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 bear with me as I turn in the actual bible because today's passage is so outlandish

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 I want you to make sure that it is coming from the bible not from my own imagination

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 well many of you may know who I am some of you may not if you're visiting I am not a pastor here

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 at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church I am a minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian

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 Church my name is Drew Arrington and my family has the privilege of attending here while I am

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 stationed at Fort Carson so I am glad to be able to be here this morning and honored as usual that

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 your session would give me the privilege of reading and expounding upon God's word for us this morning

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 if you know we are in the book of Judges here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and two

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 weeks ago Matthew opened up chapter three talking about Othniel and he called Othniel the last good

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 judge he was the last good judge we could hold up to our children as a role model

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 the last judge of whom we modern Christians are not embarrassed the last judge we're comfortable

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 talking about but unfortunately we often treat challenging passages of scripture like embarrassing

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 moments in our lives I'm not going to recount any of my embarrassing moments so I'm not going to ask you

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 to raise any of yours but you know what I'm talking about those moments that we wish we could forget

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 and instead of embracing those passages of scripture we do our best just like our embarrassing moments

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 to avoid thinking about them instead of embracing those passages of scripture we do our best to avoid

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 remembering thinking or even talking about them in fact if we had our way we would banish them from our

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 memory as if they never occurred and the way we treat these scriptural embarrassments remind me of a

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 conversation I had with my wife's grandmother some years ago and we asked her this question

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 Nani what do you think about president X not taking a second to think about it she says well

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 I don't think about them at all that's what many Christians do with embarrassing portions of

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 of scripture passages that we would rather not think about at all and those portions of holy text

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 are glossed over from the pulpit ignored in our Sunday schools and skipped over in our bible reading plans

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 but when we do that we do that to our own detriment

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 when we ignore these embarrassing accounts in the bible the church deprives herself of life and vitality

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 because we for we forfeit the blessings of those passages so what are we missing when we don't think about

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 specifically what are we missing when we don't think about Ehud or Shamgar well we'll say if we look at these men

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 and try to look at this passage as a character study we will be embarrassed

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 if we look to these men for qualities and actions to emulate

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 we emulate those today we will bring embarrassment upon ourselves and upon the Christian faith

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 embarrassment will fade in the light of God's comfort

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 encouragement and hope

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 so by embracing the embarrassment of judges three

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 what we will find today

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 is a God who delights

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 in rescuing his people

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 let me say that again

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 in this embarrassing passage

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 if we look past the human examples

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 we see a God

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 who delights

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 in rescuing

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 his people

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 and in doing so

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 we see a God

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 who will get his hands dirty

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 to do that

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 we see a God

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 who in rescuing his people

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 is not boring

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 and we see a God

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 who has a sense of humor

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 but before we read the passage

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 let us pray

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 that the Holy Spirit might enable us

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 to encounter

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 this encouragement

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 as we embrace this passage

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 let us pray

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 God I'm not worthy

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 to stand before you

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 except that your son

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 through the power of the Holy Spirit

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 has made a difference in my life

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 and called me

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 God we are not worthy

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 Father even to receive your word

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 but God through the power of the Holy Spirit

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 you can apply that word

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 to our hearts

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 allow us to see the truths of Scripture

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 and your great love

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 for your people

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 oh God would you do that for us

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 this morning

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 and might that be for our good

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 the good of your church

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 and the glory of our Savior

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 and Lord Jesus Christ

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 in whose name we pray

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 Amen

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 so let us take a look then

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 at Judges chapter 3

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 and we are going to start

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 with verse 12

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 and read through the end of the chapter

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 as you listen along

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 listen and see

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 if you can hear

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 those instances

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 that could be considered embarrassing

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 but then also

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 for the encouragement

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 that is found therein

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 and the people of Israel

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 again did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord

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 and the Lord strengthened Eglon

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 the king of Moab

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 against Israel

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 because they had done

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 what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord

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 he gathered to himself

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 the Ammonites

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 and the Amalekites

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 and went and defeated Israel

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 and they took possession

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 of the city of Palms

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 and the people of Israel

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 served Eglon

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 the king of Moab

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 eighteen years

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 then the people of the Lord

