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 Excellent.

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 Okay.

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 That would be great.

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 Thank you, Johnny.

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 So, I'm Johnny, and this is John.

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 I met John almost 23, 24 years ago, Kirstie and I, just as we'd finished Bible college,

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 went to serve and work with the church in Dublin.

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 John was the pastor there, Grosvenor Road Baptist Church.

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 I served under him.

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 He was a mentor and a trainer.

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 So, all that I know, John has taught me most of what I know.

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 So, very thankful and grateful for that.

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 John now serves in London.

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 He preaches and teaches and pastors in Richmond, in London, Duke Street Baptist Church.

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 And he's been here this weekend teaching at Munster Bible College.

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 He does have a great love for the church here in Ireland and for the believers and loves

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 to serve the church.

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 So, we're just delighted that you are here today.

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 So, thanks for coming, John.

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 Thank you so much.

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 Johnny.

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 It's a joy to be with you and particularly to see Johnny and Kirstie flourishing.

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 And I'm sure you're grateful for them and are looking after them well.

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 So, let me encourage you to continue to do that.

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 And let's turn to God's Word together to Genesis 32.

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 Please.

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 It's Genesis chapter 32.

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 It's the book of origins.

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 Genesis means, as I'm sure you know, origins or beginning.

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 And it's the beginning of God's dealings with his world.

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 And in particular, with Abraham and Abraham's family, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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 And we've reached the point in the story, excuse me, where Jacob has, having cheated his brother,

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 20 years later, is on his way back home.

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 And in chapter 32, we read, Jacob also went on his way.

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 He's been chased by his father-in-law, but finally made the break.

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 And the angels of God met him.

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 When Jacob saw them, he said, this is the camp of God, or two camps.

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 So he named that place Two Camps, Mahanaim.

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 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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 He instructed them, this is what you are to say to my master Esau.

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 Your servant Jacob says, I've been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.

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 I've cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, menservants and maidservants.

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 Now I'm sending this message to my Lord that I may find favor in your eyes.

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 Remember, this is the brother he cheated at the inheritance 20 years ago.

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 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, we went to your brother Esau and now he's coming to meet you.

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 And 400 men are with him.

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 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,

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 and the flocks and herds and camels as well.

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 He thought if Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.

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 Then Jacob prayed, O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me,

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 go back to your country and your relatives and I'll make you prosper.

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 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant.

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 I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups.

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 Jacob said, save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he'll come and attack me,

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 and also the mothers with their children.

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 But you have said, I will surely make you prosper,

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 and will make your descendants like the sands of the sea, which cannot be counted.

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 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had with him,

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 he selected a gift for his brother Esau.

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 In fact, a whole bunch of gifts that he sends on ahead to try and win his brother's favor.

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 Verse 21 we'll jump to.

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 So Jacob's gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.

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 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants,

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 and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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 After he'd sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.

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 So Jacob was left alone,

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 and the man wrestled with him till daybreak.

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 When the man saw that he couldn't overpower him,

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 he touched the socket of Jacob's hip,

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 so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.

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 Then the man said,

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 Let me go, for it is daybreak.

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 But Jacob replied,

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 I will not let you go, unless you bless me.

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 The man asked him,

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 What is your name?

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 Jacob, he answered.

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 Then the man said to him,

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 Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel.

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 Because you have, which means God struggles or struggles with God.

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 Because you have struggled with God,

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 and with men,

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 and have overcome.

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 Jacob said,

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 Please tell me your name.

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 But he replied,

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 Why do you ask my name?

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 Then he blessed him there.

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 So Jacob called the place,

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 Face of God,

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 Peniel,

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 saying,

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 It is because I saw God face to face,

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 and yet my life was spared.

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 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,

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 and he was limping

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 because of his hip.

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 Therefore, to this day,

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 the Israelites do not eat the tendon

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 attached to the socket of the hip,

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 because the socket of Jacob's hip

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 was touched near the tendon.

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 Well, let's pray and ask God's help.

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 Father, please,

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 in whatever state of mind

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 or emotion we are in right now,

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 please would you open

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 our eyes and our hearts

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 to see wonderful things in your word.

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 We ask for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 I expect you know that expression from,

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 sorry, from Romans 8.

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 But what do you do

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 when it feels that God is against you?

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 Maybe you've been given

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 very difficult parents

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 or relations.

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 Maybe you've lost your job

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 despite acting with integrity,

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 and you wonder, in fact,

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 it's because you acted with integrity

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 that you lost it.

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 Maybe you just struggle

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 economically.

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 You try to be careful with money,

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 but you never seem to get a job

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 that does more than enable you

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 just to bump along

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 the economic bottom.

