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 And if you would open up your Bibles, please open up to the book of Judges, chapters 17 and 18.

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 If you've got a pew Bible, it's on page 256 of your pew Bible.

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 Do you know what it means to give lip service?

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 Lip service is essentially a kind of hypocrisy.

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 It's saying one thing, but you actually mean or are doing something else.

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 For example, you tell your spouse that you're going to do something, but then you don't do it.

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 I'm sure that doesn't apply to anybody in the room.

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 They become empty words.

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 And if you keep on doing that, you lack integrity.

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 You're saying one thing and you're doing another thing.

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 Another example would be a close Christian friend comes up to you and asks,

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 how are you doing spiritually?

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 A very specific question from a person who loves you, and you say, just fine.

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 Or maybe you say something like, I'm a blessed man, blessed.

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 But the reality is you are in a spiritual tailspin.

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 It's lip service, empty words, lack of integrity.

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 Let's say that there's a sister in our church who's claiming that Jesus Christ is her king,

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 but in reality, this sister is the king of her own life.

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 Her profession is lip service.

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 Because actually she is reigning on high in her own life.

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 Hypocrisy is when you say one thing but do another.

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 Do you know what the opposite of hypocrisy is?

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 Integrity.

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 It's when your words and your life, they line up.

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 Have you been in a situation where a non-Christian says this to you?

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 The church is full of hypocrites.

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 I've heard that.

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 I'm sure you've heard that.

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 And in one sense, it's true.

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 We're all hypocrites.

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 We all have a gap between our profession of Christ and our practice of living for Christ.

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 Anybody heard of the album Jesus Freak?

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 DC Talk?

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 Third track, What If I Stumble?

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 Brendan Manning is recorded by saying this.

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 The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today are Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips,

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 but walk out the door and deny Him with their lifestyle.

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 This is what an unbelieving world finds unbelievable.

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 Friends, I want you to know something.

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 Lip service Christianity.

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 Lip service Christianity.

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 Hypocrisy.

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 It's not the cause of worldliness.

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 It's a symptom of it.

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 If your skin breaks out with itchy little pock-like lesions that are spreading over your body,

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 they're not telling you that you may have chicken pox.

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 They're telling you,

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 you've got the virus.

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 We're going to see a virus

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 hitting full tilt

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 in the people of Israel.

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 The no-king virus.

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 It canonizes people.

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 If you're acknowledging Jesus with your lips,

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 but denying Him with your lifestyle,

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 you got the virus.

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 We've reached the end of the book of Judges.

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 And just as Judges began with a double introduction,

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 Judges ends with a double conclusion.

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 And so next week,

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 we're going to look at Judges 19, 20, and 21,

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 where the people of Israel hit rock bottom,

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 and you see it because they've been completely canonized,

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 made,

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 they've become just like the nations around them morally.

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 Today, we're going to look at 17 and 18,

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 where this complete canonization of the people of Israel,

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 they are religious apostates.

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 They say one thing, but they do another.

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 Hypocrisy isn't the cause of worldliness.

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 It's a symptom of it.

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 And do you know what the cure is?

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 Do you know what the cure of a divided heart over Jesus is?

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 It's a united heart in Jesus.

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 And He specializes in that work.

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 So what we're going to do is,

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 I'm going to walk you through chapter 17 and 18,

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 and then we're going to bring it to bear towards the end of the sermon.

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 So we're going to see that this

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 canonization of Israel

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 starts in a household,

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 it moves to the clergy,

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 and then it affects a tribe.

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 You ready?

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 Let's dig in.

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 Chapter 17,

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 we're going to see a compromised household

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 in verses 1 through 6.

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 Let me read it for you.

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 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim

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 whose name was Micah.

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 By the way,

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 Micah means,

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 who is like the Lord.

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 No one.

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 That's what his name means.

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 Whose name was Micah,

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 and he said to his mother,

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 the 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you,

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 about which you uttered a curse

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 and also spoke in my ears,

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 behold, the silver is with me.

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 I took it.

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 And his mother said,

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 blessed be my son by the Lord.

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 And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother,

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 and his mother said,

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 I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son

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 to make a carved image and a metal image.

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 Now therefore, I'll restore it to you.

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 So when he restored the money to his mother,

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 and his mother took 200 pieces of silver

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 and gave it to the silversmith,

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 who made it into a carved image and a metal image,

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 and it was in the house of Micah,

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 who is like the Lord.

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 And the man Micah had a shrine,

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 literally a house of God,

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 and he made an ephod and a household gods

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 and ordained one of his sons,

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 who became his priest,

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 his priest.

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 In those days,

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 there was no king in Israel.

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 Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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 Let me just summarize what we just read.

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 We're introduced to this guy named Micah.

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 His name means who is like Yahweh.

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 He steals 1,100 silver pieces from his mom.

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 He hears her curse.

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 Whoever steals it,

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 he freaks out,

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 and so he confesses it.

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 Not because he fears Yahweh.

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 He fears his mom.

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 He returns the 1,100 silver pieces

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 after his mom blesses him in the name of the Lord.

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 This is crazy.

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 Well, he returns the 1,100 silver pieces.

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 His mom takes 200,

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 gives them to a silversmith,

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 and she's like,

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 I'm dedicating this to the Lord for my son,

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 so let's go make an idol.

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 It's crazy.

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 Micah puts the image in his,

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 quote-unquote,

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 house of God,

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 makes an ephod,

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 which is a fancy kind of dress,

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 priest's wear.

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 Household gods.

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 What?

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 And he ordains his own son as his priest.

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 Not Yahweh's priest,

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 his priest.

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 Okay,

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 what you're going to find out about Micah

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 as we go through 17 and 18

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 is he is an opportunist,

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 a self-serving opportunist.

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 He's looking for opportunities

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 to advance what he wants

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 when he wants it,

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 but he is also quite a disobedient dude

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 in other respects as well.

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 He steals.

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 Exodus 20, 15.

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 No, no.

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 He dishonors his mom.

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 Exodus 20, 12.

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 No, no.

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 His confession is totally suspect.

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 His mom blesses her disobedient son

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 in the name of Yahweh

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 like she's trying to reverse the curse

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 she just spoke.

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 What?

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 He did not need blessing.

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 He needed to be spanked.

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 Both mom and son

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 were involved in creating

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 and worshiping an idol.

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 Carved images of Yahweh

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 were not allowed.

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 Exodus 24.

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 And household gods

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 were a big no-no.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 Exodus 23.

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 This is a mess.

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 And they're doing it

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 You know what's crazy about it?

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 They seem oblivious to it.

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 They seem like everything's fine.

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 Now,

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 this household

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 has been Canaanized!

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 They're just doing

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 what everybody else does around them.

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 And then the author

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 in 17.6

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 tells us why.

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 He gives us an explanation.

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 He says,

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 in those days,

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 there was no king in Israel.

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 Everyone did what was right

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 in his own eyes.

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 Their worshiping this way

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 is a doing what was right

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 in their own eyes,

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 just like everybody else.

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 Because there's no king

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 in the land.

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 Now, you may see that phrase,

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 there's no king in the land.

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 You might be thinking,

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 well, they're talking

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 about a human king.

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 And Judges,

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 what follows Judges

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 is Ruth.

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 They talk about this

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 coming one

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 from the line of

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 kind of like David guy.

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 And then 1 Samuel

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 rolls around.

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 And it's 1 Samuel

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 that Saul

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 is anointed

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 the first king

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 of Israel.

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 Israel.

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 So this is decades out.

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 So you might think

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 this is talking

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 about a human king.

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 There's no king

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 in the land.

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 No king in Israel.

