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 It's wonderful to celebrate together as a church.

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 Please open your Bibles to 1 Samuel.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a copy of the Bible that you can have,

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 and you can use it while you're here.

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 We're starting a new series in the book of 1 Samuel.

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 1 and 2 Samuel were originally one book,

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 but it got split into two around the 2nd century BC

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 when the Hebrew book was being translated into Greek

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 just because Greek takes up a lot more space than Hebrew in writing,

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 and so they had to divide it up because it wouldn't fit in the scroll.

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 But since then, this division of 1 and 2 Samuel

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 has become quite standard in both Jewish and Christian circles.

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 Jewish tradition recorded in the Talmud

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 attributes most of 1 Samuel to Samuel himself.

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 That's Samuel's the author, chapters 1 to 24.

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 And the rest of 1 and 2 Samuel is attributed to Gad,

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 Prophet Gad, and Prophet Nathan.

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 This is quite plausible because Samuel's death is recorded in chapter 25,

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 so I think it's fair to assume that Samuel didn't write that one

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 and what follows after that.

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 And it tells us in 1 Chronicles 29-29

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 that the acts of King of David, from first to last,

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 are written in three sources.

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 Chronicles of Samuel the seer,

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 Chronicles of Nathan the prophet,

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 and the Chronicles of Gad the seer.

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 So I think that pretty much tells us that they are the authors

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 of 1 and 2 Samuel,

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 which would date this book to around 9th century B.C.,

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 shortly after the time of the Judges and the book of Ruth,

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 which we just went through together as a church.

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 So please turn with me to 1 Samuel chapter 1,

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 and I'm going to read the whole chapter.

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 But before I do, let me pray

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 for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 you teach us in this passage

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 that all that we have comes from you,

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 and we give to you

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 only all that we have received from you.

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 And Lord, I confess this morning

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 that I have nothing to offer

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 except that which you have given to me.

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 You love your church.

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 You love this church.

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 So please, Father,

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 give abundantly

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 of your grace,

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 your truth.

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 They might be built up in Christ

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 as the body of Christ.

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 We might be,

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 we might stand

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 in wonder on you

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 before

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 your grace

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 and generosity

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 and favor

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 that is

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 completely undeserved.

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 Meet with us

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 in the reading

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 and preaching of your word.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand,

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 if you are able,

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 to honor the Lord

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 as we read

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 from his word

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 in 1 Samuel chapter 1.

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 There was a certain man

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 of Ramathim Zophim

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 of the hill country

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 of Ephraim

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 whose name was Elkanah,

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 the son of Jeroham,

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 son of Elihu,

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 son of Tohu,

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 son of Zuth,

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 and Ephrathite.

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 He had two wives.

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 The name of the one

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 was Hannah

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 and the name of the other,

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 Peninnah.

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 And Peninnah had children,

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 but Hannah had no children.

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 Now,

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 this man used to go up

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 year by year

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 from his city

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 to worship

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 and to sacrifice

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 to the Lord of hosts

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 at Shiloh,

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 where the two sons of Eli,

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 Hophni and Phinehas,

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 were priests of the Lord.

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 On the day

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 when Elkanah sacrificed,

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 he would give portions

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 to Peninnah,

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 his wife,

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 and to all her sons

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 and daughters,

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 but to Hannah,

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 he gave a double portion

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 because he loved her,

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 though the Lord

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 had closed her womb.

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 And her rival

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 used to provoke her

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 grievously to irritate her

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 because the Lord

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 had closed her womb.

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 So it went on

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 year by year.

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 As often as she went up

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 to the house of the Lord,

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 she used to provoke her.

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 Therefore,

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 Hannah wept

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 and would not eat.

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 And Elkanah,

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 her husband,

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 said to her,

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 Hannah,

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 why do you weep?

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 And why do you not eat?

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 And why is your heart sad?

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 Am I not more to you

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 than ten sons?

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 After they had eaten

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 and drunk in Shiloh,

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 Hannah rose.

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 Now Eli,

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 the priest,

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 was sitting on the seat

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 beside the doorpost

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 of the temple

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 of the Lord.

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 She was deeply distressed

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 and prayed to the Lord

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 and wept bitterly.

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 And she vowed a vow

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 and said,

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 O Lord of hosts,

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 if you will indeed

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 look on the affliction

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 of your servant

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 and remember me

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 and not forget

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 your servant,

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 but will give

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 to your servant

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 a son,

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 then I will give him

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 to the Lord

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 all the days

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 of his life

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 and no razor

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 shall touch his head.

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 As she continued

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 praying before the Lord,

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 Eli observed her mouth.

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 Hannah was speaking

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 in her heart.

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 Only her lips moved

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 and her voice

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 was not heard.

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 Therefore Eli

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 took her to be

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 a drunken woman.

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 And Eli said to her,

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 How long will you

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 go on being drunk?

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 Put your wine

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 away from you.

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 But Hannah answered,

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 No, my Lord.

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 I am a woman

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 troubled in spirit.

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 I have drunk

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 neither wine

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 nor strong drink,

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 but I have been

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 pouring out my soul

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 before the Lord.

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 Do not regard

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 your servant

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 as a worthless

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 woman.

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 For all along

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 I have been speaking

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 out of my great

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 anxiety and vexation.

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 Then Eli answered,

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 Go in peace

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 and the God

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 of Israel grant

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 your petition

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 that you have made

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 to him.

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 And she said,

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 Let your servant

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 find favor

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 in your eyes.

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 Then the woman

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 went her way

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 and ate

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 and her face

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 was no longer sad.

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 They rose

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 early in the morning

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 and worshipped

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 before the Lord.

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 Then they went

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 back to their house

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 at Ramah

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 and Elkanah

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 knew Hannah

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 his wife

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 and the Lord

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 remembered her.

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 And in due time

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 Hannah conceived

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 and bore a son

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 and she called

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 his name

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 Samuel

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 for she said,

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 I have asked

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 for him

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 from the Lord.

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 The man

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 Elkanah

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 and all his house

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 went up

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 to offer

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 to the Lord

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 the yearly sacrifice

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 and to pay

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 his vow.

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 But Hannah

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 did not go up

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 for she said

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 to her husband,

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 As soon as

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 the child is weaned

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 I will bring him

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 so that he may

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 appear in the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and dwell there forever.

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 Elkanah

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 her husband

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 said to her,

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 Do what seems

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 best to you.

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 Wait until you

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 have weaned him.

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 Only may the Lord

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 establish his word.

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 So the woman

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 remained and nursed

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 her son until

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 she weaned him.

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 And when she had

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 weaned him

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 she took him up

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 with her

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 along with a

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 three-year-old bull

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 and ephah of flower

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 and a skin of wine

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 and she brought him

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 to the house of the Lord

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 at Shiloh.

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 And the child

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 was young.

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 Then they slaughtered

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 the bull

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 and they brought

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 the child to Eli.

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 And she said,

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 Oh my Lord,

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 as you live,

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 my Lord,

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 I am the woman

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 who is standing

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 here in your presence

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 praying to the Lord.

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 For this child

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 I prayed

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 and the Lord

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 has granted me

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 my petition

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 that I made to him.

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 Therefore,

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 I have lent him

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 to the Lord.

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 As long as he lives,

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 he is lent

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 to the Lord

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 and he worshiped

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 the Lord

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 there.

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 This is God's

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 holy and authoritative

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 word.

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 Please be seated.

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 1 Samuel,

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 like the book of Ruth

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 that we just went through,

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 begins with the story

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 of a humble

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 and otherwise

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 unremarkable family.

