WEBVTT 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:09.779 Father, there are whole parts of your word that we are almost completely and utterly afraid to read and afraid to touch. 00:00:10.740 --> 00:00:16.920 We don't want to think about these parts of your word, and we don't like to think about the fact that we don't like to think about them. 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:22.300 So, Father, we ask that you grant us courage to really trust you. 00:00:22.300 --> 00:00:36.179 We give you thanks and praise that when you call us to trust in you and obey you, you are calling us to a life of courage to trust your word and trust your promises, to trust your presence, to trust your final word about us. 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:43.780 So, Father, we ask that you grant us that faith-based courage in all of our lives and as we look into your word. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:47.880 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen. 00:00:48.519 --> 00:00:49.380 Please be seated. 00:00:52.299 --> 00:00:55.919 So, we're going to talk about genocide and holy war. 00:00:57.059 --> 00:00:59.959 That's what we're going to talk about, because that's what Judges talks about. 00:01:00.500 --> 00:01:07.640 As many of you know, in fact, many of you feel probably a little bit stressed just by the fact that I said that's what we're going to talk about. 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:18.939 For many people in our culture, what they think is the fact, the idea that the Bible promotes genocide and holy war is what's called a defeater. 00:01:18.939 --> 00:01:25.920 It's one of the reasons why you just automatically know that reasonable people don't believe the Bible and reasonable people aren't Christians. 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:26.319 Why? 00:01:26.759 --> 00:01:30.599 Well, because, amongst other things, the Bible promotes holy war and genocide. 00:01:31.179 --> 00:01:31.799 So, there. 00:01:32.539 --> 00:01:33.900 And we all know that those are wrong. 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:35.400 And we agree that those are wrong, by the way. 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:40.600 So, the book of Judges is going to deal with this topic, especially the beginning. 00:01:41.540 --> 00:01:49.360 So, if you turn in your Bibles to chapter 1, verse 1 of Judges. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.100 Chapter 1, verse 1 of Judges. 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:52.900 This is the first. 00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:56.920 And if you're a guest here and you're wondering why on earth is George talking about holy war and genocide, 00:01:57.540 --> 00:01:59.580 it's because we preach through books of the Bible. 00:01:59.579 --> 00:02:05.579 And in the course of the year, I like to preach at least once from the Old Testament and at least once from the New Testament. 00:02:05.780 --> 00:02:07.840 And so, in 2020, we're going to begin with Judges. 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.719 It might be that we're in the New Testament for the rest of the year. 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:14.960 We're going to spend 13 weeks, God willing, on the book of Judges. 00:02:15.579 --> 00:02:17.319 And we're going to begin. 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.159 So, we always begin at verse 1 and chapter 1, verse 1. 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.500 And at the end of the 13 weeks, we'll have gone to the end of the book. 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:27.379 And we just deal with the topics as they arise. 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:30.639 So, just a bit of a background before I start to read. 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:36.359 In terms of the flow of the Bible, there's the first five books of the Bible. 00:02:36.780 --> 00:02:39.120 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 00:02:39.180 --> 00:02:41.159 Those are called the books of Moses or the law. 00:02:41.979 --> 00:02:47.439 And they cover, well, of course, they cover right at the very beginning of all things. 00:02:47.539 --> 00:02:48.659 And then they talk about Abraham. 00:02:48.979 --> 00:02:51.780 And then, of course, the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:53.599 And they end with Moses. 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:58.060 They end with Moses, who's not able to enter into the promised land. 00:02:58.739 --> 00:03:01.719 But he sees the promised land, and then he dies. 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:07.259 And Joshua is the book about how the people of Israel enter into the promised land. 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:16.120 Judges takes place approximately from the year 1350 B.C. to 1050 B.C., some 300 years, 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:20.180 looking at a couple of key incidents during these 300 years. 00:03:20.180 --> 00:03:26.460 And it basically spans the death of Joshua to the rising of Saul and then David. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:28.200 And that's the timeline that we're looking at. 00:03:28.260 --> 00:03:29.020 And this is the beginning. 00:03:29.480 --> 00:03:30.599 And it begins like this. 00:03:31.860 --> 00:03:37.000 After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:42.460 who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them? 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:45.420 So, the Lord said, Judah shall go up. 00:03:45.480 --> 00:03:47.860 Behold, I have given the land into his hand. 00:03:48.260 --> 00:03:56.319 Now, Canaanites describes everybody in the region, many different ethnic groups and linguistic groups, 00:03:56.860 --> 00:03:58.180 many different nations. 00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:05.140 In fact, the whole area would have been a large number of small city states and rural chieftains, 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:06.640 so to speak. 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:07.620 And that's the area. 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:09.480 But they're all called Canaanites. 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.199 And the people of Israel had entered the land. 00:04:12.299 --> 00:04:15.479 If you go back and you read the book of Deuteronomy, especially chapter 7, 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:19.899 we see that God says that they're going to just take, or maybe it's 20, 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:25.060 that they're going to take the land slowly because he doesn't want there to be other types of problems 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:27.920 that arise when the land is completely empty and desolate. 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:32.439 And so, Joshua has brought them into the land. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:35.680 And we see here, verse 1 again, that Joshua dies. 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.240 So now, Israel, they don't have another Joshua. 00:04:38.420 --> 00:04:40.580 They say, who shall go up first against us? 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:42.360 And here we see the problem of holy war. 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:44.600 And we'll see the problem of a genocide in a moment. 00:04:45.580 --> 00:04:47.620 In verse 2, Judah shall go up. 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:53.040 Behold, I have given the land into his hand. 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:58.700 The problem of holy war and with it the implication of genocide. 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:04.620 Now, I told you just beforehand that there's 37 verses. 00:05:05.060 --> 00:05:06.500 We're not going to look at all of the verses. 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.100 But what I want to do here in this particular case is, 00:05:10.520 --> 00:05:14.759 if you go back later on on your own and you read the rest of chapter 1, 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:19.180 and we'll look at a couple of little verses in a bit, 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:23.959 but what you see is you see a basic recording of how nine tribes fare, 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:28.860 how Judah does, who they kill, who they capture, who they destroy, 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:31.680 how Benjamin does, how Manasseh does. 00:05:31.699 --> 00:05:34.259 You see a list of nine different short summaries 00:05:34.259 --> 00:05:37.600 of how these tribes go in to take the land 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.439 and how they wage war and who they kill. 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:46.300 But what I'm going to do is I'm going to jump to the end of the literary unit 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:50.139 because scholars agree that there's a literary unit 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:52.740 of chapter 1, verse 1 to chapter 2, verse 5, 00:05:52.980 --> 00:05:55.040 and that's the introduction of the book. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.319 And what we see in chapter 2, verse 1 to 5 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:02.680 is a commentary by God about what happened in chapter 1. 00:06:03.780 --> 00:06:05.519 So I'm going to, in a sense, give you the end 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:07.600 because I don't have time to go through it all and then go, 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:10.400 surprise, I'm going to give you the end 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:12.960 so that if you go back later on and read, 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:14.780 and then when I have us look at a few passages, 00:06:14.779 --> 00:06:17.139 we have to understand, okay, all these things happen. 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:18.239 People get killed. 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:21.599 People have their thumbs and toes cut off. 00:06:22.619 --> 00:06:24.099 People are enslaved. 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.599 Some Christians in the past foolishly would look at books like this 00:06:29.599 --> 00:06:31.719 and say that the Bible justifies slavery, 00:06:32.219 --> 00:06:34.759 but it's not true because what they've done 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.639 is they haven't looked at how God comments on what happens. 00:06:38.719 --> 00:06:39.659 And isn't that a good idea? 00:06:40.599 --> 00:06:41.519 It's his command. 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:43.919 They go and do something. 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:46.859 And what does God say? 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:48.639 Well, let's look. 00:06:49.159 --> 00:06:51.180 Chapter 2, verses 1 to 5. 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:54.459 And here's how it goes. 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:59.000 Now, the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Ba'kin. 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:01.419 By the way, I don't know how to pronounce these words. 00:07:01.579 --> 00:07:04.620 I tried to listen to how to pronounce all of them. 00:07:04.719 --> 00:07:05.419 I don't know if I've ever... 00:07:05.419 --> 00:07:07.799 There's so many words after I went through all of chapter 1, 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:09.960 so I don't know if I'm actually pronouncing these words correctly, 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:11.620 but I'm giving it my best shot, okay? 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:15.160 And now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Ba'kin, 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:16.379 and he said, 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:18.280 I brought you up from Egypt 00:07:18.280 --> 00:07:19.759 and brought you into the land 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:21.139 that I swore to your fathers 00:07:21.139 --> 00:07:23.520 to give... 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:25.120 sort of that I swore to give to your fathers. 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:27.540 I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 00:07:27.699 --> 00:07:29.220 And just sort of pause here for a second. 00:07:30.080 --> 00:07:33.220 The angel of the Lord is a very interesting entity 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:34.240 in the Old Testament. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.560 Some of the early church fathers 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:37.740 and some Christians think 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:39.319 that it's actually a reference to Jesus 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:41.600 before he became incarnate. 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.939 But whether it is, in fact, God, the Son of God, 00:07:45.980 --> 00:07:47.300 or whether it's just an angel, 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:49.259 it's a special angel, 00:07:49.939 --> 00:07:52.660 that when the angel shows up in the action, so to speak, 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:54.740 to hear the angel speak 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:56.240 is really hearing God speak. 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:58.400 That's the significance of it. 00:07:58.759 --> 00:07:59.960 So God speaks. 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.860 And notice again what he says, 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:03.439 verse 1, 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:04.079 and he said, 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:05.779 I brought you up from Egypt 00:08:05.779 --> 00:08:07.959 and brought you into the land 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:09.800 that I swore to give to your fathers. 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:11.000 I said, 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.779 I will never break my covenant with you. 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:15.199 Now, just before I go any further, 00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:16.199 just another aside, 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:18.319 this is one of the reasons 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.040 why Christians believe 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.819 that God is not finished with Israel. 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:26.079 Replacement theology is incorrect. 00:08:26.659 --> 00:08:28.459 The idea that the church now 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:30.680 can take all of the promises to Israel 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:31.879 and they all apply to the church 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.100 and not to the Jewish people. 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.020 We see here very clearly 00:08:35.020 --> 00:08:36.020 that God says, 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:37.980 I will never break my covenant with Israel. 