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 Good morning, everyone. It would be good if you had Bibles in front of you.

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 We are turning our attention today to the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Bible,

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 and his story begins in chapter 13, so we've been looking at chapter 13 to 16,

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 so it would be good if you have the text in front of you.

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 He's a man who is all muscles and testosterone.

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 The life of Samson is an exciting life in some ways,

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 full of sex and violence and death and power,

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 but it's a tragedy as well.

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 It's a disturbing and disappointing life.

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 There were two women initially that he used,

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 and the one that he fell in love with used him.

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 It is such a relational tragedy.

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 He is, in fact, the last of Israel's judges,

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 and with him we discover the most flawed judge in the book.

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 He's a violent, impulsive, sex-driven, ungodly, and complacent man.

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 He uses his God-given strength to selfishly get himself out of the trouble

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 that his weakness gets him into.

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 He is, in fact, a picture of the state of God's people of Israel rolled into one individual.

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 He's a flawed saviour who points us to a flawless saviour.

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 And so there's three things I want to kind of nail as we look through this text today.

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 I want to see, first of all, Israel's flawed vision.

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 I want to see, secondly, Samson's flawed vision.

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 And thirdly, the flawless saviour and a vision for a changed life.

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 So firstly, Israel's flawed vision.

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 The story of Samson begins in chapter 13.

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 So if you've got your Bibles, you can flick back there.

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 And it begins before he is even born.

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 We see in the opening verse the now very familiar statement,

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 again, the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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 We've seen this phrase consistently pop up in Judges.

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 It's the beginning of each of the cycles as Israel descended into idolatry once again.

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 And this is the last time it's used in the book.

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 It's the final time, again, Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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 It is, however, there is another statement that's used twice.

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 The book had two introductions.

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 It's got two conclusions.

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 And twice, once in each one of those conclusions, there's another phrase which is used.

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 It's the same kind of phrase, but in a different way.

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 It goes like this.

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 In those days, everybody did what was right in his own eyes or as they saw fit.

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 And that there is the perfect definition of sin.

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 Sin does not ultimately consist in us violating our conscience or violating our personal standards

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 or violating community standards.

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 It consists in violating God's will.

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 This is very different to the moral code of our culture.

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 Our society continually affirms that whatever our hearts wants, it must be true.

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 Only I can determine what is right and wrong for me.

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 In other words, my own eyes, that is my own feelings, my mind's perceptions, are the only way to determine what is right and wrong for me.

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 It's the definition of sin that you see right back in Genesis 1 and 2,

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 where Adam and Eve determine for themselves what is right and wrong for them.

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 And common sense contradicts this view.

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 Even if you don't have a Bible, it contradicts the view.

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 If evil is determined by my own eyes, how can we ever tell the Nazis it was wrong for them to exterminate 6 million Jews?

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 They thought they actually thought they were doing the human race a favour by providing justice for imagined wrongs in history.

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 And so if our own eyes are not entirely in and of themselves sufficient, then whose eyes are sufficient?

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 Maybe the eyes of experts can determine what's right and wrong.

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 Maybe the eyes of the majority can determine what's right and wrong.

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 However, these eyes don't avoid holocausts either.

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 The Bible says that sin is violating God's will and therefore our relationship with him.

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 What God sees is sin, is sin.

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 Regardless of what the experts say, regardless of what our culture thinks, it's what God determines is sin.

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 And the key here is that sin is so deceptive.

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 Sin is so deceptive that Israel had by this point rationalised their sin.

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 They in fact weren't uncomfortable living side by side with the Philistines.

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 There's a group denial.

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 Excuse me.

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 There's a group denial of God's will here.

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 They're collectively doing it.

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 They thought that there was nothing wrong with their lives.

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 And as we've said several times in this series,

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 idolatry is not abandoning God and pursuing something else.

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 It's pursuing other things alongside God, with God.

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 And of course, this should lead us to be very careful and constantly evaluating ourselves through reflection on the Bible and personal accountability to others.

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 We are always finding ways to rationalise sin.

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 Sin in our culture like materialism, sin like bitterness, sin like pride, rationalising it.

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 As Thomas Brooks, the 17th century Puritan wrote, Satan paints sin with virtues colours.

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 And this is the approach to life and morality that Israel has.

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 And in fact, they've had all along doing what was evil in God's eyes because it was right in their own eyes.

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 That's Israel's flawed vision.

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 And we see that Samson, he has a flawed vision as well.

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 He is no different than Israel.

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 He is introduced as the new judge in chapter 13.

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 He is in fact, the only judge who is chosen before he is born.

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 And from birth, Samson is set apart for service to God as a Nazarite.

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 And the Nazarite vows can be found in Numbers chapter 6, verses 1 to 21.

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 And there are three basic stipulations to the Nazarite vow.

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 Hair wasn't to be cut.

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 They weren't to drink any produce from the vines.

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 And they were not to have any contact with dead bodies.

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 And the intention of the vow was to seek special help from God during a crucial time.

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 And so the vows had a limited time factor associated with them.

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 It was a sign that you were looking to God for help in this moment,

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 a special help with particular intensity and focus.

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 And in Numbers 6, the vow was taken voluntarily and for a select period of time.

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 But Samson's different.

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 Samson is put under God's rule as a Nazarite before he's even born.

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 As the spiritual condition of Israel plunges even further,

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 chapter 13 prepares us right at the very beginning to receive the greatest of judges.

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 A miracle birth to rescue God's people.

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 This is the greatest judge yet.

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 A wonderful deliverer.

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 A powerful deliverer.

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 And instead we have by far the most flawed character in the book.

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 At the beginning of chapter 14, in fact, throughout the entire section of Samson's life,

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 he is stirred by much more physical impulses.

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 This is a man who doesn't think with his brain at all.

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 Instead of him living out the promise as the one who will deliver Israel from its enemies,

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 the first thing Samson decides to do as an adult is, in fact, to marry one of them.

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 His parents attempt to dissuade him.

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 But in verse 3, he says,

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 Get her for me.

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 She's the right one for me.