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 But once again,

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 on this humble story

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 of this family,

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 that that serves

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 as the hinge

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 upon which

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 God's redemption plan

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 turns.

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 Much like the humble

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 families that we encounter

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 in the Gospels,

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 the families of Elizabeth

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 and Zechariah

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 and Joseph and Mary,

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 from which we get

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 John the Baptist

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 and Jesus Christ,

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 this family

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 is a significant family

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 in the history

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 of God's people

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 in the Old Testament.

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 In fact,

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 the Gospel of Luke

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 deliberately patterns

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 the birth narrative

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 of John the Baptist

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 and Jesus

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 in Luke chapter 1

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 after the narrative

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 of birth of Samuel

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 in 1 Samuel chapters 1 and 2.

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 Mary's song of praise

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 to God

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 after the announcement

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 of the birth of Jesus

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 in Luke chapter 2

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 is modeled after

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 Hannah's prayer of praise

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 in chapter 2

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 after Samuel's birth.

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 And the birth

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 of John the Baptist,

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 the forerunner

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 of King Jesus,

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 mirrors the birth

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 of Samuel,

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 the forerunner

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 of King David.

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 Both John the Baptist

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 and Samuel

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 have a priestly

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 Levitical lineage,

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 heritage.

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 We know that

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 from Luke 1-5

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 and we know

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 that Samuel's father

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 Elkanah

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 is also a Levi

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 from 1 Chronicles 6

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 16-30.

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 John the Baptist's

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 parents

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 and Samuel's parents

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 are both described

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 as godly,

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 righteous,

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 devoted worshipers

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 of God.

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 He says in verse 3,

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 now this man,

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 Elkanah,

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 used to go up

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 year by year

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 from his city

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 to worship

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 and to sacrifice

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 to the Lord of hosts

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 at Shiloh.

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 This is before

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 the construction

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 of the Solomonic temple.

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 So this is where

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 the tabernacle

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 was stored.

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 This is where

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 people will go

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 to worship God

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 in Shiloh

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 before the temple

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 was constructed

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 later on.

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 Both Elizabeth

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 and Hannah

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 struggle with barrenness

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 and both of them

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 receive as an answer

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 to their prayers

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 from God

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 a son.

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 In the same way

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 that John the Baptist

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 will pave the way

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 for King Jesus,

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 it's Samuel the seer

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 who now paves the way

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 for King David.

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 That's the bird's eye view

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 of the redemptive arc

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 of this story.

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 But let's get down,

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 drill down to the details.

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 In this passage,

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 I'll just tell you guys

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 what the main point

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 is up front

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 if you have that.

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 The main point

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 of this passage

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 is that we ought

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 to give back

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 to the Lord

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 what he has freely

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 given to us.

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 We're going to first

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 talk about how

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 Hannah receives

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 from the Lord

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 and then in the second half

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 how Hannah gives back

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 to the Lord

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 what she has received.

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 Alkanah and Hannah

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 I mentioned to you

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 was a godly couple.

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 Alkanah was a devoted

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 worshiper of God.

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 However,

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 he wasn't perfect.

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 Verse 2 tells us

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 that he had two wives.

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 God's intention

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 from the beginning

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 as we see

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 in Genesis 2.24

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 was that one man

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 and one woman

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 would marry

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 and become one flesh.

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 And it was out of that

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 one flesh union

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 children were supposed

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 to come.

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 And Old Testament

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 narratives give us

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 many other hints

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 throughout that

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 having more than one wife

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 is not a good thing.

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 We see that in the fact

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 that the first polygamist

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 in the Bible

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 is Lamech

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 who also happens

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 to be the second

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 murderer in the Bible.

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 We see it in the

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 constant bickering

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 between Jacob's two wives

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 Leah and Rachel

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 and it causes Jacob

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 much bitterness

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 their conflict.

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 We see it in

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 1 Kings 11.3

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 when it records

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 that Solomon's

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 many wives

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 that he had many wives

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 hundreds of wives

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 in fact

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 and that they

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 turned him away

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 from God

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 turned his heart

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 away from God.

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 Jesus expressly says

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 in Matthew 19

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 that taking more

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 than one wife

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 even if it's

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 remarriage

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 after divorce

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 taking a second wife

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 in that way

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 is tantamount

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 to adultery

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 and that the divorce laws

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 in the Old Testament

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 were given

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 not because

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 God's fine with that

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 and that's the biblical ideal

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 but it was given

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 as a concession

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 to the hardness

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 of the human heart

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 that those divorce laws

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 in the Old Testament

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 existed to lessen

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 and contain human evil

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 but it was never

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 God's original

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 good design.

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 Polygamy in the Old Testament

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 seems to fall

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 in the same category.

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 It was never

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 the divine ideal

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 but the Old Testament

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 contains regulations

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 about polygamy

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 because it's seeking

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 to lessen

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 and contain

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 human evil

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 but with the death

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 resurrection

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 and ascent

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and the subsequent

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 descent of the Holy Spirit

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 we have entered

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 into a new era

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 of spirit-filled

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 empowered obedience

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 that all these saints

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 did not have access to

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 and we are called

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 to a higher standard

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 that Jesus calls us to.

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 But Elkona lived

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 before that

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 and he had two wives

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 and the rivalry

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 between the two

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 will be a source

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 of pain and suffering

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 for him as well

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 as it was for Jacob.

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 Verse 2 continues

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 the name of the one

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 was Hannah

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 and the name

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 of the other

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 Peninnah

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 and Peninnah

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 had children

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 but Hannah

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 had no children.

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 Their predicaments

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 are captured

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 by their names

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 their Hebrew names

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 Peninnah

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 means fruitful

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 fertile.

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 Verse 4 tells us

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 that Peninnah

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 had sons

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 and daughters

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 both sons

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 and daughters

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 are plural.

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 So she had

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 at least four kids

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 minimum

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 right

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 and

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 that's

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 and back then

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 especially for someone

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 whose name

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 means fertile

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 and fruitful

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 it would not

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 have been uncommon

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 for her to have

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 even more.

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 In fact

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 later on

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 in verse

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 later in verse 8

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 when Elkona

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 says to Hannah

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 am I not more

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 to you than

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 ten sons

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 who knows

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 maybe Peninnah

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 had ten children

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 and

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 the name

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 Hannah

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 on the other hand

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 means

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 grace

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 or favor.

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 Hannah

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 is

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 the favored

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 wife.