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 cried out to the Lord

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 the people of Israel

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 cried out to the Lord

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 and the Lord raised up

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 for them a deliverer

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 Ehud

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 the son of Gera

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 the Benjaminite

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 a left-handed man

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 the people of Israel

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 sent tribute by him

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 to Eglon

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 the king of Moab

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 and Ehud

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 made for himself

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 a sword with two edges

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 a cubit in length

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 and he bound it

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 on his right thigh

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 under his clothes

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 and he presented

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 the tribute

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 to Eglon

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 king of Moab

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 now Eglon

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 was a very fat man

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 when Ehud

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 had finished

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 presenting the tribute

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 he sent away

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 the people

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 who carried the tribute

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 but he himself

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 turned back

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 at the idols

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 near Gilgal

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 and said

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 I have a secret message

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 for you

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 O king

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 and he commanded

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 silence

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 and all of his

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 attendants

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 went out

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 from his presence

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 and Ehud

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 came

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 to him

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 as he was sitting

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 alone

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 in the cool

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 roof chamber

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 and Ehud

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 said

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 I have a message

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 from God

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 for you

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 and he arose

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 from his seat

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 and Ehud

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 reached

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 with his left

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 hand

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 took the sword

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 from his right thigh

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 and thrust it

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 into his belly

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 and the hilt

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 also

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 went in

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 after the blade

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 and the fat

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 closed

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 over the blade

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 for he did not

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 pull the sword

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 out of his belly

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 and the dung

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 came out

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 then Ehud

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 went out

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 into the porch

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 and closed

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 the doors

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 of the roof chamber

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 behind him

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 and locked them

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 when he had gone

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 the servants came

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 and when they saw

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 the doors

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 of the roof chamber

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 were locked

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 they thought

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 surely

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 he is relieving himself

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 in the closet

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 of the cool chamber

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 and they waited

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 till they were

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 embarrassed

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 but when he still

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 did not open

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 the doors

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 of the roof chamber

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 they took the key

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 and opened them

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 and there lay

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 their lord

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 dead

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 on the floor

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 Ehud

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 escaped

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 while they delayed

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 and he passed

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 beyond the idols

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 and escaped

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 to Saraiah

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 when he arrived

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 he surrounded

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 the trumpet

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 in the hill country

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 of Ephraim

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 then the people

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 of Israel

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 went down

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 with him

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 from the hill country

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 and he was

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 their leader

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 and he said

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 to them

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 follow after me

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 for the lord

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 has given

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 your enemies

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 the Moabites

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 into your hand

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 so they went

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 down after him

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 and seized

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 the fords

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 of the Jordan

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 against the Moabites

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 and did not allow

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 anyone to pass over

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 and they killed

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 at that time

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 about 10,000

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 of the Moabites

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 all strong

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 able-bodied men

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 not a man escaped

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 so Moab

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 was subdued

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 that day

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 under the hand

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 of Israel

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 and the land

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 had rest

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 for 80 years

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 after him

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 was Shamgar

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 the son

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 of Anath

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 who killed

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 600 of the Philistines

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 with an ox goad

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 and he also

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 saved Israel

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 well I don't know

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 about you

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 but that account

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 is pretty rich

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 with what many

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 would consider

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 offensive

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 and what I would say

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 is definitely

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 violent material

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 I think about

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 Ehud right

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 he uses deceit

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 and deception

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 to get himself

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 into a position

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 to murder

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 slash assassinate

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 the ruling

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 lord there

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 in Israel

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 at the time

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 we have what

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 perhaps could be

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 an incident

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 of body shaming

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 as Eglon

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 was a very

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 fat man

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 and then

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 we can't forget

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 and who could miss

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 the blood

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 the guts

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 and the poop

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 and then in Shamgar

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 a short little verse

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 we have

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 vigilantism

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 we have what

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 perhaps might be

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 a fit of rage

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 and mass murder

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 all of which

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 many people

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 would find

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 extremely

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 offensive

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 and some

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 Christians

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 find

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 outright

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 embarrassing

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 that these

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 accounts

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 would be

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 in the

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 holy

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 inspired

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 word of God

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 but really

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 what we see

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 here

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 is not

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 embarrassment

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 but we see

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 a God

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 who in

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 rescuing

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 his people

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 isn't afraid

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 to get

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 his hands

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 dirty

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 he's not

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 afraid

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 to step

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 into the

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 muck

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 of life

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 to rescue

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 his people

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 when they

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 cry out

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 to him

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 I would

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 be

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 remiss

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 if I

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 didn't go

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 on a

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 little bit

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 of a

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 rabbit trail

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 this morning

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 in light

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 of these

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 embarrassing

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 acts

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 there's

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 cunning

00:12:29.680 --> 00:12:30.960
 deceit

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 and violence

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 here

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 the question

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 is

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 is this

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 something

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 that God

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 embraced

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 and I would

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 say the answer

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 is yes

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 God did

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 embrace

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 that

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 it says

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 he raised

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 up

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 Ehud

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 for this

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 moment

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 and the

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 question

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 is

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 is this

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 distasteful

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 or is

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 this

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 something

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 that we

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 should

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 embrace

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 well

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 yeah

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 it is

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 distasteful

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 to read

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 some of

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 this

00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.080
 but yet

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 we must

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 embrace

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 this as

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 God's

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 ordained

00:13:08.660 --> 00:13:09.340
 means

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 of

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 his decrees

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 of ensuring

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 that what

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 he purposed

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 from

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 eternity

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 occurred

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 in this

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 instant

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 now does

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 that mean

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 that that is

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 something that

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 we can

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 employ today

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 does that

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 mean

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 that we

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 as Christians

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 can employ

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 cunning

00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.740
 deceit

00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:28.620
 and violence

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 Paul

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 in Romans

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 13

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 kind of

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 gives us

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 a little

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 bit of

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 insight

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 into that

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 where he

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 says that

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 governments

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 that the

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 Lord raises

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 up leaders

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 of nations

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 to preserve

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 righteousness

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 and punish

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 the evil

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 doer

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 to protect

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 those who

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 do good

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 and punish

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 those who

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 do evil

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 and that

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 is very

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 helpful

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 as we

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 consider

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 are we

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 to embrace

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 or to

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.600
 shun

00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.139
 these acts

00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.919
 of cunning

00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.019
 deceit

00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:10.159
 and violence

00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:14.679
 we

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 understand

00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:15.319
 this

00:14:15.319 --> 00:14:15.559
 that

00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.659
 God

00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:16.839
 is

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 working

00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:17.759
 through

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 nations

00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.279
 today

00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.539
 and he

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 has

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 charged

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 governments

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 with

00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.100
