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 What an amazing promise, right?

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 Come to Jesus and rest in Him.

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! Have you felt that at all this week?

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! Have you felt settled?

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! Have you felt at rest?

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 Have you felt the sense of God's got this?

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 I can trust Him.

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 Or are you like I tend to be?

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 Where I want to be in a place of rest,

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 but I keep finding myself in a place of striving,

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 in a place of pursuing,

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 in a place of working things out,

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 trying to make things happen,

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 and not a place of rest.

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 God wants, He invites us to that.

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 We can find that in His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 It's not that the troubles go away.

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 It's not that the pressures are lifted.

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 It's that Jesus strengthens us to be able to move forward.

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 He gives us that settled confidence that we can trust Him.

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 That's where the rest comes.

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 Not in removing the problems,

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 but in presenting the solution in Christ.

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 And what a joy that is that we can find rest in Him.

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 It's what we have found as we've been working our way through the book of Judges.

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 And I would encourage you to please turn there.

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 In the book of Judges, if you're using the Pew Bible,

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 we're on page 211.

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 Judges chapter 10, 11, and 12 is where we're going to be this morning,

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 kind of working our way through this book

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 and reminding ourselves what it's supposed to look like

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 when we follow the instructions that God has laid before us.

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 It looks like rest.

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 And that's what the people experienced,

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 at least through the first four Judges.

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 God brought rest to the land.

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 It says the land had rest.

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 The land had rest.

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 The land had rest.

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 Four times the land had rest.

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 From this point on, there is no rest in the land.

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 Partly because the people had abandoned the standard.

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 The moral depravity of the nation had collapsed.

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 And what we saw last week, we're going to turn to briefly again today.

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 The accusation of God against the people,

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 their apostasy, their rebellion.

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 And God says, I'm not going to drive the people out anymore.

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 I'm just not going to do it.

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 Because whatever token confession and repentance,

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 whatever token revival there seems to be,

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 I know the true heart of this.

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 I know the reality of what's true in your heart and life.

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 And that's kind of what we have been tracing

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 as we've been walking through this book.

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 And we'll get there in just a moment.

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 But what I've just really appreciated through this study

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 is seeing the faithfulness of the Lord.

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 It's called the study of faithfulness and failure.

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 That in spite of our unfaithfulness,

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 in spite of our failures,

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 God remains faithful.

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 Wow.

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 Marvel at the faithfulness of God.

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 The only way to really marvel at the faithfulness of God

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 is to have a very clear picture of what we deserve.

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 What we deserve.

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 And we're seeing that front and center

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 in our study through the judges.

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 We're seeing what we deserve.

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 How our rebellion pushes us away from God

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 and how that moral ruin leads to disaster

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 within our families and in our communities

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 and in the nation itself

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 and the outward opposition that's experienced.

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 And that's what God warned the people about.

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 He wanted them to enjoy rest.

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 But it only comes one way.

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 It only comes as we anchor faith in God Himself

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 and we walk by His standard.

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 I'm going to have the privilege here

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 in just a little under a month

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 to be able to teach the entire Old Testament

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 to a group of students,

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 pastors and Christian leaders in Central Asia.

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 I'm going to be traveling with Daniel Cain.

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 We heard about the Tri-M ministry,

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 mobile modular ministry,

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 and I'll have a chance to do that

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 in just a few weeks from now.

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 And I would just, will you pray for me?

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 Trying to get my arms around the Old Testament

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 and like, what does Leviticus have to offer?

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 You know, I can talk about sacrifices,

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 but I mean, how does Leviticus encourage

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 a group of pastors?

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 And let me tell you, we know it does

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 because we know that all Scripture

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 is given by inspiration of God.

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 It's profitable for doctrine, reproof,

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 correction, instruction, and righteousness.

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 It is profitable for us.

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 So help, please pray that God helps me

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 to get my arms around the Old Testament

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 and to be able to present it in a way

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 that is not just informative,

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 not just instructive, but is inspiring.

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 That they're inspired by the wonder

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 of God's initiative among His people,

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 drawing people to Himself,

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 making a people that's fit for God.

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 What an opportunity that is.

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 And pray for my family,

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 as I'm going to be away for a couple of weeks

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 and pray for Pastor David,

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 who will be preaching in my place.

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 It's a collaborative effort,

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 and I am grateful for your help with that.

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 And then at the end of this year,

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 in December, I'm going to be teaching again

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 next time in Central America.

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 So first in Central Asia,

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 now in Central America.

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 And that assignment is the New Testament.

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 So I thought it was just going to be one book.

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 It turns out to be the entire New Testament,

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 except for the Gospels.

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 And I, you know,

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 what a great opportunity.

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 You'll see the whole framework,

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 the whole storyline of the Scripture.

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 And it's the same, by the way.

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 Because the God of the Old Testament

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 that makes a people for Himself

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 is the same God of the New Testament

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 who, guess what,

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 makes a people for Himself.

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 He will build His church, right?

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 And the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

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 It is God's work.

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 And so we trust in God's strategy

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 to do God's work.

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 And when we do,

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 we can count on God's favor.

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 And not that everything goes well.

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 Not that our life is perfect,

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 but that we can trust God

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 to work even the hard things out

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 for our good and for His glory.

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 That's the joy.

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 What a joy I will get to have

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 because of your willingness to let me go

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 and to let me be part of this

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 and the investment that will happen

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 in two different parts of the hemisphere

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 because of the faithful ministry

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 that you are having here at Maranatha

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 and I get to be part of.

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 We also, at the end of the service,

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 will have another baptism

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 and just another visible picture

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 of how God is bringing people into His family.

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 And they are coming to Christ

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 and we get to demonstrate this visible picture

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 of what it means to be part of Christ.

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 In Christ, kind of this baptizing them

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 into the Lord Jesus.

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 They are there,

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 but this is kind of the visible portrayal

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 of what God has already accomplished for them.

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 So we get to do that

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 at the end of this service today.

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 Well, we're continuing our study

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 through the book of Judges

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 and I want to just put this graphic

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 back up on the screen for you.

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 You have this on your outlines.

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 We covered most of this

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 last time we were together,

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 but I just want to,

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 for those of you who were not here

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 or for the rest of you

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 that kind of need a reminder,

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 here's what we talked about.

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 There were three patterns

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 that we developed

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 or that we saw kind of

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 are working simultaneously

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 in the book of Judges.

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 The first, you see that kind of

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 that downward slope

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 and that's meant to indicate

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 this moral decline

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 that's taking place among the people.

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 It's summarized for us

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 in Judges 2, verse 19,

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 where it says,

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 whenever the judge died,

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 they turned back

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 and were more corrupt

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 than their fathers,

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 going after other gods,

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 serving them

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 and bowing down to them.

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 They did not stop

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 any of their practices

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 or their stubborn ways.

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 And this is the testimony.

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 This is the cadence

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 of these individuals,

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 the moral collapse

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 that's happening among the people.

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 That second pattern

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 is that God,

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 He's been raising up judges.

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 He's been raising up deliverers.

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 And you kind of see

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 on the top left,

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 I guess this is your left, right?

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 The top left of that chart,

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 you see the point

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 of God raising up those deliverers.

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 We find in chapter 3, verse 9,

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 the Lord raised up a deliverer

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 for the people.

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 In chapter 3, verse 15,

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 the Lord raised up

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 for them a deliverer,

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 Ehud, the son of Gerah.

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 In chapter 4, verses 6 and 7,

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 Deborah is speaking to Barak.

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 She says,

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 Has not the Lord God of Israel

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 commanded you,

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 Go! Gather your men!

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 And I will draw out Sisera,

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 and I will give him

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 into your hands,

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 says the Lord.

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 Then God shows up

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 to Gideon in chapter 6.

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 The Lord appeared to Gideon

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 and said to him,

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 The Lord is with you,

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 mighty man of valor.

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 Go in this might of yours

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 and save Israel

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 from the hand of Midian.

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 Do I not send you?

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 I will be with you.

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 God raising up deliverers.

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 And the third pattern

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 is the pattern

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 of this conflict

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 that's getting closer

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 and closer to Israel.

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 It starts far away.

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 It starts in Mesopotamia,

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 700 miles away from Israel.

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 And it gets progressively closer

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 as the Moabites

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 are neighbors in Ehud.

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 Then it makes its way

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 into Israel

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 as the Canaanites

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 are now going to be

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 opposed by Barak.

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 And then it kind of

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 crosses the boundary

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 as it were

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 as now it's part of the family.

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 The Midianites

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 who are actually

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 sons of Abraham

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 are now bringing the conflict

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 right home to Israel.

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 And then from Gideon on out

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 there is this internal conflict,

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 this internal struggle.

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 Now the nations,

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 now Israel is fighting itself.

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 It's tribal warfare

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 that's taking place.

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 We noticed

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 last time we were together

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 the trajectory

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 where God-appointed deliverers

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 have now become

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 self-appointed saviors.

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 That God raised up deliverers

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 at the beginning of this book.

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 And now after Gideon,

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 we find this new pattern

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 of the judges

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 are raising up themselves.

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 We see that in chapter 10,

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 verse 1.

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 We see that

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 after Abimelech

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 there arose to save Israel

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 Tola,

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 the son of Puah.

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 And we notice

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 in chapter 10,

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 verse 3,

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 after him arose

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 Jer,

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 the Gileadite,

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 who served Israel.

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 And we notice

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 in chapter 12,

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 we notice the same pattern.

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 12, verse 8,

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 after him,

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 Ibsen of Bethlehem

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 judged Israel.

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 And on and on it goes.

