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 Well, good morning.

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 As many of you know, I'm a huge fan of Les Miserables, the novel by Victor Hugo, and even more so, the musical.

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 The novel's great.

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 It's a long slog, though.

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 But in the musical, one of the beautiful characters in the story is that of Eponine.

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 Eponine is the woman who grew up in a terribly broken home.

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 Who then, in the second act, you find her again on the street.

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 She's living with her parents, who are her father's basically become a thug, who is seeking to rob people.

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 But she has met the dashing young Marius, the student, the idealist, the dreamer, the one who hopes that the world can be a better place.

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 And she has, in her own heart and mind, attached herself to him and put her dreams in being with him and living in the world that he imagines.

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 And in a beautiful song, On My Own, she confesses how much she's invested herself into that dream, and yet how much she also knows that it's not really real.

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 That she had hopes that her life would be going in a great direction.

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 But she lives with doubt.

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 She walks along the river, says she dreams that the lights are these beautiful symbols of love and relationship and being with him.

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 But later in the song, she says,

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 And in the morning, the river is just a river.

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 Do you ever wonder if that's true in your life?

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 If there are dreams that you have, but they're not real?

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 That nothing's going to happen?

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 You face this, especially when you go through times of transition.

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 Typically, you move to a new place.

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 And you wonder, what am I here for?

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 What am I doing here?

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 It comes when we face times of disappointment.

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 We get laid off of work.

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 We don't get the thing that we had hoped for in our lives.

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 And of course, it faces us in times of real tragedy.

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 When we face loss that dramatically changes the landscape of our lives.

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 And I think that there's a spiritual question in the middle of it.

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 Which is, is God really in this life with us?

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 Or are we, like Eponine, on our own?

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 Is God's power, is God's presence, is the reality of God with us or not?

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 And I think that as we continue in our reading of the book of Ezra this morning, that we will see an answer to this question.

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 Or at least we'll get a view into how we might answer that question as we look at it.

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 If you want to look with me in Ezra, we're in Ezra chapter 8.

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 I need someone to tell me what page it is.

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 367.

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 So if you're using the Pew Bible, 367.

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 Ezra chapter 8 is where we're going to be this morning.

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 We are not going to start by reading the whole passage like I usually do.

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 Because I'm going to spare you a genealogy.

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 So we're actually going to read it as we go through it.

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 And we'll read it along the way.

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 But if you remember, if you haven't been here, if you're visiting,

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 remember that in the book of Ezra,

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 the big picture of this book is that God is rebuilding His people

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 after sending them off into exile in the discipline of judgment.

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 The nation of Israel had been conquered by the Babylonians and been scattered.

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 The temple in Jerusalem had been razed to the ground.

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 The city walls had been broken.

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 And now, 70 years later, God is bringing His people back

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 and rebuilding His people.

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 And as He's rebuilding them, what we saw in chapters 1 through 6,

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 is God is rebuilding them by rebuilding the temple

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 and reestablishing their worship the way He had intended

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 for the Old Testament nation of Israel to worship Him in Jerusalem

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 with an altar and with a temple.

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 And that's what we see in chapters 1 through 6.

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 Chapters 7 through 10 now, the end of the book of Ezra

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 is going to be the establishment of His people

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 and some of their spiritual characteristics.

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 We saw last week the establishment of God's Word.

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 And we'll see next week the establishment of God's people in holiness.

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 And this week we're going to look at how God establishes His people

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 in their faith that God is truly with them.

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 If you have your Bibles open, you can look with me at what I see as a key phrase.

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 And it's actually both in chapters 7 and 8.

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 And what we're actually seeing is chapter 7 is a decree of the king of Persia, Artaxerxes,

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 saying, we're going to send you, Ezra, with a group of people

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 to go back and take the next step in really reestablishing the kingdom.

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 And chapter 7 is mostly about this decree

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 and how he's putting his hand on Ezra to say,

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 you're going to go and bring the Word of God

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 and establish your people under the Word of God.

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 Chapter 8 is the story of this actually happening.

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 But throughout this all, there is this phrase.

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 Look with me in chapter 7, verse 6.

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 Ezra went up from Babylonia.

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 He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses

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 that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given.

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 And the king granted him all that he asked

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 for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

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 The end of verse 9 of chapter 7.

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 For the good hand of his God was on him.

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 If you skip to the end of chapter 7, you see it again.

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 I took courage for the hand of the Lord my God was on me.

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 And again, we see this through the narrative in chapter 8,

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 repeated three times in verses 18, 22, and 31,

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 that the hand of the Lord was on Ezra.

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 Now, what does this mean?

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 It's obviously an image.

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 It's a hand.

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 What is this hand doing?

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 This hand is holding.

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 This hand is providing.

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 This hand is protecting.

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 It is one of controlling even, right?

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 In the Bible more broadly,

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 to be given over into the hands of your enemy

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 is a terrible thing

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 because they're now in control of you.

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 But here,

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 what the writer is reminding us

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 about what is going on in this chapter 8

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 is that the hand of the Lord

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 was with Ezra

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 and with his people

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 as he was going.

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 Provision, protection,

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 holding on to and not letting go.

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 What we see in this chapter

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 is that when God's hand is with his people,

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 it evokes faithful courage in them

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 to take the initiative

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 and it is proven

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 by God's faithful provision.

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 So we're going to see

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 those two aspects

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 of faithful initiative

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 and God's provision

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 throughout two problems

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 that emerge in the story.

