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 and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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

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 Special welcome if you're new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here,

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 and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community,

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 and as we follow Jesus together,

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 we become convinced that there's no one so good,

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 they don't need God's grace,

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 and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week

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 to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 What I'm about to say has nothing to do with Judges chapter 17,

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 but I was thinking this morning as we were worshiping,

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 the longer I serve as a pastor,

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 one of the emotions for me that grows and grows is that of gratitude.

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 I am more and more just grateful for the folks who come here every Sunday.

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 There are many places that you could be this morning,

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 and God called you here.

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 And I'm grateful for every month that God sustains this church financially.

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 Grateful as he brings new people and he blesses them as they go out.

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 And so I just want to say as we start this morning, I'm grateful for you.

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 And I'm glad that you're here.

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 And I always mean that,

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 but I mean that I think more and more as the months go by.

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 And so one of my catchphrases now,

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 as I see many of you on Sunday mornings,

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 I just say I'm glad you're here,

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 and that's because I am.

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 I'm grateful that God has brought this church community together.

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 With that, we are continuing our series in the book of Judges.

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 And you will remember that the book of Judges is about many things.

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

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

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 a king who can do what no human can do,

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 which is to change the hearts of men.

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 It is about the power of spirit-filled leadership,

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 and it's about God's mercy to hard-hearted people,

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 people like you and me.

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 Now, last time we were here,

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 we finished the story of Samson,

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 and you'll remember we saw God's redemption in Samson's life.

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 He used Samson's greatest failure to bring about,

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 in fact, Samson's greatest success.

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 We talked about that's the way that God's redemption works in this world,

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 and I reminded you that wherever you are

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 or whatever you've done,

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 if you're still alive,

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 all is not lost.

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 That was the end of the lesson of Samson,

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 and I told you for a while that Samson was the last and worst judge.

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 And so there's a sense in which we are done with judges.

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 We are done with judges when it comes to them as people,

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 as rulers of Israel.

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 We, however, are not done with the book of Judges.

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 So Samson ends in chapter 16.

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 Judges goes all the way to chapter 21,

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 because now we move away from these central figures,

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 these leaders,

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 and instead the author of the book of Judges

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 begins to tell us what it was like for normal, everyday Israelites.

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 We go from looking at the chiefs of God's people

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 to what it was like day to day on the ground in Israel.

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 And just as we saw with the judges,

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 we're going to see with their people

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 that there is a fast descent downwards.

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 As with that, I invite you to turn with me.

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 We're in Judges chapter 17.

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 You can turn in your Bible.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn,

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 remember God tells us in Proverbs chapter 30

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 that every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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 And so that's why we read now Judges chapter 17,

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 starting in verse 1.

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 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim

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 whose name was Micah.

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 And he said to his mother,

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 The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you,

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 about which you uttered a curse,

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 and also spoken in my ears,

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 Behold, the silver is with me.

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 I took it.

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 And his mother said,

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 Blessed be my son by the Lord.

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 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother.

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 And his mother said,

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 I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son

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 to make a carved image and a metal image.

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 Now, therefore, I will restore it to you.

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 So when he restored the money to his mother,

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 his mother took two hundred pieces of silver

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 and gave it to the silversmith,

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 who made it into a carved image and a metal image.

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 And it was in the house of Micah.

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 Verse 5.

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 And the man Micah had a shrine,

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 and he made an ephod and household gods

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 and ordained one of his sons who became his priest.

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 In those days there was no king in Israel.

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 Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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 Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah

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 of the family of Judah who was a Levite,

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 and he sojourned there.

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 And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah

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 to sojourn where he could find a place.

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 And as he journeyed,

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 he came to the hill country of Ephraim

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 to the house of Micah.

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 And Micah said to him,

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 Where do you come from?

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 And he said to him,

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 I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah,

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 and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.

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 And Micah said to him,

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 Stay with me and be to me a father and a priest.

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 And I will give you ten pieces of silver a year

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 and a suit of clothes and your living.

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 And the Levite went in.

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 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man,

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 and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

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 And Micah ordained the Levite,

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 and the young man became his priest

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 and was in the house of Micah.

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 Then Micah said,

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 Now I know that the Lord will prosper me

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 because I have a Levite as priest.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do praise you and thank you

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 that you do sustain us.

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 You sustain this church day by day and month by month.

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 You sustain us in our lives,

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 in our faith,

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 by your spirit.

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 And we thank you that you sustain us by your word.

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 We ask that you would do that again this morning.

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 That you would use it to instruct us

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 and to challenge us.

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 You'd use it to encourage and comfort us.

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 Most of all,

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 you would use it to help us to see Jesus.

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 That we would see his beauty and his glory

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 and his majesty and his holiness.

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 We'd see his power and his authority.

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 We'd see his mercy and his grace and his love.

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 And we ask that you would be merciful to us,

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 that you would not leave us where we are,

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 but that you would remember us,

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 that you'd change us,

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 that you would use our time together this morning

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 to change us and make us look

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 more like your son and our savior,

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 our Lord Jesus.