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 Hannah

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 was

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 Elkona's

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 first wife

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 that's why

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 she's named

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 first

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 introduced

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 first

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 in verse 2

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 it says

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 in verses 45

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.800
 that while

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 Elkona

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 gave Peninnah

00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.200
 his wife

00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:33.879
 and all of

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 Peninnah's

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 children

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 portions

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.279
 of the

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 sacrifice

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.040
 that they

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 made to the

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 Lord

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.300
 to eat

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 one portion

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 each

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 he gave

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 a double

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 portion

00:14:41.599 --> 00:14:42.179
 to Hannah

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 he says

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 because he

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 loved her

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 though the

00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:46.159
 Lord

00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:46.919
 had closed

00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:47.299
 her womb

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 considering

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 that Hannah

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.019
 was clearly

00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.740
 Elkona's

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.759
 favorite wife

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.779
 it's likely

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.379
 that Elkona

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.659
 took his

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.439
 second wife

00:14:55.439 --> 00:14:55.859
 Peninnah

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 not because

00:14:56.579 --> 00:14:57.240
 he got bored

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.839
 with Hannah

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 and fell in

00:14:58.779 --> 00:14:59.500
 love with Peninnah

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 but because

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 he needed

00:15:01.459 --> 00:15:01.959
 a way

00:15:01.959 --> 00:15:02.599
 to have

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 children

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 because Hannah

00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:05.639
 could not

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.240
 have children

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.079
 Hannah's

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.520
 barrenness

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 may be

00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:09.759
 may very

00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.060
 well be

00:15:10.060 --> 00:15:10.440
 the reason

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:10.940
 why Elkona

00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.420
 took his

00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:11.900
 second wife

00:15:11.900 --> 00:15:12.259
 the same

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.740
 way Leah

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 and Rachel

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 when they

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 realized that

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 they are

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 no longer

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 barren

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 children

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 will give

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 their

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 maidservants

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 to their

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 husband

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 as concubines

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 so that they

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 could have

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 more children

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 through them

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 and so the

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 scene is set

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 for quite a lot

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 of family drama

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 right

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 it begins

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 in verses

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 six to

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 seven

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 and her

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 rival

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 Peninnah

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 used to

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 provoke

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 Hannah

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 grievously

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 to irritate

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 her

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 because the

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 Lord had

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 closed her

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 womb

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 so it

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 went on

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 year

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 by year

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 as often

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 as she

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 went up

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 to the

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 house of

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 the Lord

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 she used

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 to provoke

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 her

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 therefore

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 Hannah

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 wept

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 and would

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 not eat

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 this was

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 obviously

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 a constant

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 thing

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 they

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 whenever

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 they were

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 going up

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 to worship

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 the Lord

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 and sacrifice

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 Peninnah

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 would use

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 that family

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 vacation time

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 to provoke

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 Hannah

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 the Hebrew

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 word used

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 to describe

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 Peninnah's

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 provocations

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 of Hannah

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 is the same

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 word that is

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 used almost

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 exclusively

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 to describe

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 God

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 thundering

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 from heaven

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 it's

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 the same

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 word that's

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 used to

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 describe

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 the seas

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 roaring

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 in the

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 middle of

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 a tempest

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 so Peninnah's

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 provocations

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 are causing

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 within Hannah

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 a tempest

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 of grief

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 and anger

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 Hannah

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 is so

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 provoked

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 and disturbed

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 it's just

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 whirlwind

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 of grief

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 within her

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 like the

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 skies

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.200
 during a

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 thunderstorm

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 or seas

00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:40.240
 during a

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 typhoon

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 Hannah

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 is a

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 godly

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 and self

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 controlled

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 woman

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 and this

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 tempest

00:16:46.540 --> 00:16:47.000
 doesn't

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 erupt

00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.580
 into sin

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.020
 out of her

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 fury

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 but you

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 can see

00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.780
 how she

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 might have

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 been feeling

00:16:52.660 --> 00:16:52.960
 in the

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 way Rachel

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 responds

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.180
 to Leah

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.920
 and Jacob

00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.460
 in Genesis

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 30

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 envious

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.640
 of her

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 rival wife

00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.040
 Leah

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 her sister

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.420
 and rival

00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:01.879
 wife Leah

00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.379
 who keeps

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.980
 having children

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.420
 for her

00:17:03.420 --> 00:17:03.680
 husband

00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:04.019
 Jacob

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:05.259
 Rachel

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.680
 who is

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 barren

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.519
 says to

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 her husband

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 Jacob

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 give me

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 children

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.759
 or I

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 shall

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.839
 die

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 that's

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 how

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:12.960
 desperate

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.539
 she was

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 throughout

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 the Old

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 Testament

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:17.700
 motherhood

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 is seen

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 as the

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 crowning

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 joy

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 and

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 achievement

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.079
 of a

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 woman's

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 life

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 and for

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 this

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 reason

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.480
 infertility

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 was viewed

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 frequently

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 as a

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 sign

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.480
 of

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 divine

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 disfavor

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.080
 and

00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:31.519
 childless

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.120
 married

00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:32.880
 woman

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 were viewed

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 with

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.120
 contempt

00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:37.420
 it's not

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:37.720
 hard to

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.080
 imagine

00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.340
 how

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:38.740
 Penina

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.640
 would have

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.100
 provoked

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.440
 Hannah

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:40.779
 in this

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.240
 situation

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:43.500
 you

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.019
 Hannah

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.240
 daily

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.960
 steal

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.860
 my husband's

00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.600
 affections

00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:48.100
 and love

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.660
 from me

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:51.779
 and guess

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.080
 what

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:53.039
 God's

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.539
 punishing

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:53.980
 you

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:56.960
 that's

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.079
 why

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.220
 you're

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.740
 childless

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.920
 God's

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.480
 repaying

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.779
 you

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:03.019
 who's

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.240
 hot

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.660
 now

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:05.240
 stuff

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.620
 yourself

00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:05.940
 go on

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.180
 ahead

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.720
 with the

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:06.940
 double

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.299
 portion

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:07.480
 that

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.759
 Alkanah

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.039
 gave

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.160
 you

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.559
 stuff

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:08.940
 yourself

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.279
 go on

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.519
 ahead

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:11.259
 but I

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.559
 will have

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:11.920
 the last

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.180
 laugh

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:12.420
 in the

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.640
 end

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:14.039
 you

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.180
 don't

00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:14.360
 have

00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:14.539
 any

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:14.920
 children

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.839
 who's

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.059
 going to

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.440
 take care

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:17.539
 of

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:17.900
 Alkanah

00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.099
