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 Father, as we come to your word, your word is infallible.

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 My words are not.

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 And so we want to hear you.

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 We want you to speak to us.

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 God, help us to see what you want to see in your word.

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 And speak to us today.

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 Speak to each one of us.

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 And the various trials and struggles that we're going through,

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 come and be near to us.

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 In your presence and in your word.

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 We pray these things in your great and wonderful name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Today's scripture reading is taken from Numbers 22, verse 1 to 35.

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 Please follow along in your Bible.

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 If you don't have one yet, please grab them from the front of the stage

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 or near the door or at the back of the hall.

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 Our passage is on page 121.

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 Hear then God's word to us today, starting in verse 1.

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 Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

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 And Balak, the son of Zippor, saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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 And Moab was in great dread of the people because there were many.

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 Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.

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 And Moab said to the elders of Median,

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 This horde will now lick up all that is around us as the ox licks up the grass of the field.

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 So Balak, the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

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 sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor at Pethor,

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 which is near the river in the land of the people of Amor,

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 to call him, saying,

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 Behold, a people has come out of Egypt.

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 They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.

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 Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me.

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 Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land,

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 for I know that he whom you bless is blessed,

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 and he whom you curse is cursed.

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 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Median

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 departed with the fees for divination in their hand.

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 And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.

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 And he said to them,

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 Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you as the Lord speaks to me.

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 So the princess of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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 And God came to Balaam and said,

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 Who are these men with you?

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 And Balaam said to God,

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 Balaam, the son of Zippor, king of Moab,

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 has sent me, saying,

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 Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,

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 and it covers the face of the earth.

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 Now come, curse them for me.

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 Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.

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 God said to Balaam,

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 You shall not go with them.

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 You shall not curse the people,

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 for they are blessed.

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 So Balaam rose in the morning

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 and said to the princess of Balaam,

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 Go to your own land,

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 for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.

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 So the princess of Moab rose and went to Balaam and said,

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 Balaam refuses to come with us.

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 Once again,

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 Balaam sent princes more in number

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 and more honorable than these.

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 And they came to Balaam and said to him,

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 Thus says Balaam,

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 the son of Zippor,

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 Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

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 for I will surely do you great honor.

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 And whatever you say to me,

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 I will do.

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 Come, curse these people for me.

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 But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak,

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 Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold,

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 I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God

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 to do less or more.

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 So you too,

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 please stay here tonight

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 that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.

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 And God came to Balaam at night and said to him,

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 If the men have come up to call you,

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 rise, go with them,

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 but only do what I tell you.

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 So Balaam rose in the morning

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 and saddled his donkey

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 and went with the princess of Moab.

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 But God's anger was kindled

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 because he went,

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 and the angel of the Lord

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 took his stand in the way as his adversary.

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 Now he was riding on the donkey,

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 and his two servants were with him.

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 And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord

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 standing in the road

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 with a drawn sword in his hand.

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 And the donkey turned aside out of the road

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 and went into the field.

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 And Balaam struck the donkey

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 to turn her into the road.

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 Then the angel of the Lord

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 stood in a narrow path

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 between the vineyards

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 with a wall on either side.

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 And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord,

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 she pushed against the wall

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 and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall.

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 So he struck her again.

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 And the angel of the Lord went ahead

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 and stood in a narrow place

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 where there was no way to turn

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 either to the right or to the left.

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 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord,

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 she lay down under Balaam.

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 And Balaam's anger was kindled,

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 and he struck the donkey with his staff.

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 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey,

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 and she said to Balaam,

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 What have I done to you

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 that you have struck me these three times?

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 And Balaam said to the donkey,

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 Because you have made a fool of me,

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 I wish I had a sword in my hand,

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 for then I would kill you.

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 And then the donkey said to Balaam,

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 Am I not your donkey

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 on which you have ridden all your life

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 long to this day?

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 Is it my habit to treat you this way?

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 And he said, No.

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 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam,

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 and he saw the angel of the Lord

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 standing in the way

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 with his drawn sword in his hand.

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 And he bowed down and fell on his face.

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 And the angel of the Lord said to him,

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 Why have you struck your donkey

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 these three times?

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 Behold, I have come out to oppose you

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 because your way is perverse before me.

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 The donkey saw me

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 and turned aside before me

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 these three times.

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 If she had not turned aside from me,

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 surely just now I would have killed you

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 and let her live.

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 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord,

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 I have sinned,

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 for I did not know

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 that you stood in the road against me.

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 Now therefore,

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 if it is evil in your sight,

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 I will turn back.

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 And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam,

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 Go with the men,

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 but speak only the word that I tell you.

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 So Balaam went on

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 with the princess of Balaam.

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 Let us believe and respond

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 to God's true and living word.

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 Okay.

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 Thank you, Kristen.

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 Friends, we live in a city

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 and in a culture

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 which is very obsessed with blessing

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 and favor

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 and fearful of evil and bad luck.

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 Just think of the number

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 or the names of the apartment blocks

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 in which we live, right?

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 We live in things like blessing court,

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 heavenly mansions,

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 royal gardens,

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 tycoon villas,

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 prosperity tower,

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 and on and on and on.

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 Or think of what we say

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 to one another at Chinese New Year.

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 Gong Hei Fa Chui.

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 Or congratulations,

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 make money,

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 be prosperous this year.

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 Or think of the lion dances

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 that happen, right?

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 At every Chinese New Year

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 or maybe when a new building is opened,

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 we get the lion dance

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 to drive out bad luck

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 and evil spirits.

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 Or think about the tens of millions

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 of dollars

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 that is spent each year

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 in our city

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 to make sure that new buildings

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 have good feng shui.

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 We are a city

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 which works tirelessly,

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 which hustles

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 to make sure

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 that we secure good fortune

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 and do all we can

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 to drive away bad luck

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 and misfortune.

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 Now, many of us would say,

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 well, we don't really believe

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 in that stuff.

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 We're not really superstitious.

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 But culture is hard

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 to shake off, isn't it?

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 Culture runs deep within us.

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 Friends, how many of us

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 subtly

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 soften our voice

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 to a whisper

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 when we talk about

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 somebody dying?

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 Almost as if we can't mention it.

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 How many of us

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 feel uncomfortable

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 about moving onto

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 the fourth floor

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 of an apartment block?

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 Or maybe subtly feel

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 a little bit happy

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 if we get a new phone number

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 and there's lots of eights in it.

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 We're not superstitious,

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 but there's a few things

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 that just make us

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 slightly feel better

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 about ourselves

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 and other things worse.

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 Ours is a city

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 which is driven

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 in equal parts

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 by fear of misfortune

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 and bad luck

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 on the one hand,

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 and yet unrelenting yearning

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 or desire

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 for favor and blessing.

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 But friends,

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 what happens

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 if you could come

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 under the blessing

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 of the sovereign,

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 eternal God

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 who is in control

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 of all things?

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 What would life look like

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 if you could come

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 into God's blessing

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 in such a way

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 that no amount

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 of bad luck,

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 no amount of evil

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 spirits or misfortune

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 could stop God's blessing

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 for your life?

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 What would your life

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 look like

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 if you were so secure

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 in God's favor

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 and God being for you

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 that you need not care

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 a thing about

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 all the evil powers

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 in this world?

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 If you're new to Watermark,

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 we're going through

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 the book of Numbers,

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 and the book of Numbers

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 is this wonderful book

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 in the Old Testament,

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 and it's the story

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 of how God's people

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 leave Egypt

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 and they travel

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 through the wilderness

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 towards the promised land,

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 and we've said

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 that the book of Numbers

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 is this apt analogy

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 for the Christian life.

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 If you're a follower

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 of Jesus,

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 you too have been delivered

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 out of slavery

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 to sin and hell

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 by God's grace,

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 you're on a journey

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 of faith,

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 and God is taking you

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 through to the new creation,

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 to heaven itself.

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 And we've said

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 that the journey of faith

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 that the Israelites go on

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 is an analogy

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 for the life of faith

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 for us as Christians.

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 But this journey of faith

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 is a perilous one.

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 It's full of dangers

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 and toils and snares.

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 But in order to get

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 through the journey of faith,

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 we need to know

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 and have clarity

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 on where God's favor

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 and blessing are found

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 and what can

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 and cannot stop us

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 entering the promised land.

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 We need to know

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 with clarity

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 and certainty

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 what it is

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 where we can find

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 God's favor

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 and what will

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 and will not stop us

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 from coming

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 under God's blessing.

