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 There's so much that we discover in the narrative of Judges 17 and 18.

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 It's in this particular story, this record, that we read of the migration of the tribe of Dan

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 from its initial allotment of land, kind of in the central portion of Canaan,

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 to the northernmost tip of Canaan.

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 So if you've ever wondered, if you're reading through your Old Testament

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 and you hear sometimes there is a phrase used by the prophets or the people in the historical books,

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 they'll talk about Israel from Dan to Beersheba, right?

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 And what they mean by that, they're using that phrase to say all of Israel, all of God's people.

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 And the reason that's the phrase that they use is because Dan was at the very northern tip of the land of Canaan

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 and Beersheba was at the very southern tip of Canaan.

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 But if you go to Genesis and Joshua and you begin to sort through the allotments of land,

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 you'll find that Dan wasn't supposed to be in the north.

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 So how did they get there?

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 Well, this story tells us how they got there and how they ended up in that particular place.

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 We learn that here.

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 We also have this unique opportunity to peek into the life of the grandson

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 of one of Israel's most famous and essential leaders.

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 It becomes a lesson to us as we'll see that even the most faithful believers

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 cannot guarantee the faithfulness of their own children and grandchildren.

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 But those things aren't the primary point here.

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 The author's primary point in this section is to show the nature of Israel's spiritual decline

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 during the time of the judges.

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 In chapter 17, we see this on a individual level through this man named Micah.

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 In chapter 18, we see it on a corporate level through the tribe of Dan.

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 But influencing and enabling the apostasy in this text is a crooked spiritual leader.

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 A spiritual leader who has abandoned faithfulness to his call

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 in order that he might instead gain riches and power and prestige.

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 And all three of these dynamics are immediately relevant to the church as a whole.

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 Which often seems to be in the same kind of spiritual decline as Israel was in the book of Judges.

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 Now, my comparison of Israel in Judges to the modern church may seem like a bit of an overreaction.

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 But we need to understand that spiritual apostasy does not always look like total rejection of God.

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 In fact, often in our culture, it doesn't look like total rejection of God, at least on the surface.

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 Often it appears like true worship.

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 Only upon closer examination, we find some type of personal twist or shift in church culture

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 that changes it just enough so that the gospel is lost,

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 that the glory of God is diminished.

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 It's not always easy to see.

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 Such was the case in these two chapters.

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 All of the people in this narrative in chapter 17 and in 18

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 considered themselves to be genuine worshipers of Yahweh,

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 genuine worshipers of the God of Israel, the one true and living God.

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 That's what they thought they were.

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 But their religion was a personal fabrication

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 that ignored the revealed word of God.

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 Does that not sound like the condition of many churches today?

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 They're using the right language.

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 We're saying the right things and even often doing the right things.

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 But when you get in and you start to really examine what's happening there,

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 you find out that what they've done actually

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 is they've taken the name of Christ or the name of God

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 and they've ignored his revealed word in order to do what they want instead.

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 Here's what Dale Ralph Davis says about this in his commentary.

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 He says in this passage,

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 what is primarily condemned is not idolatry in the raw,

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 but syncretism in particular.

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 Syncretism being the merging of two religions together,

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 the merging of two religious ideas together.

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 He says it's not the worship of other gods,

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 but the worship of Yahweh in the wrong way.

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 That's where Israel's at right here.

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 And of course, they've got other gods too.

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 But the primary thing coming to the surface here

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 is that they're just,

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 they're trying to worship God in a way that God has not said

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 he is to be worshiped.

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 Now, what we have here

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 is an example of Israel losing its religion, so to speak.

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 But there's three ways you can lose your religion.

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 In one sense, you can really just forfeit it.

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 That is, to abandon it for something different.

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 And that's exactly what we see Micah

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 and a rogue Levite and the tribe of Dan doing in this story.

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 They forfeit the true worship of God.

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 They forfeit the authoritative word of God

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 for something different,

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 something else that they wanted instead.

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 Another way to, quote, lose your religion

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 is for it to just fail you.

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 To come to a point where you realize

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 that it's a lie that cannot actually save you.

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 And we find that in chapter 17 and 18.

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 The third way you could, quote, lose your religion

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 is ultimately just to be condemned by it

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 through the divine wrath of God.

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 That's what we find happening with the tribe of Dan.

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 And we're gonna cover all three of those things

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 as we work through the text today.

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 But what I wanna do this morning

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 is I wanna walk through the narrative

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 to show you and to point out the nature

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 and the cost of spiritual decline.

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 What contributes to it?

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 What are the things, the warning signs

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 that we should be looking for

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 that actually contribute to spiritual decline

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 and ultimately spiritual apostasy?

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 We want to see that in this text.

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 What are the costs of it?

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 Why is it such a big deal?

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 What happens at the end

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 if that's the path that I pursue?

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 We're gonna look at that too.

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 But then in the end, what we want to do

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 is we wanna ask ourselves,

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 is there a solution to the problem?

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 Is there a solution to the problem

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 for Israel in the passage?

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 Is there a solution to the problem

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 for our waywardness in our own lives

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 and in our church perhaps?

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 And I think all of those things can be answered.

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 Here's the first thing that I want you to notice.

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 This is the bulk of the passage.

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 I want you to see the nature of losing our religion.

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 The nature.

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 What does it look like?

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 What contributes to it?

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 And I think there's two components of this in the text.

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 The first is this.

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 Unbridled individualism.

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 Unrestrained individualism.

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 Our first introduction,

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 we read the first six verses a moment ago.

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 Our first introduction to Micah the Ephraimite

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 was not as a worshiper.

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 Our first introduction to him is as a thief.

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 He stole 1,100 pieces of silver from his own mom.

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 An enormous amount of money, to be honest.

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 He steals it from her, but then he returns it.

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 Not because he feels the guilt of what he's done,

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 but because he overheard his mom

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 declaring a curse on whoever it is

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 that took her money.

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 And he was afraid of the curse.

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 Another sign of his syncretism, really, already.

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 He's scared to death that just the proclamation

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 of a curse from his mother was going to damn him.

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 And so he brings the money back to her.

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 And of course, the mother's curse quickly turns

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 from a pronouncement of curse

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 to a pronouncement of blessing on her son.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 It's not exactly what we expect.

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 If you've never read the story before,

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 maybe that was somewhat of a surprise to you.

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 Here he says, hey, the 1,100 pieces of silver

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 that someone stole from you,

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 and you were so mad that you wanted

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 whichever God you were praying to that day

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 to kill them.

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 It was me, mom.

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 Sorry.

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 We would at least expect a spanking, right?

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 Something.

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 Something for this son who has stolen all this money.

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 What does she do?

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 She doesn't do that.

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 She says, blessed be my son by Yahweh.

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 Now, how many of you parents have ever done that

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 with your kids before?

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 They did something stupid,

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 or they did something wrong against you,

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 and your first thought when they came

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 and admitted it was to say, God bless you.

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 That's not typically the way we react.

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 Well, that's exactly how she reacts.

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 And it's not so unusual.

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 It's not that strange for the mother to be so forgiving.

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 Parents that are here, you understand that.

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 You understand what it's like to forgive your children,

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 even that great sin against you.

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 But what is so bizarre is the steps that she took

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 to honor Micah's contrition.

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 Notice what she does.

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 She opted to, quote,

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 dedicate the silver that he stole to the Lord,

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 not by taking it to Shiloh,

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 where the tabernacle was,

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 and giving it to the priest there

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 in order that it may be used for the purposes of the Lord,

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 but she gave it to the silversmith,

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 who then took it and melted it down

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 and fashioned it into an idol.

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 This epitomizes, this action,

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 it epitomizes the spiritual decline

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 of the nation of Israel at the time.

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 They had been so canonized at that point

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 that they not only thought idolatry was excusable,

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 but they were deceived and deluded

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 into thinking that God would actually be pleased by it.

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 That's what she's doing here.

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 Her actions, they were meant to persuade God

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 to enact this blessing on Micah

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 as if the Lord was actually glad that she did it.

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 Look at her language in the passage itself.

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 Look at verse three.

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 His mother said,

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 I dedicate the silver to the Lord

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 from my hand for who?

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 For my son.

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 In other words, by doing this,

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 by fashioning this idol,

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 God will forgive my son,

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 and God will bless my son.

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 It's deluded.

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 Even still,

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 she had such a low view of God

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 that she didn't even use

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 the entire dedicated amount of silver

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 to have the idol made.

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 Only a small portion of it.

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 She dedicated 1,100 pieces,

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 but she only gave 200 pieces

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 to the silversmith.

