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 Good morning.

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 My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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 and it's my joy to bring God's Word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here, and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we've become convinced that there's no one so good,

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 they don't need God's grace, and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in His Word.

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 We're continuing our study in the book of Judges.

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 In fact, we're coming near to the very end of it.

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 We just have a few Sundays left in this book,

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 and you'll remember that the book of Judges is about a number of things.

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 It's about the need for constant renewal and revival among God's people.

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 It's about the need for a faithful and true king,

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 a king who can do what no human can do,

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 which is to change the hearts of men.

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 It's about the power of Spirit-filled leadership,

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 and it's about God's mercy to hard-hearted people,

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 people like you and me.

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 Last week, we finished chapter 18,

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 and in finishing that chapter, we finished the story of Micah.

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 You'll remember that his story did not end well.

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 The people of Dan came,

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 and they stole the idols that he had spent so much money and energy on.

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 And not only did they steal his idols,

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 they also hired away the Levite that he was so proud to have in his house.

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 And so we saw that in the end,

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 idols can't save,

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 they can't deliver,

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 they can't protect.

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 In the end,

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 idols will always break your heart.

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 That was a story for Micah,

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 the story for us as well,

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 that the worship of the true God

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 is the only safe worship.

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 We turn now to Judges chapter 19,

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 which continues the downward spiral

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 that we've been in for some time.

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 And this chapter is arguably the most tragic,

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 the most violent,

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 the most gruesome story in the entire Bible.

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 There are 66 chapters in the Bible,

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 39 in the Old Testament,

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 27 in the New Testament,

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 and there are nearly 1,200 chapters in the Bible.

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 And I would submit to you this morning

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 that this chapter,

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 of almost 1,200 chapters,

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 is in fact the worst of all.

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 And that's what we're told at the very end.

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 The last verse,

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 verse 30 of chapter 19,

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 says this,

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 such a thing has never happened

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 or been seen

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 from the day that the people of Israel

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 came up out of the land of Egypt

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 until this day.

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 And so as we come to

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 what is a tragic and gruesome story,

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 it's important to recognize

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 that perhaps for many of us

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 it may stir up all sorts of things

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 inside of us.

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 Things that we've seen

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 or experienced

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 or heard about.

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 And it may be difficult

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 to listen to

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 for a variety of reasons

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 that have nothing to do

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 with the passage itself.

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 And so I just want to remind us

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 as we come together,

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 as maybe things are stirred up

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 inside of you,

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 that God is still with you

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 in that moment.

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 That His word is good.

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 That we can trust

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 that He'll use it.

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 We can trust

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 that His grace

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 is enough.

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 So we come now

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 to a sober story

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 that reminds us,

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 shows us,

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 warns us

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 about what happens

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 when everyone does

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 what's right

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 in their own eyes.

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 And so with that,

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 I invite you to turn with me

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 to Judges chapter 19.

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 You can turn in your Bible,

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 you can turn on your phone,

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 you can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn,

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 remember that this is God's word.

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 And God tells us

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 that His word

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 is more precious than gold,

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 even the finest gold,

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 and it's sweeter than honey,

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 even honey that comes straight

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 from the honeycomb.

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 And so that's why we read now

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 Judges chapter 19,

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 starting in verse 1.

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 In those days,

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 when there was no king

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 in Israel,

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 a certain Levite

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 was sojourning

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 in the remote parts

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 of the hill country

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 of Ephraim,

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 who took to himself

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 a concubine

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 from Bethlehem

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 in Judah.

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 And his concubine

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 was unfaithful to him,

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 and she went away

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 from him

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 to her father's house

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 at Bethlehem

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 in Judah,

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 and was there

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 for some four months.

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 Then her husband arose

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 and went after her

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 to speak kindly to her

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 and bring her back.

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 He had with him

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 his servant

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 and a couple of donkeys,

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 and she brought him

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 into her father's house.

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 And when the girl's father

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 saw him,

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 he came with joy

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 to meet him.

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 And his father-in-law,

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 the girl's father,

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 made him stay,

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 and he remained

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 with him three days.

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 So they ate and drank

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 and spent the night there.

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 And on the fourth day,

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 they arose early

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 in the morning,

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 and he prepared to go.

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 But the girl's father

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 said to his son-in-law,

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 Strengthen your heart

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 with a morsel of bread,

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 and after that,

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 you may go.

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 Verse 6.

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 So the two of them

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 sat and ate

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 and drank together.

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 And the girl's father

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 said to the man,

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 Be pleased to spend the night

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 and let your heart

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 be merry.

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 And when the man

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 rose up to go,

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 his father-in-law

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 pressed him

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 till he spent the night

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 there again.

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 And on the fifth day,

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 he arose early

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 in the morning

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 to depart.

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 And the girl's father

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 said,

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 Strengthen your heart

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 and wait

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 until the day declines.

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 So they ate

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 both of them.

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 And when the man

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 and his concubine

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 and his servant

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 rose up to depart

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 his father-in-law,

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 the girl's father

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 said to him,

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 Behold,

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 now the day

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 has waned

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 toward evening.

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 Please spend the night.

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 Behold,

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 the day draws

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 to its close.

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 Lodge here

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 and let your heart

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 be merry.

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 And tomorrow

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 you shall arise

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 early in the morning

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 for your journey

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 and go home.

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 Verse 10.

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 But the man

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 would not spend the night.

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 He rose up

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 and departed

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 and arrived

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 opposite Jebus,

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 that is Jerusalem.

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 He had with him

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 a couple of saddled donkeys

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 and his concubine

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 was with him.

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 When they were near Jebus,

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 the day was nearly over

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 and the servant

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 said to his master,

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 Come now,

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 let us turn aside

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 to the city

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 of the Jebusites

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 and spend the night

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 in it.

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 And his master

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 said to him,

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 We will not turn aside

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 into the city

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 of foreigners

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 who do not belong

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 to the people of Israel,

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 but we will pass on

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 to Gibeah.

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 And he said

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 to his young man,

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 Come and let us

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 draw near

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 to one of these places

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 and spend the night

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 at Gibeah

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 or at Ramah.

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 So they passed on

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 and went on their way.

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 And the sun

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 went down on them

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 near Gibeah

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 which belongs

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 to Benjamin.

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 And they turned aside

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 there to go in

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 and spend the night

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 at Gibeah.

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 And he went in

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 and sat down

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 in the open square

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 of the city

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 for no one

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 took them into his house

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 to spend the night.