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 In verses 1 through 20,

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 the problem is the people.

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 What are the people

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 that are going to go with Ezra?

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 And then in verses 21 through 36,

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 it's going to be

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 the journey itself

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 and the protection on the journey.

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 And how is that going to happen?

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 So these are the two things

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 we're going to look through

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 and we're just going to talk through it.

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 What we see in verses 20,

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 1 through 20,

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 is that God's hand

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 in providing,

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 we see God's hand

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 providing for the,

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 providing the right people

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 to accomplish his purposes.

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 So remember,

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 we've seen the story.

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 The king of Persia has said,

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 Ezra, you may now go,

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 collect people.

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 And so in verse 8,

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 in chapter 8, verse 1,

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 you see,

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 now Ezra is gathering people.

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 There's been some sort of summons

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 or call that's gone out

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 and these people have responded.

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 And in verses 2 through 14,

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 we have a long list of people

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 and I'm not going to read their names.

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 But here's the really cool things about them.

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 One is that it's listed by,

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 starts with the priests.

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 The first two people in verse 2,

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 the sons of Phinehas

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 and the sons of Ithamar,

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 those are in the line of the priesthood.

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 So at the very beginning,

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 as they're returning,

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 there's a reminder,

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 God is providing people

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 to continue the worship

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 in the temple

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 that has already begun

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 that we saw established

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 in chapters 1 through 6.

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 So God is doing that.

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 But then we see 12 tribes,

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 basically 12 families.

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 If you break it down there,

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 there's a list of 12 different people.

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 And what is going on there?

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 Well, interestingly,

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 if you take these names

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 and you map them back onto the list,

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 in chapter 2,

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 the people who went with

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 Joshua and Zerubbabel

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 in the first migration,

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 these people are of the same families.

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 It seems that,

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 particularly in the way

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 that Ezra's recording this,

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 God raised up people

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 from 12 families,

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 not necessarily from the 12 tribes,

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 but from 12 families

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 to continue to really spearhead this

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 and to be the centerpiece of it.

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 And it's possible

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 that there are only 12 families listed

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 because that's a picture of completeness,

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 indicating the wholeness

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 that Israel was returning to its land

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 and returning to its people.

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 As the story goes on,

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 what you realize,

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 and we'll read this in just a second,

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 as the story goes on,

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 you realize they get out a few days

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 and they stop

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 and they kind of take stock.

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 I don't know if you,

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 when I did campus ministry,

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 when we had a big trip

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 that was going down to Panama City Beach

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 to do a spring break missions project,

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 we often didn't know

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 who was on the bus

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 until the first stop that we had.

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 Then we finally figured out

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 who was actually on the bus

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 and who we were responsible for

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 for the rest of the trip.

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 This is what happened to Ezra.

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 They got out of town,

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 stopped at this place along the river,

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 and then they said,

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 okay, who's here?

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 And a problem arose

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 because of all the people

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 who had responded,

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 all those families,

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 there was not a single Levite

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 among them.

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 Now, it's not clear why that is.

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 The Levites would have typically

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 taken up about one-twelfth

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 of the people of Israel

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 because that's kind of how it works.

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 And it's possible

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 that there were fewer Levites

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 because there were just fewer in number.

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 It's not clear.

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 It's also possible.

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 One commentator suggested

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 that the Levites weren't really keen

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 to go back to Israel.

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 In the exile,

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 they had become normal people.

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 But when they went back to Israel,

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 God would ask them

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 to play the special role

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 of serving in the temple.

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 They had a highly regimented

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 and a highly ritualized life.

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 It would be like you

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 and your family saying,

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 hey, thanks for living your life,

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 but we're going to relocate you

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 back to your hometown,

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 and it's time to join the monastery.

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 You don't get to do your job anymore.

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 You now have a new job

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 because that's what the Levites did.

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 And it's possible

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 the Levites didn't show up

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 because they were thinking

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 life in exile

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 might have been pretty sweet.

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 And maybe they weren't so excited.

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 This is speculation.

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 But whatever the problem was,

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 it was real.

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 And Ezra thought,

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 what am I going to do?

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 So read with me now,

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 starting in verse 15.

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 We'll pick up the narrative

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 and read the text.

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 I gathered them to the river

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 that runs to Ahava,

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 and there we camp three days.

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 As I reviewed the people

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 and the priests,

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 I found there none

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 of the sons of Levi.

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 And then I sent for Eleazar,

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 Ariel, Shemaiah,

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 Elnathan,

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 Jerib,

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 Elnathan,

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 Nathan,

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 Zechariah,

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 and Meshulam,

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 leading men,

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 and for Joerib

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 and Elnathan,

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 who were men of insight,

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 and sent them to Ido,

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 the leading man

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 at the place,

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 Kasipiah,

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 telling them what to say

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 to Ido and his brothers

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 and the temple servants

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 at the place,

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 Kasipiah,

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 namely,

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 to send us ministers

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 for the house of our God.

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 And by the good hand

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 of our God on us,

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 they brought us

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 a man of discretion,

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 of the sons of Molly,

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 the son of Levi,

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 the son of Israel,

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 namely,

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 Sherabiah,

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 with his sons

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 and kinsmen,

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 also,

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 Hashabiah,

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 and with him,

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 Jeshiah,

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 and the sons of Merari,

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 who,

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 with his kinsmen,

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 and their sons,

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 twenty,

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 besides,

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 two hundred and twenty

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 of the temple servants,

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 whom David

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 and his officials

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 had set apart

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 to attend the Levites.