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 I don't know if that's a good thing

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 or a bad thing.

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 At least it's a low view of God,

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 no matter how you look at it.

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 An errant view of God,

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 for certain.

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 But then we discover

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 that this metal image

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 was just one of many idols

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 that Micah had collected

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 in his house.

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 He was in the process

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 of developing his own cult religion

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 in the name of Yahweh.

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 Look at the verse.

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 It was in the house of Micah,

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 verse 5,

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 and the man Micah,

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 he had a shrine,

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 and he made an ephod,

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 and he had other household gods

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 as a part of this shrine,

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 and then he went even so far

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 as to anoint one of his sons

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 to become a priest

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 in the name of this new religion.

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 How could something like this

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 happen in Israel?

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 God was so clear to them.

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 He had made his will so evident.

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 He had proved himself

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 so miraculously on so many levels.

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 How is it possible

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 that someone in Israel

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 that at least is aware

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 of the true God

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 would worship him

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 in such a perverse way?

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 The author gives us

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 the answer in verse 6.

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 In those days,

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 there was no king in Israel.

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 Everyone did what was right

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 in his own eyes.

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 How could this happen?

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 The answer is

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 unbridled individualism.

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 Unbridled individualism.

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 This is what happens

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 when people want God

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 on their terms

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 rather than on his terms.

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 So in order to establish

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 his own brand

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 of Israelite religion,

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 Micah completely abandons

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 the scriptures.

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 Just in these first six verses,

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 he has violated

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 at least six

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 of the Ten Commandments.

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 He's ignored God's commands

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 for proper worship,

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 which was supposed to happen

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 in Shiloh,

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 where the tabernacle was,

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 where God had put

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 his own name

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 and told them

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 this is where to worship

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 and this is how to worship.

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 He's completely ignored that.

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 And he has taken

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 upon himself

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 a religious

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 and spiritual authority

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 that did not belong to him.

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 Rather than doing

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 what was right

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 in God's eyes,

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 Micah did his own thing

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 and expected God

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 to just be okay with it.

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 Because it was

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 in the name of God,

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 in the name of Yahweh,

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 God surely will accept it

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 and be fine with it.

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 It's not that bad.

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 It's still the same God, right?

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 You see, that's the thing.

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 It's not.

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 It's not.

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 Unless we worship God

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 in the way that he has

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 revealed himself

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 and in the way

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 that he has demanded us to,

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 we worship a God

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 of our own making.

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 The language may be the same,

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 the titles may be the same,

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 the name for God

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 may be the same,

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 but it's an idol.

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 It's an idol

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 of our imagination.

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 And that's what

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 Micah's doing here.

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 Since 1954,

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 Burger King

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 has tried to set itself up

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 against the

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 big dogs

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 of the fast food industry,

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 McDonald's,

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 by emphasizing

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 a particular

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 slogan, right?

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 Do you know what it is?

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 Have it your way.

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 How many of you

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 are singing the jingle

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 in your head now?

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 Hold the pickle,

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 hold the lettuce.

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 Special orders

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 don't upset us.

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 At BK,

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 have it your way.

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 Do you remember

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 what's next?

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 You rule.

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 At one time,

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 this is what they had

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 printed on their cups.

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 Quote,

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 you have the right

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 to have what you want

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 exactly the way

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 you want it.

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 Because on the menu

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 of life,

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 you are today special.

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 And tomorrow's.

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 And the day after that.

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 And, well,

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 you get the drift.

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 Yes, that's right.

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 We may be the king,

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 but you, my friend,

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 are the almighty

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 ruler.

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 Now, that may be okay

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 for a burger joint.

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 I like to go

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 to the drive-thru

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 and order it

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 the way that I want it.

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 That's not good

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 when it comes

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 to your worship.

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 But there's a lot

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 of professing Christians

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 that are treating God

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 exactly like Burger King.

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 He may be the king.

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 He's the one

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 with the power

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 to actually accomplish

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 things that I want

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 in my life,

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 but I'm the ruler.

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 I'm the one

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 who decides

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 what I'm going to do

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 with my life.

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 I'm the one

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 who decides

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 when and how

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 and where I worship.

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 I'm the one

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 who decides

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 the way I'm going

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 to do things

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 because he's the king

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 but I'm the ruler.

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 Many professing Christians,

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 they don't want

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 a Christianity

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 over which Christ rules.

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 but one over which

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 they rule

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 and God just goes

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 along with it.

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 Here's the problem.

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 Unbridled individualism,

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 it lies about God.

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 It's a lie.

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 It lies about God

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 and it reduces worship

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 to a matter of preference

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 and convenience.

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 Can we just think

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 about that

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 for just a moment?

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 This type of contribution

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 to spiritual apostasy,

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 it lies about God.

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 It says something

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 of him

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 that is not true.

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 It treats

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 the worship of God

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 as merely

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 a matter of preference.

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 This is what I want

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 in a church.

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 This is what I want

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 in a worship service.

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 This is what I want

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 in a small group.

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 This is what I want.

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 It's all a matter

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 of preference

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 and or convenience.

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 Well, we won't

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 concern ourselves

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 too much

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 with what the scripture

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 says about

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 when we are to gather

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 and what's to be included

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 in that gathering.

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 We're going to do it

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 based on

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 what's most convenient

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 to our busy schedules.

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 It's a lie.

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 It creates

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 a form of

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 Christianity

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 without the Bible.

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 Worship

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 without doctrine.

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 Salvation

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 without repentance.

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 A church body

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 without a covenant

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 amongst its people.

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 Love

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 without discipline.

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 And prosperity

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 without persecution.

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 In other words,

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 it's a lie.

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 Instead of looking

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 to the scriptures

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 to know God,

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 people build

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 their thoughts

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 of God

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 based on how

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 they feel

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 he should be

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 and based on

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 the ways that

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 they think

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 he should act.

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 And then they want

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 to argue

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 against the scriptures

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 because they could,

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 they would say

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 there's no way

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 God would do

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 something like that.

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 That can't be

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 who God is

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 because in my mind,

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 God is very different

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 than that.

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 It's all based

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 on their feeling.

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 It's based on

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 what they want

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 God to be

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 rather than

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 what God

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 has revealed

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 himself to be.

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 And what is that?

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 Idolatry.

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 Unbridled individualism,

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 it reveals itself

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 in statements like,

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 I don't have to go

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 to church

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 to be a Christian.

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 or I sense

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 God more in nature

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 than under the sound

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.700
 of preaching

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 of the word.

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 Or God only cares

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 about the sincerity

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 of my heart.

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 It's unbridled

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.980
 individualism.

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 It trades God's truth

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 for man's lies

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 and it produces

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 a counterfeit religion

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 that knows nothing

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 of the Christ

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 that it claims

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 to know and serve.

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 That's what it does.

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 Verse 7.

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 Now there was a young man

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 of Bethlehem in Judah

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:10.460
 of the family of Judah

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 who was a Levite

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 and he sojourned there.

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 And the man departed

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 from the town

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 of Bethlehem in Judah

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 to sojourn

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 where he could find a place.

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 And as he journeyed,

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 he came to the hill country

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 of Ephraim

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 to the house of Micah.

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 And Micah said to him,

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 where do you come from?

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 And he said to him,

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 I'm a Levite

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 of Bethlehem in Judah

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 and I am going to sojourn

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 where I may find a place.

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 And Micah said to him,

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.740
 stay with me

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 and be to me

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 a father

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 and a priest

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 and I will give you

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 ten pieces of silver

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 a year

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 and a suit of clothes

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 and your living.

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 And the Levite went in.

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 And the Levite was

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.800
 content

00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:51.040
 to dwell with the man.

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 And the young man

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 became to him

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:54.280
 like one of his sons.

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 And Micah ordained

00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.619
 the Levite

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 and the young man

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 became his priest

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 and was in the house

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.660
 of Micah.

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:02.160
 Then Micah said,

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.460
 now I know

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.059
 that the Lord

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.960
 will prosper me

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.180
 because I have

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.839
 a Levite

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.460
 as a priest.

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.740
 Now there are

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.579
 several problems

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.899
 with this sojourning

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.819
 Levite.

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 But the most glaring

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.259
 of the problems

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.619
 is seen in his response

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.960
 to Micah's idolatry.

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 What he should have done

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:24.440
 was declare that

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.500
 Micah's idolatry

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.100
 was sinful.

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 That's what he should have done.

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.779
 He should have called him

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.279
 to repent.

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 He should have told him

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 you got to destroy

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.200
 these idols

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 and turn back

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.539
 to the true worship

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.160
 of God.