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 Verse 16,

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 And behold,

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 an old man

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 was coming from his work

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 in the field

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 at evening.

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 The man was from

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 the hill country

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 of Ephraim

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 and he was sojourning

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 in Gibeah.

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 The men of the place

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 were Benjaminites.

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 And he lifted up

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 his eyes

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 and saw the traveler

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 in the open square

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 of the city.

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 And the old man said,

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 Where are you going?

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 And where do you come from?

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 And he said to him,

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 We are passing

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 from Bethlehem

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 in Judah

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 to the remote parts

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 of the hill country

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 of Ephraim

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 from which I come.

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 I went to Bethlehem

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 in Judah

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 and I am going

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 to the house

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 of the Lord

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 but no one

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 has taken me

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 into his house.

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 We have straw

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 and feed

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 for our donkeys

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 with bread

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 and wine

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 for me

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 and your female servant

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 and the young man

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 with your servants.

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 There is no lack

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 of anything.

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 And the old man said,

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 Peace be to you.

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 I will care

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 for all your wants.

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 Only do not spend

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 the night

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 in the square.

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 So he brought him

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 into his house

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 and gave the donkeys

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 feed

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 and they washed

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 their feet

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 and ate

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 and drank.

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 Verse 22.

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 As they were making

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 their hearts merry,

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 behold the men

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 of the city,

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 worthless fellows,

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 surrounded the house

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 beating on the door

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 and they said

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 to the old man,

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 the master of the house,

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 bring out the man

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 who came into your house

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 that we may know him.

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 And the man,

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 the master of the house

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 went out to them

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 and said to them,

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 No, my brothers,

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 do not act so wickedly.

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 Since this man

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 has come into my house,

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 do not do this vile thing.

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 Behold,

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 here are my virgin daughter

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 and his concubine.

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 Let me bring them out now.

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 Now,

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 violate them

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 and do with them

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 what seems good to you.

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 But against this man

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 do not do this outrageous thing.

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 But the men

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 would not listen to him.

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 So the man seized his concubine

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 and made her go out to them.

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 And they knew her

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 and abused her

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 all night

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 until the morning.

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 And as the dawn began to break,

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 they let her go.

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 And as morning appeared,

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 the woman came

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 and fell down

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 at the door

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 of the man's house

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 where her master was

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 until it was light.

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 Verse 27.

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 And her master

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 rose up in the morning

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 and when he opened

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 the doors of the house

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 and went out

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 to go on his way,

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 behold,

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 there was his concubine

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 lying at the door

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 of the house

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 with her hands

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 on the threshold.

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 He said to her,

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 Get up,

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 let us be going.

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 But there was no answer.

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 Then he put her

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 on the donkey

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 and the man rose up

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 and went away

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 to his home.

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 And when he entered

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 his house,

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 he took a knife

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 and taking hold

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 of his concubine,

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 he divided her

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 limb by limb

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 into twelve pieces

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 and sent her

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 throughout all

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 the territory

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 of Israel.

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 And all who saw

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 it said,

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 Such a thing

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 has never happened

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 or been seen

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 from the day

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 that the people

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 of Israel

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 came up

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 out of the land

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 of Egypt

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 until this day.

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 Consider it,

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 take counsel,

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 and speak.

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 I invite you

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 to pray with me

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 as we come

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 to this portion

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 of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do praise you

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 and thank you

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 that your word

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 is good

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 and good for us,

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 that it's for our good

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 and for your glory.

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 And we ask

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 that you would help us

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 this morning

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 as we come

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 to an especially

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 challenging passage,

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 that you remind us

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 of your presence

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 with us,

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 you encourage us

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 with your love

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 for what's right

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 and just,

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 you'd use this passage

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 to challenge us,

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 to encourage us.

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 Most of all,

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 you'd remind us

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 of Jesus,

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 that we would see him

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 for who he is.

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 We'd know his mercy

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 and his grace

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 and his love,

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 that we would not do

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 what's right

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 in our own eyes,

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 but that we would

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 follow him

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 and trust him

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 as our king.

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 We ask these things

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 in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You may notice

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 some similarities

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 from last week

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 as we start out

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 once again

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 with a story

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 about a Levite,

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 a different Levite

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 than the one we saw

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 in chapters 17 and 18.

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 And we find out

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 immediately

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 that this Levite

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 takes a concubine

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 to himself.

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 In verse 2,

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 we find out

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 that the concubine,

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 as we're told,

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 is unfaithful to him.

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 It's unclear,

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 however,

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 what exactly

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 that means.

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 It could mean

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 that she was

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 with another man.

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 It could simply mean

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 that she went away

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 from him.

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 That could be

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 what it means

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 for her to be unfaithful,

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 that she left

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 to go back

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 to her father's house.

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 Regardless of what's happening,

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 we see in verses 2 and 3,

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 there's a time

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 that elapsed

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 of four months

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 and then finally

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 this man decides,

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 hey,

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 it's time for me

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 to go and pursue

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 this woman

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 to bring her back

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 so she's no longer

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 at her father's house.

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 Then we counter

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 this moment,

00:12:22.680 --> 00:12:23.800
 verses 4 through 10,

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 there is this

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 arm-wrestling match

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 between the husband,

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 the Levite,

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 and his father-in-law

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 about how long

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 exactly he's going

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 to stay.

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 He's pressed

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 over and over again

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 just to stay

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 another day,

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 enjoy another meal

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 with us.

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 And I don't want you

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 to miss the details here.

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 In verse 4,

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 we're told that

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 this father-in-law

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 has great joy

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 that this Levite

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 has finally

00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:49.960
 come back to him.

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 We're not told

00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:55.000
 how the concubine

00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.980
 feels about the fact

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 that he's come back.

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 There's a deafening

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 silence there.

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 Verses 9 through 10

00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.940
 become significant

00:13:03.940 --> 00:13:05.200
 because in all of this

00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:06.879
 pressure and negotiation

00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.159
 about how long

00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.180
 he's going to stay

00:13:09.180 --> 00:13:09.840
 at their house,

00:13:09.940 --> 00:13:11.240
 when he finally

00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:12.379
 has to draw a boundary

00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:12.840
 and say,

00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:13.300
 you know what,

00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:14.840
 we have to move on,

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 it doesn't happen

00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:17.160
 until the evening.

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 It is less than ideal

00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:20.519
 that he's traveling

00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:21.500
 at this time.

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 It's going to end up

00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:23.040
 putting him

00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:24.080
 in a bad position

00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:25.300
 later on.