 doing

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.779
 what

00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.699
 Ehud

00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:28.759
 and Shamgar

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.600
 have done

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:29.899
 here

00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:33.000
 and so

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.519
 if you

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 are a

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 member

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.799
 of

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 the

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 United

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 States

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.179
 military

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 and you

00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:38.860
 are called

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 upon

00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.120
 to practice

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:41.100
 cunning

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.980
 deceit

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.460
 and to

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:42.840
 execute

00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.620
 violence

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:45.720
 for our

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 nation

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.060
 as we

00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.940
 are preserving

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 peace

00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.259
 and punishing

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.799
 the evil

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.200
 doer

00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.500
 then yes

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:54.060
 we would

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.379
 say that

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:54.639
 that would

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:54.919
 be an

00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.299
 appropriate

00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:56.159
 use of

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 cunning

00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:56.860
 deceit

00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.440
 and violence

00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.879
 however

00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.600
 if you

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 are

00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:02.560
 using

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 cunning

00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:04.240
 ways

00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.980
 to

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.480
 manipulate

00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:06.120
 your little

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.580
 sister

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 into doing

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 what you

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 want her

00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:08.600
 to do

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 for your

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 own

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 purposes

00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.800
 that is

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 not

00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:12.519
 appropriate

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:12.980
 use

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.159
 of

00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.420
 cunning

00:15:13.420 --> 00:15:16.139
 if you

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.779
 are a

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.080
 husband

00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.100
 and you

00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.600
 are using

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 deceit

00:15:19.180 --> 00:15:19.740
 to cover

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.440
 up sin

00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:21.019
 in your

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 life

00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.920
 to hide

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 it from

00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:22.840
 your family

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.740
 that is

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.379
 not an

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:24.759
 appropriate

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.340
 use

00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:26.000
 of

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.460
 deceit

00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:31.940
 and heaven

00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.420
 forbid

00:15:32.420 --> 00:15:34.600
 we use

00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.220
 violence

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:35.940
 in any

00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.259
 way

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.700
 in the

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.060
 home

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:37.800
 to

00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:38.560
 intimidate

00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:38.840
 and

00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:39.280
 threaten

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 whether

00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:40.700
 that is

00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.360
 a spouse

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.560
 or a

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.000
 child

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.920
 or an

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 elderly

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:44.800
 parent

00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:46.180
 that

00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:47.960
 is not

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.920
 an

00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:49.360
 appropriate

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.139
 use

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:53.299
 we

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:53.559
 could say

00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:53.860
 also

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.220
 to you

00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:54.439
 that

00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:55.080
 cunning

00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:55.600
 deceit

00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:55.779
 and

00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.179
 violence

00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:56.480
 are

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.379
 necessary

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.439
 within

00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:58.899
 other

00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.319
 forms

00:15:59.319 --> 00:15:59.500
 of

00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.860
 government

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:01.100
 specifically

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.759
 police

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.559
 in order

00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:03.199
 to protect

00:16:03.199 --> 00:16:03.460
 our

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 streets

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.480
 but it's

00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:05.779
 not

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.220
 something

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.340
 that we

00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.519
 would

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.019
 embrace

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:09.120
 to advance

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.919
 the means

00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:10.179
 of the

00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:10.519
 church

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.480
 yes

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:12.860
 we want

00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:13.139
 to be

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.659
 wise

00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:14.419
 but we

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:14.659
 won't

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.019
 want to

00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.200
 be

00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:15.500
 cunning

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.039
 in a

00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:16.340
 way

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.899
 that is

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.559
 deceitful

00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.059
 and

00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:18.759
 dishonest

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.759
 and as

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.159
 Jesus

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.620
 said

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:23.679
 to the

00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:24.080
 apostle

00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.639
 in the

00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:24.840
 garden

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:24.960
 of

00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.580
 Gethsemane

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.659
 his

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.139
 kingdom

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.840
 is not

00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:28.139
 built

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.600
 by the

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:28.919
 sword

00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.179
 but by

00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.500
 the word

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:31.879
 of God

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.059
 so thank

00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:35.519
 you for

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.559
 engaging

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:36.939
 me on

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.319
 that little

00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:37.720
 side

00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.100
 tangent

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.039
 and

00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.580
 it's

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:39.960
 important

00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.439
 because

00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:41.139
 a lot

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.559
 of us

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.279
 serve

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:42.500
 in the

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:42.779
 military

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.120
 a lot

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.379
 of us

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:43.720
 are in

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.319
 the police

00:16:44.319 --> 00:16:44.899
 but it's

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.100
 also

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.439
 important

00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:46.100
 to understand

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.939
 the right

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.319
 and left

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.799
 limits

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.939
 of that

00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:53.500
 so here

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:53.979
 we have

00:16:53.979 --> 00:16:54.519
 Ehud

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.299
 and we

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:58.699
 have a

00:16:58.699 --> 00:16:59.179
 God

00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.819
 who is

00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.419
 embracing

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.279
 this

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.759
 cunning

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.279
 this

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.799
 deceit

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.059
 this

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:03.779
 violence

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:05.180
 in order

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.059
 to accomplish

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.159
 his

00:17:07.159 --> 00:17:08.319
 decreed

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.720
 will

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:13.799
 but we

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.200
 know that

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 this isn't

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 the ultimate

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 expression

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.160
 of God

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 not being

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 afraid

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 to get

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:18.819
 his hands

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 dirty

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 we've

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 seen this

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 happen

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 before

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 we've

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 seen it

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 throughout

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 judges

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 we've

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 seen it

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 in the

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.339
 plagues

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 in Egypt

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 where God

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 brings

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.559
 destruction

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 and death

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 and disease

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 upon Egypt

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 in order

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 to free

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 his people

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 we see

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 it when

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:35.859
 God

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 gives the

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.680
 command

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 of the

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 Israelites

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 to go

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 into the

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 nation

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 of

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 or into

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 the land

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 of Canaan

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 and

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 obliterate

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 wipe out

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 the people

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 that are

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 there

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 but we

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 see the

00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:48.960
 ultimate

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.859
 expression

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 of this

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 of God

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 getting his

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.099
 hands dirty

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.720
 to rescue

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 his people

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 in the

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 life

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 death

00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.740
 and resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 what

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 an awesome

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 picture

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 of God

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 who is

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 beyond

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 what we

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 can think

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 or imagine

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 without

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 sin

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 without

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 the sting

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 of sin

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 taking

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 on

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 human

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.099
 flesh

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 with all

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 of its

00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.680
 frailties

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 getting

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:25.920
 his hands

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 dirty

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 with the

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 daily

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.200
 things

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.799
 of life

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 and then

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 taking

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 on the

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 filth of

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 our sin

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 on the

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.899
 cross

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 so that

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 we

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 could have

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 a restored

00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:42.680
 relationship

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:42.880
 relationship

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.980
 with our

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 heavenly

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 father

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 well this

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 reminds me

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.420
 of a

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:53.940
 quote by

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.600
 Dale Ralph

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 Davis

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 it's on the

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 back of the

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 bulletin if you

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 want to read

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 along

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 this is what

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 he says

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 Yahweh is not a

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.580
 white gloved

00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:04.960
 standoffish God

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.160
 out somewhere in the

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.380
 remote left field of the

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:09.060
 universe who hesitates to get

00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:11.220
 his strong right arm dirty in the

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:16.759
 yuck of our lives the God of the Bible does not hold back in the wild blue yonder

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:21.940
 somewhere waiting for you to put Clorox and spray Lysol over the affairs of your life

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:28.700
 before he will touch it whether you can comfortably put it all together or not

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:40.680
 what great news that is for us

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 that we don't have to get our lives all straightened out we don't have to be perfect to come to Jesus Christ because he has first come to us

00:19:51.779 --> 00:20:01.599
 so not only is God not afraid to get his hands dirty and rescuing his people God is not boring

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:06.859
 and today's passage is a very good example of that

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:15.680
 you know God delivers his people from the mess that they find themselves in in a variety of ways

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:19.660
 in ways that we could never imagine or develop ourselves

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:22.580
 we got Ehud here

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 who's a son

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:27.460
 he's of Israel

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 albeit

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 he's from kind of a loser tribe of Benjamin

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 you'll learn more about that as we progress through the book of Judges

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:39.100
 but he's also left handed

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 and actually the word there

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:43.360
 in the original manuscript isn't

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:45.619
 oh yeah he uses his left hand

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.579
 he was left hand dominant

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.819
 it was he

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:52.079
 wasn't able or capable of using his right hand

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.539
 so a lot of questions to that as to what that means

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:58.959
 either it means that he was looked down upon

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 because he was left handed

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.439
 or

00:21:01.439 --> 00:21:03.779
 there was something wrong with his right hand

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 which might make sense as to why they sent him

