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 Think about it as the Faith Hall of Fame.

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 You know, it talks about by faith, by faith, by faith.

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 And it was not just extraordinary people,

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 but it was by faith of ordinary people that made a difference.

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 And we see here in the book of Hebrews in chapter 11,

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 that shone forth with many people.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 the ones listed here in Hebrews chapter 11

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 weren't superheroes.

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 You know, they weren't above everybody else.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 they were ordinary people.

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 They were able to accomplish extraordinary things,

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 not of themselves, but because of faith in God.

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 Trusting the Lord.

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 You know, and it ought to encourage us

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 as we think about this idea of by faith.

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 And this morning, we're going to look at Moses.

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 Moses, you know, and Moses is looked upon

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 as probably one of the greatest prophets

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 in the Old Testament.

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 You know, Moses, God used him mightily

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 for many things that seem unconceivable to us.

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 I mean, we couldn't even understand

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 some of the things that took place in Moses' life.

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 I don't know about you, but I couldn't imagine,

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 you know, even having your walking stick

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 turn into a snake.

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 I mean, it's like some of you,

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 that'd just creep you out, you know?

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 It's like, if it turned into a snake,

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 you'd never pick it up, you know?

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 But you see him cross the Red Sea.

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 You see prayer up on the mountain with the Lord.

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 I mean, Moses had an amazing life

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 when you talk about by faith.

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 But, you know, we can ask ourselves a question.

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 Why was God able to use Moses so effectively?

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 You know, that's a question we ought to ask.

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 Why was God able to use Moses

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 in all those things?

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 And I want you to pay attention here

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 as we read this morning.

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 We're going to look at Hebrews chapter 11.

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 We're going to start in verse 23.

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 But as you stand together,

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 if you found that passage of Scripture

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 here this morning,

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 we're going to look here,

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 but listen for that dynamic

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 and that connection of faith.

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 Faith, it's important.

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 Look here at verse 23.

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 It says this,

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 By faith, Moses, when he was born,

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 was hid three months of his parents

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 because they saw he was a proper child

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 and they were not afraid

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 of the king's commandment.

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 By faith, Moses, when he was come to years,

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 refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

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 choosing rather to suffer affliction

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 with the people of God

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 than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,

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 esteeming the reproach of Christ's greater riches

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 than the treasures in Egypt,

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 for he had respect under the recompense of reward.

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 By faith, he forsook Egypt,

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 not fearing the wrath of the king,

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 for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

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 Through faith, he kept the Passover

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 and the sprinkling of blood,

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 lest he that destroyed the firstborn

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 should touch them.

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 By faith, they passed through the Red Sea

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 as upon dry land,

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 which the Egyptians are saying to do were drowned.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we come before you this morning,

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 Lord, as we take a few moments here

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 to look at the life of Moses

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 and not just all the things,

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 but specifically how faith and trust in you

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 and trust in what your promises have given to us, Lord,

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 that makes a difference.

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 Lord, just as they made a difference in Moses' life,

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 Lord, this is a lesson for us today.

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 Lord, as we answer these questions,

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 even in our own life, Lord,

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 maybe there's been,

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 we've wavered or, Lord,

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 we just don't understand what it is

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 to truly live by faith.

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 Lord, I pray you might be encouraged today

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 to see and look and examine ourselves

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 in this area of faith, Lord,

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 as we see Moses choose you over Egypt.

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 And Lord, I pray that you just encourage

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 and strengthen here in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 May be seated.

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 You know, have you ever thought about that?

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 Why was God able to use Moses

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 in such a significant way?

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 You know, I think as we look here at this passage,

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 there's four basic questions

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 that get answered for us.

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 There's four very basic questions of life

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 that need to be answered by every individual,

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 not only for yourself,

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 because, you know,

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 sometimes the world promotes self.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 you need to understand who you are before God.

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 Because that answer to that question,

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 that idea of who am I?

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 You know, people search today

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 to answer that question.

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 Who am I?

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 What are my choices?

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 You know, sometimes people get the idea,

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 well, I'm just locked into this.

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 There's nothing I can do to change it.

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 I want you to understand,

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 God tells us that you have a choice.

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 You have a choice in life

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 of what you're going to do.

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 What are my choices?

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 And third, what is important?

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 You know, we all have a priority

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 or hierarchy of importance in our life.

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 What things take priority?

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 What things supersede everything else?

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 You know?

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 Because if something takes priority,

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 you know what it does?

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 It does exactly that.

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 It pushes something else out.

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 You know, there's probably a lot of people

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 just waking up this morning

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 that pushed a lot of sleep out

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 to watch an event last night.

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 We won't make mention of it.

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 Maybe it would be a depressive thing.

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 It's not a depressive message.

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 Because there's hope in God.

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 Far beyond those things.

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 But fourth, what are my goals?

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 What direction am I going in life?

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 And these questions are dealt with

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 because Moses had to choose

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 between God and Egypt.

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 God and Egypt.

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 You know, Egypt in the scripture

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 is often a picture of sin

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 and the old life.

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 You know, today we have the same dynamic.

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 You have to choose between God

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 and the life this world desires

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 and pushes you towards.

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 You have a decision to make

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 of what you're going to do.

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 You know, Egypt is anything

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 that offers you the world without God.

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 You know, Moses had the world by the tail.

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 I mean, you think about where Moses was.

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 He had the world.

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 Royalty in the richest kingdom

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 in the world at the time.

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 You know, I don't know about you,

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 but by worldly standards,

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 he had everything.

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 He had everything

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 somebody would desire to have.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 he had to settle a few things in this.

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 You know, we're going to look here

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 this morning because I think

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 the first thing that Moses had to settle

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 was his identity in God.

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 He said, I have to be his.

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 You know, I think that's important

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 to understand.

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 Whose are you?

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 Who do you belong?

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 Who am I?

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 Am I his?

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 Now the question is,

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 do you live like it?

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 You know, I want you to understand

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 identity is a struggle

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 for a lot of people today,

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 but I want you to understand

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 God already settled it.

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 God already settled who you are.

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 You know, the world says,

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 look inside and discover yourself.

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 And the Bible tells us

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 that you are not your own,

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 that you are bought with a price.

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 You know, what a difference we find

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 in the world between that and God.

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 God made you for his purpose

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 and his plan.

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 And Moses had to deal with this

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 in the first part of his life.

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 You know, I want you to understand

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 as you read through this four

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 or five quick verses here,

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 we think that, hey,

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 this is just a short thing.

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 I want you to understand

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 this, what he's talking about here

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 was over 80 years of Moses' life.

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 It was not quick.

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 It was not fast.

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 But it was a walk

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 and a direction that he chose.

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 He said, I'm going to have

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 an identity in Christ.

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 Notice how he had

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 an identity crisis.

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 Notice what he said here

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 in verse 24.

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 It says, by faith,

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 Moses, when he was come to years,

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 refused to be called

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 the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

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 You know what?

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 He had a choice to make.

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 Am I going to be identified

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 with Pharaoh's daughter

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 or am I going to be identified

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 with the people of God?

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 He had a decision to make.

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 A big decision

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 because notice that next verse

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 in verse 25.

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 He says that's choosing rather.

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 Rather.

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 You know?

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 Choosing rather.

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 I want you to understand

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 he had to settle

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 who he is.

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 Was he going to be an Egyptian

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 or was he going to be

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 a Hebrew,

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 God's people?

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 He had to make a decision.

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 Today we have

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 that same decision.

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 Are you going to be

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 a person of the devil

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 and of this world

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 or are you going to be

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 a person that says,

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 I want to be identified

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 with God?

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 That's a distinction

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 that's a clear

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 as can be.

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 Because you're either one

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 or the other.

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 You know?

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 We find here,

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 if you remember,

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 that in Egypt,

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 the baby Hebrew boys

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 were condemned to die.

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 So Moses' mother

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 puts him in

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 a little basket

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 with pitch on it

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 and sends him out

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 and Pharaoh's daughter

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 finds him and says,

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 oh, I'm going to have compassion.

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 And you know what?

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 She knew he was

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 a Hebrew child.

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 But she takes him in.

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 She raises him up.

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 Gives him the best education.

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 The best training.

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 The best of everything

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 that was available.

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 I mean,

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 I imagine that

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 when Moses said no

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 to being identified

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 with Pharaoh's daughter,

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 you know what?

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 He probably gave up servants

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 and all sorts of things

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 in life

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 when he made the choice.

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 All the creature comforts

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 of life,

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 he gave up.

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 But we find here

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 that it was impact

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 of his parents in this

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 because verse 23 says,

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 by faith Moses,

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 when he was born,

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 was hid three months

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 of his parents

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 because they saw

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 he was a proper child

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 and they were not afraid

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 of the king's commandment.

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 You know,

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 when you have faith in God,

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 God has a way

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 of working things out.

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 Moses was supposed

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 to be dead.

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 Moses' parents

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 had faith

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 and you know what?

00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:10.559
 God made a way

00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:11.759
 for Moses' mom

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 to raise Moses early on.

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 When she turned him

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 over to the Lord,

00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:18.079
 she had no idea

00:11:18.079 --> 00:11:18.839
 what was going to happen.

00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:21.439
 She didn't have any idea

00:11:21.439 --> 00:11:22.319
 how God was going

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 to work it out.

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 That's faith.

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 Faith is not knowing

00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.059
 the answer beforehand,

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 but trusting,

00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:30.659
 knowing what I ought to do

00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:32.079
 and leave the results

00:11:32.079 --> 00:11:32.779
 to God.

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 Faith is trusting God.

