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 We're now going to read from God's Word, so if you can turn to Exodus chapter 15.

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 We'll start at verse 22, and we'll end at chapter 17, verse 7.

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 Then the Lord made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur.

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 They went three days into the wilderness and found no water.

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 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter.

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 Therefore it was named Marah.

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 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

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 And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.

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 There the Lord made a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, saying,

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 If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes,

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 and give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes,

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 I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians.

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 For I am the Lord your healer.

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 Then they came to Elam, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees,

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 and they encamped there by the water.

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 They set out from Elam, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,

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 which is between Elam and Sinai.

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 On the fifteenth day of the second month, after they had departed from the land of Egypt.

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 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

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 And the people of Israel said to them,

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 Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt,

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 where we sat by the meat pots, and ate bread for the full.

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 For you have brought us out to this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you,

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 and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day that I may test them,

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 whether they will walk in the law or not.

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 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in,

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 it will be twice as much as they gather daily.

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 So Moses and Aaron said to the people of Israel,

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 At evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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 And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord,

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 because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord.

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 For what are we that you grumble against us?

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 And Moses said,

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 When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat,

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 and in the morning bread to the full,

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 because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him,

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 what are we?

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 Your grumbling is not against us, but against the Lord.

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 Then Moses said to Aaron,

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 Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel,

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 Come near before the Lord,

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 for he has heard your grumbling.

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 As soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel,

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 they looked towards the wilderness,

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 and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel.

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 Say to them,

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 At twilight you shall eat meat,

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 and in the morning you shall be filled with bread,

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 and then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.

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 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp,

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 and in the morning dew lay around the camp.

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 And when the dew had gone up,

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 there was on the face of the wilderness

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 a fine flake-like thing,

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 fine as frost on the ground.

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 And when the people of Israel saw it,

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 they said to one another,

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 What is it?

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 For they did not know what it was.

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 And Moses said to them,

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 It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

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 This is what the Lord has commanded.

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 Gather of it,

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 each one of you,

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 as much as he can eat.

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 You shall each take an omer,

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 according to the number of persons

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 that each of you has in the tent.

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 And the people of Israel did so.

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 They gathered,

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 some more,

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 some less.

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 But when they measured it with an omer,

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 whoever gathered much had nothing left,

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 whoever gathered little had no lack.

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 Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.

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 And Moses said to them,

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 Let no one leave any of it till the morning.

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 But they did not listen to Moses.

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 Some left part of it till the morning,

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 and it bred worms and stank.

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 And Moses was angry with them.

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 Morning by morning they gathered it,

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 each as much as he could eat,

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 but when the sun grew hot,

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 it melted.

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 On the sixth day,

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 they gathered twice as much bread,

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 two omers each.

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 And when all the leaders of the congregation came

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 and told Moses,

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 he said to them,

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 This is what the Lord has commanded.

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 Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest,

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 a holy Sabbath to the Lord.

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 Bake what you will bake,

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 and boil what you will boil,

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 and all that is left over is to be,

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 all that is left over lay aside

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 to be kept till the morning.

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 So they laid it aside till the morning

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 as Moses commanded them,

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 and it did not stink,

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 and there were no worms in it.

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 Moses said,

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 Eat it today,

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 for today is a Sabbath to the Lord.

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 Today you will not find it in the field.

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 Six days you shall gather it,

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 but on the seventh day,

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 which is a Sabbath,

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 there will be none.

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 On the seventh day,

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 some of the people went out together,

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 but they found none.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 How long will you refuse

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 to keep my commandments and my laws?

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 See, the Lord has given you the Sabbath.

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 Therefore, on the sixth day,

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 he gives you bread for two days.

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 Remain each of you in his place.

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 Let no one go out of his place

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 on the seventh day.

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 So the people rested on the seventh day.

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 Now the house of Israel

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 called its name Manna.

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 It was like coriander seed,

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 white,

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 and the taste of it

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 was like wafers made with honey.

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 And Moses said,

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 This is what the Lord has commanded.

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 Let an oma of it be kept

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 throughout your generations,

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 so that they may see the bread

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 which I fed you in the wilderness

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 when I brought you out

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 of the land of Egypt.

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 And Moses said to Aaron,

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 Take a jar

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 and put an oma of manna in it

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 and place it before the Lord

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 to be kept throughout

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 your generations.

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 As the Lord commanded Moses,

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 so Aaron placed it

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 before the testimony

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 to be kept.

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 The people of Israel

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 ate the manna

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 for forty years

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 till they came

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 to a habitable land.

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 They ate the manna

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 till they came

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 to the border

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 of the land of Canaan.

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 An oma is the tenth part

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 of an ephah.

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 All the congregation

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 of the people of Israel

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 moved on

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 from the wilderness

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 of sin by stages

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 according to the commandment

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 of the Lord

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 and camped at Rephidim.

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 But there was no water

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 for the people to drink.

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 Therefore the people

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 quarreled with Moses

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 and said,

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 Give us water to drink.

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 And Moses said to them,

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 Why do you quarrel with me?

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 Why do you test the Lord?

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 But the people thirsted

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 there for the water

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 and the people grumbled

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 against Moses

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 and said,

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 Why did you bring us

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 out of Egypt?

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 To kill us

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 and our children

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 and our livestock

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 with thirst?

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 So Moses cried to the Lord,

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 What shall I do

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 with his people?

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 They are almost ready

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 to stone me.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Pass on before the people

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 taking with you

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 some of the elders

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 of Israel

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 and taking your hand

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 the staff

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 with which you struck

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 the Nile

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 and go.

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 Behold,

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 I will stand before you

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 there on the rock

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 at Horeb

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 and you shall strike

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 the rock

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 and water shall come

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 out of it

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 and the people

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 will drink.

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 And Moses did so

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 in the sight

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 of the elders

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 of Israel

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 and he called the name

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 of the place

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 Massah

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 and Meribah

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 because of the quarrelling

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 and because they

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 tested the Lord

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 by saying,

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 Is the Lord among us

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 or not?

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 This is God's word.

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 May he bless it to us.

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 Good morning, church.

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 How are you all doing?

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 Good morning.

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 Yeah, so

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 nice day outside.

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 Thank you all

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 to be here

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 and really appreciate

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 the opportunity

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 to be able to share

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 God's word

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 with you all

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 today again.

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 Yeah, I get a bit

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 emotional

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 every time I sing

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 this song.

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 I know I actually

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 asked for the song

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 and I don't know

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 why I did it.

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 Yeah, it reminds me

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 of a really tough time

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 that I had

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 when we were away

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 in the U.S.

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 and I was

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 studying

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 in a seminary

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 and

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 yeah, my wife

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 was suffering

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 from a lot of

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 health issues.

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 A little bit depressing,

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 you know,

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 leaving family

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 and friends

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 and everything behind

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 and

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 you know,

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 the Lord has provided

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 every day

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 and so if I start

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 crying during the sermon,

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 you know why.

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 Yeah,

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 why don't we pray

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 before we start?

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 Yeah.

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 Oh Lord,

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 you're just

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 so faithful.

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 Remember when I was young,

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 I felt like we'd

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 conquered a world.

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 Nothing bad

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 or that bad

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 really ever happens.

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 But Lord,

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 life is hard

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 that we thank you

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 that morning

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 by morning

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 you show

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 your mercies

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 to us.

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 And today,

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 Lord,

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 as we look

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 into your word,

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 may that same

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 mercy be with us

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 so that our hearts

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 are not hardened

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 and that your word

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 will change

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 our lives

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 today

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 and forevermore.

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 In Jesus' name

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Right,

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 so last week

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 Dave spoke

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 from Exodus

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 12 to 15

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 about how God

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 with his mighty hands

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 redeemed

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 the people of Israel

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 from slavery

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 by offering

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 through the blood

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 of Passover

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 the Passover lamb

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 and God destroyed

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 all the pursuing enemies,

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 the Egyptians,

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 in the Red Sea.

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 So when you read

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 chapter 15,

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 Exodus,

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 the first three quarters

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 of the chapter

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 describes how

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 the entire Israel,

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 like a million people,

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 were singing praises

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 to the Lord

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 and Miriam

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 and all the women

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 got out their instrument

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 and started dancing away.