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 But I think the author

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 is being a little

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 tongue-in-cheek here.

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 Because there is

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 a king in Israel.

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 King Yahweh.

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 As we've been going

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 through the book of Judges,

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 do you remember

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 the cycle?

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 Israel sins.

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 God sends

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 an oppressor.

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 Israel cries out.

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 God sends a deliverer.

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 God has been

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 at work in Israel

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 since the book

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 of Judges began.

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 What do you mean

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 there's no king?

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 In fact,

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 in 1 Samuel 8,

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 the people demand

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 from Samuel

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 a human king

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 to lead their armies.

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 Just like all the nations.

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 And do you know

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 what God says

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 to Samuel?

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 Samuel,

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 they're not rejecting you.

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 This is 1 Samuel 8.8.

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 They have rejected me

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 from being king

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 over them.

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 There's no king

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 in the land

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 as a way of explaining

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 how Israel

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 has deceived herself.

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 She doesn't think

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 there's a king

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 in Israel.

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 They're ignoring

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 King Yahweh.

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 And when you ignore

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 God as king,

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 do you know

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 what you're left with?

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 lip service.

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 They're acknowledging

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 Yahweh with their lips

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 but denying him

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 with their lifestyles.

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 This household

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 is representative

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 of all the households

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 in Israel at the time.

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 We're seeing

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 a kind of compromise

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 on the household level.

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 And what we'll see

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 again and again

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 is that Micah

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 is this self-serving

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 opportunist

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 who's using Yahweh

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 for his own gain.

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 Is your household,

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 brother, sister,

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 paying lip service

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 to King Jesus?

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 Moms, dads, kids,

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 are you acknowledging

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 King Jesus

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 with your lips

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 but functionally

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 denying him

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 with your lifestyle?

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 Have you been infected

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 with the no king virus?

00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:50.399
 Okay, we've seen

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 a compromised household.

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 Let's look at

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 a compromised clergy,

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 a lip service

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 Levite.

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 It's in verses

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 7 through 13.

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 Let me read it for you.

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 Now there was a young man

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 of Bethlehem in Judah

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 of the family of Judah

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 who was a Levite

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 and he sojourned there

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 and the man departed

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 from the town of Bethlehem

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 in Judah to sojourn

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 where he could find a place.

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 And as he journeyed,

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 he came to the hill country

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 of Ephraim

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 to the house of Micah,

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 the guy that we were

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 just reading about.

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 And Micah said to him,

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 where do you come from?

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 And he said to him,

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 I am a Levite

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 of Bethlehem in Judah

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 and I am going to sojourn

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 where I may find a place.

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 And Micah said to him,

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 the opportunist that he is,

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 stay with me

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 and be to me

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 a father and a priest

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 and I will give you

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 ten pieces of silver a year

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 and a suit of clothes

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 and your living.

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 And the Levite went in

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 and the Levite

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 was content

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 to dwell with the man

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 and the young man

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 became to him

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 like one of his sons.

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 And Micah ordained

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 the Levite

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 and the young man

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 became his priest

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 and he was in

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 the house of Micah.

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 Then Micah said,

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 now I know

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 the Lord will prosper me

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 because I have

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 a Levite

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 as a priest.

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 Now I know

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 God will prosper

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 our church

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 because we have

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 a Trinity

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 Evangelical Divinity School

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 grad as a pastor.

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 Let me kind of

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 summarize what just happened.

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 Not what I just said,

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 but the story.

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 We have

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 a sojourning Levite.

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 He's a young man,

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 probably just over 30.

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 He's unnamed

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 at least for now.

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 And he's sojourning

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 from Bethlehem.

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 A sojourn is a wanderer.

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 And he's a Levite,

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 which means he's

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 of the tribe

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 of the Levites,

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 which means

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 he is one

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 of those

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 precious Levites

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 in Israel.

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 They don't have

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 a land allotment

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 because Yahweh

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 is their allotment.

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 They have been

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 uniquely called

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 and set apart

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 to serve the Lord

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 in his house.

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 And at this point

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 in Israel's history,

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 the house of the Lord

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 was in Shiloh.

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 You can see it,

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 1831.

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 Well,

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 this Levite

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 is sojourning

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 and he just happens

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 to sojourn

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 up to the hill

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 country of Ephraim

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 and he comes across

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 Micah's house

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 and Micah greets him

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 and starts a conversation

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 with him.

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 Where do you come from?

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 Verse 9.

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 And this Levite

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 says to him,

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 I'm a Levite

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 of Bethlehem

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 and Judah.

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 I'm going to sojourn

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 where I may find a place.

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 That little phrase,

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 where I may find a place,

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 shows up twice

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 in this passage

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 and it's getting

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 at something.

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 You know who's restless?

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:43.539
 The sojourning Levite.

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 He wants to find

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 a place.

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 He wants to lay

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 some roots.

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 But he's not

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 consulting Yahweh.

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 He's making this thing

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 up as he goes.

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 He's a pastor

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 for hire.

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 Well,

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.179
 he's an opportunist

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 and Micah's

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 an opportunist

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 and so Micah

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 sees the opportunity

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 because he's got

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 his house of God

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 that he's been

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 filling with trash

00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:12.019
 and now he wants

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.840
 a priest

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 from the people

00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:14.500
 of Levite

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 and it'll just

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 round it off

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 and make it beautiful.

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 So he starts

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 cooking on a scheme.

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 Where do you come from?

00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:22.240
 Oh,

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 stay with me

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 and be to me

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 a father or priest.

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 That is appealing

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 to this young man's

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 ambition.

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 A father

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 and a priest.

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 Status.

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 Hey,

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 you'll have authority

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.759
 over me

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 and then you'll be

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 a priest

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 at 32.

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 And then he appeals

00:16:41.339 --> 00:16:41.899
 to his wallet.

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 I'll give you

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 a salary

00:16:44.959 --> 00:16:46.279
 of 10 silver pieces

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.860
 a year.

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.959
 You'll have

00:16:47.959 --> 00:16:49.240
 a clothing allowance

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.139
 so you will be

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.759
 dressed

00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:52.099
 beautifully

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 and then,

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.339
 you know,

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.919
 I'll take care

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.299
 of your room

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 and board too.

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 Quite a deal.

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 And so this Levite

00:17:00.459 --> 00:17:00.799
 says,

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.399
 I'm in

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.959
 literally.

00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.439
 And the Levite

00:17:03.439 --> 00:17:03.799
 went in.

00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:07.339
 The Levite

00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:08.220
 in verse 11

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.819
 is happy.

00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:10.500
 He is content

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.619
 to dwell with the man.

00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:13.180
 That word content

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:14.539
 should make you think,

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:16.000
 where is he

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.200
 finding his happiness?

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.740
 Because it's not

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.419
 in the house

00:17:19.419 --> 00:17:20.559
 of the Lord

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.259
 in Shiloh.

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.839
 In verse 12,

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.700
 Micah

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.879
 ordains him

00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:28.879
 as his priest.

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.119
 Sorry son,

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.119
 you are fired

00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.960
 as my priest.

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.359
 We have a Levite

00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:34.259
 now who will

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.179
 be my priest.

00:17:35.479 --> 00:17:36.139
 Not a priest

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.659
 of Yahweh,

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.579
 a priest of Micah.

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.199
 And then in verse 13,

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.439
 Micah is happy.

00:17:43.959 --> 00:17:44.679
 Now I know

00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.079
 that the Lord

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.719
 will prosper me

00:17:45.719 --> 00:17:46.339
 because I have

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.819
 a Levite

00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.319
 as a priest

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.319
 as though that

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.939
 is what will

00:17:48.939 --> 00:17:49.639
 cause God

00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.479
 to prosper you.

