WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.660 Now we will hear the reading of Joshua chapters 3 and 4 from my wife Rachel. 00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:13.580 Our reading is from Joshua chapters 3 and 4. 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:23.780 Early in the morning, Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:30.260 After three days, the officers went throughout the camp, giving orders to the people. 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:40.380 When you see the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:45.420 Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. 00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:52.480 But keep a distance of about 2,000 cubits between you and the Ark. Do not go near it. 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.519 Joshua told the people, 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:00.939 Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you. 00:01:01.979 --> 00:01:03.719 Joshua said to the priests, 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:08.599 Take up the Ark of the Covenant and pass on ahead of the people. 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:11.739 So they took it up and went ahead of them. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:14.000 And the Lord said to Joshua, 00:01:14.479 --> 00:01:19.179 Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, 00:01:19.180 --> 00:01:23.860 So that they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:27.440 Tell the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant, 00:01:28.100 --> 00:01:30.520 When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, 00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:32.540 Go and stand in the river. 00:01:34.020 --> 00:01:35.800 Joshua said to the Israelites, 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:39.719 Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. 00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:43.620 This is how you will know that the living God is among you, 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:47.620 And that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, 00:01:47.759 --> 00:01:48.399 Hittites, 00:01:48.539 --> 00:01:49.120 Hivites, 00:01:49.399 --> 00:01:50.120 Perizzites, 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:51.019 Girgashites, 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:51.840 Amorites, 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:52.879 and Jebusites. 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:54.439 See, 00:01:54.579 --> 00:01:59.319 the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:00.879 Now then, 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.039 Choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, 00:02:04.399 --> 00:02:05.979 One from each tribe. 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.900 And as soon as the priests who carry the Ark of the Lord, 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:11.939 The Lord of all the earth, 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:13.659 Set foot in the Jordan, 00:02:14.299 --> 00:02:19.060 Its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap. 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.680 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.719 The priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them. 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.639 Now the Jordan is in flood all during harvest. 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:35.060 Yet as soon as the priests who carried the Ark reached the Jordan, 00:02:35.419 --> 00:02:37.800 And their feet touched the water's edge, 00:02:38.079 --> 00:02:40.939 The waters from upstream stopped flowing. 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:44.659 It piled up in a heap a great distance away, 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:46.500 At a town called Adam, 00:02:46.979 --> 00:02:49.020 In the vicinity of Zarethon, 00:02:49.579 --> 00:02:52.840 While the water flowing down to the sea of the Ereba, 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:54.460 That is the Dead Sea, 00:02:54.460 --> 00:02:56.259 Was completely cut off. 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.139 So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:03.520 The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord 00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:05.219 Stopped in the middle of the Jordan, 00:03:05.579 --> 00:03:06.919 And stood on dry ground, 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.280 While all Israel passed by, 00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:12.979 Until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground. 00:03:12.979 --> 00:03:17.139 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:18.719 The Lord said to Joshua, 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.679 Choose twelve men from among the people, 00:03:22.079 --> 00:03:23.419 One from each tribe, 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:27.699 And tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, 00:03:27.959 --> 00:03:29.919 From right where the priests are standing, 00:03:30.299 --> 00:03:32.439 And carry them over with you, 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.359 And put them down at the place where you stay tonight. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:40.960 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.020 One from each tribe, 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:44.140 And said to them, 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:49.140 Go over before the Ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:52.660 Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.660 According to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:58.280 To serve as a sign among you. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:03:59.599 In the future, 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.099 When your children ask you, 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:03.039 What do these stones mean? 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:08.740 Tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. 00:04:09.699 --> 00:04:11.219 When it crossed the Jordan, 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:13.439 The waters of the Jordan were cut off. 00:04:14.079 --> 00:04:18.339 These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever. 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.800 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:25.699 They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, 00:04:26.020 --> 00:04:28.600 According to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:31.079 As the Lord had told Joshua. 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:34.540 And they carried them over with them to their camp, 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:35.879 Where they put them down. 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.980 Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan, 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:44.860 At the spot where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant had stood. 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:47.960 And they are there to this day. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:50.939 Now the priests who carried the Ark 00:04:50.939 --> 00:04:53.459 Remained standing in the middle of the Jordan 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:56.079 Until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:57.980 Was done by the people, 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.319 Just as Moses had directed Joshua. 00:05:01.219 --> 00:05:02.719 The people hurried over, 00:05:03.019 --> 00:05:05.180 And as soon as all of them had crossed, 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:09.259 The Ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:10.439 While the people watched. 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:13.180 The men of Reuben, Gad, 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.259 And the half-tribe of Manasseh 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:16.500 Crossed over, 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:17.659 Ready for battle, 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:18.920 In front of the Israelites, 00:05:19.219 --> 00:05:20.819 As Moses had directed them. 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:22.800 About forty thousand, 00:05:23.019 --> 00:05:23.899 Armed for battle, 00:05:24.259 --> 00:05:26.039 Crossed over before the Lord 00:05:26.039 --> 00:05:28.060 To the plains of Jericho for war. 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.560 That day the Lord exalted Joshua 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.379 In the sight of all Israel, 00:05:33.719 --> 00:05:35.539 And they stood in awe of him 00:05:35.539 --> 00:05:36.939 All the days of his life, 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:39.420 Just as they had stood in awe of Moses. 00:05:39.420 --> 00:05:42.400 Then the Lord said to Joshua, 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:46.199 Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant law 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:47.980 To come up out of the Jordan. 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:50.640 So Joshua commanded the priests, 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:52.460 Come up out of the Jordan. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.240 And the priests came up out of the river, 00:05:55.520 --> 00:05:57.420 Carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:01.240 No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.040 Than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:06.439 And ran in flood as before. 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:09.759 On the tenth day of the first month, 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:11.660 The people went up from the Jordan 00:06:11.660 --> 00:06:13.100 And camped at Gilgal 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:15.500 On the eastern border of Jericho. 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:17.719 And Joshua set up at Gilgal 00:06:17.719 --> 00:06:20.740 The twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:23.240 He said to the Israelites, 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:24.500 In the future, 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:27.139 When your descendants ask their parents, 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:28.980 What do these stones mean? 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:30.139 Tell them, 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.159 Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground. 00:06:33.699 --> 00:06:36.060 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan 00:06:36.060 --> 00:06:38.319 Before you until you had crossed over. 00:06:38.780 --> 00:06:41.139 The Lord your God did to the Jordan 00:06:41.139 --> 00:06:43.500 What he had done to the Red Sea 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:45.639 When he dried it up before us 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:47.079 Until we had crossed over. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:48.980 He did this 00:06:48.980 --> 00:06:51.360 So that all the peoples of the earth 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:52.079 Might know 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:54.800 That the hand of the Lord is powerful 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.259 And so that you 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:59.079 So that you might always fear the Lord your God. 00:06:59.340 --> 00:07:00.860 This is the word of the Lord. 00:07:00.860 --> 00:07:07.040 Do any of you have something 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.280 That has special meaning to you 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:12.060 Because of a story behind it? 00:07:12.540 --> 00:07:14.520 It might remind you of a certain time 00:07:14.520 --> 00:07:15.540 Or person or place. 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:17.160 Maybe it's a souvenir. 00:07:18.020 --> 00:07:20.259 Maybe it's a gift someone's given you in the past. 00:07:20.400 --> 00:07:22.680 Perhaps it's a family heirloom 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:23.800 That's been passed down to you 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:25.020 From generation to generation. 