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 Well, good morning. It's good to see all of you this morning.

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 I want to encourage you, if you would please, to open your Bibles to Judges chapter 13.

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! Judges 13. If you're using the Pew Bible, it's on page 100 to 13.

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 213.

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 Yes.

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 Yes. Before we really dive into the text this morning, I want to just let you know about some exciting things that are happening.

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 As many of you are aware of, we've had a chance as a church to partner with several sister churches over the last several years.

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 And men from our congregation, from our fellowship, have had the chance to fill pulpits and to encourage, with the Word, churches that are part of our fellowship in other parts of the city of Columbus.

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 And that, of course, is really a blessing.

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 I am so grateful for godly men who are gifted to teach the Scriptures and that we have a chance to do that just around Columbus.

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 This past week, I got a call from a church.

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 They have an interim pastor who's been at their fellowship for the last couple of years.

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 He had kind of a medical issue the past week.

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 And they said, hey, can you please send us, the church, will you please send us someone to fill a pulpit so that we can do our services on Sunday?

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 And it's been neat.

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 We have several young men who are trying to raise up and be part of what we hope to become kind of a pulpit team, a preaching team.

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 And investing in their lives, younger men who are either in seminary right now, have finished Bible college,

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 or have plans to move into ministry at some point.

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 And being able to invest in them and help them along the process, but also give them opportunities.

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 So, this morning, one of our young men has a chance to preach and teach.

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 And we trust that in the subsequent weeks, there may be opportunities to do some more of that.

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 That's something that God has done for us.

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 You know, we have a heart for investing in young men and a chance now to be able to give these young men the opportunity to preach and to teach for another congregation.

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 Our hope is that every second Sunday of the month, beginning in, not October, but beginning, excuse me, not in September, but in October,

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 every Sunday of the, second Sunday of the month, to have someone from our fellowship be able to put these gifts to work,

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 a younger man, raising them up, and discipling them in this process.

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 So, just wanted to share that with you and ask that you would pray with us and pray for these men as God is raising them up.

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 We are in the book of Judges.

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 And so, for those of you who may be here for the first time, we've been working through the book of Judges this summer.

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 And now we're kind of in the last leg, as it were.

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 We're kind of closing things out.

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 And anyone who's read the book of Judges will come to understand that the further you go into the book, the worse things get.

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 The darker things are.

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 The more this moral decline is taking place among the nation.

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 And we've traced that along.

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 And the summary phrase for us is found in Judges chapter 2, verse 19,

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 that talks about every subsequent generation,

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 when the children rise up,

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 then they depart further from the Lord.

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 But you might think that this story,

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 while it's getting darker,

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 becomes a lesson for us as it relates to,

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 well, we can't be those kinds of people.

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 And God has turned His back on these individuals.

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 And there's no hope for them anymore.

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 And actually, this morning and next week,

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 will help us to realize that while the nation continues to decline,

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 that God remains faithful to His Word.

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 We have a God who initiates with His people.

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 We have a God who's faithful.

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 A God who's trustworthy.

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 A God who is the main character of this book.

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 And while all the judges are departing from God,

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 or so it seems,

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 or the nation is moving further away from God,

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 God remains fixed.

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 His promises are true.

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 He is dependable.

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 And He continues to exercise and to demonstrate His faithful love to them.

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 There is one main character.

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 The Lord Himself.

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 Who stands preeminent over the book of Judges

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 and calls us to see Him and to experience Him

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 the way He wants to be experienced.

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 In His holiness.

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 In His trueness.

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 We're meant to acknowledge that He is not only the one who's the main character,

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 but He is the main deliverer of all of the experiences that we have.

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 All the crisis you may go through,

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 there is one solution.

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 There's one fix.

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 Know the Lord.

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 Serve the Lord.

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 Follow the Lord.

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 So we come to Judges chapter 13.

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 We begin this study.

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 We pick up this study in verse 1.

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 Let me read this for us.

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 And you can see,

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 as we get going here,

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 that we have an initiating God.

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 That this story,

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 all along,

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 we've been looking at various judges

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 throughout the timeline,

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 or the history,

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 of this nation.

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 In the early stages of this nation.

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 And while there may be many judges,

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 there is one main figure.

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 And I want to just draw our attention to that main figure,

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 the Lord Himself,

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 as we work our way through these couple of chapters.

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 First is,

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 we have an initiating God.

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 Notice this.

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 And the people of Israel,

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 again,

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 did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 So the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines,

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 for forty years.

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 And there was a certain man of Zorah,

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 of the tribe of the Danites,

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 whose name was Manoah.

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 His wife was barren,

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 and had no children.

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 And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman,

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 and said to her,

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 Behold,

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 you are barren,

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 and have not born children.

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 But you shall conceive and bear a son.

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 Therefore,

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 be careful,

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 and drink no wine or strong drink,

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 and eat nothing unclean.

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 For behold,

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 you shall conceive and bear a son.

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 No razor shall come upon his head.

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 For the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb.

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 And he shall begin to save Israel

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 from the hand of the Philistines.

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 We have an initiating God.

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 The story of his initiating power is remarkable,

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 as it comes to light in the story of Samson.

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 It's a story of us as well.

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 And that's important for us to understand and to recognize it.

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 That while things are getting darker and darker

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 for the nation of Israel,

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 back in the time of the judges,

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 we can all sense,

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 I trust that you are sensing,

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 in our day and age,

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 darker and darker times,

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 one generation after the next.

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 We're living in those times.

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 But we have an initiating God.

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 The same God who initiated his love to his nation,

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 to his people,

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 back during the time of the judges,

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 is the same God who initiates love for us.

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 One of our favorite verses,

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 John 3.16,

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 you could probably quote it with me,

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 for God so loved the world,

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 that he gave his only begotten son,

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 that whosoever believes in him,

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 will not perish,

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 but have everlasting life.

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 We have in initiating God.

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 And God's initiation happens in spite of our rebellion.

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 God extends his love,

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 his offer of forgiveness,

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 his invitation for relationship with him,

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 in spite of our rebellion.

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 It's incredible.

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 Why does he do this?

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 We are undeserving.

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 It's because he's an initiating God.

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 He's a God who extends himself.

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 He's a God who invites us to participate in fellowship with him.

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 He's a God who wants to reveal to us the areas of our life that are out of step.

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 But it doesn't mean that we are turned away.

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 We're invited closer.

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 We're invited inward.

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 We're invited to participate with him

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 as we come to a place of believing in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and then we'll be saved.

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 Of confessing with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,

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 believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead,

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 and then enjoying the offer of forgiveness.

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 Understanding our sin,

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 turning our hearts to him,

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 confessing our sin,

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 repenting from our sin,

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 and enjoying the benefits of forgiveness.

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 John will also say in his letter in 1 John 4, verse 19,

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 he will say this.

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 You know this.

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 We love him because he first loved us.

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 That is our initiating God.

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 He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 He is the same God today as he was during the time of the judges.

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 He initiated his kindness to people who did not deserve it.

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 That is our problem so often, though,

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 is we often think that we deserve the kindness of God.

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 We do not put ourselves in the category of rebels.

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 And so we think that the love that God has extended to us

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 is because we are so lovable,

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 when in fact, we are rebels.

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 And God, in his kindness,

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 has extended that love so that we can experience it.

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 And here in Judges chapter 13,

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 this final leg of this journey, as it were,

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 before we turn the page to 17 to 21,

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 where there are no more judges,

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 and the people have essentially pushed God away in totality,

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 God graciously extends himself one more time

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 to a wayward people.

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 We find here, again, verse 1,

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 the people of Israel again did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 Now, in some translations,

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 I believe this is misleading

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 because it gives the impression

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 that at some point in time,

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 there was spiritual reform.

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 There was some sort of revival that had taken place,

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 some sort of awakening that had happened,

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 and now they're turning again to things that were evil.

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 Well, what we need to recognize

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 is that Judges 13 is bound together

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 with Judges chapter 10.

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 It's one story in two parts.

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 So just turn with me for a moment to Judges chapter 10.

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 You can see this in verse 6 and 7.

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 It says this,

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 The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord

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 and served the Baals,

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 and the Ashtore,

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 the gods of Syria,

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 the gods of Sidon,

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 the gods of Moab,

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 the gods of the Ammonites,

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 and the gods of the Philistines.

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 You see that?

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 The Ammonites were the gods and the people

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 that God used Jephthah to oppose.

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 The gods of the Philistines,

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 we're going to find in our story,

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 are the gods that God is opposing through Samson.

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 Then it goes on, verse 7.

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 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

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 He sold them into the hand of the,

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 now in reverse order,

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 the Philistines,

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 and into the hand of the Ammonites.

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 One story,

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 two parts,

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 bound together in this passage to help us know,

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 this is a unit.

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 We're to see this together.

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 We're to understand the rebellion of God's people

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 as this continuing pattern

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 that will now work its way out from,

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 to the end,

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 till we finally get God showing up in the book of Samuel.

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 And that's the next story.

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 This is one movement in two scenes.

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 And the Hebrew word again,

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 again is actually the word to add.

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 It's the word to increase.

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 It's the word to do more.

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 The word will only mean again

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 if it's coupled together with an adverb,

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 which it's not here.