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 These were all mentioned

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 by name.

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 Okay.

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 We didn't get to avoid

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 all the names,

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 did we?

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 But here we go.

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 What happened?

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 Ezra looked at this problem

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 and he said,

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 this is not good.

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 As we go back

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 and as we continue

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 to build the people,

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 we need Levites.

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 We need to have those

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 who are specially tasked

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 by God

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 to serve in the temple.

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 And so he delegated,

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 he chose twelve men

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 and he sent them

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 as a delegation

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 to a place

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 that historically has,

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 we have no corroboration

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 or understanding

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 of what this place was,

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 except that it seems

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 that it was a place

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 where probably

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 there was a bunch

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 of Levites.

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 or some contact

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 with the tribe

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 of Levi.

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 So he sent

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 this delegation

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 of twelve leading men

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 plus two others

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 who were particularly

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 interpreters of the law.

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 That might be a way

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 to describe men

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 of insight

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 would also be those

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 who particularly

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 knew the law.

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 And he sent them

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 and asked for them

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 to come.

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 Send men,

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 ministers

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 of the house

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 of Levi,

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 the house of God.

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 Send us provision.

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 Now look,

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 these men

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 already hadn't

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 showed up.

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 They already

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 hadn't responded

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 to the call.

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 It would have been

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 very easy to think,

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 hey,

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 they knew the call.

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 They're not coming.

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 Why are we even asking?

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 But Ezra believed

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 that the hand

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 of the Lord

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 was on him.

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 You see that

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 in verse 18.

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 By the good hand

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 of our God

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 on us,

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 they brought us

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 response.

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 He took a step

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 of faith to say,

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 I can't make anyone go,

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 but I'm going to take

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 a special step.

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 I'm going to step out

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 in faith and say,

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 will you come with us

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 to serve

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 in the house of God?

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 And as he was doing that,

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 he asked the Lord

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 to provide.

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 And the Lord did.

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 Ezra was intentional.

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 He was thoughtful.

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 But he was also dependent.

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 And God showed up

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 and responded.

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 And as these men,

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 Sherebiah and his sons

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 and Hashabiah

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 and others,

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 38 Levites

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 and 220 temple servants

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 were provided

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 to go with the people

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 and to serve

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 in the house of God.

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 What a great thing.

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 God provided

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 the people.

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 Ezra couldn't do this.

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 Ezra had the decree

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 from the king,

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 go and take anyone

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 who wants to go.

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 But Ezra couldn't

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 make anyone go.

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 And yet God

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 raised up these people

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 to repopulate

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 the place

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 that God had intended

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 for his people

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 to dwell

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 and to continue

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 the worship

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 in the temple

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 that God had rebuilt

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 in Jerusalem.

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 So what do we think

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 about this

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 today?

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 Well,

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 in the church

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 we don't need

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 Levites anymore.

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 Thankfully.

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 We don't have a temple.

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 We don't have an altar.

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 The Old Testament system

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 was meant to point us

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 not to the way

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 that the church

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 now should worship

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 but to point us

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 to Christ

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 and all that he had done

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 has done for us.

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 All that he

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 it pointed ahead

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 to what he would do

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 and now for us

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 we know what he has done

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 so that we might

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 truly be the people

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 of God

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 and so that we might

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 truly worship him.

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 And yet

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 God is still

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 raising up the people

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 to do the work

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 that he wants to do

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 among us.

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 Is he not?

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 This is what Paul

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 refers to

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 in Ephesians

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 or in 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 12

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 where he says

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 the church

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 is the body of Christ

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 the relationship

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 the group of people

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 who are in Christ

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 and every single one

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 of them

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 God has raised up

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 not simply

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 to be a member

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 but to be an active

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 participant

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 in the body of Christ

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 that each person

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 has a particular role

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 that God has designed

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 for them to play

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 in his church.

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 And some may have

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 greater honor

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 and prestige

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 and some may be

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 more behind the scenes

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 and less visible

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 but everyone

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 has one.

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 Have you found yours?

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 And are you being faithful

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 to respond?

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 We also see

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 that in Ephesians

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 chapter 4

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 God raises up

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 men and women

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 in leadership roles

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 particularly

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 who may have

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 these abilities

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 apostles

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 prophets

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 pastors

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 and teachers

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 particular gifting

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 to build

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 the church

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 so that we may

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 all do the work

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 of the ministry.

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 As I was praying

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 and just thinking

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 about this passage

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 I just want to say

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 how thankful I am

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 for the elders

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 that I get to serve with

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 for the deacons

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 that we get to work

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 together with

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 and even more broadly

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 than that

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 for the godly people

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 that he has raised up

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 in this church

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 to do the work

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 of ministry

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 and to train others.

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 What a privilege

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 it is

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 to be in this

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 with you

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 and to see God

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 continue to do this.

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 I pray that we might

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 be thankful to God

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 for his provision.

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 I pray that we might

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 be active

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 in faithfully

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 playing the role

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 that he has called us

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 each one to play.

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 And you know

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 finally

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.440
 I pray that we'll be active

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 in asking God

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 to continue to provide

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 that we would be a church

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 that prays hard

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 that prays consistently

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 that prays dependently

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 that God would continue

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 to provide

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 for this church

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 the people

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 to do

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 what he wants

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 to do

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 in us

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 and among us

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 and through us.

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 So God's hand

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 has raised up

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 the people

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 to do

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 what he wants

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 to do.