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 So Moses here

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 was taught by his mom

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 at a young age

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 about the things of God

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 and he was taught

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 as a teenager

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 about the things of Egypt.

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 And he had a problem

00:11:49.699 --> 00:11:53.039
 because Moses had to decide,

00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:53.919
 he had to decide

00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:54.699
 in his life,

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 who am I?

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 A choice that will impact

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 the rest of your life.

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 A choice that makes

00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.039
 a difference

00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:05.399
 in everything

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 that you ought to do

00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:08.100
 in this life.

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 Because think about it,

00:12:09.699 --> 00:12:10.259
 if he said,

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 I'm an Egyptian

00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:13.339
 and faked a heritage

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 or connection there,

00:12:15.079 --> 00:12:15.959
 he would live

00:12:15.959 --> 00:12:17.259
 a life of ease.

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 He would have

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 an outstanding career.

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 He'd be raised

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 as a royalty

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 in Pharaoh's house.

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 He would have fame

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 and fortune.

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 But if he said,

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 I'm a Hebrew,

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 he's going to lose everything.

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 You know,

00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.580
 think about the faith

00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:33.800
 of Moses to say,

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 what I can have in God

00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:37.340
 is greater than

00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.580
 what Egypt has to offer.

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 Egypt is enticing.

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 You think about the gold

00:12:43.180 --> 00:12:43.900
 and the silver

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 and the servants

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 and the position

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 and everybody respected.

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 I imagine when Moses

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 walked down the street,

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 it's like the Red Sea

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 parted for him.

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 I mean,

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 that's the kind of authority

00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.480
 he had.

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 People would just

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 get out of his way.

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 But Moses had

00:12:57.300 --> 00:12:58.300
 an identity crisis

00:12:58.300 --> 00:13:01.100
 he had to make.

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 Because notice,

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 I want you to see here,

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 it says,

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 when he was come of years

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 in verse 24,

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 notice that word there,

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 refused.

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 That means to reject,

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 to deny,

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 or totally disown.

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 He refused

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 that dynamic

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 of being called

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 the son

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 a Pharaoh's daughter.

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 He refused.

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 He cut it off.

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 Instead,

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 he wanted to go

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 with what God had

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 for him to do.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand

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 there's something

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 amazingly freeing

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 about knowing

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 that you're in

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 the Lord's hands.

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 Because the cares

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 and the things

00:13:42.719 --> 00:13:43.620
 of this life

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 can slide by

00:13:45.459 --> 00:13:46.179
 that it's not

00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:47.240
 that you're unaffected

00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:47.659
 by them,

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 but the fact

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 that they don't affect you

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 like they do

00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.379
 everybody else.

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 Things aren't there.

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 You know,

00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.220
 we understand

00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:55.700
 that picture clearly

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 as we look

00:13:56.439 --> 00:13:57.820
 at Moses' life.

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 He made a decision.

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 He refused.

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 He cut himself off

00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:02.939
 from being

00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:04.080
 an Egyptian leader

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 and instead

00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:06.500
 he chose

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 to live

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 in truth.

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 He had a choice

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 to do.

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 Am I going to lie

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 or am I going

00:14:11.439 --> 00:14:12.299
 to tell the truth?

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 You know,

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.559
 our identity

00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.240
 in Christ,

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.720
 we have to have

00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.419
 the same question.

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 You know,

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 I believe today

00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:19.720
 you have a lot

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 of Christians

00:14:20.300 --> 00:14:20.879
 because you can

00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.480
 be a believer

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.080
 and want to live

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 in Egypt.

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 That you want

00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.200
 to live in the world

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 the same way

00:14:27.180 --> 00:14:27.820
 you have people

00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.519
 who want to play

00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:29.139
 religious

00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:31.800
 and are lying

00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:32.440
 to themselves

00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:33.360
 and lying to God

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 because they think

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.480
 they're going to

00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.100
 get to heaven

00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.759
 because of what

00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.220
 they are.

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.519
 You know,

00:14:38.540 --> 00:14:38.920
 the only way

00:14:38.920 --> 00:14:39.320
 to heaven

00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:39.639
 is through

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.460
 Jesus Christ

00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:41.440
 and what He is.

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 Who He is,

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 not who we are.

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 But notice

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.620
 that freeing element.

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 You know,

00:14:49.699 --> 00:14:51.199
 think about David

00:14:51.199 --> 00:14:53.439
 as he was praising God.

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.419
 He says this,

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 I will praise thee

00:14:55.459 --> 00:14:56.419
 for I am fearfully

00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:57.919
 and wonderfully made.

00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:59.339
 God didn't make

00:14:59.339 --> 00:14:59.959
 a mistake

00:14:59.959 --> 00:15:00.899
 when He made you.

00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:03.600
 God made you

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.439
 for a purpose.

00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.179
 You know,

00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:06.720
 oftentimes we lose sight

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.659
 because of lack

00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.279
 of identity

00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:09.299
 that we can belong

00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:09.899
 to God.

00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.799
 At the moment

00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.500
 of salvation,

00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:12.100
 the Bible says

00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:13.240
 you become a child

00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.839
 of God.

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.620
 You've been adopted

00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.620
 into His family.

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.439
 You've been placed

00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:19.699
 from one family

00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:20.319
 to another.

00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:22.639
 The day you choose

00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.699
 to call upon Him

00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.459
 to save you,

00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.799
 it changes everything.

00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:28.799
 As we'll look and see,

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.500
 it's not something

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.579
 you're born into,

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.740
 but something

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:33.799
 you choose to do.

00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.740
 I want you to know here,

00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.720
 Moses could have

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:38.199
 pretended all his life

00:15:38.199 --> 00:15:39.079
 and lived comfortably

00:15:39.079 --> 00:15:39.799
 in Egypt,

00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:42.720
 but he would have missed

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.639
 what God

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.000
 made Him for.

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.279
 You know,

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.360
 I think we miss

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.980
 things God has for us,

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.779
 His blessings,

00:15:50.299 --> 00:15:51.279
 His fulfillment

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.840
 of many wonderful things

00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:54.279
 when we still want

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.199
 to live in Egypt

00:15:55.199 --> 00:15:56.259
 instead of live

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.120
 for Him,

00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.860
 to be identified

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.699
 with Him.

00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:01.379
 We need to be His.

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.679
 The second key

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.980
 is choosing God

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.199
 over Egypt

00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:05.699
 as this,

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.919
 is to be responsible.

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:07.879
 You know,

00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:08.639
 to be responsible.

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.639
 Accept responsibility

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.039
 responsibility

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:12.399
 for your own life.

00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:14.480
 You know,

00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.759
 Moses accepted

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.639
 responsibility

00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.879
 for who He is.

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:19.980
 Today,

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.080
 we live in a generation

00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:21.699
 that want to make

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.659
 excuses for everything.

00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:25.600
 But when you understand

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:27.460
 that you are responsible,

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.500
 you know,

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.659
 we love to blame

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.480
 somebody else

00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.340
 for the situation

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.240
 of our life.

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:34.120
 It's because of my parents

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:35.519
 or it's because of something

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.620
 that happened to me.

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.159
 Now,

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.159
 those things can have

00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.819
 a big impact.

00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:40.180
 I'm not downplaying that,

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.640
 but I'm saying

00:16:40.640 --> 00:16:41.660
 those things

00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:43.140
 don't identify you.

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.379
 They don't make you

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.200
 who you are.

00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:46.560
 You don't have to be

00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:47.440
 anchored to them

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.840
 and make excuses.

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.960
 I can't because.

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.600
 I want you to know

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:54.660
 that you need

00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:56.260
 to accept responsibility.

00:16:57.020 --> 00:16:57.360
 Oftentimes,

00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.020
 we say,

00:16:58.160 --> 00:16:58.220
 well,

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.260
 it's not my fault.

00:17:01.280 --> 00:17:02.040
 But you know what?

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.480
 Notice here,

00:17:02.540 --> 00:17:02.740
 it says,

00:17:02.880 --> 00:17:04.180
 Moses chose.

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:06.860
 He chose.

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:06.979
 Moses.

00:17:08.179 --> 00:17:09.859
 You're not predestined

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:11.219
 to live in Egypt.

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.139
 The only thing

00:17:14.139 --> 00:17:15.299
 you're predestined to

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.879
 is to be with God

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:18.299
 after you call upon

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.000
 Him as Savior.

00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.079
 Predestination

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:22.219
 is our security

00:17:22.219 --> 00:17:23.219
 that says,

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:23.579
 if you,

00:17:23.699 --> 00:17:24.399
 whosoever shall call

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.359
 upon the name of the Lord

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:27.059
 shall be saved.

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.399
 He's going to fulfill it.

00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.319
 He's going to be

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.179
 the one to do it.

00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:31.479
 It's not up to us

00:17:31.479 --> 00:17:32.019
 any longer.

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.659
 He says,

00:17:32.699 --> 00:17:33.939
 I'm going to secure you.

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:36.420
 You know,

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.500
 when we think about this,

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.279
 He chose,

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:40.320
 but He also refused.

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.660
 There's a negative

00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.380
 and a positive.

00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:44.920
 He said He's refusing.

00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:46.279
 That's a negative.

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.360
 And in verse,

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:49.000
 and then we find,

00:17:49.320 --> 00:17:50.940
 it's marked by a positive,

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:51.840
 choosing.

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 The word literally means

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 to select or to decide.

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.460
 Here's the principle

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.380
 to apply.

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.539
 The negative

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:03.680
 is followed by the positive.