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 Or literally, in the original language,

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 Get her for me because she is right in my eyes.

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 She's right in my eyes.

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 And so Samson is not the judge we thought he might be.

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 Rather than fight God's enemies, he moves amongst them.

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 It's interesting that Samson found the woman at Timnah.

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 That is deep inside Israelite territory.

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 He was free to come and go amongst the Philistines.

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 There's no threat there.

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 The Philistines are living amongst the Israelites.

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 They were settled, living normal lives inside Israel.

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 This is a peaceful occupation.

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 You see, there's something significant that is missing from this final judges cycle that we've been introduced to.

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 There's a very significant element that's missing.

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 It's in every one of them prior to this.

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 For the first time, Israel is not crying out to God for help.

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 They're not asking for release from their oppressor.

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 Israel doesn't groan.

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 They're not resisting their captors.

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 It's like they are virtually unconscious of their enslavement.

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 It would seem that they have adopted and adapted to the values and the idols of the Philistines.

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 And so, therefore, they haven't even asked for Samson.

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 God had to miraculously raise him up because they weren't looking for him.

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 They didn't want him.

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 We cannot exaggerate the danger that Israel was in.

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 They are on the brink of the extinction and they don't even know it.

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 As Michael Wilcox says in his commentary on this passage,

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 there is no such thing as harmonious coexistence between the church and the world.

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 For where there is no conflict, it is because the world has already taken over.

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 Be careful of wanting to become acceptable.

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 Israel and Philistine here are so intertwined that God has to do something special

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 in order to pry the two nations apart because they're not looking for it.

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 Have a look at chapter 14, verse 4.

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 His parents did not know that this was from the Lord.

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 That is, Samson marrying this woman from Tibna,

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 who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines,

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 for at that time they were ruling over Israel.

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 God is using the weakness of Samson,

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 that is his sexual appetite,

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 his vindictiveness,

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 his notoriously bad temper,

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 to bring about a confrontation

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 between Israel and Philistine

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 because they've been so settled,

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 God is going to use his weakness to drive a wedge.

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 It is Samson's weakness and his sinfulness

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 that causes friction between the two nations.

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 And it's a friction that Israel doesn't want.

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 In fact, at one point,

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 the leaders of Israel bind Samson

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 and hand him over to the Philistines

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 so that we can go back

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 to our peaceful, complacent lives.

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 Now, by the time we get to chapter 16,

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 the friction has grown

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 and Samson has killed over a thousand Philistines.

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 He's caused a bit of a stir.

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 Israel, however,

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 at this point,

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 is no closer to their freedom

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 and living in obedience to God.

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 And it would turn out

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 by the time you get to chapter 16,

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 Samson hasn't changed a bit either.

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 The next woman his weakness leads him to

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 is a prostitute.

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 His behavior is becoming more and more reckless.

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 For some reason,

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 he decides to pick up the city gate.

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 I mean, he could have just smashed it.

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 But he decides to pick it up

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 and carry it forever

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 and dump it on some hilltop.

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 It's like,

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 is everyone watching me?

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 I mean, goodness me.

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 This is Mr. Universe kind of stuff.

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 His behavior is more reckless and pointless

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 than in verse 14 of chapter 16.

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 We're introduced to his next woman.

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 And it's the first time in the book

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 where it says he fell in love

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 with a woman in the valley of Sorek

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 whose name was Delilah.

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 And Delilah,

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 the woman he loved,

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 will be his downfall.

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 She is paid off to betray him.

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 He is totally reckless with her,

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 goading her.

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 And eventually she wears him down,

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 down,

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 down,

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 down,

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 until he is fed up with it.

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 He's fed up with it

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 because he wants to settle down now

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 and live a comfortable life.

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 All his days of fighting with the Philistines,

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 he wants them to be over.

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 And yet she will be his downfall.

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 Her name sounds like,

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 in the original language,

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 her name sounds like the night.

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 Samson has finally climbed into bed with darkness.

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 He eventually tells her

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 the secret of his strength.

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 His head is shaved.

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 Verse 19 says that his strength has left him,

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 but more importantly,

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 verse 20,

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 it says God has left him.

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 The Lord has left him.

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 And Samson now really is

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 like every other man

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 as verse 7, 11, 13, and 17

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 indicate he would be.

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 The strong man is finally seized,

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 he's shackled,

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 and the man

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 who saw

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 and grabbed

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 whatever he wanted

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 is now blind.

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 His eyes are removed

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 and he can no longer see.

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 The man who burnt

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 the Philistines grain

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 in chapter 15,

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 he's now reduced to grinding it

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 in chapter 16.

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 And so for the first time

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 in the book of Judges,

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 God's judge

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 is defeated

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 and humiliated.

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 For the first time,

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 God's judge

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 is defeated

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 and humiliated.

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 And then in verse 22,

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 it contains a somewhat,

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 another one of these obvious statements

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 that don't need repeating,

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 but the hair on his head

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 began to grow

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 again

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 after it had been shaved,

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 which is generally

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 what happens.

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 You know,

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 like,

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 even my hair

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 will grow back.

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 Not as much as I want,

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 but it will grow back.

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 And Ian Francis,

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 you have the same issue,

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 and it will grow back.

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 And what's there?

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 I mean,

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 they still charge you

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 the same amount

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 even if it's

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 not a lot.

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 Apparently,

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 it's a search and fine fee.

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 So why record the obvious?

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 The point is

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 the Philistines

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 let his hair grow back.

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 And I'm assuming

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.740
 that they were,

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.000
 they weren't completely

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.920
 clueless here,

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.620
 I'm assuming.

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.980
 I'm assuming

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.840
 they didn't just fail

00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:10.480
 to notice

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.160
 that his hair

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.819
 had grown back.

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.900
 They simply

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.940
 must have assumed

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.960
 that once

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:17.100
 his hair was cut,

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.019
 he was no longer

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.680
 a Nazarite.

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.379
 And there is truth

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:22.680
 in that

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.559
 because number six

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.240
 indicates

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.720
 that the Nazarite vow

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.440
 was effective

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.759
 until the hair was cut

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.900
 and then it was all over.