00:08:40.520 --> 00:08:42.080 That doesn't mean Israel keeps it 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.120 and it's a mystery as to how he's going to finish, 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:45.400 but he's not finished with them. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:48.780 But we'll just continue on. 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:49.480 We'll say that again. 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:50.700 I brought you up from Egypt 00:08:50.700 --> 00:08:51.800 and brought you into the land 00:08:51.800 --> 00:08:53.200 that I swore to give to your fathers. 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.460 I said, 00:08:54.460 --> 00:08:56.140 I will never break my covenant with you 00:08:56.140 --> 00:08:59.759 and you shall make no covenant 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:01.900 with the inhabitants of this land. 00:09:02.060 --> 00:09:04.140 You shall break down their altars, 00:09:04.140 --> 00:09:10.660 but you have not obeyed my voice. 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:12.600 What is this you have done? 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:13.679 I'm going to say that again. 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:14.419 Remember, 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.039 he's commenting on what just happened 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:17.679 in chapter one, right? 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:19.299 So anybody who uses chapter one 00:09:19.299 --> 00:09:21.000 to justify doing things 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.480 is not reading the Bible correctly 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:24.600 because a lot of the things 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.059 that went on in chapter one, 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:28.579 God's commentary on it is, 00:09:28.699 --> 00:09:29.079 again, 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:33.740 but you have not obeyed my voice. 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:35.280 What is this you have done? 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.500 What is this you've done? 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:41.000 We're going to unpack this in a moment. 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:43.120 So now I say, 00:09:44.060 --> 00:09:46.060 I will not drive them out before you. 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.379 This is the Canaanites. 00:09:47.680 --> 00:09:49.759 But they shall become thorns in your sides 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:51.980 and their God shall be a snare to you. 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:56.240 Now, how did the people respond? 00:09:56.300 --> 00:09:57.379 As soon as the angel of the Lord 00:09:57.379 --> 00:09:58.280 spoke these words 00:09:58.279 --> 00:09:59.419 to all the people of Israel, 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:00.740 the people lifted up their voices 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:01.399 and wept. 00:10:02.079 --> 00:10:02.980 And they called the name 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:04.279 of that place Bochim 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:06.459 and they sacrificed there to the Lord. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.139 So why is it that this, 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:11.559 the book of Judges, 00:10:11.659 --> 00:10:14.459 does not justify holy war and genocide? 00:10:14.699 --> 00:10:16.559 Why is it that the book of Judges 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.220 does not justify holy war? 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:20.179 I have eight reasons 00:10:20.179 --> 00:10:23.959 and I'll go through them fairly quickly. 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:25.399 First of all, 00:10:26.220 --> 00:10:27.279 in holy war, 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.500 the end justifies the means. 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:31.279 That's what it always means. 00:10:31.819 --> 00:10:33.079 It means, you know, 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:34.240 you're to call out, 00:10:34.339 --> 00:10:36.000 you're to destroy all of this people, 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.559 you're to take all of this land. 00:10:37.699 --> 00:10:37.860 You know, 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:39.519 you can kill all the infidels, 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:41.379 you can kill all the proletariat 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:42.699 and the working class, 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:44.079 or not the proletariat, 00:10:44.179 --> 00:10:44.480 working class. 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:45.699 You can kill all the rich, 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:46.459 all the owners. 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:47.339 You can go and you can, 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:47.959 you just, 00:10:48.079 --> 00:10:50.079 the goal is this classless society, 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:51.199 it's this perfect earth 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:52.939 all under the rule of God 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:53.519 and you can do, 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:54.759 that's the end, 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:55.700 you do whatever you want 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:56.439 and God says, 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:56.919 no, 00:10:57.259 --> 00:11:00.220 the end doesn't justify the means. 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:02.740 If you go back in chapter one 00:11:02.740 --> 00:11:04.039 and those people you enslaved, 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:05.500 you shouldn't have done it. 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:10.360 The end doesn't justify the means. 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:13.080 This is not holy war. 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.340 That's what he says here. 00:11:15.439 --> 00:11:16.000 What have you done? 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:17.120 You haven't obeyed my voice. 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.259 What is this you have done? 00:11:18.940 --> 00:11:19.259 Second, 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:21.340 the idea of holy war 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:22.799 is usually used in such a way 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.399 that if it's not perpetual, 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.019 if it's not ongoing forever, 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:28.419 it's something that the powerful 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:29.899 and the rulers can take out 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:32.440 whenever it needs to be relaunched, 00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:33.299 reloaded, 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:34.120 rebooted. 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:35.220 They just reboot it 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:36.840 and they can do the holy war again. 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:38.259 But we see here, 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:40.000 what do we see that God says? 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:40.820 Verse three, 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:41.799 so now I say, 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:43.560 I will not drive them up before you. 00:11:44.560 --> 00:11:45.600 It comes to an end. 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:49.000 It completely and utterly 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.060 comes to an end. 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.500 In fact, 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:52.060 what we're going to see 00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:53.680 is that this command 00:11:53.680 --> 00:11:54.899 for the people of Israel 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:56.659 to go up and take the land 00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:58.200 had a very particular goal. 00:11:58.820 --> 00:12:00.659 It was a command 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:02.840 that God gave to Israel once 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:05.180 for a certain period of time 00:12:05.180 --> 00:12:07.060 and it's once and once only. 00:12:07.180 --> 00:12:08.779 And the goal that God had 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:11.560 was that there would be a land 00:12:11.560 --> 00:12:12.680 for the Lord's people. 00:12:13.540 --> 00:12:14.840 And as the Lord's people, 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:15.960 they would trust him. 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.040 They would have an intimate 00:12:17.040 --> 00:12:18.280 relationship with him. 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.519 They would be obedient. 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:20.800 They would worship. 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:22.220 They would be blessed 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:25.139 so that all the world 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:27.080 would look and marvel 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.120 at the Lord and his people 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:30.580 and want to come to know 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:31.300 and worship him. 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:32.340 That was his purpose. 00:12:34.680 --> 00:12:35.600 And he told them 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.720 to go and take this land 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.639 and it was once 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:38.560 with a period, 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:39.500 not a holy war. 00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:40.019 Third, 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:41.879 connected with it, 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.360 it's not something 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.379 that they could keep going 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:44.779 and doing. 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:46.139 It wasn't as if, 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:47.419 well, first we take Manhattan 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:48.519 and then we take Berlin. 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:50.480 I know, I'm quoting a song. 00:12:51.019 --> 00:12:51.860 It's not that, you know, 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:53.720 first you take Saudi Arabia 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:55.840 and then you take Jerusalem, 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:56.659 you know, 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:57.860 and then you take Rome. 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:01.100 It's not something 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:01.759 that keeps going. 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:02.379 In verse 3, 00:13:02.439 --> 00:13:03.320 he brings it to an end. 00:13:03.439 --> 00:13:03.879 God says, 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:04.740 it's no longer happening. 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:05.559 I'm not going to help you 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:06.360 drive out the nations. 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:07.620 It was only for one 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:08.659 little piece of property. 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:09.799 It wasn't something 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.620 that was to continue 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.419 and keep going. 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:12.419 Fourth, 00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:14.500 it's not something 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.719 that he's calling 00:13:15.719 --> 00:13:16.419 the nation 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:18.299 to go and kill everybody. 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.639 Look at verse 3 again. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.679 So now I say, 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:28.500 I will not drive them 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.899 out before you. 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:33.100 Drive them out before you, 00:13:33.199 --> 00:13:34.159 but they shall become 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:35.220 thorns in your sides 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:35.799 and their God 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.019 shall be a snare to you. 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.459 The purpose, 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.740 of this, 00:13:39.839 --> 00:13:41.259 was to make the people 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:41.959 who were there 00:13:41.959 --> 00:13:43.379 who worshipped idols, 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.419 they worshipped Moloch, 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:45.339 they worshipped Baal, 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:47.299 they worshipped Asherah, 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:48.879 to have them all move. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.679 Some of you know 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:51.620 that I was in Israel 00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:54.860 this past October. 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:56.039 The other times 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.639 I've been to Israel, 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.639 I've just been in Jerusalem 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.539 and this time I had a tour, 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:00.459 not of the whole country. 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:01.339 I didn't have enough time 00:14:01.339 --> 00:14:02.039 for the whole country, 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.939 but for a big part 00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:03.439 of the country. 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:06.819 And modern day Israel 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:07.860 is roughly the size 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.700 of New Jersey, 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:11.100 smaller than New Brunswick, 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:13.680 and it has 8.8 million people. 