00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:26.540
 And so he

00:13:26.540 --> 00:13:28.399
 and his gang,

00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.040
 his troop,

00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.620
 decide to move out.

00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.860
 It's time to continue

00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:33.280
 towards their destination.

00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:34.980
 And it makes sense

00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.379
 for them,

00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.160
 especially since

00:13:36.160 --> 00:13:36.940
 it's so late

00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:37.600
 in the day,

00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:38.800
 to stop at this

00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:39.500
 city of Jebus,

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 which is going to later

00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.440
 become the city

00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:42.580
 of Jerusalem.

00:13:43.160 --> 00:13:43.960
 But the Levite says,

00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.940
 look, I don't want

00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:45.759
 to stay here.

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 This is the land

00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:47.940
 of foreigners.

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.360
 Let's go on

00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.320
 a little bit further

00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:51.740
 so that we can be

00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:53.220
 with God's people.

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 Let's go to Gibeah

00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:55.080
 or Ramah.

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 Why?

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 Well, the assumption

00:13:58.320 --> 00:13:59.220
 here is that

00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:00.420
 if they go

00:14:00.420 --> 00:14:01.080
 and they stay

00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:01.780
 with Israelites,

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.639
 they are going

00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.300
 to receive

00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:04.500
 the hospitality,

00:14:05.060 --> 00:14:05.740
 the welcome,

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.759
 the safety

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.560
 that's not going

00:14:07.560 --> 00:14:08.139
 to be available

00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:09.180
 in a Canaanite city.

00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:10.300
 Of course,

00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:11.019
 the Canaanites

00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:12.000
 are crazy, right?

00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.960
 That's where something

00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:13.960
 bad might happen.

00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.500
 Let's go to where

00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:16.080
 it's safe.

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.720
 Let's travel

00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:19.200
 just a little bit more

00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.159
 so we can be

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.100
 with our own people.

00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.340
 We can feel

00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:25.059
 a little bit

00:14:25.059 --> 00:14:25.980
 of a shiver here

00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.460
 with him

00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.419
 in verse 14.

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.639
 They're arriving

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.360
 at this city

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.539
 as the sun

00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:31.440
 is going down.

00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:32.860
 Again,

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.139
 there's a lack

00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.080
 of wisdom here.

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:36.419
 It's not strategic.

00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:37.679
 The ideal situation

00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.460
 would be for them

00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:39.100
 to arrive

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.799
 when the sun

00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:40.620
 is out, right?

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.120
 They're going

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.700
 to have plenty

00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.320
 of time

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:42.860
 to settle

00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.419
 themselves,

00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.620
 find a place

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.139
 of safety,

00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:47.279
 identify a good

00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:48.060
 host.

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.980
 And it's here

00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.139
 in the next verse

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.980
 that this story

00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.919
 takes an ominous

00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.240
 turn.

00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.299
 He doesn't go

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:56.740
 to Jebus.

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.899
 That's where

00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.500
 the Canaanites

00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:58.779
 live.

00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.259
 He goes to

00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:00.659
 Gibeah.

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:02.000
 That's where

00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.480
 the Israelites

00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:03.039
 are.

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.600
 And yet,

00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.480
 he went in

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.080
 and sat down

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.600
 in the open

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.639
 square of the city

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.460
 for no one

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.539
 took them

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.419
 into his house

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:14.620
 to spend

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.779
 the night.

00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:18.259
 So we know

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.879
 something's off.

00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:23.220
 This is not

00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:24.139
 playing out

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.799
 the way

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 that the Levite

00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.960
 had planned.

00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.159
 He tells the man

00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:29.840
 who comes up later

00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.439
 the same thing.

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.039
 Verse 18,

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 no one has taken me

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 into his house.

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 And it's scandalous.

00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:36.200
 It's not just scandalous

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 that no one

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 has taken him in.

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 It's even worse

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 than that.

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 Verse 19,

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 he says,

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 look,

00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.040
 we even brought

00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:42.960
 our own food.

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 Why would someone

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.860
 not want to take

00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.180
 them in?

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.379
 Well,

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:46.980
 maybe they're

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.540
 concerned about

00:15:47.540 --> 00:15:48.240
 the expense,

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 right?

00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.379
 Maybe they're

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.660
 concerned,

00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:49.840
 hey,

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 we don't actually

00:15:50.540 --> 00:15:51.560
 have the resources

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:52.279
 to take care

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.000
 of this guest.

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 And yet,

00:15:53.660 --> 00:15:54.620
 even that is

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.300
 not a legitimate

00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:55.879
 objection.

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:56.540
 No,

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.379
 we brought

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.399
 our own wine.

00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.180
 We brought

00:15:59.180 --> 00:16:00.120
 our own food.

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.720
 All we need

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.560
 is a safe

00:16:02.560 --> 00:16:04.399
 place to stay.

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 it's not

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.840
 going to cost

00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.519
 you anything.

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.299
 And yet,

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:10.720
 there they are.

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.259
 They're trapped

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.259
 in the square

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.379
 of the city.

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.819
 Thankfully,

00:16:14.959 --> 00:16:15.779
 this old man

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.980
 from the hill

00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.939
 country of Ephraim

00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.600
 is sojourning.

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 He comes along

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 and he says,

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 look,

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.919
 you can stay

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.620
 with me.

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 And here we hit

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.879
 another ominous

00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.220
 warning.

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 Verse 20,

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 whatever you do,

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:29.139
 don't stay

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.059
 in the square.

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 You may have

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 thought you

00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:33.539
 were in

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.500
 friendly territory.

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 Nothing could

00:16:36.619 --> 00:16:37.019
 be further

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:37.679
 from the case,

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:38.659
 the truth.

00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:39.879
 You may have

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.359
 thought that

00:16:40.359 --> 00:16:40.899
 you were

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:42.319
 being wise

00:16:42.319 --> 00:16:42.939
 by staying

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.519
 away from

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.399
 the Canaanites,

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.019
 but in fact,

00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:46.059
 you have walked

00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:47.399
 into another

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.579
 dangerous

00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.659
 situation.

00:16:50.859 --> 00:16:51.659
 What begins

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.199
 as a couple

00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:53.219
 ominous warnings

00:16:53.219 --> 00:16:54.079
 turns into

00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:55.899
 complete disaster

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.739
 for these

00:16:56.739 --> 00:16:57.239
 travelers.