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 That was his job.

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 That was his call.

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.720
 That was his responsibility

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.500
 this Levite.

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 He should have read

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.059
 the scriptures

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.140
 to Micah.

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 He should have corrected

00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:49.100
 his errant view

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:50.340
 of God.

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 But instead

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.520
 he accepted

00:21:52.520 --> 00:21:53.740
 Micah's handsome offer

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 and became a willing

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.360
 participant

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.880
 in Micah's

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.720
 counterfeit

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.540
 religion.

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.540
 The pastor

00:22:04.540 --> 00:22:05.900
 said,

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.560
 okay

00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:08.380
 we'll go with it

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 your way.

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 You just keep

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.460
 the silver coming

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 and the new clothes

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 coming.

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 You keep providing

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 the living

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.759
 that I need

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.540
 and I'll do

00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.220
 whatever you want

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.640
 Micah.

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 Writing to Timothy

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.920
 in the New Testament

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.880
 Paul said that

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.400
 churches will sometimes

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.020
 do exactly

00:22:27.020 --> 00:22:27.980
 as Micah did.

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:30.060
 Micah wasn't

00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:31.080
 looking for a priest

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 who would teach him

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 the truth of God.

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 He wanted someone

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 who would go along

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.560
 with his personal

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 version of worship.

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.400
 He didn't want

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.040
 somebody to preach

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.480
 the Bible.

00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:41.040
 He wanted somebody

00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:41.700
 who would do nothing

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.800
 but pronounce blessing

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.280
 on him.

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.200
 who would encourage

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 him and enable

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 his idolatry.

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 Here's what Paul says

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 for the time is coming

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 when people will not

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:51.059
 endure sound teaching

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.940
 but having itching ears

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.259
 they will accumulate

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.460
 for themselves

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.359
 teachers

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.899
 to suit

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 their own

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.819
 passions

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 and they will

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.660
 turn away

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.740
 from listening

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.660
 to the truth

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 and wander

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.660
 off

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 into myths.

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 What are the myths?

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 Is that not what

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.099
 Micah is now

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.920
 subscribed to?

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 A myth

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 a lie

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 it's not real

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 but they'll

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.740
 wander off there

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 why?

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 Because they'll

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.460
 find some pastors

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:23.440
 who will let them

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 contributing

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.359
 to the

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.279
 unbridled

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.339
 individualism

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.460
 that is so rampant

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.799
 among

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.660
 professing Christians

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.879
 is this wave

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 of pastors

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 that compromise

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 the truth of God

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 make a mockery

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 of true worship

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 in order that

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 they might build

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 a crowd

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 or gain some

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 type of power

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 in their

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 religious affiliations

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 or of course

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 to pad their

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 bank accounts.

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 A hundred years ago

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 B.B. Warfield

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 wrote this

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 it is not a matter

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 of small importance

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 for the servant

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 of Christ

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.560
 to begin to seek

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 to please men

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 in the gospel.

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 Doing so

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 he ceases

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 to be Christ's

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 servant

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 performing Christ's

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 will

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 and he becomes

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 the slave

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 of men

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 and in so doing

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 he's no longer

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 the teacher

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.800
 of the truth

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 to men

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 but the learner

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 of falsehood

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 from men.

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 Spiritual apostasy

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 is the inevitable

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.220
 result

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 of individuals

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 who want to

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 have it your way

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.519
 type of Christianity

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 being led

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:42.159
 by men

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.779
 and women

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 who are more

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:44.740
 than happy

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 to go along

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 with it.

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 Loved ones

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:52.759
 a version

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.559
 of Christianity

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.379
 that bends

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.440
 to your preference

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:57.599
 will not

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.339
 save you.

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 It cannot

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.259
 save you.

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 It cannot

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 help you.

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 It will not

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.639
 bring you

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.440
 closer to God

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 no matter

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.700
 how it makes

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.539
 you feel.

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 It will

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.319
 condemn you.

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.139
 It will

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.639
 condemn you

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.079
 to hell.

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.619
 To think

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.179
 of God

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.759
 simply

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:20.019
 in your

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.700
 own terms

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.460
 is to fashion

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.259
 another idol

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.839
 made in your

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.460
 own imagination.

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.700
 salvation.

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.619
 What we need

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.259
 is the Bible.

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.019
 We need the Bible

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.639
 at the center

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.299
 of everything.

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.579
 God's word

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:35.220
 is inerrant

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.460
 infallible

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.059
 authoritative

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.500
 word

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.139
 that's what we

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.619
 need.

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.819
 It has to be

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.279
 at the center

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.919
 of our worship.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.700
 It needs to be

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.159
 at the center

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.879
 of our devotion.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.799
 It needs to be

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.259
 at the center

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.039
 of our counsel.

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:46.879
 It needs to be

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.419
 at the center

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:48.099
 of everything

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.859
 that we do.

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:51.979
 what we must

00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:52.759
 do is submit

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.419
 to him

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:55.000
 as he has

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.179
 revealed himself

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.740
 in his own

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.159
 word.

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.699
 What a privilege

00:25:59.699 --> 00:26:00.279
 it is

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.899
 that our God

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.459
 wants to be

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:02.839
 known

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.639
 and that in

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.279
 wanting to be

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.759
 known

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.899
 he gives us

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.500
 a book that

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.959
 tells us

00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.679
 exactly who

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.119
 he is

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.379
 and what

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.859
 he wants

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.119
 and what

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.659
 he desires

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.299
 from us

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.159
 and how

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.919
 he loves

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.519
 us in

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.939
 Christ

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.339
 and how

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.619
 he has

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.500
 paid the

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.979
 price for

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.180
 sin.

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.539
 What a

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.240
 blessing

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.620
 it is

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.099
 to have

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.440
 that.

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.500
 Why would

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.059
 we neglect

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.640
 such a

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.039
 treasure?

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.940
 But it's

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.380
 not just

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.960
 unbridled

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.900
 individualism

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.140
 here.

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.220
 The second

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.599
 thing we

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.960
 see in

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.579
 chapter 18

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.559
 is what

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.880
 we might

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.240
 call

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.140
 corporate

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.620
 pragmatism.

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.259
 Corporate

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:36.200
 pragmatism.

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.819
 So the

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.120
 narrative

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.720
 it adds

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.200
 this

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.099
 corporate

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.480
 layer

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.880
 to the

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.759
 individualism

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.160
 in chapter

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.700
 17.

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.960
 It turns

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.420
 our attention

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.960
 from one

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.220
 man

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.700
 Micah

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.400
 to an

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.740
 entire

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.380
 tribe

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.259
 Dan.

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.320
 So that

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:52.200
 the nature

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.820
 of spiritual

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.320
 decline

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.640
 on a

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.960
 corporate

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.480
 scale

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.940
 looks like

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.279
 this

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.259
 pragmatism

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.820
 which in

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.240
 this case

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.500
 what I

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.860
 mean by

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.460
 pragmatism

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.800
 is not

00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:00.140
 simply

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.820
 what works

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.600
 pragmatism

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:01.820
 is not

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.440
 a problem

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.060
 if it's

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.460
 submitted

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.960
 to the

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.300
 scriptures.

00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.600
 So we're

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.920
 not talking

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.680
 about pragmatism

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.080
 in general

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.519
 what we're

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.180
 talking about

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.120
 is the

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.759
 idea of

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.220
 doing what

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.920
 is easy

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.200
 or convenient

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:15.160
 or apparently

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.980
 successful

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:17.980
 instead of

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.400
 doing what

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.840
 we know

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.220
 to be

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.700
 right

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.680
 and true.

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:22.060
 That's what's

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.600
 happening here

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.860
 on a

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.080
 corporate

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.519
 scale.

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.800
 Let's read

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.120
 the first

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.560
 ten verses

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:25.960
 of chapter

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.400
 18.

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.060
 In those

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.540
 days there

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:28.840
 was no

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.180
 king in

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.460
 Israel

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.580
 and in

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.100
 those days

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.680
 the tribe

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.940
 of the

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.360
 people of

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:32.600
 Dan

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.120
 was seeking

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.820
 for itself

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.620
 an inheritance

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.220
 to dwell

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.500
 in

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:37.080
 for until

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.519
 then no

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.060
 inheritance

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.620
 among the

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.080
 tribes of

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.480
 Israel had

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.019
 fallen to

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.279
 them.

