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 And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and rules that I am teaching you and do them, that you may live.

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 And go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it,

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 that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.

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 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor.

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 For the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal Peor.

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 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.

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 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me,

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 that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

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 Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples.

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 Who, when they hear all these statutes, will say,

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 Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

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 For what great nation is there that has a God so near to it as the Lord our God is to us?

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 Whenever we call upon him.

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 And what great nation is there that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

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 Only take care and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen,

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 and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life.

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 Make them known to your children and your children's children,

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 how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,

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 the Lord said to me,

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 Gather the people to me,

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 that I may let them hear my words,

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 so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth,

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 that they may teach their children so.

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 And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain,

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 while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven,

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 wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.

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 Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire.

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 You heard the sound of words, but saw no form.

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 There was only a voice.

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 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform.

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 It is the Ten Commandments.

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 And he wrote them on two tablets of stone.

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 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules,

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 that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Everybody, if you're welcome.

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 We're going to just pray and ask the Lord to help us.

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 It's been a long week.

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 It's been long weeks, long months.

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 We need his strength, his help.

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 So let's pray together.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Our gracious God, we thank you for bringing us safely to this place.

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 We thank you for the word, which has blessed and helped so many over so many centuries.

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 we thank you for your Holy Spirit

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 able to illumine

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 encourage, convict

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 strengthen

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 and we pray that as we spend

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 these few minutes in this portion

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 of your word

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 that you would help us to see great things

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 and in your goodness

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 to live in the light of them

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 we ask it in Jesus name

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 Amen

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 I don't know if you've heard

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 the story before of Tiger Woods

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 and Stevie Wonder meeting in a pub

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 have you heard this story before?

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 just indicate if you've heard this before

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 so do you know who I'm talking about?

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 Stevie Wonder is the blind black musician

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 and Tiger Woods is the probably

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 nearly finished golfer

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 and they meet in a pub

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 and Stevie Wonder, the blind musician

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 says to Tiger Woods

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 you know when my drive, my golf drive is off

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 my whole game is off

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 and Tiger Woods said what are you talking about?

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 you're blind, you can't play golf

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 and Stevie Wonder said of course I can

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 and I get my caddy to wait down the fairway

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 and he calls to me

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 and I drive towards him

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 and when we get to the green

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 he stands behind the pin

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 and calls to me

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 and I putt towards him

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 and I'm doing well

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 he said I'm playing off scratch

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 which is fantastic

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 and Tiger Woods said that's amazing

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 we must have a game sometime

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 and Stevie Wonder said

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 well nobody takes me seriously

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 so I won't play for less than

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 a thousand dollars a hole

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 and Tiger Woods thinks for a minute

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 and he says let's do it

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 and Stevie Wonder says

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 and this is the punchline

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 you pick a night

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 I tell you that because

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 given that you and I

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 walked blindly down the road

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 we did not know what was coming in 2022

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 and a whole lot has unfolded

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 which is completely bewildering

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 would it not be great

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 since there are so many voices

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 in our heads

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 and around us

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 and in social media

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 and friends

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 powerful voices

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 would it not be great

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 if there was one voice

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 that just called to us

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 and we could walk towards it

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 and be safe

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 and that's what we have

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 in the scriptures

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 and that's why the plan

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 for the talks

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 is to look at this great book

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 of Deuteronomy

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 you've also been given

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 a outline

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 in this little booklet

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 and I wonder if you would turn

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 to see talk one

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 looking back

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 to look forward

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 and I'm resting my watch

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 on the lectern here

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 so that we won't be long

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 I'll try to be quick

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 I realise

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 you may be very weary

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 thank you for inviting me

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 it's a great thing

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 to look at this book

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 this is Moses

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 preaching on the edge

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 of the promised land

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 so it couldn't be more urgent

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 and it couldn't be more wonderful

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 and if you're not very familiar

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 with the Old Testament

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 we've said goodbye

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 to Adam and Eve

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 we've said goodbye

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 to Noah

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 we've said goodbye

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 to Abraham

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 to Isaac

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 to Jacob

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 the people have gone

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 into Egypt in slavery

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 Moses has been raised up

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 to lead them out

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 they've gone across

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 the Red Sea

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 they've come to Mount Sinai

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 been given the Ten Commandments

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 and hopelessly compromised

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 and God has led them

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 as a kind of a discipline

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 for 40 years

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 in the wilderness

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 so that they would learn

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 to listen to him

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 and now

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 most of those people

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 who wandered in the wilderness

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 as adults

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 have died

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 and it's the children

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 who've grown up

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 who are now in their 40s

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 50s

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 and maybe 60s

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 standing on the edge

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 of the promised land

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 and Moses is speaking to them

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 and he's saying

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 you must listen

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 to the word of God

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 look at what your forefathers did

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 but you're about to enter

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 in the promised land

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 this is the time to listen

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 because if you don't listen

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 everything will go wrong

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 now I hasten to say

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 that Deuteronomy

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 is a grace driven book

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 do you know what I mean by that

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 it's not teaching you

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 that if you obey the rules

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 you will get into God's salvation

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 Moses is saying to the people

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 you're a saved people

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 and I want you to obey

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 the God who saved you

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 not to get into his good books

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 but because you are in his good books

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 it's a grace driven book

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 and we're told in chapter 1

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 that God is the God who rescued them

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 and we're told in chapter 2, 3 and 4

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 that he like a father

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 has carried them like a child

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 through the wilderness

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 a father to a child

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 not a dictator

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 to a servant

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 a father to a child

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 you can get a handle on Deuteronomy

