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 I have been particularly excited about preaching this particular section of 1 Samuel since we've begun the series.

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 And that's because when I was younger, a friend of our family's who was an artist gave me this picture,

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 which was his summary of basically the chapter.

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 Obviously, my name being Samuel, it was his gift to me.

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 I could see Tarshi questioning the artistic credibility of this with that facial expression,

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 but he's famous and you're not.

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 But I will equally accept a gift from you if it's a summary of a chapter of the Bible.

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 Let me pray and we're going to get stuck into this chapter.

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 Father God, we do thank you for your word.

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 We thank you that you give it to us so that we might know you.

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 And God, we ask that as you speak tonight that you would help us to listen,

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 that you would help us to recognize the things that we do or the ways that we approach your word

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 that maybe prevent us from hearing what it is you have to say.

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 And I pray that the result will be that as we hear you speak, we will see you clearly and we will live accordingly.

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 Amen.

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 Have you ever had a one-sided conversation?

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 I have a gift which some of you have heard about before and if you're really lucky have seen in action.

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 Basically, that gift is when the television is on, nothing else exists.

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 When I was a teenager or maybe just out of high school, so maybe I can't claim youthful ignorance,

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 but I was dating a girl and we were having a conversation as you do.

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 This was before you could sit on Facebook all the time and do that sort of stuff.

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 So we were actually on the phone and I was watching TV and a really, really significant thing came on.

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 It was an ad or an infomercial or something, something equally life-changing.

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 And I got sort of really involved in this ad and then at the end of the ad, the show came back on.

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 I noticed that I was holding a phone to my ear, but there was no one there,

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 so I put it down and just continued watching the show.

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 It turned out that my girlfriend at the time had been chatting away and pouring out her heart.

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 I got in a fair bit of trouble off the back of that.

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 But a one-sided conversation doesn't really work.

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 It's necessary that there is two people both giving, both talking, both communicating.

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 But as we open this chapter of 1 Samuel, it kind of feels like Israel and God are having a one-sided conversation.

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 The word of the Lord is rare.

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 There's not many visions.

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 And we've got to be careful not to let that slip past easily.

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 We need to remember that this chapter is happening within a historical context.

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 And if you've missed what we've been looking at throughout this series,

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 basically God's agenda throughout human history is that he wants a relationship with his people.

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 That's what he's doing in creation.

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 That's why there's priests.

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 That's why there was a tent for them to meet at.

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 And God's word, which is particularly rare, is a way of just referring to what God has revealed of himself.

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 His word, if you like, is not so much word as in sit or run or jump or whatever.

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 It's the stuff that he has shown of himself for us to know.

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 And it's essential, if people are going to know him, that they get his word, that they get what he reveals of himself.

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 And so into that context, with a God who wants a relationship and people who want that relationship back,

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 God is being strangely quiet.

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 Don't you think?

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 God's agenda is, I want to know people.

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 And then we hear at the beginning of this chapter,

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 in those days, the word of the Lord is rare and there's not many visions.

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 Now, it's not that he's completely silent,

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 because just last week when we were looking in chapter 2,

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 he delivered his word that Eli was about to be judged,

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 because he'd failed to restrain his sons.

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 But his word is still rare.

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 And when it does come, it's almost like people don't want to listen.

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 They don't want to hear it.

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 And the problem's not with God.

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 It's with the priests.

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 It's where we were last week.

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 Their job, they're supposed to be the ones who hear God's word and then pass it on.

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 They're the representatives.

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 But of course, the problem with that is,

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 the priests, Hophni and Phinehas, don't even know God.

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 So they haven't got much hope of introducing God to everyone else,

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 or teaching everyone else about God.

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 Now, look at verse 7.

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 Samuel did not yet know the Lord.

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 Samuel has been living at the temple.

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 This is God's house, if you like.

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 Samuel has been training as a priest.

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 He's been under Eli's leadership.

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 And when God actually speaks to him,

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 like audibly speaks to him,

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 Samuel doesn't know what's going on.

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 Because he doesn't yet know the Lord.

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 He doesn't yet know God's word.

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 The priests in Israel, the priests of God's people,

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 have failed so significantly

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 that a priest in training

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 doesn't even know who God is.

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 Doesn't even have a relationship with God.

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 He hasn't even yet heard the word of the Lord.

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 That is the whole priestly responsibility,

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 to bring the word of the Lord to the people.

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 And yet one of their own in training

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 doesn't know what the word of the Lord is.

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 Now, we need to put that in a bit of context.

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 So last week in chapter 2,

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 we saw that Samuel is already ministering before the Lord.

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 He's already growing in the presence of the Lord.

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 He's already growing in favor with the Lord.

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 Yet at the same time,

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 we've just read in chapter 3,

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 he did not know him.

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 How can he be in his presence,

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 be growing in his favor,

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 but not know him?

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 The key word comes in verse 7.

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 It's revealed.

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 Look at verse 7 again.