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 It's in his name that we ask all of these things.

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 Amen.

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 Many of you know that for several years

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 before and even a little bit after I went to seminary,

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 I was a teacher.

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 And one of the concepts that I learned as a teacher

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 was something called the irreducible minimum.

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 It's a mouthful.

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 But the irreducible minimum is what someone must know

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 to move on to the next level.

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 So there are certain things that you must learn

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 in third grade if you are going to have success

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 in fourth grade.

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 And so on and so forth.

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 The reason that someone fails a grade

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 is not because the school is cruel or mean,

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 but because they're saying to you,

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 look, you actually don't have what you need

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 to succeed the next level.

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 If you cannot add or subtract,

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 it is going to be very challenging

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 for you to work with multiplication.

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 I told you many times when we talked about Samson

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 that Samson should have been taking senior level classes

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 when it came to be an Israelite,

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 and yet he was failing the most basic things.

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 He was failing 101.

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 Now we move along, as I mentioned,

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 from the leaders of Israel

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 to those folks who lived on the ground every day,

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 everyday Israelites.

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 And as we look at the rest of the book of Judges,

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 what we are going to see is that at best,

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 God's people are failing.

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 That the most basic things,

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 the most elementary commands

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 that God has given to his people,

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 that's best.

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 At worst, God's people are doing unthinkable,

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 unspeakable things.

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 If you don't believe me,

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 you can just look ahead to Judges chapter 19.

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 What is Israelite 101

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 if not the Ten Commandments?

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 I talked about that earlier this morning

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 in our confession of faith.

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 Those are the basics, right,

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 of all the rules and laws and commands

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 God gave his people.

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 The Ten Commandments are the irreducible minimum.

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 This is what they are meant to know most of all.

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 This is what Jesus summarizes in Mark chapter 12.

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 Remember, he says,

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 the sum of the law is love of God and love of neighbor.

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 I mentioned the Ten Commandments here

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 at the beginning of Judges chapter 17,

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 and I mention the irreducible minimum

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 because the original audience

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 who is reading this story,

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 any Israelite who is hearing about

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 what Micah is doing

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 should notice immediately

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 the Ten Commandments are being broken

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 left and right.

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 In fact, it starts at the very beginning.

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 Verse 2,

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 Micah has something to confess to his mother.

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 This is his way, I guess,

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 of honoring Mother's Day.

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 Ironic that we're here this morning.

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 Micah is not coming to his mother

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 to confess that he broke a lamp, right,

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 or he marked, you know,

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 with his crayons in her favorite book.

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 No, he just sort of casually stole from her

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 1,100 pieces of silver.

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 You may remember from the story of Samson and Delilah,

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 1,100 pieces of silver we've seen before.

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 That was the amount of money

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 each lord of the Philistines

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 offered to Delilah

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 if she would hand over Samson.

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 In other words,

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 Micah has not taken $5

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 from his mom's purse, okay?

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 He has taken an enormous amount of money.

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 So we're starting out here.

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 Eighth commandment,

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 thou shalt not steal.

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 One commandment down.

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 Now, at the same time,

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 Micah is able to kill two birds with one stone.

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 You may realize he's also broken another commandment,

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 the fifth commandment,

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 honor your father and your mother.

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 And in a sense,

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 it's not just Micah who's broken that commandment,

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 it's also his mom.

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 There's a man named G.I. Williamson

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 who points out that the Ten Commandments,

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 the fifth commandment,

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 can be broken in two ways.

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 The fifth commandment can be broken

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 by children who refuse to honor their parents.

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 And it can also be broken by parents

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 who do not require their children to honor them.

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 And we can make a safe assumption here

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 that Micah's an adult,

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 we find out he actually has a child.

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 This is the dynamic he is used to with his mother.

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 This is the way, perhaps, that he's been raised.

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 I stole 1,100 pieces of silver.

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 No big deal.

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 I can just give it back.

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 No consequence.

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 So we've got two commandments broken at this point.

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 But wait, there's more.

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 We move on from verse 2 to verse 3.

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 His mom says,

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 hey, let's dedicate this silver

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 and we're gonna make a carved image

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 and a metal image.

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 What did we confess together this morning

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 if not the second commandment,

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 which says this,

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 no carved images.

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 We're now up from two of the commandments

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 to three of them,

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 but we are not done yet.

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 What happens in verse 5?

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 They don't have just an idol.

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 They don't have a household god.

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 They have household gods, plural.

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 Second commandment.

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 The first commandment tells us,

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 no other gods.

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 We are not meant to miss this.

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 In five verses,

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 Micah and his mother have broken four commandments.

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 And that is just scratching the surface.

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 There is so much in this passage

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 that is completely upside down.

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 In fact, we don't have time this morning

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 to list everything that Micah and his mom do

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 that is twisted and inside out.

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 I'll give you just a few of them.

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 Verse 2,

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 Micah comes and it seems like

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 maybe he's repenting of stealing the silver.