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 if you listen carefully

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 to these next few seconds

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 the first four chapters

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 that we're going to look at

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 tonight very quickly

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 are basically looking back

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 what's happened

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 the second chapters 5 to 11

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 are basically

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 this is what our relationship means

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 the third section

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 12 to 26

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 is these are some practical ways

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 to be obedient

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 and the last section

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 is make a decision

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 so imagine I was a dictator

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 and I had just conquered you

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 and I'm about to give you

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 a treaty

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 of how things will work

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 and I say to you

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 this is what happened

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 I won the battle

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 this is what our relationship

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 looks like

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 this is how I want you

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 to be

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 in your life

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 behaviour wise

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 and it's time for you

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 to make a decision

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 that's the book of Deuteronomy

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 in a nutshell

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 I once gave these talks

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 to adults

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 and I had to go down

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 and speak to the children's teachers

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 every afternoon

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 and they said to me

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 how are we possibly

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 going to teach Deuteronomy

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 to children

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 and so we came up

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 with the mnemonic

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 which was M-I-C-E

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 Moses preached Deuteronomy

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 Israel failed

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 Deuteronomy

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 Jesus practiced

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 Deuteronomy

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 everyone who belongs

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 to him

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 is safe

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 does that make sense

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 Moses preached it

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 Israel failed

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 Jesus practiced it

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 everybody who belongs

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 to him

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 is safe

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 it's a very weighty book

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 as I mentioned

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 one writer says

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 Deuteronomy provides

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 the theological basis

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 for virtually

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 the entire

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 Old and New Testament

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 and Christ is magnified

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 in the book

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 because it's the book

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 that he read

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 he practiced

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 and it's

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 the one where

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 because of his obedience

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 he's become our savior

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 here are some lines

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 that come in Deuteronomy

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 do not be afraid

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 the Lord will fight for you

