WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:09.519 Father, we ask that you would make us disciples of Jesus who are gripped by the gospel, learning to live for your glory. 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:18.160 We give you thanks and praise, Father, that you do not whitewash over the things that we do that are wrong, 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:23.080 and you don't whitewash over the things that other people do that are wrong, 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:36.960 but that your gospel clearly states that they're wrong, and your gospel clearly offers us hope of redemption in the person of your Son, Jesus Christ, 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:47.399 that in light of the gospel and in light of what he has done for us, and in light of your Son and Holy Spirit and you yourself, Father, living within us, 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:55.239 that we will begin to have power to live in a new way as we are fit for heaven by you. 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:02.839 So we ask that the Holy Spirit would lead and guide us into all truth as we read and think upon your word this morning. 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.539 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen. 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:09.120 Please be seated. 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:24.000 There's lots of people in our culture, and maybe some listening in today, maybe some of you here, 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:30.820 that as far as they're concerned, just about any spiritual path or religious way is better than Christianity. 00:01:32.580 --> 00:01:36.219 When in movies increasingly it says it's going to be biblical, 00:01:36.219 --> 00:01:40.500 it means usually that there's going to be lots of chaos, destruction, and death. 00:01:41.539 --> 00:01:47.980 And for many of us and many of our hearts, when we look at the Bible, we see how people can see that. 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:55.019 I have to confess to you that this time that of me preaching through Samson last week and this week and next week, 00:01:55.039 --> 00:01:59.460 it's the first time in my ordained ministry that in the sermons I've preached through Samson. 00:01:59.459 --> 00:02:02.019 And it's never part of the old lectionary. 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:10.259 And I have to confess, I sort of, you know, maybe if I go back, if I was able to go back in time, 00:02:10.359 --> 00:02:16.659 I'd be able to hear some of the sermons in Sunday school and books and all in a different way. 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:20.740 But it seems to me as if whenever I heard the Old Testament being preached, 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:25.820 it usually was sort of in the form of Pilgrim's Progress, you know, 00:02:25.860 --> 00:02:28.920 where there's each person represents a certain type of a character. 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:35.080 And they were able to get very, very good moral lessons out of it or very good practical help out of it. 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:41.939 But I don't know, maybe it's partially that my mind is just wired the wrong way or the right way. 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.860 I would read these stories and I couldn't, for the life of me, 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:48.000 figure out how I could get a positive moral out of it. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.539 And, you know, let's just be honest. 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.680 What we're going to do is we're going to have an honest looking at the story of Samson. 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:59.740 And if we're honest, you cannot get good morals out of a guy who decides to rip off 30 people. 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.300 When his plan is failed, he murders 30 people and robs from them. 00:03:04.780 --> 00:03:07.060 And it just gets, it goes downhill from there. 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:08.479 That's not the bottom of the hill. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:11.319 It keeps going downhill after that. 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:13.300 So let's turn in the Bible. 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:14.699 We're going to look at the story ourselves. 00:03:14.699 --> 00:03:18.639 Maybe some of you as well have had fears about how to look at the Bible and the Old Testament 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:21.299 and what God is really like and how he reveals himself. 00:03:21.500 --> 00:03:24.000 And we're going to look at this ancient story. 00:03:25.119 --> 00:03:31.019 And just in terms of the context, and by the way, last week I shared that if you were dividing these, 00:03:31.019 --> 00:03:36.439 this talks about Samson in three bits, last week could have been the birth of Samson. 00:03:36.539 --> 00:03:39.560 This week could have been Samson's battles. 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.620 And I couldn't think of a word that began with B for the last bit. 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.819 And somebody emailed me, Andrea Burrell. 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:48.120 And next week it's Samson brings down the house. 00:03:48.780 --> 00:03:51.240 So there's three Bs there. 00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:52.360 Brings down the house. 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:56.580 Anyway, so what happened last week is we're now in the, 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.520 Samson is the last of the 12 judges who's recorded in the book of Judges. 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:07.800 The time of period between Israel entering the promised land and the beginning of the kingship. 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:13.240 And it's a time of great chaos and great unfaithfulness in Israel. 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.320 And Samson is born as a judge. 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:20.139 The people of Israel are under the oppression of this pagan seafaring nation 00:04:20.139 --> 00:04:23.520 that has occupied part of Canaan named the Philistines. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:25.980 And Israel is under their dominion. 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:29.180 And a very miraculous and wonderful story happens. 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:33.420 The angel of the Lord appears to a woman who's never been able to have children. 00:04:33.580 --> 00:04:35.920 And the angel of the Lord says, good news. 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:37.220 In a sense, you're going to have a baby. 00:04:37.220 --> 00:04:38.180 He's going to be a boy. 00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:45.280 And God is going to use this baby boy to be the beginning by which I deliver my people Israel from the Philistines. 00:04:45.860 --> 00:04:48.080 And then he says this boy is to be so special. 00:04:48.200 --> 00:04:50.640 He is to live a very special life right from birth. 00:04:50.740 --> 00:04:52.820 He used to have the vow of a Nazarite right from birth. 00:04:53.320 --> 00:04:54.760 And in fact, it even goes into the womb. 00:04:54.960 --> 00:04:58.520 He has to have this vow, a special time of being set aside to God. 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:07.079 And then there's a spectacular miracle that goes along with it so the husband, Minoah, and his wife understand what's going on. 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:13.819 And then the very last words of chapter 13 is that the Spirit of God begins to move in Samson. 00:05:13.819 --> 00:05:20.159 And so, you know, especially for Christians, you're reading this and now you're prepared for this to be a really remarkable baby. 00:05:20.819 --> 00:05:28.939 Like it's hard for a Christian to read this story and not think of John the Baptist, not think of Jesus, like not think of just it's going to be a remarkable baby. 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:32.800 And now the story continues. 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.180 And here's how chapter 14 begins. 00:05:36.939 --> 00:05:42.240 Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:48.720 Then he came up and told his father and mother, I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. 00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:51.220 Now get her for me as my wife. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:55.199 But his father and mother said to him, 00:05:55.199 --> 00:06:03.360 Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines? 00:06:03.860 --> 00:06:05.639 But Samson said to his father, 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:10.259 Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes. 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.860 And just before I read the last verse, just pause here for a second. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:19.599 Some of you, maybe you're having a season right now where you're having great disappointment with God. 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:24.339 But it's a very, very common thing, struggling with disappointment with God. 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:30.739 And right off the bat, Samson's parents must have a great disappointment with God. 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:35.139 And even those of us who are readers, there's a bit of a disappointment about what happens here. 00:06:35.659 --> 00:06:37.639 So here we have this special baby. 00:06:37.819 --> 00:06:41.839 And this special baby is going to be the one to begin to deliver Israel from the Philistines. 00:06:42.219 --> 00:06:48.679 And the first thing we see as Samson as an adult is not that he's going to deliver Israel from the Philistines, 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:50.000 but he wants to marry them. 00:06:51.019 --> 00:06:52.339 Like that's the opposite. 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:58.739 And the other thing in here, and it's just a little bit of an aside, but it's an important thing. 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.859 The Bible doesn't teach ethnic or racial prejudice. 00:07:03.679 --> 00:07:09.399 In fact, it's only the Bible, out of all of the religious and intellectual texts in the world, 00:07:09.479 --> 00:07:13.139 there's no spiritual or religious tradition more than the Christian faith, 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:18.979 which completely and utterly at a very deep level condemns all prejudice and all racism 00:07:18.979 --> 00:07:23.620 because it teaches that every human being is made in the image and likeness of God. 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:29.060 Every man and every woman equally created in the image and likeness of God. 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:32.860 It roots our dignity at a very, very fundamental level. 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:39.180 This phrase about Samson's parents saying about them being uncircumcised, 00:07:39.400 --> 00:07:43.620 it's a pointer to, which I don't have time to go into, 00:07:43.699 --> 00:07:45.620 but I just want to sort of highlight it, 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:50.580 is circumcision was a sign that you were under the God's covenant, 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:52.379 that you were his covenant people. 00:07:52.379 --> 00:08:01.519 And non-Jews could be under the covenant by acknowledging the Lord as their Lord. 00:08:01.899 --> 00:08:03.480 Moses' wife wasn't Jewish. 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.920 So the issue isn't somehow that they're different. 00:08:07.219 --> 00:08:11.439 Like, it wouldn't be as if, you know, I grew up Irish and my dad and mom say, 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:15.379 never marry a Polish person or something like that, you know, 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.819 or never marry a person who's French-Canadian or anything like that. 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:20.180 No, it's not ethnic. 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:24.759 The circumcision thing is this little bit of a reminder in the text 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:29.819 that God desires his covenant people to marry other people of the covenant. 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:33.080 It's in the New Testament, it says don't be unequally yoked. 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.139 It's a whole other topic that, in a sense, 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.200 a Christian should just marry another Christian. 00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:40.320 I just want to highlight it, but I don't want to go any further. 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:41.879 You can ask me about it during the break. 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.620 But the main thing that's going on here is that 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:49.279 Samson isn't doing all what he seems to be supposed to be doing. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:51.959 And then it says his father and his mother, verse 4, 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:53.519 did not know that it was from the Lord, 00:08:53.939 --> 00:08:56.500 for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:59.699 At that time, the Philistines ruled over Israel. 00:08:59.839 --> 00:09:02.759 We're reminded that the Philistines rule over Israel. 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:06.279 And you'll notice that just before this, 00:09:06.379 --> 00:09:09.720 it said Samson says that this woman is right in my eyes. 00:09:10.459 --> 00:09:13.539 And this idea is going to be emphasized again by Samson. 00:09:13.699 --> 00:09:14.720 Look at verse 5. 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.080 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:21.000 and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.360 And behold, a young lion came toward him roaring. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:27.879 And in the original language, it's a special word for roaring. 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:32.860 It's the word that signals that the lion is about to attack. 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:39.019 It's not like a dog or something or an animal making noises to scare you away. 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:42.100 It's a word that means the lion is about to attack. 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:43.879 Verse 6 said, 00:09:43.939 --> 00:09:45.600 And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:48.159 and although he had nothing in his hand, 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:52.059 he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:55.699 But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:57.799 Then he went and talked with the woman. 00:09:58.079 --> 00:10:00.319 Once again, she was right in Samson's eyes. 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:01.860 Now just sort of pause here for a second. 00:10:01.939 --> 00:10:04.360 We're going to talk about this a little bit more in a moment. 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:08.159 But you can just well imagine, for many people reading this text, 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:08.480 they wonder, 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:11.600 Why on earth would the Holy Spirit come upon Samson, 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:12.659 and he does something? 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:19.960 Like, why doesn't he just catch the lion and tie it up? 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:22.879 Like, why doesn't he catch the lion and take it somewhere else? 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:29.200 Like, why does he do something so unbelievably violent to the lion? 00:10:29.560 --> 00:10:32.680 Like, what is it that God's Holy Spirit would come upon Samson, 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:34.339 and he would do something like this? 00:10:34.899 --> 00:10:36.319 I mean, that would be a very, very common thing. 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:39.120 I mean, some of you have seen the picture of the Vegans 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.839 protesting against Joe Biden. 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:44.599 And Joe Biden's wife, you know, 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:46.519 jumping and pushing them off the stage. 00:10:46.599 --> 00:10:48.120 I mean, like for many people in our culture, 00:10:48.219 --> 00:10:50.819 why would this Holy Spirit do that? 00:10:51.819 --> 00:10:53.399 Or allow Samson to do that? 00:10:53.439 --> 00:10:54.659 And that's a bit of a puzzle, 00:10:54.659 --> 00:10:55.939 which is only going to get deeper 00:10:55.939 --> 00:10:57.479 as we see the next two times 00:10:57.479 --> 00:11:00.859 that the Holy Spirit rushes upon Samson's life. 00:11:00.979 --> 00:11:02.299 Well, what happens next? 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.120 Remember, he doesn't tell his mom and dad what happened. 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:05.779 Verse 8. 00:11:07.059 --> 00:11:09.259 So they've gone down to Timnah. 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:11.039 They had some talk with the family 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.439 about Samson marrying the woman. 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:13.259 They've gone back, 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:15.019 and now they're going back again. 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.000 Verse 8. 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.879 After some days, Samson returned to take her, 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:22.399 and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.859 and behold, there was, in the original language, 00:11:24.959 --> 00:11:27.179 it actually says a community of bees 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:29.240 in the body of the lion and honey. 