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 No, there's no repentance.

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 Micah is afraid that the curse

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 is going to fall on him.

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 That's why we're told in verse 2,

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 he heard the curse

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 and then he returned the silver.

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 Micah does not do this

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 out of some sense of guilt or fear of God.

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 No, he's very pragmatic.

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 He was pragmatic in stealing the silver.

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 He's pragmatic in returning the silver.

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 Oh, I didn't realize

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 this was going to involve a curse.

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 Well, in that case, mom,

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 here all of it is back.

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 Maybe you can take that back for me.

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 The mom doesn't get off the hook either.

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 Verse 3,

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 she takes the 1,100 pieces of silver

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 and says,

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 I'm going to dedicate this to God.

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 We find out in verse 4,

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 she gives not 1,100 pieces of silver,

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 she gives 200 pieces of silver.

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 And so the reader is left wondering,

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 what happened to the other 900 pieces?

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 All is dedicated to God.

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 Only some reaches at the end.

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 Verse 5,

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 they set up their own worship site,

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 which is in direct violation

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 to what God has taught his people.

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 There is to be one place of worship

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 that God has established.

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 And if that were not enough,

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 Micah appoints,

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 ordains his own son as a priest.

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 And it should go without saying,

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 God establishes priests,

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 not men.

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 How are things going for God's people?

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 Everything is upside down.

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 And we could go on.

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 And commentators do on and on

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 about everything in this passage

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 that does not add up.

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 That raises a question for us.

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 What in fact is Micah thinking?

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 He should know, right?

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 As an Israelite,

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 he should know the irreducible minimum.

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 It should be obvious to him

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 what is obvious to the readers.

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 That he is so far away

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 from God and his commands.

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 Well, thankfully,

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 we are not left to wonder.

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 We find out very quickly

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 exactly what it is

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 that Micah is thinking.

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 Verses 7 through 13.

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 Now in verse 5,

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 we found out that Micah

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 made his son a priest.

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 That is just for now.

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 Micah is always willing

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 to accept a better deal

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 if it comes along.

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 He is always willing

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 to make an upgrade.

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 And what shows up

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 but the best upgrade

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 that Micah could dream of?

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 If you're familiar

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 with the Old Testament,

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 you know that the Levites

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 were the Israelite tribe

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 that were designated

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 to serve as priests.

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 And so those were the ones

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 who were actually supposed

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 to be managing God's house.

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 And it's verses 7 through 8.

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 Who comes along?

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 What luck does Micah have

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 but that a Levite

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 stumbles across his path?

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 This Levite, we're told,

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 is looking,

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 this is verse 8,

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 for where he could find a place.

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 In other words,

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 this Levite had gone on

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 to his LinkedIn profile

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 and his profile picture

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 had a banner on it

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 that said,

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 Open to work.

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 He needed a place to plug in

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 and so he's wandering around.

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 He is looking for a place to serve.

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 Micah is open to an upgrade.

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 This is a deal made in heaven.

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 There's a perfect match.

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 The Levite wants work.

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 Micah wants a Levite.

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 And so they strike a deal,

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 verses 10 through 12.

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 And without getting into

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 lots of nitty-gritty detail,

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 I'll just tell you

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 this deal is highly irregular.

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 This is not the way

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 that Levites are supposed

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 to be chosen.

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 It's not the way

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 they're supposed to be compensated.

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 This is not the way

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 things work in God's house.

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 But we've already gotten the picture

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 that normal was thrown out

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 a long time ago.

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 And it's here

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 that we finally get

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 to the heart of the matter.

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 Micah reveals to us

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 what in the world

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 he is thinking.

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 There are two key

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 and critical verses

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 in chapter 17.

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 One of those

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.440
 is the last verse,

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 verse 15.

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 Then Micah said,

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 Now I know

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 that the Lord

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 will prosper me

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 because I have

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 a Levite

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 as a priest.

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 What is Micah thinking?

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:38.799
 Micah loves

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 religious show.

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 He has no

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 religious substance.

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 Micah is worried

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 about certain rules.

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 Micah has no category

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 for deep

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:59.160
 and real holiness.

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 Micah has religious

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 actions

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:08.420
 and he has

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 religious activity.

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 And he does not

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.740
 have a heart

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.880
 for God.

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.360
 So what is Micah

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.920
 doing here?

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 He makes it

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 crystal clear

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 that really

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 all he's interested

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.960
 in doing

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.799
 is manipulating

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 God.

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 He is just

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 like the pagan

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 nations around him.

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 Religion

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 is merely

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.920
 a superstition.

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 In fact,

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.200
 religion is something

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 you can make up

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 as you go along.

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 If you have

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.639
 the right priest,

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 God will bless you.

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 He is showing

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 us

00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:50.039
 superstition

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 at its

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 very

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 worst.

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 In fact,

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 one commentator

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 says this,

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 the Levite

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 is nothing

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 more

00:19:59.099 --> 00:20:00.299
 than a good

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 luck

00:20:00.979 --> 00:20:01.740
 charm.