00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:14.440 And let me tell you, 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:14.860 one of the things 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:15.860 which is so surprising 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.919 if you actually go there, 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:19.680 the land is so empty. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:24.500 The land is so empty 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:28.399 with 8.8 million people in it. 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.239 Long stretches of road. 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:32.879 Nobody. 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.039 You see, 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:35.419 absolutely nobody. 00:14:36.459 --> 00:14:38.279 And the population back then 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:39.959 was vastly smaller. 00:14:40.959 --> 00:14:42.219 And one of the great privileges 00:14:42.219 --> 00:14:43.120 I had when I went there 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.959 this last time, 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.040 we went there 00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:47.000 with a person from, 00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:49.200 a retired major 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:50.060 from the Northern 00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:51.540 Israeli Defense Force 00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:54.340 and we were on the Golan Heights 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.040 and we went within 00:14:55.040 --> 00:14:56.600 500 meters of Syria 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:59.500 and 2 kilometers of Lebanon. 00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:01.420 And we could look out 00:15:01.420 --> 00:15:03.180 over the plain into Syria 00:15:03.180 --> 00:15:04.280 and we could look over 00:15:04.280 --> 00:15:04.840 into Lebanon. 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.379 You want to know something? 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:07.720 It's empty. 00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:10.500 Like it's empty. 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:13.860 We read it 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.759 and we sort of think 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.799 as if God wants 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:17.360 to take all of Ottawa 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.980 and relocate Ottawa 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:20.379 and we have to move 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:22.159 all into what is now Hull. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.100 Now that would be 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.919 very problematic. 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:26.759 Kick everybody out of Ottawa, 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.980 all million of us, 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.700 and we all have to go 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.379 and live in Hull. 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.980 That's going to be complicated. 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:32.879 Now, 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:34.059 we're going to talk 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:34.519 a little minute 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.779 about the whole mission 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.639 of driving them out. 00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:38.059 But the point is, 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:39.580 and that's one of the reasons 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.320 why when you read 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:40.760 the text, 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.379 there's all these 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.220 confusing things 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:43.100 that happen in the text. 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.460 It sounds as if 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:46.260 they killed everybody 00:15:46.260 --> 00:15:47.440 and slaughtered everybody 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.940 in Jerusalem 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:50.200 and yet if you read 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.640 then a few verses after 00:15:51.640 --> 00:15:52.700 in the same chapter, 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:54.379 you'll see that later on 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:54.860 they have to go 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.980 and take Jerusalem again 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.800 because there were people 00:15:56.800 --> 00:15:57.340 living in it. 00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:57.640 They go, 00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:57.980 what? 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.760 And as I've said before 00:16:00.760 --> 00:16:01.560 in other sermons, 00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:03.000 when we hear, 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:04.280 sorry, 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:05.100 I don't want to raise up 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.200 wounds and all that, 00:16:06.280 --> 00:16:07.040 but you come to church 00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:07.640 for grace. 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:08.920 But you know, 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.660 when Russia 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:11.759 annihilated the Canadians 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:13.240 in the juniors, 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.279 world juniors, 00:16:14.579 --> 00:16:15.439 we know that they didn't 00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:16.539 kill all of the Canadian 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.039 players. 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.039 We just know they lost 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.620 six nothing 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.399 and were completely 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.500 and utterly humiliated. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.659 Right? 00:16:23.719 --> 00:16:24.600 We just know that. 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.519 We just make adjustments 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.120 for it. 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.860 And so it is, 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.059 when you look at the Old Testament, 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.299 you look at stories like this, 00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.919 you have to just look 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.419 at all of it. 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:34.199 And what you really see 00:16:34.199 --> 00:16:35.199 is that in fact, 00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:37.579 really most walled places 00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.439 were forts 00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:40.379 made out of bricks 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.339 or stone 00:16:41.339 --> 00:16:42.419 or something like that. 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.919 And so within them, 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.559 there would have been 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.379 like the garrison, 00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:47.199 so to speak, 00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:48.479 and things made out of 00:16:48.479 --> 00:16:49.879 brick and stone 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.579 that don't burn. 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.419 But there would have been, 00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.159 you know, 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:53.579 some places with some wood 00:16:53.579 --> 00:16:54.939 and some straw over it 00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.819 where you could come 00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:56.379 and, you know, 00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:57.059 sit under it 00:16:57.059 --> 00:16:57.819 and be out of the rain. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.159 And they burn that, 00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.319 but everything else 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:00.920 is intact 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:02.200 and they kill the king, 00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:03.700 they kill the military commanders 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.200 and they're supposed 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.039 to drive everybody out 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.980 and they don't drive them out. 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.660 That's the complaint. 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.680 They don't drive them out. 00:17:09.080 --> 00:17:10.420 But the people aren't killed. 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.940 That's why they move back in. 00:17:14.080 --> 00:17:15.380 They take the garrison 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.539 in Jerusalem. 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:19.400 They burn the wooden things. 00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:20.200 They leave, 00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.460 but they don't actually 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.420 drive the people out 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.259 and the people come back 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.799 in and live in it 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.279 and they have to come 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.980 and take it again. 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.480 That's what's actually 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.320 going on in the text. 00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.660 That's why it's not 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.580 a holy war. 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.720 That's why it's not genocide. 00:17:30.939 --> 00:17:31.839 God doesn't go and say, 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.939 kill every man, 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.859 woman, and child, 00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:35.480 but to drive them out. 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:37.259 Why is he driving them out? 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.319 Because at this time 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:39.299 in the Lord's dealing 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:40.039 with his people, 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.579 his goal is for there 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.319 to be a land, 00:17:42.419 --> 00:17:43.519 a small piece of land 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.519 for the Lord's people 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.639 to dwell, 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.059 to worship him, 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.299 to be obedient 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.939 and trust 00:17:48.939 --> 00:17:49.980 and intimate with him. 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.960 And the purpose 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.799 is always 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.839 so that all 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:54.159 of the surrounding nations 00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:55.299 will look at Israel 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:57.019 and see what it's like 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.619 to live 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:58.579 in covenant faithfulness 00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.139 faithfulness 00:17:59.139 --> 00:17:59.839 with the real 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.819 and living God 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.740 without idols, 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:03.220 without having to kill 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:04.460 your children in worship, 00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:05.759 without having to say 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.639 to Louise, 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.399 Louise, 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.460 I want to go to worship 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:09.079 at the temple 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.619 and that means 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.240 I go and sleep 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.980 with a prostitute 00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.619 and then I go home 00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.379 to my wife. 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.039 And all of the, 00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:14.519 all, 00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:16.299 you can imagine 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.539 the sexually transmitted 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.099 diseases 00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:19.439 and all those other things 00:18:19.439 --> 00:18:20.000 that would have just 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.819 been rampant 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.399 amongst all the other things 00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:23.179 which were problematic 00:18:23.179 --> 00:18:24.240 in those lands. 