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 So it's better to understand

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 if the people increased in their evil against the Lord,

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 or the people continued to do evil against the Lord.

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 this is a rebel people.

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 This is a people that haven't turned to God in decades.

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 And God initiates in spite of a rebellious people.

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 Marvel at the wonder of a God who initiates.

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 A God who demonstrates his kindness that's undeserved.

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 In Romans chapter 5 verse 8 it says,

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 But God shows his love for us

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 We were hostile towards him.

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 We were in enmity against him,

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 enemies of him.

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 We pushed him away,

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 and God still sent and demonstrated his love

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 in spite of our rebellion

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 to draw us to himself

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 in spite of what we deserve.

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 What a great God.

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 But God is showing initiative also

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 in spite of their track record.

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 In spite of their track record.

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 The Danites that we're looking at here,

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 the text is zoomed in on verse 2.

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 You see there was a certain man of Zorah

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 of the tribe of the Danites

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 whose name was Manoah

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 and his wife was barren

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 and had no children.

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 Now the Danites from the very beginning

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 of this book

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 are those who had been characterized

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 by incomplete obedience.

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 In chapter 1 verses 34 and 35

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 they were the ones who were pressed back

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 into the hill country by the Amorites.

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 They refused to do what God had said

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 and to fill out in full obedience to God

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 and to press in and trust him

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 by taking and occupying the land.

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 Instead they were pushed back

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 and they were okay with it.

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 Then in Judges chapter 5 verse 17

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 Deborah will sing this song

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 of the victory that God has wrought

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 for the people,

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 for the nation of Israel

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 and the Danites are mentioned.

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 They're mentioned as those

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 who were unwilling to participate at all

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 in the victory over Sisera.

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 They wanted no part of it.

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 They wanted to remain comfortable.

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 They wanted to remain distant.

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 They will be mentioned again

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 in our final chapter.

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 So the Danites kind of formed

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 this bookends to our book of Judges

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 to help us see apostasy,

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 to help us see incomplete obedience,

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 to help us see that this is a rebel people.

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 And so when we come to chapter 13

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 and we read about the Danites,

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 what should go off in our mind

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 is this is a people

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 that have rebelled against the Lord.

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 But God shows his initiating love

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 and kindness in spite of their track record.

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 They have a track record.

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 And I imagine that many of us in this room

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 have a track record.

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 You have history.

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 You have things you're a little ashamed of.

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 Maybe things that you're embarrassed to talk about.

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 Maybe skeletons in the closet as it were.

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 But we have a God who is willing

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 to extend mercy in spite of our track record.

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 We have a wonder-working, merciful Savior.

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 He does that.

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 He shows his wonder-working mercy

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 here at the beginning of this story,

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 initiating this miraculous birth

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 that we're going to read about in just a moment.

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 And as Samson walks onto the scene,

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 his story welcomes us with a hope

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 of real change.

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 Maybe, finally,

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 God will do something in the people.

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 Maybe, maybe God's Spirit

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 in coming on this barren woman

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 and birthing this miraculous son,

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 maybe, finally,

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 something will change.

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 The moral climate of this nation

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 will be turned around.

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 That's the hope we get.

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 Maybe this time,

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 it'll be different.

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 It harkens back to the days of Abraham,

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 Isaac, and Jacob,

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 who each had barren wives.

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 And the work of God

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 to interact in their life

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 and to allow these men

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 and their wives

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 to experience miraculous delivery

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 is meant to showcase

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 the dependability

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 and trustworthiness

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 of our God.

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 That's what is meant

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 to be on display.

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 God is faithful.

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 God will preserve his people

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 in spite of their track record,

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 in spite of their rebellion.

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 And then this,

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 in verses 3 to 5,

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 God initiates

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 in spite of ignorance,

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 in spite of their ignorance.

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 It says,

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 This birth announcement

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 is given to this barren woman.

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 We are, again,

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 reminded of the faithfulness of God.

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 His promise

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 to preserve his people.

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 His promise

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 to deliver them.

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 His promise

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 to eventually

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 give them a king.

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 And now,

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 this birth announcement

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 is carried

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 with conditions.

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 We see those conditions

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 that are built in.

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 He's to be a Nazirite

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 to God.

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 And this word,

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 Nazirite,

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 is the Hebrew word,

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 Nazir.

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 It's from a root,

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 a Hebrew word

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 that means consecrate

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 or to dedicate.

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 You see,

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 the first salvation,

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 the first reform

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 that needed to take place

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 was a reform of the heart.

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 It was a reform of the man.

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 If God was going to use

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 the man

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 to change a country,

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 to change a nation,

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 he had to begin

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 with the man.

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 God is

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 intentional

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 in prioritizing

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 spiritual reform.

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 We've been learning

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 about that in our time

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 through the book of Judges.

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 That God is interested

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 in a people

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 that are

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 worshiping him

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 with their heart,

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 soul,

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 mind,

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 and strength.

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 And if you're ever,

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 if we are ever

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 as moms and dads

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 going to influence

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 our culture,

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 influence our families,

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 we have to be influenced.

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 We have to be transformed

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 by God himself.

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 We have to see his word

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 and allow his word

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 to change us

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 from the inside out

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 so that we can have

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 the hope

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 of being able

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 to transform

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 the people

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 that God puts

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 in our circles

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 through his power.

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 You see,

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.880
 Samson's entire life

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 was to be set apart.

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 Especially important

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 at this point

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 in our story

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 because God cares

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 about the moral decline

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 of the people

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 and he wants

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 to change the nation

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 but he has to start

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 with changing the man.

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 God cares about

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 the spiritual deliverance

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 because while man

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 looks on the outward appearance,

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 God looks at the heart.

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 Nothing is hidden

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 from his eyes.

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 God knows

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 the things that are going on

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.779
 in your life

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 and he wants to reform you

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 before he can reform others.

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 So he is to be set apart

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 to God.

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 It says a Nazarite

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 to God

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 and it does have

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.319
 an outward working.

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 He is not to drink

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 strong drink.

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 We see that in verse 4.

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 He is not to eat

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 anything unclean.

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 No razor is to touch

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 his head.

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 So,

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.839
 Manoah's wife

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.960
 takes this announcement

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 and she brings

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.819
 that announcement

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:09.440
 back to her husband.

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 She tells him

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.259
 what is about

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.779
 to happen.

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:15.799
 this promise

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 of a son

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.399
 that is about to come.

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 But notice verse 6.

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.759
 Judges 13 verse 6.

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 She runs

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:29.119
 to tell her husband

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 and she says,

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.279
 A man of God

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 came to me

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 and his appearance

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.500
 was the appearance

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.079
 of an angel

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.160
 of God.

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 Very awesome.

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:41.460
 I did not ask him

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.720
 where he was from.

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.279
 he did not

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.000
 tell me

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.059
 his name.

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 He did not

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.799
 tell me

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.480
 his name?

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.380
 How can you

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.480
 be so oblivious

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.839
 to the angel

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.620
 of the Lord?

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.259
 The angel

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.420
 of Yahweh

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.420
 that is standing

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.100
 in front of you.

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.880
 He is the one

00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.000
 who has been promising

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.799
 to carry you

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.960
 and you are totally

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.000
 oblivious

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.000
 to his work.

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.160
 The angel

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.640
 of the Lord

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.440
 is standing

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.860
 face to face

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.339
 with you

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.099
 and you

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.319
 can't identify

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.659
 it.

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.379
 You know

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.240
 it's a divine

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.720
 messenger.

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.559
 You can't

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.259
 place him

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.980
 in your inventory

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.939
 of deities.

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.639
 Manoah's wife

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.099
 is totally

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.359
 unaware

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:22.480
 of God's name

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 and throughout

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.319
 this narrative

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.419
 in chapters 13,

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 actually 12,

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.779
 13, 14,

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 and 15

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.799
 and even spilling

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.740
 into chapter 16

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:32.199
 there is no

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:33.139
 mention of Yahweh

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:34.659
 like either Manoah

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.480
 or his wife.

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.939
 It's just Elohim

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.840
 which is the word

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.299
 for God

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.180
 or Adonai

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.720
 which is the name

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.080
 for Lord.

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:42.880
 Yahweh

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.880
 is active

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.720
 in this section

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:47.059
 even though

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.900
 he's not

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:49.200
 mentioned by name.

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.759
 She relays

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.420
 these words

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.000
 of the angel

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.000
 to her husband

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.700
 in verse 7.

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.380
 He said to me,

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.779
 Behold,

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.779
 you shall conceive

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.460
 and bear a son.

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 So then drink

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.039
 no wine

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.920
 or strong drink

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.740
 and eat nothing

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.640
 unclean

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.640
 for the child

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.519
 shall be a Nazarite

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.900
 to God

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.480
 from the womb

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.319
 to the day

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.099
 of his death.

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.860
 Now Manoah

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.460
 wasn't able

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.900
 to hear

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:11.620
 this announcement

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.319
 himself.

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.480
 He prays

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.839
 to the Lord

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.500
 in verse 8

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.839
 that God

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.720
 would allow him

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.200
 to hear this message

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.380
 for himself.

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.620
 God listens

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.579
 in verse 9

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.940
 to the voice

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.440
 of Manoah

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.539
 and then

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.799
 shows up again

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.740
 to Manoah's wife

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.960
 and not

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.860
 to Manoah

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.480
 himself.