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 And so the main idea

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 in this passage

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 is that those of us

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 that are followers

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 of Jesus,

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 those of us

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 that have come

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 under God himself,

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 do not need to fear

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 all the powers

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 of hell

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 or the evil spirits

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 or malicious plots

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 of man.

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 We can be confident

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 that if you belong

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 to God,

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 the sovereign God

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 who rules over all things,

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 your life is safe

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 in his hands.

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 And you do not need

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 to fear

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 the counterfeit gods

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 and the fake

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 counterfeit powers

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 that are out there

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 to bless you

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 or to bring favor on you.

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 Friends,

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 if you're a Christian

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 this morning,

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 God wants you to know

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 that your life,

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 both now in this world

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 and in the life to come

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 for all eternity

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 are not in the hands

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 of evil spirits,

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 evil forces,

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 wicked or self-serving man.

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 Your life is in the hands

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 of the God

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 that controls all things

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 and therefore

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 you can take confidence

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 in him.

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 And friends,

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 if you're not a Christian

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 this morning,

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 I wonder what your life

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 would look like

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 if you could live

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 so sure,

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 so certain,

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 so confident

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 of God's favor

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 and blessing

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 resting upon you.

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 So,

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 let's look at what

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 happens here

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 in this passage.

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 Now the context

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 as we said

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 is God's people

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 are moving

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 through the wilderness

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 and what's meant

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 to take four weeks

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 from Egypt

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 to the promised land

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 ends up taking

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 40 years.

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 Why?

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 Because God

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 asked him to trust him

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 and to believe in him

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 and to hope in him

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 but believing in him

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 and hoping in him

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 and holding on to him

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 is the one thing

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 the Israelites

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 do not do very well.

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 And so God says

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 that that generation

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 will die off

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 in the wilderness.

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 And so for 40 years

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 they're wandering around

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 waiting for that

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 generation to die off

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 and for the new

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 generation to emerge

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 so that they can

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 enter the promised land.

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 And that's what

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 we looked at last week

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 six chapters of death

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 and misery

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 until that generation

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 passes.

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 And now a new

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 generation is emerging.

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 And what will this

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 happen to this generation?

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 Will they enter

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 the promised land?

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 Will they get in?

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 Will God's promises

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 to Abraham

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 and his descendants

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 that they will inherit

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 the promised land

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 will they be fulfilled

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 or will they too fail?

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 Because if God promises

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 his covenant commitment

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 to Abraham fails

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 then the question is

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 can we take anything

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 God says seriously?

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 God made this promise

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 to Abraham

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 I will be with you

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 I will bless you

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 your descendants

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 will enter the land

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 and if that promise fails

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 can we take anything

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 God says seriously?

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 How do we know

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 that any of his words

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 will be true to us?

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 And so look

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 what happens here.

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 So the story is

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 Kristen read it to us

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 so well

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 the new generation

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 aren't perfect

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 but in chapter 21

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 good things are starting

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 to happen.

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 They engage in these

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 two battles

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 the king of Sihon

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 and the king of Og

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 and the Amorites

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 and they defeat them

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 and so now

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 they move into

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 the plains of Moab

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 that are right across

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 the river

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 from the promised land

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 they're right on the border

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 and the king of Moab

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 gets afraid

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 he thinks

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 he's heard the stories

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 of these guys

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 that have defeated

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 the kings around him

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 and he is afraid

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 and so look at what he does

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 verse 2 of chapter 22

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 Balak the son of Zippor

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 saw all the Israelites

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 had done to the Amorites

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 and they were in great dread

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 because of them

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 because there were many

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 Moab was overcome

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 with fear

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 because of the people

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 of Israel

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 and so what does he do?

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 He decides

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 I can't beat them militarily

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 they're too big for me

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 I don't have enough firepower

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 but what I can do

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 is I can bring a curse

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 on them

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 and so he goes

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 and he finds a shaman

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 a sorcerer

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 the world's leading

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 shaman of the time

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 man of international repute

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 his name was Balaam

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 son of Beor

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 and he's famous

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 and well regarded

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 and he brings him

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 or he sends him

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 a bunch of people

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 in an entourage

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 with a pile of money

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 and he says to him

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 verse 6

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.759
 come now

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 curse this people for me

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 since they are too mighty

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 for me

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 perhaps I shall be able

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 to defeat them

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 and drive them

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 from the land

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 for I know that

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 he whom you bless

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 is blessed

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 and him who you curse

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 is cursed

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 well Balaam says

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 okay

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 sounds good

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 let me go and ask God

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 and so he goes

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 and prays

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 now one thing

00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:50.939
 we need to be clear

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 a couple of times

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.480
 here Balaam

00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.480
 seems to talk about

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.899
 God as being his God

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 he's like the Lord

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 my God

00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:58.279
 but Balaam

00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:58.860
 is not a God

00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.500
 fearing man

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 he is a sorcerer

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 he's a shaman

00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:03.199
 in the ancient world

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 you pray to whatever

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 gods did

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.779
 you know

00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:06.980
 the best favors for you

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 and so Balaam is saying

00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:09.180
 hey you want me to curse

00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:09.539
 the Israelites

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 let me go talk to

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 the God of the Israelites

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 and so he

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 is soliciting the favor

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 of whatever gods

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 or spirits

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:16.340
 he needs at the time

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 so Balaam goes off

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 and God tells him

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:21.300
 not to go with Balak

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 and do what Balak wants

00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:24.000
 and so he sends

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.940
 the entourage back

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 and says

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 sorry

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 no can do

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 and Balak then

00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.899
 sends him more princes

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 and even more money

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 and says

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 please

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 I really need you

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 and Balaam

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 sees all the gold

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 and silver

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 and he says

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.700
 well you know

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 it wouldn't harm

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:37.300
 to ask God again

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 and so he goes again

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 and he asks a second time

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 and this time

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 he hears God saying

00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:43.020
 go with him

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 go with his men

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.580
 and so he goes

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 to the land of Moab

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 to curse the Israelites

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 but along the way

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 something very strange happens

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 Balaam's faithful steed

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 also known as donkey

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 doesn't do anything

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:57.060
 that Balaam wants him to do

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 he keeps on going off

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 on the other path

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 he goes into a field

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 and then he smashes

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 his leg against a wall

00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:03.780
 and then eventually

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 he just sits down

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 in the road

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 and he won't move

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 and Balaam's getting

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:09.200
 more and more agitated

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.040
 and frustrated

00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:10.620
 and angry

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 and he says

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 verse 28

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.220
 it says

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 Balaam's anger

00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.779
 was kindled

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 and he struck

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 the donkey

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 with his star

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 for the third time

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 he's hit his donkey

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 and amazingly

00:16:19.300 --> 00:16:21.000
 for only the second time

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.460
 in the Bible

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 I don't know exactly

00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:23.580
 how this works

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 but it somehow works

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 the God that can

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 you know

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:26.960
 swallow

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 cause a whale

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 to swallow Jonah

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 is the same God

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 that opens

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 the mouth of the snake

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 in the garden of Eden

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 and somehow opens

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 the mouth of the donkey

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 and for the second time

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 in the Bible

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 an animal speaks

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 in a way that a human

00:16:38.959 --> 00:16:39.719
 can understand

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 and he says

00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.759
 why are you beating me

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 I've only done this

00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:44.599
 to save your life

00:16:44.599 --> 00:16:46.299
 and God opens

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.740
 Balaam's eyes

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 and he sees

00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.279
 there's an angel

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.279
 with a drawn sword

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.379
 standing in front of him

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:53.360
 and that his foolish donkey

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 has saved his life

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 now

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 friends I hope you can see here

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 the whole story

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 is dripping with irony

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 right

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 because here we have

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 the most famous

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 the most powerful

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.000
 shaman in the ancient world

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.539
 one who's made a control

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.599
 spiritual forces

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 and evil forces

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 and get them to do his bidding

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 and yet see how powerless

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.099


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 and impotent he is

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 he can't even control

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 the movements of his stupid donkey

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 with a bid and a bridle

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 he can threaten

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 he can curse

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 and he has got no power

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 to get the donkey

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 to do anything he wants

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 he has a guy

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 that's traveled

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 all these hundreds of miles