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.879
 to be the one to bear the tribute

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 because Eglon would think nothing of somebody who had some sort of deformity

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 and then we have Shamgar

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:19.359
 quite the opposite

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 here's an outsider

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:23.699
 somebody who's not part of Israel

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:27.399
 in fact he's a worshiper of a false god

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 based on the text

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:31.859
 and his last name

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 what an unlikely ally

00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:39.259
 for the nation of Israel

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 and so it just goes to show us

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.099
 that God's decrees aren't formulaic

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:47.740
 God doesn't have a set pattern

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:51.079
 by which he rescues his people

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:53.299
 he delivers his people

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:55.519
 from their difficulties

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.859
 and from

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 their situations in which they find themselves

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:03.160
 no

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.320
 no God

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:06.279
 in the words of

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:09.580
 a past Christian artist

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:11.380
 Rich Mullen says

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 you never know who God is going to use

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:15.519
 a princess or a baby

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 or maybe even

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.540
 you and me

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 no and that's true

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 think about biblical history

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:24.880
 God used

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.779
 not too long ago

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:30.220
 leading up to the entrance into the promised land

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.940
 God used

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.980
 a prophet

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 who wasn't a prophet of Israel

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 named Balaam

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 to

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.339
 basically tell

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 a king who wanted to destroy Israel

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 before they even entered the promised land

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.700
 that God

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:45.740
 was going to give the Israelites

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.740
 victory

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:48.660
 if he attacked

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 not only did he use Balaam

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.779
 God used Balaam's donkey

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:57.100
 to actually preserve Balaam's life

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:59.179
 as he was on his way

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.879
 to deliver

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.899
 this message

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 to the king

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 we think of Miriam

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:08.799
 as a young girl

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:12.159
 God used her

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:14.459
 to ensure that Moses

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:18.599
 had someone to care for him

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:20.019
 in his infancy

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:25.139
 and then we got Moses himself

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 think about that

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.299
 a baby

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 floating in a basket

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.579
 in a river

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:33.220
 who grows up

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:35.359
 disconnected from his family

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.460
 with a huge stutter

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.279
 and God uses him

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:40.559
 to deliver his people

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.839
 from Egypt

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:45.680
 and we could go on

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.559
 and talk about

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.200
 many in the New Testament

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.380
 and specifically

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:51.840
 all of the uneducated fishermen

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:53.799
 from the backwoods of Galilee

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.660
 who became

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:56.559
 the central piece

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:58.100
 of Christ's ministry

00:23:58.100 --> 00:24:02.180
 and many others

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:06.940
 not to beat a dead horse

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.000
 but Dale Ralph Davis

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.460
 in Judges

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.620
 Such a Great Salvation

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.240
 says this

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.500
 there is no reason

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.519
 why God's way

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.700
 must be dull and boring

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:17.279
 the people who know Yahweh

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.099
 as their God

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.180
 will never

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:21.000
 lack for excitement

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:23.920
 so what do we do with this?

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.559
 what do we do with this fact