 when

00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:18.299
 you're

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.640
 old

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.620
 who's

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:19.799
 going to

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.079
 take care

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.339
 of you

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:20.519
 when

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:20.680
 you're

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.000
 old

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.759
 I

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.119
 will be

00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:24.519
 remembered

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.400
 as

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:25.980
 Alkanah's

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.339
 wife

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.440
 by future

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:27.980
 generations

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:29.099
 and you

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.740
 will be

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.099
 forgotten

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.720
 because you

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 have neither

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.740
 son

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.420
 nor

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.079
 daughter

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.200
 didn't

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.400
 God

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:36.880
 command

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.140
 Adam

00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:37.460
 and Eve

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.720
 to be

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.000
 fruitful

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.579
 and multiply

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:41.579
 what are

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:41.880
 you

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:43.220
 what kind

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.460
 of a

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:43.680
 woman

00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.200
 are you

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.700
 you can't

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:45.920
 even

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.480
 fulfill

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.920
 your

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.200
 God

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.460
 given

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.000
 purpose

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.319
 what kind

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.539
 of a

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:50.819
 helper

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.139
 and a

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.439
 wife

00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:52.240
 to

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.759
 Elkanah

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.119
 are you

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.379
 you're

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:53.639
 a

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.259
 disgrace

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.519
 to

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:54.740
 women

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.179
 everywhere

00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:59.000
 imagine

00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.359
 what that

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.700
 would do

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:00.899
 to

00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.279
 Hannah's

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.579
 heart

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:04.539
 the

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.899
 sorrow

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.179
 the

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.679
 grief

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:07.279
 the

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.599
 dark

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.039
 clouds

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.339
 that she

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.539
 lives

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.799
 under

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:10.700
 this

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.220
 difficulty

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.480
 in

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.980
 conceiving

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.740
 is a

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.159
 result

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:13.519
 of the

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.799
 fall

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.000
 in

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.319
 Genesis

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.659
 3

00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.099
 16

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.519
 God

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.799
 says

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:16.960
 to

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.299
 Eve

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.579
 as a

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:17.819
 result

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:17.980
 of

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.139
 her

00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.399
 sin

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:18.919
 I

00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:19.079
 will

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.500
 surely

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.139
 multiply

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:20.420
 your

00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.820
 pain

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:20.960
 in

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.240
 child

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.500
 bearing

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.160
 in

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.540
 pain

00:19:22.540 --> 00:19:22.759
 you

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.020
 shall

00:19:23.020 --> 00:19:23.340
 bring

00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:23.780
 forth

00:19:23.780 --> 00:19:24.280
 children

00:19:24.280 --> 00:19:25.900
 most

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.140
 people

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.440
 think

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.640
 that

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:26.840
 that

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.200
 curse

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.620
 applies

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:27.980
 only

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.180
 to

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.540
 birth

00:19:28.540 --> 00:19:28.940
 pains

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.640
 to

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.020
 labor

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 pains

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 but

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 that's

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 not

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 the

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 case

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 the

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 first

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 Hebrew

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 word

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 translated

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 as

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 child

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 bearing

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 is

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 a

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 word

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 that

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 means

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 pregnancy

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 for

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 example

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 in

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 Hosea

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 13

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 16

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 2

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 Kings

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 8

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 12

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 refers

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 to

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 pregnant

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 women

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 it's

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 describing

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 the

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 pain

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 and

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 difficulty

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 in

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 conceiving

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 the

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 first half

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 of

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 Genesis

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 3

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 16

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 the

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 King

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 James

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 version

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 translates

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 it

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 this way

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 unto

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 the

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 woman

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 he

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 said

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 I

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 will

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 greatly

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 multiply

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 thy

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 sorrow

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 and

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 thy

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 conception

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 in

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 sorrow

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 thou

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 shall

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 bring

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 forth

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 children

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 this

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 reality

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 of

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 the

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 fallen

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 created

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 world

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 Romans

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 8

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 describes

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 this

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 that

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 this

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 whole

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 creation

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 has been

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 subjected

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 to

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 futility

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 woven

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 into

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 the

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 fabric

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 of

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 all

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 fruitfulness

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 we see

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 in this

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 life

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 is

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 futility

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 barrenness

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 the

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 whole

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 creation

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 is

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 growing

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 together

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 in the

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 pains

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 of

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 childbirth

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 until

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 now

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 and

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 it's

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 only

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 when

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 Christ

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 returns

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 that

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 creation

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 will

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 be

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 redeemed

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 completely

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 and

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 set

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 free

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 from

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 its

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 bondage

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 to

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 corruption

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 and

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 obtain

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 the

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 freedom

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 of

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 the

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.019
 glory

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 of

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 the

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 children

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:35.799
 of

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 God

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 I

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 don't

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 think

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 it's

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.380
 a

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:39.799
 coincidence

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.299
 that

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.240
 Steve

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.920
 mentioned

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.279
 in his

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.500
 sermon

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.799
 last

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.059
 week

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.320
 about

00:20:43.320 --> 00:20:43.559
 his

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:43.920
 family

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.320
 struggles

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.539
 with

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 infertility

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.000
 early on

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.240
 in their

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 marriage

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 and

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 I

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 am

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 now

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.480
 preaching

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.660
 on

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 this

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 passage

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.600
 this

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 week

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.880
 I

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 believe

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 that

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 God

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:53.460
 intends

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 this

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 word

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 specifically

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.160
 for

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.460
 people

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.779
 in our

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 church

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.319
 who

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 are

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 struggling

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 with

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:57.980
 various

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 forms

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:58.500
 of

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 infertility

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 whether

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 that's

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.019
 miscarriages

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.059
!

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:01.839
 or

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.000
 an

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.379
 inability

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.059
 to conceive!

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.019
 Before

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.500
 my wife

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:08.759
 Hannah

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.039
 and I

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.379
 had our

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 first

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.019
 daughter

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.299
 Ine

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.960
 we had

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 three

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.819
 miscarriages

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:13.859
!