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 across the Middle East

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 to curse a nation

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 merely with his words

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 and yet

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 when his donkey

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 doesn't listen to him

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 he's reduced to beating

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 his donkey with a stick

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 because his words

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 have no power whatsoever

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 friends here is a seer

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 one who's meant to see

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 into the unknown

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 spiritual world

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 and see what's happening

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 and he can't see

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 the angel of death

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 that's standing

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 right in front of him

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 but his donkey

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 can't see it

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 Balak says to him

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 I know that

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 he whom you bless

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 is blessed

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 and he whom you curse

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 is cursed

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 absolutely not

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 but Alam here

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 has got no power

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 whatsoever

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 here is the big

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 bad terrifying

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 evil man

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 who's supposed to

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 derail God's plans

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 and destroy

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 God's covenant promises

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 and he is more powerless

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 more feeble

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 more helpless

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 and more hopeless

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 than a senseless donkey

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 and God here

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 just as God

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 uses the unlikely

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 agent of a silly donkey

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 to speak his words

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 and reveal his plans

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.180
 to Balam

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 God is going to use

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 the unlikely agent

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 of a silly shaman

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 a sorcerer

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 to speak God's blessing

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 and God's reveal

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 God's favor upon Israel

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 and so

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 look at what happens

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 here in verse 36

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 this is kind of where

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 Kristen ended

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 the reading

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 Balam eventually

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 goes back with

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 Balak

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 and the Moabite king

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 and they go up

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 on a high mountain

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 and they oversee

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 a portion of the

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 camp of Israel

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 and Balam says

00:18:59.659 --> 00:19:00.399
 okay let's offer

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:01.240
 some sacrifices

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 they build seven altars

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 they sacrifice goats

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 and bulls

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 and all sorts of animals

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 and then Balak

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.699
 goes off

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 and says

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 let me pray

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 to the God of Israel

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 and he goes and prays

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 and he comes back

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 with a word

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 and Balak

00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:15.099
 has paid good money

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.779
 for Balak

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 to come and curse

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 you know

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 the Israelites

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 but what he says

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 is not what Balak

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 expects

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 instead

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 Balam

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 blesses them

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 and speaks favor

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 of them

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 and speaks of God

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 looking after them

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 look what he says

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 in 23 verse 7

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 from Aram

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 Balak has brought me

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 the king of Moab

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 from the eastern mountains

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 come curse Jacob

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 for me

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 come denounce Israel

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 he said

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 but how can I curse

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.839
 those whom God

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.480
 has not cursed

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.799
 how can I denounce

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.640
 the ones the Lord

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 has not denounced

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 and Balak

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.180
 goes on

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.660
 and he speaks

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 blessing and favor

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 of the strength

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 of this nation

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 and how blessed

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.019
 they are

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.000
 and Balak

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.759
 the king of Moab

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 he is about

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.500
 a burst appendix

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 I mean he is

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:55.299
 so frustrated

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 I paid you good money

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 what are you doing

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 he says

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 okay fine

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.819
 maybe you went

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.519
 to the wrong mountain

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:02.019
 let's go to this mountain

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 he takes them

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 on the other side

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 and looks at another

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 side of Israel's camp

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.920
 and Balak

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.400
 says okay

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.599
 let's build the altars

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.000
 and they build

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 seven altars

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 and they sacrifice

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 goats and bulls

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 and all sorts of things

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 and then he goes off

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 and he prays

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 and he comes back

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.439
 with the word

00:20:16.439 --> 00:20:17.459
 and Balak

00:20:17.459 --> 00:20:17.839
 is a bit

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.720
 he is a bit anxious

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:20.759
 and the same thing

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.139
 happens

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:22.179
 look at what happens

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 here

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:23.279
 chapter 23

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.139
 verse 18

00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:25.179
 Balak

00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:26.119
 blesses Israel

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.659
 again

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.559
 he says

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.019
 arise

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.480
 Balak

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 here

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.419
 give word

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 give ear to me

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 son of Ezekiel

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 God is not a man

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.720
 that he should lie

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.939
 a son of man

00:20:34.939 --> 00:20:35.419
 that he should

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:36.259
 change his mind

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.859
 has he said

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:39.159
 and he will not do it

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:40.539
 has God spoken

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.179
 and he will not

00:20:41.179 --> 00:20:42.059
 fulfill his word

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.019
 behold

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.139
 I received a command

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:44.839
 to bless

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 he has blessed

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.359
 him

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.240
 I cannot provoke

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.519
 it

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.839
 he has not

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:50.480
 beheld misfortune

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.019
 for Jacob

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:52.240
 he has not

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.240
 seen trouble

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.700
 in Israel

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.859
 the Lord

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.579
 their God

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.599
 is with them

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.960
 there is no

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.599
 enchantment

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.319
 against Jacob

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.400
 there is no

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.980
 divination

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.079
 against Israel

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.480
 and Balak

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.359
 is losing

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.940
 his patience

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.259
 here

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.339
 he's paid

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.940
 good money

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.619
 for Balam

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.599
 the sorcerer

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.259
 the powerful

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.779
 magician

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.379
 to come and

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:11.000
 curse God's

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.339
 people

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.440
 and all he does

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:12.940
 is he speaks

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.600
 blessing over

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:13.799
 them

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.480
 so he takes

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.740
 them up

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.039
 to the

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.960
 one more

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.340
 mountain

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:16.740
 to the

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.360
 highest

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:17.940
 mountain

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.680
 and from

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.019
 here they

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.340
 can see

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.000
 the whole

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.400
 nation

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:20.840
 of Israel

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.100
 and he

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.380
 thinks

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.460
 if Balam

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.880
 can see

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.440
 just how

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.940
 vast

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.440
 this nation

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.620
 is

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.279
 how terrifying

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.380
 they are

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.960
 then finally

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.559
 he will curse

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:27.820
 them

00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:28.740
 and so

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.220
 look at what

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.559
 happens

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.019
 Balam

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.440
 they build

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.059
 the altars

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.799
 they sacrifice

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.900
 the animals

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.340
 Balam

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.779
 goes off

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.259
 he comes

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.620
 back

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.299
 and he speaks

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.279
 a third

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.740
 oracle

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:38.600
 24

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.779
 verse 5

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:41.000
 how lovely

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.700
 are your tents

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.279
 so Jacob

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:44.319
 your encampments

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.859
 oh Israel

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.339
 like palm groves

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.220
 that stretch afar

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.299
 like gardens

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.319
 planted beside the

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.660
 rivers

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.819
 like aloes

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.420
 that the Lord

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.019
 has planted

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.619
 and cedar

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:52.960
 treels

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.960
 beside waters

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.200
 verse 7

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.079
 his king

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.700
 will be higher

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.339
 than Agag

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.180
 his kingdom

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.000
 will be exalted

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.599
 he shall eat up

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.180
 the nations

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.980
 his adversaries

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.779
 he shall break

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.339
 their bones

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.920
 in pieces

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.879
 and pierce

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.660
 them with arrows

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.700
 just imagine this

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.660
 the king is standing

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.079
 next to him

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.420
 he's like

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.559
 you guys are going

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.539
 to destroy him

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.879
 right

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:13.099
 if you're a consultant

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.019
 you probably shouldn't

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.740
 speak to your

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.359
 you know

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.859
 your client

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.859
 like that

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:18.399
 verse 9

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:19.579
 blessed are those

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.319
 who bless you

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:21.519
 and cursed are those

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.399
 who curse you

00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.700
 and by now

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.799
 Balak has had enough

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.420
 every time he's paid

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.659
 Balam to curse Israel

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.779
 he ends up blessing them

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.519
 and he sends them

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.079
 on his way

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.680
 but notice

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.399
 in each of these

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.180
 three oracles

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.480
 the same thing happens