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.980
 It was for a certain

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.980
 period of time.

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:31.960
 They had a,

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.339
 such a narrow view

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.960
 of God.

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.639
 Samson's strength

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.639
 did not come

00:19:37.639 --> 00:19:38.379
 from the vows

00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:39.000
 he made,

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.420
 it came from the God

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:41.279
 who he made them to.

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.099
 You see,

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.759
 the Philistines

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.379
 didn't know

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:46.460
 the God of Ehud,

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.960
 the God of the

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.579
 unexpected.

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.799
 They didn't know

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:51.380
 the God of Gideon,

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.120
 the God whose strength

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.860
 is made perfect

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.539
 in weakness

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.620
 and who never

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.779
 breaks his word.

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.579
 This is the God

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.920
 who said to Samson,

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.860
 said to Samson's parents,

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.140
 he will be

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:05.220
 a Nazarite

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.180
 until

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:07.680
 the day

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.559
 of his death.

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.519
 You see,

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.400
 God's abandonment

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.180
 of Samson here

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.840
 is temporary.

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:17.959
 the promise

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.720
 held,

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.000
 even though Samson

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.179
 despised the promise,

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.059
 the promise of God

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.779
 still held.

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.199
 This is

00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:26.699
 abounding grace

00:20:26.699 --> 00:20:27.740
 to even the worst

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.279
 of sinners

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.059
 with this God,

00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:29.799
 which is what we have

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:31.000
 sung already this morning.

00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:33.179
 In 2 Timothy 2.13

00:20:33.179 --> 00:20:33.819
 it says,

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:35.199
 if we are

00:20:35.199 --> 00:20:35.879
 faithless,

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:37.839
 he remains

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.839
 faithful

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:41.859
 because he cannot

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.899
 deny himself.

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.659
 You see,

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.399
 the Philistines

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:48.220
 only ever knew

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.480
 of conditional gods.

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:50.959
 Their gods

00:20:50.959 --> 00:20:51.919
 could be manipulated.

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:53.119
 As I said last week,

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.699
 the God of the

00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:54.459
 vending machine.

00:20:55.459 --> 00:20:56.839
 The God of the Bible

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.179
 is the God of grace

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:59.259
 who is faithful

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.899
 to us

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:01.199
 even when we are

00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:02.339
 unfaithful to him.

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:05.720
 This God

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.659
 is not bound

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:07.199
 or limited

00:21:07.199 --> 00:21:08.119
 by the terms

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.399
 of the Nazarite vow.

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:11.179
 They don't understand

00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:12.119
 that God's work

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.659
 and power

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.720
 are not constrained

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:15.319
 by or contingent

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.199
 upon his servants'

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.720
 obedience.

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.959
 And that's really

00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:21.619
 what's going on

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.720
 behind the scenes here.

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.459
 The true

00:21:24.459 --> 00:21:26.459
 contest here

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:28.400
 is not between

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.079
 Samson

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.360
 and the Philistines.

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.180
 It's between

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.259
 the Lord God

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.360
 and Dagon,

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.900
 their God.

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.799
 The false

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.299
 God of the

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.980
 Philistines.

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.640
 Who is stronger?

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.799
 Who will

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.420
 Israel

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.720
 finally serve?

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.620
 And it seemed

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.240
 at this point

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.180
 that Dagon

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.799
 had won.

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.900
 See what the

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.360
 rulers of the

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.740
 Philistines

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.120
 are saying

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.900
 in verse 23?

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.079
 This is the

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.600
 moment of

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.519
 celebration for them.

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.460
 Our God

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.579
 has delivered

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.380
 Samson

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:57.280
 our enemy

00:21:57.280 --> 00:21:58.080
 into our

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.680
 hands.

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.200
 The setting

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.560
 for the

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.120
 gathering of

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.660
 the leaders

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.640
 and the people

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.200
 is the

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.620
 temple of

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:06.880
 Dagon.

00:22:08.040 --> 00:22:09.020
 They celebrate

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:09.680
 and they

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.960
 praise Dagon

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:13.360
 as Israel's

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.920
 God's

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.620
 failed

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.300
 rescuer

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:17.560
 is

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.760
 brought out

00:22:18.760 --> 00:22:19.800
 to entertain

00:22:19.800 --> 00:22:20.200
 them,

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.420
 mock them,

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.640
 to be mocked

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.480
 and humiliated

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.940
 in verse 25.

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.320
 And yet

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:26.220
 God's rescuer

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.900
 is not yet

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.360
 finished.

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:29.279
 In verse 26,

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.600
 he asked

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.360
 to be put

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.539
 where I can

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.220
 feel the

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.880
 pillars

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:36.600
 that support

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.360
 the temple

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.700
 so that I

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.620
 may lean

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.620
 against them.

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.960
 Under the

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.360
 roof

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:45.480
 that is held

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.579
 up by

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.339
 these pillars

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.339
 is a great

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.039
 crowd,

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.160
 including the

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.720
 rulers of the

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.500
 Philistines

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.880
 and crucially

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:54.180
 the statue

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.779
 to their

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.059
 God

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.400
 Dagon.

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.099
 Verse 27

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.720
 says there's

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.059
 a further

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.079
 3,000

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.839
 people on

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.440
 the roof.

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:07.200
 then for

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.799
 only the

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.779
 second time

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.340
 in his

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.019
 life,

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.160
 Samson

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.039
 prays.

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.700
 On every

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.480
 other occasion,

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.340
 Samson just

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.460
 assumed that I'm

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.820
 going to be

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.600
 strong here

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:20.720
 and used

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.400
 his strength

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.220
 to save

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.779
 himself.

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:25.319
 Now for

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.700
 the first

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.039
 time,

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.759
 he's blind,

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.379
 he's weak,

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.779
 he's humiliated

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.639
 and he simply

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.379
 asks in

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.319
 verse 28,

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.139
 Sovereign

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.599
 Lord,

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:37.160
 remember me.