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 Now self-appointed saviors

00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:49.879
 have taken place.

00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:51.180
 And God is nowhere

00:11:51.180 --> 00:11:52.800
 a part of the picture.

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 They assume the role

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 of leadership.

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 They're their own

00:11:57.180 --> 00:11:59.180
 self-appointed savior,

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 as it were.

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 And kind of coupled

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 with all of this,

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 we recognize this pattern

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 that's also beginning

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 to emerge.

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 Remember that Gideon

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 had 70 sons.

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 And that same pattern

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 of empire building

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 is showing up

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 in these new judges

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 as well.

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 where Jer,

00:12:17.439 --> 00:12:18.439
 in Judges chapter 10,

00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:18.959
 verse 4,

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 he has 30 sons

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 who rode 30 donkeys.

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 They had 30 cities.

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 This empire building,

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 this gaining influence,

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 this wanting to have

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 prominence in the land.

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 Ibsen,

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 when we go to chapter 12,

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 verse 9,

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 it says,

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 he had 30 sons

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 and 30 daughters

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 he gave in marriage

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 outside his clan.

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 30 daughters he brought

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 in from outside

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 for his sons.

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 So we've got a total

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 of 60 individuals

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 who've all been brought

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 in to help

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 empire build

00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:50.259
 for this judge

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 who wants to gain

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 prominence.

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 Then Abdon,

00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:55.919
 in chapter 12,

00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:56.720
 verse 14,

00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.320
 he had 40 sons

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 and 30 grandsons

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 who rode 70 donkeys.

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 That word,

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 the number 70

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 should sound

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 really familiar.

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 They might not have

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 been formally kings,

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 but they are acting

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 like kings.

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 We're meant to see

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 this pattern

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 both before Jephthah

00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:18.659
 and after Jephthah

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 to kind of provide

00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:22.000
 this sandwich for us,

00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:23.340
 these bookends

00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:24.419
 that help to frame

00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:25.740
 and understand

00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:26.899
 the life of Jephthah

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 himself.

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 How are we to

00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:30.000
 understand his life?

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 How are we to understand

00:13:31.300 --> 00:13:31.960
 his leadership?

00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:34.259
 Well, he's encapsulated

00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.500
 within this empire

00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:36.960
 building strategy

00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.560
 of the judges

00:13:37.560 --> 00:13:39.460
 and he serves

00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:39.860
 as kind of

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.800
 this pattern

00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:41.740
 for us

00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.960
 to help us

00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:43.379
 interpret

00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:44.100
 what we see.

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 Last week,

00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.259
 we also saw

00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:46.820
 that the people

00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:48.120
 have confused

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.120
 godly sorrow

00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.879
 with worldly sorrow.

00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:52.639
 These cycles

00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:53.320
 of rebellion

00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.419
 that have taken place

00:13:54.419 --> 00:13:56.539
 and they have become,

00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.419
 the people have become

00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:58.279
 more concerned

00:13:58.279 --> 00:13:59.460
 with removing

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 consequences

00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:01.799
 than they have

00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:02.299
 with being

00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:03.200
 consecrated.

00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:04.919
 They've been

00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:06.139
 more concerned

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:07.820
 with getting rid

00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:08.899
 of their problems

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:10.299
 instead of

00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:11.500
 being truly pure.

00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:14.019
 They're more

00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:15.360
 fascinated

00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.159
 with fixating

00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:18.319
 on their situation

00:14:18.319 --> 00:14:19.720
 than they were

00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.299
 with being

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:21.000
 sanctified.

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.879
 They want to

00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.559
 remove

00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:24.519
 the challenges.

00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:25.679
 They want to

00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.379
 resist

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.179
 the problems.

00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:27.720
 They want to

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:29.019
 move past

00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:30.159
 all the difficulties

00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.179
 that they're experiencing.

00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:32.639
 Whatever they can do

00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.240
 to remove

00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.480
 those consequences

00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.220
 to move on

00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:35.860
 with their life

00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.939
 to have some level

00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:37.740
 of comfort again.

00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:39.920
 We noted

00:14:39.920 --> 00:14:40.440
 the cycles

00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:40.920
 of rebellion

00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:41.460
 that marked

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.080
 this people

00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.260
 in chapter 10

00:14:43.260 --> 00:14:44.620
 verses 6-16.

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:45.120
 We saw

00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.300
 these six

00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.480
 cycles of rebellion

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.940
 that kind of

00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:48.740
 culminate

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.740
 in chapter 10

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:51.380
 in this final

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 seventh

00:14:52.400 --> 00:14:53.400
 confrontation

00:14:53.400 --> 00:14:54.500
 of the Lord

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.640
 against His people

00:14:55.640 --> 00:14:56.880
 in chapter 10

00:14:56.880 --> 00:14:57.560
 verse 6.

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 It says,

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 the people of Israel

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 again did what was

00:15:01.380 --> 00:15:02.080
 evil in the sight

00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.520
 of the Lord.

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 They served

00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.440
 the Baals

00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:05.280
 and the Ashtra,

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.740
 the gods of Syria,

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:08.220
 the gods of Sidon,

00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:09.380
 the gods of Moab,

00:15:09.660 --> 00:15:11.240
 the gods of the Ammonites,

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 and the gods

00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.580
 of the Philistines.

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.600
 And they forsook

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 the Lord

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 and did not

00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.040
 serve Him.

00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.320
 At this point

00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:19.740
 the pattern

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.220
 has become

00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:21.460
 tragically clear.

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 And what was

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 true of the

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:26.060
 people of the nation

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 at the beginning

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 abandoning themselves

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 to the foreign gods

00:15:30.280 --> 00:15:31.620
 which are listed

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.820
 the Baals

00:15:32.820 --> 00:15:33.940
 and the Ashtra

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 there are only two

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 that are present

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.740
 up until

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.659
 this point

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.639
 in chapter 10

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 and now we have

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.599
 the full list

00:15:40.599 --> 00:15:42.419
 of all the deities

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.000
 of the nations

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.679
 that have

00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:45.360
 polluted the people.

00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.980
 Seven deities

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.819
 that are listed

00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:48.679
 here.

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.959
 It's meant

00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:50.579
 to show

00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:51.539
 the totality

00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.679
 of the moral

00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.120
 collapse

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.599
 that has taken

00:15:53.599 --> 00:15:54.199
 place among

00:15:54.199 --> 00:15:54.659
 His people.

00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:56.759
 In chapter 10

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.699
 we will see

00:15:57.699 --> 00:15:58.559
 the last

00:15:58.559 --> 00:15:59.319
 cry

00:15:59.319 --> 00:16:00.319
 of the people

00:16:00.319 --> 00:16:00.860
 to the Lord.

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.919
 In chapter 10

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.360
 we will see

00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.319
 the last time

00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:04.980
 the people

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.680
 will confess

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.200
 their sin.

00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.740
 We're going to see

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.400
 in chapter 10

00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:09.400
 the last time

00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:10.540
 sin will be

00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:11.140
 confronted

00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:11.900
 by God.

00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:14.060
 And while

00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:14.820
 the response

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.600
 in chapter 10

00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.020
 seems sincere

00:16:17.020 --> 00:16:18.000
 it might seem

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.980
 somewhat encouraging

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.820
 God knows

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.280
 the heart.

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:21.800
 Look there

00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:22.480
 in chapter 10

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:22.900
 verse 10

00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:23.200
 it says

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.780
 and the people

00:16:23.780 --> 00:16:24.560
 of Israel

00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.180
 cried out

00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:25.620
 to the Lord

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:25.980
 saying

00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.680
 we have

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.100
 sinned

00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.800
 against you

00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:28.860
 because we

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.520
 have forsaken

00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:30.160
 our God

00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:31.060
 and have served

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.679
 the Baals

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:33.199
 but God

00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:33.539
 knows

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:33.979
 their true

00:16:33.979 --> 00:16:34.379
 heart.

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.399
 Verse 13

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.599
 you have

00:16:37.599 --> 00:16:38.039
 forsaken

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.359
 me

00:16:38.359 --> 00:16:39.519
 and you

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:39.899
 have served

00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:40.479
 other gods

00:16:40.479 --> 00:16:41.479
 therefore

00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:42.179
 I will

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.699
 save you

00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.579
 no more.

00:16:45.219 --> 00:16:45.759
 Now

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.939
 that might

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.219
 be a little

00:16:47.219 --> 00:16:47.679
 confusing

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.259
 because we're

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.500
 going to see

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:48.979
 in Jephthah's

00:16:48.979 --> 00:16:49.279
 story

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:49.859
 that God

00:16:49.859 --> 00:16:50.239
 delivers

00:16:50.239 --> 00:16:50.639
 the people

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:51.159
 from the

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.759
 oppression

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.079
 of the

00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.500
 Ammonites.

00:16:52.739 --> 00:16:52.899
 We're going

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.139
 to see

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.859
 in Samson's

00:16:53.859 --> 00:16:54.099
 story

00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:54.479
 that God

00:16:54.479 --> 00:16:54.799
 uses

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.500
 Samson

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.079
 to help

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:56.739
 drive out

00:16:56.739 --> 00:16:57.659
 a portion

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:57.899
 of the

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.279
 Philistines

00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:58.679
 so in

00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:59.239
 that sense

00:16:59.239 --> 00:16:59.719
 God is

00:16:59.719 --> 00:17:00.219
 saving the

00:17:00.219 --> 00:17:00.539
 people

00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.240
 but what

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.620
 kind of

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.240
 salvation

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.159
 is God

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.740
 talking about?

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.039
 I will

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.700
 save you

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.460
 no more?