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 Maybe you're struggling

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 to find a marriage partner,

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 or you find one

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 but can't have children,

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 or you get given children

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 and one of them,

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 or more than one,

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 proves to be an absolute nightmare.

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 Maybe serious illness

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 strikes out of the blue,

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 or a life-changing injury.

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 Or you lose a loved one,

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 as they say,

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 before their time.

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 Or war breaks out.

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 We're spared that at the moment,

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 but imagine

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 what it's like to be

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 a Christian in Ukraine.

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 Maybe it sometimes feels

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 that not only are specific people

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 against you,

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 but God himself

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 is against you.

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 Well, if that's how you feel

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 or ever feel,

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 then Jacob knew

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 just what that felt like.

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 First it was Esau,

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 then it was God.

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 And yet there had been

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 such clear guidance.

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 If you look back

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 to chapter 31,

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 verse 3,

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 Jacob up north

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 with his father-in-law,

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 his family,

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 hears this word

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 from the Lord,

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 verse 3 of chapter 31.

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 Then the Lord said to Jacob,

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 Go back to the land

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 of your fathers

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 and to your relatives,

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 and I will be with you.

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 Chapter 32,

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 verse 1,

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 we read,

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 Jacob went on his way,

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 and the angels of God

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 met him.

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 That's a very strange expression,

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 isn't it?

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 The only other time

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 this occurs

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 is in his dream

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 back in chapter 28

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 when Jacob saw

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 that famous stairway to heaven

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 with the angels,

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 the messengers of God,

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 going up and down,

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 up and down.

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 Well, he calls it

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 in chapter 32,

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 verse 2,

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 the camp of God,

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 or two camps.

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 And it must surely

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 have been an encouragement

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 to sense that God's army

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 is camped beside you,

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 right?

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 Or is it?

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 It's God's army,

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 not his.

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 But anyway,

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 Jacob,

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 we read from

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 verse 3,

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 sends messengers,

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 or it's the same word

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 actually as angels,

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 to Esau

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 with the most

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 ingratiating message,

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 say to my lord Esau.

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 Do you see that?

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 Say to my lord Esau.

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 Sorry,

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 my master,

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 it's translated,

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 isn't it,

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 in the NIV.

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 Say to my master Esau,

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 your servant,

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 Jacob,

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 says.

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 Now,

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 it's as if Jacob

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 is trying to reverse

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 the effects

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 of his earlier theft

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 of the inheritance

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 from his brother.

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 But the intelligence report

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 that he gets back

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 is terrifying.

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 The messages

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 return,

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 verse 6,

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 to Jacob,

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 and they said,

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 we went to your brother Esau,

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 and now he's coming

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 to meet you.

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 And by the way,

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 he's not alone.

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 He's got 400 men

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 with him.

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 You and whose army?

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 Well,

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 there are two

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 sections of what

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 we're going to be

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 looking at this morning.

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 The first is the fear of man,

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 verses 6 to 21 here

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 in chapter 32.

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 The fear of man.

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 Because we see

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 in verse 7

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 that it's in great

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 fear and distress

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 that Jacob is left

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 when he hears this news.

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 Because he's surely

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 going to be attacked

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 and destroyed

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 by the brother

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 who for 20 years

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 has been waiting

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 to take vengeance

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 on his kid brother

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 who cheated him

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 out of the inheritance.

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 And what does Jacob do?

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 Well,

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 he does two things here.

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 First,

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 he schemes

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 verses 7 and 8,

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 and we see that

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 played out

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 in verses 13 to 20.

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 He divides his entourage

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 into two camps

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 and divides his

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 five-stage present

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 to try and appease

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 his brother

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 by serial generosity.

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 His brother's coming

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 down the road

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 with these 400 men

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 and he meets

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 this herd of animals.

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 And who are you

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 and whose are these?

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 Oh,

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 this is a gift

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 from your brother Jacob.

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 And then the next lot.

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 And five times

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 he encounters

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 these generous flocks

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 given to him.

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 It's a clever plan.

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 And yet,

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 there's a certain

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 ambiguity about it.

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 We're not sure,

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 is this wisdom from God

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 or is this human desperation?

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 And then the second way

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 that,

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 or the second thing

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 that Jacob does

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 in verses 9 to 12

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 is he prays.

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 Then,

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 Jacob prayed,

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 verse 9.

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 Oh,

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 God of my father,

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 Abraham.

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 Now,

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 it wasn't his first action.

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 The first thing he did

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 was the scheme.

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 But it was his best action.

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 And he appeals

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 to God's proven character.

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 You are,

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 verse 9,

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 the God of my father,

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 Abraham,

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 the God of my father,

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 Isaac.