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.879
 Please

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.379
 God,

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.859
 strengthen me

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.740
 just once

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.899
 more and

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.740
 let me with

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.579
 one blow

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.720
 take revenge

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.079
 on the

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.680
 Philistines

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.139
 for my

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.980
 two eyes.

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.240
 Now this

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.680
 is perhaps

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.240
 the first

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.139
 time that

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.579
 Samson

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.519
 exercises

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.500
 real and

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.839
 genuine

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.439
 faith as

00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:56.159
 Hebrews 11

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:57.199
 commends

00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.779
 him for.

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.099
 Can't see

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.619
 him exercising

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.339
 faith anywhere

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.799
 else.

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.579
 It is

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.059
 true

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.259
 that there

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.699
 is no

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.379
 mention here

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.899
 of Samson

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:09.139
 doing what

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.559
 he's doing

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.099
 in order to

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.139
 save Israel.

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.899
 He seems

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.299
 to be pulling

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.740
 the temple

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.279
 down as

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.960
 revenge on

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.480
 his own

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.039
 eyes.

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.779
 There is

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.379
 however a

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.839
 newfound

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.359
 humility.

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.480
 Samson

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.220
 had been

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.700
 humbled

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.480
 into the

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.860
 dust

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.680
 but more

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.240
 importantly

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.980
 he knew

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.420
 he was

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.640
 humbled

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.039
 into the

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.380
 dust.

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.799
 The request

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.279
 he makes

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.740
 of God

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.299
 here is

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.819
 different to

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.420
 his previous

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.940
 feats of

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.400
 strength.

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.480
 Verse 28

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.559
 he first of

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.000
 all asked

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.319
 Sovereign

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.900
 Lord remember

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.279
 me.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.500
 It's so

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.980
 simple.

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.539
 It's humble.

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.559
 It's a request

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.600
 for attention.

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.380
 He knows

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.140
 he's forgettable

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.900
 and that God

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.720
 has every

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.440
 single right

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.960
 to ignore

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.279
 him.

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.599
 And then

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.119
 he asked

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.019
 God to

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.559
 strengthen

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.480
 him just

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.680
 one more

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.220
 time.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.720
 And at

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.399
 last Samson

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.039
 acknowledges

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.440
 his

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.460
 dependence.

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.639
 Finally

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.220
 acknowledges

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.740
 his dependence

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.279
 on God's

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.660
 grace.

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.220
 And as he

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.359
 reached for

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.740
 the two

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.559
 pillars he

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.000
 did not

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.720
 know in

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.319
 that moment

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.059
 that God

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.799
 would in

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.359
 fact grant

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.440
 his strength

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.599
 or whether

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.019
 this would

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.420
 just be

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.759
 another

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.519
 humiliating

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.099
 act where

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.379
 they will

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.940
 mock him.

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.299
 And his

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.000
 final prayer

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.500
 comes in

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.200
 verse 30

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.559
 let me

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.119
 die with

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.279
 the

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.000
 Philistines.

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.379
 And having

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.819
 uttered that

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.279
 prayer it

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.579
 says he

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.319
 pushed with

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.779
 all of

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.480
 his might

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.879
 and down

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.339
 came the

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.799
 temple on

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.319
 the rulers

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.440
 and all

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.859
 the people

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.319
 in it

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.460
 and thus

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.000
 he killed

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.519
 many more

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:38.059
 when he

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.119
 died than

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.879
 when he

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.319
 lived.

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.920
 The most

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.579
 important

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.339
 moment

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.599
 of

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.399
 Samson's

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.000
 life

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.180
 is his

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.880
 death

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:50.119
 and the

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.420
 most

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.420
 faithful

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.859
 event

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.160
 of his

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.500
 life

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.880
 is the

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.119
 manner

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.519
 of his

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.720
 death

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.079
 the most

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.000
 triumphant

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.619
 episode

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.279
 in his

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.640
 life

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.220
 is his

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.720
 death

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.619
 as he

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.420
 at last

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.940
 and at

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.559
 the last

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.519
 performs

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.440
 the role

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.279
 for which

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.660
 he was

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.319
 miraculously

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.700
 given

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.420
 life for.

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:09.300
 he starts

00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:09.960
 to rescue

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.440
 God's

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.779
 people

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.360
 as the

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.700
 angel

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.200
 said he

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.519
 would

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.160
 in chapter

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.660
 13

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.279
 verse 5.

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.900
 A

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.340
 rescue

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:19.740
 that

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.300
 finds its

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:20.800
 fulfillment

00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.600
 and ending

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.019
 Jesus

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.500
 centuries

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.900
 later.

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.360
 You see

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.860
 Samson

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.400
 the flawed

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.980
 saviour

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.120
 shines the

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.680
 spotlight

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.740
 on Jesus

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.440
 the flawless

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.039
 saviour.

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:35.319
 the death

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.019
 of Samson

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.700
 has so

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:36.960
 many

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.579
 similarities

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.000
 with the

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.200
 death

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.639
 of Jesus

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.200
 but it

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.399
 is

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.240
 different

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.980
 in two

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.279
 very

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.639
 crucial

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.180
 ways.

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.480
 Firstly

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.000
 Samson

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.319
 is in

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.740
 the temple

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.279
 of Dagon

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.399
 because of

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.000
 his own

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.659
 inability

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:49.599
 to live

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.319
 under God's

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.599
 rule

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.740
 and for

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.019
 God's

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.319
 glory.

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.579
 His

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.339
 downfall

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.180
 is brought

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.940
 about by

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.559
 his own

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.519
 disobedience.

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.900
 On the

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.339
 other hand

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.639
 Jesus

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.160
 always

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.680
 lived for

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:00.879
 his

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.279
 father's

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.559
 glory

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.980
 and died

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.559
 because of

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.859
 his

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.720
 obedience.

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:05.920
 Secondly

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.559
 Samson's

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.099
 death

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:10.460
 achieved a

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.019
 limited

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.799
 salvation

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.819
 for Israel.

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.440
 When the

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.200
 angel came

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.619
 to his

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.420
 mum to

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.059
 announce his

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.519
 birth in

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.039
 chapter 13

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.720
 verse 5

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:21.099
 it records

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.819
 the angel

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.720
 saying these

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.319
 words to

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.619
 her.