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 It was like a great party,

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 the greatest party

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 the world has ever seen.

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 It was an amazing time,

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 happy times,

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 but great times

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 don't always last.

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 In today's reading

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 we see that

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 three days into the wilderness

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 and they ran into

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 some major,

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 major issues.

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 Imagine one million people

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 out in the desert

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 somewhere

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 with no water

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 and then they ran out of bread

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 and then they ran out of water again.

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 It's like, you know,

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 if some of you

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 heard of

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 or seen the images of

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 or been to

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 one of those

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 Taylor Swift concerts

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 or like a weekend concert

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 that had happened recently,

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 it's like 80,000 people

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 each time,

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 right?

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 We have 20 times

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 that people

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 but there's no lights,

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 no Wi-Fi,

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 no music,

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 no sound,

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 no nothing.

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 It was a disaster.

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 So what's going on here?

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 One minute

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 is celebration

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 and the next minute

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 everything is falling apart.

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 Across

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 Exodus 15, 22

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 to 17, 7

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 there's an account

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 of God

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 putting Israel

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 through a series

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 of three trials

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 just before

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 they got to Mount Sinai

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 to receive

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 God's covenant law.

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 So today

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 we're going to talk about

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 the trials

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 of the redeemed.

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 I call it

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 a brief discussion.

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 Why?

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 Because it's such

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 a huge topic.

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 So given the time

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 we have

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 we can only

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 scratch to service.

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 So if you believe

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 that God wants

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 Christians

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 to never suffer

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 but be materially rich

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 and healthy

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 and happy

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 all the time,

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 that's the prosperity

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 gospel in a nutshell.

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 I hope our passage

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 today

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 may show you

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 what the Bible

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 thinks of that.

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 and if you are

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 going through

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 some trying times

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 at the moment

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 whether it's

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 a difficult job

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 whether there are

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 some relational issues

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 at home

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 with spouses

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 or kids

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 whether there is

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 suffering

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 with your loved ones

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 with physical

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 and mental health

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 elderly care needs

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 and so on

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 my hope

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 and prayer

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 is that today's message

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 will comfort

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 and also encourage you.

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 If you have some

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 experience of trials

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 in the past

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 but everything

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 is a-okay

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 at the moment

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 I also hope

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 that this Bible

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 passage today

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 may help prepare you

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 for the next big one

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 because they do

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 and they tend

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 to come.

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 Today's sermon

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 will have two main sections.

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 Section one

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 is on understanding

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 trials

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 and then section two

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 is going to be

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 on responding

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 to trials.

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 Let's go into

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 section one

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 understanding trials.

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 In the Bible

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 there are different

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 types of hardships

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 that are highlighted.

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 Some hardships

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 are consequences

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 of our sins.

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 For example

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 David lost his child

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 born to Bathsheba

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 after he basically

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 committed adultery

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 with her

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 and had murdered

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 her husband Uriah.

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 You see that

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 in 2 Samuel

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 chapter 12.

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 And in 1 Peter 4

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 when Peter

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 wrote to the Christians

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 he said that

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 fiery trials

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 are given

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 to Christians.

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 Don't treat that

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 as a surprise.

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 But at the same time

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 do not suffer

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 as a murderer

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 or thief etc.

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 I told you

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 trials come right?

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 Yeah.

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 So if you rob

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 the bank

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 or drive recklessly

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 and end up

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 in jail

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 that is a consequence

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 of sin

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 which is not

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 our focus today.

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 And there are

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 other hardships

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 too.

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 We often

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 call trials

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 and they are

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 God ordained

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 not because of

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 any specific

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 wrongdoings.

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 God gives them

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 to his people

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 for a good reason

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 not to fail

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 or to break

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 anyone.

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 And we see that

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 in Exodus 15

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 22 to 23.

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 If you read

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 the verses here

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 it just says

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 that God

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 simply led

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 through Moses

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 Israel

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 into the wilderness

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 where there's

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 no water

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 to be found.

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 And when they

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 finally come

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 to some sort

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 of oasis

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 and they found

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 some water

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 the water

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 was not drinkable

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 it was bitter.

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 At that point

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 in time

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 have they done

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 anything bad

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 or naughty

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 or said anything

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 bad

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 that deserves

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 punishment?

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 In fact

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 over the last

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 couple of

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 verses

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 like the whole

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 chapter

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 before this

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 they were just

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 singing and

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 dancing and

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 praising God

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 for his

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 redemption.

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 And similarly

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 in Job 1

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 they also

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 record a

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 conversation

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 between God

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 and Satan

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 on Job

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 is to go

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 through some

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 serious trials

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 not because

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 he was sinful

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 but because

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 he was righteous.

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 He ended up

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 losing

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 what?

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 His wealth

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 his health

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 his kids

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 but God

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 allowed it

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 all for

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 good purpose.

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 Some might

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 say that God

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 kept his wife

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 as a punishment

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 but let's

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 not go there

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 for now.

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 This is the

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 kind of trial

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 or hardship

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 we will focus

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 on today.

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 God giving

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 trials to

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 his people

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 for a good

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 purpose.

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 And there

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 is another

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 kind of

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 hardship too

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 which is

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 neither of

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 the above.

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 Like in

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 John 9

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 there was a

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 blind man

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 who was born

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 blind.

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 Disciples

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 asked Jesus

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 why was this

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 guy blind?

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 His sins

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 or his

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 parents?

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 And what

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 did Jesus

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 say?

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 He was

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 neither.

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 He was

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 blind simply

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 to show

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 the works

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 of God

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 to bring

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 glory to

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 him.

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 So this

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 is not

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 the type

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 of hardship

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 we will

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 look into

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 either.

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 We will

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 leave that

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 for another

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 time.

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 Okay,

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 so why

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 does God

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 give his

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 people trials?

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 Why test

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 a person

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 through

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 hardship?

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 Well,

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 for a variety

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 of reasons.

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 First,

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 it's to

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 reveal,

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 which is in

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.399
 your bulletin,

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 or prove

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.060
 a person's

00:18:27.060 --> 00:18:28.200
 nature or

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.640
 character.

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.700
 In the

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:32.480
 Exodus 15-17 story

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:32.880
 today,

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.440
 Israel proved to

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.320
 be a rebellious

00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:36.980
 nation full of

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.640
 people,

00:18:37.820 --> 00:18:38.120
 full of

00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:38.640
 resentment.

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.640
 Three times they

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.480
 lacked food and

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:41.900
 water,

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.440
 and what did

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.780
 they do?

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:44.040
 Three times they

00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:44.340
 grumbled.

00:18:45.340 --> 00:18:46.220
 Twice they accused

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.460
 God of wanting to

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.280
 mass murder them

00:18:48.280 --> 00:18:49.660
 by withholding food

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.140
 and water,

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:51.500
 despite his

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.320
 saving grace.

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:54.119
 in Exodus 16,

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.960
 God told them

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.559
 he would provide

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.879
 them with manna

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.799
 daily,

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:58.879
 okay,

00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:01.679
 so do not

00:19:01.679 --> 00:19:02.399
 keep the manna

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:03.039
 until the next

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.399
 morning.

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.159
 But what did

00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:04.539
 they do?

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.819
 They disobeyed

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.579
 and kept the

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:06.859
 manna,

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.179
 so it stank

00:19:08.179 --> 00:19:08.659
 and started

00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.279
 going wormy.

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.339
 God also told

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:12.079
 them to stop

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.720
 gathering on

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.200
 the seventh

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.599
 day,

00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.579
 that is,

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.379
 keep the

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:16.139
 Sabbath to

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:16.619
 the Lord,

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.980
 and they went

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.579
 out and

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:18.899
 gathered.

00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:20.139
 Now,

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.480
 keeping

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.879
 Sabbath,

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.099
 and in fact,

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.899
 all of God's

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.339
 command,

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.779
 are God's

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:26.139
 call to

00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.740
 his people

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.919
 into sonship,

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.859
 not into another

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.679
 form of slavery.

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.399
 God wants his

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.659
 people to reflect

00:19:32.659 --> 00:19:33.619
 his character

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.439
 and the things

00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:35.219
 that he does.