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.480
 God never just says,

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.299
 don't do this,

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:07.000
 don't do that,

00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:08.420
 don't drink or cuss or chew

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.039
 or run around

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.060
 with girls that do.

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.660
 Yeah,

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.160
 that used to be

00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.700
 an old saying.

00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:13.220
 If your girlfriend chews,

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 that's something

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.440
 in another discussion.

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 You haven't been

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.160
 to West Virginia.

00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:17.320
 We have some here

00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:18.120
 that probably says amen.

00:18:18.600 --> 00:18:19.360
 And I'm not saying

00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:20.100
 your girlfriend chews.

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.080
 We'll just get that

00:18:21.080 --> 00:18:21.740
 out of the way now

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.240
 so nobody misinterprets anything.

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.279
 I'm not making

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.100
 any accusations.

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.560
 But the principle

00:18:26.560 --> 00:18:27.100
 is this,

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 if you're going to take

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.980
 something out of your life,

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.840
 you need to put something

00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:30.680
 into your life.

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:33.620
 He didn't just refuse

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 to be identified.

00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:36.779
 He chose to identify

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.840
 with God's people.

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.680
 He chose to identify

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 with God.

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.420
 In other words,

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.799
 he says,

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 I'm going to replace

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 those things of Egypt

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 with the things of God.

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:46.820
 You see,

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:48.060
 refusing and then

00:18:48.060 --> 00:18:49.539
 seeing the choosing

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.759
 makes a difference

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 because believing

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.820
 in God,

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.019
 believing in Christ,

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:56.140
 is not a negative

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 religion.

00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:58.199
 Christianity isn't

00:18:58.199 --> 00:18:59.279
 about the don'ts.

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 It's about what

00:19:00.139 --> 00:19:01.319
 God wants you to do.

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.759
 We get hung up

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.679
 on the don'ts.

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:09.199
 That's what you're leaving,

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.319
 the lying,

00:19:10.479 --> 00:19:11.059
 the stealing,

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:14.500
 the adulterous thoughts.

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 That's the leaving

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 and we're coming over here

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 to the blessings

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 and the fulfillment

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 and the enjoyment

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 and the peace

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 and the love

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 that God offers.

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 You're choosing

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 something different.

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 You know,

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 think about this.

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 Ephesians talks about,

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 Colossians talks about

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 putting off the old

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 and putting on

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 the new.

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 That principle

00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:43.740
 plays out here

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 with Moses.

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 He said,

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 I'm putting off Egypt

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 and I'm choosing

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 to walk with God.

00:19:50.459 --> 00:19:51.339
 I'm choosing

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 to do what God

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 would have.

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 I'm going to be

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 responsible for it.

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 But when Moses grew up,

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 it says he had to choose

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 God and his people.

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 And he made that choice.

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 I want you to see here,

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 it wasn't an intellectual choice.

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.339
 Well,

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.419
 let me sit down

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.019
 and write out

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 the positives for both.

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 Then let's write out

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 the negatives for both.

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 You know,

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.559
 when Moses chose

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.500
 to follow God,

00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:18.559
 he knew there was going

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 to be some negatives

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.340
 in this life.

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.000
 You know,

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:23.039
 if you follow God,

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.640
 some people aren't

00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.200
 going to like you.

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.080
 You know,

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.220
 that's a reality.

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.080
 Let me give you

00:20:29.080 --> 00:20:29.519
 a little clue.

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 If you follow Jesus,

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 you're going to be

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 with somebody

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.140
 who other people

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.820
 didn't like too.

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.259
 There's a lot of people

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.000
 that didn't like Jesus.

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.740
 You don't get crucified

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.980
 because everybody loves you.

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 They hated him.

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.360
 Jesus tells his disciples

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 that the world's

00:20:45.479 --> 00:20:46.199
 going to hate you

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:47.299
 if you follow him,

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:48.419
 but you have something

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:50.039
 so much more to gain.

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.599
 It was by faith.

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 And it starts

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.819
 when you put their faith

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.399
 in Christ

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.119
 and surrender

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.779
 your life to him

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.079
 because you can't

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.219
 have it both ways.

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.139
 You'll either please God

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.379
 or you'll please yourself.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.039
 Notice when he made a choice,

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 it says,

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.500
 when he was come of years.

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 You know,

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:07.299
 I want you to understand

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.379
 that there comes a time

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:09.059
 in your life

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.599
 where you have to make

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.079
 a decision.

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 Who am I

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.240
 and what am I

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 responsible for?

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:13.960
 You know,

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.599
 one of the problems

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.399
 is today everybody

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.200
 wants to put off

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.799
 responsibility.

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:17.759
 You know,

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:19.419
 I've seen this

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.539
 generational shift

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.819
 in my lifetime

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:24.200
 from an 18,

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.240
 19 year old

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.700
 expected to take

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.740
 full responsibility

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.859
 for their life.

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.599
 Oh no,

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.279
 you can wait

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.179
 until you're 30.

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 No,

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.879
 you can wait

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.759
 until you're 40.

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.179
 You know,

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.559
 now we got 60 year old

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.740
 children running around.

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.599
 Why?

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.640
 Because they never

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:43.359
 took responsibility.

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.579
 Moses,

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.960
 when he was come of years,

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.779
 in other words,

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.359
 when he came

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.200
 to an understanding,

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 I imagine

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:52.120
 that Moses

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:53.200
 started struggling

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.980
 with this

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.819
 when he was

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.839
 in his late teens,

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.579
 identifying,

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.420
 who am I?

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.000
 You know,

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.299
 that's when most teenagers,

00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.700
 you know,

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.279
 teenagers,

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:02.299
 years and early 20s,

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.339
 people struggle with that.

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.920
 Who am I?

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.839
 What am I going to do?

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.319
 What direction of life

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.180
 am I going to take?

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.640
 You know,

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.579
 what am I going to have

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.160
 for a job?

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.880
 Where am I going to do?

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.820
 Where am I going to live?

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.580
 What all this stuff?

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:11.940
 I mean,

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.080
 you have all these decisions

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:13.880
 to be made.

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.300
 And when he came of years,

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.779
 in other words,

00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:16.720
 when he came to the point

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.240
 with himself

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.019
 to understand,

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.420
 I have to take responsibility

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.500
 for myself.

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.740
 I have to take responsibility.

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.920
 He made an act

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.920
 of responsibility

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.700
 in his life

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:32.400
 because you can't blame

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.380
 somebody else.

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:33.980
 You know,

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.300
 it's not my fault.

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.500
 You know,

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:37.180
 people blame the environment.

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.720
 You know what?

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.900
 Adam and Eve sinned

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.579
 and they were

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.720
 in the perfect environment.

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.400
 You know,

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.000
 Cain killed Abel

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.680
 and they were

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.759
 the only two around.

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:48.039
 They had the whole world

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.019
 to separate from.

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:51.019
 Environment doesn't dictate

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.839
 who you are.

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.779
 Not when you take responsibility.

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:55.860
 You know,

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.039
 you can't live off

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.920
 somebody else's

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.920
 spiritual commitment

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.740
 because you can't blame

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.559
 somebody else

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.279
 for the direction

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.120
 in your life,

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.920
 physically

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:05.340
 or spiritually.

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.620
 Especially spiritually.

00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:08.920
 You know,

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.380
 people try to play off

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.920
 all the time.

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.340
 You'll go out

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:12.000
 and talk to people.

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.560
 It's amazing.

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.140
 Well,

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.980
 my grandpa

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.519
 was a Baptist preacher.

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.240
 And it's like,

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.700
 well,

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.420
 what hell of beans

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.060
 does that make?

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.019
 That and a full tank of gas,

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.779
 you'll get out of Lincoln.

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.940
 People say,

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.140
 well,

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.460
 my parents were Christians.

00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:28.060
 You know what?

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.799
 You can live

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.419
 under the most godly parents

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:33.200
 and still be a dead

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.740
 and dying sinner.

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.319
 It has to make a decision

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:38.099
 about who you are

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.940
 before God.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:39.899
 You know,

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.460
 one of the things

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.960
 of understanding

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.019
 who you are before God

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.759
 is understanding

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.559
 where you are

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.419
 and what you are

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.700
 because most people

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.240
 are caught up

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.099
 in their own goodness.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.359
 But being caught

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.000
 in your own goodness

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.460
 isn't taking responsibility.

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.940
 Realizing that you have fallen,

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:57.079
 that you have sinned,

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.480
 that you have come short

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.699
 of the glory of God

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:01.059
 is a responsibility

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.460
 that makes a difference

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.500
 because that's the moment

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.379
 of responsibility

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.599
 you realize

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.699
 you're responsible

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:09.000
 for your own sin.

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:11.019
 The devil didn't make you do it.

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:13.000
 That's another wonderful lie

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.480
 of the devil.

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.980
 I'm exempt

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.819
 because the devil

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.759
 made me do it.

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.019
 You know what that's saying?

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.099
 It's not my fault.

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.859
 The decision you make

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.319
 is a decision you make

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.039
 and a decision

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.699
 you have to have

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.819
 responsibility for.

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:29.980
 Moses understood

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.659
 his responsibility.

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:32.819
 You know,

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.579
 matter of fact,

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.460
 sometimes we get

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.299
 caught up in

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.319
 things we think

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.559
 we're responsible for

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.379
 and we try to do

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.559
 and we even get ahead

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.000
 of God

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.639
 and do things

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.699
 that we ought not to do.

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:43.619
 You know,

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.460
 think about Moses.

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.759
 What got Moses in trouble?