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.200
 He will

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.900
 take the

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:27.180
 lead in

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.779
 delivering

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.360
 Israel

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.060
 from the

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.600
 hands of

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:29.779
 the

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.500
 Philistines.

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.460
 Or

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.840
 literally

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.220
 he will

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.700
 start the

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.060
 process.

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.420
 He will

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.100
 begin to

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.360
 deliver

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.940
 Israel.

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.720
 And it's

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.620
 a deliverance

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.900
 that

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.500
 finds

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.600
 a

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.560
 fulfillment

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.060
 to a

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.620
 degree

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.340
 with

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.620
 King

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.120
 David

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.580
 and

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.340
 David's

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.779
 defeat

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.039
 of

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.720
 Goliath.

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.539
 But

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.220
 ultimately

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.100
 God's

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.460
 enemies

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.640
 are

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.080
 defeated

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.720
 by

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.100
 great

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.320
 King

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:56.779
 David's

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.000
 great

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.259
 son

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.740
 Jesus.

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.779
 Hebrews

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.480
 10.10

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.240
 describes it

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.019
 like this.

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.299
 We have

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.899
 been made

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.639
 holy through

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.379
 the sacrifice

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.920
 of the

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.440
 body of

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.759
 Jesus

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.359
 Christ

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.519
 once and

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.160
 for all.

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.079
 In a

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.559
 similar way

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.200
 1 Peter

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.819
 3.18

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.539
 says

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.920
 puts it

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.440
 like this

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.359
 for Christ

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.379
 also suffered

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.940
 once

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.200
 for sin

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.299
 the

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.680
 righteous

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.120
 for the

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.840
 unrighteous

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:26.220
 to bring

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.000
 you

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.819
 to God.

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.019
 And yet

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.539
 in so

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.220
 many ways

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.039
 Samson's

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.660
 end is a

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.240
 picture and a

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.660
 shadow of

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.900
 Jesus'

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.319
 death.

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.900
 Both

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.620
 Samson and

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.180
 Jesus were

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.819
 betrayed by

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.480
 someone who

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.860
 had acted

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.220
 as a

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.559
 friend,

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.340
 Delilah

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:41.759
 and

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.180
 Judas.

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.340
 Both

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.680
 were handed

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.160
 over to

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.920
 their Gentile

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.700
 oppressors.

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.279
 Both

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.900
 were tortured,

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.440
 both were

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.039
 bound and

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.720
 put on public

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.480
 display for

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.059
 ridicule.

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.720
 Both

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.240
 were asked

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.980
 to perform.

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.220
 Samson

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.539
 does,

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.879
 Jesus

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.399
 didn't.

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.339
 Both

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.779
 died

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.200
 with their

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.619
 arms

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.619
 outstretched.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.700
 Both

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.359
 appeared to

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.099
 be completely

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.859
 defeated by

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.460
 their enemies

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.019
 but both

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.319
 in their

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.599
 death

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.119
 completely

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.839
 crushed

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.579
 their enemies.

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:05.919
 Samson

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.440
 destroyed

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.200
 the Philistines

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.759
 and Dagon

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.399
 and Jesus

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.980
 the ultimate

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.460
 enemy,

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.259
 Satan

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.720
 and death

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.259
 himself.

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.659
 Colossians

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:15.079
 2.13

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.019
 to 15

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.619
 says this

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.200
 about Jesus

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.740
 triumphant

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.220
 death.

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.299
 When you

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.799
 were dead

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.220
 in your

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.599
 sins

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.039
 and in

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.159
 the

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.879
 uncircumcision

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.279
 of your

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.039
 flesh,

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.500
 God made

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.099
 you alive

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.940
 with Christ.

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.220
 He forgave

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.720
 you all

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.059
 of your

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.460
 sins,

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.759
 having

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.279
 cancelled

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.079
 the charge

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.480
 of our

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.859
 legal

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.559
 indebtedness

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.539
 which stood

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.319
 against us

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.180
 and condemned

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.700
 us.

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.799
 He has

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.440
 taken it

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.839
 away,

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.919
 nailed it

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.220
 to the

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.639
 cross

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.500
 and having

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.159
 disarmed

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.799
 the powers

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.539
 and authorities

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.019
 he made

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.579
 a public

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.240
 spectacle

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.839
 of them

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:45.079
 triumphant

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.319
 over them

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.379
 by the

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.859
 cross.

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:47.979
 cross.

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.299
 The cross

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.779
 of Christ

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.219
 took away

00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:51.839
 the penalty

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.679
 of our

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.459
 idolatry

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:54.299
 which is

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.859
 death.

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.159
 Jesus

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:57.019
 was so

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.240
 triumphant

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.479
 that Satan

00:29:59.479 --> 00:30:00.099
 can no

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.599
 longer

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.559
 successfully

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.879
 prosecute

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.319
 the people

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.839
 of God.

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.219
 Jesus'

00:30:07.459 --> 00:30:07.759
 death

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:09.079
 also took

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.539
 away the

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.219
 power of

00:30:10.219 --> 00:30:10.539
 sin in

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.179
 our lives

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.879
 enabling

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.659
 the spirit

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.099
 of God

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.559
 to live

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.939
 in us

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.440
 and to

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.720
 break

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.240
 the lure

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.000
 of idols

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.340
 in our

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:16.840
 hearts.

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.500
 It took

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.120
 the death

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.680
 of Jesus

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.380
 to destroy

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.920
 Satan,

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.220
 the unseen

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.160
 power behind

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.279
 our idolatry

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.279
 and death.

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.660
 As Samson

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:30.000
 is the

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.460
 last

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.160
 judge

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.660
 of

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.680
 and

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.180
 saviour

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.100
 of Israel

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:35.240
 in this

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.620
 book,

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.080
 so Jesus

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.720
 is the

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.420
 final and

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.860
 the greatest

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.340
 saviour

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.860
 of all

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.259
 people.