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.460
 in three

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.819
 years

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:16.460
 and the

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.759
 hardest

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.259
 part of

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.460
 that

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:17.799
 for me

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.319
 wasn't

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.119
 even

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.299
 the

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.599
 loss

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.059
 itself

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.439
 I

00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.740
 hadn't

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:20.939
 had

00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:21.139
 that

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.319
 much

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.519
 time

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.679
 to

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:21.919
 bond

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.179
 with

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.399
 the

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:23.519
 babies

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.879
 it

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.039
 was

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.279
 just

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.519
 really

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:25.759
 hard

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:25.900
 to

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.059
 watch

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.240
 my

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.579
 wife

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:26.799
 go

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.019
 through

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.240
 it

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.539
 each

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.819
 time

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.640
 the

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.140
 excitement

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.240
 the

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.859
 anticipation

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:32.140
 and

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.240
 then

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.359
 the

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.839
 disappointment

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:34.960
 yet

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.240
 another

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.940
 dilation

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.740
 and

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:39.059
 curatage

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.700
 removing

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:40.960
 the

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.339
 tissues

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:43.000
 from

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.180
 the

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.599
 incomplete

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.279
 miscarriage

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.839
 eventually

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.519
 we became

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.180
 so wary

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.879
 and cautious

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.619
 that it

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.980
 was hard

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.240
 to even

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.879
 get excited

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.339
 after a

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.640
 pregnancy

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.839
 and

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.119
 perhaps

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.519
 the hardest

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.980
 part for

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.180
 me

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.460
 was

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.680
 how

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.059
 Satan

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.460
 used

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.680
 these

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.039
 events

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.319
 to

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.860
 slander

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.319
 God

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.299
 and

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.860
 accuse

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.259
 me

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.380
 God

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.860
 doesn't

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.140
 really

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.460
 love

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.740
 you

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:04.019
 God

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.380
 doesn't

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.640
 have

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:04.779
 an

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.059
 interest

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.240
 in

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.519
 blessing

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.799
 you

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.100
 he's

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.380
 paying

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.559
 you

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:07.779
 back

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:07.960
 for

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.100
 your

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.440
 past

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.779
 sins

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:11.539
 maybe

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.779
 some

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:11.980
 of you

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.140
 guys

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.220
 are

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.259
 in

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.380
 the

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.539
 middle

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.660
 of

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.799
 that

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:12.980
 kind

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.100
 of

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.340
 bitterness

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.759
 now

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.460
 verse

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.759
 10

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:15.980
 says

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.160
 that

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.460
 Hannah

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.579
 was

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.100
 deeply

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.779
 distressed

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.400
 and

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.819
 prayed

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.160
 to the

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.460
 Lord

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.039
 and

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.559
 wept

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.799
 bitterly

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:24.480
 deeply

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.039
 distressed

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.399
 literally

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.799
 means

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.299
 bitter

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.639
 of

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.180
 soul

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.819
 it's

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:27.960
 that

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.319
 same

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.639
 word

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.059
 bitter

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.259
 that

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.379
 we

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.819
 saw

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.779
 in

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.139
 Ruth

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.460
 1

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.779
 20

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:31.919
 to

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.299
 21

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.460
 to

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.879
 describe

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.399
 Naomi

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.079
 when

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.419
 Naomi

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:34.740
 said

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.180
 do not

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.619
 call me

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.059
 Naomi

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.659
 call me

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.200
 Mara

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.899
 for the

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.299
 almighty

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.819
 has dealt

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.279
 very

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.960
 bitterly

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.179
 with

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:40.460
 me

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 I

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 went

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 away

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 full

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 and

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 the

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.759
 Lord

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:42.939
 has

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 brought

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.279
 me

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.559
 back

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 empty

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 Naomi

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 said

00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:45.579
 it

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:45.700
 is

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 exceedingly

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 bitter

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.339
 for me

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 for your

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.079
 sake

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.220
 that

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.339
 the

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.559
 hand

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.659
 of

00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:48.779
 the

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:48.980
 Lord

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.159
 has

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.359
 gone

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.679
 out

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.480
 against

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.159
 me

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:53.039
 Hannah

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.200
 is

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.859
 experiencing

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.899
 a similar

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.419
 bitterness

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:56.119
 of soul

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 what good

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.059
 is a double

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.519
 portion

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 of food

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.480
 when because

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.799
 of your

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.159
 sorrow

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.579
 and grief

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.139
 you can't

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.319
 eat

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.039
 at all

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.379
 Hannah

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.819
 knows

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.099
 very

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.559
 well

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.019
 this

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.460
 pain

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.599
 but she

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.379
 also knows

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.760
 that the

00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:09.040
 only

00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.480
 person

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.780
 that can

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:10.140
 help

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.360
 her

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.740
 is

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:10.980
 God

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.380
 himself

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:13.000
 it

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.240
 is

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.020
 in the

00:23:14.020 --> 00:23:14.300
 place

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:14.480
 of

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.800
 God

00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:15.340
 to give

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.620
 the

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:15.840
 fruit

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.060
 of the

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.340
 womb

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.580
 children

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:17.780
 are

00:23:17.780 --> 00:23:17.900
 a

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.200
 heritage

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.520
 from

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 the

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.000
 Lord

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.900
 the

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 narrator

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.760
 told us

00:23:20.760 --> 00:23:21.080
 in no

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.440
 uncertain

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.820
 terms

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.140
 in verse

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 six

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.720
 that the

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.160
 Lord

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.700
 had

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.420
 closed

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.360
 Hannah's

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.660
 womb

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:25.720
!

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.040
 What do

00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:29.260
 you do

00:23:29.260 --> 00:23:29.560
 when the

00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:29.740
 Lord

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.140
 himself

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.500
 seems

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.780
 to be

00:23:30.780 --> 00:23:31.100
 against

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.340
 you?

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.500
 What do

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.880
 you do?

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.240
 Look at

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.580
 what Hannah

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:36.960
 does.

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.519
 Hannah

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.100
 does not

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.819
 turn away

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:41.420
 in disillusionment

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.240
 and apostasy.

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.180
 Her

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.539
 suffering

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.940
 does not

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.279
 draw

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.620
 Hannah

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.039
 away

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.299
 from

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.620
 God.

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.340
 No,

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.840
 it makes

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.200
 Hannah

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.700
 press

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.180
 in

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.759
 closer

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.420
 toward

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.799
 God.

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.480
 Look at

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.980
 verse 11.

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.559
 O Lord

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.180
 of hosts,

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.279
 if you

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.860
 will indeed

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.759
 look on

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.340
 the affliction

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:56.759
 of your

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.160
 servant

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.220
 and remember

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.700
 me and

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.319
 not forget

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.960
 your servant

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.880
 but will

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.299
 give to

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.819
 your servant

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.420
 a son

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.360
 then I

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.759
 will give

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.279
 him to

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.680
 the Lord

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.360
 all the

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.799
 days of

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.240
 his life

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.940
 and no

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.440
 razor

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.819
 shall

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.259
 touch

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.720
 his

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.059
 head.

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.680
 She's

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:10.940
 making

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.319
 something

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.620
 that's

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:11.880
 similar

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.460
 to a

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.980
 Nazarite

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.220
 vow

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.940
 on behalf

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.299
 of her

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.740
 son

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.160
 Samuel

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.680
 that he

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.039
 would be

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.400
 fully

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.819
 given

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.160
 to the

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.400
 Lord.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.700
 And look

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.920
 at what

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.099
 Hannah

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.859
 calls God

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.240
 in this

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.779
 verse.

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.319
 He calls

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.380
 him the

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.180
 Lord

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.900
 of hosts,

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.579
 Yahweh

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.720
 of armies.

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.579
 1 Samuel

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:29.900
 is the

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.420
 first book

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.660
 in the

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:30.880
 Bible

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.299
 where that

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.779
 title is

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.200
 used of

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.500
 God,

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.079
 the Lord

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.460
 of the

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.779
 armies,

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.339
 Yahweh

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.940
 of armies.

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.720
 And Hannah

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.059
 is the

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.900
 first character

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.100
 in the

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.500
 Bible to

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.240
 address him

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.220
 directly by

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.960
 that title.

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.039
 And it's a

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.900
 powerful title

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.519
 that focuses

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.680
 especially on

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.660
 God's power

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.720
 to deliver us

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.240
 from our

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.660
 enemies.

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.320
 The Lord

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.740
 of the

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.019
 armies.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.500
 It's used

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.580
 climactically in

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.180
 1 Samuel

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.559
 1745 during

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.380
 David's fight

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.180
 with Goliath

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.940
 when David

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.320
 says,

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.340
 you Goliath

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.100
 come to me

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.519
 with the

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.960
 sword and

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.320
 with the

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.759
 spear and

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.039
 with the

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.519
 javelin,

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.299
 but I

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.779
 come to

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.160
 you in

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.759
 the name

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.320
 of the

00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:02.740
 Lord

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.759
 of hosts.

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.799
 Yahweh

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.480
 of armies.

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.480
 The God

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.839
 of the

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.539
 armies of

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.059
 Israel whom

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.099
 you have

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.859
 defied.

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.220
 The Lord

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.819
 of hosts

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.519
 is with

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.819
 us.

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.480
 The God

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.000
 of Jacob

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.420
 is our

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.059
 fortress.

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.599
 In

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.380
 Psalm 46

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.079
 7.

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.539
 Hannah is

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.099
 clinging to

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.539
 the Lord

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.940
 as the

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.380
 one who

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.180
 must fight

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.680
 for her.

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.680
 In this

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.700
 rivalry against

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.160
 Peninnah,

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.740
 in this

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.859
 fight against

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.859
 sorrow and

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:28.140
 grief and

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.559
 loss,

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.240
 she cannot

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.700
 win.

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.680
 She knows

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.359
 she cannot

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.839
 win.

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.639
 So she

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.179
 clings to

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.639
 God and

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:33.759
 say,

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.379
 you are

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.859
 the Lord

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.459
 of hosts.

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.379
 You are

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.899
 the Yahweh

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.159
 of the

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.639
 armies and

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.199
 you must

00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:38.679
 fight for

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:38.939
 me.

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.779
 And that's

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.699
 the content

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.039
 of her

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.599
 prayer to

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:41.939
 God.

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.740
 Is that

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.039
 how you

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.379
 turn to

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.679
 God in

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.019
 the midst

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.419
 of your

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:47.179
 suffering and

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.439
 sorrow,

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.779
 in the midst

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.179
 of your

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.679
 loss,

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.119
 in the midst

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.899
 of times

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.419
 when you

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.939
 feel that

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.379
 God has

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.919
 turned against

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:52.119
 you,

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.480
 do you

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.099
 still turn

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.639
 to him?

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:55.859
 That's

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.459
 exactly what

00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:56.939
 God calls

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.439
 us to do.