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:36.359
 Balam

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:36.920
 enters

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.119
 echoes

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:39.059
 the same words

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.379
 that God

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.019
 had spoken to

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.379
 Abraham

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.119
 hundreds of years

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.519
 before

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.379
 three times

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.939
 he talks about

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.399
 his blessing

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.359
 23 verse 8

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.199
 how can I curse

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.859
 those whom God

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.319
 has blessed

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.659
 behold I receive

00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.599
 a command to bless

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.339
 God has blessed

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.479
 him

00:22:49.479 --> 00:22:50.519
 I cannot revoke it

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.739
 24 verse 9

00:22:51.739 --> 00:22:52.859
 blessed are those

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.479
 who bless you

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:54.199
 cursed are those

00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:55.000
 who curse you

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.219
 but friends

00:22:56.219 --> 00:22:57.759
 500 years before

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.299
 God had chosen

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.739
 a man called

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 Abraham

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.319
 out of nowhere

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.159
 and he said

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.559
 Abraham

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.719
 blessed are those

00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.359
 who bless you

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.219
 cursed are those

00:23:05.219 --> 00:23:05.919
 who curse you

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.160
 God had spoken

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.800
 to Abraham

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.340
 and he said

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.140
 my blessing

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.759
 my favor

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.480
 will rest upon

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.680
 you

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:12.220
 you will multiply

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.920
 into many

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.680
 many people

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.920
 you will enter

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.740
 into the promised

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.039
 land

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.700
 and I will give

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.240
 you many

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.820
 descendants

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.740
 and through you

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.660
 all the nations

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.160
 of the world

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.759
 will be blessed

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.920
 those who bless

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.420
 you will be

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.720
 blessed

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.140
 and those who

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.580
 curse you

00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:24.220
 will be cursed

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.560
 and the point

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.060
 of all this

00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:27.019
 is that God

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.360
 is absolutely

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:30.340
 100%

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:31.660
 undoubtedly

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.400
 faithful

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.200
 to his covenant

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.720
 promises

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.600
 despite all

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.380
 of Israel's

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.839
 rebellion

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:38.220
 despite all

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.019
 of their sin

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.000
 despite all

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.680
 the curses

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.579
 and the plagues

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.380
 and the death

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.220
 and the wandering

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.039
 and the wandering

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.539
 in the wilderness

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.440
 for 40 years

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.860
 despite everything

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.400
 that has gone

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.839
 wrong

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.000
 both internally

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.019
 and externally

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:52.319
 God has promised

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.940
 to bring them

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.839
 into the promised

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.319
 land

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.980
 and he will

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.860
 do it

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:58.579
 despite all

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.240
 the curses

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.960
 and all the evil

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.400
 spirits

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.000
 and everything

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.620
 all the money

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.100
 that Belak

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.500
 has paid

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.279
 to curse

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.880
 these people

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.859
 nothing

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:06.599
 and no one

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.559
 can stop

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.299
 God's promises

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.160
 from being fulfilled

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.779
 and 500 years

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.420
 before God

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.200
 had said to Abraham

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.380
 I will bless you

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.160
 I will make

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.720
 your descendants

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.359
 more numerous

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.160
 than you can count

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.400
 I will give

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.319
 your people

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.599
 land in Canaan

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.539
 across the Jordan

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.460
 for them to enter

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.819
 into

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:23.539
 and through you

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.079
 Abraham

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.099
 will come

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.140
 a descendant

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:27.359
 a Messiah

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.380
 a Savior

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.940
 one who will

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.119
 not just bless

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.779
 my people

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.479
 but will

00:24:32.479 --> 00:24:33.319
 actually reverse

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.399
 all the curses

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.199
 that came upon

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:35.459
 them

00:24:35.459 --> 00:24:36.519
 as a consequence

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.339
 of Adam's

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.739
 sin in the

00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:38.019
 garden

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.639
 I will send

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.739
 you a descendant

00:24:40.739 --> 00:24:41.259
 who will be

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.079
 like a new

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.399
 Adam

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.119
 a perfect

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.479
 Adam

00:24:43.479 --> 00:24:44.279
 one who's

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.779
 perfectly

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.279
 righteous

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.979
 and obedient

00:24:45.979 --> 00:24:46.959
 one who will

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.500
 take upon

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.099
 himself

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.919
 the curse

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.659
 that fell

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.339
 on the world

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.139
 who will

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:52.079
 defeat the curse

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.459
 through his

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:52.819
 death and

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.299
 resurrection

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.359
 and will

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.879
 make all

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.479
 things new

00:24:55.479 --> 00:24:56.599
 and I will

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.039
 bring my

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.939
 people home

00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:00.220
 and here

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.140
 500 years

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.420
 later

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.460
 despite all

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.980
 that's gone

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.340
 on and

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.279
 400 years

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.779
 of slavery

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.240
 in Egypt

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.820
 and 40

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.259
 years of

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.580
 wandering

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:06.799
 in the

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.080
 wilderness

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.779
 and plagues

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.480
 and disaster

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.059
 and snakes

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.620
 and death

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.259
 and rebellion

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.440
 despite all

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.160
 of that

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:14.039
 and curses

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:16.000
 God says

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.759
 nothing

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.860
 will change

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.600
 my purposes

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.700
 for my

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.100
 people

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.279
 I have

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.680
 said it

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:21.920
 and I

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.240
 will do

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.420
 it

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.759
 and so

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.559
 look at

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.059
 24

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.340
 verse 10

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.759
 here

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.839
 Belak's

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.180
 anger

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.960
 was kindled

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.359
 against

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.799
 Belam

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.559
 and he

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.000
 struck

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.500
 his hands

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.900
 together

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.240
 it's the

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.720
 exact same

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.059
 words

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.539
 that used

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.859
 earlier

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.619
 for Belam

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.420
 to describe

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.680
 the way

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:34.980
 he acted

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.460
 towards his

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.759
 donkey

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.920
 and Belak

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.279
 says to

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.539
 Belam

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.140
 I called

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.440
 you to

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.700
 curse

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.240
 my enemies

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.640
 behold

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.000
 you have

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.319
 blessed

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.500
 them

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.160
 three times

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.019
 and he

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.319
 sends

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.660
 him away

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.019
 empty

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.359
 handed

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.220
 no payment

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.980
 no reward

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.579
 no money

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.519
 because he

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.859
 didn't do

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.059
 what he

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.400
 was paid

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.839
 to do

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:49.599
 but Belam

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.059
 gives one

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.039
 final blessing

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.660
 one final

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.140
 oracle

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.099
 Belak

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.400
 is kind

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.920
 of stormed

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.379
 off in a

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.859
 temper

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:56.000
 but Belam

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.319
 says

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.779
 I'm not

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.019
 done

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.199
 yet

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.479
 I've got

00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:57.919
 one more

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.139
 thing

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.599
 to say

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.799
 and he

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.119
 speaks

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.019
 one final

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.500
 oracle

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.819
 and he

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.199
 speaks

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:02.599
 here of

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.179
 a ruler

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.759
 one who

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.099
 holds

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.519
 a royal

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.119
 scepter

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.059
 one who

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.519
 will come

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.159
 out of

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.759
 Israel's

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.339
 own people

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:08.719
 but he's

00:26:08.719 --> 00:26:09.139
 not there

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.399
 at the

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.619
 moment

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:09.879
 he's

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.339
 not in

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.879
 the camp

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.419
 this is

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.019
 verse 17

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.359
 he says

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.819
 I see

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.099
 him

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.799
 but not

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.199
 now

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:15.179
 I behold

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.359
 him

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.639
 but he's

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.099
 not near

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.439
 he's not

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:16.799
 in the

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.119
 camp

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.839
 he's a

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.119
 far

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.359
 way

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.559
 off

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.759
 there's

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:18.839
 a

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.359
 descendant

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.599
 that's

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:19.919
 coming

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.359
 out of

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.699
 Israel

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:26.759
 and he

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.379
 will finally

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.839
 bring them

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.179
 home

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:29.519
 friends of

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.899
 course he's

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.399
 talking about

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.759
 the same

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.279
 person that

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.699
 God spoke

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.219
 to Abraham

00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:32.639
 about

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.559
 the Lord

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:33.859
 Jesus

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.419
 Christ

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.500
 the Messiah

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.919
 King

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:37.719
 and that's

00:26:37.719 --> 00:26:38.659
 where the

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.539
 story ends

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.099
 now what

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.439
 does all

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.859
 that mean

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.299
 for us

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.579
 okay

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.159
 interesting

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.519
 story

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.879
 what does

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.219
 that mean

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:44.619
 for us

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:44.899
 in our

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.159
 lives

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.459
 well I

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.699
 think it

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.119
 means three

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.439
 things

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:47.059
 and one

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.500
 statement

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.039
 two

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.559
 questions

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.879
 okay

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:50.699
 so here's

00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:51.240
 the statement

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.599
 the certainty

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.779
 of God's

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.199
 promises

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.480
 the absolute

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.200
 certainty

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.319
 of God's

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.920
 promises

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.460
 to his

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.799
 people