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 what other people

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 has a God

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 so near to them

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 do not put your God

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 to the test

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 it was because

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 the Lord loved you

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 that he chose you

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 he defends the cause

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 of the fatherless

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 and the widow

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 teach your children

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 as you sit

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 walk

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 and lie down

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 don't think

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 I'll be safe

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 if I go my own way

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 when you return

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 to me

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 says the Lord

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 I will have compassion

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 and I will restore you

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 choose life

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 so you and your children

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 may live

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 these words

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 are not idle words

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 but your life

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 the eternal God

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 is your refuge

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 and underneath

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 are the everlasting arms

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 all of these

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 are lines

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 in the great book

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 of Deuteronomy

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 it's a great

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 great book

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 so let's look

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 at the outline

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 the road so far

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 chapter 1

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 which we didn't read

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 is where

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 Moses basically says

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 let's recap the journey

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 and if you would

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 just turn to chapter 1

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 I just want to read you

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 the first couple of verses

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 and you'll see

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 what he says

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 chapter 1

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 verse 1

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 of Deuteronomy

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 these are the words

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 which Moses spoke

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 to all Israel

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 on this side

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 of the Jordan

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 in the wilderness

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 in the plain

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 and he said

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 verse 3

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 it came to pass

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 in the 40th year

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 in the 11th month

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 on the first day

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 of the month

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 Moses spoke

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 to the children

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 of Israel

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 according to all

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 the Lord

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 had given him

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 his commandments

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 to them

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 and a little bit

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 further on

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 if you go down

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 it says

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 verse

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 is it

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 11

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 and I spoke

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 to you

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 at that time

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 saying

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 I alone

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 am not able

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 to bear you

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 the Lord

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 your God

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 has multiplied

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 you

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 and here

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 you are

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 today

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 as the stars

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 of heaven

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 in multitude

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 and he also

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 says to them

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 in the early

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 first few verses

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 he says

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 you know

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 we should have

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 arrived at this

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 promised land

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 after about

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 11 days

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 but it's

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 taken 40 years

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 it's taken

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 40 years

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 because

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 of disobedience

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 so Moses

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 is looking

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 back in

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 chapter 1

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 and

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 he reminds

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 them that

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 they've left

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 Mount Sinai

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 that they

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 chose some

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 leaders together

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 that they

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 sent spies

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 into the

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 promised land

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 that the

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 spies were

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 rebellious

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 in their

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 report

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 and the

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 Lord made

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 his decision

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 to send

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 them through

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 the wilderness

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 now God's

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 been very

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 gracious to

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 them in

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 the wilderness

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 we discover

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 in chapter 8

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 he's fed

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 them

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 he's taught

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 them

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 he's clothed

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 them

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 he's kept

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 their shoes

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 he's provided

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 water

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 there's one

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 passage in

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 Deuteronomy

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 that says

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 your sandals

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 did not

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 wear out

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 one million

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 Israelites

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 walking through

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 the desert

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 and the

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 God of the

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 universe

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 made sure

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 that the

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 sandals

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 of the

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 Israelites

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 did not

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 wear out

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 for 40

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 years

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 well

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 we need

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 to look

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 also back

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 if we're

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 to understand

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 the future

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 I hope

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 you know

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 this

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 I hope

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 you know

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 that as

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 you go

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 forward

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 and you

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 say to

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 yourself

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 I wonder

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 if the

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 future

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 will be

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 safe

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 I wonder

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 if I

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 will arrive

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 one day

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 with Christ

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 I wonder

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 if he'll

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 say to

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 me

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 welcome

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 the key

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 to that

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 looking forward

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 is to look

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 back and say

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 yes there on

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 the cross

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 he died

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 for me

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 and as I

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 look back

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 in my mind

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 to that hill

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 good Friday

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 3pm

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 first good

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 Friday

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 I say that's

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 where he called

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 out

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 it's paid

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 and therefore

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 I go forward

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 with confidence

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 confidence

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 because of

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 what he's

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 done

00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:19.919
 for me

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 a huge

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 part of

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 the Christian

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 life

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 is learning

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 to look

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 back to

00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.099
 what Christ

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 did

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 and what

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 God

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 has said

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 and a

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 great deal

00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.039
 of problem

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 living in the

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 Christian life

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 is not

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 remembering

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 what's

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 happened

00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:34.899
 but pressing

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 on fearfully

00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:38.220
 we read

00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:38.660
 in Psalm

00:13:38.660 --> 00:13:39.580
 77

00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:40.440
 I cried

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 to God

00:13:41.040 --> 00:13:41.920
 for help

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 in distress

00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.760
 and then

00:13:43.760 --> 00:13:44.360
 he says

00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.500
 I'll remember

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 the deeds

00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:46.780
 of the Lord

00:13:46.780 --> 00:13:47.940
 of the past

00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:49.700
 2 Corinthians 5

00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:50.420
 we must appear

00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:50.960
 before the

00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.740
 judgment seat

00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:52.320
 of Christ

00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.980
 but Christ

00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:55.020
 became sin

00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:55.840
 for us

00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:57.480
 or think

00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:57.980
 of Christmas

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:58.520
 the people

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 come to

00:13:58.920 --> 00:13:59.420
 Christmas