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.639
 that God

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:28.599
 is not boring

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.079
 and that God

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.799
 delights

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.759
 in rescuing

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.460
 his people

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:36.319
 I think we become

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.180
 people of prayer

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:41.399
 praying that God

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.740
 might deliver us

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.819
 and being open

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.500
 to the ways

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.240
 that he might

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.019
 it might be

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.400
 from an unlikely

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.099
 individual

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.019
 within our own

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.500
 community

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.039
 that God

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.720
 provides

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.620
 rescue

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:57.359
 or it might be

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.059
 somebody from

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.940
 outside of our

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.420
 community

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:05.440
 also gives us

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.140
 great freedom

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.680
 to know that God

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.539
 doesn't operate

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.440
 in a set way

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.660
 opens us up

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.480
 to the possibility

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.180
 that we could

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.860
 partner with

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.339
 others

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.559
 outside of the

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.299
 Christian faith

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.360
 as we address

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.039
 some of the great

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.980
 challenges within

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.680
 our culture

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.360
 at this moment

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:23.319
 I think about

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.500
 the tragedy

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.640
 of transgenderism

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:27.380
 and what it would

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.900
 look like

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:29.480
 to ally ourselves

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.019
 in this area

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.759
 to seek

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.519
 deliverance

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.559
 for God's people

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.500
 from these

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.420
 practices

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.519
 and to save

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.140
 our culture

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:40.340
 from this

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.780
 tragedy

00:25:40.780 --> 00:25:41.840
 if we

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.780
 embraced

00:25:42.780 --> 00:25:43.780
 and worked

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.220
 with such

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.620
 people

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.700
 as the

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.320
 famed author

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.060
 of Harry Potter

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:50.800
 so much

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.400
 against

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.400
 what we stand

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.100
 for in so

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.600
 many ways

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.300
 but in this

00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:55.000
 one area

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:57.180
 we could

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.080
 find ourselves

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.500
 perhaps

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.000
 partners

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:02.300
 or we

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:03.300
 consider the

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:04.160
 abomination

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.940
 of abortion

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.860
 in our country

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.320
 and as we

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:08.060
 continue to

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.780
 address that

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:11.440
 you might

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.160
 find some

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.799
 unlikely

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.940
 partners

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.940
 outside of

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.319
 the Christian

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.720
 faith

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:19.519
 could think

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.059
 of several

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:22.399
 that have

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.039
 the same

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.859
 understanding

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.099
 of the

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.660
 right to

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.059
 life

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.500
 that we

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.799
 have

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:29.519
 and what

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.240
 about partnering

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.599
 with our

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.139
 Muslim

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.680
 neighbors

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.319
 as we

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.200
 continue to

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.000
 fight against

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.619
 vanishing

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.219
 religious

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:38.639
 liberties

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.259
 and rights

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.539
 in our

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.899
 country

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:44.479
 but let

00:26:44.479 --> 00:26:44.759
 me bring

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.119
 it a little

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.459
 bit more

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.859
 personal

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.019
 what does

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.459
 it mean

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:48.239
 when God

00:26:48.239 --> 00:26:48.699
 is not

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.119
 boring

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:50.000
 and delivering

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.599
 his people

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.959
 from their

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.539
 difficulties

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.219
 and challenges

00:26:53.219 --> 00:26:55.179
 know that

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.579
 you

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:57.379
 you are

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.879
 uniquely

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.559
 crafted

00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.179
 for God's

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.579
 glory

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.619
 glory

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:03.199
 and if

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:03.819
 God

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.679
 can

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.740
 use

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.539
 somebody

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.919
 who

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.119
 was

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.639
 challenged

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.240
 of body

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.559
 like

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.059
 Ehud

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:13.359
 if he

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:15.159
 says in

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.159
 the New

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.460
 Testament

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.059
 passage we

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.539
 read that

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.039
 the man

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.819
 born blind

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.480
 wasn't born

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.220
 blind because

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.759
 of sin

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.759
 but because

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.960
 God

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.759
 purposed

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.099
 to display

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.159
 his glory

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:28.160
 through him

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:31.279
 oh what

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.019
 great news

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.440
 that is

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.080
 for us

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:36.220
 who wish

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.820
 that our

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.320
 bodies were

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.840
 just a little

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.360
 bit different

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:38.759
 than what

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.240
 they are

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.800
 to know

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.700
 that God

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:44.120
 has sovereignly

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:45.080
 crafted

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.800
 us

00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:47.120
 for his

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.940
 purpose

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.860
 and his

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.340
 glory

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:53.659
 perhaps

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.539
 you know

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.720
 I was in

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.079
 high school

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.579
 once

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.899
 middle school

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.379
 also

00:27:58.379 --> 00:28:00.000
 and from

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.379
 time to

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:00.799
 time I

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.220
 felt like

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.839
 an outsider

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.879
 and perhaps

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.919
 you feel

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.779
 like that

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.179
 today

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:05.619
 here in

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.139
 the audience

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.019
 like an

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.639
 outsider

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.079
 that you

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.539
 don't quite

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.059
 fit in

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.399
 you don't

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.859
 have that

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.279
 group

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:12.819
 Shamgar

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.179
 was an

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.599
 outsider

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.399
 he was

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.720
 somebody

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.299
 that wasn't

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.099
 part of

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.459
 the people

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:17.779
 of God

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.339
 yet God

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.139
 used him

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.040
 in a mighty

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.460
 way

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.420
 and God

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.340
 can use

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.780
 you as

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:23.100
 well

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:26.320
 or maybe

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.820
 you're here

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.300
 and you think

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:27.820
 you know

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:29.080
 what I'm

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.420
 just too

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.820
 young

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:31.320
 too young

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.800
 for God

00:28:31.800 --> 00:28:32.220
 to use

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.480
 me

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:34.020
 you know

00:28:34.020 --> 00:28:34.700
 what Esther

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.000
 was a teen

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.580
 when she

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.340
 became queen

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.840
 and God

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.720
 used her

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.800
 to rescue

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.600
 her people

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.600
 from near

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.420
 annihilation

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:46.100
 Timothy

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:47.940
 Paul wrote

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.240
 to him

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.500
 and said

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.759
 hey

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.559
 don't let

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.859
 people

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.599
 despise

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.839
 you

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.220
 because

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.599
 of your

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:51.879
 young

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.379
 age

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.660
 but rather

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.119
 remain

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.680
 faithful

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.740
 in preaching

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.180
 and teaching

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.559
 the word

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.980
 of God

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.799
 what a great

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.379
 encouragement

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.500
 that God

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.339
 is not

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.099
 constrained

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.299
 by the

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.799
 ways in

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.559
 which man

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.119
 judge

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.879
 you are

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.379
 good enough

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.940
 to rescue

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.339
 people

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.920
 or you are

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.299
 good enough

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.759
 to save

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.059
 people

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.619
 or we can

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.099
 use you

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.559
 because you

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.980
 have this

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.279
 and that

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.599
 talent

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.500
 no God

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.039
 has

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.660
 specifically

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:15.500
 and uniquely

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.500
 crafted

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.180
 each and

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.779
 every one

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.240
 of us

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.840
 to display

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:21.019
 his glory