00:16:57.979 --> 00:16:58.539
 In verses

00:16:58.539 --> 00:16:59.779
 22 and 23,

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.579
 these worthless

00:17:00.579 --> 00:17:01.539
 men come

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.319
 and what

00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:02.980
 they want

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.399
 to do

00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:03.819
 is to

00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.220
 violate

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.119
 this Levite

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.420
 who has

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.899
 come to

00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:06.240
 visit.

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.460
 And instead,

00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:08.180
 there's this

00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.799
 offer made.

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:08.960
 Hey,

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.980
 let's compromise,

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.579
 guys.

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.379
 Verse 24,

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.819
 here are my

00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.579
 virgin daughter

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:13.980
 and his

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.420
 concubine.

00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.019
 How about

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.660
 we leave

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.220
 the Levite

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.680
 alone?

00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.599
 You can

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.240
 take them

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.839
 instead.

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.420
 And don't

00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:20.899
 miss the

00:17:20.899 --> 00:17:21.660
 irony that's

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.160
 going on

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.440
 here.

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:22.899
 As their

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.259
 offer,

00:17:23.399 --> 00:17:23.980
 they act

00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.519
 as if

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:24.899
 this is

00:17:24.899 --> 00:17:25.339
 completely

00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:25.859
 normal.

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.039
 Verse 23,

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.379
 you know,

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:27.980
 we don't want

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.299
 you to be

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.559
 wicked.

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:30.019
 Don't

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.480
 do this

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.919
 vile

00:17:30.919 --> 00:17:31.379
 thing.

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.940
 Verse 24,

00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:34.079
 don't do

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.720
 this outrageous

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.179
 thing.

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.720
 Let's not

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.200
 do something

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.700
 crazy,

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.019
 right?

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.299
 Don't

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:37.659
 take the

00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:37.779
 leap.

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.000
 Let's

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.419
 do something

00:17:38.419 --> 00:17:38.839
 totally

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.299
 normal,

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.000
 okay?

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.679
 How about

00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.000
 you just

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.679
 take the

00:17:41.679 --> 00:17:42.059
 concubine

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.339
 of my

00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:42.599
 daughter

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:42.960
 instead?

00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:43.279
 Like,

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:43.559
 that will

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:43.859
 be a

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.159
 reasonable

00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:44.539
 thing

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.779
 for you

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.119
 to do.

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:46.879
 And this

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.179
 is meant

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.700
 to remind

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:47.960
 us just

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.679
 like how

00:17:48.679 --> 00:17:49.240
 ridiculous

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.879
 things have

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.399
 become

00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:51.539
 in Israel.

00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:54.639
 It sounds

00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.039
 like they're

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.500
 not willing

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.119
 to compromise

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.980
 and so the

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:57.740
 Levite decides

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.399
 to take action

00:17:58.399 --> 00:17:58.920
 into his own

00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.200
 hands.

00:17:59.420 --> 00:17:59.940
 You guys

00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.480
 won't make

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.879
 a deal

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.359
 with me?

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.220
 Well,

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.559
 I'm just

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:02.819
 going to

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.559
 shove my

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.940
 concubine

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.379
 out the

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:04.579
 door.

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.799
 She can

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.139
 be with

00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:07.379
 you.

00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.019
 We're

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.119
 going to

00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.539
 be safe

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.000
 inside.

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.519
 We'll

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:09.960
 figure this

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.399
 out later.

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.279
 What happens

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.940
 later needs

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.960
 no explanation

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.920
 outside of the

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:16.759
 verses themselves.

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.480
 Verse 25,

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.000
 they knew

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.480
 her and

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.059
 abused her

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.640
 all night

00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.559
 until the

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:21.819
 morning.

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.759
 Verse 27,

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.839
 she staggers

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.940
 back with

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.519
 her hands

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:30.900
 on the

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.360
 threshold.

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.279
 So close,

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:35.180
 so far.

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.380
 You might

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:38.860
 think at

00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.360
 this point

00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:39.860
 that things

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.279
 couldn't get

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.620
 worse,

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.660
 but in

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.039
 fact they

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.259
 do.

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.539
 We begin

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.120
 to realize

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.819
 why the

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.439
 father-in-law

00:18:48.439 --> 00:18:49.019
 experienced

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.899
 great joy

00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.439
 when the

00:18:50.439 --> 00:18:50.739
 Levite

00:18:50.739 --> 00:18:51.259
 returned

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.399
 and the

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:52.759
 concubine

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.199
 did not.

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.019
 And in

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.199
 fact,

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.399
 there's a

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:56.939
 hint there.

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.819
 If we read

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.279
 between the

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.639
 lines,

00:18:58.719 --> 00:18:59.019
 we begin

00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.599
 to understand

00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.019
 why it

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.439
 is maybe

00:19:00.439 --> 00:19:00.799
 that she

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.199
 ran away

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:01.579
 from this

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:01.939
 Levite.

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.319
 Verses

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:05.079
 27 and

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.559
 28,

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.199
 he walks

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:06.579
 out,

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.659
 sees her

00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:07.859
 at the

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.139
 door,

00:19:09.899 --> 00:19:10.339
 acts as

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.859
 if nothing's

00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:11.159
 happened,

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.479
 and just

00:19:11.479 --> 00:19:11.819
 tells her,

00:19:11.979 --> 00:19:12.099
 hey, it's

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.679
 time for

00:19:12.679 --> 00:19:12.879
 us to

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.159
 get up.

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.659
 And then

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:18.500
 as if

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.980
 she has

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.340
 not been

00:19:19.340 --> 00:19:19.800
 violated

00:19:19.800 --> 00:19:20.300
 enough,

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:21.880
 he

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.560
 desecrates

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.080
 her body

00:19:23.080 --> 00:19:24.960
 and cuts

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.560
 her into

00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:27.040
 12 different

00:19:27.040 --> 00:19:27.759
 pieces.

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.519
 And if

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:31.940
 you're left

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.440
 speechless,

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:35.420
 that is the

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:35.680
 point.

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.700
 Verse 30

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.279
 here sums

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.700
 it up.

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:41.540
 Such a

00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:42.340
 thing has

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:43.300
 never happened

00:19:43.300 --> 00:19:43.920
 or been

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:45.400
 seen from

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.980
 the day

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.380
 that the

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.900
 people of

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.220
 Israel

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.920
 came up

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.160
 out of

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.800
 the land

00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.460
 of Egypt

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.300
 until this

00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:52.120
 day.

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:55.500
 God's

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:57.100
 people are

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:58.380
 worse than

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.920
 the pagans.