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 the first

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 coming

00:14:01.060 --> 00:14:01.480
 has already

00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.220
 taken place

00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:02.580
 one day

00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:02.880
 they're going

00:14:02.880 --> 00:14:03.400
 to meet

00:14:03.400 --> 00:14:03.840
 Christ

00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.180
 at the

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 second

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:04.980
 coming

00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:06.100
 how are

00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.320
 they going

00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:06.480
 to be

00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:06.680
 ready

00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:07.039
 for the

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.339
 second

00:14:07.339 --> 00:14:07.819
 coming

00:14:07.819 --> 00:14:09.099
 by

00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:09.739
 understanding

00:14:09.739 --> 00:14:10.039
 the

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 first

00:14:10.359 --> 00:14:10.759
 coming

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:12.039
 a huge

00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.279
 key

00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:12.519
 to the

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:12.819
 Christian

00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:13.179
 life

00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.739
 is

00:14:13.739 --> 00:14:14.000
 looking

00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:14.259
 back

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:14.639
 of course

00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:14.879
 there are

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 some times

00:14:15.319 --> 00:14:15.659
 we look

00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:15.919
 back

00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:16.539
 badly

00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:18.099
 guiltily

00:14:18.099 --> 00:14:20.199
 but there

00:14:20.199 --> 00:14:20.639
 is a good

00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.339
 looking back

00:14:21.339 --> 00:14:22.000
 to what

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.379
 God has

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.559
 said

00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:22.859
 and what

00:14:22.859 --> 00:14:23.120
 Jesus

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.620
 has done

00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:23.879
 that's

00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.419
 chapter 1

00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:26.120
 chapter 2

00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.279
 is what I've

00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:27.759
 called pick

00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.479
 your fights

00:14:28.479 --> 00:14:30.439
 in chapter 2

00:14:30.439 --> 00:14:31.099
 he looks

00:14:31.099 --> 00:14:31.659
 back on the

00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:32.000
 journey

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:33.259
 and he

00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:34.059
 reminds them

00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:35.199
 that there

00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:35.639
 were people

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.000
 on the

00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.279
 journey

00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:36.740
 who they

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.139
 are not

00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:37.759
 to fight

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:39.299
 I won't

00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:40.259
 go in the

00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:40.879
 details of it

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.419
 but just to

00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:42.039
 say that as

00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:42.699
 they travelled

00:14:42.699 --> 00:14:43.639
 and as they

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.179
 get near to

00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:44.620
 the promised

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:44.939
 land

00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.579
 they're not

00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.339
 to fight

00:14:46.339 --> 00:14:47.899
 certain tribes

00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.779
 they're not

00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.439
 to fight the

00:14:49.439 --> 00:14:50.059
 Edomites

00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:50.919
 the Moabites

00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:51.220
 and the

00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.659
 Ammonites

00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.100
 does anyone

00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:52.559
 know why

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 not

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:58.740
 yeah that's

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:58.980
 helpful

00:14:58.980 --> 00:14:59.579
 they're all

00:14:59.579 --> 00:15:00.879
 their relatives

00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.620
 yeah they've

00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.159
 come through the

00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.539
 tribe of

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:02.879
 they go

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:02.899
 they go

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.199
 back to

00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:03.519
 Abraham

00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:04.719
 and so

00:15:04.719 --> 00:15:05.079
 they're not

00:15:05.079 --> 00:15:05.539
 to fight

00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.259
 their relatives

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.839
 even though

00:15:06.839 --> 00:15:07.399
 their relatives

00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.500
 are dodgy

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.559
 they're not

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 to fight

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 them

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 but they

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 were to

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 fight two

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 kings

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 who had

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 the unusual

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 names of

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 Sihon and

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 Og

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 and the

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 reason they

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 fought them

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 is that

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 those two

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 kings were

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 like doorposts

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 into the

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 promised land

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 and God

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 said you will

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 fight those

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 two and you

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 will win a

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 victory over

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 those two

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 before you

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 enter the

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 promised land

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 and that

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 victory over

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 those two

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 kings will

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 be a

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 prediction and

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 an encouragement

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 to you that

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 you're going to

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 make it

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 and so he

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 gave them a

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 battle a

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 God-given

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 battle

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 I want to

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 hasten to

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 say and

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 we'll come

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 back to

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 this again

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 that when

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 this book

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 talks about

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 fighting

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 and people

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 say well

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 that's what

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 the Bible

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 is like

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 isn't it

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 it's all

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 just

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 bloodshed

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 vindictive

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 God

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 doesn't care

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 really

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 bloodshed

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 bloodshed

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 I want to

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 remind you

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 that all

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 that takes

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 place around

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 the entry

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 to the

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 promised land

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 is pretty

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 unique

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 warfare

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 it's the

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 taking of

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 the promised

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 land

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 the taking

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 of it

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 and the

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 thorough

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 taking of

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 the promised

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 land

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 and we

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 mustn't fall

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 into the

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 trap of

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 thinking that

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 the Old

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 Testament is

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 just full

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 of battles

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 there's a

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 very specific

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 and great

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 battle which

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 is taking

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 the promised

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 land and

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 as we'll

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 see later

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 in the

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 weekend

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 God had

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 given this

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 particular

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 promised

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 land

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 400

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 years

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 to turn

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 to him

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 as somebody

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 has said

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 if you

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 want to

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 wage a

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 war

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 wait 400

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 years to

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 see if

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 things

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 improve

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 and he'd

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 warned

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 them

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 and they

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 had not

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 turned

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 they had

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 not given

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 up their

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 idolatry

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 they'd

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 heard of

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 Yahweh

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 they'd

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 heard of

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 the escape

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 from Egypt

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 they've

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 heard of

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 the crossing

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 of the

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 Red Sea

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 they'd

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 heard of

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 him looking

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 after the

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 people in

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 the wilderness

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 they had

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 heard that

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 a million

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 Israelites

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 had come

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 safely through

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 the wilderness

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 but they

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 were not

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 going to

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 turn to

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 Yahweh

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 and so

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 because it's

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 his land

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 and he's

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 promised it

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 to his

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 people

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 and he

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 executes a

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 judgment

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 which of

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 course he

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 is the

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 judge

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 but it's

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 not a

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 common

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 thing

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 it's a

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 one-off

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 never to

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 be repeated

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 battle

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 and it's a

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 very God

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 centered battle

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 it's all