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.140
 and to

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.560
 accomplish

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.400
 his purposes

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:27.279
 Matthew Henry

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.980
 puts it like

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.540
 this in his

00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:29.180
 commentary on

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.740
 this passage

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.600
 it is no

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.560
 matter how

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:32.120
 weak the

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:33.019
 weapon is

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.560
 if God

00:29:34.560 --> 00:29:35.600
 direct

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.880
 and strengthen

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.380
 the arm

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:40.460
 what a great

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.000
 encouragement

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.520
 that is

00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:41.880
 from this

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.320
 passage

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.640
 that

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.880
 in

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.380
 rescuing

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.000
 his people

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.620
 God

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.100
 is not

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.540
 boring

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:48.780
 and he

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.660
 can use

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.620
 each and

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.100
 every one

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.560
 of us

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:54.860
 finally we

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.420
 see here

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.700
 in this

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.000
 passage

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.700
 that God

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.520
 has a

00:29:57.520 --> 00:29:57.860
 sense of

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.160
 humor

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.300
 I know

00:29:59.300 --> 00:29:59.620
 this is

00:29:59.620 --> 00:29:59.940
 the point

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.540
 that a lot

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:01.200
 of the

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.780
 younger

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.960
 men

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.860
 and boys

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.260
 in this

00:30:04.260 --> 00:30:04.720
 congregation

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.160
 have kind

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.380
 of been

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.940
 waiting for

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:10.180
 God

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.580
 has a

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:10.900
 sense of

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.160
 humor

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:12.820
 you know

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.220
 we were

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.700
 traveling

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.559
 from the

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.140
 great sand

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.580
 dunes

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.140
 last

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.539
 Saturday

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:18.440
 and erupted

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.340
 in the car

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.380
 what I call

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.000
 the great

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.200
 Christmas song

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.140
 controversy

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:27.180
 we were

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.820
 listening to

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.940
 a playlist

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.840
 and up

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.240
 popped

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.420
 joy to

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.880
 the world

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.740
 and one

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:33.960
 of my

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.279
 daughters

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.799
 says

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.240
 quick

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.579
 quick

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.960
 change

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.099
 it

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.599
 we can't

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:37.839
 sing

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.180
 Christmas

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.559
 songs

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.799
 now

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:38.960
 it's

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.119
 too

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.440
 early

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.259
 the other

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.500
 one

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.759
 says

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.500
 what

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.960
 no

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.319
 we can

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.539
 sing

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.859
 Christmas

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.180
 songs

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.480
 anytime

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.139
 we want

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.720
 it's

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.039
 Christmas

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.599
 every day

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:46.839
 of the

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.079
 year

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.839
 and on

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.099
 and on

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.579
 this went

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.240
 for probably

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.940
 5 10

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.599
 I don't

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:50.700
 know

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.279
 maybe 15

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.619
 minutes

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:54.359
 and you

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.680
 may say

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.919
 wow

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.440
 that doesn't

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.839
 sound

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.419
 like

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.899
 that's

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.119
 very

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.759
 humorous

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.659
 like

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.319
 it kind

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.740
 of was

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.519
 but was

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.399
 more humorous

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.139
 the next

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.559
 morning

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.980
 when we're

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.659
 sitting here

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.320
 right over

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:04.740
 here

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.120
 on this

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.480
 side

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.259
 and guess

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.680
 what

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.580
 we read

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.860
 in a

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.320
 bulletin

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:09.220
 joy to

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.860
 the world

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:11.160
 oh my

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.820
 how

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:14.000
 exciting

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.560
 that was

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.019
 to read

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.600
 it was

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:15.880
 an

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.820
 unexpected

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:17.660
 moment

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.519
 of joy

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.560
 and happiness

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:23.100
 in the

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.540
 service

00:31:23.540 --> 00:31:25.279
 something

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.660
 that we

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.279
 could not

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.860
 have

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.580
 anticipated

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:30.300
 again

00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:31.080
 God

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.519
 isn't

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.939
 boring

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:33.319
 and God

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.740
 has a

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.960
 sense

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.439
 of humor

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:35.519
 and you

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.759
 may say

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.279
 well where's

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.839
 the humor

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.480
 in Judges

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.199
 3 there

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:41.220
 well it's

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.639
 a dark

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:41.960
 humor

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.720
 it's a

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.819
 dark

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.299
 humor

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.919
 for people

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.579
 in the

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.039
 throes

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.799
 of persecution

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:53.500
 let me

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.699
 just

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.799
 really

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.240
 quickly

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.639
 go through

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.939
 this dark

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.240
 humor

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.200
 Ehud

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.880
 was a

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.539
 Benjaminite

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.319
 and if

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.500
 you're

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.819
 reading

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.180
 this

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.700
 post

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.220
 Judges

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.740
 you look

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:03.980
 back

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.279
 and say

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.700
 this was

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.240
 the people

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.920
 who

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:08.440
 were

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.220
 extremely

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.240
 inhospitable

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.900
 in a

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.180
 culture

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.799
 that valued

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.319
 hospitality

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.859
 and actually

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.660
 committed

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:16.039
 a horrible

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.660
 desecration

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.680
 of a

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:18.980
 woman

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.940
 and

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:21.779
 because of

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.059
 that

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.579
 faced

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.859
 near

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.519
 desolation

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.940
 how funny

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.440
 is that

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.740
 that this

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.100
 is going

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.340
 to be

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.820
 the way

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.240
 in which

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.740
 God

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.080
 brings

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.519
 about

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.160
 salvation

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.620
 for his

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:31.920
 people

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.299
 also

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.799
 Ehud

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.640
 as we've

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:34.900
 mentioned

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.559
 he's a

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.940
 lefty

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.600
 actually

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.039
 he's

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.600
 incapable

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.160
 of using

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.539
 his right

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.860
 hand

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.779
 not

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.340
 necessarily

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.840
 a ringing

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.500
 endorsement

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:43.059
 for somebody

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.480
 who's going

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.000
 to deliver

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.480
 God's

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.759
 people

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.180
 from the

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.360
 hand

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.620
 of their

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.539
 oppressors

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.900
 Eglon

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.120
 a very

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.500
 fat

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.940
 man

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:52.240
 may not

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.700
 mean much

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.039
 to us

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.460
 right now

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.779
 right

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.620
 kind of

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:54.920
 funny

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.360
 haha

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.759
 fat

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:55.960
 man

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.880
 no

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.759
 Eglon

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.559
 means

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.160
 calf

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:02.920
 you get

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.180
 where I'm

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.340
 going

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.680
 with this

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:05.180
 he's the

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.920
 fattened

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.400
 calf

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.380
 about to

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:07.559
 be

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.000
 slaughtered

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.340
 right

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.340
 that's

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.840
 hilarious

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:13.019
 Ehud

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.480
 says

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:16.059
 Ehud

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.720
 sends

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.259
 messenger

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.880
 sends a

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.500
 message back

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.000
 to Eglon

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.220
 right

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.940
 he's already

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.579
 gone off

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.840