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 We see in the rest

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.140
 of the story

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 that God's hand

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 protects them

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 while they're

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 on their journey.

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 Look with me

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:10.059
 at verses 21

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 and following

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 in chapter 8.

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 Then I

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.940
 and that I

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 is Ezra

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 then I

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 proclaimed a fast

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 there

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 at the river

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 of Ahava

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 that we might

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 humble ourselves

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 before our God

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.099
 to seek from him

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 a safe journey

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 for ourselves

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 our children

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 and all our goods

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 for I was ashamed

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 to ask the king

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 for a band

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 of soldiers

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 and horsemen

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 to protect us

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 against the enemy

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 on our way

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 since we had told

00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:38.860
 the king

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 the hand of our God

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 is for good

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:43.440
 on all who seek him

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 and the power

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 of his wrath

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 is against all

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 who forsake him.

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 So we fasted

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:50.440
 and implored

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.040
 our God

00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:51.640
 for this

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 and he listened

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.580
 to our entreaty.

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 So the second problem

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.600
 having now

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 provided the Levites

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 in a record time

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 by the way

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 it takes a total

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.820
 of about 12 days

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.960
 for them to

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.840
 get out of town

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 realize their problem

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 send this delegation

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 and have people

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 can you imagine

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.579
 that call

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 people just picked up

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 their lives

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 and said sure

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.360
 we'll move to a place

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.000
 we've never been

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.579
 and live our lives there

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 but they did.

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 So anyway

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 so God provides his people

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.440
 and now

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.740
 they're about to embark

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 and they realize

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.559
 okay this is a large

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 group of people

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 probably thousands

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.700
 of people

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 and they're carrying

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 a lot of stuff.

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 If you look at the story

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:34.039
 if you look back

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.059
 at chapter 7

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 and then if you look

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.940
 in the next section

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.960
 chapter 8

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 verses 24

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 and following

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 I'm not going to read

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 all the details

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 but goodness gracious

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 the king of Persia

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 was saying

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 as I'm sending you

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 I'm going to send you

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 with a lot

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 of supplies

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 basically a lot

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 of money

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 and a lot of

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 a lot of valuable

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 things for you

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 to use

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 in the service

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 in the temple.

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 Now historically

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.980
 one of the interesting

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.720
 things we know

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 is that Artaxerxes

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.059
 was ruling over

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.359
 the Persian Empire

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 at this time

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 when it stretched

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 all the way

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 from Greece

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 to modern day India.

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 So it was

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.299
 Greece

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.480
 to modern day India.

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 There we go.

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 And it

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:22.680
 was a huge empire

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 and we know

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 that Artaxerxes

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 had just gone

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.920
 through a time

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.559
 where there had been

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.779
 multiple rebellions

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.460
 against him

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 and it's very possible

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 that God

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:34.019
 in overseeing

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 all of this

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.819
 had moved

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 Artaxerxes

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 to want to

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 reestablish

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.940
 or strengthen

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 his ties

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.660
 with a strong

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 ally

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 in the middle

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 of particularly

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.240
 the Greece

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 and Egypt

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 part

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 where

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.340
 they were actually

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:51.360
 where the

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.720
 rebellions were happening.

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 And so

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.539
 this may have been

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.259
 the motivation

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.920
 behind

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.400
 some of the support

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 that Artaxerxes

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.920
 was giving

00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.120
 and yet God

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.720
 using the global

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.279
 movements

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.460
 of socio-political

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.960
 power

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:06.580
 to provide

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.380
 for his people

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 and so

00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.820
 he was sending

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.500
 them with all

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.980
 this stuff

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.600
 so that they

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.019
 might be

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.980
 well established

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:14.019
 and flourish

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:16.660
 in Jerusalem.

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:22.000
 but they didn't

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.220
 want to take

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.960
 soldiers with

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.200
 them.

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 Did you see

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.540
 how interesting

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:27.080
 it was?

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 Verse 22

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:29.380
 for I was ashamed

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.820
 to ask the king

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.420
 for a band

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.900
 of soldiers

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.500
 and horsemen

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 and ashamed

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.840
 is an interesting

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.100
 word.

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.580
 I'm not sure

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.080
 if English

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.940
 has the right

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.700
 connotations

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.460
 for what's here

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.140
 because do you

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.860
 see what he did?

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.120
 He went to the king

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.960
 and he said

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.900
 listen

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.559
 we serve

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.559
 a God

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.860
 who is able

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.600
 to protect

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.420
 his own

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:50.380
 that those

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.140
 who God

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.019
 has favor

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.440
 with

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.640
 that God

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.620
 is a powerful

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.279
 force

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:57.319
 and he might

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.779
 have said it

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.160
 to say

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.759
 hey we're going

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.259
 to be a good

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.160
 ally to you

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:01.019
 if you honor

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.860
 our God

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:04.220
 we're going

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.660
 to be a good

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.500
 ally to you.

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.840
 However he said

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:08.019
 it

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.680
 he said

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.660
 very strongly

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:12.240
 we believe

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.779
 in a God

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.259
 who is going

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.060
 to take care

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.680
 of us

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:16.000
 who will

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.759
 protect us

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.200
 against

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.960
 our enemies

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:21.140
 and in light

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.080
 of that testimony

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.740
 he didn't feel

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.160
 like he could

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.620
 then say

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.600
 hey our God

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.440
 can protect us

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.140
 and oh by the way

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.840
 can you send us

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.980
 some soldiers

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.820
 to protect us

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.300
 while we go?

