy. 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.280 She looks upon that tiny face 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:35.200 and sees the hope of every race. 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:39.859 Her heart is filled with a mother's glow, 00:01:39.859 --> 00:01:44.060 and she never wants to let him go. 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:48.200 She'll see him run and laugh and play, 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:52.420 and longs to keep him safe each day. 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:54.640 His life won't be an easy one, 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:56.879 his destiny hard. 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.379 As God's own son Mary sees, 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.120 the miracles he'll perform. 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:09.439 The lepers healed and free from scorn, 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:11.800 the lame will walk, 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:13.900 the blind will see. 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.700 She sees his love will set us free, 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:20.819 and then she sees him on a cross. 00:02:22.420 --> 00:02:26.200 She feels his pain and feels our loss. 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.899 She knows his life must come to this. 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:33.879 She sheds a tear and gives a kiss. 00:02:35.459 --> 00:02:37.259 His life won't be easy, 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:38.839 won't be an easy one. 00:02:39.839 --> 00:02:41.219 His destiny hard. 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:44.060 As God's own son, 00:02:44.339 --> 00:02:47.459 each year when Christmas time draws near, 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.780 and people are all so busy here 00:02:51.780 --> 00:02:55.359 with shopping, baking, trees of green, 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:56.440 let's ask, 00:02:57.320 --> 00:02:59.760 what does this really mean? 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:00.680 Each year, 00:03:01.140 --> 00:03:03.340 let us take a moment from this fuss 00:03:03.340 --> 00:03:08.400 and think of all their gifts to us. 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:10.580 A mother's love, 00:03:11.460 --> 00:03:12.400 a baby boy, 00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:14.640 peace and comfort, 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:16.220 love and joy. 00:03:17.660 --> 00:03:19.160 He was born for everyone. 00:03:19.160 --> 00:03:22.280 In a book that Chuck Lindell, 00:03:23.140 --> 00:03:24.400 Chuck Swindoll, 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:25.700 wrote, 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:27.939 The Grace Awakening. 00:03:29.300 --> 00:03:31.000 If our greatest need 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:32.219 had been information, 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:35.780 God would have sent us an educator. 00:03:36.200 --> 00:03:39.920 If our greatest need 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:41.939 was technology, 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:44.340 God would have sent us 00:03:44.340 --> 00:03:45.960 a scientist. 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:49.000 If our greatest need 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:49.860 had been money, 00:03:50.860 --> 00:03:52.219 God would have sent us 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:53.620 an economist. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:55.560 If our greatest need 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:56.979 had been pleasure, 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.419 God would have sent us 00:03:59.419 --> 00:04:00.219 an entertainer. 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:01.800 But our greatest need 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:02.960 was forgiveness. 00:04:04.620 --> 00:04:06.939 So God sent us a Savior. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:08.319 Now we can look at 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:11.039 these three great assertions 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:12.500 that provide comfort 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:15.120 and strength throughout our life. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.899 number one 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:20.420 is God with us. 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:23.939 Matthew 1.23 says, 00:04:23.939 --> 00:04:26.540 And they shall call His name Emmanuel, 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:28.699 which interpreted 00:04:28.699 --> 00:04:30.439 is God's with us. 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:35.639 Matthew 28.20 says, 00:04:35.780 --> 00:04:37.620 And lo, I am with you always, 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:40.100 even unto the end of the world, 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.259 always with us. 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:47.000 Deuteronomy 31.8 says, 00:04:48.039 --> 00:04:48.819 And the Lord, 00:04:49.339 --> 00:04:51.319 He is that doeth, 00:04:53.019 --> 00:04:54.839 that doth go before thee. 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:56.959 He will be with thee. 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:58.959 He will not fail thee. 00:04:59.579 --> 00:05:00.839 Neither forsake thee. 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:02.199 Fear not. 00:05:02.899 --> 00:05:04.759 Neither be dismayed. 00:05:05.539 --> 00:05:06.879 Always and forever. 00:05:07.219 --> 00:05:08.920 And He goes with us in depth. 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:09.759 Last week, 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:11.920 a friend of mine 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:13.340 that was younger than me 00:05:13.340 --> 00:05:16.439 passed away unexpectedly. 00:05:16.939 --> 00:05:17.800 She was a Christian 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:19.240 and her husband was 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.680 not dealing so well 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:22.379 with her death. 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:23.199 But of course, 00:05:23.340 --> 00:05:25.900 in Psalm 23, 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:27.160 verse 4, 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:27.660 it says, 00:05:28.700 --> 00:05:28.939 Yea, 00:05:29.080 --> 00:05:29.900 though I walk 00:05:29.900 --> 00:05:30.939 through the valley 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:32.080 of the shadow of death, 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:33.819 I will fear no evil. 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:35.939 For thou art with me. 00:05:36.340 --> 00:05:37.720 Thy rod and thy staff, 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:38.680 they comfort me. 