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.440
 Their

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.060
 cities,

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.740
 city of

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.100
 Gibeah,

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.180
 is more

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.759
 dangerous than

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.060
 Jebus.

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.440
 There is

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.280
 no longer

00:20:10.280 --> 00:20:11.560
 any distinction

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:13.060
 between the

00:20:13.060 --> 00:20:13.660
 people that

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.160
 God has

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.800
 chosen and

00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:16.480
 the nations

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.980
 around them.

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.019
 And that

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.540
 raises the

00:20:22.540 --> 00:20:23.140
 question for

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.700
 us of what

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.160
 do we do

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.720
 with this

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.040
 story?

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.000
 Why is

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.400
 such a

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.940
 speechless

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:31.220
 event in

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.600
 the Bible?

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.240
 Why is

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.600
 Judges 21

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.360
 chapters

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:37.860
 instead of

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.720
 18 chapters?

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.880
 This story,

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.240
 by the way,

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.540
 is going to

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.159
 continue in

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:42.559
 chapters 19

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.819
 and 20.

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:47.099
 Some of it

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.700
 is a recurring

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.500
 theme that

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.039
 we've seen

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.639
 before in

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.539
 previous weeks.

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.159
 There is

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.039
 something upside

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.420
 down about

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.019
 Israel.

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.059
 This man

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.819
 avoids a

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.500
 pagan city

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.379
 thinking Israel

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:58.240
 is safe.

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.539
 Instead,

00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.359
 he ends up

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.859
 being warned

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.259
 about how

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.859
 dangerous the

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.379
 public square

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:02.700
 is.

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:05.159
 Any Israelite

00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:06.159
 should receive

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.159
 welcome and

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:07.779
 hospitality.

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.079
 In fact,

00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:08.839
 not even any

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.480
 Israelite,

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:11.099
 any sojourner,

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.879
 any traveler

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.299
 should be

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.339
 welcomed in

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:14.179
 for safety,

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.959
 and yet the

00:21:15.959 --> 00:21:16.740
 man who

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.619
 brings his

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.779
 own food

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.599
 can't even

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.220
 find a place

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.639
 to stay.

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.439
 And men

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:26.740
 should be

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.419
 sacrificing

00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:28.419
 themselves for

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:28.759
 women.

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.079
 They should

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.539
 not have

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:31.899
 women

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.599
 sacrificed

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.799
 for men.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.220
 And so

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.799
 the theme

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.319
 of things

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.059
 being turned

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.960
 inside out

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.159
 in the

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:39.480
 book of

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.859
 Judges

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.539
 continues.

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.759
 Here in

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.279
 this chapter

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.460
 though,

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.799
 we take

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.119
 another

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.559
 step.

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.159
 There is

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.659
 a deeper

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.159
 point.

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.339
 There's a

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.079
 greater heart

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.639
 issue at

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.200
 play here.

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.859
 There's a

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.440
 more sober

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.099
 warning.

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.099
 You may

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.839
 remember all

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.359
 the way back

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.879
 in chapter

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.539
 17,

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.679
 we heard

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.399
 this phrase

00:21:59.399 --> 00:21:59.759
 for the

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.480
 first time,

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.319
 in those

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.039
 days there

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.480
 was no

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.099
 king in

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.659
 Israel.

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.179
 Everyone

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:06.080
 did what

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.860
 was right

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.900
 in his

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.460
 own

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.620
 eyes.

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.680
 And how

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.019
 does this

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.640
 chapter start

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:12.900
 out?

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.299
 Chapter 19,

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.080
 verse 1,

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.200
 in those

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.440
 days when

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.360
 there was

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.299
 no king

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.680
 in Israel.

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.759
 Which is

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.060
 meant to

00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.880
 call up for

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.160
 us what

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.539
 we've already

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.000
 learned.

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.420
 And the

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.820
 author of

00:22:28.820 --> 00:22:29.320
 Judges is

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:29.860
 telling us

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.220
 this.

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:32.620
 this is

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.420
 what happens

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:35.100
 when everyone

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.980
 does what

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.600
 is right

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.319
 in their

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.839
 own eyes.

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.220
 You want

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.440
 to know

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.380
 what selfishness

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:42.960
 creates?

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.259
 You want

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.700
 to know

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.620
 what autonomy

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.799
 leads to?

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.620
 It doesn't

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.279
 lead to a

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.140
 little discomfort.

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.059
 It doesn't

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.819
 lead to a

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.380
 few bad

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.880
 moments.

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.299
 No,

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.160
 it leads

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.160
 to the

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.420
 worst

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:58.900
 moments.

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:01.140
 It doesn't

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.000
 make society

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.400
 a little

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.300
 dysfunctional.

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.460
 No,

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.980
 it destroys

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.600
 society.

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:08.340
 It doesn't

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.060
 make things

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.460
 a little

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.900
 twisted.

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.620
 No,

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.540
 it breaks

00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:12.800
 them.

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.500
 This is

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.240
 what happens,

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.060
 Israelites,

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:19.680
 when our

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.860
 time and

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.360
 our money

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:24.680
 and our

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.360
 sexuality

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:27.000
 and our

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.680
 politics

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.400
 are all

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.320
 about

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.480
 us.

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.680
 It may

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.060
 not lead

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.360
 to that

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.799
 tomorrow.

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.880
 It may

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.320
 not lead

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.799
 there next

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.100
 week.

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.500
 It will

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.299
 lead there

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.240
 one day.

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.100
 There's an

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.600
 unveiling

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.000
 here.

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.640
 Judges is

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.140
 telling us,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.340
 look,

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.900
 this is what

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.380
 it really

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.920
 looks like.

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.480
 This is what

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.880
 you're really

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.200
 doing.

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.299
 this is

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.700
 where it

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.100
 leads.

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.799
 When

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.640
 everything is

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:01.000
 about me

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.100
 and mine.

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.140
 When people

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.740
 do what is

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.319
 right in their

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.900
 own eyes,

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.240
 when they

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.980
 pursue their

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.740
 own interests

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:11.059
 above everything

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.740
 else,

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.080
 at the end

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.840
 of the day,

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.080
 people are

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:17.420
 destroyed and

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.580
 torn apart.

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:21.779
 torn apart

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.500
 and destroyed

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.879
 in metaphorical

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.720
 and psychological

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.419
 ways.

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.619
 They're

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.359
 destroyed and

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.919
 torn apart

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:29.139
 in physical

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.539
 ways.