00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.019
 What kind

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.659
 of salvation

00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:06.940
 are we

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.559
 talking about?

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.599
 Well God

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.019
 is not going

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.339
 to save

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.680
 them from

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.240
 themselves.

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.619
 Remember

00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:13.119
 the warning

00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:13.539
 going all

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:13.740
 the way

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.180
 back to

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.559
 the earlier

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.059
 parts of

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.619
 this book

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.720
 and the

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.019
 warning

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.759
 was this

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.639
 the nations

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.259
 will become

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.700
 a snare

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.099
 to you

00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:21.180
 they're going

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.460
 to trip

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:21.899
 you up

00:17:21.899 --> 00:17:23.180
 and Canaan

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.559
 is going

00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:23.899
 to enter

00:17:23.899 --> 00:17:24.339
 the land

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.899
 and that's

00:17:24.899 --> 00:17:25.259
 exactly

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.680
 what we've

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.000
 seen.

00:17:26.659 --> 00:17:26.920
 Canaan

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.500
 has gotten

00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:28.119
 into the

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.440
 people

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.259
 has gotten

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.819
 into their

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.319
 theology

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.000
 has gotten

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.559
 into their

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.740
 practices

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.279
 has gotten

00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.759
 into their

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.099
 thinking

00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:34.480
 has now

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.960
 corrupted

00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.679
 their behavior

00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:36.700
 and so Canaan

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.500
 has gotten

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.200
 into them

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.039
 there is no

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.939
 driving them

00:17:39.939 --> 00:17:40.480
 out at this

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.079
 point because

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:42.279
 they are totally

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.779
 immersed in the

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.899
 culture of the

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 people.

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 There's no

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 deliverance to be

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 had until

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 unless the

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 people themselves

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 will give

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 themselves over

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 the Lord

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 and will repent

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 and be consecrated

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 in the way

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 that God really

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 wants.

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 Not just to put

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 off certain

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 foreign practices

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 but be totally

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 cleansed as a

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 people.

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 So the people

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 will not be

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 delivered from

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 the greatest

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 oppression

00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:08.380
 the oppression

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 of the

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 corruption

00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:10.660
 within them.

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 See God

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 has given

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 them over

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 to their

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 cravings

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 and that's

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 what we'll

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 continue to

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 see as we

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 move our

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 way through

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 that the

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 people are

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 set on

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 desire

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 their flesh

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 is driving

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 them

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 and that's

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 exactly by the

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 way what we

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 see in the

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 book of

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 Romans

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 where God

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 has made

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 himself very

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 clear to

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 the nations

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 to us

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 through his

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 revelation of

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 his word but

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 also through

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 the revelation

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 of himself

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 in creation

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 so that we

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 are left

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 without an

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 excuse but

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 what do we

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 do even

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 though we

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 know who

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 God is?

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 Well God

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 demonstrates a

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 three pronged

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 progression that

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 takes place in

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 the life

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 of culture

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 who set

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 themselves

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 against God

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 just like we

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 find in the

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 book of

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 Judges.

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 Romans 1

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 24 is the

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 first step

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 it says

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 God gave

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.940
 them up

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 in the

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 lusts of

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 their hearts

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 to impurity

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 to the

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 dishonoring of

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 their bodies

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 among themselves.

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 Then it

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.680
 moves on to

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 verse 26

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 so then God

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.139
 gives them

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 up.

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.899
 Chapter 1

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 verse 26

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 God gave

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.299
 them up to

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 dishonorable

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.519
 passions

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.559
 for their

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 women exchanged

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.420
 natural relations

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 for those

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 that are

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 contrary to

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 nature

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 and the

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 men likewise

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 gave up

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.779
 natural relations

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 with women

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 and were

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.599
 consumed with

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 passions for

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 one another.

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 It's now

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.740
 embedded in

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 culture.

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.660
 It's now

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.779
 changing their

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.819
 natural desires.

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.180
 Natural things

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:40.059
 aren't natural

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.559
 anymore.

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 And you might

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.299
 feel like that

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.980
 is the last

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.599
 step but it

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.139
 goes one

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:45.019
 step further

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.680
 in verse 28

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 and 29.

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 So God

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.839
 gives them

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.319
 up to a

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.720
 debased

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.400
 mind to

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.799
 do what

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.279
 ought not

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.539
 to be

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.839
 done.

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.240
 They are

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.579
 full of

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:54.879
 envy,

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:55.960
 murder,

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.240
 strife,

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.980
 deceit,

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.220
 maliciousness,

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.539
 they are

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.119
 gossips,

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.839
 slanderers,

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.680
 haters of

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:01.980
 God,

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.839
 insolent,

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.500
 haughty,

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.480
 boastful,

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.460
 inventors of

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.779
 evil,

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.920
 disobedient to

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.299
 parents,

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.019
 foolish,

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:08.920
 faithless,

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.680
 heartless,

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.480
 ruthless.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.940
 That's the

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.799
 end of

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.279
 moral decay.

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 Does that

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.980
 sound familiar

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:18.079
 to the

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.500
 culture that

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.859
 we're living

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.259
 in?

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.559
 Reveling,

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.139
 glorying,

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.759
 magnifying,

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.559
 celebrating,

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.019
 baseness,

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.519
 ruthlessness,

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.160
 independence,

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:32.039
 resistance of

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.519
 authority,

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:34.819
 wanting to

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.700
 build our

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:37.039
 own comforts

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.859
 and materialism

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.720
 and consumerism

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.639
 and all of

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.220
 these manner

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.680
 of things that

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.599
 are so embedded

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.759
 in our culture

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.400
 and they

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.200
 seem so

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.180
 normal to

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.740
 us because

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.359
 it's what

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.799
 we see

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.640
 every single

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:49.180
 day of

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.660
 our life.

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.779
 This is the

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.140
 end of the

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.500
 slide.

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.379
 Disobedient

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.000
 to parents,

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.339
 what should

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.740
 be so

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.200
 natural

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:58.180
 becomes

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.460
 resistance,

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.099
 ruthlessness.

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.480
 That's what

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.700
 we're going to

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.980
 see in the

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.920
 story of

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.319
 Jephthah,

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.379
 this coming

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.740
 through.

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.640
 And the

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.099
 way that

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:08.319
 we magnify

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:09.299
 and celebrate

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.799
 brutality in

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.200
 this day,

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:13.640
 the gladiator

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.559
 games have

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.640
 come close,

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.180
 haven't they?

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.980
 We celebrate

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.580
 all manner

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:19.220
 of brutality.

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.660
 We're going

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.940
 to see this

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.900
 first turn in

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.519
 chapter 12.

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:24.980
 I want to

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.580
 show you

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:25.980
 kind of the

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.580
 end of the

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.519
 story so we

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.000
 can kind of

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.340
 use this as a

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:30.039
 signpost to

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.380
 help us

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:31.460
 recognize what's

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.019
 taking place

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.920
 earlier in the

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.240
 story.

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.880
 This is how

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.460
 it all plays

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.880
 out in

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.259
 Jephthah's

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.039
 life in

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.620
 Judges

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.259
 chapter 12

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.900
 verses 1 to

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.220
 7.

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.740
 We're going

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.000
 to see

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.599
 Jephthah's

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.299
 true heart

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.880
 is revealed.

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.500
 His true

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.920
 heart is

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.180
 revealed.

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.980
 It's what's

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.640
 coming through.

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.400
 You see,

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.660
 to kind of

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.059
 catch you up

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.339
 to this

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.700
 story,

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.400
 we're going

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:49.740
 to come

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.259
 back to

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.380
 it,

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.400
 but bear

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.819
 with me.

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.980
 So God

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.759
 has allowed

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.279
 Jephthah to

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.059
 be a

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.920
 deliverer of

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.279
 sorts,

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.759
 this kind

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.960
 of self-appointed

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.839
 deliverer,

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.859
 and God

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:01.039
 mercifully uses

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:02.220
 him to drive

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.620
 out the

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.299
 Ammonites and

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.859
 to help

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.579
 rescue the

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.880
 nation.

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.519
 That is

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.420
 God's

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.819
 mercy.

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.960
 And the

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.779
 Ephraimites

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.339
 are not

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.039
 happy about

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.279
 it.

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.659
 They were

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.379
 afraid to

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.899
 enter the

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:14.460
 battle

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.939
 themselves,

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:16.079
 but once

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.579
 the battle

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:16.919
 has been

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:17.359
 won,

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.279
 and once

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.279
 Jephthah is

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.259
 being celebrated

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.720
 by the

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.099
 nation,

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:21.980
 and the

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.679
 Ephraimites

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:23.359
 had no part

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.619
 in it,

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.299
 now they're

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.639
 a little

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.539
 upset.

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.539
 So we

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.960
 find in

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.599
 chapter 12

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.200
 verses 1

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.559
 and 4

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.960
 this.

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.559
 The men

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.319
 of Ephraim

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.240
 were called

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.879
 to arms.

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.299
 Why?

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.079
 Well,

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.639
 they crossed

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.159
 over to

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.859
 Zaphon and

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.220
 said to

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.579
 Jephthah,

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.480
 why did

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.039
 you cross

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.439
 over to

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.000
 fight against

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.699
 the Ammonites

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:39.359
 and did

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.980
 not call

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.399
 us to

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.740
 go with

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.000
 you?

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.240
 We will

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.759
 burn your

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.599
 house over

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.299
 your head

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.839
 with fire.

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.019
 And

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.500
 Jephthah said

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.859
 to them,

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:47.859
 I and my

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.379
 people have

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.720
 a great

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.339
 dispute with

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.939
 the Ammonites.