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.960
 He said

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.300
 no

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:33.160
 I think we need

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.800
 to step out

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.440
 in faith

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:37.019
 and so he called

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.600
 the people

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.779
 to fast

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.560
 and to pray

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:44.899
 one side note

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:46.579
 this is not

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.940
 the way

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.460
 we must

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.599
 always respond

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.819
 to such situations

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.779
 we'll find out

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.779
 in just a few

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.159
 chapters

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.779
 in the beginning

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.539
 of Nehemiah

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.559
 when Nehemiah

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.379
 brings another

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.440
 delegation back

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:58.039
 he has an escort

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.319
 from the king

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.879
 of Persia

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:01.259
 there might be

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.819
 good reasons

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.440
 for that

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.740
 Nehemiah's mission

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.339
 is a little more

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.819
 political

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.779
 Ezra's is a little

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.399
 more religious

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.240
 but

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.060
 I want you

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.360
 to see

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.300
 that it's

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:11.820
 not a given

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.360
 that this was

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.080
 the only way

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.960
 to act in faith

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.700
 but it was

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.280
 very clear

00:26:15.280 --> 00:26:15.840
 for Ezra

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.660
 this is the way

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.100
 that we ought

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.620
 to do it

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.400
 and so he

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.940
 stepped down

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.380
 in faith

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.340
 and he called

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.820
 the people

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.519
 to fast

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.200
 and pray

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.800
 that they would

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.660
 recognize

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.420
 their dependence

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.220
 on the Lord

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.980
 that they would

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.720
 reaffirm

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.560
 their allegiance

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.320
 to the Lord

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.680
 after

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.300
 remember

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.920
 part of the

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.460
 reason for

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.180
 the exile

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.940
 was that

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.460
 rather than

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.040
 trusting in

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.579
 the God

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.339
 who had

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.059
 called them

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.819
 and established

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.539
 them in Israel

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.440
 to protect them

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.659
 they ran after

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.460
 all sorts of

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.319
 political alliances

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.159
 to try to save

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.659
 themselves

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:44.180
 and so Ezra

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.980
 was stepping in

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.379
 saying no

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:45.779
 we are going

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.859
 to trust God

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.119
 so he called

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.599
 the people

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.779
 to this

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.059
 act of

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.059
 consecration

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.960
 to this act

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.259
 of dependence

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.960
 and this bold

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.000
 ask

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.279
 God will you

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.240
 keep us safe

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:03.620
 and in verses

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:05.620
 24 through 34

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:07.740
 we see

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.319
 basically

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:10.279
 they arrived

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:12.019
 they made it

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.859
 God

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:14.220
 protected them

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.299
 all

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.079
 the way

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.579
 through

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:20.339
 Ezra

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.000
 took a big

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.400
 step

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.900
 by not

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.319
 asking

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.319
 for that

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.819
 protection

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.680
 and by

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.160
 calling the

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.440
 people

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.140
 to fast

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.880
 and pray

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:29.380
 God

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:31.120
 showed up

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:33.200
 and delivered

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.820
 his people

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.840
 to Israel

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.400
 with all

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.080
 the stuff

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:39.220
 and those

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.740
 Levites

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.240
 that had been

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.860
 raised up

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.700
 they were the

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.260
 caretakers

00:27:42.260 --> 00:27:42.840
 of the riches

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.940
 and they had

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.440
 to count it

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.080
 at the beginning

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.840
 and then count it

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.260
 at the end

00:27:46.260 --> 00:27:46.740
 to make sure

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.460
 all of it

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.960
 was there

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.800
 that not only

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.360
 was it not

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.940
 taken by

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.340
 bandits

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.080
 and thieves

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:52.020
 but it wasn't

00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:52.580
 taken by

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.920
 people

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.700
 internally

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:59.460
 God

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.860
 brought

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.319
 them

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.819
 through

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.940
 and God

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.319
 brought

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.019
 this second

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.759
 wave

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.120
 then

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.720
 of people

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.920
 to Israel

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.259
 to establish

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.860
 his people

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.360
 again

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.259
 and to

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.680
 rebuild

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.059
 them

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:15.360
 I think

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:16.039
 the question

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.600
 you know

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.019
 as I think

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.259
 about

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.519
 the writer

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.960
 of this

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.660
 why was

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.259
 this being

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.940
 written down

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.519
 it was being

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.299
 written down

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.900
 so that

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.559
 the future

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.259
 generations

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.000
 of Israelites

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.920
 would hear

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.120
 the words

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:30.259
 the hand

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.820
 of the Lord

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.559
 was with us

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.360
 and God

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.700
 was faithful

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.500
 and because

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.500
 God was faithful

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.080
 we took

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.940
 great steps

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.460
 of faith

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.519
 to honor

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.880
 him

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.620
 and to pursue

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:40.980
 him

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.500
 and to be

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.140
 his people

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.799
 and to be

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.580
 to do

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.220
 what he called

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.940
 us to do

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.559
 and we saw

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.320
 him provide

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:49.720
 and the question

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.259
 that I think

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.420
 this chapter

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.100
 puts before

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.779
 us today

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.400
 is do we

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.960
 believe that

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.800
 God will

00:28:54.800 --> 00:28:55.660
 be the same

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.860
 for us

00:28:56.860 --> 00:29:00.140
 are we

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.800
 willing to

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:02.240
 take bold

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.259
 risky moves

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.000
 of faith

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:08.220
 with the

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.320
 spirit of

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:09.759
 Jonathan

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.120
 and his

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.200
 armor bearer

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.880
 let's go up

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.240
 and maybe