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:27.359 I have one of those things 00:07:27.359 --> 00:07:28.199 I actually brought it 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.319 To Scotland with me from the States 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.259 It's actually just a brick 00:07:33.259 --> 00:07:35.699 And though it's not particularly attractive 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:38.319 It has significant meaning to me 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.299 Because it actually comes from 00:07:40.299 --> 00:07:41.939 My home church 00:07:41.939 --> 00:07:43.939 In Greenville, South Carolina 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:46.060 And if you were to come to my house 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:46.879 And see this brick 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.539 Sitting on a shelf 00:07:48.539 --> 00:07:49.799 And ask me what it's about 00:07:49.799 --> 00:07:50.779 I would tell you 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:53.079 The story behind this brick 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.800 I'd tell you the story of my home church 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.139 My church in the States 00:07:58.139 --> 00:08:00.740 Was downtown Presbyterian Church 00:08:00.740 --> 00:08:03.039 It was founded in 2005 00:08:03.039 --> 00:08:05.639 When several local families 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:06.740 Felt the Lord's calling 00:08:06.740 --> 00:08:09.599 To love and serve downtown 00:08:09.599 --> 00:08:11.279 By planting a church there 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.579 For the first several years 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:14.299 That it met 00:08:14.299 --> 00:08:15.879 The church didn't have a building 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:17.939 And we were eventually able 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:20.419 To purchase an old auto body shop 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:22.800 Which served as our church building 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:23.580 For a number of years 00:08:23.580 --> 00:08:26.319 But we eventually outgrew 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.340 The size of that building 00:08:28.340 --> 00:08:32.600 And rather than trying to renovate 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:34.500 We realized it was going to be 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:35.320 Cheaper and easier 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:36.779 Just to demolish the building 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:37.680 And build a new one 00:08:37.680 --> 00:08:39.700 And so these bricks 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:42.200 Were collected after the demolition 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:43.960 And were given to church members 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.460 Primarily to remind us 00:08:46.460 --> 00:08:47.659 Of God's faithfulness 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:49.620 How he uses flawed people 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:50.819 Who didn't know what they were doing 00:08:50.819 --> 00:08:52.620 To plant a new church 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.500 And to symbolize 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:56.419 How God had blessed the church 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:57.699 By growing us in numbers 00:08:57.699 --> 00:08:59.219 By allowing us to be a light 00:08:59.219 --> 00:08:59.839 In the city 00:08:59.839 --> 00:09:01.360 By allowing us to even 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:02.459 Plant other churches 00:09:02.459 --> 00:09:05.219 And so when I look at this brick 00:09:05.219 --> 00:09:06.699 As it sits on my shelf at home 00:09:06.699 --> 00:09:09.259 I am reminded of God's goodness 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:10.879 And his faithfulness to me 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:12.899 And to my church family 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:14.019 In Greenville 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:17.340 And so as we look at our passage tonight 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:18.960 And we see the people 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:23.439 As they crossed into the promised land 00:09:23.439 --> 00:09:25.039 Through the Jordan River 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:29.019 We see emphasized God's faithfulness 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:31.539 And his desire for his people 00:09:31.539 --> 00:09:33.939 To remember his faithfulness 00:09:33.939 --> 00:09:37.699 And we see that God gives them a memorial 00:09:37.699 --> 00:09:40.519 After they complete their crossing 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:41.439 So those are the two things 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:42.820 I actually want to focus on tonight 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:44.100 Is the miracle 00:09:44.100 --> 00:09:45.820 And the memorial 00:09:45.820 --> 00:09:47.660 The miracle of God performing 00:09:47.660 --> 00:09:49.580 That God performed by parting 00:09:49.580 --> 00:09:50.580 The Jordan River 00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:51.280 For the Israelites 00:09:51.280 --> 00:09:52.600 To walk on dry ground 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:54.100 And that memorial 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:55.600 That God instructed them 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.300 To build from rocks 00:09:57.300 --> 00:09:59.620 Gathered from the dry riverbed 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:03.620 So let's first look at that miracle 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:06.240 Now we heard from the last couple weeks 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:07.900 From James as he preached 00:10:07.900 --> 00:10:09.560 That the book of Joshua 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:11.699 Joshua starts with God's commissioning 00:10:11.699 --> 00:10:13.239 Of Joshua 00:10:13.239 --> 00:10:15.899 Moses who had led the Israelites 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:16.759 Out of Egypt 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.099 And through the wilderness 00:10:18.099 --> 00:10:19.139 For 40 years 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:20.199 Has died 00:10:20.199 --> 00:10:21.379 And now it's Joshua 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:22.739 Who would lead them 00:10:22.739 --> 00:10:23.979 Into the promised land 00:10:23.979 --> 00:10:25.079 The land of Canaan 00:10:25.079 --> 00:10:27.879 And so as we read in chapter 1 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:29.759 Joshua gave a notice 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.399 Throughout the camp 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:31.919 That they would be crossing the river 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:33.139 In three days 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:35.559 Joshua had sent spies to Jericho 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.419 They had made contact with Rahab 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.659 And they had returned 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:39.479 With a good report 00:10:39.479 --> 00:10:40.240 That the Lord 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:42.019 Had truly given them 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:43.599 Or was going to give them 00:10:43.599 --> 00:10:44.519 The land 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:45.679 All the lands of Canaan 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:46.539 Into their hands 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:49.759 And so now it was go time 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.500 After 40 years 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.679 Of wandering in the wilderness 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.039 God's promise 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.779 Was about to be fulfilled 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:57.360 So you can imagine 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:58.459 Their excitement 00:10:58.459 --> 00:10:59.799 And their anticipation 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:01.980 Maybe you've experienced 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:03.079 These same emotions 00:11:03.079 --> 00:11:05.559 In thinking about our family 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.039 We actually went on a trip 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:08.539 To Disney World last year 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:10.759 And it was a gift 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:12.000 That was given to the kids 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.039 At Christmas time 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:14.500 Although we didn't actually go 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:16.319 Until mid-February 00:11:16.319 --> 00:11:18.119 And so we had two months 00:11:18.119 --> 00:11:19.559 Of this building excitement 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:20.639 And anticipation 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.579 It was every day 00:11:22.579 --> 00:11:23.419 The kids would ask 00:11:23.419 --> 00:11:23.639 You know 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:24.579 How many more days 00:11:24.579 --> 00:11:25.259 Till we leave 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:26.739 When can we pack our bags 00:11:26.739 --> 00:11:29.139 And that day finally arrived 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:30.539 And we boarded our plane 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.679 And flew to Orlando 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:34.139 And we drove under that archway 00:11:34.139 --> 00:11:35.779 When you get on Disney property 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.679 That says welcome 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:37.740 To Walt Disney World 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:40.000 And the kids were ecstatic 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.620 So you think 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.399 How much more 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:43.919 Were the Israelites 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:44.860 How much more 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:46.159 Would they have been excited 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:47.279 About this prospect 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:48.299 They weren't merely going 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.399 On a holiday 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:50.360 They were moving 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.059 Into the land of milk and honey 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:53.379 That had been promised to them 00:11:53.379 --> 00:11:54.779 They were no longer 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:56.759 Going to be living as nobads 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.720 They would live in a house 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.759 In a city 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.200 They would have farmland 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:02.000 Where they could raise 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:02.620 Their families 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:05.080 The time had finally arrived 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.200 And so we see 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.840 How Joshua commands them 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:09.480 To get ready 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.919 But it's not 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:11.799 With instructions 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:12.799 That you might think of 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:14.179 As we would think of 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:14.879 When we prepare 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:16.139 To go on a trip 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:16.840 He didn't tell them 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.820 To pack their tents 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:20.299 Or fashion any sort of raft 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:22.060 To cross the river 00:12:22.060 --> 00:12:23.759 He told the people 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.460 To consecrate themselves 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:27.539 And this was actually 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:29.039 The same instruction 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:30.060 That God gave 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:31.180 The people of Israel 00:12:31.179 --> 00:12:32.579 At Mount Sinai 00:12:32.579 --> 00:12:33.639 Before Moses received 00:12:34.199 --> 00:12:35.139 The Ten Commandments 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:36.519 It would have actually 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:37.299 Involved the people 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:38.599 Washing their clothes 00:12:38.599 --> 00:12:40.439 Abstaining from sexual relations 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.559 It was intended 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:43.259 To help prepare them 00:12:43.259 --> 00:12:43.639 Spiritually 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.079 God wanted them 00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:47.519 To be focused 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.599 And clear minded 00:12:48.599 --> 00:12:49.439 He wanted to remove 00:12:49.439 --> 00:12:50.279 All distraction 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:51.359 So that they could 00:12:51.359 --> 00:12:52.500 Fully appreciate 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:54.059 The amazing things 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:54.620 The Lord 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:56.599 Was about to accomplish 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:58.420 And so we 00:12:58.420 --> 00:12:59.460 Similarly we do 00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:00.820 This ourselves 00:13:00.820 --> 00:13:02.139 When we prepare 00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.800 For worship 00:13:02.800 --> 00:13:03.899 Each morning 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:04.540 And each evening 00:13:04.540 --> 00:13:05.720 During our worship 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:06.259 Time together 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:07.019 We did it today 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:08.379 Where we read 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:09.120 A passage 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:10.019 Perhaps it's 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:11.159 A responsive reading 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:12.320 And it's intended 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:13.720 To prepare us 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:14.940 To experience 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:15.659 