00:19:35.959 --> 00:19:36.980
 So God rested

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.539
 on the seventh

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:37.819
 day,

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.519
 so he wants

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.099
 his people,

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.919
 his sons and

00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:40.259
 daughters,

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.399
 to be like him.

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:42.759
 Be holy

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.819
 because I am

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.240
 holy,

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.599
 and like Jesus

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:45.959
 said,

00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.919
 be perfect

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:47.599
 because your

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.579
 Father in heaven

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.500
 is perfect.

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.259
 God's call

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.839
 to obey

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.819
 is not

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.759
 to call

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.319
 people into

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:54.799
 slavery,

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.019
 put a huge

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.859
 burden or

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.619
 yoke on

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:57.859
 them,

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.779
 but to call

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.359
 them into

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.140
 sonship,

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:01.359
 like father,

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.160
 like son.

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.640
 But the people

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.640
 of Israel

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.900
 did not get it.

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.799
 They were

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.799
 proven to be

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.720
 a rebellious

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.180
 people.

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:12.099
 And Jesus,

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.440
 in Matthew 4,

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.319
 on the other

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.640
 hand,

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.720
 was also led

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.160
 into the

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.500
 wilderness

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.359
 to be

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.039
 tried and

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.440
 tested.

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.759
 For 40

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.319
 days,

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.400
 he had no

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.259
 food or

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.640
 drink,

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:24.680
 but he

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.440
 didn't grumble

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.079
 a single

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.480
 time.

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.779
 In fact,

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.559
 Satan

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.299
 tempted him

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.019
 with all

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.559
 the tricks

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:32.380
 to repeat

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.900
 Israel's

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:35.619
 prior mistakes,

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.619
 which we saw

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.299
 in the passage

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.640
 today.

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.099
 But Jesus

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.839
 proved to be

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.339
 absolutely

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.500
 obedient to

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.259
 God as

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.759
 the Son of

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.019
 God,

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.000
 whom God

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.539
 is well

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.000
 pleased.

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.720
 And that

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.039
 is the

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.640
 first thing

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.359
 that God

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:48.299
 declared when

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.259
 Jesus came

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.980
 out of being

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.660
 baptized by

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.119
 John the

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.440
 Baptist.

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.420
 With us as

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.839
 Christians,

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.859
 God uses

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.700
 trials to

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.599
 reveal our

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.039
 character,

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.099
 how broken

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.640
 we are,

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.400
 and how

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.420
 much we

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.000
 need him,

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.640
 and the

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.200
 gospel of

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.920
 Jesus Christ.

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.359
 The beauty

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.980
 is that he

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.660
 does not judge

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.299
 us by our

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.700
 character,

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.799
 because we

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.220
 are hidden

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.920
 in Christ,

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.640
 as Paul

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.380
 says in

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.200
 Colossians 3,

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.119
 chapter 3,

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.640
 verse 3.

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.859
 It is like

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.539
 we are pieces

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.199
 of silver

00:21:15.199 --> 00:21:15.699
 jewelry,

00:21:16.219 --> 00:21:16.699
 and if you're

00:21:16.699 --> 00:21:17.199
 familiar with

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:17.659
 silver,

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.559
 or have some

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.199
 silver earrings,

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.519
 whatever,

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.719
 they always

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.299
 go black.

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:23.079
 That is us,

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.740
 that's our

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.199
 character,

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.240
 that is how

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.719
 we're supposed

00:21:25.719 --> 00:21:26.319
 to be judged.

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.619
 But what we

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.439
 need is to be

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:29.199
 gold-plated,

00:21:29.719 --> 00:21:30.299
 and Jesus

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.099
 is our gold,

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.519
 he covers us

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.439
 all the way

00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:33.919
 through and

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.219
 through,

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.519
 so that when

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.619
 God sees us,

00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.919
 he only sees

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:39.139
 Jesus'

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.740
 character,

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.899
 which is pure

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.240
 gold.

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.459
 God gives

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.940
 his people

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:45.039
 trials to

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.759
 prove their

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.880
 nature and

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.380
 character.

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.340
 That is the

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:49.019
 first reason

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.799
 God puts

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.200
 his people

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.880
 through trials.

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.799
 The second

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.600
 reason God

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.019
 gives his

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.720
 people trials

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.920
 is to humble

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.819
 and teach

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.420
 his people,

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.100
 us,

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.519
 to live

00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:00.019
 God-dependent

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.519
 lives.

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.799
 In Exodus

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.860
 16, the

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.799
 Israelites started

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.400
 to complain

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.940
 about their

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.299
 food.

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.200
 It's been

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.059
 45 days

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.480
 since they

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.279
 left Egypt,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.940
 so their

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.660
 bread had

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.420
 probably run

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.740
 out.

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.180
 God gave

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.059
 them a few

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.599
 simple commands

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.279
 related to

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.720
 the manna,

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.759
 how much

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.259
 to gather

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.880
 on each

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.680
 day, and

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.400
 how long

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.019
 to keep

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.539
 and not

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.900
 to keep

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.460
 the manna,

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:21.960
 etc.

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.039
 Why?

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.279
 God says

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.779
 in Exodus

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.680
 16, 4,

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.420
 and you can

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.799
 take a look

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.200
 with me,

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.000
 he says,

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.039
 that I may

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.740
 test them

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.539
 whether or

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:30.980
 not they

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.539
 will walk

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.039
 in my

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.799
 instruction.

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.579
 To walk

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.579
 in, in

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.059
 the Hebrews

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.000
 mind, is

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.539
 to not go

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.160
 for a hike,

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.860
 but to

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.920
 live with

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.779
 or live

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.220
 by.

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.480
 In

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.180
 Deuteronomy

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.440
 8, verse

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.320
 3, when

00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:46.120
 Moses was

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.779
 speaking of

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.380
 this same

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.720
 manna

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.840
 incident to

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.480
 the Israelites,

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.340
 he further

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:51.380
 explained that

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.140
 God humbled

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.779
 you and

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.300
 let you be

00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:54.220
 hungry and

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.840
 fed you

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.480
 with manna

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.040
 which you

00:22:56.040 --> 00:22:56.420
 did not

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.380
 know, nor

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.820
 did your

00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.560
 fathers know

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:59.279
 that he

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.200
 might make

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.279
 you understand

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.300
 that man

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:02.900
 does not

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.420
 live by

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.400
 bread alone,

00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:05.380
 but man

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.180
 lives by

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.860
 everything

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.840
 that proceeds

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.639
 out of

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.279
 the mouth

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.179
 of God.

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.139
 In other

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:13.399
 words, true

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.480
 living is

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.539
 not by

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.699
 what goes

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.339
 into our

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.379
 mouth, but

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.139
 what comes

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.720
 out of

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.059
 God's

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.419
 mouth.

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.939
 God's put

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.699
 people through

00:23:22.699 --> 00:23:23.819
 trials in

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.240
 order to

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.019
 humble them

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.859
 so that they

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.799
 may experience

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.839
 how life-giving

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.939
 and dependable

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.839
 his every

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.539
 word is.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.759
 American

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.319
 author

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.879
 Joni

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.439
 Erickson

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:35.579
 Tata, who

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.179
 suffered a

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.000
 diving accident

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.379
 when she

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.680
 was a

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:39.060
 teenager and

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.940
 was made

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.640
 quadripedric,

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:42.640
 basically

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.320
 paralyzed from

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:43.700
 the neck

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:45.200
 down, one

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.720
 said that

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.560
 in a way,

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.500
 I hope I

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.100
 can take my

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.240
 wheelchair to

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.880
 heaven with

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.120
 me.

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.520
 I know that

00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:52.240
 this is not

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.880
 biblically

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.100
 correct, but

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.600
 if I were

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.520
 able, I

00:23:55.520 --> 00:23:55.900
 would have

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.940
 my wheelchair

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.680
 up in

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.620
 heaven right

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.160
 next to me

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.720
 when God

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.520
 gives me my

00:24:00.520 --> 00:24:01.240
 brand new

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.260
 glorified body.

