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 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church.

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 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here.

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 And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats, but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good they don't need God's grace.

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 And no one so bad that they can't have it.

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 Which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 We're continuing this morning our series in the book of Judges.

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 And you'll remember that the book of Judges is about a number of things.

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 It's about the need for constant renewal and revival among God's people.

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 It's about the need for a true and faithful king.

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 A king who can do what no human can do, which is to change the hearts of men.

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 It's about the power of spirit-filled leadership.

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 And it's about God's grace to hard-hearted people.

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 People like you and me.

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 We're picking up this week in the middle of the story of the book of Jethwa.

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 I told you last week that this is one of the most challenging stories in all of Scripture to both understand and interpret.

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 And we began last week with Jethwa arising as this judge who was coming to rescue God's people from the Ammonites.

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 And everything was going great until the moment that he vowed a human sacrifice to earn somehow God's favor.

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 And so you'll remember we talked about the fact that 18 years of serving foreign gods can't be undone in one day.

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 The tragedy unfolds again this week as we see the conclusion.

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 And once again we are faced with the necessary, the essential reality for God's people to constantly be formed and transformed by his word.

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 And we're reminded of a tragedy that happens when we're not.

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 So with that I invite you to turn with me now to Judges chapter 11.

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 We're going to start at verse 34.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your Bible.

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 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word.

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 And God tells us that his word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold.

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 And it's sweeter than honey, even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb.

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 And so that's why we read now, starting at verse 34.

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 Then Jethwa came to his home at Mizpah.

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 And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances.

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 She was his only child.

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 Besides her, he had neither son nor daughter.

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 And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said,

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 Alas, my daughter, you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me.

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 For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.

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 And she said to him,

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 My father, you have opened your mouth to the Lord.

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 Do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth,

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 now that the Lord has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.

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 So she said to her father,

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 Let this thing be done for me.

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 Leave me alone two months,

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 that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity,

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 I and my companions.

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 Verse 38.

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 So he said, Go.

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 Then he sent her away for two months,

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 and she departed, she and her companions,

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 and wept for her virginity on the mountains.

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 And at the end of two months,

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 she returned to her father,

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 who did with her according to his vow that he had made.

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 She had never known a man,

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 and it became a custom in Israel

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 that the daughters of Israel went year by year

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 to lament the daughter of Jethpah the Gileadite

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 four days in the year.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we thank you again that you haven't abandoned us.

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 You haven't left us as orphans in a merciless universe,

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 but instead, you come as a good father.

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 You instruct us and guide us in your word.

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 And we ask that you would do that very thing this morning,

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 and that you would pour out your Holy Spirit here in this room on us

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 in a special way,

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 and that as we look at your word,

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 you would open our eyes,

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 that we would be able to understand it,

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 to see it, to believe it,

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 that you would use it to shape us,

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 to form us, to change us.

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 And most of all,

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 we ask that you would show us Jesus,

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 that we would see his beauty more and more,

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 and that that would cause us to change,

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 to look more like him.

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 And we ask all of these things in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 Now, last week,

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 we left off the story of Jephthah

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 with a little bit of a cliffhanger.

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 You'll remember in verses 30 and 31,

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 Jephthah made this shocking vow

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 that he was going to provide God with a human sacrifice,

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 a burnt offering,

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 if God would simply give him victory

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 against the Ammonites.

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 The tragedy, of course,

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 is that God's Spirit was already on Jephthah

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 when he made this promise,

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 and so it reminded us of this fundamental misunderstanding

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 that he had of God and his ways.

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 Now, as we return to the story,

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 the question that's looming is this,

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 who is going to greet Jephthah?

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 Remember, his vow was that

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 the person who came to greet him would be the sacrifice.

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 And so the tensions, in a sense,

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 could not be higher for us.

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 We're meant, as readers,

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 to be on the edge of our seats

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 as Jephthah returns home from his victory

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 against the Ammonites.

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 And we don't have to wait long

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 to find out what happens.

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 We're met with this dramatic irony,

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 this contrast between the stakes of the story

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 and the joy that we see from his daughter

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 as she comes out.

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 She's coming to greet him,

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 this is verse 34,

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 with tambourines and with dances.

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 And so she thinks there's this great moment of celebration,

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 but what she doesn't know

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 is what we of the readers are already tracking with.

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 She is going to be the one to be sacrificed.

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 As if that was not bad enough,

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 the narrator ratchets it up again for us.