The goodness 00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:16.940 And the greatness 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:17.600 Of God 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.460 It's intended 00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:20.159 To help us 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:21.080 Put aside 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.300 Any distraction 00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:22.899 That we can 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:23.860 Settle our hearts 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:25.720 And focus our minds 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:26.700 In order that 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:27.960 We can be sincere 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.740 In our worship 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:30.720 And we have 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:31.460 The same struggle 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:31.899 When we think 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.919 Of serving the Lord 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.480 Too right 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:34.700 How often do we say 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:35.480 We are doing 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:36.320 The Lord's work 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.419 But we end up 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:38.680 Relying on our own 00:13:38.680 --> 00:13:39.680 Planning and our 00:13:39.680 --> 00:13:40.539 Own execution 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:42.200 We may give 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:43.320 God lip service 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:44.840 Or pray occasionally 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:45.620 But our focus 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:47.100 May remain on 00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:47.899 Ourselves and 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.620 Our own ability 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:50.759 We may have 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.580 The best of intentions 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:53.240 But how often 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:54.560 Do we really pause 00:13:54.560 --> 00:13:55.279 To acknowledge 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:57.279 Our need for God 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:58.440 That it is God 00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:59.259 Who must work 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.000 In us 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:01.460 And through us 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:02.759 To accomplish 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.899 His purpose 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:05.159 And so that's the reason 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.899 Why God paused 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:08.080 And had them 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.360 Consecrate themselves 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.279 Prior to telling him 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:12.539 Of his plan 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:13.180 And so we see 00:14:13.180 --> 00:14:13.659 After they 00:14:13.659 --> 00:14:14.500 Consecrate themselves 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.460 God reveals 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:16.940 How he is going 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:17.759 To bring them 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.279 Into the promised land 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:20.700 He has devised 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:21.200 A plan 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.039 Where there will be 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.879 No mistaking 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.539 By the people 00:14:23.539 --> 00:14:24.139 Of Israel 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:25.360 Or the people 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.500 Of the land of Canaan 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:27.519 The power 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.879 And the presence 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.580 Of God 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.700 And so we read 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:33.100 That in chapter 3 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:35.480 Verses 9 through 13 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.139 I'm going to read 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.080 Them again for us 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:38.360 Joshua said 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.080 To the Israelites 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.799 Come here 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.080 And listen to the word 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:42.700 Of the Lord your God 00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:44.320 This is how you will know 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.139 That the living God 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:45.799 Is among you 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.700 And that he will 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.580 Certainly drive 00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:48.519 Out before you 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.639 The Canaanites 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.639 Hittites 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.679 Hivites 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:52.620 Perizzites 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.659 Girgashites 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:54.519 Amorites 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.299 And Jebusites 00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:56.899 See the ark 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.439 Of the covenant 00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:58.019 Of the Lord 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.939 Of all the earth 00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.899 Will go on 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.699 Into the Jordan 00:15:00.699 --> 00:15:01.259 Ahead of you 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.319 Now then 00:15:02.319 --> 00:15:03.379 Choose twelve men 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.100 From the tribes 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.600 Of Israel 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:06.620 One from each tribe 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.799 And as soon 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:08.559 As the priests 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.439 Who carry the ark 00:15:09.439 --> 00:15:09.960 Of the Lord 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.919 The Lord 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.980 Of all the earth 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.679 Set foot in the Jordan 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.759 Its waters flowing 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.459 Downstream 00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:16.479 Will be cut off 00:15:16.479 --> 00:15:17.799 And stand up 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:19.159 In a heap 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:22.239 We see that God 00:15:22.239 --> 00:15:23.500 Just like God 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.739 Parted the Red Sea 00:15:24.739 --> 00:15:26.239 For the people 00:15:26.239 --> 00:15:27.399 As they were escaping 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.620 The Egyptians 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.659 Who were pursuing them 00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:30.759 God was going to do 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.659 The same thing here 00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.620 He was going to 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.399 Part the waters 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:33.979 Of the Jordan 00:15:33.979 --> 00:15:35.039 For his people 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.659 To enter 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:37.120 The land of Canaan 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.620 And so what's even 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.799 More impressive about 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:40.039 Though 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:41.379 This is what is noted 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.379 In verse 15 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.459 That the Jordan 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:44.700 Jordan River 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:45.700 Was overflowing 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:46.400 At that time 00:15:46.400 --> 00:15:46.800 Because it was 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:47.360 The time 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.460 Of harvest 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:50.759 And so this crossing 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:51.960 Would have actually 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:53.160 Occurred in the springtime 00:15:53.160 --> 00:15:53.639 Possibly 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.160 March or April 00:15:55.160 --> 00:15:56.500 And due to 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.580 The spring showers 00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:59.180 The melting snow 00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.800 From the north 00:15:59.800 --> 00:16:00.300 This would have 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:01.320 Turned the Jordan 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:03.500 Into this raging river 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:05.280 Typically the Jordan 00:16:05.280 --> 00:16:06.540 River was probably 00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:08.040 About a hundred feet 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:09.200 Wide in most places 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.879 But in this case 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.680 During flood season 00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:13.320 It could have been 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:14.040 As much as 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.840 A mile wide 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.580 And the water 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.379 Spilling out 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.360 Across the plain 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.940 Of Jordan 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:18.879 There's certainly 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.740 No one who 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.680 Would have expected 00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:21.780 A person 00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:22.660 Much less 00:16:22.660 --> 00:16:23.760 A whole nation 00:16:23.760 --> 00:16:24.420 Of people 00:16:24.420 --> 00:16:25.620 To cross the river 00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.660 At this location 00:16:26.660 --> 00:16:27.860 And at this time 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.260 Of year 00:16:28.260 --> 00:16:29.879 So God is making 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.940 Abundantly clear 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.780 That it is He 00:16:31.780 --> 00:16:32.700 Who is asserting 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.580 His power 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.820 Over creation 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:37.000 But it's not only 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.920 God's power 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.560 That's emphasized 00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.320 In this passage 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:40.760 It's actually 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.500 His presence 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.960 The main focus 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.720 Of this narrative 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.539 If you look closely 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.299 Is actually 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.819 The Ark of the Covenant 00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:48.399 As we know 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.919 The Ark 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:50.279 Was created 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.299 To be a symbol 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:52.679 Of God's presence 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:53.799 Among his people 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:55.299 And we see 00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.980 Repeatedly 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.840 That each time 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.399 That God 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.179 