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.500
 So the

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.880
 people of

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.380
 Dan sent

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.160
 five able

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.740
 men from

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.080
 the whole

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:44.480
 number of

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.039
 their tribe

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.140
 from Zorah

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.860
 from Eshtiol

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:49.319
 to spy out

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.759
 the land

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.000
 and to

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.620
 explore it

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.680
 and they

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:51.980
 said to

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.559
 them go

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.059
 and explore

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.559
 the land

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.620
 and they

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:54.940
 came to

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.220
 the hill

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.740
 country of

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.079
 Ephraim

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.799
 to the

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.200
 house of

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.579
 Micah

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.420
 and lodged

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.940
 there and

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.259
 when they

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.980
 were by the

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.360
 house of

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.819
 Micah they

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.319
 recognized

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.000
 the voice

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.559
 of the

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:03.779
 young

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.279
 Levite

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.839
 and they

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.440
 turned aside

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.779
 and said

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.059
 to him

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.759
 who brought

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.180
 you here

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.120
 what are

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.460
 you doing

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.740
 in this

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.039
 place

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.420
 what's

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.519
 your

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.860
 business

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.160
 here

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:12.380
 and he

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.740
 said to

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:12.980
 them

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.240
 this is

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.740
 how Micah

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.160
 dealt with

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.360
 me

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:16.039
 he's hired

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.519
 me and I

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.860
 have become

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.420
 his priest

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:19.519
 and they

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.019
 said to him

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.640
 inquire of

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.279
 God please

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.180
 that we may

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.620
 know whether

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.160
 the journey

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.720
 on which we

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.160
 are setting

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.579
 out will

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.120
 succeed

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:26.700
 and the

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.140
 priest said

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.440
 to them

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.039
 go in

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.360
 peace

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.299
 the journey

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.640
 on which

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.000
 you go

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.819
 is under

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.160
 the eye

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.420
 of the

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.680
 Lord

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.140
 then the

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.599
 five men

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.059
 departed

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.480
 and came

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.700
 to

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.099
 Laish

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.440
 they saw

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.519
 the people

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.819
 who were

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.120
 there

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.839
 how they

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.279
 lived in

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.839
 security

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.979
 after the

00:28:40.979 --> 00:28:41.339
 manner of

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.459
 the

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:42.000
 Sidonians

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.699
 quiet

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:44.279
 unsuspecting

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.339
 lacking

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.759
 nothing

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.139
 that's in

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.559
 the earth

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.439
 possessing

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:47.819
 wealth

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.819
 and how

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.099
 they were

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.699
 far from

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:49.859
 the

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.459
 Sidonians

00:28:50.459 --> 00:28:50.819
 and had

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.399
 no dealings

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.879
 with anyone

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:53.679
 and when

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.039
 they came

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.319
 to their

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.659
 brothers

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.299
 at Zorah

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.899
 and Eshtael

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.639
 their brothers

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:57.979
 said to

00:28:57.979 --> 00:28:58.099
 them

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.319
 what do

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.779
 you report

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.319
 and they

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.479
 said

00:28:59.479 --> 00:28:59.879
 arise

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.379
 let us

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.759
 go up

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.099
 against

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.359
 them

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.639
 for we

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:01.739
 have

00:29:01.739 --> 00:29:02.000
 seen

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.539
 the land

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.599
 and behold

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.839
 it's

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.619
 very good

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:06.199
 and will

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.479
 you do

00:29:06.479 --> 00:29:06.819
 nothing

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:08.139
 do not

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.519
 be slow

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.899
 to go

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.419
 to enter

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.759
 in and

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.000
 possess

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.439
 the land

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:11.179
 as soon

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.460
 as you

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.759
 go

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.299
 you will

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.679
 come to

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:12.879
 an

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.720
 unsuspecting

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.059
 people

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.819
 the land

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.339
 is spacious

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.639
 for God

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.039
 has given

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.419
 it into

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.039
 your hands

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.099
 a place

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.460
 where there

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.779
 is no

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.119
 lack

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.679
 of anything

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.799
 that is

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.059
 in the

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.359
 earth

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:24.539
 it's

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:24.799
 crucial

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.460
 to acknowledge

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.960
 the opening

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.319
 statement

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.939
 here in

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.679
 verse 1

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:29.579
 as the

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.980
 author is

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.419
 using it

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.700
 here

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.619
 to guide

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:31.799
 our

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.619
 interpretation

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.019
 in those

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.599
 days there

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.039
 was no

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.419
 king in

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:35.740
 Israel

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.839
 he's

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.240
 reminding

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.519
 us

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.759
 that

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.480
 Dan's

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.900
 actions

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.319
 in this

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.779
 story

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.720
 result

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.279
 from having

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.539
 no

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.000
 righteous

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.539
 king

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.079
 to prevent

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.539
 those

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.079
 actions

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.660
 okay

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:47.799
 just as

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.160
 Micah

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.500
 did what

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.900
 was right

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.259
 in his

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.799
 own eyes

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.640
 so did

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.819
 the

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.500
 tribe

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.980
 of Dan

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.400
 as they

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.799
 looked for

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.200
 a place

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.819
 to settle

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.759
 long term

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.960
 now the

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.460
 problem

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.160
 for Dan's

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.500
 settlement

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.660
 it's not

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.220
 that God

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.779
 didn't give

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.079
 them an

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.480
 allotment

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.900
 of land

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.839
 he did

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:03.599
 the problem

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.039
 is they

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.920
 didn't obey

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.519
 God

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.539
 by driving

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.940
 out the

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.500
 Canaanites

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.840
 there

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.539
 they did

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.320
 not trust

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.700
 him

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.539
 to deliver

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.220
 the Canaanites

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.600
 into their

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:11.820
 hands

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.140
 so that

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.460
 they could

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.060
 receive

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.500
 the land

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.759
 that he

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.180
 promised

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.500
 them

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.120
 that's

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.259
 what

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.680
 happened

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.360
 and we

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.700
 read that

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.200
 all the way

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.620
 back in

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.000
 Judges

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.740
 chapter 1

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.480
 and verse

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.900
 34

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.380
 where it

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.700
 says

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.120
 the

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.820
 Ammonites

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.460
 Amorites

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.039
 excuse me

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.000
 press the

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.519
 people of

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.779
 Dan

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.500
 back into

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.800
 the hill

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.259
 country

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.940
 for they

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.340
 did not

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.880
 allow them

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.259
 to come

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.640
 down

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.800
 to the

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.180
 plain

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.740
 God

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.400
 had graciously

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.880
 provided

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.360
 for them

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.320
 they just

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.720
 did not

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.279
 receive the

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.740
 blessing

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.920
 they didn't

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.400
 trust him

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.720
 enough to

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.019
 do it

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.259
 they were

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.720
 afraid

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.079
 they didn't

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.740
 fight against

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.039
 them

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.039
 they tried

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.660
 to compromise

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.200
 with the

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.579
 people of

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.059
 the land

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.859
 and so

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.160
 they did

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.660
 not inherit

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.140
 the land

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.400
 that they

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.720
 wanted

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.660
 and later

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.059
 on when

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.420
 they got

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.220
 unsettled

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.400
 and discontent

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.819
 with it

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.799
 instead of

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.460
 resuming

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.140
 what God

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.819
 had commanded

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.400
 them to do

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.240
 they decided

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.680
 just to

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.099
 completely

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.640
 abandon

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.160
 what God

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:56.180
 had planned

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.680
 for them

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.539