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:40.920 Pastor's message 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:42.199 just a little while ago 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:42.879 was about 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.759 the beggar Lazarus 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:47.160 who died. 00:05:47.420 --> 00:05:48.500 All he had to eat 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:49.120 was crumbs 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:50.660 from somebody's table. 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:52.420 But now he is comforted. 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:54.360 Hebrews 13.5 said, 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.939 For he hath said, 00:05:57.460 --> 00:05:58.840 I will never leave thee 00:05:58.840 --> 00:05:59.939 nor forsake thee. 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:01.939 A newspaper held a competition 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:02.720 to find out 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:04.780 how people would describe friendship. 00:06:04.779 --> 00:06:08.259 The winning answer was, 00:06:09.339 --> 00:06:10.959 a friend is someone 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:12.639 who's walking in 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:14.959 when everybody else 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:15.939 is walking out. 00:06:16.179 --> 00:06:17.539 You and I have a friend 00:06:17.539 --> 00:06:19.519 that will do just that. 00:06:20.539 --> 00:06:21.679 A friend who will stick 00:06:21.679 --> 00:06:22.839 closer than a brother. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:23.939 And that's Jesus. 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:25.379 When Sam Walton 00:06:25.379 --> 00:06:27.279 was in his mid-90s, 00:06:28.539 --> 00:06:30.879 was named one of the richest men 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:31.579 in America. 00:06:31.579 --> 00:06:34.099 Does everybody know 00:06:34.099 --> 00:06:35.180 who Sam Walton was? 00:06:35.359 --> 00:06:36.919 His company's not like it was 00:06:36.919 --> 00:06:37.899 when he was running it. 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:41.079 You'd never know it 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.019 because he drove an old pickup 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:46.219 and lived like a regular person. 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:49.120 He was asked one time 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:50.459 why he didn't drive 00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:51.560 a Rolls Royce. 00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:52.860 He replied, 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:55.339 Where would I put my dogs? 00:06:55.539 --> 00:06:57.039 He was successful, 00:06:57.620 --> 00:06:58.839 at least in part, 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.599 because he connected 00:07:00.599 --> 00:07:02.419 with the common man. 00:07:04.139 --> 00:07:05.359 I had a boss 00:07:05.359 --> 00:07:06.179 that was a millionaire 00:07:06.179 --> 00:07:08.159 when I worked with 00:07:08.159 --> 00:07:10.459 our ex-song leader 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:11.099 in Omaha. 00:07:13.099 --> 00:07:14.439 And he just drove 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:15.579 an old Dodge Polaro. 00:07:16.659 --> 00:07:18.419 Probably a 10-year-old Polaro. 00:07:18.859 --> 00:07:20.120 He didn't care. 00:07:20.859 --> 00:07:21.799 It didn't bother him. 00:07:23.039 --> 00:07:24.000 There's a few people 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:24.659 I've known, 00:07:25.659 --> 00:07:27.459 had known of, 00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:28.199 I should say, 00:07:29.159 --> 00:07:30.639 that have money 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:31.819 but don't flaunt it. 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:33.519 But he was successful 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:34.620 because he treated 00:07:34.620 --> 00:07:35.659 the common man 00:07:35.659 --> 00:07:36.279 with dignity. 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:38.779 That's why Jesus came 00:07:38.779 --> 00:07:39.859 as a man to earth. 00:07:40.779 --> 00:07:41.819 God with us 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:43.519 to connect 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:44.759 with the common man 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.799 because he is 00:07:46.799 --> 00:07:48.000 an uncommon God. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:49.000 Number two, 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:51.919 God in us. 00:07:52.139 --> 00:07:53.579 Colossians 1.27 00:07:53.579 --> 00:07:54.899 says, 00:07:54.979 --> 00:07:58.219 Which is Christ in you? 00:07:58.339 --> 00:07:59.279 The hope of glory. 00:08:00.919 --> 00:08:02.139 The Holy Spirit, 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:03.120 which is the Spirit 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:03.800 of His Son, 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:05.459 is in us 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:06.699 to seal us 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:07.360 until the day 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.360 of redemption. 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:10.599 And that's 00:08:10.599 --> 00:08:11.839 one of the reasons 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:12.699 is to guide. 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.139 Luke 1.79 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:15.959 says, 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:17.799 To give light 00:08:17.799 --> 00:08:18.579 to them 00:08:18.579 --> 00:08:20.079 that sit 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:21.039 in darkness 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.240 and in the shadow 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:23.920 of death 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:25.780 to guide our feet 00:08:25.780 --> 00:08:27.080 into the way 00:08:27.080 --> 00:08:27.800 of peace. 00:08:28.140 --> 00:08:30.540 In Acts 9.31, 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:32.379 Then had the churches 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:33.779 rest throughout 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:35.120 all Judea 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:36.060 and Galilee 00:08:36.060 --> 00:08:36.960 and Samaria 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:39.240 and were edified 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.139 and working, 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:42.180 walking 00:08:42.180 --> 00:08:43.600 in the fear 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.620 of the Lord 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:46.560 and in the comfort 00:08:46.560 --> 00:08:47.840 of the Holy Ghost 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.519 were multiplied. 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:50.800 What happened? 