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 Samuel did not yet know the Lord.

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 The word of the Lord

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 had not yet been revealed to him.

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 Now, in spite of the fact that Samuel's in the right place,

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 he's at the temple,

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 he's where God's going to speak if he does,

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 in spite of the fact that he's being trained personally

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 by God's priest,

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 the word of the Lord has not yet been revealed to him.

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 So Samuel's learnt all the right moves.

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 He's learnt about the sacrifices and the prayers.

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 He's learnt about what things he's supposed to wear.

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 But the priests have failed to show him,

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 this priest in training,

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 that everything he does,

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 points to God.

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 Everything is trying to teach him something about God.

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 God gave them this whole tent

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 and this sacrificial system

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 as a means of revealing himself.

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 That's the whole point of it.

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 And the priests are there to maintain it,

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 to oversee it,

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 to ensure that it's continuing.

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 And so they're like a conduit,

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 if you like,

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 of God's revelation.

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 But the priests that we've got at this point in Samuel

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 are not a conduit,

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 they've become a barrier.

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 It's almost like a mirror has been installed backwards.

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 The whole function of a mirror is for light particles

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 to hit it and bounce back so that you can see something

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 that you couldn't see before.

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 But if you flip that mirror around,

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 it's completely non-functional.

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 It's still a mirror,

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 but the light particles hit it and stop.

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 You don't see anything extra.

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 See,

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 the priestly system is supposed to show people

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 God that they can't see,

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 that they can't just approach and know for themselves.

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 But it's like they've flipped it around backwards

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 and what was supposed to help

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 is now blocking their vision

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 of something that they need to see

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 if they're going to know God.

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 And God hasn't yet dealt with that barrier.

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 He's about to,

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 but so long as these priests stand there as a barrier,

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 Samuel does not and will not know the Lord.

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 He's in the right place,

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 but with the barrier there,

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 he cannot know the Lord.

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 God hasn't revealed himself yet,

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 at least not directly.

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 And for Samuel to know God,

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 in fact,

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 for anyone to know God,

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 God has to take the initiative to reveal himself.

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 You can't take hold of God by force.

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 God has to come and introduce himself to you.

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 I was wasting some time last night,

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 actually,

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 in front of the television

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 and just the fantastic show,

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 The Bachelor,

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 was giving an encore episode,

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 Bachelor Australia.

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 Now,

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 for anyone who hasn't had the opportunity

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 to waste some time watching this show,

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 let me give you the basic premise.

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 There's some guy who apparently used to be

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 a topless waiter,

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 and apparently that's really appealing.

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 And then there's 20 girls

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 fighting for his affection.

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 And it's just,

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 it's comical to watch.

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 These girls are sitting there

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 and they're devastated

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 because they haven't had their chance

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 to get some time with this guy.

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 I'm like,

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 there's 20 of you,

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 that's the whole point.

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 But every single one of them

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 is getting really emotional

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 and really catty,

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 and, you know,

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 the word above,

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 catty.

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 They're getting very aggressive

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 towards one another

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 because they want their chance

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 to get to know this guy.

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 And you watch them scheming.

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 And so the guy will come in

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 and pick the girl

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 he wants to talk to,

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 and he'll take them for a walk

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 off to the other side of the house

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 and they'll sit down and talk.

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 And the other girls

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 kind of try and sneak in

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 and hover

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 as if somehow

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 they can force their way in

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 to having a conversation

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 with this guy.

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 And it just keeps not working.

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 And these girls are left awkwardly

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 kind of standing next

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 to a conversation

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 that's happening

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 just trying to hope

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 they can get into it.

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 And it's like

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 the bachelor's sitting there

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 and he's like,

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 hi.

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 Just keeps talking to the girl

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 that he wants to talk to

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 because he has all the power

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 in this scenario.

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 It's all about

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 who he wants to get to know.

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 If he doesn't want to get to know,

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 you don't get your flower,

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 you go home

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 and you've made an idiot

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 of yourself on TV

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 and that's all that you've gained.

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 But in a relationship like that,

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 one person has the power

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 and it's all about

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 his initiative.

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 And it's not exactly the same,

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 but on some level,

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 God has all the power

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 when it comes to relating to him.

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 No matter how clever you are,

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 no matter how,

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 what ways you invent

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 to come and start

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 a relationship with God,

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 actually it only begins

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 if he chooses

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 to reveal himself to you.

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 And so Samuel's

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 in the right place.

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 Samuel's training as a priest.

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 Samuel's doing

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 all the right things.

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 But until God reveals himself,

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 Samuel will just continue

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 going through the motions

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 without ever actually

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 having a relationship.

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 But thankfully,

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 God is about to remove

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 the barrier.

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 Verse 4.

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 Then the Lord called Samuel.

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 We can't underestimate this.

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 It's just a few words,

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 but we've just heard

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 in verse 1,

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 the word of the Lord

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 is rare.