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.619
 As Job

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.039
 did when

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.959
 he was being

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.819
 afflicted,

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:02.019
 he said

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.359
 to God,

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:03.019
 though you

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.759
 slay me,

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.439
 yet I

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:05.099
 will hope

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.819
 in you.

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.039
 Why does

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.399
 it seem

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.720
 that so

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.419
 often people

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.079
 will turn

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.039
 to everything

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.740
 else before

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.279
 they finally

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.919
 turn to God

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.319
 in desperate

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.659
 prayer?

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:15.720
 prayer?

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.680
 They'd

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.300
 rather try

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.680
 to do

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.300
 everything

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:20.680
 in their

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.500
 power first

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.500
 and pray

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.880
 to God

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.279
 only when

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.779
 that's not

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.200
 enough,

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.680
 or so they

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.000
 think.

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.820
 Instead,

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.120
 we should

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.700
 follow Hannah's

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.140
 example.

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:30.720
 It should

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:30.960
 be our

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.820
 first impulse

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.300
 to depend

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:32.680
 on God

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.140
 in prayer

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.960
 since we

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.480
 can't do

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.960
 anything

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.519
 apart from

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.060
 him anyway.

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:39.740
 And this

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.599
 unfortunate

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.279
 situation

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.779
 now,

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.220
 it fits

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.819
 a literary

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.440
 trope that's

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.859
 common in

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.059
 the Old

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.639
 Testament of

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.879
 a wife who

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.339
 is unable

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.679
 to bear

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.119
 children.

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.519
 God gives

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.919
 a special

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.539
 child to

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.779
 who then

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.200
 plays an

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.859
 important role

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.500
 in salvation

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.940
 history,

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.940
 whether that's

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.500
 Manoah's

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.859
 wife,

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.639
 barren wife,

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.159
 who gives

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.579
 birth to

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.059
 Samson,

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.659
 the judge,

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.460
 or of

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.659
 course,

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.359
 Isaac,

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.819
 born of

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.419
 Abram and

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.700
 Sarah,

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.940
 old and

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.319
 barren.

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.700
 Sarah,

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.700
 menopausal.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.480
 And so

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.100
 here too,

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:08.779
 it fits

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.519
 the type

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.940
 and it

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.759
 anticipates

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.980
 the birth

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.500
 of Samuel.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.039
 Hannah

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.539
 prays in

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.120
 verse 11

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.440
 that the

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.860
 Lord of

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.460
 hosts would

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.400
 remember

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.539
 her and

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.240
 not forget

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.480
 her.

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.600
 When you

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.000
 think about

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.400
 your own

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.019
 theology of

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.580
 God and

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:23.960
 God's

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.940
 sovereignty and

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.279
 God's

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.019
 omniscience and

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.240
 God's

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.759
 omnipresence,

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.940
 it feels

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.019
 like a silly

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.519
 request.

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.200
 God,

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.059
 remember me.

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.840
 God doesn't

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.539
 forget anything.

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.539
 God,

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.980
 why are you

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.319
 praying that

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.960
 God remember

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.319
 you,

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.700
 not to

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.399
 forget you?

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.659
 It's a

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.119
 manner of

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.519
 speech.

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.220
 God doesn't

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.619
 forget.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.159
 He never

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.980
 forgets us.

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.619
 However,

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:45.980
 it's a

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.440
 manner of

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.899
 speech that

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.639
 conveys the

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.259
 way we

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.799
 relate to

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.220
 God from

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.680
 our own

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.000
 limited

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.619
 perspective.

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.799
 Because even

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.220
 when God

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.960
 doesn't forget

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.240
 us,

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.899
 sometimes we

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.379
 could surely

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.200
 feel like he

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.879
 has forgotten

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.279
 us.

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.559
 So we relate

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.920
 to him that

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.539
 when we call

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.240
 upon him and

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.960
 we put God

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.420
 to remember

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.720
 and say,

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:00.960
 God,

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.879
 remember us.

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.760
 The word

00:28:03.760 --> 00:28:04.360
 remember in

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.840
 the Pentateuch

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.680
 is most

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.520
 often used

00:28:06.520 --> 00:28:07.180
 to speak of

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.300
 God remembering

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.060
 his covenant

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.480
 with his

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.820
 people.

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.220
 The Lord

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.860
 says to

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:12.320
 Noah in

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.880
 Genesis 9,

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.240
 I will

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.080
 remember my

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.620
 covenant that

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:14.960
 is between

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.400
 me and

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.740
 you and

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.340
 every living

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.800
 creature of

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.420
 all flesh.

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.680
 It says in

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.400
 Genesis 19,

00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:19.920
 when God

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.620
 brings judgment

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.060
 down on

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.420
 Sodom and

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.740
 Gomorrah,

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.320
 that he

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.120
 remembered

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.120
 Abraham and

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.780
 on account of

00:28:24.780 --> 00:28:25.720
 Abraham spares

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.220
 Lot.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.420
 When the

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.000
 Israelites were

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.640
 groaning under

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.480
 the slavery in

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.840
 Egypt,

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.920
 Exodus 2.24,

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.400
 it says that

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.320
 God heard

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.000
 their groaning

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.180
 and remembered

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.940
 his covenant

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.620
 with Abraham,

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.420
 with Isaac,

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.180
 and with

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.560
 Jacob.

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.860
 In Leviticus 26,

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.720
 the Lord says

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.220
 that even when

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.080
 his people sin

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.920
 against him,

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.180
 he will not

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.080
 spurn them or

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.980
 destroy them

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.900
 utterly or

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.820
 break his covenant

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.680
 with them for,

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.279
 he says,

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.660
 I am the Lord

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.380
 their God.

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.240
 I will for

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.980
 their sake

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.860
 remember the

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.460
 covenant with

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.279
 their forefathers

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.480
 whom I brought

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.160
 out of the land

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.880
 of Egypt in the

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.259
 sight of the

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.200
 nations that I

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.900
 might be their

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:02.160
 God, I am

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.560
 the Lord.

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.980
 So then in

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.780
 crying out to

00:29:04.780 --> 00:29:05.700
 God to remember

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.820
 her, Hannah is

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.600
 calling upon God

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.300
 to remember his

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:09.040
 covenant with his

00:29:09.040 --> 00:29:10.240
 people and more

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.180
 specifically with

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.660
 her.

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:13.420
 God, I belong to

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.660
 you.

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.600
 I put my trust in

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:15.900
 you.

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.100
 God, you have

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.540
 promised to your

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:20.960
 people, to Abraham,

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.400
 my forefather, that

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.259
 he be fruitful and

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:27.100
 multiply, that his

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.860
 children, his

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.600
 descendants will be

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.699
 as numerous as the

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.579
 stars of the sky.

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.500
 And so he's

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.059
 called, she's

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.839
 calling upon God,

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.500
 putting God to

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.199
 remembrance of his

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.639
 promises.

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.839
 And then it says in

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.119
 verse 19 that

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.240
 Alkanah knew Hannah,

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.699
 his wife, and the

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:45.399
 Lord remembered her.

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.099
 And in due time,

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.119
 Hannah conceives and

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.539
 bears a son and

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.679
 gives him the name

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.740
 Samuel, which means

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.779
 heard of God.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.720
 because he says, I

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.799
 have asked for him

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.700
 from the Lord.

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.420
 And then Hannah in

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.839
 verse 21 to 28, it

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.920
 goes on to fulfill her

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.279
 vows.

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.779
 And she says in

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.220
 verses 27 to 28, for

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.579
 this child I prayed and

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.519
 the Lord has granted

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.779
 me my petition that I

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.579
 made to him.