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.240
 So then

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.920
 Manoah's wife

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.440
 has to run

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.960
 and retrieve

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.140
 her husband

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.900
 and when

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.860
 Manoah returns

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.700
 in verse 11

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.740
 he asks

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.360
 this question.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.720
 Are you

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.220
 the man

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.000
 who spoke

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.540
 to this woman?

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 And the response

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.060
 was one Hebrew

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.420
 word,

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.380
 I am.

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.480
 The angel

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.320
 reiterates

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:50.000
 the instructions

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.480
 not to eat

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.880
 anything

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.580
 that's offered

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:53.300
 that's from

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.700
 the vine

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.400
 or anything

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.920
 unclean

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.560
 and then we

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.020
 have this

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:57.280
 in verse 15.

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.860
 Manoah

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.460
 said to the

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.040
 angel of the

00:24:00.040 --> 00:24:00.280
 Lord,

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.740
 please let us

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.440
 detain you

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.940
 and prepare

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.559
 a young goat

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.980
 for you

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.420
 and the angel

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.860
 of the Lord

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.600
 said to Manoah

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:08.140
 if you detain me

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.039
 I will not

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.700
 eat your food

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:11.100
 but if

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.080
 you prepare

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:13.120
 a burnt offering

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.000
 then

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.500
 offer it

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.880
 to the Lord

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.019
 to Yahweh.

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.980
 The angel

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.320
 of the Lord

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.779
 is now

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.320
 allowing Manoah

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.680
 in on the story

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.480
 of who he really

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.940
 is.

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:27.279
 And in this phrase

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.519
 for Manoah

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.940
 did not know

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.480
 that he

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.360
 was the

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.720
 angel

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.920
 of the

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.200
 Lord

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.980
 the angel

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.940
 of Yahweh

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.220
 completely

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.500
 oblivious.

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.259
 And Manoah

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.259
 said in verse 17

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.900
 to the angel

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.360
 of the Lord

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.620
 what is your

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.160
 name

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.380
 so that when

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.960
 your words

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.440
 come true

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.039
 we may honor

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.360
 you.

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.620
 And the angel

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:48.960
 of the Lord

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.460
 said to him

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.940
 why do you

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.640
 ask my name

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.640
 seeing it

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.240
 is wonderful.

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.440
 For 300

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.799
 years

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:59.079
 of history

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.700
 since the

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.279
 conquest

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.039
 leading up

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.480
 to this

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.899
 point

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.839
 God

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.839
 had faithfully

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:05.440
 delivered

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.000
 his people.

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.440
 And here

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.899
 we are

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:09.220
 in Samson's

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.579
 story

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.220
 and they

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.919
 are completely

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.539
 oblivious

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.940
 now

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.659
 to Yahweh

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.599
 the God

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:14.980
 who has

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.940
 made promises

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.859
 to a nation.

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.759
 What is your

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.079
 name?

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.039
 What kind

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.839
 of question

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.519
 is that?

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.000
 It's because

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.379
 the people

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.759
 have become

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.399
 so distant

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:25.059
 from God.

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.700
 They have been

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.500
 serving the

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.079
 pantheon.

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.779
 All of the

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.319
 gods of

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.680
 these other

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.079
 countries

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.480
 they know

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.980
 them by

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.299
 name

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.720
 and they

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.940
 want to

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.480
 make sure

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.039
 that whatever

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.599
 service

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.000
 they're to

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.319
 give

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.899
 they give

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.720
 that service

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.559
 to the

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.500
 right deity.

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.160
 Their service

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.720
 to the deities

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.000
 has been

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.440
 aligned

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.579
 to everyone

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.180
 else except

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.259
 for Yahweh

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.819
 himself.

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.359
 But God

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.379
 has taken

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.139
 the initiative

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.200
 with a

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.599
 people

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.359
 who are

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.980
 rebellious

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.160
 a people

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.240
 who have

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.660
 a bad

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.220
 track record

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.799
 and a people

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.420
 by the way

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.059
 who are

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.819
 completely

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.359
 oblivious

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.839
 to him.

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.420
 He does

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.500
 it for

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.180
 his name

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.700
 for his

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.080
 glory

00:25:59.080 --> 00:26:00.400
 and not

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.080
 because the

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.660
 people deserve

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:01.940
 it.

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.680
 We find in

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.140
 Judges chapter

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.640
 13

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.080
 21

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.539
 the angel

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.759
 of the

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:05.960
 Lord

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.700
 then appeared

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.160
 no more

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.640
 to Manoah

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.080
 and to his

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.380
 wife

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.460
 than Manoah

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.800
 that he

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.500
 knew that

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.180
 he was

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.720
 the angel

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.180
 of the

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.340
 Lord.

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:12.960
 Finally

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.620
 there's

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.180
 recollection.

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.720
 Finally

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.580
 there's a

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:17.160
 truth that's

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.800
 dawning on

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.360
 his life.

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.059
 the

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.339
 governing

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.879
 priority

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:23.519
 has been

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.919
 set.

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.439
 This

00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:25.059
 obligation

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.339
 these

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.139
 conditions

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.519
 that God

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.199
 has given

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.979
 now on

00:26:28.979 --> 00:26:29.699
 three different

00:26:29.699 --> 00:26:30.199
 occasions

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.079
 to set

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.579
 yourself

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.019
 apart

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.339
 and to

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.599
 do it

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.240
 this way.

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.699
 This

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:34.259
 reform

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.579
 of the

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.819
 heart

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.359
 that works

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:35.859
 its way

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.259
 out

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.899
 in a

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.500
 reform

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.199
 of life

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:39.439
 a set

00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:40.179
 apartness.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.819
 One

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.339
 commentator

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.859
 says this

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.019
 the

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.659
 conception

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.839
 and birth

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.579
 of Samson

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.379
 declare

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.459
 emphatically

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.819
 God's

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.380
 refusal

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:50.140
 to let

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.539
 this

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.940
 nation

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.340
 die.

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.279
 Israel

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.680
 may be

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.019
 doing

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.640
 all in

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:54.819
 its

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.140
 power

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.340
 to

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:55.840
 destroy

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.360
 itself

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.840
 from

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.180
 within

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.380
 but

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.880
 God

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.460
 must

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.140
 preserve

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.440
 this

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.860
 nation.

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.059
 The

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.380
 honor

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.600
 of

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:01.740
 his

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.079
 name

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.319
 and

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.559
 the

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.980
 cosmic

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.640
 mission

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.180
 of

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.400
 his

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.960
 grace

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.299
 is

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.460
 at

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.900
 stake.

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.160
 Oh

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.420
 we

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.579
 have

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.720
 a

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:07.960
 God

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.220
 who

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.440
 delights

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.460
 in

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.740
 keeping

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:10.960
 his

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.340
 promises

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.000
 for

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.180
 the

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.360
 sake

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.500
 of

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.620
 his

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:12.880
 name.

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.400
 But

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.480
 I

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.680
 wonder

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:14.860
 how

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.200
 often

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.900
 is

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.039
 it

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.360
 true

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.120
 of

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.239
 our

00:27:17.239 --> 00:27:17.419
 own

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:17.759
 lives.