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.640
 the Lord

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:12.960
 will give

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.320
 them into

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.960
 our hands

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.900
 we don't

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.340
 have to

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.880
 have this

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.400
 arrogant

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.900
 faith that

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.340
 says we

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:19.000
 know what

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.380
 God is

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.620
 going to

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:19.820
 do

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.119
 and he

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.960
 we don't

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.399
 have to

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.519
 be arrogant

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.159
 in it

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:24.899
 but the

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.480
 question is

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.779
 are we

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.339
 willing to

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.000
 be faithful

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.980
 even when

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.460
 it seems

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.919
 risky

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:30.960
 even when

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.480
 it seems

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.359
 unsafe

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:35.359
 it's very

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:35.879
 easy

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:37.700
 to both

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.740
 be impetuous

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:40.700
 and assuming

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.619
 on God

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:43.839
 but it's

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.480
 also very

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.259
 easy for

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.439
 us to

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:47.240
 shrink back

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.899
 in self

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.399
 dependence

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.060
 and in

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.400
 fear

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:52.680
 and you

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.040
 know one

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:53.300
 of the

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.980
 things that's

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.840
 striking in

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.340
 this is that

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.000
 when they get

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.440
 there in

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.320
 verses 35

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.920
 and 36

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.560
 what do

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.000
 they do

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.400
 they worship

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.980
 God

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.040
 they bring

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.620
 the offerings

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.220
 they bring

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.140
 the sacrifices

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:07.120
 they carry

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.600
 out some

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.120
 other things

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.200
 they distribute

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.759
 some of

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.600
 the notices

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.200
 to the

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.560
 local

00:30:12.560 --> 00:30:13.200
 believers

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:17.880
 but they

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.380
 came and

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.880
 they worship

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.480
 God

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:22.840
 and I

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.140
 think they

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.539
 worshiped

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.740
 God

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.299
 because they

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.819
 had trusted

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.299
 God

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:29.059
 and I

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.319
 know

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.200
 Greg did

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.620
 this just

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:30.920
 a few

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.319
 weeks ago

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.580
 so I'm

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.840
 not going

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.140
 to recount

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.519
 the whole

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.080
 story of

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.640
 this church

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.519
 but this

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.120
 church has

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:36.240
 seen seasons

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.980
 of real

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.180
 real faith

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.120
 stepping out

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.960
 beyond what

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.559
 would be

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.579
 humanly

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.139
 reasonable

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:46.859
 whether it

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:48.299
 be a

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.099
 pastor moving

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.779
 from England

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.700
 sight unseen

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.579
 to help a

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.639
 struggling small

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.159
 group of

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.500
 people

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:55.899
 whether it

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.559
 be buying

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.440
 a large

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.440
 building that

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.859
 was beyond

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.839
 the church's

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.480
 budget to

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.279
 buy and

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.740
 seeing it

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.240
 paid off

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.720
 in five

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.179
 years

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:07.960
 whether it

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.419
 be stepping

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.899
 into a

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.740
 co-pastorate

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.359
 which everyone

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.879
 has said

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.539
 won't work

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:13.220
 and us

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.619
 working

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.119
 together

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:18.200
 this church

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.759
 has taken

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.920
 risky steps

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.740
 at times

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:25.420
 and it's

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.079
 been beautiful

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.740
 to see

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.240
 God's

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.639
 hands

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:30.079
 when people

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.659
 ask me

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.180
 about this

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.519
 church

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.240
 and what

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.480
 have you

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.859
 done to

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.159
 make it

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.920
 so successful

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.559
 I usually

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.180
 just shrug

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.759
 my shoulders

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.220
 and say

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.579
 you know

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.460
 I just

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.819
 feel like

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.299
 God is

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.839
 going ahead

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.339
 of us

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.960
 and we're

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.339
 just trying

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.720
 not to

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.059
 mess it

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.299
 up

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:44.440
 because I've

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.019
 seen God

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.599
 provide

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.419
 and I've

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.059
 seen God's

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.460
 hand

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:49.859
 and we do

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.299
 need to

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.919
 continue to

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.559
 be humble

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.740
 to be

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.279
 dependent

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:55.299
 and we

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.619
 need to

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.339
 continue to

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.059
 be faithful

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.619
 to the

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.240
 gospel of

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.019
 Jesus Christ

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.379
 and what

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.779
 God has

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.259
 called us

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.579
 to

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:02.559
 that we

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.259
 would continue

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.039
 to make

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:05.379
 the good

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.019
 news about

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.339
 Jesus

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.059
 central

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.740
 gospel

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.019
 not only

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.480
 what we

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.740
 do

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.139
 here

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.480
 as we

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.899
 gather

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.319
 and as

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.480
 we

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.879
 interact

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.059
 with

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.220
 one

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.460
 another

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.799
 but as

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.000
 we

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.619
 live

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:12.940
 in this

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.359
 city

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.539
 that we

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.740
 would

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.259
 continue

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.940
 to make

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.700
 the gospel

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.440
 known

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:21.679
 do you

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.200
 believe that

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.859
 God's hand

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.720
 is on us

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.059
 and are you

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.720
 acting in

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.460
 faith as a

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.879
 result

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:28.559
 and let me

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.379
 be really

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.960
 clear on

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.220
 this

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.639