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:30.960 There's been a bit of a miracle. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:34.000 Either it's been so long that the carcass is now, 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:35.019 there's no guts or anything, 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:35.840 it's just bones, 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:37.820 just a skeleton and a bit of fur, 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:41.820 and so the bees could make a hive there. 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:43.980 It's either been so long 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:45.620 that there's been some type of miraculous thing. 00:11:45.680 --> 00:11:46.299 It doesn't tell us. 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:46.759 It just is. 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:47.519 At this point in time, 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.720 it's not a carcass. 00:11:49.939 --> 00:11:51.439 It's, I mean, 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:53.220 it's not like all bloody and everything like that. 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:54.559 It's just the stones, 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:56.699 and there's the bees there. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:57.740 And in verse 9, 00:11:58.179 --> 00:12:01.799 Samson scraped it out into his hands, 00:12:01.860 --> 00:12:02.299 some of the honey, 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:03.500 and went on eating as he went, 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:05.199 and he came to his father and mother 00:12:05.199 --> 00:12:06.120 and gave some to them. 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.460 I think this is really gross, 00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:08.519 but then there you go. 00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:09.500 And they ate, 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:10.960 but he did not tell them 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:12.139 that he had scraped the honey 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:13.360 from the carcass of the lion. 00:12:14.319 --> 00:12:15.179 And now we come, I think, 00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:16.319 to the bit that Anya read. 00:12:16.599 --> 00:12:17.719 Verse 10. 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:19.259 They go down, 00:12:19.459 --> 00:12:20.819 and here we discover this. 00:12:20.859 --> 00:12:24.299 His father went down to the woman, 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:26.019 and Samson prepared a feast there, 00:12:26.099 --> 00:12:27.879 for so the young men used to do. 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:30.039 As soon as the people saw him, 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:33.439 they brought 30 companions to be with him. 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:36.839 And just sort of to pause here for a second, 00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:39.079 there's a bit of a subtext about this 00:12:39.079 --> 00:12:40.199 in the original language. 00:12:40.979 --> 00:12:43.500 It isn't as if the families looked around 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:43.679 and said, 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:44.979 let's pick 30 young guys. 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.519 I think, you know, 00:12:45.560 --> 00:12:47.659 I think Samson would like to hang out with you, 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:49.480 and I think Samson would like to hang out with you, 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.840 and I think he'd like to hang out with you. 00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:53.159 No, the way to understand it is, 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:55.300 it's military-aged males 00:12:55.300 --> 00:12:59.039 who are probably in military service, 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:02.240 who've been taken away from military service 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.720 to watch Samson. 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:05.800 Those are the 30 companions. 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:06.820 Okay? 00:13:07.680 --> 00:13:10.639 So they're obviously a bit concerned about Samson 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:11.560 for whatever reason, 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:15.419 but they pick these 30 military-aged males. 00:13:15.579 --> 00:13:15.879 In fact, 00:13:16.479 --> 00:13:18.479 it's like picking 30 corporals, 00:13:18.719 --> 00:13:21.659 and they're going to be Samson's companions. 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:23.599 So Samson, verse 12, 00:13:23.719 --> 00:13:24.259 said to them, 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:27.639 let me now put a riddle to you. 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:30.399 If you can tell me what it is 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:32.100 within the seven days of the feast 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:32.899 and find it out, 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:34.819 then I will give you 30 linen garments 00:13:34.819 --> 00:13:36.500 and 30 changes of clothes. 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:39.399 But if you cannot tell me what it is, 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:42.240 if you cannot tell me what it is, 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.799 then you shall give me 30 linen garments 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:47.360 and 30 changes of clothes. 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:48.419 And they said to him, 00:13:48.680 --> 00:13:50.460 put your riddle that we may hear it. 00:13:50.680 --> 00:13:51.519 And he said to them, 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:54.279 out of the eater came something to eat, 00:13:54.580 --> 00:13:56.919 out of the strong came something sweet. 00:13:57.800 --> 00:14:00.220 And in three days they could not solve the riddle. 00:14:00.300 --> 00:14:01.200 Now just pause here. 00:14:01.300 --> 00:14:04.580 This is not a good character trait of Samson. 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:07.200 Samson's trying to rip them off. 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:09.320 Very, very simply. 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:11.120 He would be as if, 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.200 I don't know, 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:12.960 you know, 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:14.060 like in Back to the Future. 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:15.500 And when's in Back to the Future, 00:14:16.199 --> 00:14:18.719 he knows who's going to win the series games 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.379 and stuff like that. 00:14:19.479 --> 00:14:21.519 So he thinks he has it all rigged. 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:23.639 He has something that they'll never guess 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:24.419 in a million years. 00:14:24.459 --> 00:14:26.059 And this is a chance to rip them off. 00:14:26.699 --> 00:14:27.659 That's what he's doing. 00:14:28.479 --> 00:14:29.519 And so he poses it 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.639 and he's probably pretty happy with himself. 00:14:32.239 --> 00:14:35.119 But they don't take very kindly to it. 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.279 Look at verse 15. 00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:38.559 In verse 15, 00:14:38.979 --> 00:14:40.000 on the fourth day, 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:40.659 they, 00:14:40.959 --> 00:14:43.559 that is the 30 military-aged young men, 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:44.919 the 30 corporals, 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:47.079 said to Samson's wife, 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.939 entice your husband 00:14:48.939 --> 00:14:50.699 to tell us what the riddle is. 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.739 Listen to this. 00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:53.419 Lest we burn you 00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:55.619 and your father's house with fire. 00:14:57.079 --> 00:14:57.379 So, 00:14:57.979 --> 00:14:59.399 nobody in this story 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:00.359 is going to look good. 00:15:01.819 --> 00:15:02.000 Like, 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:03.759 it's not as if you go back 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.000 and say, 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:05.579 Samson was such a terrible man. 00:15:05.819 --> 00:15:07.099 Those Philistines were so good. 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.099 No. 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:11.159 just because they're going to lose 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:12.120 a suit 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:14.080 each, 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.600 they threaten 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:17.000 to burn her 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.000 and her family 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.840 to death. 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:22.500 That's what they threaten. 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.100 So, 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.000 verse 16, 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:28.200 and Samson's wife 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:30.540 wept over Samson 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:30.899 and said, 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:32.040 you only hate me. 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:33.320 You do not love me. 00:15:33.420 --> 00:15:34.300 You have put a riddle 00:15:34.300 --> 00:15:35.160 to my people 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:36.620 and you have not told me 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.339 what it is. 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.799 And he said to her, 00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.139 behold, 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.559 I have not told my father 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:41.459 nor my mother 00:15:41.459 --> 00:15:43.379 and shall I tell you? 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.299 As if a husband 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:46.000 should tell his wife things. 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.519 Anyway, 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.199 she wept before him 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.120 the seven days 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:50.579 that their feast lasted. 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.519 On the seventh day 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.240 he told her 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:53.120 because she 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.279 basically wore him down. 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:57.480 Then she told the riddle 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.500 to her people. 00:15:58.500 --> 00:16:03.480 Verse 18, 00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:04.200 and the men of the city 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:06.720 said to Samson 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.799 on the seventh day 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.860 before the sun went down, 00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:09.879 what is sweeter than honey? 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.120 What is stronger than a lion? 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.500 Samson knows what's happened. 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.679 He said to them, 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:19.259 if you had not plowed 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:20.059 with my heifer, 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:22.299 you would not have found out 00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:23.700 my riddle. 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.000 So what does Samson do? 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:30.279 And this is going to be 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.379 even made more terrible 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.960 because the Holy Spirit 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.659 comes upon Samson. 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.240 Look what happens. 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:40.179 And the Spirit of the Lord 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:41.340 rushed upon him 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:43.299 and he went down 00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.320 to Ashkelon 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.460 and struck down 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.740 thirty men of the town 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.799 and took their spoil 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.759 and gave the garment 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.840 to those who had told 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.379 the riddle. 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.440 To those who had told 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:52.840 the riddle. 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:54.200 In hot anger 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:54.860 he went back 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.899 to his father's house 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.980 and Samson's wife 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:58.300 was given to his companions 00:16:58.300 --> 00:16:59.519 who had been his best man. 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:01.680 So Samson goes 00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:02.460 to another city, 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.759 murders thirty men, 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.819 steals their stuff, 00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:10.279 goes back, 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.200 gives the stuff, 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:14.380 and walks away angry. 00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:21.040 You can see why 00:17:21.040 --> 00:17:21.760 for many years 00:17:21.760 --> 00:17:22.600 I had problems 00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:23.680 preaching on this. 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.620 Like, 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.580 how do you find 00:17:25.580 --> 00:17:26.820 a good moral lesson 00:17:26.820 --> 00:17:27.860 out of this? 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:29.840 Like, 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:31.220 there's no good moral lesson 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.740 in this. 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.660 And things are going 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.480 to get worse 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.940 before they get better. 00:17:37.060 --> 00:17:37.560 In fact, 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.940 they just keep getting worse. 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:41.320 And once again, 00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:42.340 it's even made harder 00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:43.320 because it's the Spirit 00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:43.920 of the Lord 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.200 comes upon Samson. 00:17:46.580 --> 00:17:46.860 Like, 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.840 why doesn't the Spirit 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.140 of the Lord 00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:49.100 come upon Samson 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:50.120 and make him calm? 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.460 Like, 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.420 why doesn't it say 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:53.720 that he could just, 00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:54.059 you know, 00:17:54.100 --> 00:17:55.039 laugh it all off 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.900 or negotiate 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:57.220 or do something? 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:58.080 But why is it 00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:58.580 that the Spirit 00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:58.900 of the Lord 00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.580 comes and then 00:17:59.580 --> 00:18:00.759 he goes and murders 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.740 thirty people? 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:04.380 Well, 00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:07.039 by the way, 00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.779 what we're going to see 00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.759 here in these next verses 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.579 for those of you 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.980 who are dads 00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.759 who have more than 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.339 one daughter, 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.420 you're going to see 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:14.799 what you never say 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.440 to somebody else. 