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.559
 and I

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.059
 will then

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.519
 turn to

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.240
 Jesus and

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.379
 say, Lord,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.259
 do you see

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.799
 the wheelchair

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.599
 right here?

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.859
 Well, you

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.319
 were right

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.700
 when you

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.180
 said that

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.599
 in this

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.279
 world we

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.640
 would have

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.019
 trouble,

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.920
 because that

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.480
 wheelchair

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.619
 was a lot

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.259
 of trouble.

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.920
 But Jesus,

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.859
 the weaker

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.920
 I was in

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.539
 that thing,

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.480
 the harder

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.259
 I leaned

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.960
 on you.

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.859
 And the

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.519
 harder I

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.039
 leaned on

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.859
 you, the

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.740
 stronger I

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.680
 discovered you

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.160
 to be.

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:52.640
 What a

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.200
 prayer.

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.180
 Instead of

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.740
 praying for

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.180
 the Lord

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.720
 to take

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.440
 away our

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.559
 trials,

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.799
 maybe we

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.340
 should pray

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.000
 and ask

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.680
 God to

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.380
 make us

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.360
 better at

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.240
 leaning on

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.180
 him through

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.120
 our trials.

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.539
 A step

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.700
 at a time

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.680
 and a day

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.559
 at a time.

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.420
 The third

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.820
 reason, the

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.480
 third point I

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.880
 would like to

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.880
 share about

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.640
 the why of

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.120
 trials, it's

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.940
 not so much

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.400
 about the

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.779
 why of

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.620
 trials, but

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.340
 to talk to

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.320
 others about

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.000
 the why of

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.440
 trials.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.559
 trials.

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.539
 When people

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.080
 are going

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.920
 through actual

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.680
 trials and

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.980
 sufferings, a

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.779
 most natural

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.160
 question people

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.059
 tend to ask

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.779
 is why.

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.580
 And we

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.259
 can see that

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.900
 in Exodus

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.140
 chapter 17

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.980
 verse 3.

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.799
 The Israelites

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.180
 asked why.

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.140
 Why?

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.799
 Why?

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.960
 But what

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.039
 these people

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.039
 who are in

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.120
 pain most

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.620
 likely don't

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.860
 need is for

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.820
 us to give

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.940
 them a lecture

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.220
 on how the

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.980
 Lord is using

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.059
 trials to

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.740
 reveal their

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.980
 character or

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.600
 to humble

00:25:59.600 --> 00:25:59.940
 them.

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.200
 That's not

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.620
 what they

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:01.900
 need.

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.980
 They also

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.620
 don't need

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.420
 us to tell

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.320
 them in a

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:06.000
 personal way

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.759
 that they are

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.620
 being punished

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.360
 because they

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.039
 did something

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.180
 wrong, like

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.860
 Job's friend

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.960
 did to Job

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.980
 when he was

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.740
 suffering his

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.180
 losses.

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.940
 And I've

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.400
 learned from

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.059
 my spiritual

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.680
 mentors,

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.059
 much wiser

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.860
 men than me

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.860
 who are in

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.620
 their 80s,

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.399
 that the

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:22.799
 best we

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.279
 can do

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.939
 is what

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.559
 Paul says

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.199
 in Romans

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.719
 12,

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.859
 chapter 15,

00:26:27.219 --> 00:26:27.559
 and I

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.859
 read,

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.919
 Rejoice

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:29.519
 with those

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.159
 who rejoice

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:31.239
 and weep

00:26:31.239 --> 00:26:32.059
 with those

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.759
 who weep.

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.279
 And if

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.159
 the people

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.500
 who are

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.000
 suffering

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.059
 push us

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.000
 on why

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.519
 a good

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.419
 God would

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:40.299
 allow such

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.819
 a bad

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.279
 thing to

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.659
 happen,

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:42.339
 like I

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.819
 was once

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.859
 asked by

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.519
 a man in

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.799
 front of

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.259
 his whole

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.739
 family,

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.859
 why would

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.379
 God,

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:47.979
 if he's

00:26:47.979 --> 00:26:48.339
 good,

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.139
 allow my

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.879
 12-year-old

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.699
 daughter to

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.400
 die of a

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.160
 car accident,

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.160
 the best

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.480
 thing to

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.620
 say is,

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.259
 I do

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.779
 not know

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.200
 why,

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.059
 but I

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.700
 know that

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.360
 God is

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.240
 good and

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.620
 that he

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.360
 is faithful.

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.299
 So in

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.160
 explaining the

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.700
 why of

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.600
 trials to

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.279
 people who

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.799
 are hurting,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.140
 it is best

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.759
 to be a

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.720
 listener and

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.400
 not a

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:10.779
 lecturer.

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.660
 This

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.200
 concludes

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.380
 section 1,

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.140
 the understanding

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.880
 of trials

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.279
 today,

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.140
 and so

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.840
 let's move

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.319
 on to

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.039
 section 2.

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.599
 section 2

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.119
 is on

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.879
 responding to

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.379
 trials,

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.339
 and I

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.839
 will share

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.240
 three

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.839
 tendencies

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.139
 and

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.940
 something

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.339
 about

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.019
 overcoming

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.379
 them.

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.740
 First

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.200
 tendency

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.839
 when facing

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.399
 trials

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.519
 is that

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.119
 people

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.139
 and us

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.819
 tend to

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.500
 bitterly

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.079
 grumble

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.960
 against the

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.240
 Lord.

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.259
 Once upon

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.759
 a time,

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.700
 a middle-aged

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.220
 monk,

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.659
 nothing

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.159
 against

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.980
 middle-aged

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.299
 men,

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.259
 by the

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.519
 main,

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.420
 that's me

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.659
 by the

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:48.859
 way,

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.379
 named

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.960
 Gabriel,

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.599
 checked

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.159
 into a

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.680
 monastery

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.359
 in Europe

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.379
 where monks

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.240
 are supposed

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.099
 to practice

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.180
 the spiritual

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.019
 discipline of

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.720
 solitude,

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.599
 which means

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:01.960
 they don't

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.480
 talk to

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.920
 anyone,

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.579
 they'll hide

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.920
 in their

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.740
 room for

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.639
 five years,

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.639
 and they're

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.259
 not allowed

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.779
 to speak

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.299
 a single

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.740
 word to

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.259
 anybody

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.639
 for the

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.279
 whole year

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.399
 until the

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.720
 end of

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.139
 the year

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.920
 when they

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.200
 will be

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.519
 summoned

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.159
 into

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.980
 this

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.700
 headmaster's

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:15.920
 room,

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.879
 like the

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.399
 head monk,

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.040
 and they

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:19.240
 will be

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.740
 allowed to

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.200
 share just

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.880
 two words,

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.680
 like a

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.620
 summary of

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.480
 everything that

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.500
 they contemplated

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.460
 for the whole

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.780
 year.

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.820
 And so,

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.759
 the first year

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.400
 had passed,

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.840
 and Gabriel

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.580
 showed up at

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.140
 this head

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.860
 monk's office,

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.420
 and then the

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.720
 head monk

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.420
 asked him,

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:35.960
 your two

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.420
 words,

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.340
 and Gabriel

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:37.920
 said,

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.920
 bad food.

00:28:39.920 --> 00:29:09.759
 I quit.

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.920
 grumble.

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.460
 And the

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.779
 head monk

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.200
 said,

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.740
 Gabriel,

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.480
 I'm not

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.100
 surprised,

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.400
 because all

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.779
 you did

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.220
 since your

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.140
 arrived was

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.800
 grumble.

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.600
 In these

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.300
 three wilderness

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:24.320
 incidents where

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:25.080
 Israel lacked

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.779
 water and

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.580
 food that we

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:27.180
 read today,

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.039
 the word

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.060
 grumble was

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.960
 used ten

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.560
 times.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.640
 Don't count

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:32.940
 it now,

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.300
 I actually

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:33.820
 counted for

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.000
 you.

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.080
 Yeah.

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.259
 Instead of

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.019
 keeping up with

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.600
 praising the

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.120
 Lord and

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:39.039
 rescuing them

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.779
 through the

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.639
 ten plagues,

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.859
 which wasn't

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.240
 that long

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.559
 ago,

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.559
 all they

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.920
 did was

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.379
 grumble

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.159
 since they

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.619
 got there.