 so that

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.440
 rather than

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.019
 doing what

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.819
 was right

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.720
 according to

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.460
 God's word

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.640
 the tribe

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.039
 of Dan

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.700
 decided to

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.079
 find an

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.680
 easier

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.340
 path

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.460
 to

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.880
 settlement

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:09.380
 doing

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.680
 what's

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.100
 easy

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:11.380
 rather than

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.880
 what's

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.680
 right

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.940
 and they

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.519
 appoint five

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.880
 men

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.100
 they go

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.420
 and they

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.960
 spy out

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.360
 the northern

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.819
 portion

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.400
 of Canaan

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.559
 to see if

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:19.840
 there was

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.319
 some place

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.600
 that they

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.319
 could migrate

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.779
 and as

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.259
 these spies

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.960
 journeyed

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.259
 north

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.059
 they happened

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.779
 upon Micah's

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.140
 house

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.860
 and recognized

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.500
 the Levite

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.819
 whom Micah

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.460
 had hired

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:31.019
 and upon

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.420
 further

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.980
 inspection

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.720
 they discovered

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.220
 that this

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.579
 Levite

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.019
 was now

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.819
 happily

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.440
 serving

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.160
 as Micah's

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.660
 private

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:39.100
 priest

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:40.960
 so in

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.720
 chapter 17

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.740
 it was the

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.360
 responsibility

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.220
 of the

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.860
 Levite

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:46.539
 to correct

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.160
 Micah's

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.900
 idolatry

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.920
 and call him

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.460
 to repentance

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:52.000
 in chapter 18

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.019
 the situation

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.600
 changes

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:55.279
 the Levite

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.600
 is now

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.200
 sucked into

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.079
 the idolatry

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.940
 and it was

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.779
 the responsibility

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.639
 of the tribe

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.299
 of Dan

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.220
 to correct

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.240
 the Levite

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.420
 and to call

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:03.879
 him to

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.339
 repentance

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:06.559
 what they

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.920
 should have

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.359
 done was

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.039
 confront him

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.379
 with the

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.720
 scriptures

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.019
 they should

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.460
 have followed

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.599
 God's processes

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.379
 and procedures

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.019
 in the law

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.819
 for how to

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.339
 deal with

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.799
 wayward

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.379
 Levites

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.019
 for people

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.579
 who committed

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.119
 this kind

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.680
 of spiritual

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.359
 adultery

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.319
 but instead

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.740
 they went

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.480
 along with it

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.619
 they went

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.079
 along with

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.480
 his false

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.920
 teaching

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.799
 they sought

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.279
 for him

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.799
 to pronounce

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.500
 a blessing

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.039
 from God

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.339
 on their

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.720
 efforts

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.860
 sinful

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.660
 efforts

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.700
 mind you

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.700
 do you

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.019
 see the

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.559
 delusion

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:34.019
 look again

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.480
 in verse

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.400
 four

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.819
 the Levite

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.319
 said to them

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.759
 this is how

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.240
 Micah dealt

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.539
 with me

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.819
 he's hired

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:39.960
 me

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.420
 I've become

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.900
 his priest

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:42.559
 that's when

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.059
 the tribe

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.360
 of Dan

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.759
 who shouldn't

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:43.920
 have been

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.180
 there to

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.640
 begin with

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.200
 but let's

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.440
 say that

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.700
 they were

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.180
 supposed to

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.500
 be there

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.539
 that's when

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.819
 they should

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.039
 have said

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.559
 wait a minute

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.039
 how could

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.380
 you do

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.839
 this

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.600
 this is

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.180
 wrong

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.120
 you must

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.480
 repent

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.140
 of this

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.799
 that's not

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.039
 what they

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.259
 do

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.819
 what did

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.259
 they do

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.359
 hey would

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.140
 you mind

00:32:58.140 --> 00:33:00.660
 asking God

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.440
 for a blessing

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:03.160
 to ensure

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.579
 that our

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.119
 sin will

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.700
 be rewarded

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:08.559
 it's amazing

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.359
 delusion

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:13.059
 of course the

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.660
 Levite was all

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.079
 too willing

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.759
 to pretend

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.279
 to speak

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.759
 to God

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.039
 on their

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.519
 behalf

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:20.039
 we aren't

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.500
 to take

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.940
 this

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.200
 verse number

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.740
 six

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.259
 as God

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.680
 actually

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.079
 speaking

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.400
 through the

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.700
 Levite

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.019
 why would

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.360
 he speak

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.519
 through

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.840
 someone

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.100
 who he

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.420
 had not

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.720
 actually

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.140
 appointed

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.920
 that doesn't

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.480
 make sense

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.980
 they're just

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.340
 caught up

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:30.559
 in their

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.080
 delusion

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:32.559
 verse 11

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:35.779
 600 of

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.860
 the men

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.319
 of the tribe

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.640
 of Dan

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.039
 armed with

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.519
 weapons of

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.940
 war set

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.220
 out from

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.519
 Zorah

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.140
 and Eshtayol

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.420
 and went

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.680
 up and

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.059
 encamped

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.519
 at Kiriath

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.880
 Jerim

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.259
 in Judah

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.420
 on this

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.759
 account

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.340
 that place

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.039
 is called

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.600
 Mahanedan

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.039
 to this

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.360
 day

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.900
 behold it's

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.380
 west of

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.759
 Kiriath

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.160
 Jerim

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.720
 and they

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.220
 passed on

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.559
 from there

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.000
 to the hill

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.460
 country of

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.840
 Ephraim

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.319
 and came to

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.620
 the house

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.039
 of Micah

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.379
 so now

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.680
 it's not

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.000
 just the

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.559
 five spies

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.220
 they got

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.159
 600 men

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.700
 they're gonna

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.019
 go make

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.339
 this thing

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.619
 happen

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:58.940
 they're going

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.159
 after

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.659
 Laish

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.220
 who this

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.139
 false

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:02.119
 pastor

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.659
 essentially

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.539
 has told

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.039
 them they need

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.399
 that God

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.779
 has blessed

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.299
 them to do

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.539
 then the

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.079
 five men

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.319
 who had

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.519
 gone

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.899
 to scout

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.019
 out

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.179
 the

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.480
 country

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.619
 of

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.940
 Laish

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.519
 said

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.679
 to

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.820
 their

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.179
 brothers

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.860
 do

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:10.980
 you

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.179
 know

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.380
 that

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.579
 in

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.800
 these

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.199
 houses

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.539
 there

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.659
 are

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.840
 an

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.300
 ephod

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.539
 household

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.079
 gods

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.139
 carved

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.519
 image

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.840
 metal

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.219
 image

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.699
 what do

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:19.920
 you think

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.179
 we should

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.320
 do

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.539
 about

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.820
 that

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:22.500
 and

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.619
 they

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.840
 turned

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.219
 aside

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.460
 there

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.599
 and

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:23.800
 came

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:23.940
 to

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.079
 the

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.340
 house

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.460
 of

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.559
 the

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.759
 young

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.259
 Levite

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:26.179
 at

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.320
 the

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.539
 home

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.699
 of

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.059
 Micah

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.199
 and

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.519
 asked

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.639
 him

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.840
 about

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.000
 his

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.460
 welfare

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.460
 now

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.619
 the

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.960
 600

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.320
 men

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.539
 of the

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.000
 Danites