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.079 Okay? 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.680 This isn't 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.859 go thou and do likewise 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.900 but this is a lesson 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:21.000 of what you never, 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.579 ever, 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.059 ever say. 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.200 Chapter 15, 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.859 verse 1. 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.279 After some days 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.900 at the time 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.900 of the wheat harvest, 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.180 so Samson thinks 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.339 things have cooled down, 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.720 Samson went to visit 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.500 his wife 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.420 with a young goat 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.759 and he said, 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.380 I will go into 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.400 my wife in the chamber 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.700 but her father 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.480 would not allow him 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.980 to go in 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.200 and her father said, 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.759 I really thought 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.759 you utterly hated her 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.900 so I gave her 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.740 to your companion. 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.700 Here's the line, 00:18:46.860 --> 00:18:48.220 is not her younger sister 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.720 more beautiful than she? 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:53.279 That's not the thing 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:54.680 a dad should ever say 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:56.019 about one of his daughters, 00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.319 period. 00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:59.500 Same thing with sons. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.380 If you have two sons, 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:00.819 don't say, 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.120 oh, bye. 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:02.979 Take the other son, 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.039 he's way better looking 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:05.179 or way smarter 00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:06.619 or way anything. 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.859 Like, you just don't say this. 00:19:07.939 --> 00:19:08.339 But anyway, 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.919 that's what the dad said, 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.359 okay? 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.859 That's on top of the fact 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.479 that it's just, 00:19:12.679 --> 00:19:14.039 the Bible isn't saying 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.539 that it's alright 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.219 to treat women 00:19:15.219 --> 00:19:15.919 like property. 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.779 It's recording 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:19.579 a story of people 00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.819 who from beginning 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.419 to end 00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.639 are deeply morally 00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:24.299 and spiritually confused. 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:26.419 the whole story 00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:27.859 is about people's 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.460 morals, 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.220 religion, 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.059 spirituality 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.299 is all 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:32.839 messed up. 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.440 It's messed up 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.139 to messed up 00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.919 to messed up 00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:38.099 to messed up. 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.379 Verse 3, 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.419 and Samson said 00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.819 to her, 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:43.139 this time I shall be 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:43.740 innocent 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.899 in regard 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:46.019 to the Philistines 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.399 when I do them harm. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:47.960 So what does 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:49.039 Samson do? 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.359 And by the way, 00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.599 lots of this story 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.700 is just so much 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.620 like real life. 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.019 Verse 4, 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.259 so Samson went 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:58.019 and caught 300 foxes, 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.900 it's really jackals, 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.380 and took torches 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:02.880 and he turned them 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.620 tail to tail 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.340 and put a torch 00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.120 between each pair 00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.539 of tails 00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.539 and when he had set 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.580 fire to the torches 00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.600 he let the foxes 00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.480 go into the standing 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.580 grain of the Philistines. 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.319 Here's the kicker, 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.759 and set fire 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.819 to the stack grain 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:16.220 and the standing grain 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.819 as well as the 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.600 olive orchards. 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:19.299 So what you see here 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.400 is if you go 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.880 and watch a superhero movie 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:23.580 or a superhero cartoon, 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.700 what you're seeing here 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:26.260 is the superhero villain 00:20:26.260 --> 00:20:28.060 who when his will 00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:28.940 is frustrated 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:31.020 wreaks havoc 00:20:31.020 --> 00:20:32.460 massively, 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.660 way out of proportion 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.500 of what's happened. 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:36.160 Basically what he does 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.840 is he burns 00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:38.300 all of their standing grain, 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.720 all of their grain reserves 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.460 and all of their 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.140 olive orchards, 00:20:41.280 --> 00:20:41.800 two of their 00:20:41.800 --> 00:20:43.440 most important crops, 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.540 all completely 00:20:44.540 --> 00:20:45.560 and utterly demolished 00:20:45.560 --> 00:20:46.280 by Samson 00:20:46.280 --> 00:20:47.720 in his anger. 00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:50.620 So how do the Philistines 00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.179 respond? 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.159 You see, 00:20:52.219 --> 00:20:53.039 this is a story 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.159 where it just goes back 00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:55.239 and their response, 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.079 the Philistines' response 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.959 is completely 00:20:57.959 --> 00:20:58.839 and utterly 00:20:58.839 --> 00:21:00.619 incommensurate 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.500 with what's happened 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.619 and completely horrible. 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.319 Verse 6, 00:21:03.739 --> 00:21:04.819 then the Philistines 00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.119 said, 00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:06.000 who has done this? 00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:07.039 And they said, 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.699 Samson, 00:21:07.959 --> 00:21:08.919 the son-in-law 00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:10.159 of the Timnite, 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.439 because the dad 00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:13.199 has taken 00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:14.539 Samson's wife 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.639 and given her 00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:17.299 to Samson's companion. 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:19.180 And the Philistines 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.259 came and burned 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.139 her and her father 00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.720 with fire. 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.419 In other words, 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:24.119 they picked a time 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.019 when the whole family 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.779 was in the building, 00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.879 they locked the doors 00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.759 and burned the house 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.440 down on them, 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.099 burning them 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:30.519 to death. 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.700 It's completely 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.240 and utterly 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.319 horrific. 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:40.559 But just like 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.279 in politics, 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.359 just like 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.079 in economics, 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.019 just like 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.639 with neighbors, 00:21:45.899 --> 00:21:46.480 just like 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.240 with nations, 00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.319 just like 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.019 with gangs, 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.740 just like 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.279 with husbands 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.079 and wives 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.659 or dads 00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.359 and sons 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.559 or moms 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.259 and daughters, 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.980 when you get 00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.939 into this cycle 00:21:57.939 --> 00:21:58.740 of just 00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.659 vengeance 00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.559 upon vengeance 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.519 upon vengeance 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.559 upon vengeance, 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.099 verse 7, 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.419 Samson said 00:22:05.419 --> 00:22:05.740 to them, 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.299 if this is 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.880 what you do, 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.480 I swear 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.120 I will be 00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.920 avenged on you 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.539 and after that 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.319 I will quit. 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.900 That's the motto 00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:14.299 of all 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:16.240 escalating violence. 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.259 Right? 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.220 I'm going to get them, 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.259 that'll be it. 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.299 But the person 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.660 you get, 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.039 they say, 00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.680 one moment, 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.819 that's not it, 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.180 I'm going to get you. 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.000 And then you say, 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.579 whoa, 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.799 that's not over 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.599 and you get you 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.180 and it just gets 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.839 more and more 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.460 and more and more 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.500 and more out of control. 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.720 And in verse 8, 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.900 the English standard 00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.400 version 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:38.380 is being coy. 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.680 When it says 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.360 he struck them 00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:40.880 hip and thigh 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.720 with great blow, 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.079 with a great blow, 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.120 it meant he kills them. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.160 I don't know 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.660 if it's the 30 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.700 military-aged males, 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.339 but whatever it is, 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.140 he kills them. 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.220 And after he kills them, 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.339 he went and stayed 00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.059 in the cleft 00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:54.339 of the rock 00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:56.120 and eat them. 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.100 So is it over? 00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.579 Samson thinks 00:22:59.579 --> 00:22:59.960 it's over, 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.680 it's not over. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.600 What Happens Next? 