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 He appeals

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 to the clear

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 verbal revelation

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 he has had from God.

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 Oh,

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 Lord,

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 who said to me,

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 go back to your country

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 and your relatives

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 and I'll make you prosper.

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 He's convinced

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 that God means

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 to do him good,

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 not harm.

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 And he twice

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 quotes God,

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 back to God.

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 In verse 9,

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 we just saw it,

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 and then verse 12.

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 But you have said,

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 Lord,

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 I will surely

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 make you prosper.

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 Lord,

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 that's what you said

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 to me.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 you'll probably know

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 that wonderful verse

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 in Romans 8,

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 verse 28,

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 that we know

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 that God works

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 all things

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 for the

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 good

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 of those

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 who love him

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 and are called

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 according to his purpose.

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 not for the

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 bad

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 or the harm,

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 but for their good.

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 Jacob here,

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 back in

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 32.10,

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 is learning

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 a certain humility.

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 There is a new

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 Jacob here

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 on display.

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 Do you see that

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 in verse 10?

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 I am

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 unworthy

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 of all

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 the kindness

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 and faithfulness

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 you have shown

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 your servant.

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 And you know,

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 that is a necessary

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 milestone

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 to reach

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 in every

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 spiritual journey

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 with God.

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 To realise

00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.500
 that you are

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 unworthy

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 of the least

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.819
 of all

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 his love

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 and faithfulness.

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 Do you remember

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 the story

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 Jesus told

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 of the two

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 men who went

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 up to the temple

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 to pray?

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 the strictly

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 religious one

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 who said,

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 looking around

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 at others,

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 I thank you

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 Lord that I am

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 not as bad

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 as others.

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 And then

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 in the corner

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 by himself,

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 the reject

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 in society

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 who said,

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 Lord have

00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.540
 mercy on me

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 the sinner.

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 It's actually

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 the sinner.

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 None of the

00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.600
 English translations

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 as far as I

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 can work out

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 have the courage

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 to actually

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 translate it

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 as the sinner.

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 They always say

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 a sinner.

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 But it says

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 very clearly

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.299
 in what Jesus

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 says,

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 I am the

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 sinner.

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 It's as if

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 all he could

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 do is look

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 to God.

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 He's not

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 looking at

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 other people.

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 He's just

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 looking at

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 God,

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 as it were,

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 and looking

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 at himself

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 and saying,

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 when I look

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 at God

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 and then I

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 look at

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 myself,

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 what do I

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 see?

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 I see

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 the sinner.

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 There's no

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 one else

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 here.

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 It's just

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 God and

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 me.

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 And there's

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 a sense in

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 which that is

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 such an

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 important step

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 to take,

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 such an

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 important position

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 to get to

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 in a spiritual

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 journey,

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 if we're going

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 to come to

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 know God

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 and his

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 blessing,

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 is to

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 realize that

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 I am the

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 sinner.

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 Do you

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.340
 remember how

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 Jesus at the

00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.279
 end of the

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 story is,

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 he tells the

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 story and

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 then says,

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 which of

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 these two

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 do you

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 think went

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 home in

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 right

00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:26.879
 relationship

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.459
 with God?

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 Was it

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 the one

00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.480
 who looked

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 around and

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 said,

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 thank you,

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 I'm not

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 like others.

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 There are

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 some people

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 so bad,

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 you know.

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 Or is it

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 the one who

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 just looked

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 at God

00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.200
 and said,

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 I am the

00:15:36.020 --> 00:15:36.280
 sinner,

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.379
 have mercy

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:37.700
 on me,

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:37.940
 Lord.

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.379
 Well,

00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:39.820
 Jesus said,

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 it's the

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 second one

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.379
 who went

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:41.740
 home,

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.920
 right with

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 God,

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 because everyone

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:46.300
 who exalts

00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:47.060
 themselves will

00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.560
 be humbled,

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 but the one

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.720
 who humbles

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.340
 themselves will

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.940
 be exalted.

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 While Jacob

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:54.080
 is finally

00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.980
 humbling himself,

00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:55.780
 it seems,

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.580
 I am unworthy,

00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.080
 verse 10,

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.640
 of all the

00:15:57.640 --> 00:15:58.740
 kindness and

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.500
 faithfulness you

00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.100
 have shown your

00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:00.500
 servant.

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 And he pleads

00:16:02.280 --> 00:16:03.080
 for deliverance,

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.480
 verse 11,

00:16:04.660 --> 00:16:05.220
 save me,

00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:05.700
 I pray,

00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.080
 for I am

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.520
 afraid.

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.060
 He admits

00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.660
 his fear.