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.000
 Not a

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.579
 single word

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.259
 of gratitude.

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.119
 The wilderness

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:51.180
 had quickly

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.079
 turned worship

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:53.319
 into whinging.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.920
 Does God

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.480
 know what

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.059
 he's doing?

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.639
 Is the

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.279
 Lord really

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.980
 for us?

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.500
 How is

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.259
 this fair?

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.839
 That's the

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.720
 heart behind

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.339
 the grumbling,

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.599
 a heart of

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.039
 distrust that

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.440
 is not

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.440
 different to

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.980
 that of

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.559
 Adam and

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.319
 Eve in

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.779
 the Garden

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.399
 of Eden

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:13.720
 when Satan

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.740
 was testing

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.000
 them.

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.680
 Have we

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.440
 not felt the

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.139
 same in our

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.839
 own wilderness

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.480
 moments,

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.500
 my friends and

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.119
 brothers and

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.440
 sisters?

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.480
 Do we not

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.019
 sing praises on

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.059
 Sundays and

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.859
 then on Monday

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:28.200
 before lunch

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.119
 when things

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.279
 don't go as

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.700
 we planned it,

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.500
 we already

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.200
 start whinging?

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:36.840
 A way to

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.580
 overcome the

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.700
 bitterness that

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.140
 swells up in

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.559
 our hearts

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.220
 whenever we

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.960
 face our

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.700
 trials and

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.799
 suffering is

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.559
 to remember

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.900
 the Lord's

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:47.279
 past faithfulness.

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.380
 Where is

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.279
 that in our

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.920
 passage today?

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.259
 In fact,

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.299
 that's all

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.779
 over our

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.500
 passages today.

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.299
 You see all

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.840
 this naming

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.400
 that's going

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.080
 on in

00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:00.279
 Exodus 15

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.960
 to 17.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.399
 In Exodus

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.119
 15 to

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:04.480
 1523,

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.960
 Moses talks

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.599
 about this

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.099
 place where

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.440
 they found

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.019
 bitter water.

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.779
 What did he

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:10.980
 do?

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.039
 They named

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.799
 it Marah.

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.680
 And then

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.720
 in verse

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.559
 17.7,

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.079
 where Moses

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.460
 struck the

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.119
 walk to get

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.500
 the water,

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:20.660
 he named

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.399
 it Massa

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.079
 and Meribah.

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.059
 Marah,

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.619
 Massa,

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.099
 Meribah.

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.680
 And Massa,

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:25.940
 Meribah

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.639
 literally means

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.339
 test and

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.680
 strive.

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.059
 Why all

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.519
 this naming?

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.279
 You call

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.759
 something

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.720
 something to

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.200
 help you

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.180
 recall something.

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.059
 That's what

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.480
 it is.

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.619
 All this

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.180
 naming is to

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.519
 help people

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.460
 remember how

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.399
 great God's

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:40.299
 faithfulness was

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.339
 towards Israel

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.379
 despite their

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.960
 unbelief.

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.279
 These

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:48.539
 were all

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.379
 done and

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.940
 all named

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.160
 so that

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.799
 people may

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.700
 remember how

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.119
 the Lord

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.059
 graciously

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.119
 provided and

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.899
 provided and

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:57.039
 provided to

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.680
 an ungrateful

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.899
 people that

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.579
 did nothing

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.359
 but grumble.

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.539
 And beside

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.159
 Merah,

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.539
 Massa,

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.039
 Meribah,

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.960
 there's also

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.399
 one more

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.839
 name in the

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.159
 passage.

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.839
 What is it?

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.039
 Manna.

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.980
 Right?

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.039
 Yeah,

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.559
 Manna.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.899
 I wonder

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.319
 why all

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.980
 these M's?

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.480
 Manna means

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.419
 what is it?

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.679
 And in

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.960
 Exodus 16.32,

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.599
 the Lord

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.339
 commanded them

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.139
 to keep a

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.699
 jar of

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.119
 manna,

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.599
 not for one

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.859
 day,

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.899
 not for one

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.159
 week,

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.920
 but for

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.360
 future

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.080
 generations,

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.960
 a jar

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.700
 of manna

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.120
 like a

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.560
 two-liter

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:32.580
 bottle that

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.640
 never expires.

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.460
 Why?

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.800
 So that

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.320
 the future

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:37.120
 generations

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.240
 of Israel

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.460
 may remember

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.420
 that the

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.279
 Lord had

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.880
 faithfully

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.640
 been feeding

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.300
 their ancestors

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.380
 for 40

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.100
 whole years

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.660
 in the

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:45.960
 wilderness,

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.259
 every single

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.600
 day.

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.060
 To overcome

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:51.740
 our distrusting

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.480
 heart in the

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.800
 wilderness,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.120
 we need to

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:55.100
 turn whinging

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:56.379
 into worship,

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.539
 start recounting

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.219
 his blessings

00:32:59.219 --> 00:33:00.779
 and how the

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.279
 Lord has

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.939
 shown us

00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:02.899
 undeserved

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:04.279
 grace again

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.039
 and again

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.619
 and again,

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.839
 from our

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.579
 daily bread

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.500
 to our

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.919
 everyday breath

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:11.159
 to all the

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.819
 good times we

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:13.119
 had and all

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.819
 the bad times

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.459
 and trials that

00:33:14.459 --> 00:33:14.740
 we have

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.659
 experienced to

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:15.939
 date.

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.199
 And then

00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:18.619
 somehow they

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.459
 have magically

00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:20.459
 dissipated.

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:23.019
 The Lord

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.559
 has been

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.099
 faithful.

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.059
 Remember

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.679
 God's

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:27.119
 grace

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.379
 all the

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.799
 way to

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.319
 the cross.

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.779
 That way,

00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:31.980
 even in the

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.539
 midst of a

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.240
 major trial,

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.359
 we may pray

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.319
 what Job

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.919
 prayed in

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.480
 Job chapter

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.839
 1.

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.839
 The Lord

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.359
 has given

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.279
 and the

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.939
 Lord has

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.659
 taken away.

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.639
 Blessed

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.439
 be the

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:43.099
 name of

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.579
 the Lord.

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.859
 And also

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.339
 in Job

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.139
 19 where

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.639
 he said,

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.319
 For I

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.019
 know that

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.219
 my

00:33:48.219 --> 00:33:48.659
 Redeemer

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.740
 lives and

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.359
 at last

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.839
 he will

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.939
 stand upon

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.659
 the earth.

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:55.140
 that's the

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.900
 first tendency

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.640
 when we

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.420
 face trials,

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.920
 bitterly

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.320
 grumble

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.160
 against the

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.440
 Lord.

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.860
 The second

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.440
 tendency

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.480
 when we

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.100
 face trial

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.700
 is to

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.120
 lust

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.960
 after our

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.880
 old lives.

00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:08.960
 Life would

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.220
 have been

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:10.079
 better if I

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.639
 weren't a

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.039
 Christian,

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.940
 wouldn't it?

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.500
 Exodus

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.400
 16.3,

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.960
 as we see it,

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.420
 the sons

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.000
 of Israel

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.440
 said,

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.300
 With

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.880
 that we

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.579
 had died

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.039
 by the

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.420
 Lord's

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.000
 hand in

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.500
 the land

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.059
 of Egypt

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.659
 when we

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.159
 sat by

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.639
 the pots

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.159
 of meat

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.920
 when we

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.579
 ate bread

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.940
 to the

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.179
 full,

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.059
 for you

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.679
 have brought

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.340
 us out

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.820
 into this

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.199
 wilderness

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.280
 to kill

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.820
 this whole

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.260
 assembly

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.280
 with hunger.

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.039
 Did

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.619
 Egyptians

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.139
 really let

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.720
 the Israelites

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.720
 have

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:40.119
 lamb stew

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.679
 for dinner

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.360
 or bread

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.720
 to the

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:41.960
 full?

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.820
 That's

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.300
 questionable,

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.940
 isn't it?

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:49.159
 were they

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.880
 really dying

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.500
 of hunger

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.880
 out in

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.280
 the wilderness?