Or Joshua 00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:58.960 Gives instruction 00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.659 To the people 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.659 It involves 00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.779 The Ark of the Covenant 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:03.480 It's the Ark 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.099 That's carried 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.799 By the priests 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.660 That pass on 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.639 Ahead of the people 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.700 It's the Ark 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.299 That's carried 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.599 To the river's edge 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.779 Causing the waters 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.639 To stand up 00:17:11.639 --> 00:17:12.099 In a heap 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:13.619 It's the Ark 00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.359 That remains 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:15.220 On dry ground 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.680 In the middle 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.039 Of the river 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.579 As the people 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.139 Pass through 00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.920 And it's the Ark 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.779 That's carried 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.619 Out of the river 00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.579 On the opposite side 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.059 Of the Jordan 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:22.379 Causing the waters 00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:23.079 To return 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.220 To their flood stage 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.920 As before 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.740 God is clearly 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.279 Showing that 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.359 He is with 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.980 His people 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.559 And that He 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.139 Is solely 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:31.039 Responsible 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.460 For this miracle 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:34.399 And so 00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:35.279 It's worth asking 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.740 Why did God 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.659 Choose to act 00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:38.039 In this way 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.839 What was the purpose 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.579 Of this miracle 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:39.920 I mean 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.240 God certainly 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.200 Could have had 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.879 His people 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:44.859 Travel further north 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:45.899 Where it would have 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.420 Been easier 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.019 To cross 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.720 The Jordan River 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.299 He could have 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.879 Just simply 00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.839 Waited a couple 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.700 Months 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.399 Until the flood 00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:53.180 Season had ended 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:53.519 I mean 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.619 They've been traveling 00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:55.799 Around the wilderness 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.460 And wandering 00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.279 For 40 years 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.539 What difference 00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:58.980 Would a couple 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.519 Months make 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.039 At that point 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.259 Right 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.859 But God 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.960 Chose to do 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.859 The impossible 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:05.099 By stopping 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.960 A raging river 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.839 For an entire 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.099 Nation to cross 00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:09.500 On Jai ground 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.839 And we see 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.440 The reason 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.859 That God 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:12.460 Gives for this 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:13.039 At the very 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.000 End of chapter 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.400 4 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.339 In chapter 4 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.000 Verse 24 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.799 It says this 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.680 He did this 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:19.700 He did this 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.619 Speaking of God 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:21.819 That all the 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.599 People of the 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:23.559 Earth might know 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.759 That the hand 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.879 Of the Lord 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.680 Is powerful 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:28.159 And so that you 00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.899 Might always 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:30.279 Fear the Lord 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.279 Your God 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:34.000 God wants 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.680 His greatness 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.899 To be known 00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.419 By all 00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:38.359 And he craves 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.000 The loyalty 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.839 Of his people 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.500 As this passage 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:40.960 Says 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.859 And so what 00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.379 Better way 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:43.180 Of doing that 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:44.500 Than by exposing 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.119 The helpless 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:46.019 Condition of those 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.579 Who saves 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:48.019 God's power 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.839 And his presence 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:50.000 Is always most evident 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.379 When we are 00:18:51.379 --> 00:18:52.460 At our weakest 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:54.180 And maybe you've 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.779 Experienced that 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.220 Yourself 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.000 Just like the 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.400 Israelites 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:56.940 Where God 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.940 Has put us 00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.879 Put you 00:18:58.879 --> 00:19:00.039 Into an 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:00.599 Impossible 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:02.099 Feeling situation 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.559 Where the 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.099 Circumstance 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.579 Around you 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.279 Make you feel 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.720 Like the outcome 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.599 Is so bleak 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.220 That you are 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.039 Without hope 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.940 You know 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.700 Maybe a family 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.059 Member 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:12.960 Has passed away 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:14.420 Maybe you've 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.079 Experienced a 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:16.019 Cancer diagnosis 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.039 Or you have 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.740 A rebellious 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.139 Child 00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:19.119 Perhaps a 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.839 Horrible boss 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.399 In a dead 00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:20.940 End job 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.339 Or some 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.720 Sort of 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.159 Financial 00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:22.819 Hardship 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.759 Maybe it's 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.500 The isolation 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.259 And loneliness 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.759 That you're 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.440 Experiencing 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.319 During this 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.859 Lockdown 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.299 That doesn't 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.879 Ever seem 00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.500 To have 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.460 An end 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:33.440 In these 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.059 Hard times 00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.599 It's important 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:34.879 That we 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.420 Recognize 00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.420 That God 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.140 May bring 00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.720 About these 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.120 Difficult 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:38.860 Situations 00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.880 For the 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.279 Intended 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.860 Purpose 00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:42.000 Of revealing 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.800 Our limitations 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:44.080 To reveal 00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.460 To us 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.800 That our 00:19:44.800 --> 00:19:45.300 Deliverance 00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:46.120 Only comes 00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.460 Through the 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.880 Power 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.480 And the 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:47.980 Presence 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.660 Of the 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:48.940 Lord 00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:50.820 And when 00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:51.340 We recognize 00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:51.940 This it's 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.240 Important 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.160 God notes 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.500 That it's 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.120 Not just 00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.960 His people 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.680 