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:47.079
 I really think

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.519
 when you read

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.639
 through Moses' life,

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.980
 the dynamic

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.799
 of choosing

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.059
 to be identified

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:53.019
 with the Hebrews

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.419
 instead of the Egyptians

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:56.000
 was a struggle

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.860
 and a dynamic

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.720
 that took place

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.360
 over a course

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.180
 of a long time.

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:03.000
 Maybe 10 or 15 years

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.800
 in his life.

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.060
 Now,

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.539
 I think Moses

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.820
 got tired of waiting

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:09.840
 and he saw

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.500
 an Egyptian

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.940
 striving with a Hebrew

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.340
 and said,

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.860
 I can do something

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.720
 about this.

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.279
 You know,

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.100
 we need to be careful

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.900
 because sometimes

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.180
 we take responsibility

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.940
 for things

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.860
 that's not our place

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.740
 to take responsibility

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.279
 for.

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.519
 Because what did

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.259
 Moses do?

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.240
 You guys all

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.920
 remember the story.

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.799
 What did Moses do?

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.600
 He killed the Egyptian.

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.420
 You know,

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.860
 look over here

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:37.500
 in Acts chapter 21.

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:37.799
 It says,

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.839
 when he was cast out,

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.480
 Pharaoh's daughter

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.180
 took him up

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.759
 and nourished him

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.559
 for her own son

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:43.120
 and Moses was learned

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.860
 in all the wisdom

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.620
 of the Egyptians

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.459
 and was mighty

00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:46.359
 in word and deeds

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.199
 and when he was

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:48.459
 a full 40 years old

00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:49.339
 it came into his heart

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.299
 to visit his brethren

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.199
 the children of Israel

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:52.699
 and seeing one of them

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.459
 suffer wrong

00:25:53.459 --> 00:25:54.500
 he defended him

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.699
 and avenged him

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.439
 that was oppressed

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.919
 and smote the Egyptian.

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.699
 You know,

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.439
 Moses said,

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.619
 hey,

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.159
 I'm going to take

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:01.199
 some responsibility

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:02.419
 but you know what?

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.979
 When we take

00:26:02.979 --> 00:26:03.759
 hold of things

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.739
 that it's not our place

00:26:04.739 --> 00:26:05.859
 to take a hold of

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.379
 without God's authority

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.539
 it causes a problem.

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.179
 Moses got ahead of God.

00:26:10.239 --> 00:26:10.679
 We're going to read

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.279
 a little later

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.519
 in verse 25

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.899
 that Moses said,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.039
 well,

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.599
 didn't they know

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.579
 I'm the one

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.459
 God's going to use

00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:17.759
 to set them free?

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.319
 You know,

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.219
 sometimes we get ahead

00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:19.619
 of God

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.259
 and get in trouble.

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.399
 Let me give you

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.799
 a little clue.

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.659
 The best place

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.439
 to be in life

00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:26.799
 is not behind God.

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.639
 It's not in front of God

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:30.559
 but to be beside Him.

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:33.599
 To walk with Him.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.519
 You don't set the pace.

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.299
 You let the Lord

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.119
 set the pace.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.399
 That's understanding

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:42.519
 the responsibility.

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.200
 The fact is

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.400
 is nobody can ruin

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.039
 your life

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.519
 ultimately

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.720
 except you.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.200
 I want you to understand

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.039
 Satan doesn't have

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.579
 enough power

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.339
 to ruin you.

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.700
 The choice is yours.

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.139
 It's either

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.740
 to understand

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.740
 that God loves you

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.920
 and wants what's best.

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.799
 When you love Him

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.579
 the Bible says

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.779
 if you love God

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.000
 you'll keep His commandments.

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.759
 His instructions.

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.859
 Because you know

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.259
 what it is?

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.139
 It's like safety

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:09.259
 parameters

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.759
 that say,

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:09.920
 hey,

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.619
 this is what's

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.400
 going to give you

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.160
 what you need

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.839
 in this life.

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.539
 This is what's

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.700
 going to protect you.

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.920
 No matter what

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.180
 happened in your past

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.119
 you have the freedom

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.859
 to choose

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.859
 how you're going

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.740
 to respond.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:22.960
 You know,

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.680
 sometimes people

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.299
 have things

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.859
 happen in their life

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.619
 and they get bitter.

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.839
 They get angry.

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:30.200
 It's not the way

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.059
 I thought it was

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.940
 going to be.

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.879
 You know what that is?

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.440
 That's childish.

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.700
 I'll just say it.

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.079
 Bitterness and childishness

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.079
 walk hand in hand.

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:39.220
 Responsibility says

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:42.000
 I'm going to turn it over

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.559
 to the Lord

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.819
 and be better for it.

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.699
 I'm going to serve God.

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.179
 Think about Joshua.

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.659
 Joshua 24 15

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.619
 tells us this

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.339
 and it says

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.279
 and if it seem evil

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.419
 unto you to serve the Lord

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:54.460
 choose you this day

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.579
 whom you will serve

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.839
 whether the gods

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.000
 which your fathers served

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.919
 which are on the other side

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.359
 of the flood

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.799
 or the gods of the Amorites

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.599
 in whose land you dwell

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.679
 but as for me

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.539
 and my house

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:07.559
 we will serve the Lord.

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.259
 You know what?

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.819
 Joshua took responsibility

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:13.720
 and said

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.119
 I don't know

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.639
 what you guys

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.299
 are going to do

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.339
 and I can't control

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.279
 what you're going to do

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.319
 but I'm going to be

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.940
 in control

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.599
 of following the Lord

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:22.180
 and I'm going to serve the Lord.

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:24.579
 He took responsibility

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.639
 for what he needed to do.

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.399
 Nobody could make

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.680
 that choice for them.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.539
 Nobody can make it for you.

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:33.539
 What choice you have

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.539
 been putting off

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.779
 and putting off

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.839
 is a choice too.

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.279
 You know most people

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.799
 don't think

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:40.420
 doing nothing

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.139
 is a choice.

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.659
 If I kick the can

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.500
 down the road

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.619
 I can decide later.

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.700
 You know what you just

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.379
 decided to do?

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.319
 You decided to kick the can

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.859
 down the road.

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.619
 Didn't solve anything

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:54.159
 but you need to be his.

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.539
 Be responsible.

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.399
 Accept responsibility

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:58.319
 for your own condition

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.299
 before God

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.680
 and what you're going to do

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.740
 with God.

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.000
 Thirdly I think

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.919
 we see here quickly

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:05.579
 we need to have some values.

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.960
 Establish a value system.

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.579
 You know the Bible

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.399
 gives us

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.399
 a set of direction

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.659
 and values

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.680
 that we need to follow.

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.700
 God tells us

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.940
 what's going to be best.

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.779
 What's going to guide

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.480
 my life.

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.399
 That's what we're talking about.

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.960
 What's going to be

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.180
 the guide for my life.

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.460
 You know everybody's

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.539
 guided by something.

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.720
 Sad part is

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:29.120
 that sometimes it happens

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:30.200
 and they allow

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.480
 the choice

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.299
 to be implied

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.039
 upon them.

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.480
 Instead of saying

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.700
 I'm going to be responsible

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.640
 and make a choice

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.500
 of what's going to guide

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.059
 my life.

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.299
 That I'm going to

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.180
 guide my life

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.380
 by a set of principles

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.259
 that God

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.579
 has established.

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.900
 It requires

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:47.120
 some serious thought

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.720
 because you have to

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.200
 ask yourself

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.140
 what's really important.

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:50.940
 You know

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.200
 Moses was faced

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.819
 with a choice.

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.200
 He said

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:55.100
 what is really important.

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:58.039
 Is it more important

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.019
 for me to enjoy

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.959
 the luxuries

00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.980
 of Egypt

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.619
 or is it more important

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.819
 for me to identify

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.159
 with the things

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.740
 of God?

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.439
 That priority

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.480
 made a difference.

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.119
 Think about it.

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.839
 He clarified

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.939
 his values.

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.399
 He thought it out.

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.039
 I want you to understand

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.019
 it wasn't just

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:19.099
 a random thing.

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:20.179
 Look back in the text

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.699
 here and look

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.639
 at verse 26.

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.519
 Notice what it says here.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.839
 It says

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:26.539
 esteeming the reproach

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.259
 of Christ

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.240
 greater riches

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.660
 than the treasures

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.440
 in Egypt

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.299
 for he had respect

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.379
 under the recompense

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.180
 of reward.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.319
 Think about that

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.720
 for a moment.

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.700
 He esteemed.

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.440
 The word literally

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.460
 means to count

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.740
 or to consider

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.119
 to evaluate

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:43.299
 the value

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.200
 or the worth.

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.879
 It says

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:48.099
 he reproached

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:50.279
 the reproach

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.900
 of Christ

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.740
 greater riches

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.799
 than the treasures

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.680
 in Egypt.

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:54.960
 You know

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.960
 he said

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.519
 I'm going to have

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.759
 something

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.019
 that's going

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.619
 to guide

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.980
 my life.

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:02.659
 My value system

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.200
 was I'm going

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.259
 to place God

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.519
 at a higher value

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.639
 than the things

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.259
 of Egypt.

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.440
 The things

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.279
 of this world

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.960
 you know

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.919
 what are the values

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.659
 for life?

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.460
 What are values

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.779
 that guide your life

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.299
 right now?

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.220
 What are those values

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.019
 built upon?

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.599
 Are the world standards

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.799
 setting what you value?

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.480
 You know

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.119
 most people

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.759
 in the world

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.419
 are frantically

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.879
 searching for three things.