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 We know that we've got

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 three dodgy priests

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 standing in the way

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 and making it really difficult

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 for Israel to know God.

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 And God punches through

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 and breaks the drought,

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 not with Eli,

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 the most senior priest,

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 not with Hophni,

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 not with Phinehas,

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 but with Samuel.

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 He bypasses the dodgy,

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 failing priesthood

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 and calls a new one instead.

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 I mean,

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 look at Samuel in this story.

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 Even as someone who doesn't

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 know the Lord yet,

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 he's ready to listen.

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 He's eager to obey,

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 unlike everyone else.

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 Eli is asleep in his usual place.

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 Now, we don't know exactly

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 where that usual place is.

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 It doesn't say.

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 It just says Eli is in his usual place.

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 But we do know that Eli's

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 usual place for sleeping

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 and Samuel's usual place

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 for sleeping are different.

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 Because each time Samuel hears his voice,

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 he has to get up and run

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 to get to where Eli is

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 and say,

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 Eli, you called me.

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 So we don't know exactly,

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 but it's in a different place.

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 But where's Samuel?

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 Samuel is in the house of the Lord.

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 Samuel is sleeping where the ark is.

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 Samuel is where God is.

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 Now, the ark,

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 if you're not familiar with that,

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 is basically a fancy box.

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 It's a pretty big box.

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 It's covered in gold.

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 It's something that Israel

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 carried with them as they went.

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 And inside this box

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 was the tablets of stone

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 from when God gave

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 the commandments to Moses.

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 So this is significant

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 for their history

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 because those tablets

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 represent God's covenant

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 or God's contract,

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 if you like,

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 with Israel.

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 This was in writing

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 that God had chosen them.

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 This is God's way

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 of committing to them.

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 And so they carried it around.

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 It mattered to them.

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 And it represented

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 this box and the stuff

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 that was in it,

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 God being present

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 with his people.

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 So this was in the middle.

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 This was the centerpiece

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 of the tent

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 that Samuel works at.

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 And this tent

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 was in the centerpiece

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 of the country

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 that Israel had control of.

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 It was everything to them

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 because it was God with them.

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 And so if you wanted

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 to meet God,

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 if you wanted to talk to God,

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 if you wanted to interact

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 with God,

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 you did it in the house

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 of the Lord

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 where the ark was.

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 And so Samuel,

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 at least,

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 out of all the other priests,

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 is in the right location

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 to hear from God.

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 He's actually there.

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 If God's going to speak,

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 Samuel's going to be

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 the first one to hear it.

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 Now, that's not to say

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 God is limited to a room

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 or a box.

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 It's not to say

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 there is a specific country

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 we need to go

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 if we want to hear from God.

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 But it is important

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 that Samuel is the only one

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 we find

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 in the right location

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 to hear from God.

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 This was the place

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 God had told them

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 he would be.

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 It was the place

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 that he had chosen

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 to limit his dwelling

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 for them.

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 And if and when

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 he does speak,

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 Samuel is at least

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 ready to hear.

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 Now,

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 I wonder,

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 for those of us

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 who call ourselves Christians,

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 I wonder if we're waiting

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 for God to speak

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 into some circumstances

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 in our life.

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 I wonder if there's answers

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 that we're after,

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 if there's direction

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 that we want.

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 But we're kind of like Eli

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 and we're just in our usual place.

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 We're not actually going

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 to look

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 in the obvious place

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 where God has said

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 he's going to be

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 and he's going to speak.

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 We sit there going,

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 God,

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 I really want to know

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 what your will is

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 for my life

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 with our Bibles closed.

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 Being in the right location

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 matters.

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 But as well as being

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 in the right place

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 at the right time,

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 Samuel's attitude matters.

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 He sits under authority here

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 almost before he even

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 recognizes who the authority is.

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 He sits under the imperfect

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 authority of Eli

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 who we know is already

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 getting judged by God.

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 I mean,

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 after Samuel hears

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 his name called out,

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 what's his response?

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 Verse 4,

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 have a look.

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 The Lord called Samuel,

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 Samuel answered,

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 here I am.

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 And then he ran to Eli

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 and said,

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 here I am,

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 you called me.

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 Samuel's ready to do

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 whatever is required of him.

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 He's ready to go.

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 He's eager.

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 He doesn't say,

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 shh,

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 I'm trying to sleep.

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 He doesn't say,

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 temple will be open again

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 tomorrow about nine

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 if you can come back then.

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 Even in the confusion

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 of running to Eli

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 three times.

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 I mean,

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 can you imagine?

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 He gets up,

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 he hears a voice,

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 goes to Eli,

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 no,

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 it wasn't me.

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 He goes to bed,

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 what was that?

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 Again,

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 runs to Eli

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 over and over and over

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 but every time

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 he says,

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 here I am.

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 What do you need?

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 I'm ready,

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 I'm willing.

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 And then finally

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 when Eli figures out

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 what's going on,

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 sends Samuel back

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 and how does Samuel

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 respond to hearing from God

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 knowing that it's God

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 the very first time?