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.500
 So,

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.859
 I'm guessing

00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.759
 somewhere along

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.179
 the line,

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.219
 Micah threw out

00:17:56.219 --> 00:17:57.579
 to this Levite.

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:57.759
 Hey,

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.740
 this is a win-win

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.379
 situation,

00:17:59.500 --> 00:17:59.699
 buddy.

00:17:59.699 --> 00:17:59.799
 Hey,

00:17:59.799 --> 00:17:59.819
 hey,

00:17:59.819 --> 00:17:59.839
 hey,

00:17:59.839 --> 00:17:59.859
 hey,

00:17:59.859 --> 00:17:59.899
 hey,

00:17:59.899 --> 00:17:59.919
 hey,

00:17:59.919 --> 00:17:59.939
 hey,

00:17:59.939 --> 00:18:01.859
 hey,

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:01.919
 hey,

00:18:01.919 --> 00:18:03.339
 hey,

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:04.119
 we have two

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.979
 opportunists

00:18:04.979 --> 00:18:05.939
 who are

00:18:05.939 --> 00:18:08.779
 ignoring God.

00:18:10.439 --> 00:18:11.399
 They think

00:18:11.399 --> 00:18:12.419
 that there is no God,

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.639
 no king in Israel,

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.439
 but there is.

00:18:16.699 --> 00:18:18.019
 They're disobeying,

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:18.839
 they're seemingly

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.399
 unaware,

00:18:19.719 --> 00:18:20.219
 they're totally

00:18:20.219 --> 00:18:21.039
 misguided.

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:23.599
 What the Levite

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.539
 should have done

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.339
 is said this,

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.439
 no way,

00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:26.859
 buddy,

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.679
 no way.

00:18:28.979 --> 00:18:29.539
 I'm not going to be

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:29.959
 your priest,

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.759
 I'm Yahweh's priest.

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.819
 I'm not serving

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.440
 in your house,

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.720
 I'm serving

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.180
 in the house

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.640
 of the Lord

00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.420
 where the Lord

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.579
 says he will

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.200
 be worshipped.

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.319
 You know what

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.720
 this is?

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.339
 This is a sober

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.299
 warning for anybody

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.039
 who provides

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.839
 for their families

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.440
 in the service

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.900
 of God.

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.299
 Do you know

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.019
 what's possible?

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:50.140
 Within Christian

00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.700
 ministry,

00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.299
 it's possible

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.400
 to serve

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.099
 in the name

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.680
 of the Lord

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.259
 Jesus,

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:58.599
 but you're

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.440
 actually

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.359
 serving

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.079
 yourself.

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.400
 There's a no

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.160
 king virus

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.259
 with this

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.039
 clergyman

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.359
 in the hill

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.539
 country of Ephraim

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.420
 and there's a

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.579
 no king virus

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.539
 plaguing

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.240
 much of the

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.119
 pastors in the

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.619
 United States

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.160
 of America.

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.700
 They're in it

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.339
 for themselves.

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.960
 It's representative.

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:28.819
 Do you know

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.440
 what happens

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:31.039
 when spiritual

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.519
 leaders

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:33.480
 are infected

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.240
 by this

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.379
 no king

00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:36.099
 virus

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:37.480
 where you

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:37.980
 are

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.859
 just

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.839
 acknowledging

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.519
 Jesus

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.240
 with your lips

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.680
 but you're

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.539
 denying him

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.839
 with your

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.299
 lifestyle?

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.619
 Do you know

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.359
 what happens?

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.359
 Here's what

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.940
 happens

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:47.240
 to pastors

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.619
 is that

00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.319
 they start

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:50.420
 seeing spiritual

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:51.200
 positions

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.900
 as self-serving

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.619
 opportunities.

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.339
 That's what

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.859
 happens.

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.720
 And they do

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.000
 it all

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.220
 in the

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.379
 name

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.640
 of the

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:57.879
 Lord.

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.539
 You know

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:00.720
 what the

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.240
 test is?

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.779
 Where do

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.240
 you find

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.420
 your

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.039
 contentment?

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.700
 What makes

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.119
 you happy?

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.440
 And if it's

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.980
 not Jesus

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.299
 you got

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.660
 some hard

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:11.960
 work.

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.559
 So so far

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:14.960
 here's what

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.460
 we've seen.

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.180
 We've seen

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.980
 a compromised

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.660
 household.

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.480
 The no king

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.460
 virus affects

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.379
 Micah and

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.140
 his mom.

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.279
 And now this

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.980
 no king virus

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.740
 is showing up

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.299
 in the clergy.

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.140
 Levite,

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.920
 this priest.

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:31.160
 It is a

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.960
 comprehensive

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.200
 compromise

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.759
 of God's

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.140
 people.

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.120
 Now let's

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.640
 turn to the

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.019
 tribe.

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.180
 Chapter 18.

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.440
 The tribe

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.960
 of Dan.

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.620
 Instead of

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:47.160
 reading all

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.819
 31 verses

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.259
 I'm just

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.519
 going to

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:48.880
 kind of

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:50.460
 walk you

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.859
 through in

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.279
 summary.

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.339
 In chapter

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.759
 18,

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.240
 1-6,

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.740
 here's what

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.099
 happens.

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.599
 We're

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.839
 first shown

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.200
 in one.

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.559
 In those

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.960
 days there

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.259
 was no

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.920
 king in

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.319
 Israel.

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.700
 They think

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.859
 Yahweh

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.220
 isn't

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.579
 reigning.

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.440
 But he

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.799
 is.

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.160
 And then

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.319
 we're

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.640
 introduced

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.140
 to this

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.140
 people of

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.660
 Dan who

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.019
 are seeking

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.660
 for itself

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.279
 an inheritance

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.039
 to dwell in.

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:11.759
 For until

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.240
 then no

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.799
 inheritance

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.440
 among the

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.819
 tribes of

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.240
 Israel had

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.599
 fallen to

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:14.700
 them.

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.480
 Oh no,

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.660
 the people

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.339
 of Dan,

00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.000
 they don't

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.319
 have an

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.900
 inheritance.

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.799
 Here's what

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.220
 we know from

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.299
 Judges 1

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.700
 34-36,

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.579
 they did

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.299
 have an

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.740
 allotment.

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.279
 They're

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.740
 talking about

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.160
 a land

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.680
 allotment.

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.700
 God had

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.200
 given them

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.519
 a land

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.000
 allotment.

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.559
 And you

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:31.860
 know what

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.440
 Dan did?

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.160
 They didn't

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.960
 do anything.

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.420
 Of all the

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.160
 tribes named

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.640
 in chapter

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.200
 1,

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.180
 Dan is the

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.700
 last.

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.539
 And of all

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.019
 the tribes

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.339
 named,

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.980
 we see

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.519
 repeatedly

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:43.880
 again,

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.779
 they couldn't

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:46.059
 put out

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.379
 the Canaanite

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.259
 indwellers

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.599
 as they

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.019
 were supposed

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.240
 to.

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.960
 What happened

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.119
 with Dan

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.759
 was this,

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.460
 they couldn't

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.799
 push out

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.419
 the Amorites,

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.399
 the Amorites

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:55.399
 pushed them

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.819
 back.

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.619
 Here's what

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.099
 that does.

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.419
 It makes you

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.200
 realize Dan's

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.139
 already disobedient.

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.879
 We have a

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.319
 compromised

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.659
 people who

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.079
 aren't being

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.980
 faithful to

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.559
 their God.

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.639
 And so here's

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.000
 what we see

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.319
 happen.