That recognize 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.259 This but 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.700 It's something 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.259 That is to 00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.960 Be recognized 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.920 By all 00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.340 The people 00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.660 Of the 00:19:59.660 --> 00:19:59.960 World 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.600 The revelation 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.539 Of God's 00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.180 Might and 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.880 Glory is 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.539 Missional 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.700 In nature 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:07.220 It draws 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.879 The attention 00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.440 Of the 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.359 Unbelieving 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.759 World 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.299 When the 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.619 Unbelieving 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.399 World sees 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.079 God work 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.680 In us 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.220 And through 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.700 Us 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.680 Despite 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.159 Our 00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:15.960 Impossible 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.940 Situations 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.539 Around us 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.359 It compels 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.720 Them 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.519 It compels 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:19.960 Those who 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.659 Have rebelled 00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:21.480 Against God 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.519 To turn 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.720 And embrace 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.019 Him 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.859 And to be 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.359 Saved 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:27.259 And further 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.819 God says 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.119 In this 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.519 Reasoning 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.759 Here 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:30.180 That when 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.980 We acknowledge 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.099 His power 00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.460 And his 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.920 Presence 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.819 We will be 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.359 Compelled 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.319 To fear 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.619 Him 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:37.419 This means 00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:37.740 That we 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.259 Want to 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.859 Give him 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.579 Our whole 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.379 Hearted 00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:40.819 Loyalty 00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.159 When we 00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.599 See his 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:41.899 Goodness 00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.539 And greatness 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.559 We desire 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:43.939 To be 00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:44.199 Drawn 00:20:44.199 --> 00:20:44.659 Closer 00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.199 To him 00:20:45.199 --> 00:20:46.579 Because we 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.199 Recognize 00:20:47.199 --> 00:20:47.519 That it's 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.279 He alone 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.939 Who's 00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.500 Worthy 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.099 Of our 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.519 Praise 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:50.859 And our 00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.199 Worship 00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:52.439 And so 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:52.979 That's why 00:20:52.979 --> 00:20:53.479 God 00:20:53.479 --> 00:20:54.339 Performed 00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.019 This miracle 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.500 In this 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.699 Way 00:20:55.699 --> 00:20:56.039 This is 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.579 Why God 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.219 Continues 00:20:57.219 --> 00:20:57.879 To intervene 00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.379 In our 00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.699 Lives 00:20:58.699 --> 00:20:59.019 Today 00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.740 That he 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.319 May reveal 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.979 His power 00:21:00.979 --> 00:21:01.619 And that 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.039 He may 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.559 Attract 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.559 The loyalty 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.139 Of his 00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.460 People 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.700 And so 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.119 If that's 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.639 Why God 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.159 Performed 00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.619 The miracle 00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.440 Then let's 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.200 Consider this 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.799 Memorial 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.819 That he 00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.500 Creates 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.379 Instructs 00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:14.399 The Israelites 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:15.460 To assemble 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:17.220 After this 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.519 Miracle 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.379 Is performed 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.500 Hope 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:20.060 You know 00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:20.400 We've 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:20.840 My family 00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.140 Has been 00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.560 In Edinburgh 00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:23.140 For over 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.640 Four months 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:23.940 Now 00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:25.280 And though 00:21:25.280 --> 00:21:25.740 There hasn't 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.260 Been a lot 00:21:26.260 --> 00:21:26.760 We can do 00:21:26.760 --> 00:21:27.200 With everything 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.760 Closed down 00:21:27.760 --> 00:21:28.120 One of the 00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.580 Things we've 00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.200 Really enjoyed 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.740 Doing is 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.540 Is going 00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:31.080 On walks 00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.500 Where we 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.880 Have been 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.300 Able to 00:21:32.300 --> 00:21:33.340 See a 00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.820 Number of 00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.440 Monuments 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.500 And memorials 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.540 It's truly 00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:36.940 One of the 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.320 Things that 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.900 Makes Edinburgh 00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.900 So distinct 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.780 And especially 00:21:39.780 --> 00:21:40.520 For myself 00:21:40.520 --> 00:21:40.840 And my 00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.100 Family 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.360 That's 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.800 Americans 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:42.640 We come 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:42.940 From a 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.380 Country that 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.040 Doesn't have 00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:44.980 This long 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.560 Of a history 00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:46.080 To come 00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.920 Here and 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.720 See such a 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.860 Rich history 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.720 Is such a 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.200 Neat thing 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.740 For us 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.100 Where we 00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.519 See these 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.059 Monuments 00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.620 Or memorials 00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:53.940 That are 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.940 Constructed 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.100 For poets 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:57.059 Or theologians 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.220 Or politicians 00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.220 For war heroes 00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.860 Whatever it may 00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.200 Be 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.480 They really 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.180 All serve 00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.960 The same 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.400 Purpose 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.720 To preserve 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.680 And to 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.240 Promote 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.900 The memory 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:08.279 Of a person 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.220 Or an event 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.819 And so that's 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.279 What God 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.220 Instructs Joshua 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.960 To do here 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.380 After the 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.920 People of 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.440 Israel had 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.100 Passed through 00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.480 The river 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.039 Onto dry 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.519 Ground 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.400 Joshua 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.319 Instructs 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.240 The leaders 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.700 From each 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.019 Tribe 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.579 To take 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.119 A rock 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.480 From the 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.980 Riverbed 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.000 To form 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.460 This 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.299 Memorial 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.480 And so we 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.879 See