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.399 What divine 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:53.639 intervention 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:54.919 occurred 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:56.459 that gave 00:08:56.459 --> 00:08:56.980 the churches 00:08:56.980 --> 00:08:57.579 rest? 00:08:57.860 --> 00:08:57.980 What? 00:08:58.219 --> 00:08:58.459 Yeah. 00:08:59.079 --> 00:08:59.980 God knocked Paul 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:00.659 off his horse. 00:09:00.939 --> 00:09:01.740 Got his attention. 00:09:01.959 --> 00:09:02.539 But Paul, 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:04.759 not doing 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:05.179 what you're 00:09:05.179 --> 00:09:05.919 supposed to be. 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:07.799 Get away 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:08.240 from your 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:08.919 pharisaical 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:10.500 training 00:09:10.500 --> 00:09:13.019 and learn 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:14.299 what Isaiah 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:15.000 had to say 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:15.719 about me. 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:17.179 All that. 00:09:18.579 --> 00:09:19.519 Paul got saved. 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:22.319 He was doing 00:09:22.319 --> 00:09:23.079 really mean 00:09:23.079 --> 00:09:24.100 things to the church. 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:26.299 So, 00:09:27.079 --> 00:09:27.759 by divine 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:28.399 intervention, 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:30.639 Paul got 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:31.220 saved. 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:32.019 He's also 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:33.100 to teach 00:09:33.100 --> 00:09:33.879 and empower 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:34.799 us for 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:35.759 Christian service. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:36.799 Next time you're 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:37.439 in an airport, 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:38.579 notice the difference 00:09:38.579 --> 00:09:39.939 between passengers 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:40.779 who have 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:42.840 confirmed tickets 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:44.500 and those 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:45.360 on standby. 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:48.080 Those who have 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.519 confirmed tickets 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:50.580 are relaxed. 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:52.540 They're confident 00:09:52.540 --> 00:09:53.720 and expectant. 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:55.700 Those on standby 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:56.940 hang around 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:57.420 the ticket 00:09:57.420 --> 00:09:57.840 counter. 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:58.860 They pace 00:09:58.860 --> 00:09:59.420 and smoke, 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:00.519 pace and smoke, 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:01.680 pace and smoke, 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:03.280 all because of 00:10:03.280 --> 00:10:03.800 uncertainty. 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.539 God offers 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:07.079 us freedom 00:10:07.079 --> 00:10:07.799 from the burden 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:08.839 of uncertainty 00:10:08.839 --> 00:10:10.519 so we can 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:11.659 know for sure 00:10:11.659 --> 00:10:12.759 where we 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.479 stand with 00:10:13.479 --> 00:10:13.959 God. 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:16.719 1 John 00:10:16.719 --> 00:10:17.740 5.13 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:18.219 says, 00:10:19.379 --> 00:10:20.019 These things 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.659 have I written 00:10:20.659 --> 00:10:21.240 unto you 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:21.859 that believe 00:10:21.859 --> 00:10:22.379 on the name 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:22.859 of the Son 00:10:22.859 --> 00:10:23.359 of God, 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:25.179 that ye 00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:25.839 may know 00:10:25.839 --> 00:10:26.379 that you 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:27.099 have eternal 00:10:27.099 --> 00:10:27.599 life, 00:10:27.839 --> 00:10:28.379 and that ye 00:10:28.379 --> 00:10:29.099 may believe 00:10:29.099 --> 00:10:29.579 on the name 00:10:29.579 --> 00:10:30.039 of the Son 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:30.519 of God. 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:31.039 Number 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:31.479 three, 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:33.779 God is 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:34.560 for us. 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:36.039 Romans 8.31 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:36.680 and 32 00:10:36.680 --> 00:10:37.200 says, 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:39.159 What shall 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:40.500 we then 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:41.080 say to 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:41.860 these things? 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:43.259 If God 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:44.180 be for us, 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.360 who can 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:45.960 be against 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:46.379 us? 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:48.860 He that 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:49.580 spared not 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:50.060 his own 00:10:50.060 --> 00:10:50.440 Son, 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:51.159 but delivered 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:51.759 him up 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:52.960 for us 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:53.360 all, 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:54.820 how shall 00:10:54.820 --> 00:10:56.259 he not 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:57.480 with him 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.300 also freely 00:10:58.300 --> 00:10:58.940 give us 00:10:58.940 --> 00:10:59.700 all things? 00:11:01.060 --> 00:11:01.420 You know, 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:01.920 Napoleon 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:02.399 was a 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:02.680 great 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:03.180 general, 00:11:04.259 --> 00:11:05.659 but an 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.399 extremely 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:06.940 poor 00:11:06.940 --> 00:11:07.720 theologian. 