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 about what

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 God says

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 it's not

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 about

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 bloodthirsty

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 people

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.859
 deciding that

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 they'll invade

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 their neighbours

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 read my

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 lips

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 okay

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 so there

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 are a

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 couple of

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 people who

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 they defeat

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 as an

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 encouragement

00:17:30.540 --> 00:17:32.840
 and Moses

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 reflects on

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 this fighting

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 and he says

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 this was

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 helped by

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 God

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 enabled by

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 God

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 and now

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 he says

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 with great

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 clarity

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:41.240
 chapter 2

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 verse 37

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 this was in

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 accordance with

00:17:44.040 --> 00:17:44.560
 the command

00:17:44.560 --> 00:17:45.240
 of God

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 well

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:49.039
 it's a

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.480
 very great

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.099
 thing when

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:51.000
 the church

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.180
 teaches

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.059
 clearly

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.400
 the task

00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.180
 of the

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 church

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 we are

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 under

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 tremendous

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 pressure

00:17:59.620 --> 00:18:00.319
 as local

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 churches

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.700
 to change

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.539
 the agenda

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:04.039
 to suit

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.700
 the applause

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.480
 of the world

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 and I don't

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 know if you've

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.319
 seen the book

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:08.839
 by Kevin

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.240
 de Young

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.480
 called

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 What is the

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 Mission of

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 the Church

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 but he argues

00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.299
 in the book

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 that back in

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 the 1970s

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 where the

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.519
 church started

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.040
 to talk

00:18:16.040 --> 00:18:16.400
 about

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 mission

00:18:17.060 --> 00:18:18.700
 and serving

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 everything

00:18:19.780 --> 00:18:20.880
 got confused

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:22.660
 because mission

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 means a thousand

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 things to people

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 and serving

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 means a thousand

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 things to people

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 and what we

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 needed was

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 somebody to

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 clarify that

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 the mission

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.660
 of the church

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 is the

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.680
 commission

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.720
 of the church

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.080
 make disciples

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 and the

00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:38.680
 serving

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.600
 is serving

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 the Lord

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 by helping

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 people believe

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.720
 and be safe

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.420
 for eternity

00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.680
 and that's

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.120
 the great

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.420
 mission

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.720
 of the

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.180
 church

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:47.060
 we have

00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:47.279
 to be

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.100
 very careful

00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:49.019
 that we're

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 not just

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.360
 afraid of

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 the world

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 listening to

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 what they

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.700
 tell us

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.259
 to be

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 enthusiastic

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.440
 about

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.779
 when Christ

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.380
 has said

00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:57.500
 make disciples

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.420
 and then

00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:59.100
 he says

00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:00.080
 I'm with you

00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:00.580
 always

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:01.420
 so we're

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.820
 always

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.220
 thankful

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.680
 for those

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:02.960
 people

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.200
 who've

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.519
 got an

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:03.759
 eye

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:03.960
 to

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.660
 eternity

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.980
 remember

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.279
 John

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.840
 Piper said

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.120
 we don't

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.759
 want anybody

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.360
 to suffer

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:10.120
 but we

00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.660
 especially

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.180
 don't want

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.660
 people to

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:11.940
 suffer

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.539
 eternally

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:14.140
 and that's

00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:14.480
 the great

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.000
 motivation

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.900
 for our

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 task

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.700
 and as

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.039
 Moses

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.460
 talks

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.759
 about

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.220
 the

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.580
 mission

00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:18.779
 of

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.120
 God's

00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:19.380
 people

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.559
 the

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:19.779
 mission

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:19.920
 of

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.200
 God's

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.460
 people

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.180
 is to

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.680
 go in

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.100
 and take

00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:22.259
 the

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.559
 promised

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.000
 land

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.779
 and the

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.000
 mission

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.480
 of God's

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 people

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.160
 today

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.980
 it's not

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.340
 climate

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:26.779
 change

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.259
 it's not

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 creation

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 care

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 it's not

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 a whole

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 range

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 of things

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 it's

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 helping

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 people

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 come to

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 Christ

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 and live

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 so in

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 chapter

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 four

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 sorry

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 chapter

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 three

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 we come

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 to what

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 I've

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 called

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 looking

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 ahead

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 and what

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.500
 this chapter

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.880
 is all

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 about

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 is that

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 some of

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 the land

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 on the

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 east side

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 of the

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 river

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 that's not

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 the promised

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.660
 land

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 is to be

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 given to

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 some of

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 the tribes

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 some of

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 the tribes

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 the Reubenites

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 the Gadites

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 and the

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 half tribe

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 of Manasseh

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 are to be

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 given some

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 land on

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 the east

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 side of

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 the Jordan

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 the land

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 on the west

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 is going to

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 be taken

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 by everybody

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 and divided

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 up among

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 the other

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 nine and a

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 half tribes

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:08.319
 in chapter

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 three

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 Joshua

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 is appointed

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 as the

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 one who

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 will lead

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 the trip

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 over the

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 river

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 into the

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 promised

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.079
 land

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.819
 Joshua

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 is to be

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 the one

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 who takes

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 them in

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 Moses

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.059
 is told

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 you're not

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 going to

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.579
 travel across

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.000
 the river

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.359
 into the

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 promised

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:20.940
 land

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.579
 you can

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 climb the

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 mountain

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.980
 says God

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 and you can

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.599
 look at the

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 promised

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.200
 land

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.839
 but you're

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.319
 not going

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.619
 to go

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 in

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 why didn't

00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.240
 Moses go

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 in

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 anybody

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.119
 know

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.000
 because he

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 struck the

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 rock

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.539
 and that's

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 what we're