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.059
 I don't

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.639
 think so.

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.800
 The Israelites

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.400
 said in

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.220
 chapter 17

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.740
 verse 3

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.139
 that they

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.800
 needed water

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.400
 not just

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.880
 for them

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.179
 and their

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.539
 kids,

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.199
 but their

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.599
 livestock.

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.559
 They have

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.900
 all these

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.639
 cows and

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.159
 goats and

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.039
 probably chicken

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.400
 as well

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.240
 running around

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.619
 needing water.

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.659
 So how

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:08.880
 are they

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.340
 dying of

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.619
 hunger?

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.159
 There's

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.619
 no way

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:12.840
 they're

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.179
 dying of

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.320
 hunger.

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.960
 So what's

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.380
 going on

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.639
 with these

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.980
 folks?

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.519
 Well,

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.820
 they were

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.300
 physically

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.900
 redeemed

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.159
 from

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.679
 slavery,

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.500
 but their

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.000
 hearts

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:22.199
 still in

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.539
 Egypt.

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.179
 Dissatisfied

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.659
 with their

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.280
 circumstances,

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.579
 they began

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.800
 imagining in

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.259
 their heads

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:30.000
 that life

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.519
 was better

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.179
 in Egypt

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.139
 and that

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.800
 their future

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:34.079
 as promised

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.920
 under this

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.719
 Yahweh God

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.920
 was overrated.

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.719
 When facing

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.239
 trials,

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.920
 have you

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.460
 ever said

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.039
 to yourself

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.840
 that things

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.559
 used to be

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.119
 so much

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.980
 better when

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.400
 I was

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.780
 not a

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.059
 Christian?

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.480
 I know

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.019
 I have.

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.199
 When I

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.539
 was not

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.019
 a Christian,

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.900
 I could

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.400
 steal,

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.780
 I could

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.219
 lie,

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.519
 I could

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.920
 cheat in

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.360
 my tax

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.940
 returns,

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.000
 indulge in

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.340
 food,

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.699
 alcohol,

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.260
 gambling,

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.920
 watch dodgy

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.320
 shows,

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.219
 do anything

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.820
 without feeling

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.280
 too bad

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.760
 about it.

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.240
 Wasn't

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.659
 life so

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.000
 much more

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.360
 fun and

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.860
 satisfying?

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.639
 Before I

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.179
 was Christian?

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.000
 Absolutely.

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.159
 So when I

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.519
 was going

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.960
 through a

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.800
 marriage meltdown,

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.960
 or when I

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.480
 was having a

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.840
 bad patch in

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.320
 my corporate

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.880
 career,

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.260
 or when my

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.080
 kids were

00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:15.640
 driving me

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.200
 insane,

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.559
 checking that

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.019
 she's there

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.500
 and listening,

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:22.300
 you know,

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.019
 I was literally

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.580
 thinking about

00:36:23.580 --> 00:36:24.080
 these things,

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:24.480
 yes,

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.440
 life was good,

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.780
 what am I

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.300
 doing here

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.559
 as a

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.860
 Christian?

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.980
 I've

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.559
 lusted after

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.120
 my good old

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.980
 lives and

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.500
 my good old

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.820
 days.

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.460
 I'm not

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.080
 proud of it,

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.760
 but that's

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.200
 what I've

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:36.440
 done,

00:36:37.080 --> 00:36:37.580
 and I may

00:36:37.580 --> 00:36:38.260
 do it again

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.200
 during hard

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.580
 times.

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.260
 So how can

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.960
 we overcome

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.579
 the lust

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.940
 of our

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.820
 old lives?

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.519
 One of my

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.960
 mentors,

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.099
 Dr. John

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.360
 Hanna,

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.760
 his name,

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.880
 once said

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.300
 that you

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.039
 can't just

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.960
 will away

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.240
 something sweet

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.179
 unless you

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.900
 replace it

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.539
 with something

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.000
 sweeter.

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.980
 You can't

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.679
 just think

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.119
 and say,

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.280
 oh,

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.480
 I'm going

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.860
 to stop

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.019
 it,

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.280
 you know,

00:36:59.699 --> 00:36:59.940
 you can't

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.360
 just will

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.780
 it away.

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.940
 In

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.679
 response to

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.380
 Israel's

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.360
 lust after

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.019
 their imaginary

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.539
 good lives

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.039
 in Egypt,

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:07.940
 the Lord

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.940
 literally had

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.500
 provided

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.559
 something sweeter

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.719
 to them

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.199
 as a

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.699
 replacement.

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.420
 He rained

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.759
 down

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.159
 manna,

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.719
 which 1631

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.219
 says,

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.259
 tasted like

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.880
 wavers

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.739
 with honey.

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:21.739
 Now,

00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:22.059
 that's a

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.420
 whole lot

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.799
 of sugar

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.139
 in their

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.440
 mouths.

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.619
 And for

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.179
 Christians,

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.199
 he didn't

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.840
 just rain

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.099
 down

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.440
 manna,

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.539
 but sent

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.179
 his own

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.059
 beloved son,

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.239
 the true

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.779
 manna of

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.099
 heaven,

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:33.840
 to be

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.420
 broken for

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.320
 us and

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.940
 to fill

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.719
 our thirsty

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.259
 hearts

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:38.020
 to the

00:37:38.020 --> 00:37:38.260
 full.

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.640
 Jesus

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:40.140
 said in

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.640
 John 6

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.080
 35,

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.300
 and this

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.680
 is preached

00:37:42.680 --> 00:37:43.840
 not too

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.340
 long ago,

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.260
 I'm the

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.980
 bread of

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.360
 life.

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:46.940
 Whoever

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.680
 comes to

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:48.200
 me shall

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.960
 not hunger,

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.880
 and whoever

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.620
 believes in

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.340
 me shall

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.100
 never thirst.

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.560
 Notice

00:37:53.560 --> 00:37:54.340
 here that

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:55.140
 Jesus didn't

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.760
 say in

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.540
 past tense,

00:37:57.040 --> 00:37:57.220
 whoever

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:58.020
 came to

00:37:58.020 --> 00:37:58.600
 me and

00:37:58.600 --> 00:37:59.120
 believed

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.940
 in me

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.540
 will never

00:38:00.540 --> 00:38:00.840
 hunger

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.300
 or thirst.

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.100
 Both

00:38:02.100 --> 00:38:02.520
 actions

00:38:02.520 --> 00:38:03.560
 comes and

00:38:03.560 --> 00:38:04.060
 believes

00:38:04.060 --> 00:38:04.720
 are in

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.640
 present tense.

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.920
 to be

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.559
 fulfilled

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.259
 by Jesus

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.940
 is to

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.920
 come and

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.359
 to trust

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.819
 in him

00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:11.739
 day by

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.159
 day,

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.219
 moment by

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:14.239
 moment,

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.420
 savouring

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.359
 his sweet

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.599
 amazing grace

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.699
 that saves

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.500
 a wretch

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.219
 like me.

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.179
 Only

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.159
 Christ and

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.559
 what he

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.039
 has done

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.059
 is sweet

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:26.239
 and satisfying

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.379
 enough to

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:28.259
 overcome the

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:29.079
 lust of

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.799
 our lives

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.699
 and of our

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.440
 old lives

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.279
 in the midst

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.739
 of our

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.159
 trials.

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:35.940
 So that's

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.319
 the second

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.879
 tendency

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:37.559
 when we

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.759
 face

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.199
 trials,

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:38.960
 lusting

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.699
 after our

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.299
 old lives.

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:41.659
 And the

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.359
 third tendency,

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.879
 and this

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.259
 will be our

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:43.739
 last point

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.099
 today,

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.679
 when facing

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.159
 trials,

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.559
 is we

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.920
 could be

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.579
 putting God

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.159
 on trial

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.239
 when trials

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.799
 persist.

00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:53.259
 When Israel

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:53.899
 arrived at

00:38:53.899 --> 00:38:54.399
 Revedim,

00:38:54.839 --> 00:38:55.339
 which means

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:56.059
 the place

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.719
 of rest

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.319
 in Exodus

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.899
 17,

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.719
 they had

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.059
 already

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.559
 grumbled

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.239
 about the

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.159
 water and

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.599
 about the

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.899
 food.