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 It is not simply that it's Jephthah's daughter

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 who comes out to greet him,

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 but it is his only daughter.

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 We're told that not once,

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 but twice to drive it home.

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 She was his only child.

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 Besides her, he had neither son nor daughter.

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 We discussed last week the fact,

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 some commentators point out,

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 who would we expect to greet Jephthah

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 but the women of his house

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 who are coming to applaud him for his victory.

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 They're grateful he's returned, right?

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 And so Jephthah,

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 maybe he's hoping that this is going to be

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 some sort of servant.

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 Maybe he's hoping that the stakes are going to be low.

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 Instead, they're as bad as they could be.

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 And so I want us to pause for a moment

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 and not miss the tragedy that this is.

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 We were set up in verses 30 and 31

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 that something, someone was coming.

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 Someone from Jephthah's household

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 would be the sacrifice.

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 And in the gamble that he's made,

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 Jephthah could not lose more.

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 Now, as modern people,

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 we might immediately turn to sentimental reasons

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 that Jephthah's filled maybe with love for his daughter

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 and this sort of fatherly affection for her

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 and that's the great loss that's confronting him.

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 But we cannot overlook the greater issue

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 that's at play here for him,

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 which is this.

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 It's the issue of bloodline.

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 Why is it so tragic that it's not just his daughter,

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 but his only daughter?

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 Jephthah's future has just been erased.

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 Why is Jephthah so upset?

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 Well, we're told multiple times

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 that his daughter is going to grieve her virginity.

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 In other words, Jephthah will have no grandchildren.

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 Jephthah's line is going to stop with him.

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 Seeing that tragedy helps us understand

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 the way that he behaves in verse 35.

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 Of course, Jephthah tears his clothes.

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 What could be worse?

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 Why is it that Jephthah seems more upset for himself

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 than for his daughter?

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 He seems kind of selfish here.

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 Verse 35, he almost is blaming her, right?

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 You have brought me very low.

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 You have become the cause of great trouble to me.

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 Jephthah's more upset for himself than for his daughter

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 because his future is no more.

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 Remember the promise he was made last time.

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 Look, if you're victorious,

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 if you're able to conquer the Ammonites,

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 you're going to be the ruler of all of Gilead.

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 And all of that is for nothing.

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 What is it worth to be the ruler of Gilead

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 if there's not a next generation?

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 What is it worth to have power and influence and control

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 when there's no one to share it with?

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 What is it worth for him to have a great reversal

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 from the one who was cast out

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 because his mother was a prostitute

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 if there's no one to pass it down to?

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 And so there's this tragic irony in Jephthah's story.

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 We're reminded of the Old Testament principle

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 that the punishment does indeed fit the crime.

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 Jephthah is looking by this vow

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 to somehow convince God to help him

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 so that he can secure his future,

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 his reputation, and his power.

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 And that very future reputation and power

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 is what he has just lost.

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 None of it is worth anything

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 if his daughter is dead.

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 Amen.

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 The story continues in verses 36 and 37.

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 His daughter simply tells him,

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 look, you've vowed it,

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 so I guess you have to do it.

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 I just have one request.

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 Can I have two months?

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 Can you stay the execution for that long

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 so I can grieve with my friends?

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 Now Jephthah says yes,

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 and so she goes,

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 and we're told specifically

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 she is mourning her virginity,

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 which is a way of saying

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 that her dream that she might have had

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 of having a family

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 is never going to materialize.

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 Jephthah's grieving the end of his bloodline.

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 We could say that his daughter

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 is doing the same.

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 And then verse 39, it happens.

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 Jephthah told us,

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 he told God he was going

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 to have a burnt sacrifice.

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 We're told in these very simple words,

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 verse 39,

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 Jephthah did with her

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 according to his vow that he had made.

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 And so we're left as the reader

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 to sit in how bad things have become in Israel.

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 And in case we've missed the point,

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 we're told one more time,

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 verse 39,

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 she had never known a man.

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 In case we missed it,

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 Jephthah's line is over.

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 Everything that he fought for

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 and sacrificed for is for nothing.

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 And so as the readers,

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 Israel coming to this,

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 we're just left sitting here.

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 The narrator doesn't provide

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 any further explanation.

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 There's a real lack of detail

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 and suddenly we just move on

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 to the next part of the story.

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 There's this tragedy here

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 that meant to speak for itself.

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 The question we're left sitting with is this.

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 Why?