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.940
 Pleasure,

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.559
 possessions,

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.180
 and power.

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.180
 That becomes

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.099
 their value system.

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:32.299
 By the world standard

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.879
 if you take

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.859
 those three things

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.440
 and then look

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.159
 at Moses

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:37.720
 Moses made it

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.680
 according to the world.

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.519
 He rose

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.279
 from the place

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.119
 of a slave

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:44.779
 to a place

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.539
 of authority.

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.879
 He rose

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:49.259
 from being poor

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.559
 to having all

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.119
 the wealth

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.680
 of Egypt.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.720
 He rose

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.359
 from being

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.319
 a nobody

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.839
 in a river

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.220
 to a place

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.720
 of prominence

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.500
 and pleasure.

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.160
 He had

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.720
 everything

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.180
 the world

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.640
 wanted

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.319
 but he esteemed

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.940
 the things

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.640
 of God

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.599
 higher than

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.119
 the things

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.660
 of Egypt.

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.140
 Knowing

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.859
 that there

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.619
 was a cost.

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.259
 You know

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.980
 you need to know

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:17.319
 that to follow God

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:19.700
 takes a commitment

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.360
 that says

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:22.539
 it cost him

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.099
 everything

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.700
 for me

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.279
 and what am I

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.079
 willing to do?

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.000
 What's it willing

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.960
 to cost me

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:29.660
 to follow the Lord?

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.620
 To be obedient

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.220
 to him?

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.640
 You know

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.480
 here's a lesson

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.360
 in Moses'

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.019
 life

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.620
 we all have

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.559
 to focus on

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.900
 when you establish

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.940
 the value system

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.759
 for your life

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.940
 you have to learn

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.720
 to say no.

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.640
 Every time

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.180
 you choose

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.019
 something in life

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.799
 there's automatically

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.160
 turning away

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.220
 from something else.

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.299
 Jesus said

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.319
 in Matthew 6

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.379
 no man can serve

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.039
 two masters

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.639
 for either you

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.559
 will hate the one

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.779
 and love the other

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.559
 or else you'll hold

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.879
 the one

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:57.079
 and despise the other.

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.839
 You know

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.500
 there's a principle

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.940
 for you

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:00.019
 if you say yes

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.519
 to one thing

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.859
 you're going to have

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.400
 to say no

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.240
 to something else.

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.279
 Now I want you

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.700
 to understand here

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:07.119
 something very important

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.480
 because we ought

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.359
 to say yes

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.299
 to serving the Lord.

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.559
 We ought to say no

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.200
 to anything

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.940
 that hinders

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.139
 or is against

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.860
 the things

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.460
 of God.

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.720
 If you're going

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.520
 to make a commitment

00:33:17.520 --> 00:33:18.480
 to follow God

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.880
 if you're going

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.320
 to leave Egypt

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:21.320
 of your life

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:22.140
 and say I'm going

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.080
 to follow God

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:24.160
 you need to understand

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.440
 who you are in Him

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.759
 how you get there

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.720
 by being saved

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.540
 you have to take

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.360
 responsibility

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.340
 for yourself

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:31.300
 and you have to say

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:32.180
 my values

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.280
 are going to be values

00:33:33.280 --> 00:33:33.820
 that are going to be

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:35.000
 eternal values

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.140
 because it's one thing

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.280
 to recognize something

00:33:37.280 --> 00:33:37.920
 it's another thing

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.380
 to do it.

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:41.720
 I want you to understand

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.200
 it's not really yes

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.000
 until the no

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.800
 takes effect.

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.020
 Let that sit in

00:33:46.020 --> 00:33:46.360
 for a moment

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:48.020
 it's not really a yes

00:33:48.020 --> 00:33:49.160
 until the no

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.560
 takes effect

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.980
 because until

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:54.100
 you reject

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:56.060
 put off

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:58.580
 intentionally put on

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:59.140
 the new

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:02.140
 it's living in just

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.820
 the thoughts

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:05.600
 but you know

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.460
 the Christian life

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.579
 isn't just intellectual

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:09.820
 it's action.

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.659
 You know

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:12.440
 if you try to say

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.619
 yes to two things

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.500
 at the same time

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.079
 you know what the Bible

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.699
 calls you?

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.940
 Double minded.

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.300
 You know what else

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.659
 it says?

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.500
 James says this

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.820
 a double minded man

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.619
 is unstable

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:26.579
 in all his ways.

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.980
 You know

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.619
 life is shown

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.300
 that's pretty true.

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.699
 Somebody who tries

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.320
 to say yes

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.860
 to everything

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.860
 is pretty unstable.

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.099
 It's important

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.099
 I want you to notice

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:38.380
 the value system

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.099
 of Moses

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.299
 because there's three

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:41.199
 things he decided

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.059
 quickly this morning.

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.819
 One is God's purpose

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.880
 is more valuable

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.799
 than popularity.

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.059
 You know

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.299
 look at verse 24

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:49.739
 it tells us this

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:51.019
 that he refused

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:52.239
 to be called

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.900
 the son of Pharaoh's

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.599
 daughter.

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.019
 Do you think

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.639
 the title

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.360
 of Pharaoh's

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.699
 the son of Pharaoh's

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.039
 daughter

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.019
 held a little

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.219
 authority

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.059
 and position

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.579
 in Egypt?

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:05.259
 I mean

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.960
 you consider

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.059
 what's happening

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.440
 there.

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.460
 He had the kind

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.259
 of popularity

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.119
 that most people

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.519
 would say

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.319
 I'd give my right

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:11.980
 arm for that

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.579
 to be treated

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.360
 like royalty.

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.460
 But you know

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.619
 what?

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.480
 Moses understood

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.900
 that popularity

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.519
 passes.

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.019
 You know

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.400
 if you've been

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.079
 lived very long

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.699
 you'll find out

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.380
 what's popular

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.500
 passes pretty quickly.

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.599
 Fads

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.739
 and fickle people.

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.380
 Secondly

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.239
 God's people

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.099
 are more valuable

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.860
 than pleasures.

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.619
 Look at verse 25

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.539
 he says

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.440
 choosing rather

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.519
 to suffer affliction

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.299
 with the people

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.880
 of God

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.779
 than to enjoy

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.460
 the pleasures

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.239
 of sin

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:40.900
 for a season.

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.039
 He chose

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.179
 pain and discomfort

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.219
 over pleasure.

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.259
 He chose

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.900
 discomfort

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:49.239
 over ease.

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.079
 Why?

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.599
 Because he chose

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.940
 rather to suffer

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.940
 the afflictions

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:55.019
 with God's people

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.360
 being identified

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.539
 with God's people

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.539
 was more valuable

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.059
 to him

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.940
 than the pleasures

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.960
 and the riches

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.659
 of Egypt.

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.079
 You know

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.940
 and often times

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.380
 the pleasures

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.219
 of this world

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.920
 hold people's

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.840
 enticement.

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.179
 We chase things

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.920
 that are contrary

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.599
 to the things

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.139
 of God.

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.940
 He understood

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.920
 the reproach

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.500
 of Christ

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.340
 his rejecting

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.440
 the world's measure

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.920
 the world's pleasure

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.159
 and the world's treasure.

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.900
 He said

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.579
 what I have

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.259
 in Christ

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:25.460
 is greater

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.400
 than what

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.340
 the world offers.

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:29.940
 You know

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.440
 when you really

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.460
 understand value

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.280
 it makes a difference.

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.640
 When he understood

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:34.960
 that the reproach

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.420
 of Christ

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.079
 being identified

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.940
 with Christ

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.920
 was critical.

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.059
 But thirdly

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.380
 we hear

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.340
 God's peace

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.300
 is more valuable

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.079
 than possessions.

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.460
 You know

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.539
 some things in life

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.220
 are priceless.

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.740
 Good night's sleep.

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.240
 The older you get

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.300
 the more you understand

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.680
 that.

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.200
 Pricelessness

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.620
 of a good night's sleep.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.960
 You can spend

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.420
 a fortune

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.000
 and still not get

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.720
 a good night's sleep.

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.959
 Good night's sleep

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.779
 has nothing to do

00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:58.319
 with money

00:36:58.319 --> 00:37:00.119
 or what you possess.

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:03.019
 But when we

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.500
 understand

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.539
 that we can be

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.259
 in the center

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.000
 of the will

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.719
 of God

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.019
 you can't buy

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.179
 that peace of mind

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.980
 that's priceless.

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.959
 You can't purchase

00:37:11.959 --> 00:37:13.819
 lasting happiness.

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:14.799
 You know

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.279
 you think about

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:15.959
 our Declaration

00:37:15.959 --> 00:37:17.000
 of Independence

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.559
 it says

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.379
 life, liberty

00:37:18.379 --> 00:37:19.059
 and the

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:20.719
 purchase of happiness.

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.859
 It says what?

00:37:21.919 --> 00:37:22.619
 The pursuit.

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.719
 Because

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:25.279
 purchased happiness

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:26.139
 is going to pass

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.739
 pretty quickly.

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.119
 You know

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.779
 we live in a world

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.519
 that people think

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.339
 what they buy

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:32.159
 or what they possess

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.880
 is going to make

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.299
 them happy.

00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:35.579
 If I just

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.400
 had

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.259
 this.

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.119
 But it's not

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.679
 going to make you

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.019
 happy.

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.799
 What Moses

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.500
 did

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:44.659
 he understood

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.500
 that I don't

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.259
 want pleasure

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.960
 I don't want

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.519
 possessions

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.679
 he says

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.420
 I want

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.699
 what Christ

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.579
 has to offer.