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.480
 In verse 2,

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.860
 they're like,

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.079
 hey,

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.700
 let's have a

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.279
 Dan rally.

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.700
 Okay,

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.220
 let's get

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.519
 five spies

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.640
 to go find

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:22.140
 some land

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.299
 of our

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.279
 own choosing,

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.519
 not what

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:25.980
 the Lord

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.420
 has given

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.819
 us.

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.319
 And so they

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.579
 send out

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.079
 five spies.

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.099
 And those

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.819
 spies are

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.220
 supposed to

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.620
 be kind of

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:31.940
 like make

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.339
 you think

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.259
 of Joshua

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.519
 2,

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.220
 those spies.

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.079
 But these

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.000
 spies are

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.500
 under false

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.980
 pretense.

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.500
 The tribe

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.920
 God is,

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.700
 the land

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.019
 God is

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.339
 allotted,

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.000
 is still

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.279
 there,

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.200
 just west

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.819
 of Jerusalem,

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.920
 just west

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.460
 of Ephraim,

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.039
 just north

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.460
 of Judah,

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.899
 right in the

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.339
 middle of

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.859
 Israel,

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.399
 the promised

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:51.740
 land,

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.339
 right on

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.940
 the shores

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.839
 of the

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.279
 Mediterranean.

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.799
 But no,

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:54.920
 no,

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.059
 no,

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.359
 they don't

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.819
 go there.

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.200
 They head

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.480
 north.

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.359
 They're in

00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.819
 a town,

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.539
 two towns

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.359
 called Zorah

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.480
 and Eshterol,

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.180
 and they move

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.819
 north.

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.480
 And you know

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.039
 whose house

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.399
 they come

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:07.200
 across in

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.740
 the hill

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.220
 country of

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.619
 Ephraim?

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.160
 The house

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.559
 of Micah.

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.220
 And while

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.720
 there,

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.859
 they hear

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.359
 the voice

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.639
 of the

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:13.899
 Levite,

00:23:13.979 --> 00:23:14.459
 they recognize

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:14.719
 it.

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.779
 Bethlehem

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.699
 and Zorah

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.219
 Eshterol,

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.819
 they're pretty

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.240
 close,

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.799
 so the chances

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.359
 are they

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.079
 already knew

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.500
 each other.

00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:21.719
 And so they

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.539
 now stop by

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.019
 these five

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.899
 spies and

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.459
 they check

00:23:24.459 --> 00:23:25.459
 out Micah's

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:25.839
 place.

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.699
 They ask

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:28.639
 the Levite,

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:28.939
 you know,

00:23:28.979 --> 00:23:29.240
 what's the

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.519
 story?

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:29.740
 Hey,

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.019
 how'd you

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.459
 get here?

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.039
 And then

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.759
 in verse

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.139
 five,

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.679
 they ask

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:32.959
 him to

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.559
 inquire of

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.819
 God.

00:23:33.959 --> 00:23:34.479
 They don't

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:34.839
 really,

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.039
 everything's

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.599
 suspect here,

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:37.839
 gang.

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:38.939
 They're in

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.519
 disobedience.

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.299
 I think

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.460
 they're

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.799
 playing

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.059
 them.

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.319
 Because the

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.440
 tribe of

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.799
 Dan,

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.720
 they're

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.519
 opportunists

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.900
 too.

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.639
 Inquire of

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:52.839
 God,

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.180
 please,

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.500
 that we

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.019
 may know

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.700
 whether the

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.119
 journey on

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.460
 which we

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.839
 are setting

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.180
 out will

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.579
 succeed.

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.059
 In the

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.400
 priest,

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.599
 the Levite

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.859
 says,

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.200
 go in

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.579
 peace.

00:23:59.660 --> 00:23:59.779
 The

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.200
 journey in

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.559
 which you

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.099
 go is

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.440
 under the

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.720
 eye of

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.019
 the Lord.

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.559
 Do you

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.879
 know what?

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.680
 That's a

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.099
 mess.

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.279
 Because we

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.859
 already know

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.480
 they're in

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.160
 disobedience.

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:09.740
 that Levite

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.620
 isn't speaking

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.120
 on behalf

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.600
 of God.

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.000
 But man,

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.759
 it's exactly

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.100
 what the

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.440
 tribe of

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.820
 Dan wanted

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.140
 to hear.

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.740
 And so,

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.120
 in verses

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.800
 7-13,

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.680
 they send

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.040
 the spies

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.519
 north to

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.180
 this city

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.759
 of Leish,

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.680
 and it's

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.420
 actually in

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.000
 the inheritance

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.779
 of Naphtali,

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.840
 another tribe

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.580
 of Israel,

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.580
 but they come

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.279
 across these

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.120
 unsuspecting

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.140
 people who,

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.600
 man,

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.740
 they are

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.480
 unprotected,

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:35.920
 and they're

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.340
 living in a

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.640
 rich and

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.140
 fertile land,

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.460
 so they're

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.580
 like,

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.040
 let's do

00:24:38.040 --> 00:24:38.220
 it.

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.700
 So they

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.120
 send a

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:40.240
 report back

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.920
 to their

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.420
 brothers and

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.960
 sisters in

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.440
 Zorah and

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.140
 Eshter all in

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.980
 verses 8-10,

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.880
 and they say,

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.600
 hey, we found

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.040
 the land,

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.019
 let's go do

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.279
 it.

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.759
 And if you

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.080
 look at

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:50.140
 verse 9,

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.620
 you start

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.100
 seeing some

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.380
 interesting

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.779
 language.

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.400
 Arise,

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.560
 let us go

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.980
 up.

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.600
 And look at

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:54.740
 verse,

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.360
 that last

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.740
 sentence,

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.380
 do not be

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.920
 slow.

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.440
 10,

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.080
 as soon as

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.519
 you go,

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.259
 let's do

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.940
 this.

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.100
 Woo,

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.360
 woo,

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.660
 woo,

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:01.920
 woo,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.200
 woo.

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.259
 Woo.

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:06.599
 They rally

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.140
 600 men

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.859
 of war,

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.519
 and they

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.180
 send them

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.720
 north.

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.440
 Let's go

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.640
 take Laish.

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.519
 Guys,

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.819
 let's,

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.220
 there's a little

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.720
 spot,

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.559
 hill country

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.339
 of Ephraim.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.879
 Let's stop

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.240
 there first.

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.619
 So in

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.259
 verse 14,

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.500
 this 600

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.160
 people,

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.240
 600 men

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.759
 of war,

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.180
 with these

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.160
 five spies,

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:29.800
 they stop

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:31.100
 at Micah's

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.500
 house,

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:34.759
 because they're

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.279
 on a mission.

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.920
 In verse 14,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.600
 we read this,

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.400
 the five spies

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.140
 say their 600

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.540
 brothers,

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.140
 do you not

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.680
 know that in

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.180
 these houses

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.680
 there are an

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.080
 ephod,

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.840
 household gods,

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.220
 a carved

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.580
 image,

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.300
 and a metal

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.860
 image?

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.860
 Now,

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.259
 therefore,

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.980
 consider what

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.420
 you will do.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.700
 Wink,

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:49.880
 wink,

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.080
 wink,

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.340
 wink.

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.100
 Take it.

00:25:57.060 --> 00:25:57.580
 They meet

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.140
 the Levite,

00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:00.300
 it's false

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.779
 pretense,

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.519
 small talk,

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.120
 they ask him

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.400
 about his

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.700
 welfare.