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.739
 armed

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:31.959
 with

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:32.099
 their

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.419
 weapons

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:32.599
 of

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.819
 war

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.079
 stood

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.259
 by

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.439
 the

00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:33.699
 entrance

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:33.839
 of

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:33.939
 the

00:34:33.939 --> 00:34:34.159
 gate

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.759
 that's

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:34.859
 an

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.679
 intimidating

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.179
 picture

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.379
 there

00:34:36.379 --> 00:34:36.659
 right

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:38.039
 you're

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.419
 this

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:39.319
 Levite

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.179
 the

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.419
 spies

00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:40.599
 come

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.719
 to

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:40.839
 your

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.159
 door

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.779
 they're

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:41.879
 like

00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:42.019
 hey

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.139
 we

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.259
 want

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.359
 to

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:42.559
 talk

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.679
 to

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:42.739
 you

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:42.919
 by

00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:43.019
 the

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.159
 way

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.419
 check

00:34:43.419 --> 00:34:43.539
 out

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.679
 the

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:43.959
 600

00:34:43.959 --> 00:34:44.219
 men

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.379
 with

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:44.500
 a

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.639
 bunch

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:44.719
 of

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:44.979
 weapons

00:34:44.979 --> 00:34:45.139
 right

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.439
 behind

00:34:45.439 --> 00:34:45.579
 me

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.739
 make

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:45.859
 sure

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.000
 you

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.219
 listen

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.319
 to

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.439
 what

00:34:46.439 --> 00:34:46.500
 I

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.619
 have

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.719
 to

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:46.959
 say

00:34:46.959 --> 00:34:47.399
 it's

00:34:47.399 --> 00:34:47.579
 pretty

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.059
 intimidating

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.339
 isn't

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.959
 it

00:34:48.959 --> 00:34:50.179
 verse

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.619
 17

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.799
 and

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:50.899
 the

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:51.179
 five

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.379
 armed

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.559
 with

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.899
 weapons

00:35:02.899 --> 00:35:03.059
 of

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.319
 war

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.679
 and

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.799
 when

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.019
 these

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.199
 went

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.399
 into

00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:05.859
 Micah's

00:35:05.859 --> 00:35:06.159
 house

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.379
 and

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:06.559
 took

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:06.719
 the

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:06.979
 carved

00:35:06.979 --> 00:35:07.359
 image

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:07.579
 the

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.000
 ephod

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.159
 the

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.479
 household

00:35:08.479 --> 00:35:08.879
 gods

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:08.979
 in

00:35:08.979 --> 00:35:09.079
 the

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.259
 meadow

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.539
 image

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.879
 the

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.099
 priest

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.239
 said

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.319
 to

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.419
 them

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:10.539
 what

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.599
 are

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.659
 you

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.019
 doing

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.559
 and

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.679
 they

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:12.979
 said

00:35:12.979 --> 00:35:14.659
 just

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.859
 be

00:35:14.859 --> 00:35:15.279
 quiet

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:17.019
 put

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.179
 your

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.399
 hand

00:35:17.399 --> 00:35:17.539
 on

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.659
 your

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.159
 mouth

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.919
 and

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.139
 come

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.339
 with

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.719
 us

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.019
 be

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.279
 to

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.719
 us

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.299
 a

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.719
 father

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.059
 and

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.179
 a

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.559
 priest

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.699
 is

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:24.819
 it

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.019
 better

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.239
 for

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.479
 you

00:35:25.479 --> 00:35:25.699
 to

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:25.839
 be

00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:26.000
 a

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.319
 priest

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.459
 to

00:35:26.459 --> 00:35:26.599
 the

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.819
 house

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:26.979
 of

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.199
 one

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.659
 man

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:29.059
 or

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.159
 to

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.280
 be

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.420
 a

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.699
 priest

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:29.900
 to

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.039
 an

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.380
 entire

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.039
 tribe

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.219
 and

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.619
 clan

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.820
 of

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.280
 Israel

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:34.059
 and

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.199
 the

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.480
 priest

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.800
 heart

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.019
 was

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.659
 glad

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.099
 and

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.199
 he

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.360
 took

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.500
 the

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.920
 ephod

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.039
 and

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.159
 the

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.460
 household

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.900
 gods

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.019
 and

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.119
 the

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.340
 carved

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.699
 image

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.380
 and

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.559
 went

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.960
 along

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.380
 with

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.179
 the

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.500
 people

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.099
 it

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.300
 only

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.599
 really

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.960
 takes

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.119
 a

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.420
 handful

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.619
 of

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.940
 people

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.240
 to

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.559
 lead

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.699
 an

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.039
 entire

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.340
 group

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.780
 astray

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.099
 doesn't

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.280
 it

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:51.199
 the

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.500
 spies

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.940
 convinced

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.119
 the

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.420
 people

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.619
 that

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.719
 it

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:52.840
 was

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.139
 right

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.280
 for

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.420
 them

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.559
 to

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:53.760
 take

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.199
 Laish

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.820
 which

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.039
 there's

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.139
 to

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.320
 do

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.579
 and

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:58.699
 they

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:58.900
 went

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.059
 with

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.440
 600

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.019
 soldiers

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.280
 to

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.500
 sack

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.679
 the

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:00.920
 city

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.460
 but

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.719
 first

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:02.880
 they

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.139
 stopped

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.340
 by

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.740
 Micah's

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.159
 house

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.400
 where

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.579
 the

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.940
 spies

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.519
 persuaded

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.740
 the

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.059
 others

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.280
 to

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.599
 steal

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:07.800
 the

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.139
 idols

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.179
 to

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.559
 recruit

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.780
 the

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.199
 priest

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:11.179
 and

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.300
 to

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.699
 adopt

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.179
 Micah's

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.539
 religion

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.780
 as

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:12.960
 their

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.260
 own

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:14.019
 they

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.139
 don't

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.320
 want

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.679
 Micah

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.920
 they

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.019
 just

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.139
 want

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.280
 his

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.659
 religion

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:19.240
 and

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:19.559
 again

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.800
 the

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.199
 Levite

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.420
 was

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.980
 motivated

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.280
 by

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.579
 money

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.760
 and

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.280
 prestige

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:23.699
 in

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:23.940
 chapter

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.420
 17

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.659
 we're

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.840
 told

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.000
 that

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.119
 he

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.320
 was

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.940
 content

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.880
 to

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:26.960
 live

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.240
 with

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.619
 Micah

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.079
 but

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.219
 in

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.440
 chapter

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.900
 18

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.519
 we're

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.679
 told

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:29.840
 that

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:29.980
 his

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.280
 heart

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.480
 was

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.119
 glad

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:32.059
 to

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.240
 go

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.420
 with

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.559
 the

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:32.780
 tribe

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:32.940
 of

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.179
 Dan

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.740
 what

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:33.860
 is

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.039
 that

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.199
 all

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.500
 about

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.519
 well

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.679
 they

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.000
 said

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.500
 it

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:38.500
 wouldn't

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.679
 you

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.280
 enjoy

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:40.400
 being

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.679
 the

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:40.980
 chief

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.280
 priest

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.400
 of

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.559
 a

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.119
 tribe

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.460
 rather

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.679
 than

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:42.900
 just

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.039
 of

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.159
 a

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.420
 single

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.800
 man's

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.099
 house

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.300
 and

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.400
 the

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.539
 guy

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.800
 starts

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.039
 thinking

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.280
 about

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.539
 that

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.659
 and

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:45.740
 he

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:45.900
 starts

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.119
 thinking

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.460
 yeah

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.099
 that

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.340
 sounds

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.559
 real

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.960
 nice

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.219
 big

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.719
 promotion

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:51.300
 I

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.519
 think

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.679
 I'll

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:51.800
 go

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:51.980
 with

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.240
 you

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.300
!