 because I

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:30.940
 can do

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.480
 this today

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.919
 especially

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.240
 well

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.039
 this does

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.700
 not mean

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.419
 that I'm

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:34.919
 asking you

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.259
 for more

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.639
 money for

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.020
 our capital

00:32:36.020 --> 00:32:36.480
 campaign

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.940
 if that's

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.160
 in your

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.480
 brain

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.600
 just please

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.259
 remove that

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.040
 that is not

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.440
 what I'm

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.920
 saying

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.880
 we just

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.280
 heard a

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.880
 report that

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.460
 Sarah gave

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.920
 about how

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.300
 God has

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.759
 provided

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.860
 for us

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.160
 in an

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.220
 amazing way

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.640
 to move

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.140
 ahead

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.380
 and praise

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.820
 the Lord

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.340
 for that

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.660
 right

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:53.860
 what looked

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.980
 honestly to

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.600
 me two weeks

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.220
 ago like

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.420
 I don't know

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.780
 if we're gonna

00:32:57.780 --> 00:32:58.300
 make it

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.980
 I don't know

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.440
 if this is

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.920
 really gonna

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.340
 work

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.880
 and God

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.280
 just said

00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:01.759
 oh no

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.120
 I am here

00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:03.780
 with you

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:08.299
 what we

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.599
 as the

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.099
 elders have

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.579
 prayed from

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.000
 the very

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.359
 beginning

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.839
 as we've

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.319
 thought about

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.819
 this building

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.339
 campaign

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.220
 and in

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.720
 our hopes

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.500
 that by

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.000
 doing it

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.279
 it might

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.240
 establish a

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.799
 base of

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.240
 ministry

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.480
 for 50

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.960
 100

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.460
 200

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.000
 years

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.500
 in this

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.859
 city

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:22.859
 but that

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.579
 most of

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.019
 all that

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.220
 our

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.819
 congregation

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.440
 would see

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.660
 the

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.779
 see the

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.440
 hear the

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.079
 call to

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.960
 be taking

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.480
 up the

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.859
 mission

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.279
 of our

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.759
 church

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.759
 in this

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.019
 city

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.440
 and around

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.000
 the world

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:35.460
 that we

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.779
 would be

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.059
 saying

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.319
 God

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.700
 how do

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:36.819
 you

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.019
 want

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.140
 to

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.440
 use

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.859
 me

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:40.539
 what's

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.799
 my

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.279
 place

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.619
 in

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.019
 this

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.200
 how do

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.319
 you

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.519
 want

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.720
 me

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.960
 to

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.259
 step

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.460
 out

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.640
 in

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.079
 faith

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.700
 to

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:45.900
 get

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.359
 involved

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.559
 in

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.740
 what

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:46.980
 God

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.140
 is

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.400
 doing

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.619
 in

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:47.980
 Trinity

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.220
 and

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.460
 through

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.839
 Trinity

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.099
 in

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.299
 this

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.759
 world

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.500
 how does

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.700
 God

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:52.920
 want

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.059
 me

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.259
 to

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.839
 reach

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.019
 out

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.180
 to

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.400
 one

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.700
 another

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:54.920
 and

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.140
 getting

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.559
 involved

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:55.740
 in

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:55.879
 the

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.200
 ministry

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.400
 to

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.539
 one

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.819
 another

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.119
 within

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.359
 the

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.640
 church

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.299
 how does

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.579
 God

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.799
 want

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:58.920
 me

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.080
 to

00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.300
 take

00:33:59.300 --> 00:33:59.460
 a

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.720
 step

00:33:59.720 --> 00:33:59.920
 of

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.240
 faith

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.779
 and

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.019
 talk

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.160
 to

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.340
 my

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:01.900
 co-worker

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.220
 my

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.539
 neighbor

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.920
 about

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.400
 Jesus

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.560
 how does

00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:04.759
 God

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:04.980
 want

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.140
 me

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.300
 to

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:05.560
 step

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:05.740
 out

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:05.900
 in

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.160
 faith

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.320
 by

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.539
 being

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.800
 more

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:07.240
 regular

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.019
 in

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.579
 praying

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.039
 and

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.519
 fasting

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.800
 and

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.260
 asking

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.700
 God

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:11.960
 to

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.360
 bless

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.579
 and

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.059
 continue

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.380
 to

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.200
 multiply

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.920
 the

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.420
 ministries

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.639
 of

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.860
 this

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.260
 church

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.680
 not

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:17.940
 that

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.300
 Trinity

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.599
 would

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.760
 be

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.039
 seen

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.180
 to

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.320
 be

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.599
 great

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.800
 but

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.000
 that

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.480
 Jesus

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.519
 would

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.720
 be

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.260
 great

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.139
 among

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.619
 us

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:26.000
 for

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.159
 you

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:27.000
 know

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.340
 friends

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.639
 this

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.820
 is

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:27.980
 the

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.159
 good

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.440
 news

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.599
 of

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:28.720
 the

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.079
 gospel

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.320
 and

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.519
 this

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.659
 is

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.860
 how

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.079
 we

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.320
 know

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.900
 that

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.380
 God's

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.720
 hand

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.059