it 00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:28.319 If we look 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.660 In Joshua 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.319 4 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.519 Verses 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.119 5 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.859 Through 7 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.539 It says 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.900 This 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.400 Go over 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:35.980 Before the 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.400 Ark of 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.120 The ark 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.000 Before the 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.700 Ark of the 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:38.900 Lord 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:40.019 Into the 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.660 Jordan 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:42.400 To serve 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:46.460 To serve 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.360 As a sign 00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.040 Among you 00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:49.640 In the future 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.040 When your 00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:50.980 Children ask you 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.759 What do these 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.460 Stones mean 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.740 Tell them that 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.620 The flow of the 00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.300 Jordan was cut 00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:56.720 Off before the 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.320 Ark of the 00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.019 Covenant of the 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.259 Lord 00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.860 When it crossed 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.660 The Jordan 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.600 The waters of the 00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:02.240 Jordan were cut 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.500 Off 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.740 These stones 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.500 Are to be a 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.900 Memorial 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.680 To the 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.319 People of 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.779 Israel 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.759 Forever 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:11.319 So we see 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.720 That even 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.400 Though God 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.099 Had just 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.660 Revealed 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.240 His power 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.740 To his 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.099 People 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.519 By this 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.900 Miracle 00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:17.079 He 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.160 Recognizes 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.900 Our 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.660 Tendency 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.559 To forget 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.900 In fact 00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.379 Back in 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.420 Deuteronomy 00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.660 He warned 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.539 The Israelites 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.279 While they were 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.799 Still in the 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.259 Wilderness 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.240 Not to 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.819 Forget 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.960 In Deuteronomy 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.519 6 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.559 10-12 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.000 He says 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.220 This 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.799 When the 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.319 Lord your 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.640 God 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.279 Brings you 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.740 Into the 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.019 Land 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.599 He swore 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:35.940 To your 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.359 Fathers 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.379 To Abraham 00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.340 And Isaac 00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.940 And Jacob 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.480 To give 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.780 You 00:23:39.780 --> 00:23:40.780 A land 00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:41.500 With large 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.000 Flourishing 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.340 Cities 00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:42.740 You did 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.220 Not build 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.020 Houses 00:23:44.020 --> 00:23:44.440 Filled 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:44.920 With all 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.300 Kinds 00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:45.660 Of goods 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.020 That you 00:23:46.020 --> 00:23:46.340 Did not 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.860 Provide 00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.540 Wells 00:23:47.540 --> 00:23:47.900 You did 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.460 Not dig 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.180 And vineyards 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.680 And olive 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:49.960 Grows 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.280 You did 00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:50.780 Not plant 00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.620 Then 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.000 When you 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.260 Eat 00:23:52.260 --> 00:23:52.560 And are 00:23:52.560 --> 00:23:53.260 Satisfied 00:23:53.260 --> 00:23:54.520 Be careful 00:23:54.520 --> 00:23:55.380 That you 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.740 Do not 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.360 Forget the 00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:56.640 Lord 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.500 Who brought 00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.080 You out 00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.780 Of Egypt 00:23:58.780 --> 00:23:59.820 Out of 00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.320 The land 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.540 Of slavery 00:24:01.540 --> 00:24:04.220 In fact 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.120 God goes 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.820 Even further 00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.360 Than giving 00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.920 This warning 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.740 Because a 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.300 Few chapters 00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.660 Later 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.480 Chapter 34 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.420 Of the 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.720 Book of 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.600 Deuteronomy 00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.800 God actually 00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:13.700 Predicts 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.200 That his 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.600 People 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.000 When they 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.000 Experience this 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.580 Wealth and 00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.140 This comfort 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.580 In this 00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.240 Promised land 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.140 They will 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.539 Rebel 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.560 And they 00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.120 Will break 00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.539 His covenant 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:24.660 And so I 00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.340 Imagine when the 00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.240 Israelites heard 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.019 This news 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.340 When they 00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.500 Were told 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.840 That they 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.560 Would rebel 00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.160 In the future 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.620 That they 00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.259 Might find it 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.200 Unimaginable 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.480 Right? 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.700 Even if they 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.180 Admit they 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.940 Kind of grumbled 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.539 A lot in 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.000 The wilderness 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.100 Because they 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.480 Just didn't 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.160 Have any 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.860 Shelter 00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.700 Any permanent 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.220 Place to 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.420 Live 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.660 They were 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.039 Eating the 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.539 Same food 00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.120 Every day 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:44.259 They would 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.580 Have thought 00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.000 Hey you 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.580 Get us to 00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:46.160 The promised 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.700 Land and 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.460 We are going 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.700 To be so 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.539 Thankful 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.039 There's no 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.640 Way we are 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.000 Going to 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.519 Forget your 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.180 Goodness and 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.960 Your faithfulness 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.200 But God 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.140 Obviously knew 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.240 Them and he 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.920 Knows us 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.400 Better than 00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.779 We know 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.340 Ourselves 00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.759 And he 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.680 Knows that 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.420 One of the 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.840 Greatest 00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.600 Enemies to 00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.380 Our faith 00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:05.640 Is our 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.819 Forgetfulness 00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:08.740 Some have 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.539 Described it 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.460 As spiritual 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.160 Amnesia 