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 Why did it have to end this way?

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 Why is this the path

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 that the story took?

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 It seems senseless,

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 irrational,

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 unnecessary.

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 I mean, just basic things

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 from the Old Testament

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 should have stopped this.

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 We talked last week

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 about Deuteronomy chapter 12,

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 which says human sacrifice

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 is an abomination.

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 God hates it.

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 That's what the pagan nations do.

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 That's not what his people do.

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 Now you might come back and say,

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 well, God also hates

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 someone not keeping a vow.

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 But then we see Leviticus chapter five

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 provides a way out.

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 It says, hey, if you break a vow,

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 here's how you can make sacrifices

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 to atone for it.

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 In other words,

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 there's a clear path

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 out of this for Jethro.

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 He doesn't have to proceed

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 with the sacrifice.

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 There is a way for him to escape.

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 Breaking a vow is bad.

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 It's nowhere as bad

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 as sacrificing your daughter.

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 Jethro could easily have turned

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 a different way.

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 Why did he not?

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 The fundamental problem

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 is this.

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 Jethro did not know God's word.

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 Jethro was shaped

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 more by the nations

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 around him

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 and their gods

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 than by the true God.

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 And as big as a problem

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 as that might seem,

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 there's an even bigger problem.

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 No one around Jethro

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 knew God's word either.

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 His daughter's out mourning

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 for two months, right?

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 That's plenty of time

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 for counselors

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 and advisors

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 and priests

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 to come to Jethro

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 and say,

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 look,

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 you don't have to do this.

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 It doesn't have to end this way.

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 God hates this.

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 He's provided a way out.

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 And so the silence

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 is deafening.

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 This is how bad

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 things have gotten

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 in Israel.

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 This is how far away

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 God's people

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 have moved

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 from God's word.

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 It is possible

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 to return to God,

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 to truly want

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 to worship him

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 as Israel did.

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 Remember,

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 the end of chapter 10,

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 and yet

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 be so

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 fundamentally

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 ignorant

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 of his ways.

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 it's possible

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 to have a sincere

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 desire

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 to serve God

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 and yet

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 not know

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 the way

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 he calls us

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 to walk.

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 A friend of mine

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 who's a pastor

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 told me a story

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 of his

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 from a few years ago.

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 He was visiting

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 his brother

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 and his sister-in-law,

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 and his sister-in-law

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 had just become

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 a Christian,

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 and she was

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 so excited

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 about what she

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 was learning

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 about Jesus

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 and about her faith

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 that she was just

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 eager to share it

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 with her whole

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 community and her friends.

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 And since her

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 brother-in-law

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 was coming to visit

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 and he was a pastor,

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 she thought,

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 I'm going to ask him

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 for some advice.

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 How can I do better

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 at sharing the gospel?

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 Because it just,

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 it seems to be

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 so challenging.

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 And so my friend

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 asked her,

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 he said,

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 okay,

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 tell me about

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 some of the challenges

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 that you're facing.

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 And she said,

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 well,

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 it was just hard

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 to share the gospel

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 because it was so loud.

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 Because we had all

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 gone out together

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 to the strip club.

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 And so just the volume

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 was so high,

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 you know,

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 it was hard for me

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 to share.

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 And it was also hard

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 because it was late at night,

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 it was 2 a.m.,

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 and like I was trying

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 to formulate thoughts

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 to share with them,

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 but I was also

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 a little drunk,

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 you know?

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 And so it was hard

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 for me to kind of

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 speak clearly

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 and get the thoughts

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 out that I wanted.

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 So my friend's

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 sitting there,

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 right,

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 like,

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 what do I say?

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 Yeah,

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 I can see how

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 being at the strip club

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 and being drunk

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 would make it hard

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.899
 to share about Jesus.

00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:55.720
 On the one hand,

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 right,

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 he wants to come in.

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.339
 Wow,

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 there's this great zeal

00:17:59.439 --> 00:18:00.079
 for God

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 and his ways,

00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:00.699
 right?

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.279
 You're learning

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 about Jesus

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 and what he means

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 for you,

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 and you want

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 to share it

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.039
 with others.

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 Like,

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 I want to champion

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 that and praise that.

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 And on the other hand,

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 you have so much

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 to learn about sin,

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 about what God

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 calls us to,

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 the way of life

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 we're supposed

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 to walk in.

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 That there are parts

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 of the old life

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 that still have a hold.