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.920
 Therefore, I have

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.960
 lent him to the Lord

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.460
 as long as he lives,

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.379
 he is lent to the

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.619
 Lord.

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.259
 This happens right

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.559
 after Samuel's weaned,

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.319
 probably around the

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.920
 age of three.

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.820
 And so you might be

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.480
 thinking, oh wow,

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:29.039
 that's a really harsh

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.019
 thing for a mom to

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.259
 do.

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.120
 Drop her child off.

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.080
 I know some of you

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.779
 guys got dropped off

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.460
 here by your parents

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.160
 in the U.S.

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.019
 from somewhere else.

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.140
 So you might know

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.560
 the story.

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:42.100
 But Samuel is being

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.600
 given to the Lord to

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:45.019
 grow up in the

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.160
 dwelling place of God

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.519
 as someone whose

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.220
 whole life is given

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:51.060
 to the service of

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.420
 the Lord.

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.480
 Lord.

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.680
 And that, I

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.259
 imagine that was

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.920
 really hard for

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.140
 Hannah.

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.759
 I don't think she

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.259
 was like, well,

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.380
 good riddance.

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:05.660
 I moved out of my

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:07.259
 house for college

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.000
 when I was 18.

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:11.480
 And since then,

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.460
 I've really seen my

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.980
 parents only like once

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.180
 or twice a year.

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:20.299
 which is sad.

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.299
 But God's called me

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.420
 to ministry here.

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.160
 And so that's a

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.940
 sacrifice that my

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.480
 parents have made.

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.980
 And I'm 40 years old

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.240
 now.

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.799
 And whenever I go to

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:35.460
 visit my parents and

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.100
 I turn around to leave

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:38.279
 and it's our last day

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.880
 and we're about to

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.560
 drive off to the

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:41.640
 airport, my mom still

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.880
 cries every single

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.160
 year.

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:47.400
 that's, that's the

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.960
 mom's heart.

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:50.000
 That's Hannah's

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.259
 heart.

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.960
 Yet she must leave

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.740
 him because she's

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.600
 made a vow to the

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:57.160
 Lord that he would

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.539
 belong to him.

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:03.259
 And, and so she

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.240
 fulfills that vow.

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.220
 And, and she's able

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.140
 to do this because she

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.120
 understands something

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.820
 very important.

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:16.839
 in first Samuel one

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:19.039
 verse 17, verse 20,

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:22.179
 verse, verse 27,

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:26.359
 verse 28, the same

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:28.139
 key word occurs again

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.559
 and again.

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.379
 And that's the word

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:32.480
 ask request, petition,

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.939
 ask of the Lord.

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:37.019
 It's because Hannah asked

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.120
 of the Lord that the

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:39.759
 Lord gave to her.

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:41.440
 That same word it's,

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.200
 it's, it's, it's in

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.160
 the, in Hebrew, it's,

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.759
 it's sounds like Saul's

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.960
 name, Shaw, Saul.

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.539
 And so later there's a

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.640
 word play in, in first

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.740
 Samuel chapters eight

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:52.559
 and 12 and that where

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.380
 people of God ask God

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:56.059
 for a king, even though

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.860
 they're not supposed to

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.740
 ask for him.

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.740
 And so that's, that's

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.700
 why they get a man whose

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:01.559
 name means ask Shaw or

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.039
 Saul.

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:03.599
 And so there's this

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.639
 play, this word play

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.039
 going on.

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.599
 And this kind of

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:07.159
 prefigures that that's

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.720
 something that the

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.559
 people of God should not

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.200
 have asked for because

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.419
 the Lord God is their

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.379
 king and they should not

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.220
 have asked for a human

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.059
 king like the rest of

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.419
 nations.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.619
 But here, this is

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.259
 something that the Lord

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.259
 God wanted Hannah to

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.819
 ask for.

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.379
 She asked of the Lord

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.419
 and therefore the Lord

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.440
 gave to him.

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:26.099
 And that, that in verse

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.879
 28, when Hannah says,

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.540
 therefore I have lent

00:33:30.540 --> 00:33:32.920
 him to the Lord, as

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.020
 long as he lives, he

00:33:34.020 --> 00:33:35.180
 is lent to the Lord.

00:33:35.260 --> 00:33:37.000
 That's a different use

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.480
 of the exact same Hebrew

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.540
 word for ask.

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.500
 It's like turned around.

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:44.880
 I asked the Lord gave

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:47.460
 and now I lend back.

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:49.240
 I give back to the Lord

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.840
 using the exact same

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.520
 Hebrew word.

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.340
 That's getting at the

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:55.160
 idea of, of stewardship.

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:58.840
 Hannah understands the

00:33:58.840 --> 00:34:01.920
 reality that her son is

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.660
 not her own.

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:05.360
 Samuel belongs to God

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:06.300
 first and foremost.

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:10.159
 In fact, apart from God,

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:11.119
 she will not have him at

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.360
 all.

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.680
 Right?

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:14.360
 Isn't that the case with

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.760
 everything with us?

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.920
 I think it's so easy for

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.440
 us to imagine that we, we

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.619
 have things we can offer

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.019
 to God of our own.

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:28.139
 But in reality, every

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:30.119
 good gift, every good and

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.239
 perfect gift is from

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.599
 above, coming down from

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.420
 the father of the heavenly

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:35.320
 lights, as James 1.17

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.699
 says.

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.480
 You might think that your

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.320
 hard-earned money belongs

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.800
 to you.

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:42.199
 But who gave you your

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:44.199
 industry, your ability,

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.400
 your learning and

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:49.059
 training, your parents who

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:51.099
 raised you, the environment

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.639
 in which you grew up, that

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:54.079
 provided, that created and

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.199
 crafted the character that

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.699
 you have?

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.500
 Everything came from God in

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.739
 the end.

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.839
 What gifts and talents do

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.799
 you have that you can, that

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.839
 you can serve God with?

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.920
 Didn't that also come from

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.239
 God?

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:08.980
 I think of the sermon that I,

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:10.199
 that I get to preach week,

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:11.199
 weekend and week out.

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:13.439
 God, what do I have to

00:35:13.439 --> 00:35:13.739
 offer?

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.779
 Nothing.

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.819
 Everything I have came from

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.039
 him.

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:23.599
 My voice, my mind, my

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:25.539
 books, the people who have

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:27.599
 mentored me, everything I

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.419
 have came from him.

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.239
 Start with nothing.

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.500
 We start with nothing.

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.739
 We come naked from our

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:36.319
 mother's wombs and

00:35:36.319 --> 00:35:37.639
 everything we give back to

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.799
 God, it's all from him.

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:44.160
 Isn't that why he says in

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:46.060
 1 Chronicles 29, 14, when

00:35:46.060 --> 00:35:47.780
 David is, is gathering up

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.600
 the material for the

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.519
 construction of the temple,

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.320
 he says to God, who am I

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.300
 and what is my people that

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.760
 we should, we should be

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.820
 able thus to offer

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:58.880
 willingly for all things

00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:00.980
 come from you and of your

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.640
 own have we given you.

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:05.500
 Isn't that why Jesus says in

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.600
 Matthew 10 verse say, you

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:09.079
 received without paying, give

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.279
 without pay.

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.920
 Everything we have has

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.199
 come to God.

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.679
 What is this?

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.679
 What are the things in your

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.599
 life that you imagine

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.480
 belongs to you?

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.299
 That's God's.

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.199
 This is mine.