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.880
 And here

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.240
 again,

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.720
 they ran

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.019
 out of

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.260
 water.

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.360
 What is

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.940
 different this

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.900
 time is

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.360
 that they

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.119
 have escalated

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.840
 the issue

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.740
 into some

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.059
 sort of

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.480
 lawsuit against

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.380
 Moses and

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.000
 against God.

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.820
 They

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.760
 quarreled or

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.500
 contended with

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.019
 Moses in

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.539
 verse 2,

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.420
 accused God

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.460
 of attempting

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.300
 to murder

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.300
 them by

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.900
 thirst in

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.400
 verse 3,

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.180
 and they

00:39:23.180 --> 00:39:23.760
 threatened to

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.720
 stone Moses

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:25.880
 in verse 4.

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.180
 That's

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:28.000
 basically getting

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.680
 ready to

00:39:28.680 --> 00:39:29.420
 execute him.

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:34.200
 God's

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.680
 perspective,

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.519
 they were

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.220
 testing the

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:37.159
 Lord by

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.700
 questioning

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.639
 his presence

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.720
 in verse 7,

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:41.039
 chapter 17,

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.300
 and trying

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.139
 his patience.

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.480
 They were

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.200
 effectively saying

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.740
 to God,

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:47.340
 where are

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.820
 you?

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.940
 Show me

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.420
 the water.

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.460
 In a

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.760
 nutshell,

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.700
 they are

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.159
 putting his

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.159
 character and

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.940
 his existence

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:57.260
 on trial

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:58.400
 when trials

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.200
 persisted.

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.820
 From our

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.340
 perspective,

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.300
 we may think

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:02.920
 that Israel

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.200
 are just

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:04.180
 being ridiculous,

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.420
 but now

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:05.760
 they have

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.780
 experienced no

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.280
 less than

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.599
 14 plagues,

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:08.880
 right?

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:10.380
 Ten plagues

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.059
 in Egypt,

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.039
 crossing the

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.460
 Red Sea,

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.200
 turning bitter

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:13.780
 into sweet,

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.700
 and then

00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:15.180
 raining down

00:40:15.180 --> 00:40:15.480
 quail,

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.000
 raining down

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.300
 manna,

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.639
 and there

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:16.900
 are more.

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.400
 How on

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.960
 earth can

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.480
 they say,

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.639
 is the

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.440
 Lord amongst

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.240
 us or not,

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.220
 in verse

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.539
 7?

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.860
 The point

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:27.000
 here is that

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:28.079
 seeing is not

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.200
 always believing.

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:32.420
 God is

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:37.700
 merciful and

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:38.099
 gracious,

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:39.300
 slow to

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.720
 anger,

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.840
 and abounding

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:42.440
 in steadfast love

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.440
 and faithfulness.

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.880
 He told

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.860
 Moses to take

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.420
 the same

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.420
 staff that he

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.760
 used,

00:40:48.180 --> 00:40:48.700
 which struck

00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:49.360
 the water in

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.280
 Egypt and

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.720
 turned the

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:51.039
 water in

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.400
 blood,

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.780
 and then

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.320
 bring a

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.740
 group of

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.740
 elders to

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:55.579
 Mount Sinai,

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.340
 that's Horeb,

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.340
 struck the

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.660
 rock,

00:40:58.220 --> 00:40:59.120
 and miraculously

00:40:59.120 --> 00:41:00.100
 caused water

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.539
 to gush

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.840
 out,

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:02.260
 enough to

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.920
 feed over

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.480
 a million

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.460
 people in

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.960
 the wilderness.

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:05.940
 That is

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.620
 something like

00:41:06.620 --> 00:41:07.300
 two million

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:07.940
 litres of

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.460
 water a

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.680
 day.

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.780
 The

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.200
 Israelites

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:12.220
 were contending

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.780
 with God

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.519
 and putting

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.059
 him to the

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.340
 rest,

00:41:14.680 --> 00:41:15.280
 but God,

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.800
 instead of

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.660
 giving blood

00:41:16.660 --> 00:41:17.079
 which they

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.579
 deserved,

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:18.780
 comforted them

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:19.519
 with plenty

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.059
 of water

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.039
 and gave

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.780
 them rest.

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:23.420
 As

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.900
 Christians,

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.600
 let us be

00:41:24.600 --> 00:41:25.360
 reminded that

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.060
 we are not

00:41:26.060 --> 00:41:26.900
 immune to

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.340
 similar

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:28.760
 behaviours to

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.260
 the Israelites.

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:31.160
 When things

00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:31.940
 don't work out

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.400
 the way we

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.140
 want for a

00:41:33.140 --> 00:41:33.420
 very,

00:41:33.580 --> 00:41:33.800
 very,

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.360
 very long

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.760
 time,

00:41:35.040 --> 00:41:35.800
 we may be

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.100
 keeping to

00:41:37.100 --> 00:41:37.720
 pray and

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.220
 pray and

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.519
 pray,

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.440
 but there is

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.940
 silence.

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.900
 There seems

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.440
 to be no

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.980
 answer.

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.800
 Don't we

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.540
 sometimes test

00:41:44.540 --> 00:41:44.960
 God by

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.640
 asking him,

00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:46.660
 God,

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.680
 show me a

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.280
 sign?

00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:50.519
 Or God,

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.519
 how about

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.000
 we do a

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.340
 deal?

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.000
 If I do

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.440
 that,

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.119
 do this,

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.500
 why don't

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.800
 you do

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.239
 that for

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.460
 me?

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.780
 Take my

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.639
 trials away.

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.800
 That is

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.259
 actually

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:04.199
 testing God

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.840
 and as we

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.380
 saw in

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.699
 Matthew,

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.000
 that is

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.699
 exactly what

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.300
 Satan did

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:09.900
 when he

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.759
 tested Jesus.

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.800
 Indeed,

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.579
 the Lord

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.019
 has been

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.619
 even more

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.340
 gracious to

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:16.099
 us than

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.400
 to the

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.940
 Israelites

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.719
 in Exodus

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.900
 in so

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.539
 many ways.

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.699
 You know

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.139
 the rock

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.639
 that Moses

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.779
 struck and

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.139
 the water

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.739
 came flying

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.059
 out?

00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:25.739
 In 1 Corinthians

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.319
 10,

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.019
 verse 4,

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.099
 Paul says

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:28.799
 that rock

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:30.339
 is Christ.

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.099
 On the

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.480
 cross,

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.460
 Christ took

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.920
 the trial

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.259
 that we

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:35.699
 deserved

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.920
 and was

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.440
 condemned

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:37.879
 for our

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:38.239
 sins,

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.059
 not his,

00:42:39.879 --> 00:42:40.460
 and was

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.379
 struck not

00:42:41.379 --> 00:42:41.799
 by a

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:42.259
 staff,

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:42.960
 but a

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.379
 spear.

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:44.960
 John

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.420
 19,

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.639
 33 to

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:47.519
 34 tells

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.420
 us that

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.200
 both blood

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.920
 and water

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.659
 came out

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.800
 when that

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.760
 spear went

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.659
 into Christ's

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.019
 side,

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.440
 for you

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:56.260
 and for

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.500
 me.

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.019
 So what

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.360
 are the

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:58.940
 implications

00:42:58.940 --> 00:42:59.680
 for us

00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:00.639
 when we

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.000
 face trials

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.599
 and trials

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.039
 persist?

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:05.240
 For those

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.659
 of us who

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.920
 are in

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.320
 Christ,

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.639
 our trials

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:08.800
 are purifications

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:10.139
 like gold

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:11.079
 being refined

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.700
 by fire,

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:13.079
 and they are

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.760
 not God's

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:14.119
 judgment

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.259
 judgment

00:43:14.259 --> 00:43:15.239
 because

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.759
 Jesus

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:16.559
 had taken

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:16.980
 God's

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.299
 judgment

00:43:17.299 --> 00:43:18.059
 for us.