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 told in the

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:34.639
 book of

00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:34.940
 Exodus

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 it was

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.360
 obviously a

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.900
 public

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.519
 piece of

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.500
 disobedience

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.779
 which was

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.579
 very serious

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.059
 because he

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.640
 was basically

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.299
 saying I'm

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 your leader

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.480
 I've been

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 telling you to

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.400
 trust God

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 but we can't

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.539
 really trust

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 him so I'm

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.120
 going to have

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.500
 to whack

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.980
 the rock

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.400
 but in

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.039
 Deuteronomy

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.579
 good old

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 Moses says

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.940
 it's your

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.600
 fault that I'm

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.000
 not going

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.339
 into the

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.600
 promised

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:54.940
 land

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.799
 so he

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.299
 becomes the

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.940
 patron saint

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.579
 of pastors

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.160
 who blame

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.360
 their

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.299
 congregations

00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:01.019
 and I

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.460
 think he's

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.240
 probably right

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.799
 in saying

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.160
 that he's

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.620
 not going

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.400
 in because

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.900
 they

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:06.220
 aggravated

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.800
 him

00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:07.800
 to sin

00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:08.720
 and so

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.120
 there is a

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.480
 sort of an

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.040
 element of

00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.540
 truth in

00:21:10.540 --> 00:21:11.480
 both reports

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.360
 he whacked

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.820
 the rock

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.380
 and the

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.259
 people provoked

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.580
 him

00:21:14.580 --> 00:21:15.600
 but Moses

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.160
 is not going

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.500
 to lose

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.280
 his soul

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:18.320
 we know

00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:18.660
 that he's

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:18.900
 not

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.800
 perished

00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.120
 how do

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.380
 we know

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.780
 he's not

00:21:20.780 --> 00:21:21.340
 perished

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:24.360
 where did

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:25.220
 he reappear

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.780
 Mount of

00:21:26.780 --> 00:21:27.440
 Transfiguration

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.000
 thank you

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.580
 there he was

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.080
 alive and

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.860
 well on the

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.160
 Mount of

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.880
 Transfiguration

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.640
 with Elijah

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.680
 and there

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.600
 Jesus met

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:33.900
 with the

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.420
 two great

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.900
 leaders

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.759
 to show

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.040
 that he

00:21:36.040 --> 00:21:36.460
 was safe

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.900
 and sound

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.780
 just because

00:21:37.780 --> 00:21:38.140
 he didn't

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.500
 get into

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.940
 the promised

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.360
 land

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:39.980
 the dirt

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.300
 of the

00:21:40.300 --> 00:21:40.560
 promised

00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:40.960
 land

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.680
 doesn't

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.040
 mean he

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:42.560
 lost his

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:42.880
 soul

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.280
 or his

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:43.759
 salvation

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:45.900
 the promised

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.180
 land

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.880
 very wonderful

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:48.120
 but something

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:49.120
 infinitely more

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.520
 wonderful

00:21:49.520 --> 00:21:50.000
 and if you

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.360
 don't mind

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:50.840
 me saying

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.500
 one of the

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.080
 great problems

00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.400
 with the

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.800
 Middle East

00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:53.200
 today

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.940
 is that

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.100
 there's

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.540
 not enough

00:21:54.540 --> 00:21:55.020
 gospel

00:21:55.020 --> 00:21:56.020
 which would

00:21:56.020 --> 00:21:56.680
 liberate a

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.000
 lot of

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.640
 people from

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.460
 such a

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.539
 fanatical

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.779
 interest in

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.900
 grabbing soil

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:04.200
 the gospel

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.940
 does that

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:06.400
 the gospel

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.039
 helps you to

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.819
 be set free

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.340
 from the

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.860
 absolute

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.779
 preoccupation

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.620
 with having

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.559
 land

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:14.620
 and so the

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.059
 gospel is

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.720
 greatly needed

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.180
 in the Middle

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.980
 East as the

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.980
 great secret

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.440
 for bringing

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.500
 a real peace

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.519
 to the Middle

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.759
 East

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.640
 anybody here

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.299
 ever been to

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.759
 the promised

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.220
 land

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:26.160
 few people

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.519
 yeah

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.100
 and I

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.659
 was after

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.099
 my 30

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.519
 years at

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.719
 North

00:22:29.719 --> 00:22:30.000
 Sydney

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:32.439
 11 couples

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.419
 took Kathy

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:34.000
 and myself

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.419
 on a trip

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.019
 to the

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.219
 promised land

00:22:37.219 --> 00:22:38.379
 to Israel

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.279
 I never

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.919
 expected to

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.259
 go but

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.619
 they took

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.459
 us and

00:22:41.459 --> 00:22:41.839
 we stood

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.119
 on the

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.379
 mountain

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.939
 where Moses

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.359
 stood and

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.659
 we looked

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.059
 over at

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.519
 the land

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.659
 and from

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:45.959
 the top

00:22:45.959 --> 00:22:46.259
 of the hill

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.659
 it doesn't

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.000
 look that

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.079
 great but

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.399
 when you

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.839
 get into

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.139
 it you

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:49.659
 realise how

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.359
 lush and

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.679
 beautiful

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.319
 it is

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.639
 but Moses

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.159
 didn't miss

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.579
 out really

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.099
 on anything

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.559
 he just

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.139
 missed out

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.159
 on walking

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.759
 the dirt

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.519
 now we

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.779
 come to

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.379
 chapter 4

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.680
 are you

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.079
 still with

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.319
 me I

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.619
 can see

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.940
 one or

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.200
 two are

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.539
 still with

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.879
 me which

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:02.599
 is exciting

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:04.140
 now we

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.400
 come to

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.859
 chapter 4

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.140
 and that's

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.500
 probably the

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.220
 most important

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.960
 chapter this

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.039
 evening and

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.420
 that's the

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.980
 passage we

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.420
 had read

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.759
 for us and

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.299
 this is what

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.900
 we read in

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.420
 chapter 4

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.900
 verse 1

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.480
 Moses says

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.879
 I want you

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.339
 to listen

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.079
 very carefully

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.440
 and I want

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.039
 you to do

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.980
 what I say

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.539
 because your

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.279
 forefathers

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.279
 kind of

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.319
 listened and

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.099
 didn't do

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:24.679
 and then

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.039
 he says

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.399
 in chapter

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:25.699
 4

00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.259
 verse 2

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.119
 don't add

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.480
 to the

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.779
 law

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.939
 and don't

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.299
 subtract

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.079
 does anyone

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.480
 know where

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.899
 that comes

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.319
 up again

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.599
 in the

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.879
 Bible

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:34.000
 in the

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.240
 book of

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.659
 Revelation

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.299
 yeah thank

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.699
 you don't

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.219
 add don't

00:23:36.219 --> 00:23:36.699
 subtract

00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.799
 the Pharisees

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.259
 as you know

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.719
 were great

00:23:38.719 --> 00:23:39.459
 adders

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:41.339
 the Sadducees

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.899
 were great

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:43.019
 subtractors

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:45.319
 adders are

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.980
 always a

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.599
 nuisance

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.939
 Sadducees

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.799
 often stir

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.319
 the church

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.759
 up to

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.519
 rethink its

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.439
 foundations

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.740
 the most