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 Verse 10,

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 the Lord came

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 and stood there

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 calling as at the other time

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 Samuel,

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 Samuel.

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 Then Samuel said,

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 speak for your servant

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 is listening.

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 His first response

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 to the word of God

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 is I am your servant.

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 He hasn't even seen

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 what it looks like

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 to serve God.

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 His only model

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 is three dodgy priests

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 who use their position

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 for power

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 and for abusing women,

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 forgetting food,

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 and his first response

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 to God

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 when he speaks

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 is I am willing,

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 use me.

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 But calling yourself

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 God's servant

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 and actually serving him

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 are two pretty

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 different things.

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 Again,

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 if you follow Jesus

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 I'm sure

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 that you would say

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 you're ready to obey him.

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 I'm sure you would say

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 that your agenda

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 is to do

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 what he would have you do.

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 But do you ever

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 come to God's word

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 with a bit of an attitude

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 of I'm going to see

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 what it says

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 before I commit

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 to doing it?

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 Do you actually

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 approach God's word

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 every time

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 before God speaks

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 to you

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 and say

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 I'm your servant

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 just tell me

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 which way to go?

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 Or do you open

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 the Bible

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 do you come to church

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 thinking

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 I'm going to hear

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 what God has to say

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 and then I'll consider

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 whether or not

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 I think that's the best

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 thing for me?

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 When you open

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 the Bible

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 and God says

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 I want you to be

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 generous

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 with the things

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 I've given you

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 is there a part

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 of you that goes

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 not this week

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 I'm really keen

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 on a pair of shoes?

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 Is there a part

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 of you that goes

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 let me just have a look

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 at my situation

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 my finances

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 and I'll think about it?

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 When God calls you

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 to purity

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 sexually

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 do you hear that

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 and you go

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 I understand why

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 but God

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 I'm just in this

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 great relationship

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 me and this girl

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 we just

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 we make each other

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 so happy

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 physically

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 it's just great

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 so I hear what

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 you're saying

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 but not for me

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 right now

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 or when you open

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 the Bible

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 and God calls you

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 to sacrifice

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 for Him

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 calls you

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 to put Him

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 first

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 calls you

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 to forsake

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 everything else

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 in your life

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 and love Him

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 more than anything else

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 do you hear that

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 and go

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 God

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 whatever you need

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 or do you go

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 God

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 just let me think

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 about whether or not

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 I'm actually in for that

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 calling yourself

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 a servant of God

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 saying you are following Him

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 saying you love Him

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 and actually doing it

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 are two very

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 different things

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 and I wonder

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 will Samuel still be so eager