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 Now,

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 you'll see this

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 on the back

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 of your worship guide

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 talking about Satan's

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.080
 devices in taking

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 out the believers.

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 It tells us this,

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 Satan knows

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 that a saint

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 without a knowledge

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 of the gospel

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 is as vulnerable

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 as an army

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 without ammunition.

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 Christian,

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 do you have

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 the ammunition

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 you need?

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 Are you shaped

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 by God's word?

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.319
 Are you shaped

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 by the world

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 outside?

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 Knowing God's word

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 is an element

00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.519
 of what we've been

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.160
 talking about

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.940
 as the theme

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.539
 of Judges,

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 this constant need

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:16.579
 for spiritual renewal

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.460
 and revival

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 among God's people.

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 Why is it

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 that we return

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:22.220
 every week

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.099
 to hear what God

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:24.079
 has to say to us

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.559
 in his word?

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 Why is it

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.740
 that we gather

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.700
 as small groups

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.700
 in Bible studies

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.700
 throughout the week?

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 It is this,

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 because it shows us

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 the path

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.960
 to life.

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 why do we

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 pay careful

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.579
 attention

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.299
 to what God

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.779
 has to say

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.200
 to us?

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 Because it protects

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:42.079
 us from great

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.900
 danger.

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 Why do we

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.259
 listen?

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 Because the

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.100
 philosophies

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:50.120
 and the values

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:51.180
 of this world

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.340
 are not

00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:53.079
 harmless.

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.799
 Learning from God

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.480
 and his word

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.279
 is not

00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.720
 some sort

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.740
 of theoretical

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.559
 exercise

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.359
 that we

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 do

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.619
 so we can

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.500
 be pleased

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.259
 with how much

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.099
 more we know.

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.680
 No,

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:09.440
 it is the way

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.740
 that we walk

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.639
 in life.

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.319
 It is the way

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.839
 that God

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:16.180
 protects us

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.720
 from horrific

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.500
 things

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.539
 that the world

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 says are normal.

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 It is the way

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.799
 we prevent

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 ourselves

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.660
 from drinking

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.539
 poison

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 and pouring

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 it out

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 on others.

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 The pagan

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 culture around

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.720
 him has

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 told Jethpah

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 that death

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.879
 and destruction

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:37.180
 are normal

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 and necessary.

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 Brothers

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 and sisters,

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 our culture

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 tells us

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.319
 the same

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 thing.

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 Our culture

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.599
 also tells us

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.480
 that death

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.159
 and destruction

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:54.099
 are normal

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.740
 and healthy

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.960
 and necessary.

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 we have

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.519
 not

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.899
 moved

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.519
 beyond

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 human

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.079
 sacrifice.

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.079
 Of course,

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.420
 it takes

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.059
 different forms

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.680
 in our world.

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.220
 It could be

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.139
 the human

00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:08.659
 sacrifice

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.759
 of abortion

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.960
 or euthanasia

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.779
 or assisted

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.460
 suicide.

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.639
 It is the

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.319
 mutilation

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.259
 and chemical

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.980
 castration

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.639
 of children

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.319
 that reminds

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.960
 us our

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.579
 culture

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.460
 is not

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.700
 that different.

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.579
 All

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.319
 those things

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.399
 to appease

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:25.079
 the gods

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.639
 of this

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.039
 world,

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.859
 the gods

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.519
 of convenience

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.359
 and ease

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.220
 and independence

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.399
 and autonomy.

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 In fact,

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.220
 if you look

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.200
 at paganism,

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:35.779
 it always

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:37.279
 requires

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.899
 human

00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.619
 sacrifice.

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:41.279
 The more

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.759
 pagan

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.539
 the culture,

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.680
 the less

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.500
 sacred

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.259
 life

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.180
 is.

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:50.400
 God's

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.580
 word

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:51.000
 protects

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.279
 us

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.500
 from

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.759
 many

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.000
 other

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.340
 lies

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:52.759
 as well.

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.820
 It protects

00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.180
 us from

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.620
 the lie

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:55.940
 that the

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.799
 good life

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.080
 is one

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:59.259
 of consumption

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.340
 and pleasure

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:01.039
 and peak

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.740
 experiences.

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.700
 It protects

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.580
 us from the lie

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.640
 that we are

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.279
 autonomous

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.180
 and independent

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.620
 and we can

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.740
 redefine ourselves

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.980
 in whatever way

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.460
 we want.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:12.759
 it protects

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.500
 us from the

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.039
 lie that

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.299
 whatever we

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.000
 want is

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.380
 always more

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 important than

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 the community.