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.819 We see 00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.779 This cycle 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.660 Repeated by 00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.539 The nation 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.960 Of Israel 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.500 We see it 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.200 Repeated in 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.700 Our own 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.019 Lives 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.920 That God 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.720 Provides 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.200 For us 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.759 He proves 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.579 His faithfulness 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.100 To us 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.559 And we 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.980 In turn 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.500 Show our 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.139 Gratitude 00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.599 And our 00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.139 Praise 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.199 But as 00:25:27.199 --> 00:25:28.059 Time passes 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.459 We lose 00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:29.959 Focus 00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:31.980 We face 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.639 And when we 00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.299 Come to face 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.919 New challenges 00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.879 Or difficulties 00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:36.000 Then we 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.839 Grow to 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.419 Worry again 00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.699 And we 00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.219 Grow anxious 00:25:38.219 --> 00:25:38.579 And we 00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.419 Completely 00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.219 Forget about 00:25:40.219 --> 00:25:40.819 How God 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.439 Has cared 00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.019 For us 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.779 And has 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.459 Provided for 00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:43.819 Us in the 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.179 Past 00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:46.379 So God 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:46.919 Gives his 00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.339 People 00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.319 This sign 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.039 To remember 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.980 His faithfulness 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.839 And the 00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.279 Importance of 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.659 The sign 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.519 Is twofold 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.060 Not only 00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.400 Does it 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.680 Point 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.460 Backward 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.100 At the 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.440 Miracle 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.880 That God 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.340 Performed 00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.820 It also 00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:57.580 Is intended 00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.400 To point 00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.820 Forward 00:25:58.820 --> 00:26:00.779 You know 00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.060 You may 00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.620 Know people 00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.259 Who love 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.259 To reminisce 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.380 About old 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.759 Memories 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.960 They always 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.519 Talk about 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.840 The good 00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.259 Old days 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.519 Right 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.420 But the 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.860 Criticism 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.200 That they 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.980 Often receive 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.600 Is that 00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.000 They are 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.700 Living in 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.360 The past 00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:14.340 But by 00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.100 Instructing 00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.759 His people 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.400 To build 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.140 This memorial 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.580 Of stone 00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:17.860 God 00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.519 Is not 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.000 Wanting his 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.220 People 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.519 Simply 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.120 To live 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.420 In the 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.839 Past 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.220 These stones 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.059 Are meant 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.900 To signify 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.400 A much 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.880 Greater 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.579 Reality 00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.240 They reveal 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.779 God's 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.279 Character 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.220 As a 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.600 Covenant 00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.380 Keeping 00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.220 God 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.640 He is 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.180 Telling them 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.460 That 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.059 I 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.680 As I 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.180 Was faithful 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.620 To you 00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:34.880 In the 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.299 Past 00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.059 I am 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.539 Faithful 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.920 To you 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.180 Now 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.579 And I 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.920 Will be 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.480 Faithful 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.880 To you 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.559 In the 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.880 Future 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.460 And that's 00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.740 The good 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.100 News that 00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.480 We see 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.839 Throughout 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.360 The scriptures 00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.640 Right 00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.240 That God 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.960 Always 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.500 Remains 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.180 Faithful 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.019 To his 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.440 People 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:49.500 And so 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.299 Just as 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.620 That memorial 00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.319 Served as 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.779 A sign 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.120 To the 00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.440 People 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.099 Of Israel 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.259 God 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.700 Has given 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.480 Us signs 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.859 As well 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.180 That we 00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.680 Use today 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:59.019 One of 00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.519 Those signs 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.099 Is the 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.480 Lord's 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.700 Supper 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:02.059 When we 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.740 Take communion 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.259 Together 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.440 And although 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.900 We haven't 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.200 Been able 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.099 To participate 00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.079 In this 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.700 Sign for a 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.140 While due 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.519 To COVID 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.720 It's important 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.319 For us to 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.900 Remember the 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.559 Sacrifice 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.140 Of Jesus 00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.960 That when 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.460 We break 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.920 Bread 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.740 And drink 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.080 From the 00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.340 Cup 00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.779 We are 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.460 Remembering 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.820 How the 00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.380 Body of 00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.660 Jesus 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.240 Was broken 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.779 How his 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.220 Blood 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.019 Was shed 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.340 On the 00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.740 Cross 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.519 So that 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.120 We can 00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.660 Be rescued 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.100 From the 00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.480 Punishment 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.820 Of our 00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.180 Sins 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.900 And be 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.320 Presented 00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:26.060 Pure and 00:27:26.060 --> 00:27:26.420 Holy 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.500 Before God 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.960 The Father 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:30.360 By sending 00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.160 His son 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.600 Jesus 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.500 God 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.300 Was actually 00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:34.200 Fulfilling a 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.519 Covenant 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.120 