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.879
 We

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.119
 put

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.379
 on

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:19.679
 these

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.239
 external

00:27:20.239 --> 00:27:20.899
 forms

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.119
 of

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.679
 spirituality

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.579
 we

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:22.919
 may

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.500
 dress

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.019
 ourselves

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.379
 up

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.839
 as it

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.139
 were

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.419
 in

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.659
 the

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.619
 Nazarite

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:26.919
 vow

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.139
 we

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.819
 call

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.359
 ourselves

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.639
 as

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.259
 those

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.439
 who

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:29.599
 are

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.779
 a

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.339
 Nazarite

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.519
 to

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.759
 God

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:30.879
 and

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.019
 of

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.159
 course

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.699
 I'm

00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:32.199
 using

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:33.319
 language

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.839
 descriptive

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.439
 language

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:34.699
 for

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.159
 what

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.659
 we

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:35.859
 will

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.079
 do

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.239
 in

00:27:36.239 --> 00:27:36.439
 our

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:37.139
 context

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.839
 the

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.219
 things

00:27:38.219 --> 00:27:38.379
 that

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:38.519
 we

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.839
 put

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.219
 on

00:27:39.219 --> 00:27:39.399
 to

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:39.639
 say

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.019
 hey

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.379
 look

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.799
 I'm

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.119
 dedicated

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.479
 to

00:27:41.479 --> 00:27:41.859
 God

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.459
 and

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:43.559
 I

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.899
 trust

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.059
 that

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.199
 is

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.500
 true

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.339
 because

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.500
 it

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.720
 does

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:45.980
 have

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.359
 outward

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.940
 forms

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:49.660
 but

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:49.859
 we

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.240
 allow

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.680
 so

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.019
 often

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.299
 those

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.660
 outward

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.259
 forms

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.079
 to

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.279
 be

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.480
 a

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.059
 counterfeit

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.400
 for

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.700
 what

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:54.980
 God

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.240
 really

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 wants

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 he

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 really

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.119
 wants

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 a

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.500
 heart

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 a

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.559
 heart

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.759
 that's

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.039
 devoted

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 to

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.440
 him

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.059
 that

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.160
 we

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.319
 would

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.539
 love

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.700
 the

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:00.839
 Lord

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.000
 our

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.160
 God

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.299
 with

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.519
 all

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.640
 our

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:01.940
 heart

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.859
 all

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.059
 our

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.339
 soul

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.759
 all

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:03.900
 our

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.259
 mind

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.099
 all

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.240
 our

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.500
 strength

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.880
 that's

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.039
 how

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.440
 reform

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.839
 begins

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.019
 to

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.259
 happen

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 it

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.720
 happens

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 first

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.759
 on

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 the

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 inside

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 and

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.339
 then

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 is

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.720
 able

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 to

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 spill

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 out

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.119
 and

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 so

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.900
 we

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.119
 have

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.240
 an

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.700
 initiating

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.059
 God

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.960
 we're

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.019
 going

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.140
 to

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.339
 see

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.579
 in

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.299
 chapter

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.819
 13

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.039
 verse

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 24

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 through

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.460
 the

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 end

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.160
 of

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.700
 chapter

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.140
 15

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.700
 that

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:24.839
 we

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.240
 also

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.680
 have

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.880
 an

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.559
 empowering

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.980
 God

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.680
 we

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.880
 have

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.000
 an

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.720
 empowering

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.359
 God

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.500
 and

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.640
 we're

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:29.720
 going

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:29.880
 to

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.500
 pick

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 up

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:30.960
 this

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.259
 theme

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.500
 about

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.759
 the

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.359
 Holy

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.799
 Spirit

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:32.900
 and

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.039
 the

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.240
 Spirit

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.339
 of

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.480
 Lord

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.799
 coming

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.259
 on

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.839
 Samson

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.599
 next

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:35.880
 week

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.019
 but

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.160
 I

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.579
 want

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:36.660
 to

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:36.819
 just

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.359
 touch

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.619
 on

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:37.900
 this

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.200
 here

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.799
 chapter

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.319
 13

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.519
 verse

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.920
 24

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.299
 notice

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.660
 and

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:40.759
 the

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.039
 woman

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.379
 bore

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.619
 a

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:41.940
 son

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.460
 and

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.839
 called

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.059
 his

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.339
 name

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.980
 Samson

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.859
 and

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:44.980
 the

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.159
 young

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.420
 man

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.799
 grew

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.019
 and

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.139
 the

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.339
 Lord

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.899
 blessed

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.339
 him

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.680
 and

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:48.819
 the

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.059
 Spirit

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.180
 of

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.240
 the

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.420
 Lord

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.839
 began

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.059
 to

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.379
 stir

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.740
 him

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.200
 in

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.539
 Mahan

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.720
 and

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.000
 Dan

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.920
 between

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.819
 Zorah

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.059
 and

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.579
 Eschatol

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:56.039
 God

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.119
 graciously

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:58.079
 delivers

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.859
 a

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.119
 son

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.319
 God

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.000
 graciously

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.779
 gives

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.240
 his

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.539
 promise

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.319
 he fulfills

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.359
!