00:36:56.980 --> 00:37:07.940
 But we

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.159
 have to

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.400
 ask the

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.780
 question

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:11.280
 it's

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:11.659
 one thing

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:11.960
 for

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.699
 an

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.280
 individual

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.760
 to fall

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.159
 into this

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.440
 kind of

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.740
 spiritual

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.079
 decline

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.400
 we see

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.539
 that

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.780
 all the

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:16.960
 time

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.119
 don't

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.280
 we

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:18.460
 how

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.639
 does

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.780
 it

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.059
 happen

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.260
 with

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.380
 an

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.679
 entire

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.260
 tribe

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:21.119
 or

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.519
 for

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.740
 our

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.059
 purposes

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.780
 how

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:22.940
 does

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.079
 it

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.420
 happen

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.440
 to

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.619
 a

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.119
 church

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:28.059
 and

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.179
 I

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.339
 think

00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:28.500
 the

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.839
 message

00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.059
 here

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.159
 is

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.319
 pretty

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.819
 simple

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.779
 it

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.420
 starts

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.719
 by

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.159
 opting

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.359
 for

00:37:32.359 --> 00:37:32.739
 what's

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.259
 easy

00:37:33.259 --> 00:37:33.900
 and

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.460
 convenient

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.619
 rather

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:35.880
 than

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.159
 what

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.599
 is

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.420
 right

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:39.119
 it

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.339
 was

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.900
 easier

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.179
 to

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.539
 conquer

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.779
 the

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.480
 isolated

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.639
 defenseless

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:42.980
 city

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.159
 of

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.659
 Laish

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.259
 than

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.400
 it

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.639
 was

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.839
 to

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.119
 trust

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.559
 God

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.779
 to

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.079
 conquer

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.259
 the

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.859
 Ammonites

00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.699
 Amorites

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:47.960
 on their

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.380
 behalf

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:50.539
 in the

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.739
 same

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:50.940
 way

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.159
 it's

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.380
 far

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.839
 easier

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.119
 for

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.500
 churches

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.819
 to

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.279
 compromise

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:54.079
 doctrine

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.799
 and

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.219
 faithful

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.679
 ministry

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.319
 practices

00:37:56.319 --> 00:37:56.699
 than

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:56.840
 it

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.019
 is

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.199
 to

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.699
 obey

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.239
 God

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.900
 and

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.259
 trust

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.460
 him

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.579
 to

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.779
 be

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.179
 fruitful

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.840
 through

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.039
 our

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.420
 obedience

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.299
 it's

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.460
 just

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.860
 easier

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.039
 to

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.219
 go

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.500
 along

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.639
 with

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.779
 what

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:03.940
 the

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.179
 culture

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.420
 wants

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.559
 us

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.659
 to

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:04.940
 do

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:06.039
 isn't

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.239
 it

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.460
 it's

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.799
 easier

00:38:07.799 --> 00:38:08.039
 not

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.199
 to

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.400
 pick

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.579
 the

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.880
 fights

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.059
 with

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.360
 people

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.239
 it's

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:10.679
 easier

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:10.920
 not

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.059
 to

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.239
 have

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.380
 to

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.619
 take

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.759
 a

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.039
 strong

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.579
 convictional

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.079
 stand

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.400
 against

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.799
 sin

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.039
 or

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:15.099
 delusion

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.380
 in

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.519
 the

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.019
 church

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.460
 it's

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.619
 just

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.019
 easier

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.019


00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.319
 not

00:38:17.319 --> 00:38:17.579
 to

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:19.059
 and

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.179
 it

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.440
 often

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.760
 seems

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.000
 more

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.340
 fruitful

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.639
 not

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:20.880
 to

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.720
 at

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:21.860
 least

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.000
 at

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.440
 first

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.000
 it

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.139
 was

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.539
 easier

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.760
 to

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.000
 hire

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.200
 a

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:25.639
 Levite

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.159
 whom

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.320
 they

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.519
 could

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.059
 manipulate

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:28.320
 than

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.500
 to

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.820
 follow

00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:29.280
 someone

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.539
 who

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.659
 would

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:29.840
 be

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.179
 committed

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.420
 to

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.679
 holding

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:30.880
 them

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.280
 accountable

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.500
 to

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.800
 God's

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.059
 word

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:34.059
 it's

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.699
 ostensibly

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.039
 more

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.719
 successful

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 to

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 establish

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.719
 leaders

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.079
 you can

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.639
 control

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.779
 who

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:39.960
 will

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.159
 lead

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.320
 on

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.960
 consensus

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.659
 based

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:42.960
 on what

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.139
 the

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.420
 people

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.779
 want

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 generally

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.320
 than

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.539
 what

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.739
 God

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 says

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 to

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 do

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:48.299
 just

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 as

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 Micah

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.099
 wanted

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 things

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.599
 his

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 own

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 way

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.500
 so

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:50.719
 did

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.099
 Dan

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:53.119
 in

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 the

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.400
 end

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 the

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.039
 individual

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.679
 apostasy

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.900
 and

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.559
 church

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.219
 apostasy

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:58.099
 is

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.239
 really

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.380
 not

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.559
 very

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.940
 different

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 it's

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 just

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 about

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.139
 doing

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 things

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.659
 your

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.000
 way

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.900
 and

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.199
 ignoring

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.599
 God's

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.780
 way

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.420
 that's

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.519
 how

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.739
 this

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.159
 happens

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:06.420
 all

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 right

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.199
 and that

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.380
 was the

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 long

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 point

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 two

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 quick

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 ones

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 second

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.340
 thing

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:11.960
 what's

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 the

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.639
 cost

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 of

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 losing

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.619
 our

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:13.960
 religion

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.480
 what does

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.679
 this

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.000
 cost

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.360
 us

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:17.900
 what's

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 really

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 the

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 big

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.619
 deal

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:18.820
 about

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.039
 this

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.260
 things

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.500
 seem

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 to

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 be

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 turning

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 out

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:20.880
 okay

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.139
 for

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 them

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 it's

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 not

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 as

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 good

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 as

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 you

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 think

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 verse

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 21

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 so

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 they

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 turned

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 and

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 departed

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 putting

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 the

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 little

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.840
 ones

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 and

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.480
 the

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.840
 livestock

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 and

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.320
 the

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.580
 goods

00:39:31.580 --> 00:39:31.940
 in front

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.100
 of

00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:32.400
 them

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.600
 when

00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:33.760
 they

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.000
 had

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 gone

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 a

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.740
 distance

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:34.960
 from

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 the

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:35.260
 home

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.420
 of

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.720
 Micah

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:35.880
 the

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.100
 men

00:39:36.100 --> 00:39:36.260
 who

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.400
 were

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.519
 in

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.660
 the

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:36.980
 houses

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.240
 near

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:37.640
 Micah's

00:39:37.640 --> 00:39:37.960
 house

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.360
 were

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.580
 called

00:39:38.580 --> 00:39:38.840
 out

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.660
 and

00:39:39.660 --> 00:39:39.780
 they

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:40.140
 overtook

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:40.300
 the

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.519
 people

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.660
 of

00:39:40.660 --> 00:39:40.900
 Dan

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.940
 and

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.080
 they

00:39:42.080 --> 00:39:42.400
 shouted

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.600
 to

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:42.740
 the

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:42.960
 people

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.140
 of

00:39:43.140 --> 00:39:43.400
 Dan

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.920
 who

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.160
 turned

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.400
 around

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.559
 and

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.720
 said

00:39:44.720 --> 00:39:44.880
 to

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.180
 Micah

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:45.879
NING

00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:46.059
 what

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 what

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 what

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 what

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 what

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 what

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 what

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00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:25.059
 the gods that I made and the priest and you ask me or excuse me and go away and what have I left

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:29.899
 how then do you ask me what's the matter with you and the people of Dan said to him

00:40:29.899 --> 00:40:37.359
 don't let your voice be heard among us lest angry fellows fall upon you and you lose your life with

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:44.179
 the lives of your household they know the religion's false don't they is that not why they say

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:51.539
 is is this whole ordeal with the idol and this fake priest is this really enough to lose your life

00:40:51.539 --> 00:41:00.559
 over Micah they know there's nothing of substance here and of course Micah realizes it at this point

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:06.799
 too the people of Dan went their way when Micah saw that they were too strong for him he turned and

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:13.719
 went back to his home now wouldn't you think that if he was confident in his God and what he was doing

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:20.179
 to worship this God he could trust that God to deliver him from the tribe of Dan but he he knows

00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:29.079
 there's nothing real here so he goes home but the people of Dan took what Micah had made and the

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:36.439
 priest who belonged to him and they came to Laish to people quiet and unsuspecting they struck them

00:41:36.439 --> 00:41:42.399
 with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire and there was no deliverer because it was far

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:47.360
 from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone it was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rahab

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:54.280
 then they rebuilt the city and lived in it and they named the city Dan after the name of Dan their

00:41:54.280 --> 00:42:00.800
 ancestor who was born to Israel but the name of the city was Laisheth the first and the people of Dan

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:07.440
 set up the carved in bridge for them for themselves now get this and Jonathan the son of Gershom

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:16.539
 the son of Moses and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:19.139
 of the land wow

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:29.639
 up until this point we've seen Micah and the tribe of Dan lose their religion by turning away from the

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:35.139
 true worship of God to something different that they wanted more okay that's the context of the phrase

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:42.619
 at least up to this point in the story's conclusion here we see the loss that comes from such apostasy

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:52.159
 here they quote lose their religion not by forfeiture but first by its inerrant failure

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:58.319
 and then through God's divine judgment so let's just work through the characters here

00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:03.220
 for Micah the episode ends in devastating loss

00:43:03.220 --> 00:43:12.019
 notice what he says in the exchange with Dan's leaders in verse 24 you take my gods that I made

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:16.559
 you take the priests and you go away and what's that next phrase what have I left

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:26.380
 you took everything from me this man who was probably actually quite wealthy he lives on a compound

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:29.960
 with all these people who serve him and his purposes and his family

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:36.079
 he's got enough power and prestige that he can recruit the people that live around him to form

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:41.980
 a band of soldiers to actually go against the tribe of Dan or at least posture as if they would

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:49.300
 he's got wealth he's got power he's got prestige and yet when they take his religion from him

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:55.539
 when he realizes it's great failure he feels like he's lost everything he feels like he has nothing left

00:43:55.539 --> 00:44:03.259
 why because his entire identity was wrapped up in his idolatry all of it

00:44:03.259 --> 00:44:10.719
 this is what it looks like to be confronted with the fact that your personal brand of religion

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:19.239
 is fruitless that it's a lie to actually come to terms with reality it says there's nothing here

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:27.359
 and what did it do to Micah it crushed him I have nothing left

00:44:27.359 --> 00:44:34.339
 nothing left which wasn't true but to him it felt like it was true

00:44:34.339 --> 00:44:42.019
 this is common among modern deconstructionists

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:52.340
 when we enter into Christianity through some false form or dynamic that just isn't quite right

00:44:52.340 --> 00:45:00.679
 it hurts people there are people who come into churches who lay out their statement of faith with

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:08.159
 tremendous accuracy but the way that they live out that faith is not consistent with what they say they

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:15.440
 believe instead of acknowledging Christ as Lord of his church they put a man on a pedestal and they

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:21.920
 just basically let him do whatever he wants to do they introduce legalism in ways that are incredibly

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:26.859
 harmful and then when that one man that these people come in and they trust and they love so much when he

00:45:26.859 --> 00:45:34.019
 turns out to be a phony or he falls into great sin what happens to the people that have made their whole

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:41.320
 religion about this man and what he can do for them they're crushed why because it was never really

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:45.639
 about Christ it was about this man that they loved it was man worship

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:52.940
 we could go on and on down the line and see this perhaps some of you experienced this before

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:59.199
 where there was a point in your in your in your faith where it had all the right language but really