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:24.960 And he says, 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.100 there's going to be a land 00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:27.779 where the integrity 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.539 of the family 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.380 is maintained 00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:30.100 and the integrity 00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:30.740 of sexuality 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.840 is maintained 00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:32.980 and the integrity, 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:34.240 so there's not 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.600 sexualizing the family 00:18:35.600 --> 00:18:35.980 and it's not 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:37.480 sexualizing the world 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.660 and that there's 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.799 a proper relationship 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.740 then of trust 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.360 and safety 00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:42.120 between men 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.539 and women 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.620 and husbands 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.319 and wives 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.440 and children 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.440 and everything 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.579 isn't sexualized 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.480 and the whole world 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:50.000 will see what it's like 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.360 to live under the Lord 00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:52.900 and to know his ways 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:54.160 and the result of that 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:55.280 will be that they will say, 00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.519 I would like to know 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.620 and worship that Lord 00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.380 and be in covenant 00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:59.180 with him too. 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.759 You see, 00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:03.120 even the people who go 00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:04.740 and are moved out of the land, 00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:05.240 they're going to be 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.240 the first to see. 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.320 Look what it's like 00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:10.019 to go. 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:14.259 Like wives will look 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.519 and say, 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.519 dear, 00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:17.740 why don't we worship 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.720 in a way that doesn't 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.660 involve you sleeping 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.680 with prostitutes 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.300 all the time? 00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:23.759 Like maybe that's 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.280 a good idea. 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.259 Maybe we should worship 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.680 a God that doesn't ask us 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.700 to take our one-year-old 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.620 or our four-year-old 00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:30.340 and have him burn to death. 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.860 Like maybe that would be 00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:34.140 a better way to live. 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.259 Maybe it would be 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.740 a better way to live 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:42.880 where every seventh day 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.580 you rest. 00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:46.160 Maybe it would be 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.720 a better way to live 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.480 if the way that you 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.640 harvest your crops 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.519 feeds the poor. 00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:55.120 Maybe it would be 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.560 a better way to live 00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.960 to understand 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:59.000 that if you have to be 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.960 sold into slavery 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.560 for debts 00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.640 at the end of seven years 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.560 it's all completely 00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.300 and utterly finished 00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:04.240 and you are a free man 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.920 and woman again. 00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:06.620 Maybe it would be 00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.900 a better way to live 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.960 to understand 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.040 that 00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:11.040 yes, 00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:11.940 it's my property 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.840 to care for 00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.780 and I sometimes 00:20:13.780 --> 00:20:14.560 have to sell it 00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.620 for debt 00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.700 but at the end of 50 years 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.740 it goes back to everybody 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.480 because the land 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.200 is the Lord's. 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.560 Maybe that would be 00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.940 a better way to live 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:23.059 and I would like 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.920 to know that Lord 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.720 and worship Him. 00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.840 I would like Him 00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.820 to care for me. 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.799 That's the purpose 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.320 and that's why 00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:33.779 He says 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.720 what are you doing? 00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:36.299 You're enslaving people? 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.600 You're cutting off 00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:38.880 thumbs and toes? 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:40.299 Like you're letting them 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.120 live among you? 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.840 Like what's going on? 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.880 That's not what 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:45.019 I asked you to do. 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:48.160 It's not a holy war. 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.059 It's not genocide. 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.079 You have to 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.059 it's just beyond that 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.859 but this is my fifth 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.379 reasons why 00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.180 it's not holy war. 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.859 If you go back 00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.480 and you read the book 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.539 of Joshua 00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.799 you'll see that 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.759 not only then 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.420 they were not 00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.839 to enrich themselves 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.660 of the people. 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:07.920 I mean 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.000 the idols 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.400 and all 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.900 they would have been 00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.700 things of value. 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.339 You're to completely 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.319 and utterly destroy them. 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.019 Just get rid of them. 00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.720 Destroy them. 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.860 Things of value. 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:16.140 Things which were precious. 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.700 Any article of gold 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.120 that's given 00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.380 or that 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.079 it's just precious. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.660 We don't want you 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.680 to steal their stuff. 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.579 We're not doing this. 00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.839 Holy war is usually 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.960 all about enrichment 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.779 and power 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.799 but they say 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.059 you don't take anything 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.779 from them. 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.200 You don't 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.900 we don't want 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.960 the nations of the world 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.200 to think that we moved in 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.799 so that 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.660 you could become rich. 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.299 No. 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.279 Why? 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.039 Because we're going to 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.720 trust the Lord 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.960 for our provision. 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.360 Being under Him 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.940 will be what will enrich me. 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.980 Not stealing 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.180 other people's stuff. 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.200 Number six 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.960 that it's not 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.019 it's not a holy war 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.019 because it's not 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.220 all about success 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.779 and glory. 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.759 If you could go back 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.539 to verse three 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.759 actually go to 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.680 verses one to three 00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:59.100 look again 00:21:59.100 --> 00:21:59.900 at how this begins 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.720 and this is a very 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.620 very subtle way 00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.320 that it begins 00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:03.480 and I'm going to try 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.480 to tie this to the end 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.299 in a few minutes 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.920 but look at this 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.880 verse one 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.820 of chapter one 00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:08.539 chapter one 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.960 verse one 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.480 two and three 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.440 after the death 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.900 of Joshua 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.740 the people of Israel 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.700 inquired of the Lord 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.039 who shall go up first 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.480 for us against the Canaanites 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.339 to fight against them. 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.640 The Lord said 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:19.000 Judah shall go up 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.960 behold I have given 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.019 the land into his hand 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.400 and verse three 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.299 what does Judah do? 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:25.000 And Judah said to Simeon 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.579 his brother 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.599 come up with me 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.319 into the territory 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.920 allotted to me 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.559 that we may fight 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.460 against the Canaanites 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.079 and I likewise 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.740 will go with you 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.799 into the territory 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.579 allotted to you. 