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.779
 His

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.059
 word

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.399
 the

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:04.759
 things

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:04.960
 that

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.259
 God

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.619
 says

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.240
 you can

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.700
 bank

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.980
 on

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.240
 you can

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.700
 trust

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.039
 him

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.240
 and

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.359
 the

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.559
 woman

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.960
 names

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.180
 him

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.819
 Samson

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.440
 and

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.579
 the

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.839
 word

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.139
 the

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:13.539
 name

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.099
 Samson

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.539
 means

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.139
 little

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.720
 son

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.659
 and

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.000
 it's

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.799
 caused

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.319
 some

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.879
 commentators

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.220
 to wonder

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.519
 what is

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.680
 this

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.119
 all

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.420
 about

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.740
 is he

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.119
 just

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.319
 a

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.539
 bright

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.960
 spot

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.159
 in

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.299
 the

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.859
 darkness

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.599
 of

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.899
 this

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.379
 culture

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.700
 is he

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.079
 is that

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.339
 why

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.579
 he's

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.759
 the

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.039
 little

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.440
 son

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:28.599
 but

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.680
 I

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:28.819
 think

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:28.940
 what

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.079
 might

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.200
 be

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.319
 a

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.399
 little

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.839
 closer

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.720
 to

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:30.879
 the

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.299
 answer

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.220
 is

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.319
 that

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.619
 just

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.899
 a

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.159
 couple

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.839
 miles

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.440
 away

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.579
 from

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.940
 the

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.399
 place

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.099
 where

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.579
 Samson

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.920
 grew

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.240
 up

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.400
 is a

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.700
 little

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.099
 village

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.400
 named

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.700
 Beth

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.240
 Shemesh

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.220
 and

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.519
 Beth

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.180
 Shemesh

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.700
 was

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.059
 known

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.319
 as

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.480
 the

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.859
 focal

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.259
 point

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.720
 of

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.000
 son

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.359
 worship

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.759
 the

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:47.980
 focal

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.240
 point

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.359
 of

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.539
 son

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.960
 worship

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.900
 so

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.180
 just

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.460
 in

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.160
 the

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:52.000
 back

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.400
 door

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.880
 as it

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.200
 were

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.680
 of

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.519
 this

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.039
 village

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.900
 is

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.200
 son

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.500
 worship

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.799
 that's

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.039
 taking

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.559
 place

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.859
 and

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:59.039
 Samson's

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.380
 mom

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.099
 calls

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.640
 him

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.500
 little

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.940
 son

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.320
 but

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.600
 God's

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.980
 activity

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.340
 in this

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.700
 narrative

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.039
 has been

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.620
 unmistakable

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:05.860
 hasn't

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.559
 it

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:06.840
 a

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.160
 promised

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.480
 birth

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.620
 a

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:07.980
 divine

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.620
 encounter

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.420
 a

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.019
 special

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.799
 announcement

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.620
 a

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:11.920
 set

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.380
 apart

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.680
 to

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.840
 the

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.140
 Lord

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.539
 a

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.120
 miraculous

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.900
 delivery

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.900
 God's

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.600
 blessing

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.580
 can you

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.019
 understand

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.559
 God's

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.240
 blessing

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.779
 on

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.660
 Samson

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:22.680
 we have

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.100
 learned

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:24.120
 kind of

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.440
 in the

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.840
 church

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.320
 age

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.660
 that when

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.960
 God

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.160
 is

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.580
 present

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.080
 and his

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.620
 blessing

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.200
 is on

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.360
 an

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:28.860
 individual

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.599
 we have

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.000
 come to

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.619
 equate

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:30.939
 that

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.339
 well

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.719
 then

00:30:31.719 --> 00:30:32.139
 if

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.679
 God's

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.219
 blessing

00:30:33.219 --> 00:30:33.679
 and

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.159
 God's

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.579
 favor

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.039
 and

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.459
 God's

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:35.839
 spirit

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.199
 is on

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:36.339
 an

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.859
 individual

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.519
 then

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.039
 certainly

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.299
 that

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.659
 person

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.859
 is

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.399
 validated

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.779
 by

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.139
 God

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.599
 he's

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.059
 directed

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.379
 by

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.699
 God

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.240
 he's

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.839
 pointed

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.179
 by

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.459
 God

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:43.699
 he's

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.279
 confirmed

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.579
 by

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.819
 God

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.359
 commissioned

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.979
 by

00:30:45.979 --> 00:30:46.319
 God

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.079
 and

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.000
 what

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.319
 becomes

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.639
 quite

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.419
 disturbing

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.639
 or

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.419
 perplexing

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.859
 perhaps

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.719
 is when

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:52.859
 we

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.439
 encounter

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.019
 Samson

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.459
 and wonder

00:30:54.459 --> 00:30:55.240
 how can

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.779
 God's

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.059
 spirit

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.699
 be on

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:56.859
 a

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.179
 man

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:58.039
 in

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.700
 every

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.440
 activity

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.039
 of

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.440
 every

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.019
 decision

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.639
 every

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.379
 motive

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.980
 of

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.740
 Samson's

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.059
 heart

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.519
 his

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.119
 Samson's

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.440
 life

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.819
 is

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.460
 completely

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.159
 self

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.819
 directed

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.240
 self

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.779
 motivated

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.799
 self

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.399
 focused

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:13.139
 and

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:14.559
 it's

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.740
 his

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.319
 desire

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.960
 his

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.779
 fleshly

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.579
 desires

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.440
 that

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.420
 drive

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.059
 Samson

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.420
 to the

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.759
 various

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.039
 things

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.579
 he does

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:23.039
 and

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.299
 it's

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.659
 this

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.859
 vendetta

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.319
 complex

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.779
 that he

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.019
 has

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.460
 this

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.819
 tit

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.059
 for

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.480
 tat

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:28.980
 kind

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.159
 of

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.899
 posture

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:31.399
 we

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.759
 get

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:31.919
 to

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.259
 see

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.659
 and

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:33.759
 we

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:33.960
 also

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.339
 see

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.659
 in

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:34.779
 the

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.139
 entire

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.619
 narrative

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:35.980
 it's

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.500
 outlined

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.399
 by

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.859
 one

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.460
 Hebrew

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.939
 word

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.819
 this

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.259
 five

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.619
 fold

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.159
 repetition

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.480
 and

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.720
 it's

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.019
 this

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.599
 to

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:42.839
 go

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.220
 down

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:45.019
 judges

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.279
 chapter

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.759
 14

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.019
 verse

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.359
 1

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.700
 Samson

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.319
 went

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.639
 down

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:48.819
 to

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.179
 Timnah

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:50.240
 judges

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.740
 14

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.000
 verse

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.359
 5

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.039
 Samson

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.460
 went

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.819
 down

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.000
 with

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.159
 his

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.519
 father

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.879
 judges

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.279
 14

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.700
 7

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.159
 then he

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.339
 went

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.839
 down

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.079
 and

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.319
 talked

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.460
 with

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.559
 the

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.799
 woman

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.679
 judges

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:59.119
 14

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.500
 9

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.659
 and

00:31:59.659 --> 00:31:59.779
 the

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.019
 spirit

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.139
 of

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.139


00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.259
 Lord

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.599
 rushed

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.879
 upon

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.099
 him

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.460
 and

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.559
 he

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.759
 went

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.119
 down

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.299
 to

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.899
 Ashkelon

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.720
 then

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:03.980
 judges

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.220
 chapter

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.619
 15

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:04.859
 verse

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.059
 8

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.480
 he

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.879
 struck

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.079
 them

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.259
 with

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.480
 hip

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.679
 and

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:06.960
 thigh

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.139
 with

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.220
 a

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.399
 great

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:07.720
 blow

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.099
 he

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.339
 went

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.000
 down

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.359
 and

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.659
 stayed

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.059
 in

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.179
 the

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.500
 cleft

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.619
 of

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:10.720
 the

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:10.939
 rock

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.039
 at

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.279
 Etam

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.679
 why

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:11.899
 does

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.099
 that

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.500
 matter

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.919
 because

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.279
 it's

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.879
 describing

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.339
 this

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.960
 continual

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.659
 moral

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.339
 decline

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.859
 this

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.519
 erosion

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.819
 that's

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.079
 taking

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.539
 place

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.059
 and

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.539
 Samson

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.779
 is

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:19.919
 the

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.560
 embodiment

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:20.779
 of

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:20.940
 this

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.240
 moral

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.820
 decline

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.920
 he

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.100
 goes

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.400
 down

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.460
 it's

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.700
 not

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.380
 coincidental

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.120
 it

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.580
 correlates

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.060
 exactly

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.460
 what we

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.820
 find

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.820
 as the

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.140
 summary

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.620
 statement

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.440
 of this

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.759
 book

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.759
 with

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.200
 every

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.680
 step

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:32.960
 of this

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.440
 narrative

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.300
 Samson

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:34.779
 keeps

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.340
 sinking

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:36.480
 lower

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:38.620
 but

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.980
 God

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.360
 still

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.240
 blesses

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.299
 God

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.539
 still

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.160
 blesses

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.640
 and

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.860
 God

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.180
 still

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.539
 knows

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.720
 that

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:43.860
 by

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.279
 raising

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.559
 him

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.819
 up

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.240
 that

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.980
 even

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.700
 Samson

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.180
 will

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.960
 unknowingly

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.940
 unwittingly

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.720
 be used

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.220
 of God

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.940
 to accomplish

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.500
 God's

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.180
 objectives

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.559
 God

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.940
 is still

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.519
 sovereign

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.079
 even

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.400
 over

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.980
 Samson's

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.339
 life

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:58.059
 and

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.299
 God

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.700
 still

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.160
 not

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.339
 just

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.819
 blesses

00:32:59.819 --> 00:32:59.940
 him

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.079
 but

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.279
 God

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.700
 empowers

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.960
 him

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.160
 this

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.339
 is

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.500
 a

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.759
 credit

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:02.980
 to

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.120
 the

00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:03.299
 Lord

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.500
 not

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.640
 a

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:03.799
 credit

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:03.980
 to

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.339
 Samson

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.880