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.320
 The 600

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:04.759
 men are

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.240
 outside the

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.460
 gate,

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.100
 flexing their

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.480
 muscles,

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:06.960
 sharpening

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.560
 their swords,

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:11.279
 and then in

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.040
 verse 17,

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.100
 the five spies

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.800
 go into

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.440
 Micah's house,

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.240
 and they take

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.620
 the carved

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.940
 image,

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.420
 the ephod,

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.860
 the household

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.259
 gods,

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:17.920
 the metal

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.340
 image,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.080
 while the

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.660
 priest stood

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.000
 there and

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.340
 watched.

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.220
 And then in

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.660
 verse 18,

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.000
 the priest

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.200
 says,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.340
 hey,

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.680
 what are you

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.060
 doing?

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.620
 And then in

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.580
 verse 19,

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.220
 they say,

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.600
 shh,

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:26.779
 shh,

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.019
 shh,

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.640
 shh,

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:27.880
 shh,

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.500
 please be

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.860
 quiet.

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.019
 Oh,

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.800
 we've got a

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.680
 job offer

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.200
 for you.

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.740
 They appeal

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.080
 to his

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.440
 ambition.

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:37.720
 They know

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.000
 he's an

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.580
 opportunist.

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.680
 So,

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.360
 these five

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.779
 spies in

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.100
 the house

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.600
 of Micah,

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.480
 holding on to

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.019
 this image,

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.860
 say to the

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.540
 false priest,

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:48.259
 hey,

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:50.220
 what's better,

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.380
 being a priest

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:53.040
 of a one-man

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.480
 household,

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.440
 or being a

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.220
 priest of the

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.900
 people of

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.440
 Dan.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.380
 Promotion,

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.740
 baby.

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:03.900
 And look

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.120
 what he

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.680
 says in

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.220
 verse 20,

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.100
 the author,

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.380
 and the

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.700
 priest's

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.200
 heart was

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.580
 glad.

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.740
 Yes!

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.120
 Finally,

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.680
 they see the

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.000
 talent.

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.160
 What's

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.640
 making him

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:19.400
 glad is

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.759
 that his

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.720
 self-serving

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.680
 opportunist

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.820
 heart is

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.220
 being

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.019
 satisfied.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.139
 In 21

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.939
 through 26,

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.980
 I forgot

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.339
 to mention

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.720
 this one

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.019
 point.

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.439
 Not only

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:35.759
 was the

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.259
 heart of

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.700
 the priest

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.099
 glad,

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.839
 this Levite,

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.819
 he took

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.579
 the ephod,

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.579
 household gods,

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.919
 in the

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.399
 carved image,

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.759
 and went

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.599
 along with

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:42.980
 the people

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.379
 of Dan.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.539
 He became

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.899
 a thief.

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.639
 So,

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:49.899
 in verses

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.419
 21 through

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.079
 26,

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:52.299
 the 600

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.740
 men with

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.939
 this Levite,

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.859
 with this

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.779
 carved image,

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.279
 they bolt.

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.679
 They're going

00:27:59.679 --> 00:27:59.919
 up to

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.339
 Laish.

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.579
 Micah finds

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.839
 out.

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.259
 He chases

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.779
 them down.

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:03.839
 In verse

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.379
 24,

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.199
 he confronts

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.460
 them.

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.399
 Hey,

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:08.000
 you take

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.559
 my gods

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.119
 that I

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.279
 made,

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.960
 verse 24,

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.559
 and the

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.879
 priest,

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.220
 and go

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.559
 away,

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.259
 and what

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.599
 have I

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.859
 left?

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.240
 This is

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.419
 my

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:13.779
 everything.

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.319
 This is

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.500
 my

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.859
 treasure.

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:17.659
 To

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:17.960
 which

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.119
 these

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.919
 people of

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.539
 Dan respond

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.819
 in verse

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.399
 25,

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.000
 would you

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.779
 shut your

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.359
 face?

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.279
 Lest

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.500
 one of the

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.039
 angry ones

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.299
 in our

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.639
 midst

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:29.019
 should cause

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.339
 you to

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.740
 lose your

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.720
 life with

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:30.940
 your

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.539
 household.

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.700
 Wink,

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.059
 wink.

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.819
 Murderous,

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.399
 thieves,

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.059
 idolaters.

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.759
 Don't miss

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.279
 the irony.

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.099
 Micah,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.500
 who stole

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.539
 silver from

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.180
 his mom and

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.579
 made a

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.819
 carved

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.899
 image,

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.720
 has now

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.180
 had that

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.680
 stolen from

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.540
 him by

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:52.840
 the God

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.060
 that he

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:53.400
 trusted.

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.880
 In

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.060
 verses

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:58.800
 27-31,

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.380
 Micah goes

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.880
 home without

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.300
 anything.

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.460
 In

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.460
 verse 27-31,

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.560
 we read that

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.759
 this people

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.340
 of Dan,

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.860
 they go up

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:07.060
 to Laish

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.600
 and they

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.440
 decimate the

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.780
 place.

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.780
 They did

00:29:10.780 --> 00:29:12.240
 to Laish

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.800
 what they

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:13.460
 were supposed

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.120
 to do to

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.500
 the land

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.019
 allotted to

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.320
 them by

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.960
 Yahweh

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.100
 down south.

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.639
 They wipe

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:18.959
 it out.

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.119
 They bring

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.539
 the edge

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.799
 of the

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.259
 sword to

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.559
 bear on

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:21.639
 it.

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:21.899
 It's

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.679
 complete

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.500
 destruction.

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.819
 It's

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.480
 completely

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.559
 under

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.879
 false

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.419
 pretense.

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.799
 This

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.419
 isn't

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:32.980
 Yahweh's

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.199
 doing.

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.599
 This is

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.039
 Dan's

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.279
 doing.

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.699
 In

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:37.959
 fact,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.399
 you start

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.819
 actually

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.439
 feeling pretty

00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:40.699
 bad for

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.480
 the Canaanites

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.159
 that just

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.519
 got wiped

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.779
 out.

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.439
 That's the

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:43.919
 irony of

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.180
 it all.

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.200
 But there's

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.000
 more surprises.

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.180
 In verse

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.060
 30, as

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.380
 we're coming

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.759
 to the end

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.000
 of this

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.400
 account,

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.120
 we finally

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.960
 learn the

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.500
 name of

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.320
 the Levite.

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.580
 Check it

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:55.880
 out.

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.240
 The people

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.700
 of Dan set

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:57.920
 up the

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.420
 carved image

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.140
 for themselves

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.100
 and Jonathan,

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.500
 the son of

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.140
 Gershom,

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.460
 son of

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.220
 Moses,

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.600
 and his

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.100
 sons were

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.560
 priests to

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.880
 the tribe

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.380
 of the Danites

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.740
 until the

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.060
 day of the

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.420
 captivity.

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.240
 Do you

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.500
 see what

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.880
 just happened

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.080
 there?

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.279
 Two

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.900
 generations

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.720
 from Moses,

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.220
 his grandson

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.800
 is leaving

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:18.000
 a tribe

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.779
 in the

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.160
 false

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.720
 worship

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.720
 of Yahweh.

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.600
 Complete

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.340
 Canaanization

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:24.039
 of Israel.

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.800
 That

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.039
 it hit

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.800
 so close.