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.980
 we've been

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.500
 saying that

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.259
 for weeks

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.680
 now the

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.019
 story of

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.480
 numbers is

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.819
 the story

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.720
 of God's

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.279
 faithfulness

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.500
 to his

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.900
 people how

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.340
 he will

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.700
 bring his

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.299
 people through

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.779
 the wilderness

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.319
 and he will

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.720
 bring them

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.120
 home and

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.360
 it's an

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.039
 apt analogy

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.860
 for the

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.180
 Christian

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 life

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 God has

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 delivered us

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.319
 from hell

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 and he will

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 bring us

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 home but

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 the point

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.100
 of the

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.700
 story is

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 that God

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 is absolutely

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 faithful to

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 his word

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 and in many

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.299
 ways friends

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 that is the

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.519
 story of the

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.980
 Bible

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 the Bible

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 is not just

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 good advice

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 or good

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 wisdom

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 or how to

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.319
 make life

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.599
 work

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.139
 the Bible

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.500
 is the

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.119
 story of

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.839
 the wonderful

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.460
 works of

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 God

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.599
 as Natalie

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 led us in

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 earlier to

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 sing of his

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 wonderful works

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 it's the story

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 of God

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 speaking to

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 his people

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 thousands of

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.299
 years ago

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 saying I

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 will be

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 faithful to

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 my word

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:41.519
 and the

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.259
 storyline of

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.599
 the Bible

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.279
 from Genesis

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.879
 to Revelation

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.779
 is the story

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.419
 of God

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 being faithful

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 to his word

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 and accomplishing

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 what he said

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 he would

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 God said

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 that he would

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 send a savior

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 to defeat

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 sin and

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 Satan and

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 death

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 and he

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 has

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 God said

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 that he

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 will come

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 again and

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 make all

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 things new

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 and he

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 will

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 speaking to

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 another context

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 in Isaiah

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 46

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 God says

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 this

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 I have

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 spoken

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 I will

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 bring it

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 to pass

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 I have

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 purposed

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 and I

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 will do

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 it

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 or as

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 Balaam said

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 in his

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 second oracle

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 he says

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 this

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 God is not

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.299
 a man

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.599
 that he

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 should lie

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 God is

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.380
 not a son

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 of man

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 that he

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 should

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 change

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 his

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 mind

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 has

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 he

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 said

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 and he

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 will

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 not

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:21.960
 do

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 it

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 has

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 he

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 spoken

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 and he

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 will

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 not

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.340
 fulfill

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.600
 it

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.640
 and of course

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.080
 the answer

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:27.380
 is of course

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 not

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.960
 when God

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.620
 speaks

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.600
 he is

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:30.940
 faithful

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.460
 to his

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.880
 word

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:33.480
 as we

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.880
 sometimes

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.320
 sing

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:35.360
 faithful

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 he has

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.140
 been

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:37.240
 faithful

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 he

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.660
 will

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:37.960
 be

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 time

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 and time

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 again

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 his

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.300
 words

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 return

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 complete

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 to his

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 truth

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.460
 we cling

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.520
 when the

00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:45.780
 night

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.280
 is deep

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.319
 faithful

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.559
 he

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.779
 has

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.139
 been

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 faithful

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 he

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.599
 will

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.000
 be

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 and friends

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.639
 if you

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:51.980
 notice

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.299
 that

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.879
 in the

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.079
 book

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.240
 of

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.619
 numbers

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:53.899
 we've

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.039
 been

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.359
 focusing

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.660
 on the

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:54.940
 nation

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.119
 of

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.359
 Israel

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.539
 the

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.839
 people

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.000
 of

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.220
 God

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.599
 but in

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:56.799
 this

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.119
 story

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.299
 it's

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.460
 the

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.720
 first

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.019
 time

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.119
 in

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.180
 the

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.319
 book

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.440
 of

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.759
 numbers

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.319
 the

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.639
 people

00:28:59.639 --> 00:28:59.819
 of

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 God

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.259
 do

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.399
 not

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 even

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.980
 feature

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.920
 where

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.200
 are

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.619
 Israel

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.740
 in

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:02.859
 the

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.240
 story

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.099
 nowhere

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.299
 to

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.420
 be

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.759
 found

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.460
 they

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.599
 are

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.899
 somewhere

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.319
 down

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.480
 in

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.619
 the

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.980
 valley

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.839
 completely

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.559
 oblivious

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.319
 totally

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.720
 ignorant

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:09.980
 about

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.220
 what's

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.420
 going

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.440
 the

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.680
 valley

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.180
 minding

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.319
 their

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.500
 own

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.899
 business

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.539
 completely

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.019
 ignorant

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.379
 as to

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.619
 what's

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:19.819
 going

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.160
 on

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.940
 God

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.119
 is

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.379
 looking

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.700
 after

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:21.980
 them

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.019
 protecting

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.399
 them

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.539
 sovereignly

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.079
 ruling

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.379
 over

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.559
 them

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.879
 turning

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.379
 curses

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.639
 into

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.099
 blessings

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.319
 and

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.799
 disaster

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.079
 into

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.460
 favor

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.839
 the

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.099
 words

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.240
 of

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.480
 William

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.899
 Cowper

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.079
 the

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.420
 famous

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.619
 hymn

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:31.859
 writer

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.220
 said

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.819
 you

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.319
 faithful

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.799
 saints

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.279
 fresh

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.680
 courage

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.039
 take

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.579
 the

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.099
 clouds

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.319
 you

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.539
 so

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.759
 much

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.139
 dread

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.779
 are

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.059
 big

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.259
 with

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.680
 mercy

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.200
 and

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.399
 shall

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.779
 break

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.700
 blessings

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.119
 on

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.259
 your

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.660
 head

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.920
 now

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.099
 friends

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.559
 nobody's

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.759
 saying

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:43.920
 that

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.079
 the

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.319
 journey

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.460
 of

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.639
 faith

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.799
 is

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.179
 easy

00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:46.200
 that

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.480
 the

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.919
 road

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.200
 to

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.740
 glory

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:47.939
 will

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.099
 be

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.460
 paved

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.679
 with

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.019
 ice

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.799
 cream

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:49.980
 and

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.500
 marshmallows

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.480
 there

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.659
 are

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.059
 giants

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.220
 and

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.659
 obstacles

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.259
 there

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.419
 are

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.799
 enemies

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.039
 and

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.319
 people

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.579
 wanting

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.779
 to

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.039
 curse

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.299
 you

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.980
 friends

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.200
 there

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.379
 is

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.819
 sickness

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.579
 there

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.720
 is

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.240
 cancer

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.059
 there

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.220
 is

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.519
 job

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.899
 loss

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.720
 there

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:00.839
 is

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.439
 disappointment

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.439
 there

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.559
 is

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.859
 people

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.319
 passing

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.639
 away

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:03.899
 way

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.099
 too

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.379
 early

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.619
 like

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:04.759
 we

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.200
 celebrated

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.720
 David's

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:05.919
 life

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.139
 this

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.500
 morning

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.599
 friends

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:07.960
 this

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.319
 life

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.439
 will

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:08.599
 be

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:08.819
 full

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:08.960
 of

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.379
 challenges

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.559
 and

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.099
 uncertainty

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:11.339
 but

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.500
 the

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.819
 one

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.079