 and he's

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.299
 like hey

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.640
 guys

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.019
 look

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.319
 you know

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.539
 what

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.519
 you guys

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.900
 keep on

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.200
 going

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.500
 hey

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.120
 I got

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.539
 a special

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.920
 message

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.279
 for the

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.700
 king

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:30.980
 oh wait

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.279
 a minute

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.559
 he strapped

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.360
 a sword

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:35.039
 to his

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.039
 right thigh

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.660
 ooh

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:39.120
 a special

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.640
 message

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.880
 huh

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:43.580
 and then

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.180
 Eglon

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.819
 he hears

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.000
 it

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.220
 and he's

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.660
 like oh

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.519
 he's got

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.940
 a special

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.259
 message

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.779
 for me

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.380
 just for

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.519
 me

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.779
 oh

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.100
 hey

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.680
 everybody

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.039
 everybody

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.859
 this message

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.319
 is just

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.639
 for me

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.059
 all of

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.200
 you

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.420
 get

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.740
 out

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.359
 and you're

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.700
 just sitting

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.079
 there thinking

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.579
 oh no

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.420
 no he

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.500
 didn't

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.139
 Eglon

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.460
 or Ehud

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.960
 soared

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.639
 Eglon

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.339
 sent everybody

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.980
 else away

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.940
 we already

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.460
 know he's

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.099
 probably not

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.759
 that fit

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.299
 of a man

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.039
 because of

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.619
 his stature

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.800
 oh this

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.139
 is not

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.360
 going to

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.719
 be good

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:12.519
 so then

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.259
 we see

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:14.460
 Ehud

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.179
 shows up

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.159
 everybody's

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.500
 gone

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.619
 and Ehud

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.340
 is alone

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.079
 with Eglon

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.640
 you've got

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:19.940
 to be

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.180
 getting

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.559
 me

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.780
 second

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:24.780
 proclamation

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:27.019
 Ehud

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.539
 arrives

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.500
 he sees

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.900
 Eglon

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.160
 sitting

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.440
 down

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.800
 he says

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:31.340
 oh

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.019
 I have

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.579
 a message

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.720
 from

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.500
 God

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.320
 for you

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.300
 at which

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.740
 point

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.579
 big

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.860
 old

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.440
 hefty

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.039
 Eglon

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:41.400
 struggles

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.220
 to his

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.500
 feet

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.820
 out of

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.440
 his chair

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.140
 because

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.740
 this is

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.440
 a special

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.900
 message

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.600
 from God

00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:47.300
 just for

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.720
 him

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:50.859
 and then

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:52.019
 we hear

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.539
 see the

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.000
 motion

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.679
 left hand

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.219
 goes to

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.619
 the right

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.259
 thigh

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.559
 and then

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.039
 as he's

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.459
 staggering

00:34:59.459 --> 00:35:00.119
 to receive

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.779
 the message

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.599
 the blade

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.439
 goes in

00:35:02.439 --> 00:35:03.379
 and the

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:04.019
 fat

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.899
 closes

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:05.939
 over the

00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:06.419
 blade

00:35:06.419 --> 00:35:07.879
 and I

00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:08.299
 bet he

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:08.899
 really got

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:09.439
 the point

00:35:09.439 --> 00:35:14.079
 yeah

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:17.219
 God

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.239
 was saying

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.940
 here's the

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.259
 message

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.860
 for you

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.179
 and it

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.759
 wasn't a

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.079
 message

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.340
 of

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.860
 confirmation

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:23.019
 it was a

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.319
 message

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.639
 of

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.179
 judgment

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:29.519
 oh

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.840
 and then

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.239
 it gets

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.860
 worse

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.940
 right

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.079
 it gets

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.480
 worse

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.799
 the sovereign

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.219
 Lord

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.840
 Eglon

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.420
 soiled

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.940
 himself

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:41.059
 the

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.579
 dung

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.200
 came

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:42.659
 out

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:45.559
 how

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.740
 the

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.360
 mighty

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:50.079
 persecutor

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.079
 of Israel

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.480
 fell

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:56.460
 and it

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.659
 gets

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.200
 better

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:58.179
 right

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.159
 the servants

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.820
 come running

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.720
 the servants

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:02.079
 come to

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.599
 the door

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.440
 after

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.240
 Ehud had

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.559
 left

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.019
 and locked

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.220
 it

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.260
 and they

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.559
 see the

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.780
 doors

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.280
 closed

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.440
 they

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.740
 see the

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:08.940
 doors

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.380
 locked

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:12.260
 they

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.840
 smell

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.060
 the

00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:15.380
 smell

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.600
 of

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:15.940
 dung

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.260
 oh

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.720
 you know

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:18.940
 what

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.440
 I bet

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.680
 you

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.460
 the

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.860
 king

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.740
 he's

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.340
 in the

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.720
 toilet

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.900
 that

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.740
 okay

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:26.000
 we'll

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.300
 give them

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.760
 some time

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.300
 and space

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.060
 back

00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:28.500
 away

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.420
 says

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.620
 they

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.120
 wait

00:36:30.120 --> 00:36:30.720
 for the

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:30.980
 Lord

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.500
 the king

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.880
 to come

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.200
 out

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.940
 to the

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.220
 point

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.480
 of

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.280
 embarrassment

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.420
 wow

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.560
 he is

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.099
 really

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.420
 really

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.719
 doing

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:37.880
 a

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.299
 number

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:46.940
 servants

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.599
 return

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:49.599
 embarrassed

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:51.400
 oh

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.279
 we really

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.659
 need to

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.059
 check on

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.219
 them

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.019
 oh

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.219
 hey

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.719
 the keys

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.019
 are right

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.279
 here

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:56.259
 are you

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.480
 kidding

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.739
 me

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.719
 the keys

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.219
 to the

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:59.079
 king

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.719
 have been

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.000
 there

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.519
 the whole

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.099
 time

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.139
 the servants

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.420
 are like

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.679
 oh

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.019
 okay

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.299
 well

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.679
 I guess

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.319
 just waiting

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.739
 for him

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.039
 so they

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.159
 take the

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.639
 keys

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:09.199
 they unlock

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.519
 it

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.179
 and

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.219
 the

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.739
 passage

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:13.199
 it says

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.659
 more of

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:13.839
 like

00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:14.659
 surprise

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.359
 the king

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.399
 is laid

00:37:17.399 --> 00:37:17.759
 out on

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.179
 the floor

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.679
 dead

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:25.440
 you know

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.659
 what's

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.279
 even more

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:26.839
 hilarious

00:37:26.839 --> 00:37:28.940
 Ehud

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.799
 just makes

00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.279
 a casual

00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:30.779
 escape

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.460
 while they're

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.799
 waiting

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:33.920
 gets out

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.360
 of town

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.160
 no big

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.539
 deal

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:37.480
 I mean

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.039
 just an

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.720
 amazing

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.680
 passage

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.740
 filled

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:41.560
 with a

00:37:41.560 --> 00:37:42.039
 humor

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:45.460
 that lets

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.640
 people know

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:48.100
 that we

00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:48.620
 serve a

00:37:48.620 --> 00:37:49.039
 God