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.659
 Luke 12

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:52.960
 says

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.440
 for he said

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.900
 unto them

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.480
 take heed

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.980
 and beware

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.860
 of covetousness

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:57.079
 for a man's

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.960
 life consisted

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.539
 not of the

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.179
 abundance of

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.699
 things which

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.480
 he possesses.

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.599
 You know

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:02.960
 we can

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.099
 spend our

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.500
 whole life

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.119
 acting like

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.619
 that's not

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.039
 true.

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.400
 Because I want

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.900
 you to understand

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.759
 wealth is not

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.280
 the problem.

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.320
 You can be

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.940
 rich

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.719
 and serve

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.059
 God.

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:17.820
 you can

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.400
 be poor

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.900
 and serve

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.239
 God.

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.599
 You know

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.880
 the good

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.380
 part about

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.500
 it?

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.000
 You both

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.599
 can receive

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.179
 the same

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.779
 recompense

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.440
 of reward.

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.480
 As a

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:26.840
 believer

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.360
 there's only

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.880
 one thing

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.259
 you ought

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.779
 to desire

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.159
 to hear

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.460
 when you

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.900
 come before

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.380
 your Savior.

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:32.960
 You know

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.440
 we sang

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.900
 about what

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.380
 a day

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.719
 it will

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.159
 be

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:37.159
 when my

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.739
 Jesus

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.259
 I will

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.599
 see.

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.460
 I don't

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.799
 know about

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.179
 you but

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.400
 you know

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.719
 there's only

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.039
 one thing

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.420
 a believer

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.719
 ought to

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.139
 desire

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.519
 is when

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.880
 you see

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.460
 Jesus.

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.000
 our

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.820
 response

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:48.779
 is going

00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:49.000
 to be

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.699
 thankfulness

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.380
 and gratitude

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.000
 for the

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.340
 one who

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.980
 saved us.

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.179
 But what

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.460
 you ought

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:54.940
 to desire

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.420
 to hear

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.920
 is well

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.380
 done

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.579
 thou

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:57.799
 good

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:57.960
 and

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.279
 faithful

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:58.719
 servant.

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.739
 It's a

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.079
 matter

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.960
 of values.

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.460
 He

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.039
 understood

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.759
 the

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.380
 reward.

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.579
 You know

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.320
 I want

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.519
 you to

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.940
 understand

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.320
 he was

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.799
 looking

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.400
 ahead

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.159
 not at

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.299
 the

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:08.699
 present

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.420
 because

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.860
 notice

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.579
 you need

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:10.980
 to have

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.279
 some

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.659
 vision.

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:11.920
 You know

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.159
 one of

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.480
 the things

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.779
 we need

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.159
 today

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.940
 is some

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.380
 vision.

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.960
 Never

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.320
 take

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.519
 your

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.119
 eyes

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.800
 off

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.059
 the

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.440
 goal.

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.019
 You know

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.180
 what

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.539
 happens

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.820
 when you

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.079
 take

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.240
 your

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.599
 eyes

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.820
 off

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:19.960
 the

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.160
 Lord

00:39:20.160 --> 00:39:20.320
 you

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.559
 start

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.980
 following

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.460
 things

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.599
 that

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:21.780
 aren't

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.280
 godly.

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.900
 When

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.019
 you

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.260
 take

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.420
 your

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.800
 eyes

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.039
 off

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.220
 the

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.599
 Lord

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.619
 Moses

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.880
 continually

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.539
 remembered

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.780
 his

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.160
 purpose.

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.320
 He

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.480
 was

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.160
 persistent.

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:30.700
 He

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.260
 focused

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.460
 his

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.880
 attention.

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.079


00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.599
 constantly

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.019
 kept

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.160
 it

00:39:33.160 --> 00:39:33.539
 before

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.760
 him.

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.260
 You

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:34.360
 know

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.700
 some

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:34.840
 of

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.019
 us

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.300
 used

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.440
 to

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.640
 have

00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:36.000
 vision.

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.180
 We

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.579
 started

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.880
 out

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.180
 right.

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.619
 But

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:37.860
 now

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.039
 we

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.220
 have

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.800
 forgotten

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.119
 what

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.539
 God

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:52.019
 What

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.280
 did

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.660
 Moses

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.420
 do?

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.200
 Seeing

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.860
 him

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.079
 who

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.300
 is

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.780
 invisible.

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.280
 Who

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.539
 is

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.980
 that?

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.539
 That's

00:39:59.539 --> 00:39:59.940
 God.

00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:01.640
 Seeing

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:01.860
 the

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.119
 Lord.

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.599
 Moses

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:02.980
 never

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.260
 took

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.420
 his

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.920
 eyes

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.660
 off

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:04.900
 the

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.260
 Lord

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.740
 and

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.000
 his

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.660
 reward.

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:08.159
 Why

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.399
 does

00:40:08.399 --> 00:40:08.599
 it

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.019
 matter

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.299
 if

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:09.440
 we

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.719
 live

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:09.899
 for

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.059
 the

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.319
 Lord?

00:40:10.399 --> 00:40:10.659
 Because

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.000
 we

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.299
 never

00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.619
 make

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.179
 progress

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.599
 without

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.299
 problems.

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.339
 Sometimes

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.539
 we

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.759
 just

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:15.139
 can't

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.399
 see

00:40:15.399 --> 00:40:15.779
 straight

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:15.960
 so

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.199
 that's

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.299
 when

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.399
 we

00:40:16.399 --> 00:40:16.639
 need

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:16.859
 some

00:40:16.859 --> 00:40:17.239
 vision.

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.179
 Our

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.559
 vision

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.980
 comes

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.179
 from

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.659
 trusting

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:19.980
 keeping

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.239
 our

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.759
 eyes

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.019
 upon

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.219
 the

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.519
 Lord.

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.480
 To

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:22.659
 say

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.199
 God

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.420
 is

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.579
 the

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.940
 one

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.119
 who

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.319
 can

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:24.699
 walk

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:25.719
 me

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.019
 through

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.799
 this.

00:40:26.879 --> 00:40:26.960
 He

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.119
 is

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.239
 the

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.440
 one

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.599
 that

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.899
 has

00:40:27.899 --> 00:40:28.059
 a

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.519
 solution.

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.519
 Moses

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.019
 knew

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.239
 there

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.359
 was

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.579
 going

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.719
 to

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:30.879
 be

00:40:30.879 --> 00:40:31.480
 problems.

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.039
 There

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.179
 was

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:36.859
 for

00:40:36.859 --> 00:40:37.019
 his

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.440
 life.

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.079
 Just

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.239
 to

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.460
 think

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.579
 of

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.699
 a

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:40.839
 few.

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.420
 How

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.639
 am I

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:41.779
 going

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:41.859
 to

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.279
 move

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.639
 2

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:42.920
 million

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.319
 people

00:40:43.319 --> 00:40:43.699
 across

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:43.879
 the

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.139
 desert

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.339
 with

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:44.519
 no

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.819
 food?

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.739
 That's

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:47.779
 a

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:47.899
 pretty

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:48.099
 big

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.519
 problem.

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.279
 There

00:40:51.279 --> 00:40:52.639
 was

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:52.960
 lack

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.119
 of

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.480
 water.

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.159
 How

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.339
 are we

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.480
 going

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.559
 to

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:54.739
 get

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:54.859
 him

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.079
 there?

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.619
 How

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:55.739
 do

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:55.819
 you

00:40:55.819 --> 00:40:56.219
 convince

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.679
 Pharaoh

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:56.920
 that

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.460
 he

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.759
 needs

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:57.899
 to

00:40:57.899 --> 00:40:58.079
 let

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.259
 his

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.679
 workforce

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.339
 go?

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.779
 persevered

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.719
 by

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.059
 keeping

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.339
 his

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:03.039
 focus

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.940
 on

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.500
 God

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.759
 and

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.119
 not

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.460
 the

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.899
 problem.

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.980
 I want

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.159
 you to

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.899
 understand

00:41:08.899 --> 00:41:10.779
 why

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.319
 Moses

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:12.000
 understood

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.339
 what

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:12.639
 God

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.000
 had

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.199
 for

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:13.420
 him.

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.639
 Look

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:13.859
 back

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:13.980
 at

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.199
 Acts

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.420
 chapter

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.819
 7

00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:15.019
 verse

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.559
 25

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:15.879
 quick.

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.039
 It

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.299
 tells

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:16.480
 us

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.819
 this.

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.559
 For

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.779
 he

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:18.440
 supposed

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.759
 his

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.239
 brethren

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.500
 would

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.699
 have

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:20.420
 understood

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.219
 how

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.420
 that

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.639
 by

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.259
 God's

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:22.539
 hand

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.739
 would

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.159
 deliver

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:23.500
 him

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.940
 but

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.139
 they

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.619
 understood

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.079
 not.

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.239
 You

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.359
 know

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:25.559
 what?

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.119
 Moses

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.960
 before

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.199
 he

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.480
 ever

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.779
 took

00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:29.299
 action

00:41:29.299 --> 00:41:29.539
 in

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.000
 Egypt

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.759
 getting

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.199
 ahead

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.420
 of

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.899
 God

00:41:31.899 --> 00:41:32.579
 knew

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.579


00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:33.399
 He

00:41:33.399 --> 00:41:33.599
 said

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:33.960
 God

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.119
 is

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.279
 going

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.399
 to

00:41:34.399 --> 00:41:34.739
 use

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:34.879
 me

00:41:34.879 --> 00:41:35.059
 for

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.379
 something

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.900
 because I

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.240
 got my

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.720
 eyes

00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:37.059
 on the

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.280
 Lord.