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.480 Well, 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.259 What Happens Next 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.820 is very, 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.120 very, 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.920 very interesting 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.620 and actually, 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.320 even though 00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:09.039 I've read this story 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.620 many times, 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.140 it was only when 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.700 I studied it 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.299 very closely 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:12.019 that I realized 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.440 that what happens next 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.519 is actually part 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.600 of helping to understand 00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.220 what on earth 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.779 is going on 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.500 in the whole story 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.360 and why something 00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:19.620 so crazy 00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:21.019 would actually 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.820 be in the Bible. 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.860 Verse 9, 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.400 then the Philistines 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.720 came up and encamped 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.299 in Judah 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.000 and made a raid 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.460 on Lehi. 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.060 In other words, 00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.000 basically what they do 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.599 is they mobilize 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:32.660 a significant armed force 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.559 and they go and invade. 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.000 I mean, 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.619 they already rule 00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.200 all of Judah. 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.359 But they bring 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.200 their armed forces. 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.920 So it would be 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.720 as if in Canada, 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.519 you know, 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.140 all of Canada 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:43.779 is under our government 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.920 and as if they mobilize 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.279 the armed forces 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.059 in Petawawa 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.779 and they bring them 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:49.180 down into Ottawa 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.440 to deal with a problem. 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.680 They mobilize 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.359 the armed forces 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.779 and that's what 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.480 the Philistines do. 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.980 They mobilize 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.960 part of their armed forces 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.640 and they bring them 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.119 into the area 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:57.039 they still control 00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.619 but close to where 00:23:58.619 --> 00:24:00.019 where there's 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.119 a majority 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.500 Jewish population 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.559 and in verse 10 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:06.239 and the men of Judah 00:24:06.239 --> 00:24:06.639 said, 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.619 like just like 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.239 all of a sudden 00:24:09.239 --> 00:24:10.079 we look out the door 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.919 today 00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.779 and all of a sudden 00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.399 there's all these 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.459 armed forces guys 00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:14.239 all around us 00:24:14.239 --> 00:24:15.319 and they have their guns out 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.059 like we go out 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.459 and say like 00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:17.339 what's going on? 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.359 Right? 00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:19.099 Like what? 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.559 Like what are you doing here? 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.739 What? 00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:23.239 Like are there terrorists 00:24:23.239 --> 00:24:24.259 hiding here or something? 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:26.759 And that's exactly 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.720 how the Jewish people 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:29.000 respond to the Philistines 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.740 and the men of Judah 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.440 said in verse 10 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.279 why have you come up 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.839 against us? 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.480 It's very obvious 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.240 in the original language 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.059 like they're puzzled 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.519 like what are you doing here? 00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:39.579 And the Philistine army 00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.619 says we have come up 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.500 to bind Samson 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.079 to do to him 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.099 as he did to us. 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.539 Now remember 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.680 in all the way 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.619 through the book of Judges 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.240 if you've read it 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.119 from beginning to end 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.900 now that God 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.799 raises up a judge 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.819 and usually at some point 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.440 in time the judge 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.579 calls forth the army 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:55.399 the people get emboldened 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.119 the spirit of the Lord 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.119 comes upon the judge 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.460 the Jewish people 00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.259 unite around 00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:02.019 the judge 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.139 that God has raised up 00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.419 and they go 00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.419 and they fight the Philistines 00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:05.279 so here we have 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.000 this situation 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.899 the Philistine army 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.980 is there in Jewish 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.419 majority territory 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:11.819 and what do the Jewish people 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.039 say? 00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.759 The Jewish people 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.579 in effect say 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.919 okay listen 00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:16.460 we'll handle this 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.939 you just camp here 00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:18.799 have a good time 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.399 it's a nice day 00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.000 to have a camp 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.759 like just camp 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.779 just wait here 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.740 we'll mobilize 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.680 our forces 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.519 and we'll get 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.720 Samson for you 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:28.759 that's what happens 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.740 verse 11 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.559 then 3,000 men of Judah 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.519 went down to the cleft 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.180 of the rock 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.440 of Edom 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.819 and said to Samson 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.480 and here in the original language 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.799 as well 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.620 like they're puzzled 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.460 like Samson 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.099 do you not know 00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.819 that the Philistines 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.819 are rulers over us? 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:44.579 It's not a complaining point 00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.640 okay 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.980 would be as if 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.660 like 00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.559 it would be as if 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.200 the soldiers 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.079 have gone to Toronto 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.859 and the people say 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.839 don't you know 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.579 that Trudeau won? 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.579 like why are you here? 00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.199 like we all voted 00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:56.779 for Trudeau 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:58.480 like what's the problem 00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.919 like 00:25:58.919 --> 00:26:00.220 to Samson 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.679 like 00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:03.839 our guys 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.960 like our guys 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.639 are the rulers 00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.980 Samson 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.899 what's going on? 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.259 do you not know 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.059 that the Philistines 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.939 are rulers over us? 00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.500 what is then 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.339 that this you have done 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.659 to us 00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.039 and he said 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.579 that to them 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.740 still in verse 11 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.819 as they did to me 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:20.200 so I have done to them 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.700 so they make a deal 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.379 with Samson 00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:24.899 and the deal is 00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.460 they're still going to 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.059 take him back 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.859 to the Philistines 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.419 and look at this 00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:27.899 verse 12 00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.500 they said to him 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.220 we have come down 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.919 to bind you 00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.460 that we may 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.679 give you into the hands 00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.480 of the Philistines 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.319 and Samson said to them 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.879 swear to me 00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.500 that you will not 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.439 attack me yourselves 00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:37.819 they said to him 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.980 no we will only bind you 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.319 and give you into their hands 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.799 we will surely not kill you 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.619 so they bound him 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.399 with two new ropes 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.399 and brought him up 00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.460 from the rock 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:48.100 in verse 14 00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:49.799 once again 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.779 we have this odd 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.799 experience 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.819 of the spirit of the Lord 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.519 the third time 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.160 the spirit of the Lord 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.059 comes with power 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.319 and does the spirit of the Lord 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.940 come with power 00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.799 to make the Philistines 00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.640 say we're all wrong 00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.559 listen we have to stop 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.579 this cycle of vengeance 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.440 does the spirit of the Lord 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.420 come upon Samson 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.519 giving great words 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.500 of wisdom 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:06.220 what happens is this 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.039 verse 14 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.480 when they came to Lehi 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.120 the Philistines 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.200 came shouting to meet him 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.019 then the spirit of the Lord 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.900 rushed upon him 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.460 and the ropes 00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.440 that were on his arms 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.460 became as flax 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.960 that has caught fire 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.960 and his bonds 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.140 melted off his hands 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.019 and he found 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.100 the fresh jawbone 00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.660 of a donkey 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.640 and put out his hand 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.299 and took it 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.340 and with it 00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.900 as a weapon 00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.460 he struck 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:26.240 one thousand Philistine men 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.360 and the struck here 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.299 means he kills them 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:32.360 and Samson said 00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.059 with the jawbone 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.600 of a donkey 00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.700 heaps upon heaps 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.400 with the jawbone 00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.920 of a