 thing

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.259
 that

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.379
 is

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.839
 not

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.379
 uncertain

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:14.259
 is

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.480
 whether

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.019
 God

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.220
 is

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.559
 with

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.740
 you

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:15.919
 and

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.119
 he

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.279
 will

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.439
 be

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:16.759
 faithful

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.000
 to

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.159
 his

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.460
 word

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.279
 that

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 is

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 not

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 uncertain

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 how

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 could

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 it

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 be

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 otherwise

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 friends

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 if

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 faithful

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 to

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 his

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 word

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 he

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 is

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 not

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 God

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 at

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 all

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 and

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 he

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 would

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 be

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 no

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 better

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 than

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 a

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 powerless

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 shaman

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 he

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 would

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 be

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 no

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 better

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 than

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 a

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 feeble

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 donkey

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 he

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 would

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 be

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 no

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 better

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 than

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 a

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 fearful

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 Balak

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 the

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 Moabite

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 but

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 that

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 is

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 not

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 who

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 our

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 God

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 is

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 our

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 God

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 rules

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 in

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 the

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 heavens

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 the

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 Bible

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 holds

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 out

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 the

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 God

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 to

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 us

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 who

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 speaks

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 his

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 promises

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 and

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 is

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 faithful

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 to

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 his

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 word

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 who

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 invites

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 us

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 to

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 trust

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 him

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 on

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 the

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 journey

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 of

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 faith

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 friends

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 the

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 God

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 that

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 we've

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 come

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 to

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 worship

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 and adore

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:53.920
 this

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 morning

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 is

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 not

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 like

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 Balak

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 or

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 the

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 donkey

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 he

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 is

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 sovereign

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 over

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 every

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 single

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 atom

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 in

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 the

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 universe

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 every

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.060
 action

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 in

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 the

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 world

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 he

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 is

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 absolutely

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 totally

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 in

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 control

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 of

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 everything

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 it

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 is

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 he

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 who

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 knows

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 the

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 beginning

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 from

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 the

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 end

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 it

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 is

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 he

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 who

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 upholds

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 the

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 universe

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 by

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 the

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.920
 word

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.019
 of

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 his

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.440
 power

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.040
 it

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 is

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.380
 he

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.560
 who

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 is

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 faithful

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 to

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 his

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 word

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 friends

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 the

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.800
 future

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 of

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 those

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 who

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 know

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 and

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 who

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.820
 cause

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 him

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.140
 to

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.519
 trust

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.660
 in

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 him

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:20.960
 is

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.580
 absolutely

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.180
 certain

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 and

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 sure

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 settled

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:23.960
 by

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 is

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.440
 unchangeable

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.059
 and

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.500
 sealed

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.779
 by

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.019
 his

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.380
 blood

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.319
 friends

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.619
 God

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.000
 cannot

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.319
 lie

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.440
 and

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.539
 he

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.700
 will

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:29.859
 not

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.119
 change

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.279
 his

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.559
 mind

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.200
 he

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.420
 has

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.819
 settled

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.059
 his

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.500
 blessing

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.680
 on

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:32.819
 his

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.180
 people

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.400
 with

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.539
 the

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.940
 promise

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.400
 and

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.519
 he

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.700
 has

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:34.960
 sealed

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.140
 it

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.319
 with

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.480
 his

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.779
 blood

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.759
 those

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:36.980
 who

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.259
 come

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.440
 to

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.000
 trust

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.160
 in

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.339
 him

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.539
 and

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.000
 believe

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.220
 in

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.420
 him

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.619
 and

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.059
 hope

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.240
 in

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.400
 him

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 both

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.420
 now

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.680
 and

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.039
 forever

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.799
 nothing

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.740
 can

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.279
 separate

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.660
 you

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.220
 from

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.400
 the

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.759
 love

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:45.940
 of

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.339
 Christ

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.960
 not

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.480
 ages

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.740
 to

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.079
 come

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.539
 not

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.019
 demons

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.279
 nor

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.779
 Satan

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.359
 sin

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.980
 nor

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.940
 hope

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.200
 nor

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.559
 death

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.779
 nor

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.039
 life

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.579
 nothing

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:53.879
 can

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.279
 separate

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.460
 us

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.579
 from

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.680
 the

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:54.920
 hope

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.019
 and

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.160
 the

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.619
 confidence

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.200
 that

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.539
 God's

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.799
 people

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.039
 get

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.180
 to

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.339
 live

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.639
 with

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.440
 so

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.819
 trust

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.079
 him

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.000
 hold

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.200
 on

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.319
 to

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.599
 him

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.619
 while

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:01.859
 you

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.039
 are

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.500
 oblivious

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.660
 to

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:02.920
 all

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.059
 that

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.180
 is

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.480
 happening

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.839
 around

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.099
 you

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.720
 the

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.059
 God

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.220
 is

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.379
 up

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.500
 in

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.619
 the

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.980
 heavens

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.819
 speaking

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.240
 favor

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.559
 over

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.819
 you

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.799
 trust

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.079
 him

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.019
 now

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.259
 friends

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.420
 if

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.599
 that

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:10.779
 is

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.160
 true

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.619
 and

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.779
 it

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.099
 is

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.980
 I

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.160
 think

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.359
 that

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.859
 leads

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.019
 us

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.139
 to

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.359
 two

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.839
 questions

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:14.980
 that

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.079
 we

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.259
 need

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.360
 to

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.680
 ask

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.640
 first

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.000
 question

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.140
 is

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.500
 are

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.680
 you

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.240
 hustling

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.839
 or

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.000
 are

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.160
 you

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.680
 wrestling

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.440
 for

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.680
 many

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.819
 of

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:21.960
 us

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.180
 we

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.480
 find

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.620
 it

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:22.860
 hard

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.039
 to

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.299
 trust

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.539
 God

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.819
 don't

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.019
 we

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.700
 and

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:24.819
 so

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.019
 that

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.319
 means

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.539
 our

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.940
 lives

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.120
 are

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.420
 far

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.720
 more

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.039
 like

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.759
 black

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.319
 remember

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.519
 the

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.920
 mobot

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.160
 king

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.019
 what

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.240
 is

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.779
 who

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.000
 is

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.519
 black

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.500
 black

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.860
 is

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.099
 a

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.640
 hustler

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.680
 he

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.880
 is

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.180
 somebody

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.420
 that

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.700
 makes

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.940
 things

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.319
 happen

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.640
 he

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:36.799
 is

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:36.960
 a

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 schemer

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!