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.580
 And then

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:30.800
 in verse

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:31.759
 31,

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.060
 surprise

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.600
 number two,

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.660
 so they

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.980
 set up

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.320
 Micah's

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.920
 carved image

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.800
 that he

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.180
 made as

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.539
 long as

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.920
 the house

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.400
 of God

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.779
 was at

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.220
 Shiloh.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.140
 What's

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.160
 being here

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.820
 is the

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:45.620
 origin story

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.720
 for the

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.080
 false

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.620
 worship

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.200
 in the

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.580
 northern

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.220
 kingdom

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.000
 for

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.340
 hundreds

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.560
 of

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:50.759
 years

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:50.980
 to

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.420
 follow

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.220
 that

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.680
 eventually

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.420
 result

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.040
 in

00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.820
 Yahweh

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.279
 sending

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.540
 the

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:56.300
 Assyrians

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:57.240
 to take

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.860
 the northern

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.279
 kingdom

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.700
 into

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.320
 captivity

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.640
 and to

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.120
 decimate

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:01.560
 in judgment.

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:05.240
 what we

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.839
 have here

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:07.980
 is the

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.099
 origin story

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.399
 of a

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.220
 deep

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.740
 and

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.200
 long

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.819
 standing

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.940
 false

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.779
 worship

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.480
 in

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.259
 Israel.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.960
 It was all

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.440
 accomplished

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.700
 through

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.299
 hypocrisy.

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.779
 Lip

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.259
 service.

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.859
 Opportunists,

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.980
 disobedient,

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.599
 oblivious

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.240
 seemingly to

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.559
 what they're

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.939
 doing,

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.699
 completely

00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.399
 misguided.

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:33.980
 They're

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.819
 setting up

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.299
 a worship

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.000
 place for

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.459
 Yahweh

00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:38.219
 when they

00:31:38.219 --> 00:31:38.919
 are setting

00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:39.959
 up something

00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:40.859
 abhorrent

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.919
 to Yahweh.

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.480
 Hypocrisy,

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:47.259
 it turns out,

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.839
 can affect

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.339
 a whole tribe

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.839
 of people,

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:52.879
 a whole

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:54.359
 denomination

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.980
 of people.

00:31:55.959 --> 00:31:56.399
 We've all

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.879
 watched what's

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.299
 been happening

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.539
 to the

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.219
 Methodist church

00:31:58.219 --> 00:31:58.579
 over the

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.939
 last few

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.359
 decades.

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.379
 It can

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.740
 affect

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.559
 American

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.779
 evangelicalism,

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:07.259
 make us

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.579
 opportunistic.

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.500
 It makes

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.839
 you start

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.699
 asking the

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.240
 question,

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.639
 who are

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.399
 we really

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.919
 serving

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:15.919
 when we

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.539
 declare

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.199
 certain

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:17.759
 political

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.359
 partnerships?

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.480
 Who are

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.799
 we doing

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.279
 it for?

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.719
 Really?

00:32:23.719 --> 00:32:23.819
 Really?

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:30.279
 the

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.779
 accumulated

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.419
 effect

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.220
 of a

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.539
 compromised

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.240
 household,

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.000
 a

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.439
 compromised

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:34.960
 clergy,

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.720
 and a

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.079
 compromised

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.500
 tribe is

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.919
 to make

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.779
 you realize

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.799
 the extent

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.399
 of the

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.759
 religious

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.519
 canonization

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.939
 that has

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.460
 taken place

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.899
 in Israel.

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.419
 They have

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:45.099
 reached rock

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.480
 bottom

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.019
 spiritually.

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:49.799
 this

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.500
 hypocrisy,

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:50.859
 this

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.119
 lip

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.599
 service,

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.619
 it's

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:55.960
 not the

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.599
 cause

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.299
 of their

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.960
 canonization,

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.799
 it's a

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.180
 symptom

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.099
 of it.

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.759
 There's

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.259
 no noble

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.680
 characters

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.160
 in this

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.480
 account.

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.240
 The name

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.759
 of Yahweh

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.160
 is used

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.420
 as a

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.900
 byword.

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.599
 There's

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:11.839
 lip

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.279
 service

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.920
 of

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.819
 self-serving

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.680
 opportunists

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.400
 all the

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.600
 way

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.960
 through

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.920
 disobedient

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.620
 idolatrous

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.100
 thieves

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.680
 who are

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.519
 murderous,

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.539
 disobedient

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.840
 to their

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.200
 parents,

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.820
 misguided,

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.600
 seemingly

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.320
 oblivious.

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:23.759
 Do you

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:23.920
 know what

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.100
 you could

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.380
 say at

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.560
 this

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:24.860
 point?

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.039
 Israel,

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.539
 you're

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.100
 full of

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.680
 hypocrites.

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.220
 Just like

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.740
 the charge

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.299
 against the

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.720
 church.

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.779
 The church

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.060
 is full

00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.640
 of hypocrites.

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.400
 It's

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.700
 true.

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.259
 We've

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.680
 all got a

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.200
 gap between

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.440
 our

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.900
 profession

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.200
 and our

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.640
 practice.

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.700
 Here's

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.100
 the question.

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.559
 Are you

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.120
 aware of

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.299
 it?

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.160
 Or are

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.299
 you

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.740
 ignoring

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.059
 it?

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.279
 Are you

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.059
 comfortably

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.799
 numb

00:33:57.799 --> 00:34:00.279
 in your

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.700
 compromise?

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.039
 Are you

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:07.160
 acknowledging

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.759
 Jesus with

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.119
 your lips

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.679
 but denying

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.039
 him with

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.159
 your

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.519
 lifestyle?

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.639
 This has

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.059
 plagued

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.400
 God's

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.759
 people

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.440
 for

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.980
 millennia.

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.480
 In

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.699
 Matthew

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.279
 15,

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.199
 7-8,

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.779
 Jesus

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:23.440
 confronts

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.559
 the

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.299
 Pharisees

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:26.880
 who were

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.880
 insisting

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.820
 that God's

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.340
 people

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.599
 obey the

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.039
 commands of

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.820
 man over

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.119
 God.

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.440
 And this is

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.960
 what he says

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.299
 in verse

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.920
 7-8.

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.099
 You

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.659
 hypocrites,

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:39.119
 well did

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.519
 Isaiah

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.159
 prophesy

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.619
 of you

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.000
 when he

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.299
 said,

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:41.980
 this people

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.539
 honors me

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.879
 with their

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.259
 lips,

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.460
 but their

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.440
 heart is

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.980
 far from

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.259
 me.

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.779
 In vain do

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.279
 they worship

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.599
 me.

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.000
 Teaching as

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.719
 doctrines the

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.379
 commandments of

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:51.719
 men.

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:52.719
 Jesus could

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.119
 have quoted

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.519
 Isaiah to

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.879
 Micah.

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.440
 He could

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.859
 have quoted

00:34:55.859 --> 00:34:56.440
 that to

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.899
 Jonathan,

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.440
 the son of

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.299
 Gershom,

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.819
 the son of

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.219
 Moses.

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.059
 He could have

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.659
 quoted it to

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.079
 the five

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:03.299
 spies of the

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:03.719
 tribe of

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.079
 Dan.

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.179
 and he

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.599
 could quote

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:05.840
 it to

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.219
 us.

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.779
 Are you

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.400
 honoring Jesus

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.799
 with your

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.239
 lips, but

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.579
 your heart

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.900
 is far

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.279
 from him?

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.500
 If Jesus

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.960
 Christ, if

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.539
 King Jesus

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.159
 is not the

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.579
 controlling

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.319
 center of

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.840
 your life,

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.539
 I doubt

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.219
 that you're

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.400
 going to

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.799
 publicly

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.460
 disavow

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.699
 him.

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:28.880
 I'm going

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.500
 to guess

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.880
 though you

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.319
 will pay

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.799
 him lip

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.279
 service.

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.880
 Because

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.099
 that's

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.380
 what I

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.559
 do.