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:50.000
 who is

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.380
 greater

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.860
 than our

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.160
 greatest

00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:51.880
 persecutor

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:53.600
 we serve

00:37:53.600 --> 00:37:54.140
 a God

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:55.000
 whose power

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.640
 turns the

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.320
 greatest of

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.920
 men in the

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.620
 most desperate

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:58.340
 situations

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.280
 into a

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.780
 canvas

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:01.100
 for his

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.780
 glory

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:04.840
 and a

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.480
 canvas

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.140
 that will

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:08.600
 bring us

00:38:08.600 --> 00:38:08.980
 joy

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:16.800
 that's what

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.360
 this passage

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.940
 did for the

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.360
 people of

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.660
 Israel

00:38:18.660 --> 00:38:21.240
 in future

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.820
 times

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:23.280
 when they

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:24.060
 were oppressed

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.340
 they could

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:26.019
 look back

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.400
 to this

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.820
 passage

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.299
 and say

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.500
 look at

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.659
 the great

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.099
 God that

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.659
 we serve

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.159
 who has

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.559
 a sense

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.980
 of humor

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.739
 who knows

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.119
 how to

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.699
 rescue his

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.000
 people

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.639
 and not

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.299
 only rescue

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:35.739
 his people

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.279
 but to

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:36.739
 bring them

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.299
 joy

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.980
 again

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:40.940
 Dale Ralph

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.239
 Davis

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.679
 the quote

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.579
 finishes like

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.799
 this

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.239
 the God

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.480
 of the

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.739
 Bible

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.320
 does not

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:45.019
 hold back

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.599
 in the

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.119
 wild blue

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.559
 yonder

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.440
 somewhere

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.059
 waiting for

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.320
 you to

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.500
 put

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.340
 Clorox

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:50.219
 spray

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.779
 Lysol

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.299
 over the

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.820
 affairs of

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.279
 your life

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.799
 before you

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:53.179
 will touch

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.419
 it

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.739
 whether you

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.339
 can comfortably

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.859
 put it

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.379
 together or

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:56.699
 not

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.559
 he is the

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:57.980
 God

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.059
 who delights

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.879
 to deliver

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.659
 his people

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:02.419
 even in

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:03.219
 their messes

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:04.139
 and likes

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.599
 to make

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.159
 them laugh

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.579
 again

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:07.879
 he is the

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:08.239
 God

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.839
 who allows

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.279
 weeping

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:09.879
 to endure

00:39:09.879 --> 00:39:10.339
 for a

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:10.659
 night

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:12.679
 but sees

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.679
 that joy

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:15.219
 comes in

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.679
 the morning

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:18.980
 so whatever

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:21.519
 difficulty

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.079
 you find

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.839
 yourself in

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:24.340
 whatever

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.039
 challenge

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.380
 you're

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.760
 facing

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:28.140
 though it

00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:28.640
 may seem

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:29.100
 dark

00:39:29.100 --> 00:39:30.880
 know that

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.980
 God has

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.360
 a sense

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.920
 of humor

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.920
 and he

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.519
 is waiting

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.620
 to bring

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:37.079
 joy back

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.559
 into your

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.980
 life

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:39.480
 when he

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.000
 delivers

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.180
 you from

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.500
 that

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:44.360
 when we

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.900
 close our

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.600
 consideration

00:39:45.600 --> 00:39:46.840
 of Ehud

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.579
 and Shamgar

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.900
 by remembering

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.640
 that God

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.440
 delights

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.700
 delights

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:53.019
 in rescuing

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.539
 his people

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.380
 it's not

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:54.980
 a drudgery

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:56.099
 he enjoys

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.400
 doing it

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.139
 he wants

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:58.039
 to rescue

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:59.200
 his people

00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:00.579
 the situation

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.880
 doesn't matter

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:03.099
 he delights

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.940
 in rescuing

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.920
 you his people

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.940
 from long-term

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.420
 oppression

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.460
 or from an

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.260
 immediate threat

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.460
 he enjoys

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.280
 rescuing you

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.920
 from moral

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.360
 evil

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.059
 or from

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.860
 natural evil

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.940
 he enjoys

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:15.179
 rescuing

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.860
 his people

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.700
 in the midst

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:17.320
 of their own

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.740
 rebellion

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:18.539
 against him

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.179
 or from

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.699
 the sins

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.399
 of others

00:40:20.399 --> 00:40:21.259
 perpetrated

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:22.039
 against them

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:23.679
 many

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:25.679
 consider this

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.239
 passage

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.439
 as a great

00:40:27.439 --> 00:40:28.059
 embarrassment

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:30.699
 you know

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.019
 it's the

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.859
 apostle Paul

00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.319
 in 1st

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.779
 Corinthians

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:34.399
 said that

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:35.099
 the critics

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.779
 of Christianity

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:36.319
 in the first

00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:36.659
 century

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.359
 said the same

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.799
 thing about

00:40:37.799 --> 00:40:38.239
 the cross

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.779
 of Christ

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:40.379
 that it was

00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:41.059
 an embarrassment

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:43.459
 yet Paul

00:40:43.459 --> 00:40:44.199
 tells us

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.979
 that the cross

00:40:44.979 --> 00:40:45.699
 and we know

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.439
 for ourselves

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.179
 that the cross

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.780
 is the very

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:48.420
 crux

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.599
 and foundation

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.240
 of our faith

00:40:50.240 --> 00:40:51.780
 a foundation

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.800
 by which God

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.240
 graciously rescues

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.720
 his people

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.340
 from the power

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.840
 of sin

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:57.159
 gives us

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.720
 a place

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.380
 and a purpose

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.320
 in his eternal

00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.720
 kingdom

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:00.760
 and welcomes

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.679
 us into the

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.599
 great joy

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.960
 of his

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.740
 salvation

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:06.700
 so far

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.200
 from being

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.820
 an embarrassment

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.519
 the accounts

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.980
 of Ehud

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.679
 and Shamgar

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.340
 for those

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.900
 who embrace

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.200
 them

00:41:12.200 --> 00:41:14.200
 deepened

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.639
 faith

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:16.199
 and reliance

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:17.420
 upon a God

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:19.119
 who's not

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.839
 afraid to get

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:20.319
 his hands

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:20.659
 dirty

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:24.159
 a God

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.559
 who is

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.239
 far from

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.639
 boring

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:27.819
 and a God

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:29.339
 who through

00:41:29.339 --> 00:41:29.719
 a sense

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:30.259
 of humor

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:31.859
 restores joy

00:41:31.859 --> 00:41:33.019
 to his

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.759
 downtrodden

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.199
 people

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.859
 well by

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.299
 embracing

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:38.079
 these accounts

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:39.440
 may we

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.199
 proclaim the

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.980
 following along

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.259
 with the

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:42.199
 prophet

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:42.900
 Habakkuk

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.039
 though the

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.559
 fig tree

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.180
 should not

00:41:45.180 --> 00:41:45.619
 blossom

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:47.039
 nor fruit

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.579
 beyond the

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.099
 vines

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.260
 the produce

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.579
 of the

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:51.360
 olive fail

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.019
 and the

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.820
 fields yield

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:54.559
 no food

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.500
 the flock

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.200
 be cut off

00:41:56.200 --> 00:41:56.880
 from the fold

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.380
 and there be

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.940
 no herd

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.700
 in the stalls

00:41:58.700 --> 00:42:00.220
 yet I

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:01.059
 will rejoice

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.840
 in the Lord

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.340
 I will take

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:03.920
 joy

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:05.460
 in the God

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.519
 of my

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.079
 salvation

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:09.059
 let us pray

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:11.039
 oh gracious

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.660
 heavenly father

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:13.039
 as we close

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.619
 this service

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.940
 Lord may we

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.559
 indeed

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:16.359
 through the

00:42:16.359 --> 00:42:16.799
 power and

00:42:16.799 --> 00:42:17.239
 presence of

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:17.639
 your Holy

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.059
 Spirit

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:19.859
 and your

00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:21.739
 rescuing

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.359
 of us

00:42:22.359 --> 00:42:23.519
 find great

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.079
 joy

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:25.139
 in your

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.719
 salvation

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:26.879
 amen