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 is

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 not

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 sitting

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 around

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 waiting

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 for

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 things

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 to

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 happen

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 he

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 sees

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 a

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 problem

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 and

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 he

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 gets

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:42.419
 onto

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 it

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.439
 he

00:32:43.439 --> 00:32:44.219
 plots

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.459
 and

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 schemes

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.240
 and

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.359
 he

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.779
 plans

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.359
 and

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.480
 he

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.779
 does

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 what

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 he

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.339
 can

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 to

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 make

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 sure

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 that

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.799
 prosperity

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.319
 and

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.839
 blessing

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 and

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 favor

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.939
 come

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 his

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 way

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 and

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.419
 bad

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.659
 luck

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 is

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 averted

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 and

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 avoided

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 and

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:54.919
 so

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.459
 black

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 spends

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 an

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.699
 absolute

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.740
 fortune

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.919
 securing

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.439
 blessing

00:32:59.439 --> 00:32:59.839
 for his

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.240
 people

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.859
 just

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 think

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 about

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 this

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:01.519
 he

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.839
 sends

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.019
 an

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.539
 entourage

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.019
 across

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 the

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 wilderness

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 to

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 go

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 and

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.299
 call

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 with

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 a

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 pile

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 of

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.559
 money

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:39.579
 and

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.220
 themselves

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.419
 and

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.519
 they

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.839
 promise

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.039
 us

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.179
 the

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 earth

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 but

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 in

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 the

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.659
 end

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:42.819
 they

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.059
 turn

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 out

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 to

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 be

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.980
 expensive

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.179
 uncertain

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:46.199
 utterly

00:33:46.199 --> 00:33:46.779
 powerless

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:48.759
 friends

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.000
 who are

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.379
 the people

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.759
 that come

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.220
 out best

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.500
 in the

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.859
 story

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:52.179
 it's

00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:52.299
 the

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.579
 people

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.740
 who

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 are

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.139
 carried

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.359
 by

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.699
 God

00:33:53.699 --> 00:33:54.159
 who

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.299
 have

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.500
 no

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.779
 idea

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.079
 what's

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.279
 going

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.159
 on

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.859
 friends

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.119
 Hong

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 Kong

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:57.659
 is

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 a

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.179
 city

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:58.939
 full

00:33:58.939 --> 00:33:59.119
 of

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.579
 blacks

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 I

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.179
 don't

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:01.279
 know

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.339
 if

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.500
 you've

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.619
 ever

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:01.819
 seen

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:01.980
 the

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.299
 standard

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.819
 charted

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.199
 advert

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:03.399
 on

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.679
 YouTube

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.039
 that

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.399
 plays

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.579
 up

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.839
 every

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.099
 single

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.399
 time

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:35.380
 I

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.579
 you

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.880
 hustle

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.079
 to

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.240
 get

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.380
 your

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.619
 kids

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:36.740
 in

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:36.840
 the

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.019
 right

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.340
 school

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.519
 you

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.760
 hustle

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:37.940
 to

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.059
 get

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.220
 that

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.660
 promotion

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:38.900
 you

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.139
 hustle

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.400
 to

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.079
 secure

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.260
 a

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.539
 prosperous

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.039
 future

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.639
 and

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:41.840
 what

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:41.980
 is

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.139
 the

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.599
 result

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.579
 yeah

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.960
 financial

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.559
 blessing

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.420
 career

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.940
 blessing

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.700
 but

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:46.800
 at

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.000
 what

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.420
 cost

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.559
 broken

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.240
 families

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:50.400
 broken

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.139
 relationships

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.380
 broken

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.940
 hearts

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.119
 friends

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.360
 we are

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.619
 a city

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.019
 of great

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.400
 wealth

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.800
 and

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.079
 great

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.519
 loneliness

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.820
 fear

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.639
 insecurity

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.619
 uncertainty

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:01.200
 hopelessness

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:02.119
 friends

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.380
 are you

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.619
 like

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.940
 black

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.340
 trying to

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.660
 hustle

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:03.980
 your

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.220
 way

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.380
 to

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.500
 the

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.760
 blessed

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.139
 life

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.139
 consulting

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.500
 leading

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.099
 experts

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.779
 trying

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:07.900
 to

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.079
 be

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.379
 in

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:08.579
 on

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:08.759
 the

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.079
 latest

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.639
 information

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.879
 how

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.000
 to

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.319
 invest

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.500
 your

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.739
 money

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.359
 how

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.480
 to

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.619
 get

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:11.779
 your

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.019
 kids

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.139
 in

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.219
 the

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.420
 right

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.859
 school

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.420
 how

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.539
 to

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.659
 get

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:13.920
 ahead

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.059
 in

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.199
 your

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.599
 career

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.539
 where

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.819
 has

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:15.960
 it

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.199
 got

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.480
 you

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.460
 how

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.719
 are

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:17.980
 your

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.659
 relationships

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.599
 how

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.719
 is

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:19.859
 your

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.339
 family

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:21.400
 how

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.539
 is

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.699
 your

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.239
 heart

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.299
 numbers

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.699
 shows

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:23.900
 us

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.079
 that

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.420
 true

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.859
 blessing

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.099
 is

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.299
 not

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.639
 found

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.779
 in

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:25.980
 having

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.199
 the

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.619
 right

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.259
 inside

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.259
 information

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.819
 or

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.079
 getting

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.279
 your

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.539
 kids

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.739
 into

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:29.879
 the

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.079
 right

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.519
 school

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.059
 or

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.379
 knowing

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.599
 university

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.179
 degree

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.940
 friends

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.440
 being

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.980
 blessed

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.199
 is

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.400
 being

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.559
 in

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.980
 right

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.539
 relationship

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.179
 with

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.359
 the

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:40.699
 right

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.059
 God

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.239
 the

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:41.559
 one

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.779
 true

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.059
 God

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.219
 who

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.759
 leads

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.699
 everything

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:43.920
 and

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.339
 controls

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:44.879
 all

00:35:44.879 --> 00:35:45.339
 things

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.960
 true

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.359
 favor

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:46.699
 isn't

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:46.879
 given

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.059
 to

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.239
 those

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.379
 who

00:35:47.379 --> 00:35:47.679
 work

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:47.859
 the

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.299
 hardest

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.719
 or

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.099
 hustle

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.299
 the

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.619
 most

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.059
 or

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.239
 get

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.519
 ahead

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.659
 in

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:50.779
 the

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.019
 rat

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.359
 race

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:52.019
 true

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.480
 favor

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.679
 is

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.960
 found

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.119
 in

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.279
 the

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.879
 quiet

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.920
 confidence

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.719
 of

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.119
 those

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.319
 who

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.739
 knows

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.319
 who

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.519
 is

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.039
 totally

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.279
 in

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.759
 control

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.500
 of

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.839
 all

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:00.319
 things

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.839
 the

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.159
 God

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.359
 who

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:01.739
 rules

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:01.940
 the

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.339
 world

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:03.599
 friends

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.579
 favor

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.779
 is

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.099
 found

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.360
 by

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.559
 being

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.900
 blessed

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.099
 by

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.380
 him

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.339
 by

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:07.539
 being

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.860
 loved

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.039
 by

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.199
 the

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.380
 Lord

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.659
 Jesus

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.059
 Christ

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.239
 who

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.420
 went

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.519
 to

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.659
 the

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:09.940
 cross

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.119
 for

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.420
 us

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.199
 who

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.420
 bore

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.599
 the

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.900
 curse

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.059
 of

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.299
 sin

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.440
 in

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.579
 our

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.920
 place

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.559
 who

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.860
 died

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.039
 and

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.259
 rose

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.519
 again

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.739
 so that

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:14.880
 we

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.039
 can

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.159
 be

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.719
 vindicated

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.699
 friends

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.039
 Jesus

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.420
 Christ

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.880
 invites

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.039
 us

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.219
 to

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.460
 step

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.860
 out

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:18.980
 of

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.139
 the

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.559
 hustle

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.480
 and

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.599
 to

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.980
 embrace

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.199
 his

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.659
 rest

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.539
 and

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.619
 so

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.839
 here's

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:22.960
 the

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.219
 final

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.779
 question

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.819
 what

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.000
 is

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.219
 more

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.639
 dangerous

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:25.839
 to

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.059
 you

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.659
 internal

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.380
 unbelief

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:31.900
 throughout

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.280
 the book

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.420
 of

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.780
 numbers

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.200
 we've

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.320
 been

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.559
 looking

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.740
 at

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:33.860
 the

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.160
 people

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.340
 of

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.680
 Israel

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:34.980
 right

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.180
 and

00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:35.599
 their

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.000
 journey

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.240
 through

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.420
 the

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.740
 wilderness

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.039
 as

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.220
 they

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:38.079
 struggle

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.340
 with

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.740
 belief

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:38.940
 and

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.240
 doubt

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.380
 and

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.500
 they

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.680
 don't

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.019
 trust

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.380
 God

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.780
 and

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.039
 things

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.260
 go

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.559
 wrong

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.460
 and

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.820
 leading

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.019
 to

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.539
 unbelief

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.720
 and

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.280
 rebellion

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.740
 and sin

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.140
 but in

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.300
 these

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.640
 chapters

00:36:46.640 --> 00:36:46.960
 for the

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.140
 very

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:47.480
 first

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.880
 time

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.200
 the

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.599
 people

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.780
 of

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.039
 God

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.360
 face

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.539
 an

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.180
 external

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.599
 threat

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.420
 for

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.559
 the

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.780
 last

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.039
 10

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.420
 chapters

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.599
 the

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.820