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 when he hears the message

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 that God's got for him

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 I mean imagine this

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 this is Samuel's first

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 assignment

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 as a prophet

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 this is the first message

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 that God

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 gives him

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 listen to it

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 verse 11

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 the Lord said to Samuel

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 see I'm about to do

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 something in Israel

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 that will make the ears

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 of everyone who hears

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 about it tingle

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 at that time

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 I will carry out

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 against Eli

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 everything I spoke

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 against his family

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 from beginning to end

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 for I told him

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 that I will judge

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 his family forever

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 because of the sin

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 he knew about

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 his sons

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 blasphemed God

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 and he failed

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 to restrain them

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 therefore I swore

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 to the house of Eli

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 the guilt of Eli's house

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 will never be atoned for

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 by sacrifice

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 or offering

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 Samuel lay down

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.139
 until morning

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 and then opened

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 the doors

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 of the house

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 of the Lord

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 he was afraid

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 to tell Eli

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 the vision

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:51.179
 this is the moment

00:18:51.179 --> 00:18:51.659
 of truth

00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.359
 in this chapter

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 God has broken in

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 God has spoken

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 God has called Samuel

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 and the first message

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.879
 Samuel gets

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 is basically this

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 go and tell

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 the man who raised you

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 go and tell

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 your father figure

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 Eli even calls

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 Samuel his son

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.960
 in this passage

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 go and tell

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 that guy

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 that God

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 is about to judge him

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 and there is no hope

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 for forgiveness

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 I mean did you catch

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 that in verse 14

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 the guilt of Eli's house

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 will never

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 be atoned for

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 judgment is definite

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 Samuel's not giving

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 a message to Eli

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 hoping that Eli

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 will turn around

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 and fix his life

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 and come back to God

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 Samuel is telling

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 his father figure

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 that God's judgment

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 is coming

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 and it cannot

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 be escaped

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 no wonder

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 Samuel was scared

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 this is his first

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 word from the Lord

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 and he has to go

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 to somebody

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 he cares for

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 and tell them

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 that they

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 will face

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 the judgment

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 of God

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 but this is

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 the moment

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 of truth

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 is it just

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 lip service

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.820
 from Samuel

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 that he's a servant

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.120
 of God

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 is it just lip service

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.820
 that he loves him

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 that he wants

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 to follow him

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 or will he bear

00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:03.379
 the weight

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 of speaking

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 God's word

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 no matter

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.339
 what it costs

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 him personally

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:10.279
 look at verse 15

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 Samuel lay down

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.759
 until morning

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 and then he opened

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 the doors

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.419
 of the house

00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:14.960
 of the Lord

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.619
 he was afraid

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.279
 to tell Eli

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.779
 the vision

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.859
 but Eli

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.440
 called him

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.819
 and said

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 Samuel my son

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 Samuel answered

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.379
 again

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 here I am

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:25.759
 what was it

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.379
 he said to you

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 Eli asked

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 do not hide

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.339
 it from me

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 may God

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.460
 deal with you

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 be it ever

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 so severely

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 if you hide

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 from me

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 anything

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 he told

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.220
 you

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 so Samuel

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 told him

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 everything

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.460
 hiding nothing

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.119
 from him

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.240
 then Eli

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.619
 said

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.559
 he is the Lord

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 let him do

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 what is good

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 in his eyes

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:43.919
 the Lord

00:20:43.919 --> 00:20:44.619
 was with Samuel

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.359
 as he grew up

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.779
 and he let

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.680
 none of Samuel's

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.240
 words fall

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.879
 to the ground

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:49.079
 and all Israel

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.680
 from Dan

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.339
 to Beersheba

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.859
 recognized

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.519
 that Samuel

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.200
 was attested

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.759
 as a prophet

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.379
 of the Lord

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:54.379
 the Lord

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:54.899
 continued

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:55.519
 to appear

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.159
 at Shiloh

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.599
 and there

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.200
 he revealed

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:58.159
 himself to Samuel

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:59.500
 through his word

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:02.660
 Samuel's faithfulness

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.640
 in those few verses

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.519
 there shows

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.700
 that the situation

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.599
 has changed

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:09.019
 the beginning

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.640
 of the chapter

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 we have dodgy

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.880
 priests

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.640
 we have a fairly

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.700
 silent God

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.420
 and now

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 they have a prophet

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.700
 things are about

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.319
 to be different

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.940
 for Israel

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.400
 Samuel is growing

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:20.099
 up as somebody

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.059
 who now knows

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.480
 God

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.180
 as somebody

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.000
 who will speak

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.700
 God's word

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.680
 even if it costs

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.480
 him personally

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 and it tells us

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.920
 that God is with him

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:29.480
 and God empowers

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 him

00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:30.860
 so that the words

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.480
 he speaks

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.539
 are effective

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:34.120
 but the really

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:35.420
 exciting and important

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.160
 thing in this whole

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.940
 chapter comes there

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.759
 in the last verse

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 we open the chapter

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:41.019
 with a quiet God

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.100
 not many visions

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.840
 and Samuel

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.620
 not even knowing

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:44.100
 the Lord

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:45.440
 and everything

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.320
 that comes with that

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:47.060
 all the problems

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:49.039
 now we get to the end

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:50.400
 we have the Lord

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.860
 continuing to appear

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.460
 at Shiloh

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:54.140
 we have God

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:55.160
 revealing himself

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.860
 to Samuel

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.480
 in a way that

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.320
 Samuel can pass

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.059
 the message on

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.319
 we've got a God

00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.419
 speaking again

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:01.439
 a God who wants

00:22:01.439 --> 00:22:02.019
 to be known

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.639
 a God who has

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.519
 pushed over the

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.500
 barrier of dodgy

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.099
 priests

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:06.359
 and is making

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.379
 himself available

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.619
 to his people

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:11.240
 now it's tempting

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.419
 given the focus

00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:13.259
 on Samuel

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.000
 in this story

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.139
 and given the book

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.720
 is called

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.460
 One Samuel

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.639
 to think

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.839
 that the key

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:20.419
 thing to take away

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:21.179
 is wow

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:22.759
 thank God for Samuel

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.980
 what a great guy

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.279
 he's better than

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.039
 those dodgy priests

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.740
 we had before

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.839
 he's the saviour

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.299
 he's fixed everything

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.119
 but look again

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:33.000
 the big change

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.399
 both in Samuel

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:35.680
 and in all of Israel

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.279
 is there

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.339
 the difference between