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.040
 And if

00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.280
 you're a

00:16:14.280 --> 00:16:14.540
 believer

00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:15.900
 today,

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 then

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.120
 verse 10

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.840
 is where

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:20.259
 we need

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.840
 to stay

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.780
 conscious

00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:22.240
 of our

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.080
 unworthiness,

00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:24.500
 of all the

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.060
 kindness and

00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.800
 faithfulness we've

00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.420
 been shown by

00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:26.660
 God.

00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.040
 And if you're

00:16:27.040 --> 00:16:27.500
 not yet a

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:27.780
 believer,

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.480
 it's a place

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:28.920
 you need to

00:16:28.920 --> 00:16:29.700
 arrive and

00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.259
 get to,

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.140
 realizing that

00:16:32.140 --> 00:16:32.500
 you're not

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:32.879
 worthy.

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.220
 of God's

00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:34.780
 kindness and

00:16:34.780 --> 00:16:35.520
 faithfulness.

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.660
 But Jacob

00:16:38.660 --> 00:16:39.120
 is this

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.920
 swirling mixture

00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:40.580
 of faith

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.840
 and fear,

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.660
 just like us.

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:44.139
 And we

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.720
 sometimes know

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.220
 we try to

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.879
 scheme our

00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:46.320
 way out of

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:46.639
 a sticky

00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.560
 situation rather

00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.300
 than pray our

00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:48.800
 way out.

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.300
 So the fear

00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:52.759
 of man.

00:16:53.020 --> 00:16:53.379
 Secondly,

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.520
 the struggle

00:16:54.520 --> 00:16:56.100
 with God.

00:16:56.100 --> 00:17:01.560
 we learn in

00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:01.899
 the first

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.399
 point that we

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.680
 need to

00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:03.240
 forget the

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.620
 fear of

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:03.980
 man and

00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.759
 find fear

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.259
 of God.

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.319
 Here it

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.779
 comes in

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.319
 this struggle

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.980
 in verses

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.620
 22 to

00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.120
 32.

00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.759
 Now this

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.120
 is surely

00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.599
 one of the

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.220
 strangest

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.900
 episodes in

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.279
 the Bible,

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:16.779
 isn't it?

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.779
 God's

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:17.920
 love.

00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:21.119
 Now, I

00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.759
 don't think

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.339
 this is

00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:24.279
 about prevailing

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.180
 prayer, as

00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.740
 some people

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.559
 try to

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.359
 understand it.

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.160
 Jacob did

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.000
 not decide to

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.019
 assault the

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.759
 ramparts of

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.220
 heaven to

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.920
 squeeze a

00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.460
 blessing out

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:32.940
 of God.

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:33.799
 That's not

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.639
 how it's

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.139
 recorded.

00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:35.300
 it.

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.400
 No, it's

00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:39.560
 about friendly

00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:40.020
 fire.

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:41.540
 When the

00:17:41.540 --> 00:17:41.940
 God we

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.540
 thought was

00:17:42.540 --> 00:17:43.060
 with us

00:17:43.060 --> 00:17:43.740
 seems to

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.259
 be against

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.600
 us.

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.720
 It's God

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.140
 who takes

00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.580
 the initiative.

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:46.840
 Do you

00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:47.200
 see that?

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.280
 Jacob is

00:17:48.280 --> 00:17:49.120
 just alone,

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.800
 verse 24.

00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:50.900
 And suddenly,

00:17:51.040 --> 00:17:51.480
 out of the

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.940
 blue, without

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.660
 any warning,

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.660
 a man, who,

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.700
 well, a

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:58.200
 man, wrestled

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.640
 with him.

00:17:58.820 --> 00:17:59.259
 Didn't just

00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.680
 come up and

00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.060
 shake his

00:18:00.060 --> 00:18:01.420
 hand or give

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.780
 him a fist

00:18:01.780 --> 00:18:02.080
 pump.

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.680
 He attacked

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:04.940
 him.

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:08.320
 Aggressively,

00:18:08.560 --> 00:18:08.960
 it seems,

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:10.000
 physically, in

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.640
 the dark.

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:13.820
 And Jacob

00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.660
 discovers through

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.780
 this that it's

00:18:15.780 --> 00:18:16.460
 actually not his

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.420
 brother or even

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.460
 himself that he's

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.160
 been struggling

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.780
 with all his

00:18:19.780 --> 00:18:20.060
 life.

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:21.000
 It is God.

00:18:22.020 --> 00:18:23.060
 It is God who

00:18:23.060 --> 00:18:23.640
 attacks him.

00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:25.200
 And this is no

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.800
 dream.

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.900
 Jacob is left

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:27.720
 with a permanent

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:29.040
 limp, we read

00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:29.480
 at the end of

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.920
 the story.