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:41.660
 Samson

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.160
 and Jesus

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.700
 are not

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.120
 just the

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.500
 final

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.120
 saviours,

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.240
 but they

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.000
 are also

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.200
 the

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.259
 lone

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.980
 saviours.

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.319
 Othniel

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.960
 and Ehud,

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.400
 they rallied

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.799
 all of

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.559
 Israel with

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.860
 them to

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.240
 fight their

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.759
 oppressors

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.160
 in chapter

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.680
 3.

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.700
 Deborah

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.240
 and Barak

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.759
 took two

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.580
 tribes with

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:01.860
 them in

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.660
 chapter 4.

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.680
 Gideon

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.100
 had his

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:05.880
 300 and

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.539
 Samson's

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.960
 act of

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.600
 deliverance

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:09.340
 was by

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.880
 himself.

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.580
 He

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:13.900
 wasn't

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.580
 asked for,

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.860
 he

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.259
 wasn't

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.640
 even

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.080
 wanted

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.380
 by

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.960
 Israel.

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.920
 God

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.519
 showed

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.840
 in

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.340
 Samson

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.759
 that he

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.160
 doesn't

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.640
 need

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.319
 an army

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.920
 to

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.200
 deliver

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.460
 his

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.860
 people.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.819
 He

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.220
 doesn't

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.559
 even

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.019
 need

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.340
 his

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.740
 people

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.980
 to

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.400
 ask

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.720
 for

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:30.900
 it

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.200
 in

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.440
 order

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.680
 to

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.940
 deliver

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.200
 his

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.559
 people.

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.200
 Doesn't

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.440
 need

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.980
 300,

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:37.960
 he

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.140
 can

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.400
 deliver

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.660
 his

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:38.980
 people

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.160
 through

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.340
 the

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.580
 death

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:39.720
 of

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.980
 just

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.319
 one.

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.039
 And in

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.519
 Samson,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.259
 even more

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.659
 than all

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.000
 the other

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.379
 judges,

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.839
 we actually

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.519
 see the

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.039
 pattern of

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.759
 victorious

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.859
 defeat.

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.339
 Rejected,

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.399
 beaten,

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.759
 chained,

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.779
 alone,

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:57.220
 and finally

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.839
 dying under

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.720
 the avalanche

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.019
 of his

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.619
 enemies,

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:03.559
 Samson

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.919
 triumphs.

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:08.000
 God

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.560
 delivers

00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:08.840
 his

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.380
 people

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.600
 in

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:10.800
 all

00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:11.140
 time

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.279
 and

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.720
 eternity

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:11.980
 through

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.140
 the

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.580
 victorious

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.060
 defeat

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.259
 of

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.440
 just

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.759
 one

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.120
 savior.

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.759
 This

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.100
 is the

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.460
 gospel

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.800
 of the

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:16.960
 Lord

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.220
 Jesus

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.700
 Christ,

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:17.920
 the

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.220
 gospel

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.620
 is the

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:18.960
 heartbeat

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.240
 of

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.460
 this

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.900
 church.

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.759
 Jesus,

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.160
 the

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.600
 God

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:21.800
 who

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.120
 made

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.820
 everything

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.100
 and

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.519
 rules

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.320
 everything,

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.060
 became

00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:25.640
 weak

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.300
 to

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.700
 rescue

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:26.940
 the

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.240
 weak

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.440
 and

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.640
 in

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:27.840
 so

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.200
 doing

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.700
 became

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.500
 immeasurably

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.039
 strong.

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:34.460
 And this

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.759
 is the

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.440
 last and

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.799
 crucial

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.339
 difference

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.720
 between

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.220
 Samson

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.519
 and

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.879
 Jesus.

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.099
 With

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.839
 Samson's

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.220
 burial,

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.220
 his rule

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.879
 was done.

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.000
 It was

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.480
 over.

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.119
 See that

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.420
 in verse

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.859
 31,

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.279
 then his

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.559
 brothers

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.839
 and his

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.139
 father

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.440
 and his

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.639
 whole

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.079
 family

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.659
 went down

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.079
 to get

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.319
 him

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:51.039
 and they

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.420
 stuck him

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.680
 in a

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.019
 tomb

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.579
 and he

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.839
 had led

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.159
 Israel

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.680
 for 20

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.000
 years.

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.379
 That's

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.619
 it.

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.579
 Done.

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.059
 It's

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.319
 the end

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.879
 of Samson.

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.480
 His story's

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.980
 finished.

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.279
 But with

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.619
 the burial

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.059
 of Jesus,

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.579
 the story

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:01.980
 has just

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.339
 begun.

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.819
 Jesus

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.460
 ruled

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.259
 over the

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.759
 grave

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.659
 as the

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.039
 creator

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.579
 God

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.039
 and he

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.359
 rules

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.700
 beyond

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:09.899
 the

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.200
 grave

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.599
 as the

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.099
 resurrected

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.639
 Lord

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.559
 of all.

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:13.960
 The

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.420
 one

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.839
 who

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.279
 became

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.819
 weak

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.759
 to save

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.980
 the weak

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.599
 rules

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.319
 now in

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.099
 strength

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.579
 and power

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.399
 eternally

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.779
 and

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.619
 immeasurably

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:27.000
 becoming

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.839
 and continuing

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.379
 as a

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.740
 Christian

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.440
 follows

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.160
 this same

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.620
 pattern

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.519
 becoming

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.180
 weak

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:35.279
 to become

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.759
 strong.

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.680
 Only those

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.120
 who admit

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.519
 they are

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.059
 unworthy

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.940
 receive the

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.580
 approval of

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:41.960
 God.

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.120
 Only those

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.600
 who know

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.299
 their weakness

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.820
 are unable

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:46.779
 to know.

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.320
 Only those

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.019
 who understand

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.720
 their weaknesses

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.940
 are able to

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.360
 know the

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:51.900
 God-given

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.779
 inner strength.

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:52.859
 strength.

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.500
 It's the

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.819
 sort of

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.299
 strength

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.960
 that enables

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.720
 us to

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:59.279
 avoid the

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.099
 pitfalls of

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.639
 Samson's

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.119
 life.