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.579
 verse 1 and verse 21

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.160
 look at them

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.480
 verse 1

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.399
 in those days

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.599
 the word of the Lord

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.420
 was rare

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:45.039
 verse 21

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.379
 there he revealed

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:48.440
 himself to Samuel

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:51.180
 through his word

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:53.220
 the thing that

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.120
 changes in this

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.500
 passage

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.700
 is not so much

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.140
 Samuel

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:58.640
 it's the word

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.240
 of the Lord

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.519
 it's God's word

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.080
 that makes a

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.940
 difference to people

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.000
 it's God revealing

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.480
 himself

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.720
 that changes

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.580
 circumstances

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.220
 that changes

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.920
 attitudes

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.940
 I mean if you

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.759
 take God's word

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.640
 out of this chapter

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:11.200
 you've still got

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.580
 Samuel

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:13.600
 but he doesn't

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.220
 know God

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.860
 nothing changes

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.960
 you just get

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.820
 another generation

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.720
 of dodgy priests

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.460
 no matter how hard

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.960
 they try

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.039
 who can't do the

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.920
 job that they're

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.579
 supposed to do

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.400
 I mean without

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.200
 God's word

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.559
 Samuel is useless

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.940
 he's pointless

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.559
 I mean he can open

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.140
 the doors of the

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.440
 temple

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.079
 that was one of his

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.440
 jobs

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.519
 he can probably tidy

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.299
 up around the place

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.100
 but as a priest

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:34.660
 he's about as useful

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.500
 as a comb is

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.440
 to a bald person

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:38.559
 he can't actually

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.759
 fulfill the function

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.620
 that he needs to

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.360
 as a priest

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.440
 he can't point

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.360
 people to God

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:45.759
 he can't hand on

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.420
 the revelation

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.180
 that God has

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.120
 entrusted to him

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.319
 God's word

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.179
 is what matters

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.399
 God himself

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:52.839
 is what matters

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:55.159
 and only as God

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.159
 reveals himself

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:57.919
 can Israel

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:59.099
 come to know him

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:01.799
 now for Israel

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.419
 at this point

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.000
 in history

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.119
 God reveals

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.079
 God's revelation

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.639
 of himself

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.639
 is kind of limited

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.959
 there's just a

00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.719
 small number of

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.399
 people that he's

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:10.119
 working through

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.979
 there's a very

00:24:10.979 --> 00:24:11.919
 specific system

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.519
 with the tent

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.179
 and the sacrifice

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.899
 and all that

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.919
 and now it was

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.739
 still sufficient

00:24:15.739 --> 00:24:17.000
 to define their

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.739
 whole existence

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:19.599
 as a nation

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.920
 they revolved

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.819
 around who God

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.519
 had shown himself

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.099
 to be

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:25.039
 but we get

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.980
 so much more

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.640
 than they had

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.819
 let me read to you

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.440
 a couple of verses

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.059
 out of Hebrews

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.720
 chapter 1

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:31.519
 it says

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.379
 in the past

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.400
 in the past

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.259
 God spoke to

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.019
 our ancestors

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.000
 through the prophets

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.119
 at many times

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.259
 and in various ways

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:39.519
 but in these last days

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:41.039
 he has spoken to us

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.980
 by his son

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.299
 whom he appointed

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.559
 heir of all things

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.259
 and through whom

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.660
 he also made the universe

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:49.160
 the son is the radiance

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.119
 of God's glory

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.019
 and the exact

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.799
 representation

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.940
 of his being

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:54.619
 sustaining all things

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.980
 by his powerful word

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.059
 after he had provided

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.740
 purification for sins

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.859
 he sat down

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.680
 at the right hand

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.420
 of the majesty

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.440
 in heaven

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:06.180
 God used to speak

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.799
 in bursts

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.920
 he used to have

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.960
 the odd revelation

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:10.099
 the odd special event

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.180
 where he would show himself

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.960
 with fire

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.660
 or with thunder

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.880
 or with whatever it was

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:15.420
 but now

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.559
 in Jesus

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.000
 God has blurted

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.539
 it all out

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:20.720
 there's no more secrets

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.839
 there's nothing more

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.660
 he has given us

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.779
 everything that we need

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.279
 to know

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.859
 Jesus is

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:27.440
 the word of God

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:29.299
 the word that Israel

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.080
 so desperately

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:31.200
 wanted to know more of

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.200
 we get it all

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.600
 in Jesus

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:35.059
 he is God

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.980
 on display

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.559
 he is the window

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.160
 the mirror

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.140
 into the glory

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:40.039
 of God

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.000
 Jesus came

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.559
 so that we could know

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.580
 the God of heaven

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:46.860
 Jesus has sacrificed