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.279
 dangerous

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.640
 are the

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.460
 Pharisees

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.720
 because they

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.420
 introduce

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.559
 extras

00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:00.039
 creating the

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.019
 A group

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.940
 and you're

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.500
 only in the

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.180
 B group

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.100
 and so the

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.720
 place gets

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.320
 divided

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:07.080
 and adding

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.860
 and subtractive

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.200
 are both

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.620
 dangerous

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.000
 but I

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.580
 suspect that

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.100
 adding is

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.559
 the most

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.140
 dangerous

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.820
 now when

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.980
 Moses in

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.480
 chapter 4

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.059
 verse 6

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.279
 says that

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.059
 their role

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.440
 in the

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.220
 promised land

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.299
 is to show

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.160
 the nations

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.900
 the greatness

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.840
 of God

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.439
 I want you

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.000
 to notice

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.379
 that they

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.759
 were not

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.399
 just moving

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.539
 in to

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.179
 get some

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:28.159
 milk and

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.439
 honey

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:30.159
 they were

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.899
 moving into

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.419
 the promised

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.059
 land to

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.559
 show that

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.259
 God was a

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.339
 great God

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.859
 who could do

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.539
 the impossible

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:38.119
 and they were

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.039
 to live by

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.599
 the word of

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.480
 God which

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.019
 would show

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.559
 all the

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.379
 nations around

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.859
 them that

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.539
 God was a

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.139
 wise and

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.839
 great God

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:47.079
 and the

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.720
 nations would

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.259
 look on and

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.799
 they would say

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.559
 what is the

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.039
 matter with

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.759
 these people

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.859
 they're so

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:53.859
 fair and

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.240
 they're so

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:56.119
 generous and

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.819
 they look after

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.460
 the weak and

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.200
 the poor we

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.180
 despise them

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.920
 and they would

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.960
 say who's their

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.500
 God and the

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.119
 God is Yahweh

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.619
 now I'm saying

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.019
 this to you

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.559
 because you've

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.099
 got to know

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:07.200
 that they didn't

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.639
 go into the

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.099
 promised land

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.680
 just to have a

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.220
 good time

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.079
 they went in

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.980
 to be God's

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:13.000
 signposts and

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.759
 Peter takes this

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.379
 up as you know

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.940
 in 1 Peter

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.659
 when he says

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:17.079
 you are also

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.839
 God's chosen

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.839
 people a

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.559
 holy nation

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.459
 to declare

00:25:20.459 --> 00:25:21.059
 the praises

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.980
 of him who

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.500
 brought you

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.759
 not out of

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.639
 the wilderness

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.679
 into promised

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.480
 land but out

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.220
 of darkness

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.799
 and into

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.159
 light

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:29.599
 now can I

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.240
 say I don't

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.119
 know how you

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.740
 as a local

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.639
 church affect

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.559
 your suburb

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.039
 I was 30

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.779
 years in North

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.379
 Sydney trying to

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.240
 work out how

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.839
 does the local

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.859
 church affect

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.439
 North Sydney

00:25:39.439 --> 00:25:41.439
 we had quite a

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.119
 nice building

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.619
 I don't know if

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.159
 you've ever seen

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.959
 St Thomas's North

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:44.480
 Sydney but it's

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.180
 like a sandstone

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:48.220
 cathedral set in

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.059
 beautiful green

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.240
 grounds and I

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.779
 imagine a lot of

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.360
 people in North

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.799
 Sydney and the

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.380
 lower North Shore

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.720
 said it's a nice

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.220
 old property

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.620
 must be very rich

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.599
 at Anglican

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:58.759
 Church but it

00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:00.099
 always I scratch

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.860
 my head for 30

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.819
 years thinking how

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.799
 does the church

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.900
 arrest the

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:05.460
 attention of the

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:08.180
 community are

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.880
 people going to

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.839
 drive past and

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:11.140
 say wow listen to

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.019
 that music we've

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.720
 got to stop the

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.700
 car and go in

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:15.700
 or are they

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.240
 going to say

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.120
 gee that was an

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.920
 attractive group

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.600
 walking in the

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.259
 building the other

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.140
 day we must go

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.880
 and meet them

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:23.080
 how is the local

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.840
 church going to

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.420
 affect the

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.960
 community and I

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.600
 came to the

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:28.539
 conclusion that it

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:30.400
 isn't the hour on

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:32.220
 Sunday which is

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.299
 going to impact

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:36.539
 the world it's the

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.460
 group that meets

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.380
 for the hour on

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.940
 Sunday that goes

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.720
 into the world

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.460
 it's not the

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.480
 gathered church

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.920
 church which is

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.720
 going to cause

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.900
 your suburb to

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.599
 sit up and take

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:49.980
 notice it's the

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.059
 scattered people of

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.960
 God who are going

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:55.079
 to cause people to

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.660
 think again the

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.460
 fact that you don't

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.319
 swear where you

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.940
 work that you don't

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:01.579
 blaspheme that you

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.620
 take an interest in

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:04.940
 people that you talk

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.680
 about slightly higher

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:08.059
 things than gutter

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:10.480
 things these are the

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.259
 things that cause

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.839
 people to say he

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:14.519
 she is a nicer

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.960
 person a sweeter

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:17.019
 person a kinder

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.900
 person and eventually

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.920
 to discover that

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.960
 you're a believer and

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.839
 you're not a nuisance

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.500
 and you're not a

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:25.279
 pest and it's that

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.900
 door it's that

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:29.160
 living which digs up

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:31.599
 the soil and brings

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.359
 God willing an

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.519
 opportunity for a

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.759
 seed to be to be

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.539
 landed you know that

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.740
 lovely passage in

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.660
 Colossians 4 where

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:39.119
 Paul says live wisely

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.119
 among the unbelievers

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:41.399
 making the most of

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:44.859
 the time especially

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.439
 he says get ready to

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:49.399
 answer and let your

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.319
 speech be gracious

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.479
 seasoned with salt

00:27:51.479 --> 00:27:53.279
 it's a very clever

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.259
 text because every

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.199
 single believer goes

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:57.819
 to work and they

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.859
 must concentrate on

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.799
 asking the Lord that

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.579
 they'll be useful

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.619
 living wisely among

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.559
 the unbelievers

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:06.079
 getting ready possibly

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.539
 to answer how was

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.259
 your weekend what do

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.640
 you do on the

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:11.140
 weekend nothing

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:13.000
 much at door

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.000
 closes doesn't it

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.220
 went away on the

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.839
 weekend with my

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.460
 church end of

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:19.200
 sentence really you

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.019
 go to church I

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.640
 didn't think anybody

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.740
 with an IQ over 10

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:23.740
 went to church no

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.759
 there's a few of us

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.980
 and little door

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.079
 opening because

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.759
 you're starting to

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.500
 live wisely you're

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.019
 answering the

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.220
 questions and you're

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.900
 trying to do it with

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:33.920
 grace and salt and

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.940
 living among the

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.359
 world which is where

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:38.779
 most of you live we