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.440
 He

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.720
 has

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:37.900
 me

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.059
 here

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.240
 for

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.460
 a

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.840
 reason.

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.960
 Forty

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.260
 years

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.760
 later

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:43.220
 before

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.640
 God

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:43.940
 used

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.400
 Moses

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.660
 to

00:41:44.660 --> 00:41:45.099
 fulfill

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.340
 what

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:45.640
 God

00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:45.840
 had

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.059
 set

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.320
 for

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.480
 him.

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.340
 Today

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.720
 we like

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:48.019
 to take

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.599
 shortcuts.

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:49.860
 Shortcuts

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.440
 get us

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.000
 in trouble.

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:53.940
 Most

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.360
 shortcuts

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.840
 are like

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.119
 taking

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.500
 Google

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.139
 shortcuts.

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.639
 They

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:58.860
 can get

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.139
 you some

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.539
 interesting

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.119
 places.

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.260
 Pictures

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.639
 all the

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.099
 time of

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.340
 semi

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:02.699
 trucks

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:02.940
 on

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.340
 roads

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:03.739
 I

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.719
 don't

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:04.780
 know

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:04.960
 what

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.059
 you

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.179
 were

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.420
 thinking

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.800
 dude.

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.960
 Pictures

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.159
 of

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.400
 people

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.800
 driving

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.079
 into

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.519
 lakes.

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.239
 That

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.340
 one

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.599
 always

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:11.940
 amazed

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.099
 me.

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.679
 The brakes

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.079
 work.

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.719
 But

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.039
 it's a

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.219
 great

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.579
 picture

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:16.739
 of

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:16.920
 life.

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.260
 Sometimes

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:17.699
 people

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:17.980
 take

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.400
 shortcuts

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.599
 and

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.719
 they

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:18.900
 know

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.119
 what's

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.239
 going

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.320
 to

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.579
 happen

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.679
 and

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.780
 they

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.159
 keep

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.440
 going

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.880
 anyways.

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.480
 But

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.960
 waiting

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.340
 is one

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.519
 of the

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.880
 greatest

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.400
 tests

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:24.619
 of

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.039
 faith

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.579
 is

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:25.860
 how

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.240
 long

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.420
 you

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.639
 can

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.179
 wait

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.659
 for

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.099
 answered

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:28.420
 prayer.

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:28.679
 How

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.119
 long

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.320
 can

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.480
 you

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:29.720
 wait

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:29.940
 for

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.280
 healing?

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:30.760
 How

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.200
 long

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:31.380
 can

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.539
 you

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:31.800
 wait

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.039
 for

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.240
 a

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.519
 goal

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:32.700
 to

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:32.840
 be

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.119
 met?

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.800
 Don't

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.079
 give

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.360
 up

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.519
 when

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.659
 it

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.019
 doesn't

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.320
 come

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.920
 immediately.

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.619
 Don't

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:36.800
 get

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:37.400
 discouraged

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.800
 when

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:38.059
 there's

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.500
 delay.

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.420
 God's

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.880
 delays

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.200
 are

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.480
 not

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.119
 denials.

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:41.900
 He

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.480
 fulfills

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.780
 his

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.420
 promises

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:44.920
 in

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.420
 his

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.139
 perfect

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:46.940
 time.

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.320
 I

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.519
 want

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.599
 you

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:49.639
 to

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.159
 understand

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.779
 God's

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.119
 timing

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.619
 is

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.099
 never

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:52.599
 late

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.579
 never

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:53.960
 early.

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.519
 It's

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.099
 always

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:58.079
 on

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.960
 time.

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:01.199
 He

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.460
 knows

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:02.099
 exactly

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.579
 what he's

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:02.860
 doing.

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:03.619
 Think

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:03.839
 about

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:04.239
 Isaiah

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:04.699
 40

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:04.960
 verse

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.400
 31.

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:05.599


00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:05.759
 says,

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:18.780
 you

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:18.780


00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:18.780


00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:19.340
 morning,

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:18.500
 trusting in?

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:20.940
 Are you

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.280
 waiting

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:21.800
 upon the

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:22.100
 Lord?

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.300
 Are you

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.700
 willing to

00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:23.860
 say,

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.160
 Lord,

00:43:24.240 --> 00:43:24.460
 I'm going

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:24.960
 to trust

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.420
 you.

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.160
 By

00:43:26.160 --> 00:43:26.760
 faith,

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.340
 I'm going

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.660
 to do

00:43:27.660 --> 00:43:27.940
 this.

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:28.540
 By

00:43:28.540 --> 00:43:29.100
 faith,

00:43:29.200 --> 00:43:29.580
 I'm going

00:43:29.580 --> 00:43:30.260
 to choose

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:31.060
 to follow

00:43:31.060 --> 00:43:31.460
 you.

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.020
 By

00:43:32.020 --> 00:43:32.700
 faith,

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.079
 I'm

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.179
 going

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.519
 to put

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:33.819
 away

00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:34.059
 the

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.379
 things

00:43:34.379 --> 00:43:34.639
 of the

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:34.879
 world

00:43:34.879 --> 00:43:35.279
 knowing

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:35.500
 the

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.779
 greater

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.239
 riches

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.480
 of

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:36.960
 reward

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.179
 that

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.299
 you

00:43:37.299 --> 00:43:37.559
 have

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.739
 for

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:37.919
 me.

00:43:37.919 --> 00:43:38.480
 Lord,

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:38.759
 by

00:43:38.759 --> 00:43:39.339
 faith,

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.779
 I'm

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:39.879
 going

00:43:39.879 --> 00:43:40.019
 to

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.419
 follow

00:43:40.419 --> 00:43:40.839
 you.

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.299
 I'm

00:43:41.299 --> 00:43:41.399
 going

00:43:41.399 --> 00:43:41.879
 to do

00:43:41.879 --> 00:43:42.319
 what

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:42.439
 you

00:43:42.439 --> 00:43:42.679
 want

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:42.819
 me

00:43:42.819 --> 00:43:43.339
 to do

00:43:43.339 --> 00:43:43.719
 to

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.019
 not

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.559
 settle

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.019
 for

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.419
 who

00:43:45.419 --> 00:43:45.939
 you

00:43:45.939 --> 00:43:46.419
 are

00:43:46.419 --> 00:43:46.819
 in

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.119
 this

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.480
 life,

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:47.699
 but

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:48.239
 who

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:48.460
 you

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:48.839
 are

00:43:48.839 --> 00:43:49.219
 to

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:49.739
 God.

00:43:50.419 --> 00:43:50.980
 To

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.139
 be

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.960
 responsible,

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.500
 to have

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.439
 the values

00:43:53.439 --> 00:43:54.419
 that God

00:43:54.419 --> 00:43:54.899
 has set

00:43:54.899 --> 00:43:55.199
 forth,

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:55.559
 to have

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.239
 the vision

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:57.000
 to never

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.519
 take our

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.039
 eyes

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.500
 off

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.759
 what

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.200
 God

00:43:59.200 --> 00:43:59.760
 has.

00:44:02.060 --> 00:44:02.200
 You

00:44:02.200 --> 00:44:02.300
 know,

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:02.540
 God

00:44:02.540 --> 00:44:03.060
 tells us

00:44:03.060 --> 00:44:03.440
 to draw

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:03.740
 an eye

00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:04.160
 to God

00:44:04.160 --> 00:44:04.360
 and he

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:04.480
 will

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.800
 draw

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.340
 an eye

00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:06.060
 to you.

00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:07.500
 And that

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:08.140
 only happens

00:44:08.140 --> 00:44:08.440
 when the

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.660
 Bible

00:44:08.660 --> 00:44:09.220
 tells us

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.520
 another

00:44:09.520 --> 00:44:10.100
 dynamic,

00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:10.460
 it says

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.800
 yield

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.300
 yourselves

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.580
 unto

00:44:11.580 --> 00:44:12.000
 God.

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:12.960
 You

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.360
 hear this

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.680
 morning

00:44:13.680 --> 00:44:13.960
 and you

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.280
 never

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:15.480
 identified

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:16.260
 yourself

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.540
 with

00:44:16.540 --> 00:44:17.020
 Christ

00:44:17.020 --> 00:44:17.280
 by

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.780
 faith.

00:44:18.540 --> 00:44:18.860
 To

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.020
 say,

00:44:19.140 --> 00:44:19.380
 Lord,

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.880
 I know

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.060
 I'm

00:44:20.060 --> 00:44:20.440
 a sinner.

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.580
 You're

00:44:21.580 --> 00:44:21.860
 the one

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.180
 that took

00:44:22.180 --> 00:44:22.540
 my

00:44:22.540 --> 00:44:23.120
 sin

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:24.780
 upon

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.100
 the

00:44:25.100 --> 00:44:25.480
 cross

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.720
 that

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.040
 day.

00:44:26.660 --> 00:44:26.860
 There's

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:26.880
 never

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.160
 been a

00:44:27.160 --> 00:44:27.600
 time in

00:44:27.600 --> 00:44:27.740
 your

00:44:27.740 --> 00:44:28.100
 life

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:28.440
 when you

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.619
 can

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.039
 know

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:30.039
 100%.

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:31.039
 Describe

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.320
 it this

00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:31.579
 way to

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:31.780
 people.

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.039
 You ought

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.139
 to be

00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:32.300
 able to

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:32.559
 put a

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:32.880
 circle

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.179
 around

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:33.360
 the

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:33.619
 time

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:33.720
 and

00:44:33.720 --> 00:44:33.820
 the

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:34.119
 place

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:34.260
 it

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:34.599
 happened.