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:34.259 So Simeon went with them. 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.079 Now you just see 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.640 what happened? 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.720 The very very first step 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.720 they disobeyed the Lord. 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.960 The very first step 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.460 they said 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.539 I'm not going to trust 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.319 and obey the Lord. 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.980 There's this wonderful 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.660 Bible verse 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.559 it was the second Bible 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.279 verse I memorized 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.339 when I became a Christian. 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.100 Trust in the Lord 00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.799 with all your heart 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.440 and lean not 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.400 on your own understanding 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.339 in all your ways 00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.079 acknowledge him 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.120 and he shall make 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.759 your path straight 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.440 or he shall direct 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.000 your paths. 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.940 Trust in the Lord 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.759 with all your heart 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.160 lean not on your own 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.779 understanding. 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.420 And God says 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.200 to Joshua 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.620 God says to Judah 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.319 you go up 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:07.799 and Judah says 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:10.099 there's more of them 00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.919 than there is of me 00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:13.799 and they're 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.919 technologically 00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:16.659 more advanced 00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.339 than I am. 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.039 So 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:21.579 I'm not going to 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.059 trust the Lord 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.659 with all my heart 00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.259 I'm going to lean 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.519 on my own understanding 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.679 and get Simeon. 00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.259 You see 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.799 the thing about 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.799 the book of Judges 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.379 is it could also 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.220 be renamed 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:35.779 the book of failure. 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:40.039 The book of failure. 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.360 The sermon series 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.039 is called 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.019 Messy People 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.120 Faithful God. 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.940 It could have also 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.440 been called 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.740 Sinful People 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.079 Faithful God. 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.200 Half-hearted 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.100 Discipleship 00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:52.339 Faithful God. 00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.420 Screwed Up People 00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.640 Faithful God. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.779 Could have been called 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.539 all of those titles 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.539 it would be a very long title. 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.600 But you see 00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:01.539 right from square one 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.319 they don't obey him. 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.720 They don't do what he said 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.960 that they're supposed to do. 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.220 They don't trust him. 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.259 And every single one 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.819 of the stories 00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.839 shows how they don't 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.500 trust the Lord 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.439 and do what he says. 00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:13.079 Every one of the stories. 00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.679 That's why in chapter 2 00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.379 verse 3 says 00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:17.079 what have you done? 00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.879 You didn't obey me. 00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.079 And you see 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.879 that's another reason 00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.319 then in this 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.079 as to why this is 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.720 not holy war. 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.019 Why? 00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.799 Because if it was 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.519 a holy war 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.720 the end justifies 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.099 the means 00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.819 and what it's all about 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.220 is success and glory. 00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.639 And if that comes about 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:32.140 by negotiating 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.720 a covenant 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.100 with somebody 00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:35.640 to become your ally 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:37.000 and doing this person 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.540 and making them 00:24:37.540 --> 00:24:38.140 your vassal 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.440 and enslaving this person 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.020 and doing this 00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:40.720 and doing that 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.520 and at the end 00:24:41.520 --> 00:24:42.259 we all win 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.480 and we pump our fists 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:45.180 that's how holy war works 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.900 but this isn't what 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.880 God has asked them to do. 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.280 He said 00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:48.920 trust in me. 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.340 Don't lean on your understanding 00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:53.040 and I'll make your path straight. 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:59.720 The seventh thing 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.680 is that 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:02.079 it's not holy war 00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.700 is because 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.500 conversion 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:05.339 is desired. 00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.059 If you look up 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.399 at verse 16 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.720 of chapter 1 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:12.039 there's a little bit 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.819 of an interesting thing 00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.619 when you're reading it 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.819 there's a few verses 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.519 there in the middle 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.819 where 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.200 it moves into 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.639 a sort of 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:19.000 a sudden flashback 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.899 as to what's 00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.619 going on before 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.480 and as part of that 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.339 flashback 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:24.059 it's what happened 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.019 in the book of Joshua 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.740 and it continued 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.460 to that day 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.400 and the descendant 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.259 of the Kenite 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:30.640 Moses' father-in-law 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.880 went up with the people 00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.339 of Judah 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.940 from the city of Palms 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.660 that's Jericho 00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:36.000 into the wilderness 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.059 of Judah 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.940 which lies 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.019 in the Negev 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.720 near Arad 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.380 and they went 00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.059 and settled 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.240 with the people. 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.539 Now here's the thing 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:45.620 Kenites 00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.880 aren't Jews. 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.839 They're not Jews. 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.960 But they go 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.480 to settle 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.299 with the people 00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.819 to be under 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.420 the Lord 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:59.160 to worship 00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.980 the Lord 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.480 to be his people. 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.839 If you go back 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.360 and read the book 00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.860 of Joshua 00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.620 Rahab 00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:06.279 is one of the Canaanites 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.120 and her and her family 00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.700 are allowed to stay. 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.180 They're not allowed 00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.440 to stay to be Canaanites 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.440 and pagans 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.680 to worship Moloch 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.319 and to worship Baal 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:15.019 and the Asherah poles. 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.680 They're allowed to stay 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.860 and be part of the people. 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.160 You see 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.819 the Old Testament 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.000 talks about conversion. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.880 The whole point 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:24.019 of God privileging 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.119 the nation 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:26.599 is that the whole world 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.339 would know him. 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.519 That in a sense 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.519 God was going to use 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.240 the Jewish people 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.140 and you know what 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.019 he does ultimately. 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.059 Why does he ultimately 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.579 do this? 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.299 Why does God 00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.579 actually keep this covenant 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.539 that the people of Israel 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.680 continue to fail 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.400 and fail and fail 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.299 although God's covenant 00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.000 with them has not 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.700 come to an end? 00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.779 Jesus! 