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 We might

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.919
 say that Micah

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:07.419
 is like the

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 Pharisees

00:20:07.979 --> 00:20:08.500
 that Jesus

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.119
 condemns,

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.299
 clean on the

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.000
 outside,

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.639
 full of filth

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.920
 on the inside.

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:17.640
 And so

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.900
 Judges 17

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:20.040
 warns us

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 about this.

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 Possible for us

00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:23.340
 as well

00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.600
 to hide

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 behind

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.759
 religious

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.800
 activity.

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 It is

00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:29.400
 possible

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.980
 to have

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 religious

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.860
 show

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 and pomp

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 and circumstance

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:37.860
 untethered

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:39.080
 from a love

00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:40.040
 for God

00:20:40.040 --> 00:20:40.940
 and his

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.300
 ways.

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 It is

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.500
 possible

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:47.600
 to claim

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.280
 the Christian

00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:48.860
 faith

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 and have

00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:51.200
 merely

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.460
 external

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.380
 compliance

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 to certain

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.700
 rules.

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 It is

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.120
 possible

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:02.000
 to claim

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.620
 the Christian

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.060
 faith

00:21:03.060 --> 00:21:03.620
 merely

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:05.000
 because of

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.520
 some sort

00:21:05.520 --> 00:21:06.020
 of religious

00:21:06.020 --> 00:21:07.500
 connection.

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.520
 Micah

00:21:10.520 --> 00:21:10.940
 here gives

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.240
 us the

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 formula.

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 Now I

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 know

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:13.559
 that the

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:13.779
 Lord

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.000
 will

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.459
 prosper

00:21:14.459 --> 00:21:14.839
 me

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.639
 because

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.259
 I

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.459
 have

00:21:16.459 --> 00:21:16.639
 a

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.099
 Levite

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.119
 as a

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.459
 priest.

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 And so

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.439
 we might

00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.939
 say this.

00:21:23.959 --> 00:21:24.859
 Now I

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.179
 know

00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.639
 the Lord

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:25.839
 will

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.199
 prosper

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:26.519
 me.

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.899
 I

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.279
 might be

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.500
 cheating

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.859
 on my

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.319
 taxes,

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 but

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:31.839
 my

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.359
 grandfather

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.759
 was a

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 pastor.

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.379
 I

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.039
 might be

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.599
 destroying

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.039
 others

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.539
 with my

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.959
 mouth,

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.599
 but I

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.139
 was baptized.

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.459
 and I

00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:42.759
 grew up

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:42.980
 in the

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.319
 church.

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 So I

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.599
 know that

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.119
 the Lord

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.879
 will

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.279
 prosper

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.539
 me.

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.099
 I

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.480
 might be

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.939
 immature

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:53.019
 and easily

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.859
 angered,

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.879
 but I

00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.199
 have a

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 big library

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:58.439
 that has

00:21:58.439 --> 00:21:59.119
 a lot

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.859
 of theological

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.459
 books in

00:22:00.459 --> 00:22:00.619
 it.

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.899
 Now I

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.379
 know

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.379
 that the

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.779
 Lord

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.559
 will

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.119
 prosper

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.819
 me.

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:06.879
 me.

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.000
 I

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.259
 might

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.720
 lie

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.700
 and

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.299
 conveniently

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.939
 change

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.240
 the

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.740
 story

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:16.119
 when the

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 truth

00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:16.980
 catches up

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.419
 with me,

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.839
 but I

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.179
 read my

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.399
 Bible

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.919
 every day.

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.539
 Now I

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.980
 know

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.779
 that the

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 Lord

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.939
 will

00:22:26.939 --> 00:22:27.339
 prosper

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 me.

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:49.259
 of course,

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.720
 Micah

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.720
 could not

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.220
 be further

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.420
 from the

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.740
 truth.

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.240
 He set up

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.720
 a system

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.279
 that allows

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.680
 him to

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:55.940
 worship,

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.519
 something he

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.140
 can control,

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 something that

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 submits to

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.660
 his preferences,

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.440
 something that

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.180
 is mere

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.480
 superstition.

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 Don't hear

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.600
 what I'm not

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.000
 saying.

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.140
 These are not

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.700
 bad things.

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.980
 It is good

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.539
 to have a

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.660
 Levite as

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 a priest.

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.299
 In fact,

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.860
 Levites should

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.420
 be priests,

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.779
 right?

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.860
 The problem

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:17.480
 is focusing

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.080
 on good

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:19.940
 things and

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.340
 missing the

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.880
 great things.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.820
 The problem

00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:23.400
 is turning

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.400
 certain types

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.400
 of obedience

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.700
 into a

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.380
 superstition.

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:28.940
 Remember

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.640
 what Samuel,

00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.200
 the prophet,

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.280
 says in

00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:32.460
 1 Samuel 15.