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.759
 You

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.139
 acknowledge

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.500
 him with

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.079
 your lips

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:42.259
 and then

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.599
 walk out

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:42.960
 the door

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.340
 and deny

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.599
 him with

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.699
 your

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.239
 lifestyle.

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.519
 Brothers

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.039
 and sisters,

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.639
 this no

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.420
 King virus

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.940
 that we

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.500
 see back

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.860
 in Judges,

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.199
 wow,

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.799
 that virus

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.340
 is around

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.799
 a day.

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.079
 Do you

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.219
 know what

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.559
 the cure

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.779
 to the

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.340
 virus is?

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.679
 Do you

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.779
 know what

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.199
 the cure

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.019
 for hypocrisy

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.299
 is?

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.860
 Do you

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.000
 know what

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.519
 the cure

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:10.219
 for acknowledging

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.779
 Jesus with

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.360
 your lips,

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.880
 but denying

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.199
 him with

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.639
 your lifestyle?

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:12.940
 Do you

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.139
 know what

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.440
 it is?

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:13.860
 Do you

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.019
 know what

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.519
 the cure

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.039
 of a

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.559
 divided

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.000
 heart

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.440
 is?

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.219
 It's a

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.759
 heart

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:21.000
 fully

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.739
 united

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:23.920
 in the

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.519
 worship

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:26.059
 of Jesus.

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.980
 That's

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.340
 the cure.

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.340
 King

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.759
 Jesus

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.900
 is the

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.279
 cure

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.239
 to our

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.880
 hypocrisy.

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:36.360
 he is

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.559
 no

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.980
 hypocrite.

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.539
 He

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.960
 never

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:42.360
 said this

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.840
 and did

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.179
 that.

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.799
 Never.

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.639
 In fact,

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.159
 in Revelation

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.840
 19,

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.219
 when he's

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.759
 coming back

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.059
 on a

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.059
 white war

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.400
 horse,

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.380
 his title

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.500
 is faithful

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.259
 and true.

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.179
 He's

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.579
 true to

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.079
 his word,

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.980
 faithful to

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.259
 what he

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:00.639
 says.

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.199
 And this

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.559
 king,

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:05.179
 he died

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.619
 for you

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.880
 and he

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.239
 died for

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.420
 me.

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.779
 He died

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.179
 for our

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.880
 hypocrisy

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.779
 so that

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.579
 when he

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.219
 was raised,

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.639
 we'd be

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.219
 raised with

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.099
 him to

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:14.480
 live whole,

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.460
 united,

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.980
 integrity

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.380
 lives

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:21.940
 by his

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.320
 power,

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.800
 by his

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.280
 grace.

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:26.420
 Jesus is

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.880
 not some

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.360
 imperfect

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.840
 small

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.119
 S

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.559
 savior

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.900
 who

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.760
 accomplishes

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.200
 a little

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.760
 salvation.

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.740
 He is

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.280
 totally

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.539
 God,

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:33.900
 totally

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.380
 man,

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.360
 the perfect

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.900
 capital

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.500
 S

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.380
 savior

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.119
 who has

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.559
 accomplished

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.180
 a forever

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:40.079
 salvation

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.840
 and you know

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.059
 what that

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.599
 begins with?

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.599
 salvation,

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.619
 that salvation

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.519
 starts in

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.159
 your heart

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:47.719
 where he

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.339
 flips you

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.779
 by his

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.380
 grace and

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.779
 transforms a

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.659
 self-serving

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.559
 opportunistic

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:54.019
 heart and he

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:55.039
 transforms it by

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.659
 this grace

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.539
 into a

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.119
 Christ

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:58.619
 magnifying

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.799
 opportunistic

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.279
 heart.

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.099
 Now we're

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.839
 looking for

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:03.319
 opportunities to

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:04.279
 magnify him

00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:06.980
 as our

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.259
 king.

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:14.340
 There is a

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.460
 king in

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.920
 our land.

00:38:17.560 --> 00:38:18.920
 There is a

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.520
 king reigning

00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:21.420
 on high

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.600
 in 2024.

00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:25.100
 The risen

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:25.480
 king,

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.700
 King

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.060
 Jesus.

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.140
 Let me

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:31.600
 press you.

00:38:35.600 --> 00:38:36.520
 Are you

00:38:36.520 --> 00:38:37.000
 aware of

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.679
 some hypocrisy

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:39.500
 in your

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.699
 life?

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.219
 Are you

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.619
 aware of

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:40.940
 the gap

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.340
 between your

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.960
 profession and

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.420
 your practice?

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.280
 Don't run

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.860
 from that.

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:44.900
 Run to

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.460
 Jesus with

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.659
 that.

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.159
 Say to

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.340
 him,

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.599
 Lord,

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.139
 I see it,

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.599
 I see it,

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.039
 I see the

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.360
 gap between

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.659
 what I say

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.139
 about you to

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.780
 be true and

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.440
 my actual

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.099
 living of

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.440
 that.

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.340
 Thank you

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.820
 for showing

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.219
 me this.

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:56.539
 Would you

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.219
 change me,

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.480
 please?

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:57.840
 Could you

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.699
 imagine if

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.079
 one of your

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.679
 children comes

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.059
 up to you

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.300
 and says

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.599
 this?

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:01.480
 You know,

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.780
 dad,

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.980
 I'm not

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.079
 going to

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.440
 become a

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.659
 Christian.

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.199
 The church

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.679
 is full of

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.219
 hypocrites.

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:08.000
 You know what

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.219
 you get to

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.380
 say?

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.860
 Yes,

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.659
 I'm one of

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.900
 them.

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.780
 There's a gap

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.420
 between my

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.980
 profession and

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.500
 my practice.

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.860
 Son,

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.239
 what are you

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:16.500
 seeing?

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.380
 Help me to

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.719
 see it.

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.739
 I don't want to

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.320
 live that way.

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.739
 I'm living for

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.039
 Jesus.

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.880
 You're right.

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.559
 That's why I

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.099
 need Jesus.

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:30.639
 do you need to

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.599
 repent of some

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.400
 hypocrisy in

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:32.679
 your life?

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.299
 Do you need to

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:35.980
 turn from it?

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.019
 Do you need to

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.039
 ask Jesus to

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.900
 unite your heart

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.579
 to fear Him?

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.380
 Do it.

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:44.460
 Do it.

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.739
 For the glory

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.299
 of His name.

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.639
 When it comes

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.860
 to our

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.299
 households,

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.940
 parents,

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.799
 don't bless

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.239
 your children

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.639
 when they're

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.119
 sinned against

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.440
 God.

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.299
 Don't bless

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.619
 your children

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:58.920
 when they

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.299
 sin against

00:39:59.299 --> 00:39:59.579
 God.

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.339
 Help them to

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:02.119
 understand that

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.559
 they're sinning

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.159
 against God.

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.839
 If your son is

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.339
 lying and you

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:06.859
 catch him in a

00:40:06.859 --> 00:40:07.859
 lie, you help

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.819
 your son realize,

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.420
 son, you're

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:09.799
 lying.

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.239
 And it's not

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:11.000
 just affecting

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:12.179
 this throne of

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.779
 lies that you're

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:13.460
 sitting on with

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.460
 your people who

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.880
 are around you,

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.579
 but you're

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.539
 actually sinning

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.619
 against the

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.239
 God of truth.

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.759
 And this God

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:22.579
 of truth died

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:24.099
 for your lying in

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.819
 order to help

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.679
 you be a truth

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.059
 speaker.

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:28.359
 your lying

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:29.099
 shows you need

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.940
 Jesus, son.

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:33.699
 Don't pat

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.679
 your children's

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.299
 backs when

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.679
 they sin.

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:38.119
 Lovingly confront

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.839
 them with truth.