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:35.579
 Take

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:35.700
 you

00:44:35.700 --> 00:44:35.980
 back

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.139
 to

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:36.280
 the

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:36.780
 place

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:38.960
 up at

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.420
 Clear Lake

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.880
 Iowa

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:41.400
 on a

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.679
 church

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.119
 camp.

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:42.880
 I

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.019
 could

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.260
 take

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.420
 you

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:43.740
 back

00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:43.920
 to

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.059
 the

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.360
 place.

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.519
 I

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:44.599
 don't

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:44.700
 even

00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:44.820
 think

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:44.960
 the

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.260
 building

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.400
 is

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:45.599
 standing

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:45.780
 there

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:45.940
 more,

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.179
 but I

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:46.320
 know

00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:46.480
 where

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.599
 it's

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:46.900
 at.

00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:48.019
 Called

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.320
 upon

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.539
 the

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:48.860
 Savior

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.280
 and my

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.740
 life

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.420
 changed.

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.360
 So

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:51.619
 to do

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:51.820
 the

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.079
 same.

00:44:58.440 --> 00:45:00.659
 it

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.139
 starts

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.440
 when you

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.099
 identify

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:04.059
 with

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.480
 God

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.139
 because

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.340
 He

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.659
 wants

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:05.900
 to

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.300
 be

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:07.119
 your

00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:07.599
 identity.

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:08.360
 He

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:08.599
 wants

00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:08.780
 to

00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:09.099
 be

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:09.559
 who

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:09.780
 you

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:10.119
 are

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.659
 because

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:10.860
 of

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.019
 who

00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:11.280
 He

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:11.639
 is.

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.159
 There's

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.320
 no

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.740
 greater

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:13.980
 to

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.460
 associate

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.960
 with,

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:15.639
 but maybe

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:15.900
 there's

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.059
 some

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.380
 things

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:16.559
 in

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:16.740
 your

00:45:16.740 --> 00:45:17.079
 life

00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:17.240
 where

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:17.340
 you

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:17.519
 say

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:17.720
 I'm

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:18.119
 holding

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:18.460
 on

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.579
 to

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:18.740
 the

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.039
 things

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.220
 of

00:45:19.220 --> 00:45:19.539
 Egypt,

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.079
 the

00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.380
 things

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:20.539
 of

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.740
 this

00:45:20.740 --> 00:45:21.099
 world

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.260
 that

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:21.300
 I

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:21.519
 need

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:21.659
 to

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:21.820
 let

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:22.119
 go

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.360
 of.

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:22.700
 I

00:45:22.700 --> 00:45:22.860
 need

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:22.980
 to

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.139
 let

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.139


00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.380
 go

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.519
 of

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:23.740
 my

00:45:23.740 --> 00:45:24.300
 pride

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:24.760
 and

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:25.019
 my

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.920
 desire

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.220
 for

00:45:26.220 --> 00:45:26.519
 what

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.280
 everybody

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.740
 else

00:45:27.740 --> 00:45:28.100
 has

00:45:28.100 --> 00:45:28.260
 to

00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:28.420
 say

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:28.640
 Lord

00:45:28.640 --> 00:45:28.840
 I'm

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:28.900
 going

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:28.980
 to

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.280
 trust

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.740
 you

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:31.840
 to

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:32.100
 step

00:45:32.100 --> 00:45:32.280
 out

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:32.500
 by

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:32.820
 faith.

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:32.980
 What

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.220
 about

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:33.420
 you

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:33.640
 this

00:45:33.640 --> 00:45:33.940
 morning?

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:34.820
 The

00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.360
 eyes are

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.660
 closed

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:35.860
 this

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.140
 morning.

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.120
 You

00:45:37.120 --> 00:45:37.539
 choose

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:37.940
 today.

00:45:39.620 --> 00:45:40.120
 As

00:45:40.120 --> 00:45:40.519
 Joshua

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:40.840
 said,

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:41.240
 choose

00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:41.400
 ye

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:41.660
 this

00:45:41.660 --> 00:45:41.880
 day

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.080
 whom

00:45:42.080 --> 00:45:42.200
 you

00:45:42.200 --> 00:45:42.400
 will

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:42.820
 serve.

00:45:43.560 --> 00:45:43.880
 You

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:44.000
 are

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.100
 going

00:45:44.100 --> 00:45:44.160
 to

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.320
 make

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.420
 a

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.800
 decision

00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:45.060
 this

00:45:45.060 --> 00:45:45.340
 morning.

00:45:46.220 --> 00:45:46.420
 Choose

00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:46.420


00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:46.880
 God

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:49.600
 or

00:45:49.600 --> 00:45:49.700
 you

00:45:49.700 --> 00:45:50.060
 choose

00:45:50.060 --> 00:45:50.480
 Egypt?

00:45:52.160 --> 00:45:52.680
 Heavenly

00:45:52.680 --> 00:45:53.140
 Fathers,

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:53.360
 we

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:53.539
 just

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.760
 turn

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:53.960
 this

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.220
 time

00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:54.419
 to

00:45:54.419 --> 00:45:54.619
 you

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:54.859
 Lord.

00:45:54.919 --> 00:45:55.019
 You

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.199
 know

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:55.439
 each

00:45:55.439 --> 00:45:55.719
 heart,

00:45:55.819 --> 00:45:55.959
 each

00:45:55.959 --> 00:45:56.419
 life.

00:45:57.419 --> 00:45:57.899
 Lord,

00:45:57.959 --> 00:45:58.039
 you

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.239
 know

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.739
 those

00:45:58.739 --> 00:45:58.939
 who

00:45:58.939 --> 00:45:59.119
 have

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.559
 identified

00:45:59.559 --> 00:45:59.980
 with

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.179
 you

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:00.399
 by

00:46:00.399 --> 00:46:01.000
 faith

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:02.099
 alone

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.379
 in

00:46:02.379 --> 00:46:02.619
 what

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:02.980
 you've

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.299
 done.

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.459
 Not

00:46:04.459 --> 00:46:04.639
 in

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:04.799
 what

00:46:04.799 --> 00:46:05.019
 we

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:05.179
 have

00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:05.439
 done,

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:05.599
 but

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:05.819
 what

00:46:05.819 --> 00:46:06.019
 you

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.179
 have

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:06.559
 done.

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.279
 Lord,

00:46:08.319 --> 00:46:08.399
 that

00:46:08.399 --> 00:46:08.539
 with

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:08.839
 free

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.239
 gift

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:09.439
 of

00:46:09.439 --> 00:46:10.139
 salvation,

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.319
 one

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:11.480
 here

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.819
 today

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.019
 that

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:12.339
 doesn't

00:46:12.339 --> 00:46:12.539
 have

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:12.719
 that

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:13.079
 settled,

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.299
 that

00:46:13.299 --> 00:46:13.439
 they

00:46:13.439 --> 00:46:13.679
 can't

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:13.859
 draw

00:46:13.859 --> 00:46:14.059
 the

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.439
 circle

00:46:14.439 --> 00:46:14.799
 around

00:46:14.799 --> 00:46:15.079
 it

00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:15.599
 and

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:15.739
 say,

00:46:15.839 --> 00:46:15.879
 I

00:46:15.879 --> 00:46:16.299
 know

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:16.659
 that's

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:16.819
 the

00:46:16.819 --> 00:46:17.299
 time

00:46:17.299 --> 00:46:17.459
 and

00:46:17.459 --> 00:46:17.599
 the

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:18.059
 place

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:24.599
 that

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.039
 today.

00:46:25.819 --> 00:46:26.000
 There's

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.259
 also

00:46:26.259 --> 00:46:26.579
 many

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:26.859
 here

00:46:26.859 --> 00:46:27.239
 today

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:27.480
 that

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:27.639
 are

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:28.059
 struggling

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.639
 between

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.699
 you

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:30.959
 and

00:46:30.959 --> 00:46:31.339
 Egypt.

00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:32.419
 Peace

00:46:32.419 --> 00:46:32.799
 of this

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:33.279
 world

00:46:33.279 --> 00:46:35.500
 or the

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.819
 peace

00:46:35.819 --> 00:46:36.019
 that

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:36.339
 passes

00:46:36.339 --> 00:46:37.119
 understanding.

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.239
 Each

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:38.480
 one,

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:38.679
 Lord,

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:38.899
 as we

00:46:38.899 --> 00:46:39.159
 have an

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.699
 invitation,

00:46:39.859 --> 00:46:39.959
 an

00:46:39.959 --> 00:46:40.379
 opportunity

00:46:40.379 --> 00:46:40.599
 to

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:41.139
 respond,

00:46:42.759 --> 00:46:43.039
 Lord,

00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:43.319
 we

00:46:43.319 --> 00:46:43.559
 might

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:43.839
 not

00:46:43.839 --> 00:46:44.459
 choose

00:46:44.459 --> 00:46:46.939
 no,

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:49.119
 but

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.480
 make it

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.079
 a yes

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:52.159
 by

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.799
 decisive

00:46:52.799 --> 00:46:54.039
 direction

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:55.159
 in our

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:55.480
 life.

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:56.920
 And we

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.279
 ask it

00:46:57.279 --> 00:46:57.599
 all in

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:57.759
 your

00:46:57.759 --> 00:46:58.139
 precious

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:58.559
 name.

00:46:59.380 --> 00:46:59.960
 As the

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.199
 piano

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.599
 plays,

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:01.019
 what about

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.360
 you

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.099
 today?