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.960
 And when I

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.480
 called you,

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.980
 you did not

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.619
 save me from

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.139
 their hand.

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.339
 And when I

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.939
 saw that you

00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:55.299
 would not

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.839
 save me,

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.899
 I took my

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.460
 life in my

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.939
 hands and

00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:58.919
 crossed over

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.460
 against the

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.919
 Ammonites,

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.299
 and the Lord

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.859
 gave them

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.240
 into my

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.639
 hand.

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.720
 Why then

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.059
 have you

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.619
 come up to

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.000
 me to

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.199
 fight against

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.519
 me?

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.039
 Then Jephthah

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.599
 gathered all

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.039
 the men of

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.500
 Gilead and

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.000
 fought with

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.439
 Ephraim.

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.240
 And the men

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.720
 of Gilead

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.460
 struck Ephraim

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.059
 because they

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.519
 said,

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.259
 you are

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.960
 fugitives

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.699
 of Ephraim,

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.899
 you Gileadites,

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.639
 in the midst

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.159
 of Ephraim

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.039
 of Manasseh.

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:18.859
 Okay,

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.059
 now,

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.980
 I know this

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.399
 is really

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:20.799
 unfamiliar.

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.159
 Let me

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.799
 help us

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.259
 get into

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.699
 this just

00:23:22.699 --> 00:23:23.000
 for a

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.240
 moment.

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.539
 We're

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.699
 going to

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.019
 find in

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.480
 our story

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:25.899
 in chapter

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.960
 11 that

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.679
 Jephthah is

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:28.419
 driven out

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:28.659
 of his

00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.000
 home,

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.879
 he's driven

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.559
 out of his

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.019
 tribe,

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.000
 he's driven

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.720
 away from

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.139
 Israel,

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.799
 he has to

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.460
 go live

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.940
 in a

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.279
 distant

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.859
 land,

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.339
 okay,

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.720
 because of

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.639
 some family

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.440
 tension that's

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.139
 taking place,

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.000
 he's welcomed

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.359
 back.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.579
 So,

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.240
 he's a

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.940
 fugitive,

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.659
 as it were,

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.879
 he's a

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.460
 refugee,

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.159
 as it were,

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.539
 who's been

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.700
 pushed out

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.500
 of his

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.180
 own tribe,

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.279
 and that's

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:52.299
 how the

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.059
 Ephraimites

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.240
 are weaponizing

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.940
 this conflict

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.119
 against Jephthah.

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.139
 You're a

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.759
 fugitive of

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.259
 Ephraim,

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.059
 Jephthah.

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.579
 You're worthless.

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.220
 You are

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.679
 homeless.

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.759
 You bring

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.259
 nothing to

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.699
 the table.

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.720
 And of

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:06.899
 course,

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.919
 that amplified

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.799
 Jephthah's

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.439
 heart and

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:09.980
 becomes the

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.939
 very motivation

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:12.119
 that Jephthah

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.179
 is this

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.720
 personal

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.240
 vendetta,

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.179
 he's going

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.899
 after the

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.439
 Ephraimites.

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.039
 You are

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.819
 fugitives of

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.159
 Ephraim,

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.740
 this name

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.199
 calling.

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.559
 And Jephthah

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:22.939
 wants to

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.879
 demonstrate who's

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.379
 really in

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.779
 charge.

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:26.259
 So we get

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.939
 to verse 5

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.859
 of chapter 12.

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.299
 The Gileonites

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.199
 captured the

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:31.399
 fords of the

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.340
 Jordan against

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:33.100
 the Ephraimites.

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.140
 And when any

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.920
 of the fugitives

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.860
 of Ephraim said,

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.759
 let me go over,

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.840
 the men of

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:39.040
 Gilead said,

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.740
 are you an

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.280
 Ephraimite?

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.680
 When he said

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.160
 no,

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.180
 they said to

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.480
 him,

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.300
 then say

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:45.019
 Shibboleth.

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.560
 And he said

00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:47.420
 Sibboleth,

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.180
 for he could

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.660
 not pronounce

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.040
 it right.

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.400
 Then they

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.080
 seized him

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:51.900
 and slaughtered

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.259
 him at the

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.680
 fords of

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:52.980
 Jordan.

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.040
 At the time

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:55.280
 42,000 of

00:24:55.280 --> 00:24:55.840
 the Ephraimites

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.160
 fell.

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.519
 Jephthah

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.420
 judged Israel

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.180
 six years.

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.519
 Then Jephthah,

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.440
 the Gileadite,

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.779
 died and was

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.559
 buried in his

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.859
 city in Gilead.

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.720
 You see the

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.059
 brutality?

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.720
 You see the

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.079
 vendela?

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.379
 It's all about

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.160
 name calling.

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.859
 And Jephthah,

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.639
 instead of helping

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:16.379
 to tamp down

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.259
 the conflict,

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.019
 elevates the

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.859
 conflict and he's

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.339
 like, okay,

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.039
 you're going to

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.680
 call me a

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.099
 fugitive?

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.680
 I'm going to

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.680
 make you a

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.099
 fugitive.

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:26.099
 He separates

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.559
 the army.

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.719
 He scatters

00:25:27.719 --> 00:25:28.039
 them.

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:31.039
 And in the

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.859
 midst of him

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.659
 conquering the

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:34.259
 people, he

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.839
 sets up this

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.519
 little test.

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.859
 Because the

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.399
 Ephraimites

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.119
 could not say

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.980
 Shibboleth,

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.859
 they said

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.659
 Sibboleth.

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.659
 And so what

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.119
 does he do?

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.179
 He slaughters

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:45.859
 42,000 of his

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.519
 own people,

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.419
 the Ephraimites.

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:50.879
 All because of

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.399
 name calling.

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.679
 This is the

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:53.879
 heart.

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.020
 This is the

00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:56.200
 Romans' one

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.080
 heart, I might

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.220
 say, of

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.440
 Jephthah coming

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.700
 through.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.680
 It's reached its

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.080
 climax.

00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:03.800
 It's come right

00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:04.360
 out into the

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.600
 open.

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.980
 It's as clear

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.020
 as can be.

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.980
 And so this is

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.560
 how we're meant

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:11.540
 to interpret the

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:12.920
 scene that we see

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.760
 in Judges

00:26:13.760 --> 00:26:14.420
 chapter 11.

00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:15.520
 When we come to

00:26:15.520 --> 00:26:17.440
 the story of

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.580
 Jephthah in

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:19.380
 Judges chapter

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.180
 11, we need to

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.120
 see it in the

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:23.220
 framework of

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.339
 his life, the

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.920
 true nature of

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.680
 Jephthah coming

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.059
 through.

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.660
 Jephthah is

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.319
 showing this

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.480
 heart of murder

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.900
 and strife and

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.059
 brutality and

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.100
 maliciousness that

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:35.579
 all calls back to

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.539
 Romans chapter 1.

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.480
 Every single one

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.120
 of those terms

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.259
 being used there

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.579
 to describe the

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.720
 baseness of

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.460
 humanity following

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.279
 after their own

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.180
 desires, doing

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.220
 what's right in

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.880
 our own eyes

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.960
 rather than

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.940
 following God's

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.640
 compass.

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.039
 And throughout

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.180
 the entirety of

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.779
 the course of

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.420
 events of

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.180
 Jephthah's life,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.720
 what stands

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.720
 through it all

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.579
 is that God

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.619
 is silent.

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:03.839
 Not once in

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.859
 the narrative of

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:06.440
 Judges, Judges

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.859
 11 or Judges

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:09.079
 12, will God

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.839
 ever speak.

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.539
 The silence is

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.980
 deafening.

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.259
 It helps us to

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.819
 know that God

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:17.779
 is present.

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.460
 He has an

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.799
 opinion, but

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.279
 he's silent.

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.980
 So now we

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.759
 turn to Judges

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.299
 chapter 11.

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:27.119
 I need to work

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.659
 through this

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:29.059
 quickly for us.

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.119
 But I want you

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.599
 to see that

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.319
 Jephthah is a

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.000
 product of his

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.619
 own culture.

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.460
 He's a product

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.059
 of his culture.

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.659
 This didn't

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.839
 happen out of

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.200
 the blue.

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.759
 This happened

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.500
 through conditioning.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.759
 This happened

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.440
 because God had

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.500
 warned the people

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.500
 that the nations

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.480
 would be a snare.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.319
 And so as we

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.619
 make our way to

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.019
 this time in the

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.220
 timeline of the

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.140
 Judges, that's

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.140
 exactly what we

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.500
 see.

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.279
 They have been

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.319
 ensnared.

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.960
 They've been

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.620
 captured.

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.240
 They've been

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.819
 polluted.

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.559
 They've been

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.779
 corrupted by

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.579
 culture.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.600
 And so everything

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.539
 they do is kind

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:03.319
 of embedded in

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:05.620
 and guided by

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:07.000
 that spirit of

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.440
 the culture.

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:11.640
 The crisis that

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.400
 we see in

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.160
 Judges chapter

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.140
 10 has actually

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.200
 created the man.

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:17.059
 This crisis has

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.200
 created the man.

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.740
 In Judges

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.220
 chapter 10

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.779
 verse 9 we

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.100
 see the

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.580
 Ammonites,

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.340
 they cross the

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.860
 Jordan to

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.539
 fight against

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.319
 Judah and

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.080
 against Benjamin

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.819
 and against

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.319
 the house of

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.900
 Ephraim so

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.640
 that Israel was

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.220
 severely distressed.

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.360
 So this conflict

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.039
 is now coming

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.539
 close.