00:11:09.460 --> 00:11:09.899 One of 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:10.240 his 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:11.200 declarations 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:12.800 was that 00:11:12.800 --> 00:11:13.399 God 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:14.379 is on 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:15.019 the side 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:15.460 with the 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:15.800 army, 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:16.259 with the 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:16.639 largest 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:17.379 battalion. 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:17.960 Well, 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:19.500 Wellington 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:20.120 proved him 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:20.420 wrong. 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:21.120 Now let's 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:21.500 look at 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:21.940 Joshua 00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:23.500 chapter 5. 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:24.039 Rather 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:24.659 interesting 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:25.120 time 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:27.220 in Joshua's 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:27.580 life. 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:28.120 Moses 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:29.060 is gone, 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:29.519 he's off 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:29.940 the scene 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:30.360 now. 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:31.940 He's in 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:32.460 charge. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.000 Let's 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:34.340 look at 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:35.159 verse 13 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:36.220 to the 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:36.480 end of 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:36.960 the chapter. 00:11:38.800 --> 00:11:39.560 And it 00:11:39.560 --> 00:11:40.019 came to 00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:40.480 pass, 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.200 when Joshua 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:42.800 was by 00:11:42.800 --> 00:11:43.420 Jericho, 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:44.680 that he 00:11:44.680 --> 00:11:45.340 lifted up 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:45.820 his eyes 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.360 and looked, 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:47.800 and behold, 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:48.639 there stood 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:49.379 a man over 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:50.159 against him 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.100 with his 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:52.399 sword drawn 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:53.600 in his 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.100 hand. 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:55.600 And Joshua 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.300 went unto 00:11:56.300 --> 00:11:56.920 him and 00:11:56.920 --> 00:11:57.399 said unto 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:57.759 him, 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:59.200 art thou 00:11:59.200 --> 00:11:59.879 for us 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.580 or for 00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:01.419 our 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:02.539 adversaries? 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:04.159 And he 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:04.460 said, 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:04.840 Nay, 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.379 but as 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:06.960 the captain 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:07.939 of the 00:12:07.939 --> 00:12:08.600 host of 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:09.080 the Lord, 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.200 I am 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:10.960 now come. 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:12.460 And Joshua 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:13.159 fell on his 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:13.779 face to the 00:12:13.779 --> 00:12:14.200 earth and 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:14.759 did worship 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:15.279 and said 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:15.840 unto him, 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:17.419 What saith 00:12:17.419 --> 00:12:18.000 my Lord 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:18.580 unto his 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:18.960 servant? 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:20.939 And the 00:12:20.939 --> 00:12:21.580 captain of 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.139 the Lord's 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:22.799 host said 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:23.519 unto Joshua, 00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:25.059 Loose thy 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:25.580 shoe from 00:12:25.580 --> 00:12:26.040 off thy 00:12:26.040 --> 00:12:26.440 feet, 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:27.700 for the 00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:28.040 place 00:12:28.040 --> 00:12:28.800 whereon thou 00:12:28.800 --> 00:12:29.580 standest is 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:29.920 holy. 00:12:30.980 --> 00:12:31.620 And Joshua 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:32.300 did so. 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.259 Joshua was 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:33.960 expecting him 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:34.139 to say, 00:12:34.180 --> 00:12:34.460 Okay, 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:34.840 you're on 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:35.240 my side, 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:35.520 yay. 00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:37.360 But the 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:39.000 angel said, 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:39.600 Wait a 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.020 minute here. 