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.419
 Why is

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.819
 there no

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.759
 hospitality in

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.279
 this story?

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.619
 There's no

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.559
 hospitality because

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.359
 everyone is

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.980
 doing what is

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.659
 right in their

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.299
 own eyes.

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.699
 And what does

00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:42.659
 hospitality take?

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:44.519
 it takes

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.100
 sacrifice.

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:46.840
 It takes

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.660
 inconvenience.

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.500
 It takes

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.060
 resources.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.860
 Why do the

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.820
 Levite and

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.580
 his guest,

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.300
 instead of

00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.880
 facing these

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.580
 men head

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.920
 on,

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.279
 instead of

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.880
 sacrificing

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.680
 themselves,

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.120
 why do they

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.519
 offer the

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.840
 women in

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.240
 the story?

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.540
 Because they're

00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:06.920
 going to do

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.620
 what is right

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.660
 in their own

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.279
 eyes.

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.740
 They're going

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.200
 to do what's

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.640
 best for

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:12.960
 them,

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.620
 which is to

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:16.200
 maintain male

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.460
 dignity above

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.740
 everything else.

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.920
 Why doesn't

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.480
 the Levite

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:25.000
 care about

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.400
 what has

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.920
 happened to

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.620
 his concubine?

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.880
 Because all

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.720
 the Levite cares

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.360
 about is what

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.380
 is right in

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.000
 his own

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.799
 eyes.

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.960
 It takes

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.779
 work to

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.340
 lay down

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.920
 your interests

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.519
 for the sake

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.920
 of someone

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.259
 else.

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.819
 It can

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.819
 hurt to

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.740
 actually care

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.000
 about what

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.460
 happens to

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.579
 people who

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.960
 are close

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.319
 to you.

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.019
 Of course,

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.500
 the narrative

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.519
 hints but

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.200
 never states

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.460
 this is

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.879
 exactly why

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.339
 she ran

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.720
 back to

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.259
 her father's

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.500
 house.

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.619
 We can go

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.180
 even further

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.779
 back in the

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.099
 book of

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.440
 Judges.

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.160
 This is not

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.619
 the first

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.200
 time we've

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.539
 heard the

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.079
 phrase of

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.500
 doing what's

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.579
 right in

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.059
 our eyes.

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.439
 Do you

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.839
 remember where

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.240
 we first

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.639
 saw it?

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.720
 The very

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.220
 beginning of

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.439
 the book

00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:13.980
 of Samson.

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.379
 Remember,

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.559
 he pursues a

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.199
 pagan woman

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:17.460
 despite his

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.839
 parents'

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.339
 warnings.

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.799
 Why?

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.339
 He tells

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.539
 them,

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.319
 get her for

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.559
 me.

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.319
 She is

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.519
 right in

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.220
 my eyes.

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.159
 And of

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.279
 course,

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.619
 we're not

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.539
 surprised then

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.299
 the way

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.960
 Samson's

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.299
 story plays

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.439
 out as he

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.139
 uses and

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.399
 abuses the

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.960
 people around

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.240
 him.

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.259
 What happens

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.600
 when people

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.039
 do what's

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.660
 right in

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:39.940
 their own

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.279
 eyes?

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.640
 Well,

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:42.960
 Judges

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.640
 tells us,

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.960
 shows us

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.299
 who it

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.220
 is that

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.660
 gets to

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.860
 pay the

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.100
 bill.

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.980
 It's the

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.660
 most vulnerable

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.940
 who are

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.519
 most used

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.059
 and abused.

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.980
 Remember,

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.420
 all the way

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.860
 back to

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.319
 Jethpah,

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.620
 Jethpah

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.039
 wasn't

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.799
 sacrificed.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.160
 His

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.799
 daughter was.

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:06.740
 women pay

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.480
 more than

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.779
 men.

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.579
 Children

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:12.160
 pay more

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.319
 than

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.720
 adults.

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.200
 That's

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.380
 what's

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.799
 happening in

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.160
 our country

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.680
 right now

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.059
 in many

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.400
 ways.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:18.920
 And

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.620
 sojourners

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.440
 and travelers

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:22.420
 pay more

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.059
 than permanent

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.120
 residents and

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.440
 citizens.

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.600
 This is

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:28.880
 where it

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.360
 all ends.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.460
 This is

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.259
 where human

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.319
 selfishness

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.299
 leads.

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.079
 This is

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.919
 what rebellion

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:38.259
 against God

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.139
 creates.

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.799
 And Judges

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.639
 wants us

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.599
 to have

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.539
 no

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.299
 illusions.

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.460
 This is

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.379
 how sin

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:50.460
 plays out

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.599
 in the

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:51.919
 world.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.899
 In fact,

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.419
 the breakdown

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.460
 of hospitality

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.779
 and the

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.659
 violence that

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.179
 we see in

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.759
 this passage

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.460
 are two

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.159
 sides

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.919
 of the

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.480
 same coin.

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.039
 there's

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.579
 a reason

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.960
 these

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.380
 things

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.680
 go

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.220
 together

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.500
 because

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.720
 they

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.180
 actually

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.440
 have

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.620
 the

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:05.920
 same

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.460
 root

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.779
 at

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.160
 play.

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.839
 You

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.620
 cannot

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:11.900
 have a

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.259
 beautiful

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.860
 community

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:15.700
 and also

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.339
 demand

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.740
 what is

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.160
 most

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.640
 convenient

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.259
 for you.

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:31.220
 human

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.019
 flourishing

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.259
 and

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.920
 autonomy

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.240
 and

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.400
 individualism

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.539
 cannot

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.740
 coexist.

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:37.980
 exist.

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.880
 You can

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.700
 worship God

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.960
 or you

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.380
 can worship

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.920
 yourself.

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.319
 You can

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.819
 do what

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.339
 is right

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.900
 in your

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.420
 eyes

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.680
 or you

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.099
 can do

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.500
 what is

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.900
 right

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.019
 in God's

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.299
 eyes.

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.740
 Remember

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.019
 what we

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.500
 talked about

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.000
 with Micah,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.500
 Judges

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.279
 chapter 17

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.940
 and 18.

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.019
 The worship

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.579
 of the

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.420
 true God

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.120
 is the

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.680
 only

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.620
 safe

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.420
 worship.

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:07.240
 you

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.600
 cannot

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.160
 have it

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.500
 both

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.500
 ways.