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.140
 And yet there is

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:34.040
 this strange

00:18:34.040 --> 00:18:34.640
 ambiguity.

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:37.640
 verse 25.

00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:38.420
 When the man

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:38.940
 saw that he

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.780
 couldn't overpower

00:18:39.780 --> 00:18:41.360
 him, apparently

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:42.240
 the attacker

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.080
 cannot prevail

00:18:43.080 --> 00:18:43.900
 against Jacob

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:46.160
 yet, when he

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.840
 saw that he

00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.580
 couldn't overpower

00:18:48.580 --> 00:18:49.240
 him, he just

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.300
 touched the

00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:51.000
 socket of his

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.720
 hip so that

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.180
 his hip was

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:54.300
 wrenched as he

00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:54.880
 wrestled with the

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.160
 man.

00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.000
 And this

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.740
 out pops the

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.180
 head of the

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:01.420
 femur from the

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.920
 hip socket.

00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:05.380
 Jacob, it

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:05.860
 seems, is

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.500
 crippled for

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.519
 life after

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.900
 just a touch.

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.279
 Presumably in

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.960
 agony when it

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.940
 happened, at

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.259
 least.

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.460
 And strangely, the

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.180
 attacker does not

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.960
 wish to be seen.

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.400
 So, verse 26, the

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:20.360
 man said, let me go,

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.120
 it's daybreak.

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.940
 But Jacob replied, I'll

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.200
 not let you go unless

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.820
 you bless me.

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.279
 The man asked him,

00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:27.580
 what is your name?

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:30.960
 Jacob, he answered.

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.500
 Now, getting him to

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:38.159
 say his name is not

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:40.619
 just an admission of

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.839
 his identity, it's

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:44.000
 like a confession of

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.359
 guilt.

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.119
 Remember what his

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.399
 name means, why his

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.960
 name was given.

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:51.460
 His name means the

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.399
 heel grabber,

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:52.939
 literally.

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:56.199
 Or understood by

00:19:56.199 --> 00:19:57.359
 most as the

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.719
 grasping cheat.

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:02.219
 Who are you?

00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:04.619
 I am the

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.399
 grasping cheat.

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.299
 Ah, nice to

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.659
 meet you.

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.219
 And in a

00:20:11.219 --> 00:20:12.419
 dramatic turning

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.579
 point, Jacob's

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.699
 name is changed

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.259
 from the

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.819
 cheater of

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:18.659
 man to

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:18.979
 the

00:20:18.979 --> 00:20:19.579
 struggler with

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:19.959
 God.

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.359
 The

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.619
 struggle, which

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:26.579
 God surprisingly

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:28.240
 says in verse 28,

00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:29.500
 Jacob has won.

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.939
 Your name will no

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.599
 longer be

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.899
 grasping cheat,

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.679
 cheater of

00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:36.059
 people.

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.159
 But

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:39.039
 Israel,

00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:40.819
 struggler with

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.339
 God.

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.539
 Why?

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.339
 Because you have

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.359
 struggled with God

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.199
 and with men and

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.720
 have overcome.

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.859
 I'll grant you the

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.159
 victory.

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.500
 But it's almost like

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.639
 if you

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:53.439
 challenge a

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.320
 small child to

00:20:54.320 --> 00:20:54.680
 an arm

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.059
 wrestle.

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.360
 Do you want

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:57.440
 to do an

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.779
 arm wrestle?

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:58.980
 And their

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.920
 little hand can

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.480
 hardly get

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.220
 halfway up your

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.500
 arm.

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.580
 So you lower

00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:03.140
 your hand down.

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.900
 Okay, go.

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.960
 You beat me.

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.480
 Really?

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.140
 Interesting.

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.299
 Interesting.

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.360
 And yet,

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.920
 Jacob is the

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.840
 one who begs

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.140
 for the

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.480
 blessing.

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.980
 Verse 26,

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.720
 I will not let

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.319
 you go unless

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.980
 you bless me.

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.640
 And we know

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:25.599
 that it's always

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.380
 the greater

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.779
 who blesses

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.539
 the lesser.

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.920
 So Jacob,

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.920
 by asking for

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.380
 the blessing,

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.319
 is admitting

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.500
 that he's up

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.160
 against one who

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.960
 is greater than

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.220
 him.

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.000
 And one of the

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.880
 other ambiguities,

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.440
 interestingly,

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.180
 is that the word

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:42.799
 Israel could be

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.339
 translated

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.900
 God strives,

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.960
 God struggles.

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.740
 It's almost as if,

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.059
 yes,

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.099
 Jacob is

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.639
 struggling,

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.259
 but God is

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.659
 also struggling

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.599
 with Jacob.