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.400
 himself

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.940
 so that we can be

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.380
 forgiven

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:51.000
 so that the temple

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.980
 and the sacrifices

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.840
 that we read about

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.539
 in 1 Samuel

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.059
 and all through

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.740
 the Old Testament

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.319
 can be replaced

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.740
 by a group

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.779
 of forgiven people

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.660
 gathering around

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.279
 God's word

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.819
 in scripture

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:03.000
 Jesus has come

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.599
 to take away

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.240
 the barriers

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.599
 to make the access

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.059
 easy

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.880
 to make the access

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.559
 possible

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.980
 everything you would

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.000
 ever need to know

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.720
 about God

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.240
 is found in Jesus

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:14.539
 he is the full

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.500
 revelation of God

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.700
 he is the answer

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.759
 to every prayer

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.720
 and desire

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.460
 of your heart

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:22.180
 he is God's

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.640
 full

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.339
 and final answer

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.879
 to whatever it is

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.339
 that you need

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.099
 to ask him

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:32.619
 sometimes I think

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:34.359
 we have selective

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.799
 hearing

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:36.039
 we hear

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.139
 what it is

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.740
 that we want

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.119
 to hear

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:41.179
 what if God

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.639
 is already

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.879
 speaking to us

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:44.399
 and we are just

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.939
 not listening

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:47.519
 what if

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:49.139
 we are so

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.720
 convinced

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.339
 that there is

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.480
 a specific

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.899
 answer

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.439
 that we want

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:53.019
 from God

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.920
 that we refuse

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.299
 to hear

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.619
 the one

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:54.940
 that he is

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.779
 giving to us

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:58.420
 what if

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.799
 you are like

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.019
 me

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.359
 and God

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.900
 is speaking

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.619
 down the phone

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:00.940
 and you are

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.379
 distracted

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.940
 by something

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.480
 trivial

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.599
 and unimportant

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.619
 I know it

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.240
 doesn't feel

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.639
 trivial

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.359
 or unimportant

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:08.660
 but what if

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.460
 God is speaking

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.879
 to you

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.259
 and you are

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.639
 just

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.900
 not listening

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:14.559
 here is why

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.339
 all this stuff

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.839
 matters

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.039
 here is why

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.460
 this matters

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.819
 when you go

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.240
 to work

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.599
 tomorrow

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.119
 when you go

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.559
 to uni

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.940
 when you go

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.480
 to school

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.299
 here is why

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.700
 this matters

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.039
 when you have

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.539
 a fight

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.839
 with your

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.259
 friends

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.819
 when you are

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.180
 overwhelmed

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.819
 with stress

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.319
 when you can't

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.720
 afford your

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.160
 bills

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.539
 when you are

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.799
 wrestling

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.240
 with a big

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.660
 decision

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.059
 about your

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.539
 future

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.519
 or a job

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.240
 or a career

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:34.960
 as you cry

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.680
 out to God

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.299
 searching for

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.940
 his answer

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.900
 wanting him

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.579
 to speak

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.099
 to you

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.559
 wanting him

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.380
 to be specific

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.000
 about your

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.599
 circumstance

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.120
 and your

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.900
 situation

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:47.299
 God's word

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.640
 which changes

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.640
 everything

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.820
 has already

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.520
 been spoken

00:27:52.520 --> 00:27:53.060
 to you

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:55.680
 in Jesus

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:57.820
 that is

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.560
 God's answer

00:27:58.560 --> 00:28:00.340
 to unemployment

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:02.500
 to singleness

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:05.740
 to heartache

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:07.480
 to sickness

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:10.140
 Jesus is

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.100
 God's word

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.560
 to you

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:13.620
 Jesus is

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.100
 the best

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.660
 answer that

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.240
 God has

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.580
 for your

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.220
 situation

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.100
 he's the

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.560
 answer to

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.200
 the questions

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.620
 that you're

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.040
 asking

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.899
 Jesus

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.379
 will give

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.659
 you the

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:21.960
 vision

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.440
 of God

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.859
 which is

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.440
 firmer

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.339
 than the

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.819
 foundation

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.220
 that you're

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.700
 standing on

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.000
 now

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.299
 Jesus

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.680
 will give

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.920
 you the

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.159
 vision

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.799
 of God

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.220
 that can

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.079
 allow you

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.519
 to pray

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.079
 like Hannah

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.299
 did

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.599
 when she

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.019
 still didn't

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.399
 have any

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.839
 kids

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.599
 remember

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.000
 she'd had

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.339
 her one

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.720
 she'd given

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.079
 him back

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.700
 she's still

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.359
 a childless

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.700
 woman

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.740
 and she

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.220
 prays

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.839
 I rejoice

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.200
 in my

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.559
 God

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.259
 because there

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.639
 is no

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.039
 one like

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.299
 him

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:44.980
 in Jesus

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.799
 God looks

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.099
 in your

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.700
 situation

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.240
 and says

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.119
 I love

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.379
 you

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:51.180
 in Jesus

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.759
 God says

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.500
 never will

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.919
 I leave

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.139
 you

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:54.119
 never will

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.720
 I forsake

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.019
 you

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.819
 in Jesus

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.379
 God says

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:57.960
 in everything

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.500
 you're going

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.720
 through

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.279
 I'm working

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.899
 for your

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.299
 good

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.339
 not just

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.879
 some vague

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.480
 idea of

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.659
 good

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.399
 your good

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:05.519
 in Jesus

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.079