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:33.360
 What is Israel

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.539
 going to do now

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.559
 that conflict has

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.900
 come?

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.519
 Are they going to

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.279
 turn to God

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.299
 like they did in

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.319
 Judges chapter 1?

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.160
 Are they going to

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.039
 look to God,

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.860
 raise up a leader?

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.400
 No.

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.960
 They turn inward.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.019
 We find that in

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.799
 verses 17 and

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.680
 18 the Ammonites

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.240
 were called to

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.819
 arms and they

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.379
 encamped in

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.740
 Gilead.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.940
 The people of

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.579
 Israel came

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.819
 together and

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.559
 they encamped

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.159
 in Mizpah.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.779
 And the people,

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.319
 the leaders of

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.180
 Gilead said to

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.659
 one another,

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:01.220
 who is the man

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.359
 who will begin

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.299
 to fight against

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.000
 the Ammonites?

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.759
 He shall be head

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.339
 over all the

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.819
 inhabitants of

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.200
 Gilead.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.859
 Rather than

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.919
 look to God,

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.200
 they looked

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.919
 within.

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.079
 They looked

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.220
 to themselves.

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.200
 They looked to

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.500
 appoint a leader

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.420
 among them.

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.740
 And rather than

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.940
 recognizing leadership

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.180
 qualities like

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.799
 we're trying to

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.019
 do in this

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.240
 nomination process

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.900
 for deacons in

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.599
 our church right

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.559
 now, rather than

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.579
 look for qualified

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.680
 men, they're

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.680
 looking for

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.319
 volunteers.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.160
 And how are

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.220
 they going about

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.440
 it?

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.460
 Do you notice

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.700
 their strategy?

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.279
 They're using a

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.000
 certain collateral.

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.880
 They're using a

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.880
 certain compensation.

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:47.220
 They're using a

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.360
 certain incentive.

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.080
 If you're going

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.980
 to be head over

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:53.140
 us, we will then

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.060
 make you our

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.280
 leader.

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.260
 They're

00:29:56.260 --> 00:29:57.280
 incentivizing

00:29:57.280 --> 00:29:58.540
 headship because

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:59.660
 that is what's

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:01.460
 appealing to this

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.960
 crowd now.

00:30:02.520 --> 00:30:03.380
 Who wants to be a

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.580
 leader?

00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:04.620
 We'll make you

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:04.840
 head.

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.120
 Just help fight

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:07.260
 our battles for

00:30:07.260 --> 00:30:07.600
 us.

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.160
 And this Hebrew

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.080
 word for head,

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.960
 we only saw it

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.420
 once before Gideon.

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.700
 And then in

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.580
 Gideon's story, we

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.539
 see it six times.

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.140
 In Abimelech's story,

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.000
 we see it nine

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.420
 times.

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.480
 And then from this

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.560
 point on, we're

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:22.360
 going to see the

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.480
 word head being

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.160
 used ten times in

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.700
 our text.

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.779
 Because it's the

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.519
 new collateral.

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.000
 It's the new

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.460
 compensation.

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.840
 It's the new

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:33.940
 thing that's going

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.660
 to attract the

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.360
 kind of leadership

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:37.100
 that Israel is

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.720
 looking for.

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.200
 And being the

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.940
 head is now this

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.860
 compensation, this

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:42.240
 incentive for this

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.180
 self-styled

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.660
 leadership.

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.299
 Then we can

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.900
 enter the story

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.519
 of Jephthah in

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.420
 Judges chapter 11

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.339
 verses 1 to 3.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.240
 It says, now

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.859
 Jephthah the

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:53.420
 Gilead was a

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.460
 mighty warrior.

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.940
 Now that's a

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.039
 fascinating word,

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.880
 mighty warrior.

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.180
 It is the exact

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.319
 same two Hebrew

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.920
 words that Gideon

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.759
 has called the

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.579
 mighty man of

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.880
 valor.

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:05.039
 The same two

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.240
 Hebrew words used

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.779
 of Jephthah.

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.180
 And we're to be

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.440
 reminded of how

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.380
 God raised up that

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.620
 leader.

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.720
 We're to be

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.420
 reminded of what

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.220
 God did through

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.779
 that leader.

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:15.519
 And now Jephthah

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.460
 is following a

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:18.019
 whole new strategy.

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.660
 So he was a

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.339
 mighty warrior, but

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.559
 he was the son of

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.299
 a prostitute.

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.779
 That was a

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.140
 problem.

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.620
 And Gilead was

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.380
 the father of

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.720
 Jephthah.

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.420
 Gilead's wife also

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.240
 bore him sons.

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.140
 And when his

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:30.039
 wife's sons grew

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.259
 up, they drove

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.779
 Jephthah out and

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.920
 said to him, you

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.799
 shall not have an

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.940
 inheritance in our

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:38.000
 father's house, for

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.680
 you are the son of

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.160
 another woman.

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:41.220
 Then Jephthah fled

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.300
 from his brothers,

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.500
 lived in the land

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.440
 of Tob, and

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.600
 worthless fellows

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:47.300
 collected around

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:48.880
 Jephthah and went

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.920
 out with him.

00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.720
 He's known as this

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:54.140
 mighty warrior.

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.040
 And because of his

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:57.220
 father's indiscretion,

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:58.320
 because of his

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.460
 father, his

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.720
 immoral practice,

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.820
 the brothers of

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.660
 Jephthah will then

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:05.660
 make Jephthah a

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.040
 fugitive.

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.860
 They will throw

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.380
 him out of the

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.660
 house.

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.320
 The inheritance

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:09.100
 that would have

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:10.340
 been his is now

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.880
 abandoned.

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.759
 So where does he

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.120
 have to go?

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.200
 He goes into this

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.519
 land of Tob, which

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.360
 is about a day's

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.860
 journey away from

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.360
 Gilead.

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.720
 It's out in no

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.880
 man's land, as it

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.140
 were.

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.300
 And that's where he

00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:24.480
 needs to now build

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:26.340
 his own credentials,

00:32:26.540 --> 00:32:27.700
 his own reputation.

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:29.700
 He needs to exert

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:31.279
 himself and develop

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:33.540
 his man of valor

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:34.800
 reputation.

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.980
 And that's what he

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.359
 does.

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.519
 Tob was to the

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.980
 north, east of

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.419
 Gilead.

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:44.319
 He's in no man's

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.659
 land.

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.000
 He attracts to

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.039
 himself worthless

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.099
 fellows, it says.

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.980
 These are outcasts,

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.759
 homeless men.

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.440
 Of course, it's a

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.299
 reminder to the same

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.480
 kind of men that

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.359
 Abimelech gathered

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.279
 around himself,

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.500
 worthless fellows.

00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:00.319
 They seem to find a

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.119
 common bond, a

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.400
 common status

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.279
 together.

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.940
 And Jephthah has an

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.240
 enterprising spirit.

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.059
 He gains a

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.619
 reputation.

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.380
 He gathers men

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.079
 around him.

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.619
 He gains this

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.099
 reputation, this

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.160
 reputation of being

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.480
 a mighty warrior.

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.059
 Well, how do you

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.539
 get a reputation of

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.240
 being a mighty

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.599
 warrior?

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.680
 Well, you war,

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.700
 right?

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.480
 You raid, you

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.480
 battle, you

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.799
 threaten.

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.180
 Violence now

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.259
 becomes your

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.559
 tool to exert

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.559
 yourself over

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.860
 whoever is in

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.259
 your way.

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.140
 And that's the

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.519
 reputation that

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.120
 Jephthah will

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:39.819
 then begin to

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:41.460
 have, not only

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.200
 in the land of

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.220
 Tob, but also in

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:45.000
 the expanses of

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.640
 the region of

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.059
 Gilead.

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.460
 To the extent

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.779
 that we find in

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.299
 Judges chapter

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.200
 11 verses 4 to

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:52.319
 6, that after a

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.160
 time the Ammonites

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.039
 made war against

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.440
 Israel, and when

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.259
 the Ammonites made

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.120
 war against Israel,

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.819
 the elders of

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.979
 Gilead, they

00:33:58.979 --> 00:33:59.899
 went to bring

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.879
 Jephthah from

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.619
 the land of

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:01.919
 Tob.

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.559
 And they said to

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.719
 Jephthah, come

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:05.419
 and be our

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:07.039
 leader that we

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.919
 may fight against

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.659
 the Ammonites.

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.179
 Now there's a

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.000
 little nuance here

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.759
 in the text, it's

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:13.159
 hard to pick up on.

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.039
 If you remember

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.819
 going back to

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.839
 chapter 10, they

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.679
 promised that the

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.759
 person who would

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.500
 conquer for them

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.980
 would be their

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.619
 head, and now

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:22.859
 they bring Jephthah

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:24.400
 close, and they

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.160
 take it a step

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:26.880
 down, not be our

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.720
 head, but why

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.280
 not just be our

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.559
 commander, our

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.300
 leader of this

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.519
 military campaign.

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.420
 Now this becomes

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:35.160
 an opportunity for

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.519
 Jephthah.

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.400
 Jephthah is going

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.880
 to capitalize on

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.420
 this opportunity to

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.180
 make sure that he

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:42.800
 gets what he has

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.420
 coming to him.

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:46.019
 He says in

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.200
 verse 7,

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.599
 Jephthah said to

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.119
 the elders of

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.800
 Gilead, did you

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.440
 not hate me and

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.460
 drive me out of my

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.300
 father's house?

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:55.260
 Why have you come

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.420
 to me now when

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.220
 you are in distress?