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.819 I'm not swearing. 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.039 I'm talking about the person. 00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.720 And the disciples 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.500 are all Jewish. 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.039 The gospel 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.059 begins in Jerusalem 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.259 and then it goes to Judea 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.039 and then to Samaria 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.660 and then to the ends 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.180 of the earth 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.000 and here we are 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.799 2,000 years 00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.779 a whole pile of 00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.920 pagan descendants 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.500 worshiping the Jewish Messiah. 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.920 That's us 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:07.099 for many tribes 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.700 and nations. 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:11.480 And then finally 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:13.240 verse 28 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:15.180 Holy war 00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.960 if it was holy war 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.019 they would be allowed 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.700 to enslave 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.840 but it's not holy war 00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.559 because you're not allowed 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.080 to enslave. 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.299 Look at verse 28 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.819 When Israel grew strong 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.720 they put the Canaanites 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.480 to forced labor 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.620 but did not drive them 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.279 out completely. 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.080 Now remember 00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.860 I'm just saying that 00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.720 because they show 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.460 that they do this 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.779 but God says in chapter 2 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.299 verse 3 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.819 what are you doing? 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.440 You didn't obey me. 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.539 I didn't ask you 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.500 to do those things. 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.659 Stop it. 00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:42.779 You think you've enslaved them 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.619 but they're going to end up 00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.299 enslaving you 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.119 with their gods. 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:49.239 Now 00:27:49.239 --> 00:27:52.139 after having said 00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.599 all of that 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.199 but still 00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:54.459 there's some issues. 00:27:57.479 --> 00:27:57.879 And some 00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.759 even though we see 00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.219 that God 00:27:59.219 --> 00:28:00.319 didn't want to kill them 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.839 they were to be moved out 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.979 it still just somehow 00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:04.919 seems wrong 00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.779 this judgment 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:07.359 on the Canaanites. 00:28:08.739 --> 00:28:09.979 I've never had the courage 00:28:09.979 --> 00:28:10.639 to say this 00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.500 to a non-Christian 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:13.259 but I actually wish 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.199 maybe I will now 00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:15.039 because I've thought about it 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.680 a little bit more. 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.940 For a non-Christian 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.420 and there might be 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.519 non-Christians here today 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.639 hell should be 00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.619 the most popular 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.619 Christian doctrine 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:24.059 for non-Christians. 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.779 Go what? 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.700 Hell's like a defeater. 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.839 It's one of the reasons 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.639 I'm not a Christian 00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:32.159 but actually literally 00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.680 for my non-Christian friends 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.480 if you understood 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.779 what the doctrine of hell is 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.279 you should say 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.359 boy of all the religions 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.879 in the world 00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:39.399 I like Christianity the best 00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:41.779 because what is at the heart? 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.500 What is part of the heart 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.460 of the doctrine of hell? 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.599 The part of the heart 00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.579 of the doctrine of hell 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:49.399 is that God ultimately 00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.799 doesn't force you. 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:54.180 He respects your integrity 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.799 and autonomy to choose. 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:59.200 You see 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.379 for Canadians 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.039 who say 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.899 you're all going to go 00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.619 to a better place 00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.259 when you die 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:05.079 I might say 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.299 I don't want to go 00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.019 to that place. 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.259 I don't want to go 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.519 to a better place. 00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.019 Like when I die 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.720 I like to hang out 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.879 with all the bad people. 00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.240 I don't want to go 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.180 to a better place. 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.539 Like how dare you 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:19.000 push me into a better place? 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.279 I want to go to my place 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.259 not a better place. 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.700 Woody Allen famously said 00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.440 that when he died 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.519 he didn't want to live on 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.319 in people's memories 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.180 he'd rather live on 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.859 in his apartment. 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.640 But that's what 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.480 the doctrine of hell says 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.119 at the end of the day 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:36.240 there's a final judgment 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.440 and in that final judgment 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.220 part of it is 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:42.539 you've sung all your life 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.940 Frank Sinatra's song 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:45.099 I did it my way 00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:47.180 and you stand before me now 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.160 and what do you want to sing? 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.819 You want to sing 00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.240 I did it my way 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.460 and I will allow that. 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.419 But here's the other thing 00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.159 and this is also 00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.839 why Christians 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.579 why Canadians 00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.500 should actually think 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.859 the doctrine of hell 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.980 is actually really 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.839 really right on. 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.359 One of the things 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.819 that everybody talks about today 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.220 is the spirit of entitlement. 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.799 Now usually 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.659 when we talk about 00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.639 the spirit of entitlement 00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.339 it's all about 00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.500 how you have the spirit 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.960 of entitlement 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.259 and you and you and you 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.240 and we never think 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.019 that we have a spirit 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.579 of entitlement. 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.500 I mean that's just 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.359 a bit of an observation. 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:20.779 But I know of a local coffee shop 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.639 where there was 00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.500 a young woman 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.939 who one day decided 00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.619 that she would rather 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.679 be doing something else 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.559 and because she wants 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.079 her freedom 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.299 she just decided 00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.219 that she wasn't only 00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:30.039 not going to show up 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.799 for her shift 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:33.119 and this was a coffee shop 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.699 where she was like 00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.240 a manager 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.859 but she was just 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.379 going to quit. 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.699 So 00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:39.099 she did. 00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:42.679 And 00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:44.319 it screwed up 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.419 some of you 00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.319 have been in those situations 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.579 screw up all the other workers 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.000 because they can't just say 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.539 oh because 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.139 I almost said her name 00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:51.159 because Sue wanted to quit 00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:52.039 well just close this door. 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.639 I mean that's what 00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.179 the owners would say 00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:55.279 sure just close this door 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.299 go ahead and do what you want. 00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:57.859 And then 00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.019 later on 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.799 the person came back 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.559 Sue 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:03.259 and she wanted her job back. 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.939 I'm not making this up. 00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.700 She wanted her job back. 