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 It protects

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 us from the

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 lie that our

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 identity

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 and our

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 peace

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 comes from

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 how we use

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 our sexual

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 organs.

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 we have

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 to

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 constantly

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 push

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.759
 back

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 on the

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.160
 world around

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 us with

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 the truth

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:40.440
 of God's

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 word.

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 It's why we

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 read already

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 from Romans

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 chapter 12.

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 John read it

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 for us.

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 This is on

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 page 2

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.240
 of your

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.019
 worship guide.

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 Do not

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:51.320
 be conformed

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.700
 to this

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.220
 world but

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 be transformed

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 by the

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.600
 renewal

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.700
 of

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.420
 your

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 mind.

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 we are

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 constantly

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 being told

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 by the

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 culture and

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 the world

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 around us

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 what is

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 good and

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 bad,

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 what is

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 true and

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 right,

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 what is

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 healthy and

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 unhealthy.

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 And so we

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 have to

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 stand

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 constantly

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 with the

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 truth of

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.700
 God's

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.340
 word.

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 You'll see

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.580
 this on

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 page 7

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 of your

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.940
 worship guide

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.500
 from C.S.

00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:27.779
 Lewis.

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 Good

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 philosophy

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 must exist

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 if for

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 no other

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 reason because

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:34.200
 bad philosophy

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.940
 needs to be

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.320
 answered.

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.340
 And if you

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:39.860
 live in this

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.380
 world, you

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.500
 know bad

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.100
 philosophy

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.840
 constantly

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:44.220
 needs to

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.720
 be answered.

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 That's why we

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 talk about here

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 at Shine

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 Mountain the

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 importance of

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.940
 robust

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:52.160
 discipleship.

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.880
 We want

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.640
 that to be a

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.820
 key focus for

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.380
 us as a

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.580
 church.

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 how else

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 are we

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.500
 going to be

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.319
 transformed

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.159
 by the

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:01.059
 renewing of

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.500
 our minds?

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.419
 How else

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.039
 are we going

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.779
 to walk in

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.559
 the path of

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.839
 life?

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.779
 How else

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.740
 are we going

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.599
 to know

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.839
 what is

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.480
 good and

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.519
 true and

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 right?

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.439
 In John

00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:16.159
 chapter 10,

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.379
 Jesus tells us

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.899
 two things.

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 He tells us

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 he's the

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.299
 good shepherd

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 and he also

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.659
 tells us he's

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.199
 the door.

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 In other

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.039
 words, he's

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.940
 the one who

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.860
 protects and

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.620
 guides his

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 sheep.

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 He's the one

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.059
 who keeps

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.120
 them far away

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.920
 from danger

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 and tells them

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 where good

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.340
 things are.

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 In fact, he

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.880
 says this in

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.360
 verse 10,

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.620
 the thief comes

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.880
 only to steal

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.279
 and kill and

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.779
 destroy.

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 I came that

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 they may have

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:43.120
 life and have

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 it abundantly.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.180
 What do we

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.740
 see in the

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.240
 story of

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.900
 Jethpah if

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.880
 not the enemy

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.160
 coming to

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.200
 steal and

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.279
 kill and

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.779
 destroy?

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.640
 How is it

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:56.380
 that we have

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.200
 life and

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.680
 have it

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.420
 abundantly?

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.000
 We find it

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.240
 in God's

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.900
 word.

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.920
 And of course,

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.680
 ultimately, we

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.440
 find it in our

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.039
 Lord Jesus.

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.960
 He's the one

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.319
 who says,

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.180
 I am the

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.480
 shepherd.

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.180
 I am the

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.759
 good door.

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.180
 1 Corinthians

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.880
 chapter 1

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.759
 tells us that

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.480
 Jesus is the

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.580
 wisdom of

00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:15.840
 God.

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.080
 God in

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.840
 his word

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.860
 teaches us

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.099
 everything we

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.799
 need to

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.799
 know to

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.379
 have life.

00:25:25.979 --> 00:25:26.959
 He protects

00:25:26.959 --> 00:25:28.179
 us from

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:29.919
 great danger.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.659
 Christian, he

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.359
 protects you

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:36.019
 from great

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.399
 danger.

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:39.059
 Will you be

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.939
 transformed by

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:42.179
 the renewing of

00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.639
 your mind?