 is

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.460
 with

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.039
 us

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.780
 as

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.059
 his

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.440
 children

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.300
 it

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.440
 is

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.760
 because

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.340
 God

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.880
 himself

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.139
 has

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.400
 come

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.599
 to

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.800
 be

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.019
 with

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.220
 us

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.340
 in

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.460
 the

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.740
 person

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:38.940
 of

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.240
 Jesus

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:41.000
 and

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.260
 this

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.400
 is

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.539
 our

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.780
 great

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.280
 confidence

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.679
 and

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:42.800
 you

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:42.960
 know

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.220
 what

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.619
 we

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:43.800
 may

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.079
 build

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.200
 a

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.440
 building

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.599
 and

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.679
 it

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:44.840
 might

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.099
 fall

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.320
 down

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.740
 tomorrow

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.000
 and

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.200
 think

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.480
 okay

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.659
 well

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:46.860
 that

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.200
 wasn't

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.400
 what

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.639
 God

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:47.820
 was

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.059
 with

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.280
 us

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.599
 in

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.240
 but

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.539
 God

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.700
 is

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.159
 always

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.619
 with

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:51.840
 his

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.240
 people

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:53.000
 because

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.380
 he

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.539
 has

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.880
 come

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.200
 in

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.640
 Jesus

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:57.160
 he

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.579
 said

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.840
 that

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:59.340
 he

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.640
 will

00:34:59.640 --> 00:34:59.920
 build

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.140
 his

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.640
 church

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:01.280
 on

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.480
 the

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.940
 rock

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.200
 of

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.539
 Jesus

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.140
 Christ

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:04.079
 that

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.240
 he

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.820
 will

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.480
 build

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.760
 his

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.300
 church

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.200
 on

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:07.420
 the

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.180
 proclamation

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.740
 of

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:08.960
 what

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.180
 he

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.400
 has

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.660
 done

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:09.880
 in

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.140
 Jesus

00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:10.400
 that

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.800
 Jesus

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.100
 by

00:35:11.100 --> 00:35:11.300
 his

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.640
 life

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:11.820
 and

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.039
 death

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.519
 and

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.200
 resurrection

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:14.440
 has

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.420
 established

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.940
 a new

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.559
 people

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:18.360
 by

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.900
 taking

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.180
 the

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.620
 pain

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:19.800
 and

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:19.960
 the

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.320
 penalty

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.559
 of

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:20.760
 our

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.000
 sin

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.280
 upon

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.740
 himself

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.299
 by

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.859
 rising

00:35:22.859 --> 00:35:23.139
 from

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.299
 the

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.539
 dead

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.719
 to

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.419
 defeat

00:35:24.419 --> 00:35:24.759
 sin

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:24.939
 and

00:35:24.939 --> 00:35:25.179
 death

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.299
 he

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.439
 is

00:35:25.439 --> 00:35:25.739
 able

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:25.959
 to

00:35:25.959 --> 00:35:26.579
 establish

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.159
 a

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.359
 new

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:27.799
 people

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.000
 who

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.139
 will

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.299
 be

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:28.779
 his

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.339
 forever

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:31.939
 and

00:35:31.939 --> 00:35:32.259
 this

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.759
 Jesus

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.779
 now

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.199
 calls

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.699
 us

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:36.239
 to

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.399
 be

00:35:36.399 --> 00:35:36.719
 those

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:36.899
 who

00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:37.139
 live

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.319
 with

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.639
 great

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.119
 faith

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.039
 that

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.279
 he

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.500
 who

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.659
 is

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:39.959
 able

00:35:39.959 --> 00:35:40.239
 to

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.679
 save

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:40.979
 us

00:35:40.979 --> 00:35:41.199
 from

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.459
 our

00:35:41.459 --> 00:35:41.779
 sin

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.419
 will

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:42.599
 he

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:42.819
 not

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:42.979
 be

00:35:42.979 --> 00:35:43.119
 able

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.339
 to

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.659
 deliver

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:43.919
 us

00:35:43.919 --> 00:35:44.099
 from

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.379
 all

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:44.819
 things

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.779
 that

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.000
 he

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.199
 who

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.399
 did

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:46.599
 not

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.979
 spare

00:35:46.979 --> 00:35:47.199
 his

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.419
 son

00:35:47.419 --> 00:35:47.599
 but

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.879
 gave

00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.079
 him

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.079
 for

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.299
 us

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.459
 all

00:35:49.459 --> 00:35:49.719
 will

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.500
 things

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.239
 all

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.439
 the

00:35:54.439 --> 00:35:54.699
 things

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.839
 that

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.000
 he

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.399
 wants

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:55.619
 so

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.759
 that

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:55.899
 we

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:56.139
 might

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.759
 glorify

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.179
 him

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.679
 all

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:58.879
 the

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.119
 things

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.259
 that

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.419
 he

00:35:59.419 --> 00:35:59.779
 wants

00:35:59.779 --> 00:35:59.959
 so

00:35:59.959 --> 00:36:00.099
 that

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.299
 we

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.679
 might

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.679
 worship

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.119
 him

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.859
 and

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.079
 be

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.279
 to

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:03.479
 the

00:36:03.479 --> 00:36:03.839
 praise

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.019
 of

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.219
 his

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.559
 name

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:07.299
 let's

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.599
 pray

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.799
 Lord

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.219
 thank you

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.759
 for this

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:12.399
 encouragement

00:36:12.399 --> 00:36:13.139
 this

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.679
 reminder

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.039
 of how

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.279
 you

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.439
 have

00:36:14.439 --> 00:36:14.599
 been

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.019
 faithful

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.259
 to

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.439
 your

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 pray

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 this

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 morning

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 that

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 you

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 Lord

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 you

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 these

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 things

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 let's

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 stand and sing

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 together

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 let's

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 stand and sing together

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 round

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 put

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