donkey 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.920 have I struck down 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.180 a thousand men 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.860 and as soon as 00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.680 he had finished speaking 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.500 he threw away 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.039 the jawbone 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.759 out of his hand 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.440 and that place 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.680 was called Ramath 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:46.140 Lehi 00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:48.440 so 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:50.200 what's going on 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.940 with this story 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:54.359 I'm going to ask you 00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.980 a very very 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.140 just a question 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.660 to help us 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.700 to try to figure out 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.099 a little bit 00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.819 about what's going on 00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.180 in this story 00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.940 and why this story 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.900 actually is pointing 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:02.299 to something very wise 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.940 and something 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.039 which is unbelievably 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.799 important 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:06.799 for every single person 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.720 to understand 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:09.400 if they are to be 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.559 made right with God 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.679 first question 00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:14.339 are there any 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.980 Philistines 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.899 living in Ottawa 00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.399 today 00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:19.599 no 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.740 are there 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.819 Philistines 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.399 in the streets 00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.319 of New York City 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.960 no 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.079 are there Jewish 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.779 people in Ottawa 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.220 today 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.139 yes 00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:28.599 just this week 00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.539 I talked to 00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.599 an Orthodox 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.500 Jewish man 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.159 who's a regular 00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.519 one of my coffee shops 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.039 we had a nice 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.240 pleasant conversation 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.279 are there Jewish 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.960 people on 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.700 the streets 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.319 of New York City 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.100 yes there's lots 00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.360 of them 00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.840 it's actually 00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.559 a very large 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.539 Jewish population 00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.600 where are the 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.299 Philistines today 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.080 they don't exist 00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.900 there's no 00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.960 Philistines left 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.600 but there are 00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.340 Jewish people 00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:53.720 one of the keys 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.799 to understanding 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.400 what's going on 00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.000 in this story 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.640 is to actually 00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.299 go back to 00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.160 chapter 14 00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.880 verse 4 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.539 chapter 14 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.220 verse 4 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.799 and here we have 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.440 this very very 00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.299 odd line 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.720 his father and 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.400 mother did not 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.100 know that it was 00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.740 from the Lord 00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.740 this is Samson 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.319 wanting to marry 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.900 a Timnite 00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.559 a Philistine 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:12.980 woman 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.440 for God 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.000 was seeking 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.539 opportunity 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.039 against the 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.400 Philistines 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.900 you see this 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.319 is what has 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.740 happened 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:19.620 we discover 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:19.980 that the 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.460 Philistines 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.839 if you look 00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.200 at the whole 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.519 story 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.220 that for 40 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.720 years the 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.259 Philistines 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.779 had ruled 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.299 Israel 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.099 if you go 00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.620 back and you 00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:25.940 read the 00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.339 story 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.079 out of all 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.380 of the 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.200 major judges 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.620 not the 00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:28.980 minor one 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.400 out of all 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.819 the major 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.200 judges 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.720 this is the 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.720 only story 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.880 where none 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.380 of the Jewish 00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.200 people call 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.759 out to God 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.259 to deliver 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.539 them 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:37.859 that doesn't 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.219 happen 00:29:38.219 --> 00:29:40.819 you know 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.159 why 00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.639 they like 00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.079 having the 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.599 Philistines 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.939 as the 00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.240 rulers 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:46.299 they're 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.740 becoming 00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.559 Philistines 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.500 it is that 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.019 phenomenon 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.539 I don't know 00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.059 if it's true 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.579 but it's in 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.359 management books 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.919 of the frog 00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.419 and the kettle 00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:54.939 at first it 00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:55.319 felt a bit 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.819 uncomfortable 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.279 but the 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.759 Philistines 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.219 were a more 00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:57.779 advanced 00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.639 civilization 00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.079 than the 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.299 Jewish 00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.679 people 00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.399 and it 00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.039 felt funny 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.559 having them 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.939 over them 00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.579 but after a 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.919 while they 00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.279 grew to 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.719 like the 00:30:03.719 --> 00:30:04.179 Philistines 00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:04.779 they liked 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.519 their gods 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.139 they liked 00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.539 the way 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.159 they lived 00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:08.000 they liked 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.399 the way 00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.899 they ran 00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.519 the economy 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.159 they liked 00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.519 the way 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.960 they ran 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.579 their military 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.539 they liked 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.139 their religion 00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.700 they liked 00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.700 their spirituality 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.700 and so 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.799 after a time 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.879 after 40 years 00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.519 of Philistine 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.940 rule 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:20.159 they've come 00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.599 to the point 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.019 in time 00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.379 where they 00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.700 can be 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.139 completely 00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.519 and utterly 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.059 puzzled 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.639 as to why 00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.299 the Philistines 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.839 would come 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.180 and ever 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.859 bring an army 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.359 against them 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.879 because we're 00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.420 buddies 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:31.180 we're buddies 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:34.720 they don't 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.159 want to be 00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.740 delivered from 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.399 the Philistines 00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.780 they want 00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.140 to become 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.740 more like 00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.720 the Philistines 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.580 and if God 00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:42.019 does not 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.900 throw a monkey 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.380 wrench 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.920 into the 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.660 situation 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:47.120 there will 00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.640 be no 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.180 Israel 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:49.840 and that 00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.360 means there 00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.019 will be no 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.759 King David 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.860 and there 00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.640 will be no 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.340 Joseph and 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.660 Mary 00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.880 and there 00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.519 will be no 00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.080 Jesus 00:30:58.080 --> 00:31:03.820 because Israel 00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.380 will become 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.019 Philistine 00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:07.839 and there 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.279 are no 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.920 Philistines 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.859 in the 00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.220 streets of 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.579 Ottawa 00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.559 or of 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.859 Toronto 00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.079 or of 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.379 New York 00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.700 City 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.900 but there 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.259 still are 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.539 Jewish 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.000 people 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:19.259 God 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.559 does 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.119 something 00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.599 if God 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.039 does not 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.400 act 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.680 there will 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.960 be no 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.379 Israel 00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.920 now here's 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.119 another 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.680 problem 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.019 because some 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.319 