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:41.099
 Spiritual

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.480
 leaders,

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:44.880
 where's your

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.440
 gladness?

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.799
 If it's not

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.699
 the glory of

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.299
 King Jesus

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:51.000
 among the

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.339
 nations,

00:40:51.339 --> 00:40:52.259
 you've got some

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.039
 hard work to

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:55.360
 do, can I

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.159
 encourage you to

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.500
 memorize 2 Corinthians

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.340
 4 or 5?

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.900
 What we proclaim

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.639
 is not ourselves,

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.820
 but Christ Jesus

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.920
 as Lord and

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:05.199
 ourselves as your

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:06.320
 servants for

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:07.599
 Christ's sake.

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:12.299
 as leaders in the

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:12.739
 church,

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.759
 it's not about us,

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:16.380
 it's about him,

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.400
 King Jesus.

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.440
 This is how we

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.559
 push back against

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.079
 the no king

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.559
 virus.

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:22.440
 Brothers and

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.039
 sisters, if you're

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:24.000
 not praying for your

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.980
 elders of this

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:27.039
 church, pray for us

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:32.300
 when it comes to

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.800
 tribes.

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.159
 American

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:40.239
 evangelicalism is a

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.599
 tribe.

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.000
 And if Jesus

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.400
 Christ is not the

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:48.579
 controlling center of

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.960
 American evangelicalism,

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.139
 something else will

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.320
 be.

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.739
 We saw in Dan

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:56.679
 that they rejected

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:58.379
 the promised land

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:59.159
 that God had given

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:01.139
 them to pursue a

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:02.079
 land of their own

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.479
 choosing.

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.000
 You know what the

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.839
 mistake we can make?

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:06.339
 We can make the

00:42:06.339 --> 00:42:07.259
 mistake that thinking

00:42:07.259 --> 00:42:08.299
 that the soil of the

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:10.779
 United States is God's

00:42:10.779 --> 00:42:11.599
 promised land.

00:42:12.419 --> 00:42:13.259
 It's not.

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.500
 Brothers and

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.259
 sisters, we are

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:16.919
 strangers and

00:42:16.919 --> 00:42:17.379
 aliens.

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:19.059
 We're passing

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.379
 through.

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:21.319
 We're going to be

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:22.179
 faithful citizens

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:24.679
 here under the

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:25.559
 kingship of Jesus.

00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:29.259
 Do you know where

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:30.000
 our promised land

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.239
 is?

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:33.059
 He's given us an

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.399
 inheritance.

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.839
 It's our heavenly

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.219
 homeland.

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.599
 It's where Jesus

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.000
 is.

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:41.099
 We're one day

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:43.399
 closer to seeing

00:42:43.399 --> 00:42:44.359
 him face to face

00:42:44.359 --> 00:42:45.759
 in his place

00:42:45.759 --> 00:42:46.579
 with his people.

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.519
 Brothers and

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:50.219
 sisters, let's

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:51.940
 not confuse

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.699
 promised lands.

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.659
 let's be

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:57.440
 faithful citizens

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.919
 of the United

00:42:57.919 --> 00:42:58.460
 States

00:42:58.460 --> 00:43:01.440
 unto Jesus.

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:07.099
 Is the church

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.940
 full of hypocrites?

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.299
 How would you

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:09.739
 answer that?

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.219
 Yes.

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.940
 If I asked you to

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.460
 raise your hand if

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.000
 you're a hypocrite,

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:17.539
 I think all of us

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.980
 should raise our

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.179
 hands.

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:18.819
 There's a gap.

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:20.840
 You know who

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.440
 fills the gap?

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:23.280
 Our King

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:23.660
 Jesus.

00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:26.660
 We ask

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.019
 him,

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:29.120
 Lord, show

00:43:29.120 --> 00:43:30.420
 us how we can

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.320
 be faithful to

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.760
 you.

00:43:35.640 --> 00:43:36.280
 He's the

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:36.980
 controlling center

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.660
 of our lives.

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:41.180
 There was a

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.820
 king in Israel

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:43.660
 and there is a

00:43:43.660 --> 00:43:44.660
 king reigning

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:46.240
 on high over

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.320
 the whole world

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.500
 in 2024.

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:50.080
 The risen

00:43:50.080 --> 00:43:50.860
 King

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.600
 Jesus

00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:52.500
 Christ.

00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:54.440
 So let's

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:55.780
 live for

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:55.960
 him.

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.860
 Let's put

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.400
 away our

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.300
 hypocrisy as

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.860
 best as we

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.240
 know it.

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.500
 Let's

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:05.240
 press into

00:44:05.240 --> 00:44:06.120
 a unified

00:44:06.120 --> 00:44:06.720
 heart for

00:44:06.720 --> 00:44:07.519
 him together.

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.440
 And as we

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:12.100
 acknowledge him

00:44:12.100 --> 00:44:12.460
 with our

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:12.800
 lips,

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:15.860
 let's magnify

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.420
 him with our

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.860
 lifestyle.

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:19.800
 live lives of

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:22.660
 integrity for

00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:23.180
 the glory of

00:44:23.180 --> 00:44:23.400
 Jesus.

00:44:25.580 --> 00:44:26.260
 Will you pray

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:26.580
 with me?

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.200
 Lord Jesus,

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:37.960
 we know we

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:41.800
 don't obey

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:42.320
 you all the

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:42.580
 time.

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:45.920
 forgive us for

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:46.299
 getting

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.940
 distracted,

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:49.719
 for giving

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:50.440
 ourselves to

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.840
 things that

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.139
 are not

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.500
 you,

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:55.019
 for living as

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.639
 if you're not

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:56.259
 the king of

00:44:56.259 --> 00:44:56.699
 kings and

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:57.019
 lord of

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.299
 lords,

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:57.840
 reigning over

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:58.460
 all things.

00:44:59.239 --> 00:44:59.759
 Forgive us,

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:00.360
 forgive us,

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:00.900
 Lord Jesus.

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.920
 We do not

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.420
 want to grieve

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:05.119
 you that way.

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:08.219
 We want to

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.679
 please you,

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:09.139
 we want to

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.920
 magnify you,

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.380
 we want to

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:11.019
 live for you,

00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:11.759
 at cost

00:45:11.759 --> 00:45:12.099
 even,

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:12.619
 if that's

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:13.079
 your will.

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.920
 So God,

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.460
 would you do

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:16.900
 by your

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.639
 spirit a

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.219
 work in

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:18.980
 us in

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.679
 which you

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.880
 would expose

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:22.019
 our hypocrisy

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:23.780
 and conform us

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:24.400
 to the image

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:24.800
 of Jesus

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:25.360
 Christ

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:27.340
 together,

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:29.679
 following

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.280
 Jesus.

00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:31.380
 Amen.

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:33.480
 Amen.

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.539
 Amen.

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:33.579
 Amen.

00:45:33.579 --> 00:45:33.599
 Amen.

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:33.619
 Amen.

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:35.539
 Amen.

00:45:35.539 --> 00:45:35.579
 Amen.

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:37.480
 Amen.

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:37.539
 Amen.

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:37.579
 Amen.

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:37.599
 Amen.

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:37.619
 Amen.

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:37.639
 Amen.

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:37.679
 Amen.

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:37.699
 Amen.

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:37.719
 Amen.

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:37.739
 Amen.

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:37.759
 Amen.

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:37.780
 Amen.

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:38.159
 Amen.

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:38.679
 Amen.

00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:39.639
 Amen.

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:39.679
 Amen.

00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:39.739
 Amen.

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:39.759
 Amen.

00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:41.000
 Amen.