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:40.639 I'm not 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.000 here to be 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.300 on your 00:12:41.300 --> 00:12:42.160 side or 00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:42.700 their side. 00:12:43.620 --> 00:12:44.220 I want 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:44.660 to find out 00:12:44.660 --> 00:12:45.040 if you're 00:12:45.040 --> 00:12:47.120 on my 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.540 side. 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:49.420 So Joshua 00:12:49.420 --> 00:12:49.860 got it 00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:50.140 right. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.259 He bowed 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:52.640 down. 00:12:52.920 --> 00:12:53.100 You know, 00:12:53.160 --> 00:12:53.540 Balaam 00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:55.659 just about 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.259 got whacked 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:57.299 off until 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:57.779 he listened 00:12:57.779 --> 00:12:58.159 to his 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:58.519 donkey. 00:12:58.959 --> 00:12:59.219 And that, 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:01.199 if he'd 00:13:01.199 --> 00:13:01.679 have pursued 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:02.059 that a 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:02.360 little bit 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:02.620 more, 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.000 I think 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:03.199 he'd 00:13:03.199 --> 00:13:03.639 lost his 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:03.879 head. 00:13:04.079 --> 00:13:04.319 That 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:04.559 angel 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:04.759 wasn't 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:04.980 going to 00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:05.159 mess 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.459 with him. 00:13:06.839 --> 00:13:07.179 Joshua 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:07.779 dropped to 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:08.240 the ground 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:09.519 and bowed. 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:10.379 And he 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:10.779 took his 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:11.360 shoes off. 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.000 We are 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.399 to be 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:12.939 reminded 00:13:12.939 --> 00:13:14.459 that the 00:13:14.459 --> 00:13:14.860 wonderful 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.699 promise of 00:13:15.699 --> 00:13:16.899 Romans 8. 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:18.319 8.31 00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:19.079 follows 00:13:19.079 --> 00:13:20.579 that great 00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:22.059 passage of 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:23.259 Romans 8.28 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:23.860 and 30. 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:25.779 Which clearly 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:26.519 sets forth 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:27.019 that all 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:27.620 things work 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00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.500 Conformed 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.019 to his 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:52.419 image. 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:52.979 Joshua 00:13:52.979 --> 00:13:53.539 found out 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:53.819 that he 00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.339 needed to 00:13:54.339 --> 00:13:54.799 be not 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.360 so arrogant. 00:13:55.719 --> 00:13:55.939 He didn't 00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:56.299 know what 00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:56.819 that was. 00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:59.240 He had a 00:13:59.240 --> 00:13:59.539 sword. 00:14:00.459 --> 00:14:00.879 Looked like 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.319 a soldier. 00:14:03.199 --> 00:14:03.759 He was 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.059 more than 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.319 that. 00:14:04.479 --> 00:14:04.740 But he 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.000 made the 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.559 right move. 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.159 Moreover, 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:06.939 whom he 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.219 did 00:14:07.219 --> 00:14:08.179 predestinate, 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.240 them he 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.099 also called. 00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.120 And whom 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:11.759 he called, 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:12.839 them he 00:14:12.839 --> 00:14:13.799 also justified. 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.399 And whom 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:16.159 he justified, 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:17.659 them he 00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:18.799 also glorified. 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.099 Romans 8, 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.519 28, 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:22.079 and 30. 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:23.939 The 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.959 dedicated 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:25.740 Christian 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.659 who walks 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.339 daily in 00:14:27.339 --> 00:14:27.740 the will 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.299 of God 00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:29.419 can take 00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:30.500 courage in 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.199 knowing that 00:14:31.199 --> 00:14:32.620 no weapon 00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.079 that is 00:14:33.079 --> 00:14:34.000 formed against 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:34.719 thee shall 00:14:34.719 --> 00:14:35.299 prosper. 00:14:36.459 --> 00:14:37.059 And every 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:37.939 tongue that 00:14:37.939 --> 00:14:38.519 shall rise 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.319 against thee 00:14:39.319 --> 00:14:40.039 in judgment 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:41.819 thou shalt 00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.339 condemn. 