 God

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.299
 keeps

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.919
 his

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.379
 promises

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:09.519
 God

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.879
 also

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.419
 we find

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:10.680
 in

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:10.879
 verse

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.220
 25

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.480
 God

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.700
 gives

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.839
 his

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.119
 spirit

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.019
 he

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.240
 gives

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.379
 his

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.639
 spirit

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.019
 notice

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.220
 verse

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.700
 25

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.139
 and

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.279
 the

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.680
 spirit

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:16.960
 of

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.079
 the

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.379
 Lord

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.819
 began

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.059
 to

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.259
 stir

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.539
 him

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.079
 in

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.579
 Mahanan

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.039
 Dan

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.519
 between

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.359
 Zorah

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.519
 and

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.879
 Eskel

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:23.379
 this

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.480
 is

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.599
 one

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.680
 of

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:23.759
 the

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:23.980
 most

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.440
 incredible

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.940
 parts

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.559
 of

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.700
 the

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.079
 story

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.460
 God

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.720
 does

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.019
 not

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.500
 remain

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.139
 distant

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:30.319
 God

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.859
 should

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.480
 have

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.980
 abandoned

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.220
 his

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.599
 people

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.099
 he

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.379
 did

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.680
 not

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.079
 abandon

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.299
 his

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.579
 people

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.859
 as a

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.059
 matter

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.259
 of

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.480
 fact

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.980
 not

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.160
 only

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.319
 was

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.500
 his

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.240
 presence

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.700
 there

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.079
 but

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.279
 his

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.920
 power

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.500
 was

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.079
 on

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.759
 Samson

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.940
 God

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.240
 steps

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.500
 in

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.779
 and

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.039
 we're

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.200
 going to

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.480
 find

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.259
 as we

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.880
 work through

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.140
 this

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.839
 even a bit

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.140
 more

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.039
 next week

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.480
 the spirit

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.660
 of the

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.759
 Lord

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.180
 is upon

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.400
 him

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.200
 and

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.200


00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.220
 and

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.240
 and

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.240


00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.240


00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.660
 what's

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.180
 incredible

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.600
 about

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:52.860
 this

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.040
 is

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.759
 seven

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.519
 times

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.880
 throughout

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.700
 the

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.100
 book

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.280
 of

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:56.660
 judges

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.420
 we find

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.800
 that

00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:58.220
 God's

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.660
 spirit

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.019
 comes

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.360
 on

00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:00.019
 a life

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.500
 on a

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.780
 man

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.840
 seven

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.420
 times

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.560
 four

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.120
 of those

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.620
 times

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.480
 are here

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.980
 in the

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.120
 life

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.259
 of

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.620
 Samson

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:08.619
 four

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.320
 times

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.800
 the spirit

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.000
 of the

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.220
 Lord

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.820
 comes

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.099
 on

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.619
 Samson

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.639
 and

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.059
 is a

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.660
 hallmark

00:34:13.660 --> 00:34:14.019
 of

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.480
 God's

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.000
 mercy

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.219
 we're

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.360
 meant

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.500
 to

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.780
 see

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.739
 that

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.820
 while

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.639
 the

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.019
 presence

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.239
 of

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.480
 God

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.659
 is

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:20.980
 here

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.880
 we

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.539
 should

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.880
 not

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.340
 equate

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.519
 the

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.860
 presence

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.059
 of

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.260
 God

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.420
 with

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.780
 God's

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.500
 validation

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.860
 Samson

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.219
 had

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.679
 the

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.039
 greatest

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.719
 resources

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.039
 at

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.179
 his

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.679
 disposal

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.159
 and

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.300
 he

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.500
 is

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.260
 entirely

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.739
 self

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.219
 motivated

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:33.579
 everything

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.119
 he does

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.300
 is

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.719
 self

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.179
 directed

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:37.099
 we

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.380
 find

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.599
 that

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.380
 in

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.539
 chapter

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.980
 14

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.199
 verse

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.500
 1

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.760
 Samson

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.019
 went

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.360
 down

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.539
 to

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.980
 Timna

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:44.059
 and at

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.380
 Timna

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.780
 he saw

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.000
 one of

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.100
 the

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.400
 daughters

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.540
 of

00:34:45.540 --> 00:34:45.660
 the

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.260
 Philistines

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.820
 then

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:46.940
 he

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.160
 came

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.360
 up

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.540
 and

00:34:47.540 --> 00:34:47.780
 told

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.000
 his

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.380
 father

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.580
 and

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:48.860
 mother

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.340
 I

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.640
 saw

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:49.920
 one

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.000
 of

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.120
 the

00:34:50.120 --> 00:34:50.380
 daughters

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.540
 of

00:34:50.540 --> 00:34:50.640
 the

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.040
 Philistines

00:34:51.040 --> 00:34:51.200
 at

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:51.519
 Timna

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.200
 now

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.500
 get

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.700
 her

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.040
 for

00:34:53.040 --> 00:34:53.360
 me

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.880
 as

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.120
 my

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.680
 wife

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.519
 but

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.660
 his

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:55.940
 father

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.120
 and

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:56.280
 mother

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.560
 said

00:34:56.560 --> 00:34:56.660
 to

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:56.820
 him

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.000
 is

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.180
 there

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.440
 not

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.600
 a

00:34:57.600 --> 00:34:57.860
 woman

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.360
 among

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.540
 the

00:34:58.540 --> 00:34:58.780
 daughters

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:58.960
 of

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.080
 your

00:34:59.080 --> 00:34:59.440
 relatives

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.660
 or

00:34:59.660 --> 00:34:59.860
 among

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.060
 all

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.160
 the

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.519
 people

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.540
 that

00:35:01.540 --> 00:35:01.660
 you

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:01.880
 must

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.240
 go

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.420
 to

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.700
 take

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.080
 a

00:35:03.080 --> 00:35:03.420
 wife

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.820
 from

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:03.960
 the

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.760
 uncircumcised

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.400
 Philistines

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.880
 but

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.440
 Samson

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.840
 said

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.000
 to

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.180
 his

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.600
 father

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:09.080
 get

00:35:09.080 --> 00:35:09.340
 her

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.700
 for

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.040
 me

00:35:10.040 --> 00:35:10.680
 for

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.120
 she

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.540
 is

00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:11.980
 right

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.500
 in

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.160
 my

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:14.020
 eyes

00:35:14.020 --> 00:35:15.180
 now

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.280
 this

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.340
 is

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.460
 the

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.680
 first

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:15.960
 time

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.200
 we're

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.280
 going

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.340
 to

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.500
 see

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.880
 this

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.760
 she

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:17.940
 is

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.380
 right

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.940
 in

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.100
 my

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:19.540
 eyes

00:35:19.540 --> 00:35:20.220
 we'll

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.360
 see

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.540
 this

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:20.800
 again

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:20.980
 in

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.460
 Samson's

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.720
 story

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.280
 she's

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.700
 right

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.140
 in

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.320
 my

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.780
 eyes

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.620
 it

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.220
 becomes

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.480
 now

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.660
 the

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.140
 new

00:35:26.140 --> 00:35:26.680
 pattern

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.100
 that

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.220
 we're

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.360
 going

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.480
 to

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.780
 see

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.100
 as

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.240
 we

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.540
 move

00:35:28.540 --> 00:35:28.720
 our

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.000
 way

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.180
 to

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:29.320
 the

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.840
 final

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.620
 moral

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.120
 collapse

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.240
 of

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.320
 the

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.620
 people

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.580
 21

00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:36.320
 where

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.440
 it

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.580
 says

00:35:36.580 --> 00:35:36.760
 there

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.200
 was

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.440
 no

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.700
 king

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:37.840
 in

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.160
 Israel

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.820
 everyone

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.220
 did

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.420
 what

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.880
 was

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.120
 right

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:42.080
 in

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.200
 their

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:42.360
 own

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.780
 eyes

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.060
 and

00:35:44.060 --> 00:35:44.720
 Samson

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.660
 becomes

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.720
 the

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.060
 catalyst

00:35:47.060 --> 00:35:47.940
 of

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.080
 all

00:35:48.080 --> 00:35:48.200
 of

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.480
 that

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:50.540
 we're

00:35:50.540 --> 00:35:50.680
 meant

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:50.840
 to

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.120
 see

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:52.820
 he's

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:52.940
 a

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.300
 man

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.720
 who's

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.200
 completely

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.600
 driven

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:54.880
 by

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.360
 self

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.300
 desire

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.860
 this

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.200
 phrase

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.460
 will

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.020
 mark

00:35:59.020 --> 00:35:59.280
 his

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.640
 life

00:35:59.640 --> 00:35:59.780
 and

00:35:59.780 --> 00:35:59.880
 it

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.020
 will

00:36:00.020 --> 00:36:00.300
 also

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.700
 mark

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:00.940
 the

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.240
 people

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.640
 after

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:01.920
 him

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.760
 and

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.100
 Samson

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.520
 becomes

00:36:03.520 --> 00:36:03.840
 this

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.220
 first

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.779
 example

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.519
 this

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.799
 first

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.259
 example

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.879
 of

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.179
 one

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.399
 who

00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:07.959
 is

00:36:07.959 --> 00:36:08.480
 chasing

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.059
 after

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.399
 his

00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:09.739
 flesh

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.219
 he's

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.679
 driven

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.000
 by

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.519
 desire

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.899
 and

00:36:11.899 --> 00:36:12.019
 he

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.439
 runs

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:12.779
 after

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.000
 and

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.480
 he's

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.279
 unhindered

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.799
 because

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.699
 God's

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:15.980
 spirit

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.159
 has

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.579
 empowered

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.859
 him

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.019
 and

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.519
 whatever

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.019
 he

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.339
 wants

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:18.519
 to

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.759
 do

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.059
 he

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.119
 sets

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.259
 his

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.459
 heart

00:36:20.459 --> 00:36:20.639
 to

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.859
 doing

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.000
 and

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.219
 he

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.139
 accomplishes

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.319
 it

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:23.779
 and

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:23.879
 we

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.179
 don't

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.299
 have

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:24.579
 time

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.919
 this

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.159
 morning

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.379
 to

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:25.959
 run

00:36:25.959 --> 00:36:26.139
 through

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.319
 the

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.639
 entire

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.059
 narrative

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.359
 I

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:27.439
 just

00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:27.559
 want

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.679
 to

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.019
 summarize

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.619
 it

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:28.859
 for

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.119
 you

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.119
 we're

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.239
 going

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.319
 to

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.619
 see

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.980
 this

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.420
 about

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.219
 Samson

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.039
 we're

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.119
 going

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.199
 to

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.400
 see

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.579
 that

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:33.719
 he

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:33.940
 is

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.500
 entirely

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.360
 driven

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.019
 by

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.699
 desire

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.300
 as we

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.519
 work

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.699
 our

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:37.900
 way

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.219
 through

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:39.139
 this

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.740
 book

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.780
 it

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.179
 begins

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.500
 with

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.240
 chasing

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.679
 after

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.719
 this

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.000
 woman

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.219
 in

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.519
 Timnah

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.179
 and

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.340
 so

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.500
 he

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.820
 tells

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.019
 his

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.240
 dad

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.380
 to

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.519
 go

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.679
 get

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:46.820
 her