 threat

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.059
 all

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.240
 been

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.740
 internal

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.380
 their

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.619
 sin

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.740
 and

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.119
 unbelief

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.279
 but

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.500
 for

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.619
 the

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:55.819
 first

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.019
 time

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.199
 there's

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.319
 an

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:56.759
 external

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.139
 threat

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.699
 the

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.159
 curse

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.480
 of

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.039
 the

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.739
 sorcerer

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.819
 but

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.519
 there's

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.619
 a

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.980
 contrast

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.199
 here

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.599
 which

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.759
 is

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:02.900
 going

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:02.960
 to

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.059
 be

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.299
 more

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.779
 difficult

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.079
 or

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.639
 dangerous

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:04.819
 for

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:04.940
 the

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.159
 people

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.299
 of

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.539
 God

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.239
 which

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.420
 of

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.619
 these

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.799
 two

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:06.920
 is

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.059
 going

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.159
 to

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.559
 stop

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:07.839
 them

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.239
 entering

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.440
 the

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.739
 promised

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.119
 land

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:10.039
 the

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.599
 unbelief

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:10.980
 within

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.699
 or

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:11.880
 the

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.380
 curses

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.599
 and

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.880
 the

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.079
 evil

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.659
 outside

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.940
 it's

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.079
 the

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.460
 unbelief

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.759
 within

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.079
 right

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.960
 and

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.199
 friends

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.460
 again

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.639
 if

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.779
 we

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:18.940
 were

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.079
 to

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.359
 ask

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.659
 most

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:19.880
 Hong

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.660
 what

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:20.940
 is

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.099
 a

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.440
 greater

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.860
 threat

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.019
 to

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.200
 your

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:22.700
 happiness

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.140
 joy

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.360
 or

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.820
 security

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.519
 the

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.920
 evil

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.140
 out

00:37:25.140 --> 00:37:25.340
 there

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.760
 the

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.059
 bad

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.300
 luck

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.500
 out

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.760
 there

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.760
 or

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:27.900
 the

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.119
 evil

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.480
 within

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.800
 what

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:28.900
 are

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.019
 we

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.160
 going

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.260
 to

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.500
 say

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.200
 yeah

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.380
 of

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.559
 course

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.740
 it's

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:30.840
 the

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.000
 evil

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.180
 out

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.340
 there

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.660
 right

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.440
 it's

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.579
 all

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:32.840
 those

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.140
 people

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:33.360
 that

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.579
 mess

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.760
 my

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.000
 life

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.320
 around

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.980
 and

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.140
 what

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.519
 numbers

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.860
 shows

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.059
 us

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.180
 is

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.320
 that

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.440
 for

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.539
 the

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:36.960
 people

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.160
 of

00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:37.480
 God

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.720
 the

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.160
 threat

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.340
 of

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.760
 black

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:38.940
 and

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.119
 his

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.640
 curses

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:40.160
 blom

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:40.300
 and

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.460
 his

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.980
 sorcery

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.160
 is

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.420
 no

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.719
 threat

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:41.879
 at

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:42.099
 all

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.879
 not

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.139
 least

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.519
 compared

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.699
 to

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:43.879
 the

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:44.399
 internal

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:44.839
 threat

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.000
 of

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.619
 unbelief

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.799
 and

00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:46.159
 doubt

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.579
 and

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:47.960
 rebellion

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.359
 against

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:48.739
 God

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.819
 friends

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.079
 you see

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.219
 what

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.379
 this

00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:50.719
 means

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:52.279
 as

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.559
 Natalie

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.799
 led

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:52.940
 us

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.179
 earlier

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.420
 no

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.759
 power

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:53.940
 of

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.179
 hell

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.000
 no

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.359
 scheme

00:37:55.359 --> 00:37:55.519
 of

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.899
 man

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:56.839
 could

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:57.079
 ever

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.440
 pluck

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.619
 us

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.819
 from

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:57.980
 his

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.339
 hand

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:59.159
 till

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.379
 he

00:37:59.379 --> 00:37:59.879
 returns

00:37:59.879 --> 00:38:00.079
 or

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.420
 calls

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:00.599
 us

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:00.960
 home

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:02.199
 firm

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.139
 stead

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.859
 vast

00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:04.639
 secure

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.599
 here

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.879
 in the

00:38:05.879 --> 00:38:06.199
 power

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.379
 of

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:06.699
 Christ

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:06.940
 we

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.460
 stand

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.440
 friends

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.559
 the

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.779
 story

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:08.920
 of

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.199
 black

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.339
 and

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.579
!

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.379
 power

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:11.519
 of

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.739
 hell

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:11.960
 no

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.259
 scheme

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.420
 of

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.619
 man

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.819
 can

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.059
 stop

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.239
 the

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.559
 promises

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.799
 of

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.079
 God

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.960
 but

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.119
 it

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.259
 should

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.440
 also

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.599
 give

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:15.739
 us

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.019
 pause

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.219
 to

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.639
 remember

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.159
 there

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.339
 is

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.519
 a

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.920
 danger

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.359
 far

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:18.659
 more

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.519
 treacherous

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.960
 than

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.099
 the

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.339
 evil

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.819
 spirits

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.279
 the

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.539
 bad

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.079
 feng shui

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.719
 or the

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.099
 bad luck

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.460
 that so

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.699
 many

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:23.960
 of us

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.279
 seek

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:24.440
 to

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.779
 avoid

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.639
 it's

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:25.779
 the

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:25.980
 evil

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.119
 of

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.719
 unbelief

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.639
 it's

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:27.759
 the

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.099
 doubt

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.279
 in

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.420
 our

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.799
 hearts

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.099
 it's

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.259
 the

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.699
 cynicism

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:29.980
 that

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.399
 resides

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:30.679
 that

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.259
 questions

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.759
 God

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.960
 friends

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.179
 those

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.440
 of us

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.579
 who

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.899
 know

00:38:33.899 --> 00:38:34.119
 and

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.379
 be

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:41.859
 confident

00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.079
 that

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.219
 if

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:42.399
 you

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.719
 belong

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:42.920
 to

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.500
 God

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.699
 the

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 God

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 who

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 knows

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 you

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 and

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 cares

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 for

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.440
 you

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 if

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 you

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.579
 trust

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:47.739
 in

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:47.940
 him

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 you

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:48.759
 can

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 be

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.099
 sure

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.279
 that

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.460
 he

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.639
 will

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 be

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 faithful

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 to

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 his

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.980
 covenant

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.500
 promises

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 he

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:52.480
 will

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.739
 bring

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:52.899
 you

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:53.139
 through

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.319
 the

00:38:53.319 --> 00:38:53.639
 wilderness

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.399
 and

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.619
 bring

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.759
 you

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.079
 home

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 faithful

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.259
 he

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:56.399
 has

00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:56.719
 been

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 faithful

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 he

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 will

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 be

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 time

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 and

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 time

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 again

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 his

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:00.960
 word

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.460
 returns

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.980
 complete

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 to

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 his

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.420
 truth

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.639
 we

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:03.920
 cling

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.779
 when

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:04.940
 the

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.139
 night

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.299
 is

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 deep

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.480
 faithful

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 he

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.799
 Lord

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 Jesus

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.259
 we

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.539
 come

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.779
 before

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:12.940
 you

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.199
 now

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.579
 and

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.819
 God

00:39:13.819 --> 00:39:14.019
 we

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.599
 confess

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.019
 that

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:16.480
 we

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.759
 find

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:16.879
 it

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.119
 hard

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.339
 this

00:39:17.339 --> 00:39:17.679
 journey

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.000
 of

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.359
 faith

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:18.579
 is

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.899
 sometimes

00:39:18.899 --> 00:39:19.399
 difficult

00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:20.839
 and

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.039
 God

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.159
 we

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.279
 are

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.440
 full

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.559
 of

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:21.940
 doubts

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:23.519
 sometimes

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.839
 we

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:24.139
 God

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.480
 are

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.839
 like

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:25.019
 our

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.259
 city

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.480
 we

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.599
 are

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:25.859
 looking

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:26.219
 for

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.480
 the

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.799
 blessed

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.159
 life

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.420
 out

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.659
 there

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:27.759
 and

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:27.899
 we

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.259
 forget

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:28.460
 that

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.599
 it's

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:28.799
 found

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:30.519
 nowhere

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.879
 except

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.079
 in

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.239
 you

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.539
 and

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.679
 so

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:31.980
 help

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.159
 us

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.420
 God

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.339
 help

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:33.480
 us

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.619
 to

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.899
 believe

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:33.920
!

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.039
 in

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.119
 you

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.299
 help

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.420
 us

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.579
 to

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.039
 trust

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.219
 in

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.439
 you

00:39:35.439 --> 00:39:36.279
 help

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:36.419
 us

00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:36.599
 God

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:36.819
 to

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.319
 turn

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:37.500
 to

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.619
 you

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:37.799
 God

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:37.939
 I

00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:38.079
 pray

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.279
 for

00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:38.599
 each

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.719
 and

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:38.919
 every

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.119
 one

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.219
 of

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.339
 us

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.539
 God

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.839
 those

00:39:39.839 --> 00:39:39.939
 of

00:39:39.939 --> 00:39:40.019
 us

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.139
 that

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.259
 are

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.639
 fearful

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.859
 and

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.319
 afraid

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:42.379
 that

00:39:42.379 --> 00:39:42.719
 live

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:42.959
 with

00:39:42.959 --> 00:39:43.379
 a

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:43.879
 bound

00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:44.159
 or

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:44.619
 slave

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.839
 to

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.099
 fear

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.500
 God

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.839
 break

00:39:45.839 --> 00:39:46.019
 that

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.199
 fear

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.299
 in

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.419
 our

00:39:46.419 --> 00:39:46.759
 hearts

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.559
 help

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.679
 us

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:47.899
 live

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.459
 confident

00:39:48.459 --> 00:39:49.259
 that

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.500
 you

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:49.699
 the

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.039
 sovereign

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.379
 God

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:50.559
 are

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.859
 over

00:39:50.859 --> 00:39:51.079
 all

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.439
 things

00:39:51.439 --> 00:39:51.859
 before

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:52.219
 all

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.519
 things

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.139
 in

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.459
 control

00:39:53.459 --> 00:39:53.659
 of

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:53.839
 all

00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:54.119
 things

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.699
 in

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:54.819
 your

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.099
 great

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.319
 name

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.459
 we

00:39:55.459 --> 00:39:55.799
 pray

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:55.819
!

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.879
 Amen

00:39:56.879 --> 00:39:56.939
 Amen