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.720 And the other staff 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.179 went 00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:10.480 duh 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:12.960 you have freedom 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.799 yes 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.680 consequences 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.079 yes 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:19.099 how dare you think 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.259 you can just quit 00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.139 screw up 00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:22.159 all of our lives 00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.819 and then come 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.819 waltzing back later 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:25.099 because you'd like a job 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:26.079 that has a better pay 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.039 than minimum wage 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.000 because you'd like to come back 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.599 as a manager 00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.659 and they didn't give her 00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.259 the job back 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.559 period. 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.119 And you know what 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.119 not a single one 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.220 of my non-Christian friends 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.759 said that there was 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.720 anything wrong with that. 00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.119 But that's all 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.940 the doctrine of hell is 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.359 isn't it? 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.579 You have your freedom 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.059 your truths 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.220 but there's consequences. 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:44.299 there's consequences. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.299 What we see in the book 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.839 of Judges 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.019 is a foreshadowing 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.660 of the final judgment. 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:56.299 It's a foreshadowing 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:58.240 of the final judgment. 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.740 God pronounces judgment 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:03.339 on those who think 00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.559 that they worship him 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.980 by killing their baby. 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.920 On those who think 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.660 that they worship 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.600 by having sex 00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.440 with a prostitute. 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.600 In those who think 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.159 they worship 00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.259 by going and watching 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.919 a priest having sex 00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:15.579 with an animal 00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.639 or an animal 00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.559 having sex 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:19.099 with a priestess. 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.639 And that is what 00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.339 you have chosen. 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.619 That is how you understand 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.139 the myths 00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:26.480 to govern your society, 00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.259 your family, 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.000 the way you view 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.579 the world. 00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:32.299 And at some point in time 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.939 that comes under 00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.959 God's judgment. 00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:35.119 They have the freedom 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.879 to choose. 00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:38.459 But there are consequences. 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.600 consequences. 00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.840 But the text 00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:42.640 also foreshadows 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:44.140 our need 00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.240 for a great 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.980 and true Savior. 00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.460 You see, 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.980 the idols, 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.180 idols always 00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.160 want you, 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.140 idols, 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.140 and the idols 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:55.059 of holy war, 00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.120 they love, 00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.740 and you see, 00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.660 all of the rhetoric 00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.360 of holy war, 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.500 you always portray 00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.519 a God who likes 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.740 seeing people die, 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:04.120 who loves 00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:05.359 to see people die. 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.720 When we talk 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.200 about idols, 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.000 I just came across 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.740 this spectacular quote 00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.779 from an articulate 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:13.140 British atheist 00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.539 about idolatry. 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.380 I can't wait 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.019 to use it. 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.140 I wanted to share 00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.819 it with you today, 00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.539 but it doesn't fit 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.079 in the sermon, 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.640 and I'm going to use it 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:22.000 somewhere down the line. 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.599 Because you know 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.900 those Ricky Gervais 00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.400 types, 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.240 they can just be 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.720 so, 00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.700 whoa, 00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.259 cutting. 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.819 It's a spectacular 00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.839 thing of secular 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.740 idolatry, 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.859 and how it's worse 00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.640 than Christianity 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.539 because at least for, 00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.740 anyway, 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.019 I won't go with the quote. 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.839 You can come some other week, 00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.220 maybe it's next week, 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.299 I get to use this quote 00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.500 for this articulate 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.819 Ricky Gervais-like 00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.200 British atheist. 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.400 Brilliant. 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.039 Anyway, 00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.180 and I'll tell you 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.180 the page it comes from 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.620 and all that 00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.500 so you can use it 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.200 for your friends. 00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.579 Anyway, 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:52.259 but the point is, 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.220 that's what idols want. 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.720 They don't care 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.539 if anybody dies. 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.500 They're just tough 00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.259 taskmasters. 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.519 But this is all 00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.559 pointing us to 00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.940 that text in Isaiah. 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.559 Where the Lord 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.059 is revealed. 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.559 First of all, 00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.460 the Lord is the one 00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.039 who delivered them 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.960 out of slavery in Egypt, 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.599 not Israel. 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.420 They didn't deliver them. 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.079 The Lord is the one 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.519 who brings them 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.199 into the promised land, 00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.719 not Israel. 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.719 The Lord does that. 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.219 The Lord is the one 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.460 that brings them 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.019 into a covenant 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.519 with himself. 00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.920 Israel doesn't do that. 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.739 At the end of the day, 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.000 all of us have to acknowledge 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.260 that our own discipleship 00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.500 is much like 00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.500 the people of Israel. 00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.860 That in fact, 00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.300 we don't trust 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.219 the Lord all the time. 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.280 We always lean 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.360 on our own understanding. 00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:28.079 Our discipleship 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.159 is not perfect 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.759 and we need a savior. 00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.960 And the Lord 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.920 continues to reveal himself 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.139 through the book of Judges 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.340 and then through David 00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.900 and then through Isaiah 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:39.239 and then into the New Testament 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:40.980 that unlike the idols 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.259 that love to see people 00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:43.319 fail and die, 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.659 God looks at us 00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.719 failing and dying 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:47.059 and it breaks his heart. 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.659 And gods that love 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:50.039 to see people die, 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.659 the God that we worship, 00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.619 the one that we believe 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.900 is the true and living God, 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.500 is the God 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.780 who dies for people. 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.119 He is completely different. 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.619 Let me say it 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.599 from Islam. 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:09.159 He is completely different 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.599 than the gods of the nations. 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.860 God will be revealed 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:16.340 as the one who sees our need 00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:19.039 and he dies for people. 