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.879
 Eyes that

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.720
 love sin.

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.539
 Eyes that

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.099
 are comfortable

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:08.279
 with pride

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:09.159
 and lust

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.000
 and anger

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.880
 and vengefulness

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.000
 and complacency.

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.300
 These are the

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.000
 pitfalls that

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.079
 must be

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.500
 avoided.

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.820
 Samson's

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.440
 story is

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.159
 Israel's

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.559
 story.

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.179
 Samson

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.099
 was called

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.920
 by God

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.780
 and separated

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:27.699
 out from

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.219
 all of

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.940
 Israel to

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.599
 serve God

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.260
 in a special

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.659
 way.

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.920
 Israel,

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.000
 likewise,

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.900
 a holy

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.400
 nation,

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.539
 separated to

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.800
 God from

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.320
 the rest of

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.800
 the world

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.159
 for the

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.000
 purpose of

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.659
 serving their

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.059
 God.

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.480
 Purpose of

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.340
 revealing him

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.480
 to the

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.000
 world.

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.079
 And yet

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.160
 Israel was

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:50.160
 consistently

00:34:50.160 --> 00:34:51.640
 looking over

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.340
 its shoulder

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.680
 to the

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.519
 other nations

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.180
 and wishing

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.620
 that it

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:55.940
 could be

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.440
 like them

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.800
 and do

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.240
 what they

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:58.140
 did to

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:58.559
 worship

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.300
 their gods

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.860
 and adopt

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.680
 their ways.

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.900
 Samson

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.300
 was a

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.000
 holy man.

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.120
 Israel

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.980
 was a

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.740
 holy nation.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.720
 Samson

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.340
 went after

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.960
 other women.

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.760
 Israel

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.440
 went after

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.280
 other gods.

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.260
 Samson's

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.160
 story is

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.879
 Israel's

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.659
 story and

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.119
 it's our

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.839
 story too.

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.379
 And his

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:24.819
 tragedy may

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.319
 be our

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:28.699
 tragedy if

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.299
 we resist

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.899
 the call of

00:35:29.899 --> 00:35:30.259
 God on

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.879
 our life

00:35:30.879 --> 00:35:31.480
 as he

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.799
 did.

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.799
 Everyone

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.960
 who has

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.420
 come to

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.980
 Christ in

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.559
 weakness and

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.480
 dependence on

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.219
 God is a

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.920
 holy person

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.500
 separated from

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.199
 the world for

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.960
 the purpose of

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.639
 serving God.

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.860
 1 Peter 2

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.639
 9 calls it

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.260
 like this.

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.220
 A chosen

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.500
 people.

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.119
 He calls us.

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.619
 Those are in

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.880
 Christ.

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.199
 You're a

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.900
 chosen people.

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.059
 A royal

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.559
 priesthood,

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:52.960
 a holy

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.460
 nation,

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.280
 God's

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.860
 special

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.780
 possession

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.820
 that you

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.760
 may declare

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.519
 the praise

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.940
 of him

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.760
 who called

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.220
 you out of

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.780
 darkness,

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.079
 called you

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.720
 out of the

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:04.300
 night into

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.500
 his wonderful

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.059
 light.

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:08.059
 God's

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.679
 God's

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.279
 intention

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.119
 according to

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.739
 1 Peter

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.460
 is take

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.920
 the fight

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.259
 to the

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.619
 enemy

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.559
 through his

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.039
 people,

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.420
 through us

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.159
 being different

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.059
 and through

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:18.679
 us being

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.460
 light in the

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.920
 darkness,

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:22.579
 exposing our

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:24.079
 world's gods

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:25.000
 for what they

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.739
 are as

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.179
 hollow

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:27.059
 shams.

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:29.619
 we exist

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.019
 for the

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.679
 praise of

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.119
 the one

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.639
 who calls

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.119
 us out

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.380
 of the

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.799
 darkness,

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.940
 away from

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.480
 the clutches

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.820
 of the

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.239
 light,

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.299
 into the

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.659
 light.

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.000
 We exist

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.699
 to declare

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.579
 his praises

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:45.000
 so that

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:48.179
 more and

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.799
 more people

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.380
 might be

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.000
 called out

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.559
 of darkness

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.320
 into his

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.739
 light.

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.000
 Will

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:57.000
 we embrace

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.659
 God's

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.299
 call on

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.460
 our

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.960
 life?

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:01.719
 That's the

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.579
 trajectory of

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.119
 judges.

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.840
 Will we

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.599
 run with

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:05.900
 it and

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.380
 find our

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.119
 joy and

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.820
 our reason

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.519
 for living

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.179
 in being

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.719
 what God

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.219
 has called

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.480
 us to

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.779
 be?

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.599
 Or will

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.099
 we be

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.699
 the reluctant

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.920
 saints as

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.719
 Samson was,

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.579
 as Israel

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.599
 were, always

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.679
 looking over

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.340
 the shoulders

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:20.779
 wishing we

00:37:20.779 --> 00:37:21.480
 could be as

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.159
 other people?

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.779
 Will we be

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.460
 separated or

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.739
 will we

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.539
 consistently

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.860
 pursue the

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.460
 idols of

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.300
 our society?

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.980
 Will we

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.860
 like Samson

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.559
 be led

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.000
 with our

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.579
 eyes and

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.380
 covetedness of

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:40.059
 our hearts?

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.940
 Will we lie

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.659
 down comfortably

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.119
 with the

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.380
 night?

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:47.099
 The greatest

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:49.860
 danger to

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.360
 the Christian

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.679
 and the

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.199
 church is

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.159
 becoming just

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.940
 the same

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.799
 as everyone

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.519
 else?

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.199
 To become

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:57.920
 settled and

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:59.539
 comfortable with

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:01.279
 idolatry and

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:02.219
 exchanging the

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.079
 glory of God

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.960
 for things made

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.579
 by human

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.199
 hands?

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:07.480
 Will you be

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.219
 driven by your

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.819
 eyes?

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:14.840
 many years

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.700
 ago, I

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:16.200
 grew up on a

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.580
 farm.