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:47.880
 God in

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.320
 his book,

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.280
 All the

00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:49.800
 Light We

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.660
 Cannot See.

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.880
 Anthony

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.600
 Doerr, the

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.400
 author, won

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.120
 the Pulitzer

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.720
 Prize in

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.680
 2015.

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.300
 And in this

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.700
 book, he

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.240
 tells the

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.880
 story of

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.580
 two children

00:25:59.580 --> 00:26:01.200
 living during

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.680
 the same

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.560
 years leading

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.180
 up to and

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.780
 during World

00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.240
 War II.

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.660
 One of the

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.200
 children is

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.259
 this young

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.560
 girl.

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.380
 His name is

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.020
 Mari Lohr.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.879
 Marilor and

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.559
 her father.

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.740
 She lives in

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.500
 Paris and her

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.940
 father is a

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.460
 single parent.

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.599
 He has many

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.420
 challenges as

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.240
 many parents do.

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.639
 He has a

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.559
 particular challenge

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.059
 though which is

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.000
 that Mari Lohr is

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.539
 blind because of

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.059
 cataracts.

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.960
 Now her father

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.519
 wants her to

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.599
 know how to get

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.660
 around the city of

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.460
 Paris and how to

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.420
 navigate the world

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.700
 but of course that's

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.480
 challenging right

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.240
 because his daughter

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.299
 cannot see.

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.879
 He loves his

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.559
 daughter though and

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.079
 so he wants to

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.539
 figure out a

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.920
 solution.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.279
 How can I give

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.740
 her the tools

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.660
 that she needs

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.960
 to survive despite

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.920
 this challenge that

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.360
 she has?

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.860
 And so he comes up

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.560
 with the solution.

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.820
 He builds this

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.840
 small detailed

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:49.000
 model of the

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.980
 streets of Paris

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.500
 around their

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.820
 homes.

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.680
 And he tells his

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.100
 daughter you need

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.880
 to run your

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.980
 hands along the

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.860
 models of the

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.940
 street so that

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:58.700
 you can learn how

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.660
 to find your way

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.420
 around in our

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.759
 neighborhood.

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.940
 And so for

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.920
 months Mari Lohr

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.560
 is running her

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.620
 hands along the

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.620
 model that her

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.459
 father's built

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:07.199
 trying to learn

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:08.459
 every curve and

00:27:08.459 --> 00:27:10.719
 corner of the

00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:11.419
 streets around

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:11.659
 them.

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.459
 Her father takes

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:13.879
 her out to

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.500
 practice.

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.500
 He'll move her

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.039
 around and then

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.659
 try to help her

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.679
 get back to their

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.619
 house so she knows

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.219
 how to return.

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.699
 At first she has

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.659
 little success but

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.379
 as they practice

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:25.079
 more and more she

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.039
 is able to

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.500
 navigate her way

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.879
 around the city

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.039
 of Paris.

00:27:33.979 --> 00:27:34.719
 Brothers and

00:27:34.719 --> 00:27:35.039
 sisters,

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:37.039
 our heavenly

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.359
 father has given

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:40.479
 us a model for

00:27:40.479 --> 00:27:41.899
 how the world

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.579
 works.

00:27:43.719 --> 00:27:45.939
 He means for us

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:47.139
 to run our

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:49.199
 hands over and

00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:52.319
 over again so

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:54.259
 that we can find

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:56.039
 our way home.

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.619
 Let's pray.

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:02.219
 Our father in

00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:03.199
 heaven we do

00:28:03.199 --> 00:28:03.899
 thank you and

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.500
 praise you that

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.079
 you give us

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.640
 life in your

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:05.920
 word.

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.079
 We ask that

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.299
 you would

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.900
 grow our

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.319
 love and

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.819
 our knowledge

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.500
 of it not

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.339
 for the sake

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.839
 of intellectual

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.980
 exercises or

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:15.500
 pride but that

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.119
 we could be

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.839
 protected from

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.180
 great evil and

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.500
 that we could

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.500
 follow you in

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.119
 great life.

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.240
 We thank you

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.859
 that this life

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.539
 doesn't come

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.099
 through anything

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.640
 we've done,

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.240
 anything we've

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.599
 earned or

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.880
 deserved, but

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.759
 instead it comes

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.079
 through our

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.559
 Lord Jesus.

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.759
 So we ask

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.500
 these things in

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.980
 his name.

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.679
 Amen.