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.500
 Trials

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.839
 can be

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.339
 painful,

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.319
 but they

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:21.980
 are loving

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.000
 disciplinary

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:24.279
 actions

00:43:24.279 --> 00:43:24.920
 or training,

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:25.839
 not

00:43:25.839 --> 00:43:26.460
 wrathful

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.079
 abuse.

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.420
 Think of

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.819
 a swimming

00:43:28.819 --> 00:43:29.339
 coach

00:43:29.339 --> 00:43:30.159
 telling his

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.739
 team to

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.239
 do 100

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.900
 push-ups.

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.839
 He's not

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.139
 there to

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.659
 break them.

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:35.119
 He's there

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.480
 to make

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.139
 them stronger.

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:37.980
 Romans

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.739
 chapter 8

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.239
 verse 1

00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:39.759
 says,

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.579
 there's now

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.599
 no condemnation

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:42.699
 for those

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.079
 who are

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.699
 in Christ

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.259
 Jesus.

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.819
 When trials

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:46.399
 persist,

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.759
 let us rest

00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.299
 in the fact

00:43:48.299 --> 00:43:49.139
 that God

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.819
 is not

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.460
 putting us

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:51.460
 back onto

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.059
 the stand

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:53.179
 to try us.

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:53.980
 His

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.739
 court is

00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:55.339
 adjourned,

00:43:55.919 --> 00:43:56.299
 and for

00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:56.639
 now,

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.439
 he is

00:43:57.439 --> 00:43:58.079
 sanctifying

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.500
 us,

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.779
 making us

00:43:59.779 --> 00:44:00.759
 become more

00:44:00.759 --> 00:44:01.559
 like Jesus

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:03.039
 before he

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.579
 returns.

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:06.279
 When trials

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:06.819
 persist,

00:44:07.439 --> 00:44:07.819
 there can

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:08.319
 also be

00:44:08.319 --> 00:44:09.119
 time when

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:09.779
 we feel

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.259
 like that

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:10.739
 God has

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.239
 abandoned

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:12.259
 us or

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:12.820
 has turned

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.460
 his face

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.040
 away from

00:44:14.040 --> 00:44:14.980
 us and

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:16.260
 has caused

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:17.060
 everyone else

00:44:17.060 --> 00:44:17.580
 to do the

00:44:17.580 --> 00:44:17.860
 same.

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:19.060
 That's just

00:44:19.060 --> 00:44:19.540
 like the

00:44:19.540 --> 00:44:20.240
 psalmist in

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:21.820
 Psalms 88.

00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:23.680
 This psalmist

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.280
 was feeling

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:25.400
 totally hopeless

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.580
 and he did

00:44:26.580 --> 00:44:27.260
 not even have

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.920
 the strength

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.680
 to write

00:44:28.680 --> 00:44:29.500
 something like,

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.540
 I still trust

00:44:30.540 --> 00:44:30.960
 in you,

00:44:31.060 --> 00:44:31.420
 O Lord,

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.360
 like most

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.660
 of the

00:44:32.660 --> 00:44:32.940
 lament

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.960
 psalms do.

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:36.120
 But God's

00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:37.020
 actual presence

00:44:37.020 --> 00:44:37.760
 is not

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:38.700
 dependent on

00:44:38.700 --> 00:44:39.440
 our perceived

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:40.120
 feelings.

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:42.679
 God will

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.940
 always accept

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.819
 rather than

00:44:44.819 --> 00:44:45.599
 abandon us

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.799
 because Christ,

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:48.000
 bearing our

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.519
 sins on the

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:48.779
 cross,

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:49.940
 had already

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.659
 taken the

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.339
 abandonment

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:51.819
 that we

00:44:51.819 --> 00:44:52.319
 deserve.

00:44:52.859 --> 00:44:53.659
 The Bible

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:54.599
 also tells

00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:55.239
 us again

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:55.819
 and again

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.880
 that our

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.259
 God,

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:58.400
 Jesus Christ's

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.500
 presence and

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:00.039
 his works

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:01.299
 continue on

00:45:01.299 --> 00:45:02.319
 earth even

00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:02.839
 though he's

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:03.519
 now gone to

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.000
 be with the

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.339
 Father.

00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:05.819
 His

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:07.659
 presence and

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.039
 his work

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:09.259
 continues through

00:45:09.260 --> 00:45:09.960
 the Holy

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:11.020
 Spirit that

00:45:11.020 --> 00:45:11.740
 now lives

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.560
 in us.

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.560
 We can

00:45:13.560 --> 00:45:14.480
 grieve and

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.100
 quench the

00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:15.720
 Holy Spirit

00:45:15.720 --> 00:45:16.660
 but if we

00:45:16.660 --> 00:45:17.280
 trust in

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:17.660
 Christ,

00:45:18.040 --> 00:45:18.740
 his Spirit

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.980
 is in and

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.680
 among us

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:21.780
 every second

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.300
 of the day

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:23.840
 and he will

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.640
 never leave

00:45:24.640 --> 00:45:25.480
 us without

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.040
 condition.

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.400
 So dear

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:28.020
 brothers and

00:45:28.020 --> 00:45:28.420
 sisters,

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:29.800
 when trials

00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:30.400
 persist,

00:45:31.040 --> 00:45:31.580
 no matter

00:45:31.580 --> 00:45:32.180
 how you

00:45:32.180 --> 00:45:32.700
 feel,

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:34.240
 never lose

00:45:34.240 --> 00:45:34.660
 hope.

00:45:35.740 --> 00:45:36.280
 And I

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:37.000
 conclude as

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.500
 Paul Tripp

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.120
 writes in his

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:39.079
 book, 40

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.619
 Days of

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:39.920
 Hope.

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:41.099
 Our hope

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:42.139
 has a name

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.839
 and his

00:45:42.839 --> 00:45:43.759
 name is

00:45:43.759 --> 00:45:44.099
 Jesus.

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.279
 Let's

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.500
 pray.

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:53.019
 Our

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.319
 heavenly

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:53.759
 Father,

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:56.079
 again we

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:56.599
 thank you

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:57.019
 for your

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.719
 faithfulness.

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.460
 When life

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:02.099
 gets tough,

00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:02.420
 Lord,

00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:04.639
 give us

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.199
 strength,

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:05.259
 strength,

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:07.339
 no,

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.199
 give us

00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:08.719
 weakness

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.759
 to lean

00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:10.239
 on you

00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:12.639
 so that

00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:13.919
 we can

00:46:13.919 --> 00:46:14.839
 know you

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:15.379
 and your

00:46:15.379 --> 00:46:15.859
 strength.

00:46:20.359 --> 00:46:20.960
 Shine

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.619
 the light

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.199
 of Christ

00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:24.259
 and his

00:46:24.259 --> 00:46:25.779
 death and

00:46:25.779 --> 00:46:25.980
 his

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.460
 resurrection

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.399
 upon us,

00:46:27.500 --> 00:46:27.659
 Lord,

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:30.779
 so that

00:46:30.779 --> 00:46:31.319
 our hope

00:46:31.319 --> 00:46:32.099
 can be

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:32.519
 loud and

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:32.779
 clear

00:46:32.780 --> 00:46:35.400
 every day

00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:36.360
 all the

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:36.680
 time.

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.380
 We love

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:38.519
 you,

00:46:38.600 --> 00:46:38.760
 Lord.

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:39.780
 In your

00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:40.180
 son's name

00:46:40.180 --> 00:46:40.460
 we pray.

00:46:40.640 --> 00:46:40.920
 Amen.

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:03.940
 Amen.

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.880
 Amen.

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:06.280
 Amen.

00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:06.960
 Amen.

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:08.400
 Amen.

00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:11.240
 Amen.

00:47:15.680 --> 00:47:15.980
 Amen.

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:16.560
 Amen.

00:47:16.560 --> 00:47:16.820
 Amen.

00:47:17.060 --> 00:47:17.560
 Amen.

00:47:17.560 --> 00:47:18.000
 Amen.

00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:19.080
 Amen.

00:47:19.080 --> 00:47:19.420
 Amen.

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:19.440
 Amen.

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:19.560
 Amen.

00:47:19.560 --> 00:47:19.700
 Amen.

00:47:19.740 --> 00:47:22.420
 Amen.

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:27.519
 Amen.

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.600
 Amen.