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:23.139
 Maybe your time outside of

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.759
 Sunday mornings.

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.839
 Do you think of that as

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.679
 belonging to you?

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.819
 Every single second has been

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.839
 given to you by God.

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.960
 Do you think of your

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.199
 children as belonging to

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.500
 you?

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.440
 Well, I mean, they are my

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:37.000
 children after all, right?

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.920
 They wouldn't exist apart

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.360
 from me.

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:42.240
 They were born naked with

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.619
 nothing.

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.539
 Everything they have, I've

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.119
 given to them.

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.800
 No, you wouldn't have your

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:49.019
 children apart from God.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.599
 And this is the case even

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.800
 more so when it comes to our

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.240
 salvation.

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:01.099
 Everything we have, we live

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.579
 and breathe.

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:03.019
 We live and breathe and have

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:04.220
 our being because of God who

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.879
 sustains us.

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.939
 It says in Acts 17.

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.899
 And the same principle

00:37:07.899 --> 00:37:09.480
 applies to our salvation.

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:12.219
 As it says in Ephesians 2, we

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.919
 were dead in our trespasses and

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:14.279
 sins.

00:37:14.939 --> 00:37:16.299
 We were following the course of

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:17.279
 this world, the power of the

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:19.319
 prince, of the power of the air.

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:23.319
 Following the passions of our

00:37:23.319 --> 00:37:25.519
 flesh, living like all those who

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.939
 by nature are children of wrath,

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.819
 like the rest of mankind.

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:30.139
 That's what we were.

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.519
 We were all, we were all

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.539
 rebelling against God.

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.659
 We were all sinning against Him.

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:35.199
 We had nothing to bring to Him.

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.360
 In my youthful arrogance, when I

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.380
 first came to the Lord, I thought,

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:40.380
 oh man, God, you're saving me and

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.500
 you're going to use me because,

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.980
 you know, I have so many goods to

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.699
 offer to you.

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:47.860
 I can bring my sincerity.

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:49.039
 I can bring my gifts.

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:50.000
 I can serve you.

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:51.940
 I can do great things for you.

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.579
 And then God had to remind me,

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:57.559
 Sean, from the beginning to the

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:59.320
 end, you've only come this far

00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:00.259
 because of my grace.

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.619
 And nothing you can offer me.

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:07.099
 There's nothing you can offer me

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:08.619
 that I haven't already given to you.

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.820
 What we bring to the relationship

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:14.279
 with God, you might think of your

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:15.940
 righteous deeds and the good things

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:17.219
 that you can do to serve Him.

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:19.320
 Apart from your faith in Christ,

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:21.340
 all those things are filthy rags.

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:24.340
 It's only by your faith in Christ

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.519
 Jesus that those things are

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:27.140
 sanctified and consecrated to Him in

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:28.519
 a manner that is pleasing to Him.

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:31.800
 Apart from Christ, apart from faith

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:33.380
 in Christ, even every good thing that

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:35.579
 we can do is shot through with pride

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.680
 and self-righteousness.

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.880
 Oh, you think maybe, oh, well, my

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:42.079
 faith, at least my faith is my own.

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:44.160
 I chose to believe in God.

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.220
 That's from me.

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:46.579
 That's something I give to Him.

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:49.039
 No, Philippians 129 says, it has been

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:51.420
 granted to you for the sake of Christ

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:52.960
 that you should believe in Him.

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:56.239
 Even your faith in God was granted to you.

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:58.539
 It's the Spirit of God that illuminated

00:38:58.539 --> 00:39:00.340
 your heart and enlightened your heart

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.239
 so that you can understand.

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:03.800
 It's the Lord God Himself who drew you

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:05.639
 because unless He draws you to the Father,

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:08.599
 you cannot come to Him as John 6, 44 says.

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:11.320
 The only thing we have contributed

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.880
 to our relationship with God,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:15.059
 only thing that we have brought to the table

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:19.679
 is the sin from which we must be saved.

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:24.519
 We come to God empty-handed

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:28.420
 with nothing in my hands I bring,

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:30.219
 only to the cross I cling.

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:32.119
 That's the way in which we come to God

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.599
 and that's the only way in which God saves

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:37.559
 and that's why Jesus dies as the atoning sacrifice

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.860
 for our sins on the cross.

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:40.599
 He bears all the blame.

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.360
 He bears all the penalty.

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:45.200
 He pays all the price because we have nothing

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:47.920
 with which to pay the price that must be paid.

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:56.120
 So then, when we give to God,

00:39:56.620 --> 00:39:57.519
 when we serve Him,

00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:01.079
 we give of what we receive freely from Him,

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:03.500
 we turn back to Him

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:08.160
 and we are absorbed into all that He is doing,

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:10.340
 all of His grace.

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:14.780
 19th century hymn writer George Matheson

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:16.880
 turned blind when he was 17

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:19.380
 and to add insult to injury,

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:21.160
 his then-fiancé dumped him,

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:23.519
 saying that she can't go on through life

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.300
 with a blind man.

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:28.059
 But despite this heartbreak,

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.940
 he went on with his studies

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.280
 and eventually became a pastor,

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.980
 a pastor in Scotland.

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:37.240
 And reflecting on that past pain,

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:39.000
 that past heartbreak,

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:41.340
 on the night of his sister's wedding,

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:44.719
 Matheson penned what has become a beloved hymn

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.159
 entitled,

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:47.320
 Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go.

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.920
 That love let him go,

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.240
 but the love of God did not let him go.

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:56.920
 And it speaks of our acknowledgement

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.980
 and surrender

00:40:57.980 --> 00:41:00.240
 that everything belongs to God.

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:02.339
 And it goes like this,

00:41:02.399 --> 00:41:03.219
 and I'll close with this.

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:06.500
 Oh love that will not let me go,

00:41:06.919 --> 00:41:09.439
 I rest my weary soul in Thee.

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:12.439
 I give Thee back the life I owe

00:41:12.439 --> 00:41:15.439
 that in Thine ocean depths its flow

00:41:15.439 --> 00:41:17.639
 may richer, fuller be.

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:20.899
 Oh life that follows all my way,

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:23.479
 I yield my flickering torch to Thee.

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:26.940
 My heart restores its borrowed ray

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:30.360
 that in Thy sunshine's blaze its day

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:32.760
 may brighter, fairer be.

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.699
 Let's pray.

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.840
 Heavenly Father,

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:44.440
 all the light we have,

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:47.059
 Lord, we acknowledge is borrowed ray from You.

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.820
 All the life we have,

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:53.380
 we acknowledge is borrowed light from You.

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:56.280
 borrowed life from You.

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:06.679
 All the grace we have received,

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.139
 Lord,

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:10.480
 all the favor we have received from You

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:12.980
 has been completely unmerited.

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:17.780
 It was merited by Your Son, Jesus Christ.

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:20.240
 His life, death, and resurrection.

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.760
 And so Lord, because of that,

00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:23.900
 You deserve all the glory.

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:27.920
 Not to us, Lord, not to us,

00:42:28.520 --> 00:42:30.740
 but to Your name be the glory.

00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:33.600
 Would You help us, please,

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:37.260
 to acknowledge this in every aspect of our lives,

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:40.140
 to surrender every aspect of our lives

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:41.220
 to You,

00:42:42.060 --> 00:42:44.700
 to give back freely to You

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:46.940
 what we have freely received from You.

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:53.380
 Help us to do this, Lord.

00:42:53.700 --> 00:42:54.900
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.760
 Amen.

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:55.860
 Amen.