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:46.980
 for

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.639
 him

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.840
 and

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.219
 so

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.400
 then

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.579
 they

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.079
 go

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.480
 down

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.880
 towards

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.320
 Timnah

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.940
 and

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.320
 as

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.519
 they're

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.800
 on

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:51.980
 their

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.380
 way

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.820
 there

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.019
 is

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.240
 this

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.639
 incident

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:53.920
 where

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.260
 the

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.500
 spirit

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.639
 of

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.760
 Lord

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.000
 comes

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.460
 upon

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.240
 Samson

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.800
 and

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.480
 a

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.860
 lion

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.380
 attacks

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.660
 he's

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:58.980
 able

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.400
 to

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.760
 rip

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.019
 that

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.360
 lion

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.539
 to

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.980
 shreds

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.900
 God's

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.220
 power

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.599
 is

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.140
 on

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.480
 him

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.539
 but

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.680
 this

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:05.800
 will

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.099
 become

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.320
 a

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.700
 snare

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:06.960
 for

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.420
 Samson

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.440
 because

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.760
 as

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.059
 time

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.240
 will

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.740
 expire

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:09.960
 we

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.079
 don't

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.220
 know

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.539
 how

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.780
 much

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.160
 time

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:11.300
 is

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.740
 involved

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:11.940
 but

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.340
 as

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.680
 time

00:37:12.680 --> 00:37:12.860
 will

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.480
 expire

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.300
 Samson

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.519
 will

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.019
 return

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.680
 back

00:37:15.680 --> 00:37:16.059
 to

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.280
 that

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.720
 lion

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.240
 you'll

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.700
 see

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:18.360
 honey

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.559
 in

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.700
 the

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.220
 carcass

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:20.960
 but

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.240
 instead

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.599
 of being

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.400
 consecrated

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.579
 to

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.900
 God

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.920
 instead

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.260
 of being

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.740
 dedicated

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.119
 to

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.440
 God

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:26.340
 God

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.700
 he

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.579
 defiles

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.240
 himself

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.719
 by

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.199
 touching

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.519
 an

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.979
 unclean

00:37:29.979 --> 00:37:30.319
 animal

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:30.779
 that's

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.079
 been

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.699
 that's

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.119
 dead

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.059
 and

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.519
 then

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.219
 instead

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.419
 of

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:35.299
 consecrating

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:35.819
 a

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.439
 nation

00:37:36.439 --> 00:37:37.059
 he

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.679
 defiles

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:37.919
 his

00:37:37.919 --> 00:37:38.299
 family

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.139
 who

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.259
 are

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.759
 completely

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.459
 unknown

00:37:40.459 --> 00:37:41.359
 have

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:41.799
 no

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.239
 idea

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.500
 where

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.859
 this

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.279
 honey

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.539
 has

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.899
 come

00:37:43.899 --> 00:37:44.239
 from

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:46.219
 Samson

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.619
 after

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.000
 this

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.359
 will

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.079
 make

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.299
 his

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:48.599
 way

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.919
 and

00:37:48.919 --> 00:37:49.039
 we're

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.139
 going

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.239
 to

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.519
 find

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.959
 that

00:37:49.959 --> 00:37:50.079
 he

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.239
 will

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.559
 throw

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.979
 this

00:37:50.979 --> 00:37:51.619
 drunken

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.039
 party

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.279
 this

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.979
 seven

00:37:52.979 --> 00:37:53.379
 day

00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:54.239
 bridal

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.599
 feast

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:54.779
 that

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.159
 happens

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.659
 before

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.159
 his

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.559
 marriage

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.199
 thirty

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.859
 companions

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.160
 will

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.500
 come

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.920
 and

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.200
 attend

00:37:59.200 --> 00:37:59.460
 they've

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.640
 been

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.500
 hired

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.180
 essentially

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:02.059
 to come

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.300
 and to

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.680
 attend

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.120
 this

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.340
 wedding

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.820
 feast

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:05.640
 and

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:05.940
 Samson

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.120
 will

00:38:06.120 --> 00:38:06.480
 pose

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.740
 a

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.000
 riddle

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.260
 to

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.700
 this

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:08.079
 wedding

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.760
 party

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.680
 and

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:09.880
 this

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.440
 riddle

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.620
 that

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:11.720
 he

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:11.900
 will

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.340
 pose

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.780
 has

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:12.920
 to

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.120
 do

00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:13.320
 with

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.539
 a

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.820
 lion

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.280
 and

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.500
 has

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.640
 to

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:14.740
 do

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:14.900
 with

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.180
 honey

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.860
 and

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.599
 these

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.000
 men

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.539
 of

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.099
 Philistia

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.380
 have

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.700
 no

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.180
 idea

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.680
 how

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:19.800
 in

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:19.920
 the

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.059
 world

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.200
 to

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.500
 answer

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.800
 this

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.079
 riddle

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:22.360
 so

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.480
 they

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.639
 put

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:22.840
 some

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.239
 pressure

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:24.360
 on

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.579
 Samson's

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.099
 soon

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.219
 to

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.340
 be

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.679
 bride

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.799
 and

00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:27.920
 they

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.059
 say

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.199
 if

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.340
 you

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.539
 do

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.880
 not

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.179
 tell

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.519
 us

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.059
 how

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:31.139
 to

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.519
 answer

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.799
 this

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.059
 riddle

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.279
 we're

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.480
 going

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.719
 to

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.340
 burn

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.659
 your

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:33.980
 house

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.239
 over

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.519
 you

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.019
 along

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.199
 with

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.319
 your

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.639
 father

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:37.339
 you

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:37.599
 find

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.839
 now

00:38:37.839 --> 00:38:38.059
 this

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.440
 beginning

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.679
 of

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.119
 conflict

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.359
 that's

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:39.579
 taking

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.059
 place

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.940
 you

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.279
 find

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.559
 the

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:44.480
 oppression

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.379
 that's

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:45.779
 happening

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.359
 among

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:46.559
 the

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.179
 Philistines

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.059
 and

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.420
 among

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.139
 Samson

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.639
 himself

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.940
 and

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.659
 God

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.920
 is

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.440
 instrumental

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.879
 in

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.199
 all

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.359
 of

00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:52.539
 this

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.699
 and

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.480
 while

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.759
 Samson

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.000
 is

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.339
 unaware

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.960
 and

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.159
 while

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.359
 his

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.859
 parents

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.059
 are

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.339
 unaware

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:57.599
 of

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:57.719
 what

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:57.980
 God

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.139
 is

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.480
 doing

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.779
 God

00:38:59.779 --> 00:38:59.920
 is

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.259
 using

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.920
 this

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.440
 conflict

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.759
 he

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:01.900
 will

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.279
 continue

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:02.839
 to

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.079
 use

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.199
 the

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.539
 conflict

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.940
 between

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.420
 the

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.980
 Philistines

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.480
 and

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.000
 Samson

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.639
 to

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.019
 accomplish

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.240
 his

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.619
 objectives

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:09.900
 so

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.320
 these

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:11.500
 men

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.619
 of

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.240
 Philistia

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:12.440
 are

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.619
 able

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:12.740
 to

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.000
 answer

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.179
 the

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:13.440
 riddle

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.539
 so

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.320
 Samson

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.619
 says

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:15.780
 well

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:15.940
 I've

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.079
 got

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.539
 this

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.199
 obligation

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.480
 to

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.760
 fulfill

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.179
 I've

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.320
 got

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.820
 30

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:20.219
 changes

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.440
 of

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:20.940
 clothes

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.420
 that

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.539
 I

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.740
 need

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:21.880
 to

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.219
 deliver

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.639
 on

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.480
 and

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.920
 so

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.079
 he

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.400
 goes

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.559
 to

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.719
 a

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.039
 neighboring

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.420
 village

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.780
 he

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.199
 kills

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.539
 30

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.840
 men

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.460
 he

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.320
 robs

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.579
 them

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.880
 of

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.059
 their

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.420
 clothing

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.740
 he

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.420
 brings

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.599
 it

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.960
 back

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.280
 to

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:31.800
 Philistia

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:33.059
 and

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.579
 he's

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.059
 settled

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.500
 this

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.400
 score

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.880
 as it

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.099
 were

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.860
 but

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.059
 he's

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.639
 so angry

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.079
 about

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:40.460
 his

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.000
 soon

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.260
 to be

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.639
 bride

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.160
 knowing

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.780
 the

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.300
 riddle

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.860
 the answer

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.240
 to this

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.500
 riddle

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.860
 that he

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:46.119
 takes off

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.440
 he takes

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.740
 off

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:47.980
 and

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.920
 the

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.320
 father

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.880
 is left

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.200
 to

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:50.860
 wonder

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.740
 does

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.240
 Samson

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:53.039
 really

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.579
 want her

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.000
 anymore

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.920
 and

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.079
 when

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.719
 Samson

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.400
 finally

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.099
 returns

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:58.320
 he

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.800
 finds

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:58.980
 that

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.340
 his

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.519
 soon

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.820
 to be

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.119
 bride

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.340
 was

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.519
 then

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.980
 offered

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.219
 to

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.420
 another

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.760
 man

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.920
 so

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.039
 then

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.139
 he

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.300
 goes

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.579
 on a

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.099
 rampage

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.440
 again

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.239
 and

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.340
 he

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.699
 begins

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.019
 to

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.260
 kill

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.619
 and

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.059
 slaughter

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.539
 the men

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.019
 of

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.500
 Philistia

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.480
 and

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.719
 he

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:13.380
 sets

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:14.280
 their

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.159
 crops

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.880
 on fire

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.480
 with

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.219
 foxes

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:18.199
 and again

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.699
 you find

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.099
 this

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.699
 this

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.559
 complex

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.219
 tit

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.459
 for

00:40:21.459 --> 00:40:21.779
 tat

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.099
 this

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.839
 this

00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:24.459
 settling

00:40:24.459 --> 00:40:25.319
 scores

00:40:25.319 --> 00:40:26.319
 this

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.959
 revenge

00:40:26.959 --> 00:40:27.659
 complex

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.399
 he's

00:40:28.399 --> 00:40:28.799
 driven

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:29.939
 by

00:40:29.939 --> 00:40:30.219
 these

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.659
 tactics

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:30.959
 these

00:40:30.959 --> 00:40:31.619
 these

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.099
 tactics

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.619
 of

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.259
 of

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.699
 settling

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.219
 scores

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.439
 and

00:40:34.439 --> 00:40:34.659
 getting

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.039
 even

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:37.219
 we find

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.379
 in

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:37.659
 Judges

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:37.879
 chapter

00:40:37.879 --> 00:40:38.359
 14

00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:38.599
 verse

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:38.879
 4

00:40:38.879 --> 00:40:39.939
 his

00:40:39.939 --> 00:40:40.259
 father

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.439
 and

00:40:40.439 --> 00:40:40.599
 mother

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:40.819
 did

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:41.039
 not

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.379
 know

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:41.579
 that

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.759
 this

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:41.919
 was

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:42.119
 from

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.239
 the

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.500
 Lord

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.519
 for