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 Has the

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.519
 Lord as

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.180
 great delight

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.600
 in burnt

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.540
 offerings and

00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:37.740
 sacrifices as

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.519
 in obeying the

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.019
 voice of the

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.300
 Lord?

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.320
 Behold,

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.120
 to obey

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.580
 is better

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:45.019
 than sacrifice

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.860
 and to

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.340
 listen

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:48.180
 than the

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.080
 fat of

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.420
 rams.

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.820
 God says

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.220
 the same

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.600
 thing through

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.080
 his prophets

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:53.440
 in other

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.800
 places.

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.619
 Amos 5

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.519
 and Jeremiah

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.159
 6.

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.339
 God comes

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.579
 to his

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.980
 people and

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.159
 says,

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 I will

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.419
 not accept

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 your burnt

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.419
 offerings

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:02.879
 because you

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.779
 practice

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.680
 injustice.

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.440
 What did

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.899
 Brit read

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.240
 from us?

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.680
 From Matthew

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.599
 chapter 23,

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.379
 Jesus comes

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.980
 and condemns

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.539
 the religious

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.879
 leaders.

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.200
 He says,

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.399
 look,

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.000
 you worry

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.539
 about tithing

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.180
 on your

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.839
 herbs and

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.259
 mint and

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.519
 cumin.

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 You know

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:16.839
 what?

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.379
 That's great.

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.899
 That's actually

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.519
 a good thing.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:21.299
 And you've

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.480
 missed the

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.519
 weightier matters

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.339
 of the law.

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.779
 You've missed

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.960
 what matters

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.639
 most of all.

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:32.059
 The saddest

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.559
 thing of this

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.259
 passage perhaps

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.700
 is this,

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.299
 that Micah

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.200
 says this

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.900
 with no

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.559
 hint of

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.000
 irony.

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.619
 He is in

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.559
 fact self-deceived.

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.759
 He actually

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.599
 believes that

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.099
 the Lord

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.859
 will actually

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.559
 prosper him.

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.440
 that is how

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.379
 far Israel

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.879
 has fallen.

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.720
 That is how

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.980
 separated he

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.159
 is from

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.779
 what God

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.940
 actually calls

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.000
 his people

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.279
 to.

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.339
 And so the

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.000
 challenge for

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.700
 us is

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.079
 this.

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.899
 Where have

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.440
 we traded

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:06.039
 God's

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.500
 heart

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:09.359
 for mere

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:11.019
 religious

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.480
 ritual?

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.059
 Where have

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.919
 we exchanged

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:17.639
 the love

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.079
 of God

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.339
 and the

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.720
 love of

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.039
 neighbor

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.200
 for going

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.519
 through the

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.039
 motions in

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.339
 the right

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.460
 place at

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.740
 the right

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.059
 time?

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.879
 Israel has

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.460
 fallen

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.679
 far.

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.259
 They will

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.039
 fall even

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.440
 farther.

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.579
 Because they

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.559
 truly have

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.240
 forgotten

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.299
 the Lord.

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.720
 There's the

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.220
 problem here

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.599
 that Micah

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.059
 has of

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.759
 superstition.

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.460
 there's

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.720
 another

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.279
 problem that

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.519
 brings

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.960
 itself to

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.099
 the

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.440
 forefront

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.960
 in this

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.299
 passage

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.660
 and it's

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:47.980
 this.

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.000
 Micah

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.400
 and Israel

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.319
 make it

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.700
 up as

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.039
 they go

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.400
 along.

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.579
 This is

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.140
 buffet

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.299
 style

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.000
 worship.

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.900
 We will

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.339
 make sure

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.720
 we have

00:25:59.720 --> 00:25:59.980
 this.

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.119
 We're

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.180
 going to

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.379
 have the

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.879
 Levites.

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.680
 We'll

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.140
 take that

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.420
 from the

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.700
 buffet.

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.119
 We know

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.460
 Levites

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.879
 are good.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.940
 We're

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.119
 going to

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.519
 reject

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.900
 God's

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.160
 appointed

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.460
 worship

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.819
 place.

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.059
 We

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.220
 don't

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.720
 have a

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:07.940
 taste

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.279
 for that.

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.759
 We

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.279
 actually

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.859
 like having

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.180
 the worship

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.240
 site here

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.599
 in our

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:11.960
 town.

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.819
 It cuts

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.180
 down our

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.059
 gas mileage.

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.819
 It makes

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.759
 travel easier.

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.740
 We have the

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.380
 ephod here.

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.620
 We don't

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.980
 have to go

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.840
 somewhere else

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.380
 to receive

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.700
 God's

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.120
 revelation.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.120
 This is

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.500
 convenient.

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.799
 What works

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.480
 for us

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.960
 is what

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.259
 we are

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.279
 going to

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.579
 do.

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:27.960
 Of course,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.460
 the same

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.880
 is a

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.140
 temptation

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.700
 for the

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.000
 church

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.799
 today.

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.420
 I don't

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.680
 need to

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:33.900
 worship

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.480
 God as

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.700
 he's

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.039
 commanded.