That he 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.660 Made to 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.060 Abraham 00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:37.480 Long ago 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.440 Abraham 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.259 As you know 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.460 Was considered 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.140 The father 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:42.019 Of the nation 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.720 Of Israel 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.880 And a 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.220 Part of 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.640 That same 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.000 Covenant 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.360 Is what 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.740 God 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.539 Fulfilled 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.920 Through 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.539 Joshua 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.980 Here 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.660 God 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.100 Had also 00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.539 Promised 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.039 To give 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.600 Abraham's 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.079 Descendants 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.600 The land 00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.259 Of Canaan 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.900 And so 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.400 It's worth 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.920 Noting 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.420 This parallelism 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.680 That we 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.339 See between 00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.259 God's 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.640 Parting 00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.140 The Jordan 00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.259 And God's 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.000 Providing 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.759 Jesus 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:03.220 And we 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.539 See this 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.200 Specifically 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.940 In the 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.339 Person 00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.099 Of Joshua 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.359 As I 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.680 Mentioned 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.319 It's Joshua 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.920 Who is 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.240 Now 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.039 The leader 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:11.379 Of the 00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.779 Israelites 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.339 Who is 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.039 Leading them 00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.859 Into the 00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.619 Promised Land 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.579 And we 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:15.980 See what 00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.339 God 00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.180 Says to 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.660 Joshua 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.379 Specifically 00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.339 In chapter 00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.680 Three 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:19.940 Verse 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.200 Seven 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.599 He says 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:20.900 This 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.259 Today 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.920 I will 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.240 Begin 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.540 To 00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:24.019 Exalt 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.240 You 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.560 In the 00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:24.920 Eyes 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.060 Of 00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.240 All 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.680 Israel 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.400 So 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.560 That 00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:26.700 They 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:26.920 May 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.320 Know 00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:27.600 That 00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:27.880 I 00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.019 Am 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.240 With 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.460 You 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.980 As 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.340 I 00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.840 Was 00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.380 With 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.880 Moses 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.060 Joshua 00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.320 Had 00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.840 Proved 00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.259 Himself 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.040 To be 00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.360 A 00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.780 Faithful 00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.320 Servant 00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.100 And God 00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.340 Said 00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:37.519 That 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.820 Through 00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.140 His 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.600 Presence 00:28:38.600 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And we see Jesus who comes to save us in our helpless, hopeless 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:59.460 condition and bring us into relationship with God. And we see instead of building a memorial of stones, 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:11.000 Jesus is called the one who performed signs and miracles. He himself is our sign. In fact, 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:18.079 the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the living stone. In 1 Peter 2, 4-8, it says this, 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:25.839 As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him, 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:33.240 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:40.380 offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in the scriptures it says, 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:48.920 See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:59.560 never be put to shame. Jesus is our living stone, and as our living stone, he is the foundation of 00:30:59.560 --> 00:31:07.240 our faith. He is the embodiment of God's faithfulness to us. And the neat thing about this passage, not only 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:13.759 is he is he the living stone, but it says that those who trust in him are also like living stones. 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:20.519 We, the church, are his temple. We are considered the Lord's holy priesthood. 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:27.500 And so just like the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant across the Jordan, we ourselves 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:30.640 carry the Holy Spirit who indwells us. 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:38.800 And so if you are discouraged and if you are in need of reminding of God's faithfulness, 00:31:39.020 --> 00:31:46.580 we can look to Christ as our sign. We can look to Christ as our rock and our salvation. We can remember 00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:54.360 that once we were rebels against God, but now have been made children of God. We can be encouraged by 00:31:54.359 --> 00:32:02.839 the Holy Spirit who lives within us. There is a YouTube video that I really love. It may be one 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:11.419 that you've seen before. It's a number of years old. It's a recording of an old lady who's lying in bed, 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:18.399 and she has Alzheimer's. And her adult daughter is lying next to her in bed. And the daughter says to 00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:26.720 her mother, I love you, mama. And the mother says, I love you too. The daughter asks, but mama, 00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:33.600 you don't know who I am, do you? And this old lady who had, because of her Alzheimer's disease, 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:40.420 had previously forgotten who her daughter was. During this video, she has that light bulb moment. 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:47.700 And she responds, yes, you're Kelly. And the daughter is just visibly shocked. And she says, 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:53.220 yes, mama. And the mother continues, and I named you Kelly. And I love you, Kelly. 00:32:54.380 --> 00:33:00.259 The daughter smiles and replies, I love you too, mama. And the clip ends with the mother saying, 00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:02.920 she says, oh, isn't it wonderful? 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:10.380 Isn't it wonderful for us? Isn't it wonderful when we remember the faithfulness of God? 00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:16.960 Isn't it wonderful to remember how he loves us and how he has saved us and how he continues to care for 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:24.660 us? But the reality is, just like that old lady who likely forgot her daughter again, 00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:32.660 we don't always remember. Just like the people of Israel, even with signs and memorials, 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:39.519 we too are prone to forget the faithfulness of God. But we can take comfort in this because 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:47.880 our salvation is not based on our memory. Our salvation comes through the power of a covenant 00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:55.300 keeping God who never forgets. Our salvation is achieved by his son who promised to never leave us 00:33:55.300 --> 00:34:02.680 or forsake us. Psalms 105.8 says this, that God remembers his covenant forever. 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:13.519 The word he commanded for a thousand generations. And so if you are in Christ, you can take comfort in 00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:22.619 the security of your salvation. And you can have faith. You can rejoice in the faith that is given to us 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.400 through Christ. 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:32.840 If you are not a believer, I pray that you will recognize the power and the presence of God, that 00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:40.380 you will recognize the hopelessness of your condition, that you cannot save yourself. But it's Jesus who 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:47.720 comes to us, who offers us life, who offers to carry us into relationship with God through faith. 00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:56.239 And so as we close, I want to actually leave you with some lyrics from a song that our family 00:34:56.239 --> 00:35:04.939 really loves. It's actually a kid's album put out by a musical artist, Ellie Holcomb. And it's just a 00:35:04.939 --> 00:35:10.839 whole album that overflows with wonderful gospel truths. I'd recommend it to anyone who has kids and 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:18.000 even those who don't. And the song is entitled, Don't Forget to Remember. And though the lyrics are 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:23.600 simple, its message is powerful. And the chorus goes like this, 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:31.639 Don't forget to remember you're never alone, no matter if you are up high or down low. And as sure 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:36.339 as the sun will keep rising above, don't forget to remember that you are dearly loved. 00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.739 The song ends like this, 00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:45.739 Let the whole earth remind you of what God has said, from the moment you wake up till you go to bed. 00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:54.079 Oh, and even on days you forget what is true. Don't forget to remember that God won't forget you. 00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.559 You pray with me.