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.420
 And now this

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.539
 turn, and the

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.380
 elders of Gilead

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.400
 said to Jephthah,

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.380
 well that's why we

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.079
 have turned to you

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.280
 now, that you may

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.059
 go and fight with

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.380
 us and be our

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.800
 head.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.200
 Notice how that's

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.700
 changed.

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.960
 The reader has

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.900
 learned this

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.260
 Abimelech style

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.440
 of negotiating.

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.300
 And Jephthah does

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.119
 what's natural for

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.300
 him.

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.200
 He begins to

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.960
 position himself.

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:22.200
 He's capitalizing

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.940
 on the opportunity.

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.900
 He's taking

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:25.920
 advantage of the

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.380
 conditions and he's

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.320
 vying for power.

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:32.599
 So Jephthah will

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.579
 then negotiate

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.099
 terms.

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:36.360
 Terms of a

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.599
 treaty, a pact

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.900
 between he and

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:40.119
 these elders of

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.460
 Gilead.

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.380
 And then what

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.079
 we'll find in

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.860
 verses 9 to

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.620
 11 is this

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.599
 pact, this

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.620
 treaty that

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:45.860
 has been

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.360
 established by

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.160
 Jephthah and

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.900
 these human

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.780
 leaders now

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.579
 become kind of

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.019
 a pact.

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.539
 They're going to

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.700
 call God down

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.980
 to watch and

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.160
 to ensure that

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:56.220
 their agreement

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:56.740
 among one

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.760
 another is now

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.599
 something that

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.880
 God has to

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.559
 codify.

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:05.400
 Jephthah is a

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:07.000
 man of his

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.320
 culture.

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.200
 Next we see

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.700
 that Jephthah

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.680
 seeks to secure

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.859
 what God has

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.699
 already promised.

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.659
 This is perhaps

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.559
 the most alarming

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.039
 of all.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.779
 He seeks to

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.819
 secure what God

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.440
 has already

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.940
 promised.

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.259
 And I want to

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.879
 move through this

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.960
 quickly.

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.219
 We begin to

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.899
 read Jephthah's

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:26.359
 story and what

00:36:26.359 --> 00:36:27.679
 stands out as you

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.519
 read through this

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.219
 is the name

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.199
 Yahweh that

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:31.519
 shows up 14

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.859
 times throughout

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:33.779
 this chapter.

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:35.619
 14 times the

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.399
 name of the

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.360
 Lord is used.

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.460
 Capital L,

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.320
 capital O,

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.260
 capital R,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.039
 capital D.

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.860
 That's the name

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.480
 Yahweh, the

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.400
 covenant keeping

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.780
 God.

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:46.480
 And Jephthah and

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.660
 the people are

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:49.079
 free to use

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.780
 this divine

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.240
 name.

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.820
 But don't be

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.220
 mistaken.

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:55.260
 When they speak

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:56.800
 of the name of

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.300
 the Lord, they

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:59.039
 may invoke the

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.519
 name of the

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.280
 Lord, but their

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.480
 worship is entirely

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.079
 other than the

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.400
 name of the

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.559
 Lord.

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.160
 Because their

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:05.780
 hearts are so

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.380
 bent, their

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.200
 hearts are so

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.660
 twisted away from

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:08.960
 God.

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.480
 The first three

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.320
 instances that we

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.519
 see of the

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.620
 divine name in

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:16.080
 verses 9 and

00:37:16.080 --> 00:37:17.200
 then 10 and

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:18.360
 then 11 is

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:20.019
 this pact that's

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.560
 negotiated between

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:23.300
 people and then

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.540
 God has to be the

00:37:24.540 --> 00:37:25.580
 one to validate

00:37:25.580 --> 00:37:26.540
 it in their

00:37:26.540 --> 00:37:27.000
 minds.

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.740
 The next couple

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:30.160
 of times where

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:31.040
 the name of the

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:31.720
 Lord is used,

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.720
 Jephthah is

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.600
 talking and

00:37:34.600 --> 00:37:35.120
 speaking with

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.539
 negotiating with

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:38.239
 the king of

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.339
 the Ammonites.

00:37:40.339 --> 00:37:40.799
 And what's

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:42.460
 telling about his

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.559
 negotiation process

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.359
 is what we find

00:37:44.359 --> 00:37:45.659
 in verse 24.

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:48.239
 Judges 11, 23 and

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.679
 24.

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:50.699
 See if you can

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:52.039
 pick up on the

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.299
 theological and

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:54.400
 doctrinal error

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.779
 in Jephthah's

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.099
 mind.

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.699
 He says,

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.579
 speaking to the

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.159
 king of the

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.579
 Ammonites,

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.500
 so then the

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.219
 Lord, the God

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.659
 of Israel

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.860
 dispossessed the

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.599
 Ammonites from

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.440
 before his people,

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.099
 Israel.

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.860
 And are you to

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.779
 take possession of

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.000
 them?

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.460
 Will you not

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.119
 possess what

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:11.000
 Chemosh, your

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.819
 God, gives to

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.460
 you to possess?

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.880
 And although the

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.639
 Lord, our God,

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:15.819
 has dispossessed

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.920
 before us, we

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.519
 will possess.

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:21.400
 Can you see the

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.500
 theological trouble

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:24.059
 in verse 24?

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.779
 Can you see the

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:27.980
 doctrinal error that

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:29.619
 Jephthah is exposing

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:29.940
 there?

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.920
 Who does he assign

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.719
 the territory of

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:36.759
 the Ammonites?

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.900
 How did they get

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.079
 it?

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.360
 Who gave it to

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.579
 them?

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.799
 In Jephthah's

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:42.079
 discourse, the

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.360
 gods of Chemosh

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.400
 gave it to them.

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.860
 But we know

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.159
 better.

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:48.719
 Because Yahweh,

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:50.980
 the Lord, is the

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.400
 one who is

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.219
 sovereign over

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.679
 nations.

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:54.359
 He is the one

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:55.219
 who dispossesses.

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.859
 He is the one

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.879
 who grants.

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.799
 And so the

00:38:58.799 --> 00:39:00.500
 theological issues

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.239
 in Jephthah's

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:02.019
 heart and mind

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.379
 are even embedded

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:04.279
 in his own

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:06.679
 sentence, his

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:08.739
 own resistance

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:10.279
 to the kings

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:11.539
 of the Ammonites.

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.399
 He demonstrates

00:39:13.399 --> 00:39:14.699
 an awareness of

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.139
 Yahweh.

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:18.639
 But he also

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.399
 recognizes, we

00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:20.819
 see through his

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:22.599
 discourse, the

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.539
 deep theological

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.500
 errors that are

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.519
 also there.

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.860
 Then we come to

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.400
 verse 29.

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.900
 And this is the

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.559
 most troubling of

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.759
 all.

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.059
 It says,

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.699
 Then the spirit

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.839
 of the Lord was

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.559
 upon Jephthah.

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.920
 And he passed

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.839
 through Gilead and

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.460
 Manasseh.

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.259
 And he passed

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:39.839
 on to Mizpah of

00:39:39.839 --> 00:39:40.299
 Gilead.

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.519
 And from Mizpah of

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.539
 Gilead he passed

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.679
 on to the Ammonites.

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.500
 And Jephthah made

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.799
 a vow to the

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.319
 Lord and said,

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.219
 If you will give

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.980
 the Ammonites

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.839
 into my hands,

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:51.019
 then whatever

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.780
 comes out from

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.280
 the doors of

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.900
 my house to

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.579
 meet me when I

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.420
 return in peace

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.800
 from the Ammonites

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.420
 shall be the

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.820
 Lord's and I

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.500
 will offer it

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.480
 for a burnt

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.900
 offering.

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:02.500
 The Ammonite

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.120
 king would not

00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:04.860
 listen to the

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.600
 discourse, the

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:07.780
 negotiating power

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.720
 of Jephthah.

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.280
 He would not

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.680
 listen.

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.900
 So Jephthah goes

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.980
 through Gilead and

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.800
 through Manasseh to

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.559
 recruit troops.

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.039
 That's what we

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.360
 find.

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.460
 And we find that

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.960
 what enabled his

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.619
 success in verse

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:20.500
 29 is the spirit

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.300
 of the Lord was

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.119
 upon Jephthah.

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:25.179
 God graciously

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:27.420
 allowed Jephthah

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:29.099
 to enjoy success

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:31.539
 but I'm convinced

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.260
 that Jephthah was

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:34.019
 totally oblivious

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.179
 to God's work.

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.659
 Why?

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.300
 Because Jephthah

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:39.220
 had operated this

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.940
 way from the

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.220
 beginning.

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.019
 Jephthah had

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.860
 recruited the

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.820
 troops in Tob.

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.960
 Jephthah had

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.920
 established his

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.480
 reputation.

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.719
 Jephthah had

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.440
 made a name

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.039
 for himself.

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.340
 Jephthah had

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:51.300
 exerted power.

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.219
 Jephthah had

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:53.260
 become the

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:54.840
 mighty man of

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:56.139
 valor in Tob.

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.420
 Jephthah was

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:58.539
 then negotiating

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.659
 terms with the

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.639
 elders of Gilead.

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:02.219
 Jephthah is now

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.519
 placed as the

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.840
 head over the

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.380
 nation.

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.159
 And all of

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:09.240
 that was also

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:10.460
 by the spirit of

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.760
 the Lord.

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.579
 Just not named.

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.260
 Because God is

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.860
 over all these

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.199
 things.

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:16.960
 And I believe

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.519
 Jephthah is

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.579
 totally oblivious

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:20.119
 to the success

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.799
 that God is

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.619
 granting him.

00:41:21.899 --> 00:41:23.259
 But the one

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.819
 who's writing

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:24.599
 the story

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.739
 wants us not

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.299
 to forget.