of you are 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.599 wondering 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.180 okay but 00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.819 that's all 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.139 weird 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.920 just this 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.220 week I 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.560 was sitting 00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:30.980 in a 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.120 coffee shop 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.500 and there 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.880 happened to 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.300 be an 00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.960 older woman 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.500 talking to 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.840 a younger 00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.340 woman right 00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.920 beside me 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.540 and the 00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:37.040 older woman 00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:37.580 was obviously 00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:38.180 giving advice 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.460 to the 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.940 younger woman 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.160 and the 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.680 older woman 00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.360 gave very 00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.380 very very 00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.980 very good 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.400 advice 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.740 it's the 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.100 type of 00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.700 advice we've 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.300 probably given 00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.620 to other 00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.100 people many 00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.560 times in 00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:45.980 our lives 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.840 she said 00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.100 to the 00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.340 younger 00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.720 woman 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.940 I didn't 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.259 hear what 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.480 it was 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.780 I just 00:31:49.780 --> 00:31:50.480 heard this 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.780 phrase 00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.220 but I guess 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.580 the younger 00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.020 woman was 00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.400 telling her 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.880 the different 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.220 issues 00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.680 and the 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.180 older woman 00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.660 says to 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:54.800 her 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.159 you've got 00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.500 to learn 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.839 to think 00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.359 outside the 00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.799 box 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.879 isn't that 00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.139 the type 00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.500 of advice 00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.799 we give 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.099 people 00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.519 you've got 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.619 yourself 00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.139 trapped 00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.419 in a 00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.659 box 00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:02.960 you've got 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.200 to learn 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.460 how to 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.680 think 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.000 outside 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.259 the 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.740 box 00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:06.200 and if 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.559 you think 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.839 outside 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.480 the box 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.659 you're going 00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.940 to be able 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.339 to solve 00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.940 the problem 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.839 now here's 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.680 the problem 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.339 for us 00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.839 why is it 00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.740 good advice 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.339 for us 00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.240 to tell a 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.759 human being 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.119 to think 00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.680 outside the 00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.059 box 00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.659 but why 00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:19.980 is it 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.460 not good 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.919 for God 00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.319 to think 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.919 outside the 00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.379 box 00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.519 huh 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.319 but why 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:26.119 well you 00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.519 see here's 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.000 what happens 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.299 for us 00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.700 as human 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.079 beings 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.379 remember 00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.899 a couple 00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.179 of weeks 00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.379 ago 00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.700 some of 00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:29.960 you might 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.200 or might 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.359 not 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.679 remember 00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.039 I said 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.419 that the 00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.119 fundamental 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.619 way 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.379 that human 00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.799 beings 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.159 sort of 00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.679 organize 00:32:34.679 --> 00:32:35.279 their mental 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.759 universe 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.460 about morals 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.819 and right 00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.220 and wrong 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.879 is that we 00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.859 drift into 00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.379 this is that 00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.819 we divide 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.179 the world 00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:40.659 into good 00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:40.960 people 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.379 and bad 00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.759 people 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.259 and most 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.779 religions 00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.899 and spiritualities 00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.619 keep leaning 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.299 into this 00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.059 to making 00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.519 the world 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.939 into good 00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.200 people 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.559 and bad 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.819 people 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.519 a lot 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.740 of what 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.139 we call 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.819 spirituality 00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.559 North America 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.500 basically creates 00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.859 a world 00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.200 where like 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.000 95% 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.299 of us 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.519 are good 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.759 and only 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.400 5% 00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.759 or maybe 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.619 99% 00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.000 but that 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.319 evil 00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.980 1% 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.000 is bad 00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.619 but we 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.160 move into 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.740 thinking of 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.440 people being 00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.079 basically the 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.720 world is divided 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.259 between good 00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.880 people and bad 00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.180 people 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.380 and one of the 00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.960 things is if you 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.619 actually read the 00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.359 Bible from cover 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.720 to cover 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.480 what you discover 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.980 is that the 00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.880 Bible rejects 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.500 the idea 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.799 of the world 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.400 being divided 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.019 between good 00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.660 people and bad 00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:13.960 people 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.319 and that the 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.019 Bible teaches 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.380 that the 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.220 division between 00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.859 good and bad 00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.420 runs down 00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.119 the center of 00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.900 every single 00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.680 human being 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.840 the world 00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.580 isn't divided 00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.519 between good 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.940 people and 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.519 bad people 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.299 but we 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.160 naturally think 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.680 even when we 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.039 come to 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.519 even though we 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.080 can read that 00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:27.620 and know that 00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.140 that that's what 00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.799 happens for all 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.299 have sinned and 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.759 fall short of 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.220 the glory of 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.480 God 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.320 yet we 00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:31.960 because we 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.480 sort of run 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.759 to that 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.460 default part 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.700 of our 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.160 human brain 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.680 we read a 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.100 story 00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.860 and we 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.279 start to 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.620 think that 00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.140 the world 00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.600 is divided 00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.140 between good 00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.519 people and 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.000 bad people 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.539 and in a 00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.039 world where 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.200 there's good 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.519 people and 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.039 bad people 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.779 who are the 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.299 only people 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.700 that God 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.220 can work 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.539 through 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:46.559 good people 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:48.159 right 00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:50.399 it's the 00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:50.859 only way he 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.420 can work 00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:53.920 we put God 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.639 in a box 00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:57.200 because then we 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.619 have to say 00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.359 whoa whoa whoa 00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.680 whoa whoa 00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.000 whoa whoa 00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.720 one moment 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.180 here does that 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.619 mean that the 00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.180 only way that 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.740 God can do 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.339 anything in the 00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.220 world is wait 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.099 for good people 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.879 to decide to 00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.700 do it and 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.339 then he can 00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.119 