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:43.879 this is 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.560 the heritage 00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:45.399 of the 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:45.899 servants 00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:47.980 of the 00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.340 Lord, 00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:48.840 and the 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.399 righteousness 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.160 is of 00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.560 me, 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.680 saith the 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:53.019 Lord. 00:14:54.180 --> 00:14:54.620 Isaiah 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.300 54, 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.080 17. 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.740 It is 00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.379 said that 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.500 Billy Graham, 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:00.840 an evangelist, 00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:02.840 tells of 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:03.740 driving through 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.340 a small 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:05.300 southern town 00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:07.060 and being 00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:08.019 stopped by 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:08.900 a policeman 00:15:08.900 --> 00:15:09.440 and being 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.120 charged with 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.540 speeding. 00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:13.480 Graham admitted 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.160 his guilt, 00:15:15.300 --> 00:15:15.920 but was 00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:16.600 told by the 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.360 officer that 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:17.720 he would 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.080 have to 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:18.660 appear in 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:18.940 court. 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.420 The judge 00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:21.860 asked, 00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:23.280 guilty or 00:15:23.280 --> 00:15:23.960 not guilty? 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.960 When Graham 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:27.080 pleaded guilty, 00:15:27.280 --> 00:15:27.700 the judge 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.259 replied, 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.519 that'll be 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.259 ten dollars, 00:15:31.040 --> 00:15:31.820 a dollar for 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.420 every mile 00:15:32.420 --> 00:15:32.920 you went 00:15:32.920 --> 00:15:33.320 over the 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:33.560 limit. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.740 But then 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.519 suddenly the 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.600 judge recognized 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.920 the famous 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:39.480 minister. 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:41.080 You have 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:41.940 violated the 00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.160 law, 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:42.699 he said. 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:44.219 The fine 00:15:44.219 --> 00:15:44.779 must be 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.240 paid, 00:15:45.959 --> 00:15:46.819 but I am 00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.240 going to 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.579 pay it 00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.100 for you. 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.899 The judge 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.399 took a 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:50.819 ten dollar 00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:51.480 bill from 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.919 his own 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:52.279 wallet, 00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.079 attached it 00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.399 to the 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:53.719 ticket, 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:54.919 and then 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.539 took Graham 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.059 out and 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:56.519 bought him 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:56.939 a steak 00:15:56.939 --> 00:15:57.279 dinner. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.299 I want to 00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:58.500 go to 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:58.980 that town. 00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.219 Of course, 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.699 I'm not a 00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:03.279 famous evangelist. 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:03.860 And Billy 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.559 Graham used 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.419 that illustration 00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:05.939 in his 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:07.579 sermons for 00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:07.879 a long 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.639 time to 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.679 explain God's 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.100 grace. 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.139 grace. 00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.740 That is 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.279 how God 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:14.019 treats us 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:15.000 as 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.720 repentant 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.080 sinners. 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:17.600 He paid 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.080 for our 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.500 sins with 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.180 his son, 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:20.779 and now 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.500 we get to 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.100 dine with 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:22.580 him in 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:22.899 heaven. 