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.619
 he

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:43.779
 was

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.039
 seeking

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.219
 an

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:44.619
 opportunity

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.059
 against

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.259
 the

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.859
 Philistines

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.659
 at

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:46.799
 that

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.019
 time

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.159
 the

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.559
 Philistines

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:47.960
 ruled

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.539
 over

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.920
 Israel

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:50.659
 you

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:50.960
 continue

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.139
 to

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.400
 trace

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.940
 Samson's

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.280
 life

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:53.860
 and

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.280
 you

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.619
 find

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.019
 again

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.179
 and

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.420
 again

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.639
 that

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.099
 Samson

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.639
 is

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.019
 driven

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.460
 by

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:58.159
 desire

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.719
 and

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.059
 seems

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.400
 to be

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.119
 completely

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.559
 unaware

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.639
 of

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:01.739
 the

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:01.880
 Lord

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.300
 himself

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.579
 and

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.880
 yet

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.420
 God

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.300
 is

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.719
 using

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.340
 Samson

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.940
 in

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.259
 spite

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:06.380
 of

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.860
 himself

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:08.280
 Samson's

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.599
 power

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.880
 is

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.360
 completely

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.960
 self

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.900
 directed

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:12.059
 we've

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.440
 come

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.340
 in our

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.759
 culture

00:41:13.759 --> 00:41:14.099
 even

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.300
 to

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:15.000
 understand

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.500
 that

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.880
 when we

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.360
 have

00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:16.880
 this

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.440
 invincible

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.180
 strength

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.559
 as it

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:18.800
 were

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.160
 it

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.480
 comes

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:19.700
 with

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.019
 certain

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.620
 obligations

00:41:20.620 --> 00:41:23.519
 those of

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.820
 you who

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.340
 grew up

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.599
 in the

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.920
 Superman

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.340
 era

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:26.280
 those of

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.539
 you who

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.900
 grew up

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.180
 in the

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.860
 Spider-Man

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.300
 era

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.680
 the

00:41:28.680 --> 00:41:29.220
 Justice

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.940
 League

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.720
 we

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.360
 understand

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.840
 the

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.640
 significance

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:33.059
 of

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.920
 power

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.380
 that's

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.720
 given

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.460
 comes

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.660
 with

00:41:35.660 --> 00:41:36.420
 responsibility

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.380
 responsibility

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:38.120
 for

00:41:38.120 --> 00:41:38.599
 others

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:40.519
 this

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:40.799
 story

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:40.960
 is

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.099
 meant

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.239
 to

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.500
 show

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.819
 that

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.880
 Samson

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.219
 given

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.679
 all

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:43.880
 of

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.039
 this

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.579
 potential

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.900
 all

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.079
 of

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.279
 this

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.920
 strength

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.579
 should

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.739
 be

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.079
 using

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.420
 this

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.900
 strength

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.239
 to

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.639
 deliver

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.299
 God's

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.679
 people

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:51.319
 in

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:52.159
 totality

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:53.440
 but

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.940
 all

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.139
 of

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.299
 his

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:54.759
 strength

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.239
 is

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.719
 wasted

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.079
 on

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.659
 himself

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.719
 and

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:57.940
 not

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.360
 spent

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.960
 to

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.299
 deliver

00:41:59.299 --> 00:41:59.779
 God's

00:41:59.779 --> 00:42:00.059
 people

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.400
 not

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.880
 spent

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.440
 to

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.699
 bring

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:01.960
 God

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.360
 glory

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.719
 not

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.099
 spent

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.339
 to

00:42:03.339 --> 00:42:03.960
 oppose

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:05.119
 Israel's

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.139
!

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.119
 enemies

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:08.759
 we'll

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:08.920
 pick

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.119
 this

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.400
 up

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.179
 again

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.440
 next

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:10.779
 week

00:42:10.779 --> 00:42:11.940
 but

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.219
 the

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.480
 lesson

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.799
 that

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:13.920
 we

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.319
 learn

00:42:14.319 --> 00:42:14.599
 from

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.139
 Samson

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.579
 is

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:16.759
 that

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.199
 even

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.639
 having

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.920
 the

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.139
 Spirit

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:18.239
 of

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.319
 the

00:42:18.319 --> 00:42:18.480
 Lord

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.739
 in

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:19.019
 the

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.599
 Old

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.000
 Testament

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.259
 did

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:20.480
 not

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.940
 equate

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.900
 transformation

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.839
 but

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.099
 New

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.480
 Testament

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.839
 era

00:42:24.839 --> 00:42:25.039
 is

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.420
 different

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.559
 in

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:26.659
 the

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:26.799
 New

00:42:26.799 --> 00:42:27.139
 Testament

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.400
 era

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.679
 we've

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:27.880
 come

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.059
 to

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.339
 see

00:42:28.339 --> 00:42:28.739
 and

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:29.199
 understand

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.639
 the

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.380
 wonder

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.799
 of

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:30.980
 what

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.559
 happens

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.000
 when

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.159
 the

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.359
 Holy

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:32.779
 Spirit

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.119
 comes

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.279
 on

00:42:33.279 --> 00:42:33.719
 life

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:34.779
 it's

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.859
 transformational

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.660
 that

00:42:36.660 --> 00:42:36.820
 we

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.380
 have

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.780
 a

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.660
 transforming

00:42:38.660 --> 00:42:39.160
 God

00:42:39.160 --> 00:42:40.000
 he

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.480
 delights

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.760
 in

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.260
 changing

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:41.720
 us

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:42.160
 he

00:42:42.160 --> 00:42:42.480
 delights

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.620
 in

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:42.780
 not

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.200
 leaving

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.420
 us

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.579
 where

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.720
 we

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:44.079
 are

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:45.720
 Titus

00:42:45.720 --> 00:42:45.920
 chapter

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.200
 3

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:46.420
 verse

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.840
 5

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.099
 says

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.480
 not

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:47.660
 by

00:42:47.660 --> 00:42:47.980
 works

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.140
 of

00:42:48.140 --> 00:42:48.559
 righteousness

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:48.840
 which

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.059
 we've

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.300
 done

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.860
 but

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.220
 according

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.380
 to

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:50.559
 his

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.940
 mercy

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.140
 he

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:51.440
 saved

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:51.760
 us

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:52.420
 by

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.620
 the

00:42:52.620 --> 00:42:53.079
 washing

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.820
 of

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.360
 regeneration

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:55.260
 and

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.380
 the

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:55.780
 renewal

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.400
 of

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:56.480
 the

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:56.620
 Holy

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:57.059
 Spirit

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:58.079
 that

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.860
 is

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.039
 the

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.380
 work

00:42:59.380 --> 00:42:59.599
 of

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.960
 God

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.640
 on

00:43:00.640 --> 00:43:00.820
 a

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.260
 life

00:43:01.260 --> 00:43:01.900
 that

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.019
 has

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.400
 accepted

00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:02.760
 Jesus

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.160
 Christ

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 as

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 their

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 personal

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 Lord

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 and

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 Savior

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 has

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 come

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 to

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 terms

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 with

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 their

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 sin

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 and

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 has

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 repented

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 and

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 turned

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 away

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 and

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 has

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 made

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 Jesus

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 the

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 Lord

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 of

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 their

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 life

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 he's

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 calls

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 the

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 shots

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 there

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 is

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 hope

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 for

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 us

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 who

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 live

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 in

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 this

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 day

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 and

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 age

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 where

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 Christ

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 has

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 come

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 he's

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 died

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 he's

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 risen

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 again

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 he's

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 now

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 offered

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 to

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 us

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 the

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 terms

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 of

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 life

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 that

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 come

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 through

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 faith

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 and

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 repentance

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 so

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 next

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 week

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 I

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 trust

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 you'll

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 come

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 back

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 finish

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 our

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 study

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 on

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 the

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 transforming

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 work

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 spirit

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 who

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 transforms

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 then

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 finishing

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 off

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 the

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 story

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 with

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 Samson

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 and

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 to

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 see

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 how

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 God

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 rescues

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 in

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 spite

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 of

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 a

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 rebel

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:47.340
 judge

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 let's

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 pray

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 Lord

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 thank you

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 that you

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 are

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 faithful

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 that

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 when

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 we

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 are

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 faithless

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 you

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 remain

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 faithful

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 and

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 that

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 that

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 we

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 live

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 without

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 consequences

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 because

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 that is

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 built in

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 design

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 of

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 your

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 faithfulness

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 that

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 God

00:44:06.319 --> 00:44:06.459
 in

00:44:06.459 --> 00:44:06.599
 your

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.099
 faithfulness

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.239
 you

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 discipline

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 those

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 that

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 you

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 love

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 I

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 pray

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 as

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 we

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 look

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 at

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 the

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 story

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 of

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 Samson

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 Lord

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:13.739
 that

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 you

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 would

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 not

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 just

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 cause

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 us

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 to

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 see

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:18.199
 the

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.679
 moral

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 depravity

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 and

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 decline

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 of a

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 nation

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.539
 but

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 to

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:21.939
 turn

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 inward

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.399
 and

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 recognize

00:44:22.899 --> 00:44:23.379
 that

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 we

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 we're

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 so

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 often

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.839
 blind

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 to

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 the

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 spiritual

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.659
 drift

00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:28.139
 in

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.239
 our

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:28.399
 own

00:44:28.399 --> 00:44:28.759
 hearts

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:28.779
!

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:30.300
 please

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:30.620
 awaken

00:44:30.620 --> 00:44:30.900
 us

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.160
 Lord

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:32.640
 please

00:44:32.640 --> 00:44:32.860
 allow

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.080
 us

00:44:33.080 --> 00:44:33.220
 to

00:44:33.220 --> 00:44:33.580
 see

00:44:33.580 --> 00:44:34.720
 the

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:35.440
 radiance

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.420
 of

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 your

00:44:36.660 --> 00:44:37.080
 glory

00:44:37.080 --> 00:44:38.540
 confront

00:44:38.540 --> 00:44:39.040
 us

00:44:39.040 --> 00:44:39.620
 with

00:44:39.620 --> 00:44:39.760
 your

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:40.200
 truth

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:41.000
 and

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.280
 help

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:41.600
 us

00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:42.080
 to

00:44:42.080 --> 00:44:42.440
 walk

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:43.100
 in

00:44:43.100 --> 00:44:43.500
 likeness

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:43.680
 to

00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:43.960
 Jesus

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.720
 through

00:44:44.720 --> 00:44:44.880
 the

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.160
 power

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:45.320
 of

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.460
 your

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:45.900
 spirit

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:46.400
 in

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.640
 Jesus

00:44:46.640 --> 00:44:46.980
 name

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.400
 Amen

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.540
 God

00:44:48.540 --> 00:44:48.780
 bless

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:48.920
 you

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.640
 have

00:44:49.640 --> 00:44:49.740
 a

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 great

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 week

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 may

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