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.759
 This is not

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.960
 because Jephthah

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.980
 was particularly

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:31.159
 gifted in

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.739
 negotiation.

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.799
 It was because

00:41:32.799 --> 00:41:34.699
 God graciously

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:36.039
 allowed him to

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:37.179
 enjoy success.

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:40.559
 Jephthah was

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.599
 totally oblivious

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.339
 and that's why

00:41:42.339 --> 00:41:43.059
 we find in

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.639
 verse 30

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:45.039
 what Jephthah

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.440
 will do.

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.619
 Jephthah makes

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.619
 a vow to

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.079
 the Lord.

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.960
 A vow that

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.859
 was completely

00:41:51.859 --> 00:41:52.559
 unnecessary.

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.460
 But a vow that

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.839
 we're going to

00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:56.019
 find, we don't

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.399
 have time,

00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:58.500
 a vow that as

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.399
 we look deeper

00:41:59.399 --> 00:41:59.919
 into the

00:41:59.919 --> 00:42:00.799
 scripture we find

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.559
 that it was

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.859
 laden with

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:04.299
 Baal logic.

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:06.220
 It was the

00:42:06.220 --> 00:42:07.060
 kind of

00:42:07.060 --> 00:42:07.900
 negotiation

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:09.060
 that the

00:42:09.060 --> 00:42:10.360
 nations would

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:11.080
 do with their

00:42:11.080 --> 00:42:11.640
 deities.

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:13.260
 We will offer

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:13.940
 you the greatest

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:15.200
 token of our

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:16.420
 sacrifices, the

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:17.160
 greatest gifts

00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:17.880
 that we have to

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.580
 give, the

00:42:18.580 --> 00:42:19.620
 greatest tokens

00:42:19.620 --> 00:42:20.960
 of our dedication

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:22.100
 to you and

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:23.519
 based upon that

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.200
 you need to

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:25.060
 pay me off.

00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:26.720
 Pay me off

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.800
 with success

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.900
 over this

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.180
 enemy.

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.780
 That's the

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:31.440
 Baal logic

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.600
 that now

00:42:32.600 --> 00:42:34.260
 he's employing

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.940
 on a greater

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.300
 scale.

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.680
 And now it

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:37.280
 becomes very

00:42:37.280 --> 00:42:37.740
 personal.

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.460
 Very personal.

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.720
 Because now

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:41.620
 whatever will

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:42.080
 come out of

00:42:42.080 --> 00:42:42.640
 his house to

00:42:42.640 --> 00:42:43.780
 meet him, he

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.380
 will offer as

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.700
 a burnt

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.320
 offering.

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.320
 He's willing to

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.820
 lay down at

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.660
 least a member

00:42:48.660 --> 00:42:49.420
 of his family.

00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:52.640
 You see,

00:42:53.600 --> 00:42:54.040
 Jephthah is

00:42:54.040 --> 00:42:54.920
 still negotiating.

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.500
 He's still

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.040
 securing.

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.520
 He's still

00:42:58.520 --> 00:42:59.600
 manipulating God

00:42:59.600 --> 00:43:00.800
 and seeking to

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:02.020
 wrest concessions

00:43:02.020 --> 00:43:02.920
 and favors

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.720
 from God

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.619
 like he had

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:05.199
 from the

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.739
 Gileadites

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.179
 and from

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.719
 the Ammonites.

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.659
 He is still

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.739
 operating underneath

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.639
 the same

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:10.879
 pattern of

00:43:10.879 --> 00:43:11.299
 life.

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:12.399
 I will do

00:43:12.399 --> 00:43:13.459
 whatever sacrifice

00:43:13.459 --> 00:43:14.379
 I need to do

00:43:14.379 --> 00:43:15.339
 in order to get

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:15.939
 what I think

00:43:15.939 --> 00:43:16.599
 I need to get.

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:17.399
 And if he was

00:43:17.399 --> 00:43:18.439
 aware of the

00:43:18.439 --> 00:43:19.399
 Spirit at all,

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:21.019
 he would never

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.699
 have to make

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.639
 this vow.

00:43:23.279 --> 00:43:23.899
 Because he

00:43:23.899 --> 00:43:25.000
 was trying

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.919
 to secure

00:43:25.919 --> 00:43:27.099
 what God

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.879
 had already

00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.599
 graciously

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.319
 handed to him.

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.219
 The Spirit of the

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:31.119
 Lord was

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.779
 on him.

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:32.839
 And God

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.119
 was going

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.419
 to give

00:43:33.419 --> 00:43:34.079
 them victory.

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:36.459
 But Jephthah

00:43:36.459 --> 00:43:37.099
 is totally

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:37.899
 oblivious.

00:43:39.399 --> 00:43:40.139
 We find

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:41.000
 this three-linked

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.439
 chain

00:43:41.439 --> 00:43:43.199
 through this

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.739
 discourse.

00:43:43.899 --> 00:43:44.239
 We see

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:45.359
 that Jephthah

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:46.179
 is negotiating

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.559
 with the

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.159
 Gileadites

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.959
 and he gets

00:43:47.959 --> 00:43:48.539
 all that he

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:48.939
 wants.

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:49.819
 Then he

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.480
 negotiates

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:50.799
 with the

00:43:50.799 --> 00:43:51.299
 Ammonites

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:52.000
 and at least

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.319
 he gets

00:43:52.319 --> 00:43:53.179
 a response

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.939
 but their

00:43:53.939 --> 00:43:54.859
 response is

00:43:54.859 --> 00:43:55.599
 not favorable.

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.459
 Then he

00:43:56.459 --> 00:43:57.279
 negotiates

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.940
 with God

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:59.460
 and God

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:00.440
 is utterly

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.720
 silent.

00:44:03.160 --> 00:44:03.880
 He's silent.

00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:06.519
 And we

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.940
 find from

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.360
 Jephthah's

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.700
 story,

00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:09.200
 God does

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:10.080
 graciously

00:44:10.080 --> 00:44:10.500
 give him

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.880
 victory.

00:44:12.140 --> 00:44:12.480
 But then

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.820
 in chapter

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.460
 11 verse

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.640
 34,

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.640
 then Jephthah

00:44:16.640 --> 00:44:17.280
 came to

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.900
 his home

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.960
 at Mizpah

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:20.340
 and behold

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.000
 his daughter

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.540
 came out

00:44:21.540 --> 00:44:22.140
 to meet him

00:44:22.140 --> 00:44:23.400
 with tambourines

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.060
 and with

00:44:24.060 --> 00:44:24.460
 dances.

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:25.640
 And then

00:44:25.640 --> 00:44:26.019
 this,

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:27.960
 she was

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.579
 his,

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.639
 what do you

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:29.780
 see?

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.139
 She was

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:32.699
 his only

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.840
 child.

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.480
 Because

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.639
 besides her

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.699
 he had

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.460
 neither son

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:39.639
 nor daughter.

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:41.000
 And we've

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.460
 just learned

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:41.940
 from chapter

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:43.599
 10 that

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:44.039
 the gods

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.280
 of the

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:45.000
 nations had

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.440
 embedded

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.099
 themselves in

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.539
 the culture

00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:47.900
 and particularly

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:48.320
 the gods

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.940
 of Moab

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.619
 and the gods

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.280
 of Ammon

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:52.699
 which engaged

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:53.739
 in child

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.739
 sacrifice.

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:57.280
 this

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:57.800
 narrative

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.280
 clue

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.739
 is not

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:59.199
 a coincidence.

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:00.539
 I'm

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:00.920
 convinced

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.480
 that Jephthah

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:02.659
 knew exactly

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:03.719
 what the

00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:04.219
 conditions

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:04.599
 of his

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:04.960
 vow

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.699
 would lead

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:05.940
 to.

00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:06.920
 It was

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.159
 going to

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.460
 lead to

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:08.139
 a sacrifice

00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:09.219
 of his

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:09.619
 one

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:10.500
 and only

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:11.019
 daughter.

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.320
 But it

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:12.699
 was worth

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:13.380
 the cost

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.820
 in this

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:14.780
 Baal-like

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:16.039
 mindset,

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.000
 his logic.

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.059
 What do

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:18.440
 I need

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:18.719
 to do

00:45:18.719 --> 00:45:19.259
 to barter

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.699
 with God

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.059
 to get

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.380
 what I

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:20.599
 need?

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.519
 How do

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.159
 I go

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:22.559
 about

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.360
 securing

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:24.620
 a victory?

00:45:27.620 --> 00:45:28.340
 If Jephthah

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.720
 had known

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.200
 the law,

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:30.680
 he would

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.039
 have known

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.120
 that there

00:45:32.120 --> 00:45:33.039
 are ways

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.880
 not to get

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.539
 around the

00:45:35.539 --> 00:45:35.940
 law but

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.800
 to work

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:37.500
 within the

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.039
 law to

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.720
 remove

00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:39.860
 these rash

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.480
 vows.

00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:41.700
 From Leviticus

00:45:41.700 --> 00:45:42.700
 chapter 27

00:45:42.700 --> 00:45:44.599
 or maybe

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.140
 even in

00:45:45.140 --> 00:45:45.620
 laying down

00:45:45.620 --> 00:45:46.099
 his own

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:47.120
 life for

00:45:47.120 --> 00:45:47.460
 the sake

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:47.880
 of his

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.780
 daughter.

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:50.599
 But what

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:50.800
 he ends

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:51.240
 up finding

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:51.879
 is this

00:45:51.879 --> 00:45:52.559
 greatest

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:54.199
 victory

00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:54.639
 becomes

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:54.879
 his

00:45:54.879 --> 00:45:55.299
 greatest

00:45:55.299 --> 00:45:56.179
 defeat.