00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:54.819
 He's a hard

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.919
 to handle man.

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.179
 Well,

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.940
 what is clear

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.419
 is that

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:05.659
 the man is

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.039
 not going to

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.519
 tell Jacob

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.960
 his name.

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.639
 No.

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.019
 And yet,

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.799
 Jacob realises

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.639
 by verse 30

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.480
 that it was

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.299
 because I saw

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.960
 God

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:16.159
 face to face

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.139
 that I'm

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.599
 calling this

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.799
 face of God

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.659
 and yet

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.079
 my life

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.599
 was spared.

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.419
 He realises

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.819
 he's been

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.579
 fighting God

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.980
 and he limps

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.819
 away from the

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.339
 encounter,

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.559
 realising two

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.879
 things.

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.459
 Number one,

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.139
 his life has

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.839
 been spared

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.480
 by one who

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:29.879
 could have

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.539
 destroyed him.

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.019
 Verse 30,

00:22:33.719 --> 00:22:34.480
 I saw God

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.039
 face to face

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.299
 yet my life

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.519
 was spared.

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.899
 And the other

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.599
 thing he realises

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.059
 is he's not

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.839
 only been spared,

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.379
 he's been

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.019
 blessed

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.039
 despite

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.459
 his weakness.

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:47.740
 And although

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.340
 as we read

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.579
 on,

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.460
 Jacob persists

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.079
 in trying

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.640
 to return

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.160
 the blessing

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.680
 he stole

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.059
 from his

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.620
 brother Esau,

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.039
 that seems

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.480
 to be what

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.180
 is going

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.660
 on here.

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.819
 When he

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.519
 finally meets

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.680
 him,

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.640
 he recognises

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.960
 this double

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.340
 favour,

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.920
 not just

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.279
 that he's

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.140
 found favour

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:03.220
 in Esau's

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.600
 eyes,

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.340
 verse 10

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.940
 of chapter

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.539
 33,

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.759
 no please,

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.120
 if I've

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.700
 found favour

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.059
 in your

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.259
 eyes,

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:08.940
 accept this

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.400
 gift from

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.620
 me.

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.759
 For to see

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.180
 your face

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.519
 is like

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.960
 seeing the

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.380
 face of

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.820
 God,

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.100
 face of

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.420
 God,

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.940
 now that

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.280
 you have

00:23:17.280 --> 00:23:17.940
 received me

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.520
 favourably.

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.080
 These 400

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:20.540
 men put

00:23:20.540 --> 00:23:21.060
 their weapons

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.600
 down it

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.080
 seems and

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.900
 don't attack.

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.020
 And then

00:23:24.020 --> 00:23:24.480
 he prays,

00:23:24.520 --> 00:23:24.980
 verse 11,

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.740
 please accept

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.200
 the present

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.020
 that was

00:23:27.020 --> 00:23:27.480
 brought to

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.620
 you,

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.360
 for God

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.760
 has been

00:23:28.760 --> 00:23:29.320
 gracious to

00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:29.480
 me,

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.120
 and I

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.440
 have all

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.960
 I need.

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.840
 Favour

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:37.160
 with Esau,

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.780
 favour

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.800
 with God.

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.160
 Now

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.560
 favour,

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.220
 reconciliation,

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.940
 with enemies,

00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:44.400
 if you've

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.800
 ever been

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:45.140
 in a

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.580
 family

00:23:46.580 --> 00:23:47.000
 breakdown

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.620
 situation

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:47.980
 where

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.880
 relationships

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.260
 have

00:23:49.260 --> 00:23:49.920
 utterly

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.300
 broken

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:50.680
 down,

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.220
 it's

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.660
 wonderful

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.100
 when there's

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.640
 reconciliation,

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.280
 it doesn't

00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:53.860
 always happen,

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.800
 but when it

00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.020
 does,

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.240
 it's

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.600
 wonderful.

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:56.240
 And it

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.500
 may be

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.820
 part of

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.040
 God's

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.300
 blessing

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.720
 for us

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.120
 if that's

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.460
 what we're

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.760
 struggling

00:23:58.760 --> 00:23:59.100
 with.

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.480
 But it's

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.960
 not favour

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.460
 with man

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.140
 that ultimately

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.580
 matters,

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.120
 it's favour

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:04.220
 with God,

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.740
 to know

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.340
 God's

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.760
 gracious

00:24:06.760 --> 00:24:07.380
 dealings

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.780
 with us,

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.600
 that is

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.200
 the ultimate

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.840
 blessing.

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.779
 but

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:12.899
 it may

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.220
 mean

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.959
 times

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:15.419
 when God

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.980
 seems to

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.399
 be against

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.819
 us.