00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.220 Now in 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.960 2 Kings 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:27.340 chapter 19, 00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:28.120 starting in 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.700 verse 1, 00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:30.160 전전 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:30.160 00:16:30.160 --> 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00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.720 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.180 and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:55.120 to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos. 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.379 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:03.860 This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy, 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.740 for the children are come to the birth, 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:09.839 and there is not strength to bring forth. 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:18.259 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakim, 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:24.299 whom the king of Assyria, his master, hath sent to reproach the living God, 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:31.039 and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard. 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:37.539 Wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:42.420 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 00:17:43.360 --> 00:17:45.799 And Isaiah said unto them, 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.159 Thus shall ye say to your master, 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.019 Thus saith the Lord, 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:55.099 Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, 00:17:56.279 --> 00:18:00.799 with which the servant of the king of Assyria hath blasphemed me. 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:05.480 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:07.919 and he shall hear a rumor, 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.519 and shall return to his own land, 00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:14.539 and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:17.159 So Rabshakim returned, 00:18:17.159 --> 00:18:19.940 and found the king of Assyria, 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:22.180 warring against Libna, 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:27.099 for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:29.119 And when he heard, 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:33.599 say of king Terhaka, 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:35.319 king of Ethiopia, 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:38.440 Behold, he has come out to fight against thee. 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:42.759 He sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.200 saying, 00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:46.380 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah, 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.180 king of Judah, 00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:48.700 saying, 00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:50.400 Let not thy God, 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:52.980 in whom thou trustest, 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.460 deceive thee, 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.500 saying, 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:57.920 Jerusalem shall not be delivered 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:03.279 into the hand of the king of Assyria. 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:08.119 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:12.039 have done to all the lands by destroying them utterly, 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:14.639 and thou shalt be delivered. 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.119 Have the gods of the nations delivered them 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:19.759 which my fathers have destroyed, 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:23.039 as Gozan and Haran and Respa, 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:25.480 and the children of Eden, 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:30.399 which were in Thilassar, 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:34.519 where is the king of Hama, 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.860 and the king of Arpad, 00:19:37.580 --> 00:19:40.519 and the king of the city of Setharvan, 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.840 of Hena, 00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.280 and Iva. 00:19:46.060 --> 00:19:48.580 And Hezekiah received the letter 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:51.100 of the hand of the messengers, 00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:52.500 and read it. 00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:55.380 And Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, 00:19:55.800 --> 00:19:58.240 and spread it up before the floor, 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:01.599 and spread it before the Lord. 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:05.319 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.859 and said, 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:08.599 O Lord God of Israel, 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:11.319 which dwelleth between the cherubims, 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.160 thou art the God, 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.660 even thou alone, 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.799 of all the kingdoms of the earth. 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:19.160 Thou hast made heaven and earth. 00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:22.220 Lord, bow down thine ear, 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.900 and hear. 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:24.519 Open, Lord, 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.240 thine eyes, 00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:25.740 and see, 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:28.460 and hear the words of Sennacherib, 00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:31.720 which has sent him to reproach the living God. 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.720 Of a truth, Lord, 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:35.440 the kings of Assyria 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:38.100 have destroyed the nations and their lands, 00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:42.040 and have cast their gods into the fire, 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:44.180 for they were no gods, 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:46.019 but the work of men's hands, 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.000 wood and stone. 