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.460
 I don't

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.680
 need to

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.059
 search the

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.599
 scriptures to

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.059
 know what

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.619
 it is that

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.599
 God wants

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:40.839
 in the

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.339
 worship of

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.759
 his people.

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.039
 I don't

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.339
 need to

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.880
 gather with

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.380
 his people

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.779
 as he's

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.220
 called them

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.660
 to do

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.460
 together.

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.819
 No, I

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.200
 can make

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.539
 it up as

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.799
 I go

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.220
 along.

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.599
 You

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.180
 worship God

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.680
 at church.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:51.400
 I worship

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.759
 God on

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.140
 the hiking

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.560
 trail.

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.500
 You think

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.880
 God has

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.340
 commanded you

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:55.640
 to read

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.200
 his word?

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.640
 That's

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.140
 great.

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.500
 God has

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.000
 been speaking

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.620
 to me

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.000
 through the

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.460
 self-help

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.940
 books that

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.220
 have come

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.640
 along my

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:01.920
 way.

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.480
 That's

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.860
 good for

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.200
 you.

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.180
 This is

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.480
 good for

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.640
 me.

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.640
 There's

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.220
 a new

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.220
 way of

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.060
 making up

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:11.080
 what feels

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:12.299
 good in

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.759
 the moment.

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.180
 You'll see

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.580
 this on

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.259
 page 7

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.279
 of your

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.980
 worship guide.

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.259
 Micah's

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.700
 family

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.440
 shapes a

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.960
 God who

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.640
 is convenient

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.360
 to follow.

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.440
 They

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.240
 follow the

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.820
 laws they

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:25.320
 like and

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:26.740
 ignore the

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.920
 laws they

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.400
 don't.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.940
 Why is it

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.259
 that we

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.559
 take God's

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.980
 word and

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.380
 find a

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.740
 book and

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.100
 go from

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.680
 beginning to

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.039
 end?

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.880
 Because we

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.140
 want to

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.519
 protect

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.360
 ourselves from

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.059
 the temptation

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.620
 of the

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.200
 human heart

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.960
 which is

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.960
 to pick

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.980
 and choose.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.980
 God's

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.500
 God's

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.059
 revelation

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.640
 for his

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.980
 people.

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.740
 We want

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.319
 to know

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.620
 the entire

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:55.220
 counsel of

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.480
 God.

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.519
 We want

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.900
 to worship

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.339
 God.

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.120
 Not in the

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.579
 way that we

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.019
 like but in

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.079
 the way that

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.700
 God likes.

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.980
 You wouldn't

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.400
 give your

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.980
 mother today

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.000
 flowers she's

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.779
 allergic to.

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.180
 right?

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.160
 We give

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.000
 God the

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.160
 worship that

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.899
 he has

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.359
 commanded.

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.420
 Not what

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.920
 suits us and

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.539
 our preferences

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.680
 and our

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.119
 entertainment.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.160
 I told you

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.619
 earlier there

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.399
 are two key

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:28.139
 verses in

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.420
 chapter 17.

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.139
 The first one

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.000
 was chapter 13

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.779
 which reveals

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.720
 to us what's

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.559
 happening inside

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.139
 of Micah's

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.619
 heart and

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.160
 his mind.

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.580
 The other

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.279
 key verse

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.420
 is verse 6

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.900
 which is going

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.700
 to become a

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.660
 refrain in

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.180
 our final

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.840
 chapters.

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.840
 In those

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.720
 days there

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.420
 was no

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.680
 king in

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.180
 Israel.

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.380
 Everyone

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.040
 did what

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.640
 was right

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.340
 in his

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.880
 own eyes.

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:53.400
 Now you

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.759
 can take

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.200
 that verse

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.380
 and I

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.640
 think it's

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.040
 meant in

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.620
 two senses.

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.320
 In the

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.860
 first sense

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.640
 there is

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.220
 a manner

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.580
 in which

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.140
 there is

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.820
 no earthly

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.340
 human

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.880
 king in

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.240
 Israel.

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:01.900
 We are

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.920
 looking forward

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.800
 in a sense

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.200
 to the

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.680
 monarchy

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.180
 that's to

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.519
 come.

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.599
 Solomon

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.619
 and Saul

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.400
 and David

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.000
 have not

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.500
 yet shown

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.799
 up on

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.180
 the scene.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.519
 So there's

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.339
 a restraint

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.900
 that's

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.359
 lacking.

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.339
 There is

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.980
 however a

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.019
 second sense.

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.859
 We have

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.059
 already seen

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:21.000
 how deeply

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.019
 God's

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.799
 leaders fail.

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.480
 Samson

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.859
 did not

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.379
 lead God's

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.799
 people into

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.139
 peace.

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.940
 Jethro

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:31.420
 was wildly

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.299
 ignorant of

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.920
 God's word.

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.119
 We're going

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.980
 to move on

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.660
 to Solomon

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.420
 and Saul

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.180
 and David

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.779
 who are

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.259
 all

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.420
 disappointments

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.360
 in their

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:41.579
 own way.