 God says

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.799
 I'm sufficient

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.299
 when you're

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.619
 weak

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.439
 when you're

00:29:08.439 --> 00:29:08.879
 struggling

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.299
 when you're

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.779
 suffering

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.299
 and in

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.639
 Jesus

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.339
 God says

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.739
 someday

00:29:12.739 --> 00:29:13.239
 soon

00:29:13.239 --> 00:29:14.299
 I'm going

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.679
 to fix

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:15.019
 it all

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.439
 someday

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:16.919
 soon

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.179
 I'm going

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.559
 to right

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.239
 every wrong

00:29:18.239 --> 00:29:18.519
 I'm going

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:18.939
 to wipe

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.539
 every tear

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.839
 I'm going

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.239
 to end

00:29:20.239 --> 00:29:20.639
 all the

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:20.979
 pain

00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:23.819
 God is

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.579
 not silent

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.099
 anymore

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:27.239
 God has

00:29:27.239 --> 00:29:27.739
 spoken

00:29:27.739 --> 00:29:28.879
 decisively

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.559
 and fully

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.039
 in his

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.319
 son

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:33.000
 the question

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.399
 for you

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.859
 isn't

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.519
 what will

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.219
 God say

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:35.839
 in my

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.479
 situation

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:39.779
 the question

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.039
 is

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.420
 are you

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.860
 listening

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.640
 to what

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.180
 he is

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.620
 saying

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:43.920
 in Jesus

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:46.339
 because

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.519
 Jesus

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.059
 changes

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.740
 everything

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:51.339
 he changes

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.000
 barrenness

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.500
 for Hannah

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.620
 he changes

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.240
 unemployment

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.860
 he changes

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.319
 sickness

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.920
 he changes

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.519
 death

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:58.579
 Jesus

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.200
 is God's

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.740
 word to

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.039
 you

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.200
 in your

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.900
 situation

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.240
 whatever

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.039
 that situation

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.480
 is

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.059
 the question

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.279
 is

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.539
 are you

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.980
 listening

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:10.000
 let's

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.319
 pray

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:18.220
 father

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.559
 god

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.900
 we want

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.279
 to

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:21.380
 admit

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.880
 that we

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.400
 take for

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.819
 granted

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.279
 that you

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.480
 have

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.799
 given

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.180
 us

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.920
 free

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.319
 access

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.660
 to

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.860
 your

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.200
 word

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:29.000
 we want

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.339
 to admit

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.700
 that we

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.220
 waste

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 so much

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 time

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 and

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 opportunity

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 that you

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 have

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 given

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 us

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 to have

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 you

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 speak

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 into

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 our

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 lives

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 admit

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 that we

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 distract

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 ourselves

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 with our

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 own

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 desires

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 or with

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 what we

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 think

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 the

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 answers

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 should

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 be

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 and we

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.040
 want to

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 admit

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 that sometimes

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 we just

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 don't listen

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 to the

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.340
 better

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 answers

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 that you

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 have

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.460
 offered

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 us

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 in your

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 son

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 God

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 God I

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:50.839
 want to

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.440
 pray for

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 all of

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 us

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 in this

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 room

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 whether

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.299
 we're

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 wrestling

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 with

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 stress

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.879
 loss

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 plenty

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 whatever

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 it is

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 that is

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 in our

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 situation

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.980
 right now

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:02.319
 show us

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.879
 how Jesus

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.359
 changes

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.720
 that

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.079
 show us

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.639
 how Jesus

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.399
 redefines

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.740
 that

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 God I

00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:11.119
 want to

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.519
 pray for

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.919
 people who

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.379
 are hurting

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.960
 right now

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.819
 that you

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.220
 would open

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.720
 their ears

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.099
 to hear

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.359
 that you

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.839
 love them

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.359
 in Jesus

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:20.319
 for those

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.759
 who feel

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.500
 sufficient in

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.059
 themselves

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:24.379
 open their

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:24.859
 ears to

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.199
 hear that

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.679
 they need

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:26.899
 you

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:29.099
 and that

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.599
 Jesus is

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.079
 the only

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.479
 way that

00:31:30.479 --> 00:31:30.740
 we can

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.299
 know you

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 and we

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.240
 can call

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.579
 you our

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 heavenly

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.339
 father

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:36.879
 God I

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.099
 want to

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.479
 pray that

00:31:37.479 --> 00:31:37.719
 we would

00:31:37.719 --> 00:31:38.259
 be people

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.519
 who are

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.199
 so firmly

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:40.339
 fixed on

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.659
 what you

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.039
 have done

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.479
 for us

00:31:41.479 --> 00:31:41.919
 in sending

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.479
 your son

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 so focused

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.500
 on his

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.019
 death and

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.719
 his resurrection

00:31:46.719 --> 00:31:47.259
 in our

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.720
 place

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.759
 that our

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.319
 lives would

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.140
 also speak

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.619
 your word

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:51.960
 to the

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.460
 world around

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.940
 us

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.839
 may people

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.319
 hear of

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.839
 your love

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.339
 because of

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.859
 the hope

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.500
 and the

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.980
 foundation

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.359
 that we

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.799
 have

00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:03.859
 father speak

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.319
 to us

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.000
 your servants

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.599
 for we

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.559
 are listening

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:08.559
 amen