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:21.800 For God so loved the world 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.720 that he gave 00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:24.480 his only begotten son 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.039 to the end 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:26.720 that all who believe in him 00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.780 will not perish 00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:31.080 but have everlasting life. 00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.200 And finally, 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.900 just in closing, 00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:37.980 the book of Judges 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.420 calls us 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.780 to really believe 00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.700 and trust 00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.700 in Proverbs 3, 00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.860 verses 5 and 6. 00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:45.519 You see, 00:35:45.580 --> 00:35:46.480 the problem is 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:48.440 like all the way through this, 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.000 if you go back 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.600 and read it later, 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:51.119 Joshua could have 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.219 trusted the Lord 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:54.400 but they wouldn't. 00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.579 It was possible 00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.420 but they wouldn't. 00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.539 Benjamin could have 00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.319 trusted the Lord 00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.679 but they wouldn't. 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.400 Manasseh could have 00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.179 trusted the Lord 00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.799 but they wouldn't. 00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.179 It wasn't that 00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.519 they couldn't 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.699 but that they 00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:10.179 wouldn't. 00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:13.039 And for you and me, 00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.579 obedience to the Lord 00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.839 is always possible. 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:21.119 the problem 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.679 in my life 00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.119 isn't that 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:23.639 I can't trust him 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:25.339 but that I won't 00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:25.920 trust him. 00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:28.319 That's my problem. 00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.719 You see, 00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.699 we're in this story 00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:37.900 but we're not 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.360 in this story 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.960 as a hero. 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.360 We're in this story 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.920 as Israel. 00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:44.259 And it describes us 00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:45.299 that it's not a matter 00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:46.259 of can't obey 00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:47.559 but won't obey. 00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.219 Not a matter 00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.239 of can't trust 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.679 but won't trust. 00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:51.859 In fact, 00:36:51.919 --> 00:36:52.799 just to be honest, 00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.980 many of us, 00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.019 maybe it's different 00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.739 after the sermon. 00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.899 Jesus thought 00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.899 everything in the Old Testament 00:37:02.899 --> 00:37:04.079 was inspired by God 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.019 but do we trust him 00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.599 about Holy War? 00:37:07.879 --> 00:37:08.319 Yeah. 00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:12.079 Didn't really trust him. 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.500 In fact, 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.419 many Christians 00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:17.119 historically say, 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.739 well, that's just the God 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.380 of the Old Testament, 00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.119 the God of the New Testament 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.599 is different. 00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.119 Nah, 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.019 wrong. 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.779 Jesus believed 00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.679 all of the Old Testament. 00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.460 This text 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:28.819 is an impetus 00:37:28.819 --> 00:37:29.940 for us 00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.139 to make Proverbs 3, 00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.940 5, and 6 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:33.099 very real 00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.759 that as we're gripped 00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:34.519 by the gospel 00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.339 that we will trust 00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.719 in the Lord 00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.739 with all our heart 00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:38.400 and we will not lean 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.559 on our own understanding. 00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.679 In all our ways 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.759 we will acknowledge him 00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.880 so that he 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.940 will direct 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.000 our steps. 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.579 please stand. 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.000 Just bow our heads 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.460 in prayer. 00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.159 Father, 00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.340 I've made comments 00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.860 about entitlement 00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:01.280 and we don't realize 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.199 how we feel 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.980 we are entitled. 00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.099 Father, 00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.039 we confess, 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:06.199 I confess on behalf 00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.679 of us all 00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.260 that that's one 00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.900 of those things 00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.840 where we point 00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.260 a finger 00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.079 at somebody else 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.719 and we don't see 00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.420 the three fingers 00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.980 pointing back 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.539 at ourselves 00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:14.000 that we see 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.740 specks in other 00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.420 people's eyes 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.960 and don't see 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.340 the logs 00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.880 in our own eyes. 00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.219 We ask, 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.420 Father, 00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.059 that you'd help us 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.420 to die 00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.000 to any sense 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.619 of entitlement. 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.099 We give you 00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.920 thanks and praise, 00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.280 Father, 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.539 that we are saved, 00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.260 we are made 00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.960 your children 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.860 by adoption 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.639 and grace, 00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.320 not because 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:29.400 we're so smart, 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.219 we're so clever, 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.900 we're so just us, 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.639 but by grace alone, 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.440 through faith alone, 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.400 in Christ alone. 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.920 And, 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.160 Father, 00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:39.639 you know the 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.480 different ways 00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.820 where we don't 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.380 trust you 00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:43.840 and we don't 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.599 want to obey you 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:46.300 and we have 00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.519 very, 00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.460 very clever reasons 00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.900 as to why 00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.360 we don't have 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.160 to trust or obey. 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.360 Father, 00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.180 you know our hearts. 00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.960 We thank you so much 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.440 that we're saved 00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.920 by grace, 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.740 not by our ability 00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.780 to live Proverbs 3, 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.059 5, 00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.380 6. 00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:57.619 We ask, 00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:57.900 Father, 00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.320 that you would 00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.880 so grip us 00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.559 with the gospel 00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.160 and understand 00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:01.280 that Jesus died 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.680 for us 00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.579 out of love for us 00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:04.340 and that we are 00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.000 now made right 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.360 with you 00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.940 in light of what 00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.840 he has done for us, 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.320 not in light 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.000 of what we can do 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.360 for you, 00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.780 but in light 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.260 of what he has 00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.920 done for us. 00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.300 That as we are 00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:12.220 gripped by the gospel, 00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.740 that you would 00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:14.019 help us day by day 00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:15.820 to live Proverbs 3, 00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.519 5, 6, 00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.140 5, 00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:18.800 5 through 6. 00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.800 That we would 00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.500 trust with you 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.400 as individuals 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.400 and as a congregation 00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.400 with all our heart. 00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.500 That we will not 00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.200 lean on our own 00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.780 understanding 00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:27.160 and in all our ways 00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.180 we will acknowledge you. 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.620 That we will trust 00:39:29.620 --> 00:39:30.320 that you will make 00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.340 our paths straight, 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.059 that you will guide 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.780 and direct us. 00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:34.200 And all God's people 00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.559 said, 00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.559 Amen.