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.200
 The

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.759
 extremes

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.680
 of this

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.140
 story

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:20.279
 reveal

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.180
 something

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.039
 for us

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.820
 that is

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.200
 also

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.680
 true

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.980
 about

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.200
 the

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.700
 normal

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.800
 everyday

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.720
 occurrences

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.640
 of

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.539
 selfishness

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:30.019
 in

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.500
 humanity.

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.400
 This

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.440
 is how

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.100
 ugly

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:36.340
 autonomy

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.800
 is.

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.660
 This

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.100
 is how

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.840
 gross

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.180
 and

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.880
 disgusting

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.780
 it is

00:29:41.780 --> 00:29:42.540
 when we

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.120
 insist on

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.540
 our own

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:44.060
 way above

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.660
 all else.

00:29:46.280 --> 00:29:47.000
 This

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.560
 is where

00:29:48.560 --> 00:29:49.280
 the human

00:29:49.280 --> 00:29:50.180
 heart

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.040
 lives.

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.040
 This

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:53.380
 is how

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.120
 degrading

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.480
 and

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.380
 dehumanizing

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.840
 it all

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.160
 is.

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.360
 Not

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.019
 just for

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.500
 the world

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.140
 out there

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.519
 but for

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.080
 the church

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:02.120
 in here.

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.580
 there is

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.019
 a reason

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.400
 that our

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.680
 main

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.200
 characters

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.680
 the last

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:06.920
 two

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.360
 stories

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.680
 have been

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.200
 Levites.

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.640
 And that

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.900
 is to

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.540
 remind us

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.200
 even the

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.600
 religious

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.140
 leaders

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.400
 were

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.800
 corrupt.

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.519
 God's

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.880
 people

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.380
 do not

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.720
 get a

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.360
 pass

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.240
 as God

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.900
 examines

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.140
 the

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.000
 selfishness

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.320
 and the

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:21.100
 self-centeredness

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.440
 of this

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.759
 world.

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.300
 This

00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:22.860
 is not

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.300
 something

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:23.780
 where they

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:24.180
 get to

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.640
 show and

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.060
 look at

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.360
 the world

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.759
 outside

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.080
 and say

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.620
 man

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:26.940
 isn't

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.080
 it

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.340
 really

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.840
 bad

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.080
 out

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.440
 there.

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.000
 No

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.360
 judges

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.080
 is pushing

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.640
 the reader

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.200
 the Christian

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.660
 reader to

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.259
 say man

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.940
 and it's

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.900
 also bad

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:36.079
 in here.

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.039
 It may

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.579
 not be the

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.960
 same in

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.420
 degree

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:41.319
 it is the

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.799
 same

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.119
 in kind.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.759
 Now you

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.079
 might say

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.420
 wow that

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.819
 sounds really

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.200
 extreme.

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.359
 Aren't you

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.359
 exaggerating a

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.740
 little bit

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:52.960
 right?

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.500
 This is an

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.660
 extreme story

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.400
 of course

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.559
 this is not

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.940
 what is

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.319
 happening

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.279
 in our

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.879
 lives

00:30:58.879 --> 00:31:00.140
 our world

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.500
 day to

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.779
 day.

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:03.720
 and I

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:03.859
 would

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.240
 submit to

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.480
 you that

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.799
 if that's

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.000
 what you

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.299
 think

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.599
 your eyes

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.839
 are not

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.119
 open.

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.079
 These

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.660
 extremes

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.180
 play out

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.460
 in our

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.779
 world

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.200
 day after

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.519
 day.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.299
 They play

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.779
 out in

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.539
 geopolitical

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.180
 situations

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.519
 that are

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.819
 happening

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.319
 right now.

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.980
 They play

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.700
 out day

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.339
 by day

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.420
 in a

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.639
 sex

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.059
 industry

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.379
 that

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.059
 pretends

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.259
 that things

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.700
 are legal

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.440
 and consensual.

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:27.880
 they play

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.200
 out in

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.840
 less extreme

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.200
 ways

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.700
 every day

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.140
 in the

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.700
 indignities

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.160
 that we

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.779
 impose on

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.039
 others

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.340
 and we

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.880
 experience

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.500
 ourselves

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.660
 when we

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.140
 insist

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.220
 on what's

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.759
 right for

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.140
 us.

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.640
 That our

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.100
 convenience

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:41.400
 is what

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.180
 matters more

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.180
 than anything

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.539
 else.

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.299
 Remember

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.820
 Judges is

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.240
 about the

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.920
 need for

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.480
 constant

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.720
 renewal

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.840
 and revival

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.519
 among God's

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.799
 people.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.240
 It's about

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.660
 the need

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.019
 for a

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.380
 true

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.120
 and faithful

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.620
 king.

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.920
 A king

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.220
 who can

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.640
 do what

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.200
 no human

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.759
 can do

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.320
 which is

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.980
 to change

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:01.080
 the hearts

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:02.200
 of men.

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:03.840
 Look with

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.060
 me on

00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.580
 page 10

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:04.840
 of your

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.120
 worship

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.519
 guide.

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.060
 It says

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.440
 this,

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.480
 from the

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.960
 Garden of

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.220
 Eden

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.580
 humanity's

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.100
 fundamental

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.660
 rebellion

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.480
 against God

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.840
 has been

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.420
 a rebellion

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.740
 of autonomy.

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.279
 Adam

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.680
 and Eve

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.120
 were given

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.820
 a clear

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.320
 law

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:19.240
 and chose

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.580
 to become

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:19.920
 a law

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.120
 unto

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.640
 themselves.

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.540
 The

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:22.019
 history

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.840
 of humanity

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.779
 has followed

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.720
 this

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.779
 example.

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.799
 And so

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.359
 once again

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.099
 Judges pushes

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.639
 us,

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.779
 reminds us,

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.619
 shows us

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.720
 how extreme

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.279
 the problem

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.939
 is so that

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.879
 we understand

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.139
 how powerful

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.859
 the solution

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.699
 must be.

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.720
 There is

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.299
 only

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.339
 one

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.980
 way

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.659
 out.

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.939
 There is

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:48.199
 only one

00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:48.859
 solution

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:50.119
 to the

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.979
 selfishness

00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:51.979
 and self-centeredness

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.279
 of the

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.619
 world,

00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:53.059
 not only

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.479
 the world

00:32:53.479 --> 00:32:54.119
 out there,

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.000
 but the

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.439
 world

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:56.799
 in here.