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.099
 And so

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.559
 what Judges

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.220
 is pointing

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.860
 us to

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.700
 is beyond

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.039
 simply the

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.519
 period of

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.039
 the monarchy

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.599
 in Israel.

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.220
 The author

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.660
 of Judges

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.079
 is not

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.860
 merely saying

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.360
 hey they

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.740
 didn't have

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.120
 a human

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.599
 king and

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.039
 so that's

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.460
 why things

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.839
 were so

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.279
 crazy.

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.299
 No they

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.779
 did not

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.299
 have

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.180
 the

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:58.019
 king.

00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:00.299
 they

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.920
 did not

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.519
 have

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.799
 what

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.079
 they

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.500
 needed.

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:02.759
 They

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.259
 were not

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.799
 honoring

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.379
 God

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.900
 as the

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.240
 one

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.519
 who

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.099
 rules

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.460
 and

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.299
 reigns

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.839
 over

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.299
 this

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.839
 world

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.599
 and

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.379
 over

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.160
 his

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.759
 people.

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.460
 They

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.879
 did not

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.339
 have

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.539
 the

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.799
 Holy

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.339
 Spirit

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.539
 at work

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.819
 in a

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.220
 powerful

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.599
 way

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.319
 like we

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.759
 do

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.279
 now

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.900
 because

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.200
 the

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.579
 full

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:20.859
 and

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.420
 final

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.700
 and

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.180
 ultimate

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.700
 king

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.519
 had

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.160
 not

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.759
 come.

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.779
 What do

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.200
 we do

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.539
 with the

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.039
 problems

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.460
 of

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.859
 Judges?

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.359
 Remember I've

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.619
 told you

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:29.980
 one of the

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.279
 problems

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.700
 is this

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.039
 that there

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.379
 is a

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.819
 need

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.279
 for

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.960
 constant

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.539
 renewal

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.960
 and

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.579
 revival

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.059
 among

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.500
 God's

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.839
 people.

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.000
 And the

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.240
 other

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.619
 need

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.099
 is for

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.379
 a

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.839
 faithful

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.639
 and

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.160
 true

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.059
 king.

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.299
 Judges

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.920
 reminds us

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.200
 that we

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.639
 need not

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.079
 a false

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.420
 God.

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.559
 We need

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.879
 not a

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.279
 God that

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.619
 we can

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.299
 control

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.660
 through

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.019
 the right

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.619
 actions

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.039
 or through

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.839
 superstition.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.059
 No,

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.940
 we need

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.539
 a God

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.159
 who can

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.920
 in fact

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.059
 transform

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.240
 the hearts

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.220
 and minds

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.240
 and lives

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.039
 of his

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.399
 people.

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.639
 We need

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.819
 a true

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.039
 and greater

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.899
 king.

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:13.059
 Brothers

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.599
 and sisters,

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:15.000
 we have

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.259
 what the

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.819
 Israelites

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.879
 in Judges

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.680
 did not

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.200
 have.

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.379
 We

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.319
 have

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.299
 a true

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.419
 and greater

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.220
 king.

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.819
 The

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.419
 solution

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:29.000
 to the

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.419
 problem

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:30.279
 of Judges

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.220
 is not

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.139
 greater

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.359
 self-discipline.

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.799
 The

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.200
 problem

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.859
 is not,

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.399
 the solution

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.960
 is not

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.419
 that they

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.779
 would

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.579
 study

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.059
 God's

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.319
 word

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.799
 even

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.220
 more

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.799
 intently

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.220
 so that

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.519
 they would

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.839
 be able

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.559
 to avoid

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.180
 the things

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.440
 that

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.000
 Jephthah

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.319
 and Micah

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.599
 do,

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.299
 as helpful

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.000
 as that

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.419
 would be.

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.720
 No,

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.779
 the solution

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:50.619
 is our

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.240
 Lord Jesus.

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.319
 Our

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.779
 Lord Jesus

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.700
 is the

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.359
 king who

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.359
 comes who

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.019
 can do

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.539
 what no

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.139
 human can

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.399
 do.

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.039
 He is the

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.599
 king who

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.299
 comes and

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.440
 receives the

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.500
 punishment that

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.359
 God's people

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:04.819
 deserve.

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.879
 He is the

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.379
 king who

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.160
 comes and

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.879
 lives the

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.740
 perfect life

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.220
 that we

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.000
 could not

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.440
 live.

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.319
 And

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.160
 he is the

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.019
 king who

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.259
 ascended to

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.200
 heaven and

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.920
 is seated

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.740
 at the

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.640
 right hand

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.379
 of God

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:22.140
 the Father

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.759
 Almighty.

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.099
 Why does it

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.500
 matter that

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.920
 he is seated

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.220
 at the

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.640
 right hand

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:26.960
 of God

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.379
 the Father

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.799
 Almighty?