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:03.280
 in your heart you weren't really concerned with Christ as much as you were some other peripheral

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:08.940
 thing and when that thing proved to be a lie and you were confronted with the reality of it

00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:15.360
 the temptation was to throw all of it away that's what this deconstructionism actually does

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:22.820
 it hurts people that's what's happening with Mikey what's the cost of this apostasy

00:46:22.820 --> 00:46:30.540
 it's crushing he spent all that time curating his collection of gods seeking for God's blessing

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:36.960
 through his syncretism only to discover that none of it could actually help him he lost his new

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:44.820
 religion through its inherent failure to bring him life and peace and blessing let's move on to Dan though

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:49.820
 for Dan there's no immediate problem everything works out exactly as they wanted

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:59.480
 their collective apostasy it seems successful doesn't it they continue to exist presumably they flourish

00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:05.320
 in this new home for actually hundreds of years but a later editor comes in and lets us know

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:13.679
 that divine judgment eventually fell on Dan as it does every church that turns away from the truth look at

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:20.820
 verse 31 or verse 30 excuse me the people of Dan they set up this carved image they continued in their

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:26.760
 spiritual decline they have Jonathan and his sons were their priest and they had that until the day of the

00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:32.820
 captivity you know sometimes success is God's judgment not God's blessing

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:40.940
 their hearts were hardened even further because God let them buy with what they did only to later pour

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:44.980
 out his judgment in the captivity of the Assyrians in 722 BC

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:53.640
 Micah loses his religion through its inherent failure Dan loses their religion through God's divine wrath

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:58.500
 let's move on to the Levite this is interesting isn't it a twist in the story

00:47:58.500 --> 00:48:04.960
 we don't really know the end for the Levite we know that his sons became perpetual priest

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:09.579
 for the tribe of Dan but there's a sober warning here isn't there

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:18.139
 in the end the Levite's identity is revealed as Jonathan the grandson of Moses

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:28.559
 it's another picture of just how bad things were in Israel at the time they had spiraled so far into

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:35.279
 idolatry that even Moses his own grandson had forsaken the Lord to do what was right in his own eyes

00:48:35.279 --> 00:48:37.000
 that's how bad things were

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:45.059
 but the most significant loss of unbridled individualism and corporate pragmatism

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:50.519
 is the loss of the gospel that's the most significant loss here

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:58.820
 Micah adopted this sacramentalism believing that religious objects and forms of worship could bring

00:48:58.820 --> 00:49:04.840
 blessing look again at chapter 17 in verse 13 after he gets the priest and he's got his shrine set up

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:12.199
 then Micah said now that I have a priest the Lord will prosper me now that I've done all of these things

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:18.480
 now that I've done my best and tried my hardest now that I've got this worship set up in my house

00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:26.239
 now God will bless me because I've done this God will now reward me with this it's an anti-gospel

00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:35.399
 it's an anti-gospel blessing does not come and salvation does not come by what we do

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:44.039
 it comes on the basis of God's steadfast love and mercy and grace towards us you can't bribe God

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:54.360
 you can't earn anything from him he offers it to it on the basis of our faith and love for him

00:49:54.360 --> 00:50:02.320
 and it's all based on his own kindness but this individualism it distorts that it loses the gospel

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:10.380
 Dan on the other hand they adopt the gospel of apparent success believing that truth is determined

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:17.940
 by what works rather than what is right oh we see this in churches all the time don't we

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:23.760
 they compromise on doctrine they compromise on faithful practices of worship and then they succeed

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 and what's their argument how could this be a problem look at all of these people that are now coming

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 look at the buildings we're able to build look at the amount that's given in the offering look at our

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 reach globally it's all about what works rather than what's right it loses the gospel

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 it's a significant loss in the end everyone involved abandoned the thing that taught them the truth of

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 eternal salvation god's word what they needed was the bible and they abandoned it and they faced the

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 consequences thirdly and finally we're finished what's the solution to losing our religion what's the

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 solution we've seen the nature of it we've seen its costs the solution is implicit in the verses that

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 the author uses to state the cause first chapter 17 verse 6 in those days there was no king in israel

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 everyone did what was right in his own eyes next chapter 18 verse 1 in those days there was no king in israel

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 thirdly chapter 18 verse 31 they set up micah's carved image that he made and here's the contrast

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 as long as the house of god was at shiloh that's a contrasting statement it's meant to to depict two

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 ends there's a faithful end and there's an unfaithful end okay and through these three verses the author

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 really never gives explicit judgment does he he never gives us a point in these two chapters where he

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 says now here's the problem we were able to do to deduce it though he gives us these hints and these

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 breadcrumbs in these three verses which really brings us back to the primary theme of the whole book

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 which is that israel needed a king they needed a king

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 but we need to understand that the right way it's not that they needed monarchy that's not what they

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 needed and it would prove with every king they ever had that monarchy itself kingship itself could not

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 save them it could not help them it was not the solution they needed the right kind of king they

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 needed a king who would rule over them in perfect righteousness they needed a king who would lead based

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 on god's word they needed a king who would deliver them from all of their enemies even themselves

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 their spiritual enemies their spiritual enemies death and sin they needed a king who would ensure

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 true and faithful worship amongst his people and that king is none other than jesus christ

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 jesus who perfectly fulfilled god's law he did not break it ever why because he's god he's the son of god

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 he died on the cross for our sins delivering us from our greatest enemy sin and death and hell

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 he rose in order to assure us of eternal life and he sovereignly rules over his church and its worship

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 the only solution for unbridled individualism and corporate pragmatism is to repent and to repent

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 by believing the true gospel by submitting to the authority of the bible and by following christ plan

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 for worship christ plan for spiritual authority

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 the only solution for losing your religion ironically is to lose your religion

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 that's what paul says in philippians chapter 3 whatever gain i had i counted as loss for the sake of christ

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 indeed i count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing christ jesus my lord

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 for his sake i've suffered the loss of all things and i count them as rubbish as trash in order that i might

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 gain christ and be found in him not having a righteousness of my own making that comes from the law

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 but that which comes through faith in christ the righteousness from god that depends on faith what's

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 paul saying he's saying look if you want real religion if you want the true god if you want true salvation

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 you got to lose the rest of it you got to lose the rest of it turn away from it count it as loss because

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 that's exactly what it is count it as loss in order that you may be found in christ

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 jesus said in matthew he gave two parables he said listen this is what salvation is all about

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 this is the nature of the true kingdom and the true king he said it's like a man

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 who's walking through a field and he find a treasure of immeasurable value and what does the man do he

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 takes everything else he owns and he gets rid of it in order that he can come and have that treasure

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 and then jesus said and it's also like a merchant a pearl salesman a jeweler with great will

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 who finds one pearl of such great price that he sells his whole business just so he can have the

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 one pearl and jesus is saying i am that treasure jesus says i am that pearl forsake your personal

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 versions of religion forsake your corporate pragmatism turn to me i'm better and paul agrees

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 and so do the other apostles and so do christians for thousands of years why tinker with it tinkering

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 with what god has said and what god has given us will do nothing but condemn us

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 turn from those things abandon them and come to christ he is the king that we need he sets up the

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 guardrails that prevents this kind of apostasy if we will just listen to him and he's so faithful isn't he

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 he's the great shepherd and what does he do he blesses the church with these under shepherds

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 and he says you lead the people in the way that i tell you to lead the people

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 and he tells the church he says you make sure that you find elders and pastors who will not just do

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 what you want them to do but who will teach you the truth of god's word who will do what christ has

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 said to do who will preach the word who will follow faithfully the practices of true worship and of true

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 ministry he's so gracious to do that isn't he that's how he rules over his church through his word and

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 through his people and every once in a while

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 a wolf in sheep's clothing pops its head up one like jonathan the son of moses the grandson of moses

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 isn't it and what is our responsibility to do our responsibility is not to be like dan and just go

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 along with it and hope that things turn out okay the responsibility of the collective church

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 is to correct and discipline and even dismiss the man who has turned away from the truth

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 you say jared you telling us that if you turn away from the truth you want us to fire you

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 if you don't you're going to be just like dan

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 i don't have any intentions of doing that but that's your responsibility church

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 it's not just about the men who lead we have a responsibility to you and you have a responsibility

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 to us don't forsake that because the moment that you forsake that you'll start the steps of micah and

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 dan which will end in tremendous loss and you'll lose the gospel ultimately and you'll be condemned

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 and you'll realize eventually through devastating loss

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 that it was all a lie don't do that stay faithful stay faithful to the word always do what's right

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 not what's easy and the lord will bless us