come along and 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.740 help them 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:14.860 you see this 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.219 is the 00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:17.300 beginning of 00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:18.679 unbelievably good 00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.360 news 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:30.079 Israel doesn't 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.900 want to be 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.480 delivered 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:33.800 Israel wants 00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.579 to become 00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.679 Philistine 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:39.599 and God 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.980 throws a 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.980 monkey wrench 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:43.460 right into 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.179 the center 00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.319 of Israel's 00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:46.219 plans and 00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.419 completely and 00:34:47.419 --> 00:34:48.739 utterly screws 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:50.159 it up and 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.019 the name of 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.539 the monkey 00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:53.019 wrench is 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.739 Samson 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:57.339 by the end 00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.059 of the story 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.079 Israel and 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.919 the Philistines 00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:03.859 are separate 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:06.660 by the end 00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.059 of chapter 00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.880 16 they're 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.360 separate 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.280 Israel is 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.860 still deeply 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.360 corrupt 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.940 you see the 00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.320 fact the 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.960 matter is 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.480 the fact the 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.120 matter is 00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:16.440 is that the 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.140 Lord is 00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:18.300 saving Israel 00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.860 despite Samson 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.940 and despite 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.640 Israel 00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:23.780 the Lord is 00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.920 saving Israel 00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:26.059 despite Israel 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:28.000 he's saving 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.039 Israel despite 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.740 Samson 00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:32.219 it's a 00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.859 beyond this 00:35:32.859 --> 00:35:33.539 the topic of 00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.039 this sermon 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.819 but only the 00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.759 Christian worldview 00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:37.019 helps us to 00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.959 understand how 00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.659 it is that God 00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.519 can be completely 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.899 and utterly 00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:41.339 free and 00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.959 Samson is 00:35:41.959 --> 00:35:42.719 completely and 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.539 utterly free 00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:46.599 and at the 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.319 same time that 00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.919 Samson is 00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:48.519 completely and 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.939 utterly free 00:35:48.939 --> 00:35:49.339 like you go 00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.799 back and you 00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.699 look at it 00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.159 later on you 00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.639 look at verse 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.019 three and 00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.619 verse seven 00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.899 Samson's doing 00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.619 what is right 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.859 in my eyes 00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:56.759 but at the 00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.459 same time that 00:35:57.459 --> 00:35:58.279 Samson is doing 00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.939 what is right in 00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:00.019 my eyes God 00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.820 is doing what 00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:02.480 is right for 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.760 Israel and 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.320 for you and 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.420 me at a 00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.480 very very very 00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.940 deep level 00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:09.220 the Lord 00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:10.900 saving Israel 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.099 despite Samson 00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.780 and despite 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.539 Israel and 00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.059 here's the 00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.440 truth the 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.159 Lord saves 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.539 me despite 00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:19.920 me and the 00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.500 Lord saves 00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:22.760 you despite 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:25.679 you despite 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:28.599 you he saves 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:30.239 you while 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.779 we were still 00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:32.339 sinners Christ 00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.360 came while 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.099 we were dead 00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.420 Christ comes 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.179 while we were 00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.980 his enemies 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.380 Christ comes 00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.199 when we had 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.980 all turned our 00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.860 back on him 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:42.519 Christ comes 00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:45.559 for all he 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.699 comes despite 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:50.559 us to save 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.299 us sometimes 00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:53.199 some of the 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.839 monkey wrenches 00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.700 in our lives 00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:56.760 is God 00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.360 trying to get 00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.019 our attention 00:36:58.019 --> 00:37:00.000 so that we 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.559 will return 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.960 to him 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.800 you see at 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.360 no point in 00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.840 time in the 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.380 book does it 00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.840 say that what 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.460 Samson done 00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.860 is right 00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.780 the Bible 00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.800 very clearly 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.579 teaches that 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.200 the end 00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.600 never justifies 00:37:10.600 --> 00:37:11.320 the means 00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.420 it's one of the 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.960 ways that the 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.840 biblical worldview 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:15.039 is completely 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.700 different from 00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.620 almost all moral 00:37:16.620 --> 00:37:17.940 reasoning in 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.300 mainstream Canadian 00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.180 thought because 00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.980 in the very heart 00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.900 of all mainstream 00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.639 Canadian thought 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.699 the end justifies 00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.360 the means 00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:26.480 in the Bible 00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.500 the end never 00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.420 justifies the 00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.860 means 00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:31.380 never justifies 00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.920 the means 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:35.039 so what is 00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.740 God doing 00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:37.940 God isn't 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.539 defensive 00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.880 he's not 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.460 passive 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.780 he's not 00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.920 waiting until 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.059 Israel decides 00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.740 they want to 00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.280 seek him 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:47.360 they're sinking 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.159 into a place 00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.639 where they will 00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:50.139 they don't want 00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.820 that at all 00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.880 but God 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.600 still loves 00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:52.900 them 00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:54.880 so he 00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.800 invades 00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:59.260 he invades 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:03.400 you see 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:05.320 true grace 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.940 saving grace 00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.440 invades 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.220 evil 00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:10.820 against 00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.760 evil 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.460 for the 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.320 true good 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.300 of the 00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.780 person 00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:19.200 cheap grace 00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.259 God 00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.639 whitewashes 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:20.659 whitewashes 00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.379 over evil 00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:22.480 baptizes 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.960 evil 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.139 and tells 00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.460 you it's 00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.019 all fine 00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:26.539 but true 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.079 grace 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:28.619 saving grace 00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.500 costly grace 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.639 invades 00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.179 evil 00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.779 and deals 00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.500 with evil 00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.239 for the 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.879 true ultimate 00:38:35.879 --> 00:38:36.319 good 00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:37.559 and so what 00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.339 we see here 00:38:38.339 --> 00:38:39.359 is that God 00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:39.980 uses the 00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.599 freedom of 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.279 Samson to 00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.919 begin to 00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:42.779 deliver Israel 00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.219 from the 00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.819 Philistines 00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.279 and it 00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:45.439 points to 00:38:45.439 --> 00:38:46.339 this profound 00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:47.559 invasion 00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.460 against our 00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.940 will that 00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.500 happens in 00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.920 the person 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.480 of Jesus 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.180 I mean if 00:38:52.180 --> 00:38:52.700 you go back 00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.079 and read the 00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.519 Gospels 00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.000 it's quite 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.000 remarkable 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.920 it's very 00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.500 clear that 00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.100 his own 00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:57.559 do not 00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.420 receive him 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.480 the people 00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.000 in a sense 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.680 just like in 00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.380 Samson's case 00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.980 the people who 00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.680 should rejoice 00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.280 that God 00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.940 has brought a 00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.320 true and 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:05.160 greater Samson 00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:05.660 to come 00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:06.539 to deliver 00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.640 not just 00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:08.140 Israel 00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:09.140 but all 00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:09.740 people 