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.000
 The

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.479
 opposite

00:32:58.479 --> 00:33:00.799
 of doing

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.139
 what's

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.759
 right in

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.259
 your own

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.859
 eyes

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.779
 is

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.459
 following

00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:06.539
 and trusting

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.879
 and obeying

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.479
 Jesus

00:33:08.479 --> 00:33:09.419
 as king.

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:12.200
 remember,

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.600
 there are

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.000
 only

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.920
 two

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.360
 choices.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.840
 We talked

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.279
 about this

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.480
 in the

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.960
 gospel of

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.200
 Mark,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.779
 Mark chapter

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.120
 8.

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.400
 Jesus

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.779
 says,

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.100
 who do

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.420
 you say

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.720
 that I

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.940
 am?

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.180
 Am I

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.840
 the king

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.519
 or not?

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.380
 There are

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.360
 two ways

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.720
 that you

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.180
 can take

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.580
 this.

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.420
 You can

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.019
 follow

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.539
 and obey

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.960
 me.

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.940
 You can

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.400
 do what's

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.720
 right in

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.060
 your own

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:31.420
 eyes.

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.460
 One

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.980
 will end

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.500
 in joy,

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.100
 the other

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:35.000
 ends

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.080
 in tragedy.

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:39.019
 There's

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.519
 only one

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.960
 power

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:42.179
 strong

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.539
 enough

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.299
 to save

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.960
 the world

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.879
 from itself.

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.679
 We see

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.119
 in Judges

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.839
 chapter 19

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.419
 that the

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:50.079
 powerful

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.039
 sacrifice

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.159
 the weak.

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.839
 When

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.119
 Jesus,

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.619
 the true

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:56.939
 king,

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.579
 comes,

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.439
 we see

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:01.039
 the powerful

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.220
 being sacrificed

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:03.839
 for the

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.099
 weak.

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.079
 That's

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.500
 the hope

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.319
 of Israel

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:09.340
 in this

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.799
 passage.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.079
 Verse 1,

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.519
 there was no

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.960
 king in

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.340
 Israel.

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:13.980
 Things will

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.619
 not change

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.619
 until there's

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:15.960
 the true

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.319
 king in

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.619
 Israel.

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.840
 Things will

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.420
 not change

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.880
 until there

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.440
 is one

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.199
 strong enough

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.900
 to save

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.880
 the world

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.039
 from itself.

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.880
 So what

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.219
 do we do?

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.799
 We bow

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.360
 before the

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.039
 true king

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.500
 who never

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.980
 did what

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.480
 was right

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.980
 in his

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.480
 own eyes.

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.559
 We choose

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.179
 him and

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.900
 his ways

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.199
 over our

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.639
 own

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.659
 individualism

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:43.079
 and autonomy.

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.179
 We trust

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.559
 in him.

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.860
 We wait

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.259
 for him.

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.239
 We hope

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.579
 for him.

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.019
 We've

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.519
 never had

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.960
 a communion

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.239
 hymn

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:52.639
 before.

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.000
 That's a

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.340
 hymn of

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.659
 lament.

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.000
 But we're

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.139
 going to

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.480
 do it

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.159
 today.

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:56.840
 You can

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.119
 look on

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.679
 verse 11

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.019
 of your

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.679
 worship guide.

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.880
 This is a

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:01.019
 song grieving

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.980
 the brokenness

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.539
 of the world

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.279
 and looking

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:04.159
 forward to

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.599
 what is to

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.840
 come.

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.059
 And what

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.259
 does it

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.659
 tell us?

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.299
 There's a

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:07.159
 table coming

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:08.619
 where the

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.039
 poor are

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.920
 not going

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.159
 to be

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.719
 marginalized

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.639
 and sacrificed

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.139
 for the

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.440
 sake of

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.559
 the

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.920
 powerful.

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.239
 No,

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.859
 the poor

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.699
 are honored

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.179
 guests.

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.199
 The weary

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.899
 wanderers are

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.179
 not going

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.599
 to have to

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.519
 worry about

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.859
 what's going

00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.239
 to happen

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.519
 in the

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.940
 square of

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.359
 the city.

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.019
 No,

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.319
 they're going

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.639
 to come

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.480
 in and

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.839
 find rest.

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.139
 People are

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.420
 not going

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.920
 to be seeking

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.500
 what's right

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.819
 in their

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.379
 own eyes.

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.599
 No,

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:28.859
 they're going

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.119
 to have a

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.679
 chorus where

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.139
 all voices

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.619
 join as

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:32.219
 one in

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.699
 songs of

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.239
 celebration

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.819
 that all

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.719
 our wars

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.779
 are done.

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.559
 They have

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.959
 told us of

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.559
 a city where

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.239
 all death

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.739
 will be

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:41.379
 undone and

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:41.719
 all our

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.379
 tearful mourning

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:43.399
 gives way to

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:44.339
 healing song.

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.859
 That's our

00:35:45.859 --> 00:35:47.379
 hope and that's

00:35:47.379 --> 00:35:48.039
 our only hope

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.359
 and it is

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:50.879
 true because

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.299
 of Jesus.

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.699
 Let's pray.

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.980
 our father

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.339
 in heaven,

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:55.879
 we do

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:57.059
 praise you

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.519
 and thank

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:59.359
 you that

00:35:59.359 --> 00:35:59.879
 your word

00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:00.419
 challenges

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:00.919
 us,

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.460
 it clarifies

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.079
 things for

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.399
 us and

00:36:04.399 --> 00:36:04.719
 gives us

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.239
 great hope.

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.099
 We ask

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.399
 that you

00:36:06.399 --> 00:36:07.379
 would remind

00:36:07.379 --> 00:36:07.819
 us of both

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.099
 things.

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.539
 You'd remind

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.960
 us of the

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.539
 darkness and

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.199
 brokenness of

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.699
 the world

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.719
 and our

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.319
 own role

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:13.039
 and complicity

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.379
 in it.

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.439
 You'd also

00:36:14.439 --> 00:36:14.980
 remind us of

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.659
 the great hope

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.759
 that we have

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:17.079
 in Jesus

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.579
 Christ,

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.899
 the one who

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:19.480
 did not do

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.159
 what was right

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.679
 in his own

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.039
 eyes,

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.079
 but came

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.579
 to redeem

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.339
 and save

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:23.899
 and rescue

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.419
 his people.

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.279
 We ask

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.500
 that our

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.839
 hope and

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.279
 our trust

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:26.579
 would be

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.019
 in him

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.879
 above all

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:28.539
 else and

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.940
 we ask

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.460
 these things

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.779
 in his

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.099
 name.

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.719
 Amen.