00:45:57.779 --> 00:45:58.539
 I wonder

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:58.899
 how many

00:45:58.899 --> 00:45:59.379
 times we

00:45:59.379 --> 00:45:59.759
 do that

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.319
 the same

00:46:00.319 --> 00:46:00.659
 thing to

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:00.859
 God.

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.519
 I wonder

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:02.879
 how many

00:46:02.879 --> 00:46:03.839
 times we

00:46:03.839 --> 00:46:05.039
 use God's

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.599
 name

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:08.419
 but it's

00:46:08.419 --> 00:46:08.839
 only a

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.459
 facade for

00:46:09.459 --> 00:46:09.939
 doing what

00:46:09.939 --> 00:46:10.319
 we really

00:46:10.319 --> 00:46:10.699
 want to

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:10.879
 do.

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:12.799
 I wonder

00:46:12.799 --> 00:46:13.079
 how many

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.539
 times we

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:13.719
 say,

00:46:13.859 --> 00:46:14.059
 well,

00:46:14.919 --> 00:46:15.500
 let me

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:16.659
 pray about

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:16.919
 this.

00:46:16.979 --> 00:46:17.119
 Let me

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:17.559
 see what

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.559
 God has

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.019
 to say

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.799
 about this.

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:20.839
 I want

00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:21.559
 to consult

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.039
 the Lord

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.680
 on this.

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:23.800
 And then

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.059
 what we

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:24.660
 come back

00:46:24.660 --> 00:46:25.039
 with is,

00:46:25.140 --> 00:46:25.200
 well,

00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:25.840
 I really

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:27.120
 feel like

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.860
 God wants

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.200
 me to

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:29.260
 do X,

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:29.460
 Y,

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:29.760
 or Z.

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:31.360
 We use

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:31.960
 the name

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.460
 of God

00:46:32.460 --> 00:46:32.800
 but we

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.340
 have never

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:34.340
 consulted

00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:34.840
 God.

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.320
 We have

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:36.079
 never prayed

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.600
 to God.

00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:37.059
 We have

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.660
 never run

00:46:37.660 --> 00:46:38.000
 to his

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.460
 word.

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:38.960
 We've

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:39.260
 never

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:40.200
 consulted

00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:40.860
 godly

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:41.539
 individuals.

00:46:42.100 --> 00:46:42.660
 And so

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.380
 we do

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:43.860
 this little

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:44.480
 bartering

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.900
 that Jephthah

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.480
 is doing.

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:49.000
 How many

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.559
 times have

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:50.039
 we said,

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:51.099
 God,

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:52.000
 if you

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.739
 just do

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.460
 this for

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:53.659
 me,

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:54.420
 one more

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:54.940
 thing,

00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:55.960
 then this

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:56.559
 is what

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:56.860
 I'll do

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:57.239
 for you.

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.619
 It's the

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:00.239
 same spirit.

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.500
 It's not

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.079
 distant

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:03.480
 way back

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.820
 when,

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:05.039
 when people

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.880
 were corrupt,

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:07.019
 when judges

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:08.559
 ruled the

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:09.300
 nation of

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:09.639
 Israel.

00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:09.960
 No,

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.460
 it is here.

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:11.079
 It's present.

00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:11.880
 It's in us.

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.139
 The same

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.619
 spirit is

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:14.139
 embedded in

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.500
 every one

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.699
 of our

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:14.980
 hearts.

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:17.059
 that we

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:17.780
 use the

00:47:17.780 --> 00:47:18.059
 name of

00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:18.380
 the Lord

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:19.619
 to actually

00:47:19.619 --> 00:47:20.039
 do the

00:47:20.039 --> 00:47:20.519
 very things

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.320
 we want

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:21.679
 to do

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:22.960
 and not

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.300
 the hard

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:23.699
 things that

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:24.159
 God calls

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:24.480
 us to.

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:26.539
 What's the

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:26.900
 solution?

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.599
 The solution

00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:29.079
 is the same

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.559
 every time.

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:31.219
 It's to

00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:32.460
 recognize the

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:33.000
 problem in

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.300
 us,

00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:34.460
 to confess

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:35.000
 that sin,

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.360
 but more

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:35.740
 than just

00:47:35.740 --> 00:47:36.539
 giving lip

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.480
 service to

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.099
 confession

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:39.300
 and recognizing

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:39.840
 that there's a

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.599
 problem and

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.240
 wanting God to

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:42.240
 fix those

00:47:42.240 --> 00:47:43.400
 problems so

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:43.880
 that we can

00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:44.559
 move on with

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:44.880
 life.

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.220
 No,

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:45.920
 it's coming

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:46.559
 to a place

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.920
 sincerely saying,

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.220
 God,

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:49.180
 I recognize

00:47:49.180 --> 00:47:50.000
 this problem

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.920
 and I repent.

00:47:51.180 --> 00:47:51.940
 I turn away

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.340
 from this issue

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:54.039
 in my life

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.800
 and I turn to

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:54.960
 you.

00:47:55.240 --> 00:47:55.960
 Help the

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:56.720
 word of God

00:47:56.720 --> 00:47:57.559
 to be central

00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:58.440
 in my focus.

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:00.300
 Help it to be

00:48:00.300 --> 00:48:01.079
 the stabilizing

00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:02.880
 force guiding

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:03.740
 my future.

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:05.500
 And God,

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.180
 do a work in

00:48:06.180 --> 00:48:06.940
 me to sanctify

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:07.240
 me,

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.380
 to cleanse

00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:09.500
 me from

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:10.180
 all my

00:48:10.180 --> 00:48:11.380
 unrighteousness

00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:12.760
 so that my

00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:13.360
 life is

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:15.880
 a figure

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:17.280
 of the

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.760
 wonder

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:18.880
 of God's

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:19.340
 forgiveness

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.579
 and God's

00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:20.900
 work.

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:21.680
 A trophy.

00:48:22.680 --> 00:48:23.420
 A trophy

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:24.680
 to what God

00:48:24.680 --> 00:48:25.900
 wants to

00:48:25.900 --> 00:48:26.380
 really do.

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.120
 That instead

00:48:28.120 --> 00:48:28.579
 of becoming

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:29.660
 glory robbers,

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.300
 we become

00:48:30.300 --> 00:48:32.120
 glory presenters.

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:33.260
 Look at the

00:48:33.260 --> 00:48:34.380
 wonder of the

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:35.420
 glory of God.

00:48:37.120 --> 00:48:37.860
 And so,

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:39.240
 that's one of

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:39.599
 the things that

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:39.980
 we're going to

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:41.099
 do right now

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:42.900
 in baptism.

00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:44.420
 Kind of

00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:45.480
 setting the

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:46.160
 work of God.

00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:46.920
 God is the

00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:48.420
 hero of our

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:48.820
 stories.

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.680
 And one of the

00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:50.400
 ways we get to

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:51.360
 see that is

00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:52.039
 through baptism.

00:48:52.180 --> 00:48:53.240
 How God has

00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:54.059
 brought someone

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:55.260
 to repentance

00:48:55.260 --> 00:48:56.980
 and the work

00:48:56.980 --> 00:48:57.660
 of Christ

00:48:57.660 --> 00:48:58.320
 in forgiveness

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.380
 and raising

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:00.079
 that individual

00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:01.140
 up to newness

00:49:01.140 --> 00:49:01.599
 of life.

00:49:01.680 --> 00:49:02.440
 That's already

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:02.940
 happened,

00:49:03.200 --> 00:49:03.660
 but this is just

00:49:03.660 --> 00:49:04.539
 kind of a picture

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:05.400
 of that work

00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:05.900
 of Christ

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.860
 playing out.

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:08.260
 Let me pray

00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:08.740
 for us.

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:10.300
 We'll sing a song,

00:49:10.720 --> 00:49:11.099
 we'll do a

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:11.500
 baptism,

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:12.559
 and then we'll

00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:12.819
 dismiss.

00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:14.619
 Father, thank

00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:14.779
 you.

00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:17.239
 Thank you for

00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:17.719
 your patience

00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:18.199
 with us.

00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:20.719
 Thank you that

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:23.480
 even when we

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:24.920
 find ourselves

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:26.480
 falling on our

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:28.139
 faces again,

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:29.880
 blowing it

00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:30.679
 again,

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:32.860
 that you're

00:49:32.860 --> 00:49:34.380
 patient and

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:34.920
 gracious,

00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:36.819
 and that if we

00:49:36.819 --> 00:49:37.639
 confess our sins,

00:49:37.759 --> 00:49:38.179
 that you are

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:39.460
 faithful and

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:40.319
 just to forgive

00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:40.800
 our sin,

00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:42.019
 and to cleanse

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:43.120
 us from all

00:49:43.120 --> 00:49:44.320
 unrighteousness.

00:49:44.620 --> 00:49:45.300
 The things we

00:49:45.300 --> 00:49:46.400
 see and the

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:47.059
 things we don't.

00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:49.300
 God, I pray

00:49:49.300 --> 00:49:49.940
 that our lives

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:50.320
 would be a

00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:51.960
 trophy of your

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:52.380
 grace,

00:49:53.140 --> 00:49:54.100
 and a trophy

00:49:54.100 --> 00:49:54.860
 of your power,

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:57.039
 and a testimony

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:58.900
 to your work

00:49:58.900 --> 00:50:00.200
 in our lives.

00:50:00.580 --> 00:50:01.340
 In Jesus' name,

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:01.660
 amen.