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.099
 We're going

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.459
 to finish

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.019
 by going

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.419
 to 2

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:21.799
 Corinthians

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.720
 chapter 12

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.480
 because this

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.240
 experience

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.059
 of feeling

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.859
 that God

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.659
 is against

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.240
 us is

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.819
 something that

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:32.000
 the Apostle

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.639
 Paul speaks

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.399
 very eloquently

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.839
 of and

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.519
 experienced

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.299
 in his own

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.599
 life.

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:39.039
 2

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.399
 Corinthians

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:41.399
 chapter 12

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:43.579
 verse 7

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:48.419
 having just

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.379
 described some

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.439
 extraordinary

00:24:50.439 --> 00:24:51.879
 experiences he

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 had,

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.639
 he'd had,

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.279
 he says in

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.719
 verse 7

00:24:54.719 --> 00:24:55.379
 to keep me

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.019
 from becoming

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.919
 conceited

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 because of

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.319
 these surpassingly

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 great revelations.

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 There was given

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:02.199
 to me a thorn

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 in my flesh.

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 We don't know

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.319
 what it was,

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.899
 it seems to be

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.639
 something physical.

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.200
 A messenger

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.460
 of Satan

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:12.200
 to torment

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 me.

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.079
 Three times

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.720
 I pleaded

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.240
 with the Lord

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.939
 to take it

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.599
 away from me

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.460
 but the Lord

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.099
 said to me

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:21.599
 my grace

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:23.299
 is sufficient

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.919
 for you

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:25.779
 for my power

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.259
 is made

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.740
 perfect

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.839
 in weakness.

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.480
 Therefore

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.379
 says Paul

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.259
 I will boast

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.980
 all the more

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.659
 gladly about

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.380
 my weaknesses

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.480
 so that

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.420
 Christ's power

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.900
 may rest

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.300
 on me.

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.000
 That is why

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.700
 for Christ's

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:40.900
 sake

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:42.420
 I delight

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.480
 in weaknesses

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.980
 in insults

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.860
 in hardships

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:49.300
 in persecutions

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:51.819
 in difficulties.

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.159
 Why?

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:55.019
 That's very perverse

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.339
 Paul

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.779
 isn't it?

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:56.700
 No

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.099
 because

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.200
 when I am

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.639
 weak

00:25:58.639 --> 00:26:00.779
 then I am

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.299
 strong.

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.200
 Do you see

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.000
 how he describes

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.700
 this thorn in the

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.000
 flesh

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.220
 in verse

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.779
 7?

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.220
 It's a

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.960
 messenger

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.839
 of Satan.

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.539
 Satan

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.740
 means adversary.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.440
 This is the one

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.579
 who's against us

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.379
 against all

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.980
 God's people

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.640
 and yet

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.900
 this is clearly

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.660
 something Paul

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.480
 sees as permitted

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.120
 by God.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.099
 He asks God

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.880
 to remove it.

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.500
 Three times

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.039
 verse 8

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.779
 I pleaded

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.259
 with the Lord

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.759
 to take it

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.240
 away from me.

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.740
 Well why do you

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.420
 plead with the Lord?

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.039
 Well because

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.620
 he's the one

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.339
 who allowed it.

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.400
 Why?

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.200
 To keep

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.059
 Paul humble.

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.740
 Verse 7

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.319
 to keep me

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.920
 from becoming

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.799
 conceited.

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.279
 But Paul

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.940
 surely if God

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.900
 really loved you

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.460
 he wouldn't have

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.259
 allowed this thorn

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.759
 in the flesh

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.140
 would he?

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.180
 He's not for you

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.240
 he's against you.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.359
 Well our adversary

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.019
 is also the

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.000
 father of lies.

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.140
 One of his lies

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.960
 is that when bad

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.619
 things happen to

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.019
 Christians

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.920
 it's because God

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.559
 is against them

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.240
 and that's not

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.619
 true.

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.480
 And yet

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.200
 when Paul

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.339
 petitions God

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.140
 and pleads

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.460
 with him

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.940
 to take it

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.240
 away

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:12.279
 three times

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.099
 he says

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.839
 verse 8

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.519
 I pleaded

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.139
 with the Lord

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:16.119
 what did the

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.480
 Lord say

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.299
 each time

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.179
 and never

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.539
 it seems

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.099
 changed his

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.839
 mind on this

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:21.399
 no

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:21.939
 Paul

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:24.399
 no

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.819
 no

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.500
 no

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.419
 but Lord

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.319
 what is going

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.799
 on here?

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.359
 Why

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.179
 are you saying

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:32.859
 no to me?