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.619
 Because,

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.440
 remember,

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.240
 Jesus makes

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.879
 a promise

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.400
 to his

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.359
 people in

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.099
 John 14

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.579
 and John

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.059
 16.

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.839
 He says,

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.400
 I am going

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.220
 to send

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.279
 my spirit

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.299
 to you.

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.279
 That's why

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.740
 he tells

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.900
 them,

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.700
 it is better

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.539
 that I go

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.259
 than that I

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.720
 stay.

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.539
 Because as

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.220
 Jesus sits

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.680
 at the right

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.079
 hand of

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.460
 God the

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.759
 Father,

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.519
 he is

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.240
 sending out

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.660
 the Holy

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.299
 Spirit to

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.759
 be at

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.259
 work in

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.799
 the hearts

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.779
 and minds

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.440
 and lives

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.759
 of his

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.740
 people doing

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.920
 what no

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.079
 human can

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.480
 do,

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.599
 to change

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.660
 the hearts

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.759
 of men.

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.519
 In fact,

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.119
 Jesus tells

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.700
 us this in

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.900
 John 14,

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.579
 if you

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.640
 love me,

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.539
 you will

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.019
 keep my

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.440
 commandments.

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.900
 And if we

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.680
 left it right

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.079
 there,

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.259
 we would

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.779
 easily be

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.160
 crushed.

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:18.220
 because who

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.960
 among us

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.519
 keeps God's

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.940
 commandments?

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.680
 Micah

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:22.980
 certainly

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.400
 doesn't.

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.200
 We're not

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.519
 crushed,

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:25.700
 though,

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.240
 because Jesus

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.759
 doesn't end

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.119
 it there.

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.960
 Verse 16,

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:29.079
 and I will

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.500
 ask the

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.799
 Father,

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.100
 and he

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.480
 will give

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.200
 you another

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.279
 helper to

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.039
 be with

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.880
 you forever,

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.960
 even the

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.420
 spirit of

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.819
 truth,

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.200
 whom the

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.940
 world cannot

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.620
 receive,

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.519
 because it

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.220
 neither sees

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.240
 him nor

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.880
 knows him.

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.539
 You know

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.960
 him,

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.240
 for he dwells

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.840
 with you

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:47.559
 and will be

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.600
 in you.

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:54.539
 brothers and

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.839
 sisters,

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.659
 we do,

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.379
 in fact,

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.039
 have a

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.240
 king.

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.259
 We have

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.939
 what Israel

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.480
 could only

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.259
 dream of

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.099
 and look

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.639
 forward to.

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.980
 We have

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.740
 great hope

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.699
 that God

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.739
 will continue

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:11.039
 constant renewal

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.819
 and revival

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.480
 among his

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.839
 people,

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:14.799
 because we

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.719
 have a true

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:17.079
 and faithful

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.980
 king,

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:20.059
 a king who

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.559
 can do

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.079
 what no

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.799
 human can

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.179
 do,

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.599
 which is to

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.899
 change the

00:34:24.899 --> 00:34:26.139
 hearts of

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.399
 men.

00:34:28.939 --> 00:34:29.739
 Let's pray.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.500
 Our Father

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.919
 in heaven,

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.500
 we do

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.739
 praise you

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.659
 and thank you

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.259
 for our Lord

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.579
 Jesus.

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.059
 We thank you

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.619
 that he's not

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:40.059
 merely or simply

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.219
 a good example.

00:34:42.439 --> 00:34:42.939
 We thank you

00:34:42.939 --> 00:34:43.299
 that he's not

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:44.179
 just a good

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.539
 teacher,

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:45.699
 but we

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.119
 thank you

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.879
 that he is

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.559
 the king

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.379
 and ruler

00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:49.099
 of this

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.559
 world

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.919
 and of

00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.460
 your church.

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.099
 We ask

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.319
 that you

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:52.859
 would continue

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.419
 to honor

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:54.199
 your promise.

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.179
 Jesus promised

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.839
 to send the

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.359
 spirit to

00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:56.799
 his people,

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.259
 that you

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.839
 would be

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.359
 at work

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.980
 in our

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.319
 lives,

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.719
 in this

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.099
 church,

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.599
 that we

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.980
 would not

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.319
 be able

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.779
 to say

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.179
 there is

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.799
 no king

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.159
 here,

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.480
 but we

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.639
 would

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.199
 recognize

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.559
 you,

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:05.939
 worship

00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:06.219
 you,

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.659
 follow

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:06.939
 you,

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.500
 and serve

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.439
 you as

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:09.000
 our Lord

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.519
 and our

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.839
 Savior

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:10.419
 and our

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:10.679
 King.

00:35:10.939 --> 00:35:11.460
 We ask

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.000
 these things

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.460
 in the mighty

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.879
 name of

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.619
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.279
 Amen.

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:16.320
 I invite you

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.740
 to stand

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.080
 for our

00:35:17.080 --> 00:35:17.700
 closing hymn.

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:17.880
 Amen.

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.680
 Amen.

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.260
 Amen.

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.720
 You