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.320
 We had

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.800
 pigs on

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.400
 our farm

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:20.559
 and you

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.860
 could give

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.280
 the pigs

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:22.080
 really nice

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:22.480
 food.

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.120
 I mean, I

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:24.519
 would need it,

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.840
 but it was

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.400
 nice food.

00:38:26.620 --> 00:38:27.340
 But what the

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.100
 pigs got used

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:29.500
 to for me is

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.880
 food scraps and

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.580
 other rubbish,

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.500
 whatever it was,

00:38:32.580 --> 00:38:33.260
 any junk, you

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.760
 throw it in a

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.880
 bucket and

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.920
 every day or

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.700
 two you take

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.440
 this stinking

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.220
 mess up to the

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:39.419
 pig pen and

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:40.439
 they would see

00:38:40.439 --> 00:38:42.459
 me coming and

00:38:42.459 --> 00:38:43.159
 they would make

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.559
 this little

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:45.480
 noise and

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.099
 they do this

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:48.459
 little dance and

00:38:48.459 --> 00:38:49.219
 you'd put this

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:50.579
 slop down and

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.019
 they would

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.899
 wolf it up like

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:52.379
 it was hot

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:53.000
 apple pie and

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.659
 ice cream.

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:57.199
 Pigs eyes

00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:00.059
 delighting in

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.799
 muck and

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.339
 rubbish,

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.439
 exchanging the

00:39:04.439 --> 00:39:05.219
 glory of God

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:06.039
 for things that

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.699
 are significantly

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.339
 less.

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.099
 thinking it's

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.759
 more valuable.

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.219
 Will we

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:13.099
 serve God

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.899
 because we

00:39:13.899 --> 00:39:16.059
 must or

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.659
 because,

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.799
 will we serve

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.359
 him because

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:19.099
 he, we

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:20.119
 must or even

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.839
 because he

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.699
 gives me what

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.699
 I want him

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.500
 to give me

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:26.500
 or because he

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.379
 is truly

00:39:27.379 --> 00:39:30.119
 valuable and

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.059
 I love him

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.779
 for the gospel,

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:33.019
 for what he

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.599
 has done for

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.879
 me.

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:37.240
 Horatio Gates

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:39.119
 Spafford was

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.680
 a prominent

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.820
 American lawyer

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:42.099
 and Presbyterian

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:43.059
 church elder in

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.119
 the 1800s.

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:45.860
 He lost

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.700
 nearly his

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:47.860
 entire fortune

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.619
 in the great

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:50.160
 Chicago fire of

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:51.260
 1871.

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:52.960
 In the same

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.780
 year, his

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.920
 four-year-old son

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:56.119
 died to scarlet

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.500
 fever.

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.640
 Two years

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.400
 later, the

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.400
 family decided

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.680
 to take a

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.460
 holiday to

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.139
 Europe, but

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.559
 Horatio was

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.519
 held back

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.180
 because of

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:06.700
 business.

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.740
 So his

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.260
 wife and

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.700
 his four

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.180
 daughters

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:10.360
 traveled ahead

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.860
 of him

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:13.059
 and across

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.660
 the Atlantic

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:15.420
 and on

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.039
 November the

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:17.180
 22nd,

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.980
 1873, while

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.559
 crossing the

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.280
 Atlantic, their

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:21.840
 ship was

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:23.780
 struck by an

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.880
 iron sailing

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:26.240
 vessel and

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.839
 226 people

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.419
 lost their

00:40:28.419 --> 00:40:29.839
 lives, including

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:30.919
 all four of

00:40:30.919 --> 00:40:31.439
 Spafford's

00:40:31.439 --> 00:40:31.759
 daughters.

00:40:34.859 --> 00:40:35.919
 His wife got

00:40:35.919 --> 00:40:36.799
 to England, sent

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.679
 back a telegram

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.099
 and said,

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.739
 saved,

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.899
 alone.

00:40:43.319 --> 00:40:43.879
 Spafford

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.539
 immediately jumped

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.259
 on a sailing

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.579
 boat,

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:48.299
 head to

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.799
 England.

00:40:49.459 --> 00:40:50.199
 As he

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:51.199
 sailed over

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.979
 the location

00:40:51.979 --> 00:40:52.599
 of the

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.299
 accident where

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:53.759
 his four

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.500
 daughters lost

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:56.219
 his life, he

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.760
 penned a

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:58.579
 hymn, it's

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.340
 called how

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:01.480
 it is well

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.920
 with my

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.340
 soul.

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.119
 Though

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.900
 Satan should

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:07.340
 buffet, though

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.340
 trials should

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.739
 come, let

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.400
 this blessed

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.440
 assurance control

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.579
 that Christ has

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.800
 regarded my

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.780
 helpless estate

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:16.000
 and he has

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.800
 shed his own

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.500
 blood for my

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.900
 soul.

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.619
 My sin

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.059
 or the

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.360
 bliss of

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.360
 this glorious

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.139
 thought, my

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.759
 sin not

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:25.359
 impart but

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:25.960
 the whole

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:27.179
 is nailed

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.579
 to the

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.159
 cross and

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.900
 I bear it

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.420
 no more.

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:30.319
 Praise the

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:30.940
 Lord, praise

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.900
 the Lord, oh

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.619
 my soul.

00:41:36.359 --> 00:41:37.019
 Will the

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.319
 call of

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:39.219
 God on

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:40.139
 your life

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.259
 to be his

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:42.000
 saints, to

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.420
 be his

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:44.059
 servants, still

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.920
 captivate your

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:46.960
 heart, still

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:48.019
 fill you with a

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.480
 sense of

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:49.299
 wonder and

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:50.539
 privilege and

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.400
 move you to

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.579
 continue to be

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.279
 his faithful

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:54.000
 soldiers and

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.699
 servants rejecting

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.460
 the idols of

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.199
 your culture in

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.860
 the next five

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.500
 years, ten

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.119
 years, twenty

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.679
 years, twenty

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.960
 five years until

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.480
 your life's

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.980
 end.

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:04.599
 Let's