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.039
 Well here's

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.539
 why Paul

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.519
 verse 9

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.059
 the Lord said

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.419
 to me

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.759
 my grace

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:40.279
 is sufficient

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.839
 for you

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:43.459
 for my

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:43.899
 power

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:45.559
 is made

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.099
 perfect

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.480
 in your

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.139
 weakness

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:50.079
 no Paul

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.379
 you're going

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.740
 to have to

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.139
 live with

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.480
 the thorn

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.959
 in your

00:27:51.959 --> 00:27:52.299
 flesh

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.899
 you're going

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.159
 to have

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.759
 to walk

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.679
 with a

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.039
 limp

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.359
 for the

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.799
 rest

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.799
 of your

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.399
 days

00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:01.420
 and if

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.740
 we're still

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.180
 struggling

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.580
 with this

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:02.920
 idea

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.180
 that

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.800
 the

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.140
 power

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.360
 can

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.580
 come

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.840
 through

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.400
 weakness

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.960
 think of

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.240
 the Lord

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.480
 Jesus

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.860
 on the

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.240
 cross

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.720
 my God

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.160
 my God

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.740
 why have

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:09.920
 you

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.640
 forsaken

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.019
 me?

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.740
 Surely

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.019
 in

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.820
 the cross

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.180
 of Christ

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.200
 the crucifixion

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.500
 of our

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.700
 Lord

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.040
 Jesus

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:20.980
 nothing

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.740
 is a

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.300
 more powerful

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.960
 picture of

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.460
 weakness

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.340
 and yet

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.680
 as we

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.259
 sang earlier

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.019
 this is the

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.759
 power of the

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.080
 cross

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.559
 this is the

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.079
 power to

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.599
 save us

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.119
 but it's

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.519
 the power

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.199
 of weakness

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:31.779
 this is the

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.339
 logic of

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.879
 God

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:34.159
 the power

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.599
 to save

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.139
 the world

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.659
 is in the

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.019
 weakness

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.000
 of the

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.500
 cross

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:40.319
 and we need

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.759
 to remember

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.179
 that when

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.659
 God seems

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.500
 against us

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.919
 that this

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.299
 is how

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.379
 God works

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:47.339
 to bring

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.740
 strength

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.819
 and power

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.099
 spiritual

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.619
 strength

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.240
 spiritual

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.619
 power

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.159
 into our

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.559
 lives

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.099
 and that

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.579
 is how

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.259
 we can

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.819
 say with

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.240
 Paul

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.200
 verse 10

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.620
 that for

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.140
 Christ's

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.299
 sake

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.480
 I

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.259
 delight

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.859
 in

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.440
 weaknesses

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.779
 in

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.660
 insults

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.819
 in

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.319
 hardships

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.640
 in

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.480
 persecutions

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.720
 in

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.400
 difficulties

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.079
 for

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.960
 when I

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.500
 am weak

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.859
 then I

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.000
 am

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.579
 strong

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:13.039
 we may

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.339
 struggle

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.700
 with the

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.039
 fear of

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.319
 man

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.720
 but the

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:15.980
 real

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.359
 struggle

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.960
 we have

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.720
 is with

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.180
 God

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.759
 the

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.019
 God

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.380
 who may

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.740
 break

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.220
 us

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:23.440
 but only

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.880
 to bless

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.400
 us

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:26.240
 the

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.400
 God

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.700
 who may

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.140
 seem

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.680
 against

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.220
 us

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.880
 but only

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.300
 to show

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:30.620
 us that

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.019
 when we

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.620
 are weak

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:33.320
 then

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.820
 we are

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:35.300
 strong

00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:37.259
 let's

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.580
 pray

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:47.039
 our

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.439
 father we

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:47.960
 thank you

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:49.079
 for our

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.519
 lord Jesus

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.000
 Christ

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.679
 above all

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:52.639
 thank you

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.240
 that in the

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.960
 weakness of the

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.539
 cross which

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.059
 you willingly

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.679
 went to

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:58.480
 your power

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.059
 was seen

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.879
 supremely to

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.460
 save us

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.519
 from sin

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.199
 and death

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 and judgment

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 how we

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 praise you

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 for that

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 powerful

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 though

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 counterintuitive

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 logic

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 but father we

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 pray that you

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 would help us

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 in our own

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 lives

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 as we

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 struggle

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 with so

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 many things

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 and so

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 many people

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 but also

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 with you

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 when you

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 seem to turn

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 your face

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 against us

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 lord help us

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 to remember

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 that you

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 are always

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 for us

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 wanting to

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 show that

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 in our

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 weakness

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 your power

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 your strength

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 is made

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 complete

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 help us

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 to trust

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 you

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 through the

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 hard times

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 for Jesus

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 sake

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 amen

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 aby

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 with you