00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.600 Philistines 00:39:10.600 --> 00:39:11.260 and Romans 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:12.400 and Irish 00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.320 and Polish 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.100 and French 00:39:15.100 --> 00:39:16.059 and African 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:17.519 and Chinese 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.360 and all 00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.940 people that 00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.660 God 00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:20.840 in the person 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.400 of Jesus 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.840 God invades 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.400 the fallen 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.800 world 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.660 God comes 00:39:24.660 --> 00:39:25.420 from outside 00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.960 the created 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.580 order into 00:39:26.580 --> 00:39:27.000 the order 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.360 that he 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.140 himself created 00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:28.820 and he 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.559 comes from 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.580 outside into 00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:31.120 the created 00:39:31.120 --> 00:39:31.920 order and he 00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.500 comes when 00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.380 nobody's seeking 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.960 him when nobody 00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.760 wants a savior 00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.539 like that and he 00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.340 comes despite 00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:37.600 our sin and he 00:39:37.600 --> 00:39:38.400 comes and bears 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.600 our sin and it's 00:39:39.600 --> 00:39:40.860 all an invasion 00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.760 that comes from 00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.500 the loving heart 00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.220 of God for 00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:44.359 our true good 00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:45.279 when our backs 00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.980 were turned to 00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.059 him our fists 00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.879 were raised to 00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.759 him our ears 00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.559 were closed to 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.779 him our mind 00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:51.459 and heart was 00:39:51.459 --> 00:39:52.000 hardened to 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:53.099 him our will 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.939 was completely 00:39:53.939 --> 00:39:55.579 rock solid I 00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.419 will never bow 00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:57.299 to him in such 00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:58.139 a situation 00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:59.359 Jesus comes 00:39:59.359 --> 00:40:02.219 to save 00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:07.679 we'll talk about 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.219 it more next 00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.899 week but in 00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:09.699 Samson you see 00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:10.480 all the sin of 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.159 Israel but it's 00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.000 not redemptive 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:15.719 in Jesus you 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.559 see all the sin 00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.039 of the world 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.960 laid on him 00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.820 and at the 00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.579 heart of the 00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.780 invasion is 00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:22.860 that he invades 00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:24.380 to be both 00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:26.320 sinless but bear 00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:27.079 the sin of the 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:28.539 world your sin 00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.679 and mine for 00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.960 your good and 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.579 mine please 00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.019 stand 00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:43.159 bow our heads 00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.659 in prayer 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:51.699 for some of us 00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:53.619 some of us 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.500 our outward 00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.500 lives look very 00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.400 ordered but our 00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.320 inward lives are 00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.039 maybe just as 00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.739 completely and 00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.880 utterly chaotic and 00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.739 filled with vengeance 00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:03.000 and anger as we 00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:04.019 see in Samson 00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:06.719 and if you are 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.279 here in this 00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:08.239 situation today 00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:09.059 then this is a 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.139 profoundly important 00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:11.119 story for you 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.159 because you see in 00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.959 God's word that 00:41:12.959 --> 00:41:14.159 God knows deeply 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:17.179 your internal chaos 00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:18.459 and anger and 00:41:18.459 --> 00:41:19.759 cycles of vengeance 00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:21.919 and not letting go 00:41:21.919 --> 00:41:23.279 and God sees it at a 00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:24.039 very deep level 00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.839 because it's in his 00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.899 word and some of you 00:41:25.899 --> 00:41:27.579 might even be it's 00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.339 you've hidden it from 00:41:28.339 --> 00:41:29.000 others and you've 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.739 hidden it from us 00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.639 but you're in fact 00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.659 not just your inner 00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.500 life but your outer 00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.599 life is consumed 00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:35.319 with chaos and 00:41:35.319 --> 00:41:36.439 self-centeredness and 00:41:36.439 --> 00:41:38.500 vengeance and this 00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.179 shows that God 00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:40.139 understands it 00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:44.219 and for all of us 00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:45.279 in different ways 00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.179 the word will hit us 00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:47.039 in different ways 00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:48.619 we'll maybe come 00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.539 face to face with 00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:50.319 how we're putting 00:41:50.319 --> 00:41:51.339 God in a box 00:41:51.339 --> 00:41:52.799 and our 00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:53.899 disappointments come 00:41:53.899 --> 00:41:55.519 because not because 00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.339 God is ever 00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:57.179 disappointing in 00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.959 himself or the 00:41:57.959 --> 00:41:58.699 gospel is ever 00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.659 disappointing but 00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:00.779 because our boxes 00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:02.980 our boxes are 00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:04.079 entrapping us 00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.359 our boxes are 00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:08.559 really that pot 00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:10.940 of water and we 00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.779 are the frog and 00:42:11.779 --> 00:42:12.420 the kettle is 00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:13.819 the water's gotten 00:42:13.819 --> 00:42:14.599 warmer and warmer 00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.519 and we don't realize 00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.500 that we're so locked 00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.639 in our box that we 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.920 don't see the glory 00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.839 of the goodness and 00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.659 the love of God 00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.759 and his perfect 00:42:21.759 --> 00:42:22.539 providence and 00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.299 sovereignty and our 00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:24.699 freedom and his 00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:26.839 love to invade into 00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:28.260 evil for our good 00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:30.360 and we're so trapped 00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:32.200 in our boxes we're 00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:34.100 disappointed whatever 00:42:34.100 --> 00:42:34.800 it is the Lord is 00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:36.940 doing your heart there 00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:38.000 is no better time than 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:39.940 now to thank him for 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:42.079 invading and for those 00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.579 of us who are 00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:43.500 Christians that he 00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.820 invaded me that he 00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:46.860 invaded you let's pray 00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:49.240 father thank you that 00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:51.440 you are not passive that 00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:52.120 you are not on the 00:42:52.120 --> 00:42:54.160 defensive we thank you 00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.899 that you look with 00:42:54.899 --> 00:42:56.779 love we thank you 00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:58.500 that you throw monkey 00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:01.219 wrenches into evil we 00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:02.559 thank you father that 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:04.399 you looked in love and 00:43:04.399 --> 00:43:05.699 invaded when we had 00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:06.879 our backs turned to 00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.960 you our hearts away 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:09.239 from you our wills 00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:10.219 away from you our 00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:11.500 minds away from you 00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:13.480 we didn't think it 00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.599 would be possible that 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.239 you could be God that 00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:17.480 Jesus could be king 00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:18.299 that he could be our 00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:19.679 savior not only did we 00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.339 not think it was 00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:21.379 possible but we didn't 00:43:21.379 --> 00:43:22.379 even want it to be 00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.920 true and and in in 00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:25.000 that midst still you 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.300 sent your son to die 00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:28.160 for us and and reveal 00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.119 your love and your 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.740 heart and your 00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.480 goodness and your 00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.140 greatness and your 00:43:31.140 --> 00:43:32.160 glory at the same 00:43:32.160 --> 00:43:34.019 time as dying to do 00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.119 all that had to be 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.360 done to reconcile us 00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:37.099 to you father we 00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:38.140 thank you for Jesus 00:43:38.140 --> 00:43:41.059 we ask father that you 00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.960 make us people who 00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:42.900 are gripped by the 00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:44.200 gospel the wonder of 00:43:44.200 --> 00:43:45.820 who it is that Jesus 00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.880 is and what you have 00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:48.559 done for us so 00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.619 unbidden and so 00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.599 undeserving father 00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.800 grip us with the truth 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:52.519 and wonder of the 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:56.000 gospel and help us 00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.860 father that that 00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.760 might be our life 00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.500 that might be our 00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:59.860 north star that might 00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.920 be the grant the air 00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:01.960 we breathe the food 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:03.060 we eat the water we 00:44:03.060 --> 00:44:04.840 drink the place upon 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:06.039 which we stand the 00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:07.120 lens by which we see 00:44:07.120 --> 00:44:10.100 the world and so be 00:44:10.100 --> 00:44:11.100 used by you in the 00:44:11.100 --> 00:44:12.000 power of your Holy 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:13.060 Spirit to bear the 00:44:13.060 --> 00:44:14.080 fruit of the Spirit and 00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:15.039 to make a difference in 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.039 the chaos and the 00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.760 vengeance and the 00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.960 craziness of the world 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:19.380 for the good of people 00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:21.119 the salvation of souls 00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:22.440 and your great glory 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.079 and all God's people 00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:25.539 said amen 00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:26.539 you 00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:27.539 you 00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:28.539 you 00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:30.539 you 00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:32.539 you 00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:34.539 you 00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:36.539 you 00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:38.539 you 00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:40.539 you 00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:42.539 you 00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:44.539 you