00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.280 Therefore, 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:50.360 they have destroyed them. 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:52.159 Now therefore, 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.339 O Lord our God, 00:20:53.659 --> 00:20:54.819 I beseech thee, 00:20:55.939 --> 00:20:58.039 save thou us out of his hand, 00:20:58.639 --> 00:21:01.559 that all the kingdoms of the earth may know 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.819 that thou art the Lord God, 00:21:03.939 --> 00:21:05.000 even thou only. 00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:07.519 How many things did Hezekiah do right 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.519 in this passage? 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.459 Number one, 00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.579 he humbled himself. 00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.519 Number two, 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:16.419 he got counsel 00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:18.519 from the man of God, 00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.759 Isaiah. 00:21:21.300 --> 00:21:22.600 And number three, 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.420 he prayed to God. 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:27.200 Now let's look at verse 32, 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.519 in the same chapter. 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.140 Therefore, 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.460 thus saith the Lord 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:32.300 concerning the king of Assyria, 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:35.080 He shall not come into this city, 00:21:35.800 --> 00:21:37.500 nor shoot an arrow there, 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:40.220 nor come before it with shield, 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.160 nor cast a bank against it. 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:44.920 By the way that he came, 00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:47.060 by the same shall he return, 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.740 and shall not come into this city, 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.620 saith the Lord. 00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:53.220 For I will defend this city, 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.460 to save it, 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.960 for mine own sake, 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:00.140 and for my servant David's sake. 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:02.920 And it came to pass that night, 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:05.460 that the angel of the Lord went out, 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:08.380 and smote in the camp of the Assyrians, 00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:13.000 and hundred fourscore and five thousand. 00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:16.860 And when they arose early in the morning, 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.520 behold, 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:19.560 they were all dead corpses. 00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:22.460 So Sennacherib, 00:22:22.760 --> 00:22:24.040 king of Assyria, 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:24.580 departed, 00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.480 and went, 00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.300 and returned, 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.460 and dwelt in Nineveh. 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:33.620 And it came to pass, 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:35.060 as he was worshipping 00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:37.320 in the house of Nisroch, 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.000 his God, 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:41.039 that Aramelech, 00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.819 and Shearizar, 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.519 his son, 00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.980 smote him with the sword, 00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.579 and they escaped 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:49.559 into the land of Armenia, 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:52.639 and Eschar Haddon, 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.720 his son, 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.799 reigned in his stead. 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:56.859 What did Sennacherib do wrong? 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.759 Number one, 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.079 he mocked God. 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.079 Number two, 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.980 like Napoleon had confidence 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:05.559 in his many battalions, 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:09.139 he thought his 185,000 men 00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:10.179 were going to do him some good. 00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.099 Number three, 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:13.119 he thought his crown was secured. 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:15.359 These two sons had another thought. 00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:19.019 But God saved Jerusalem that day 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:23.279 because Hezekiah humbled himself, 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:27.420 sought counsel with a man of God, 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:29.500 and prayed to God, 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:32.240 and God rescued Judah. 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:36.000 Hezekiah has been called 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:40.980 the king whose heart was closest to God 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.799 other than David. 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.839 That's not bad, 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:45.099 being number two on the list. 00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.899 Let's think of how Hezekiah 00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.980 and the church 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:50.299 because of it got rest 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.879 because God intervened 00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:56.079 and Saul of Tarsus 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.519 got saved 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.579 and learned that 00:23:58.579 --> 00:24:00.139 he was wrong 00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:02.259 and Jesus was right.