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.819
 pastors and clergy

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.879
 we're hopeless you

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.679
 see because we live

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.979
 in our offices way

00:28:42.979 --> 00:28:44.939
 too long but you

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.599
 live in the real

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.500
 world and that's

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.139
 where you're to live

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:48.759
 wisely as the

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.740
 scattered people of

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.639
 God helping the

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.740
 non-people of God

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:53.179
 learn something about

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.879
 God and that's what

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:55.179
 Moses is talking

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:57.459
 about well he says

00:28:57.459 --> 00:28:58.299
 in chapter 4 verse

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.939
 9 I'm nearly

00:28:58.939 --> 00:29:01.199
 finished the

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.120
 listeners at Mount

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.840
 Sinai were

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:08.180
 children that is

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.480
 everybody he's

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.360
 speaking to in the

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:12.180
 present was a child

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:14.799
 at Mount Sinai now

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:17.460
 they've grown up and

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.680
 he says I want you

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.279
 now that you're

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.460
 adults to help your

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.580
 children who were not

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:23.220
 there at Mount Sinai to

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.220
 know what took place

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.140
 because he says you

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.360
 will remember that when

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.380
 you got to Mount Sinai

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.200
 God appeared in thunder

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.900
 and lightning and he

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.039
 spoke and you were

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.539
 frightened and you

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.640
 asked God not to

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:36.940
 speak and you didn't

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.640
 see anything just

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.400
 thunder and lightning

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.299
 you didn't see the

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.740
 shape of God you

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.580
 didn't see the look

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:43.620
 of God you didn't see

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.660
 the face of God you

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.600
 heard the voice of

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:48.539
 God and that voice

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:50.559
 that word is what you

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.200
 need to live faithfully

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:54.519
 for him and that's why

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:56.920
 in verse 12 the whole

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.920
 problem of idols is so

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.160
 great because if you

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.160
 don't have the word of

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.120
 God you fall into

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:05.259
 idolatry so I've been

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.259
 talking to somebody in

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.539
 recent weeks and they

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:09.140
 want to live immorally

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:12.660
 and so what they're being

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:14.519
 very careful to do is to

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:17.420
 say I'm a believer but I

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:20.840
 want to live immorally and

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:22.440
 I'm not opening the Bible

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:25.440
 in case it challenges me and

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.580
 I'm not going to listen to

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.820
 the talks you give me or

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.960
 the books you give me or

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.079
 the articles you give me

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.700
 because they might

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:33.319
 challenge me and that's

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.679
 what idolatry does it

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:37.019
 says I'm not listening I'm

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.500
 just making something that

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:41.399
 will suit me and as you

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.599
 know the idols that sneak

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.839
 into our lives are those

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 things that come before

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 Christ so just ask

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:48.439
 yourself what is more

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 urgent for you than

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 Christ and you're pretty

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:53.000
 close to your idol just

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 ask yourself what's the

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.220
 thing that you turn to for

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 your comfort that's often

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 the thing which comes

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 before Christ and that

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 takes the place of the

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 idol I'm not saying that's

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 the meaning you've lost

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 your salvation but you

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 know that's where your

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:09.879
 battleground is now why

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 did God not show himself in

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 some bodily form at Mount

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.920
 Sinai part of the reason

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 was he's spirit part of the

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 reason was anybody got any

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:25.460
 other thoughts he's too

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 holy to be seen and live

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 yeah Exodus very good he's

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 spirit you cannot see me and

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.079
 live and the problem is once

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.939
 you've had a vision or a

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:38.700
 picture you can easily

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:43.779
 abuse that picture or distort

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.179
 that picture or change that

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:47.220
 picture but the word of God is

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 completely clear and that's

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 why God has presented us with

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:54.039
 the Lord Jesus we can't we

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.720
 don't have photos of him we

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:57.720
 don't have film of him but

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.860
 we've got the word telling us

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 about his character his

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.319
 promises his performance

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 because once you end up with a

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.620
 vision or a picture it

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:13.500
 becomes easy to distort and

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.759
 this of course all prepares the

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.600
 way for when God did come into

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.119
 the world in flesh and show

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.839
 himself to the first century

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:23.659
 people who recorded his words

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:25.579
 and his works so that we might

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:27.419
 walk by faith and not by sight

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:31.439
 well you can see as Moses speaks

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:33.159
 and the birds are enthusiasts with

00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:35.619
 this you can see that as Moses

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:38.519
 speaks that he looking ahead to

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:42.119
 the future says to them in verse

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 25 if you do become idolatrous and you

00:32:45.739 --> 00:32:49.599
 will you'll be scattered you'll be

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:52.739
 taken off into Babylon and you'll

00:32:52.739 --> 00:32:54.500
 spend a long time learning the

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:57.439
 lessons again but I won't forget you

00:32:57.439 --> 00:33:00.159
 says the Lord I'll bring you back and

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:03.779
 I'll restore you you may forget me I

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:07.519
 will not forget you so the great

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.979
 privilege of the people of God at the

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:10.900
 end of chapter 4 verse 33 is that

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:12.140
 they have heard the voice of God

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:13.860
 nobody else none other religion has

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:15.500
 heard the voice of God speaking to

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:19.000
 them but God's people did and he

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.980
 spoke to them from heaven and he

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:22.819
 worked on the earth to preserve them

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:25.019
 and he loved them and he chose them

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.620
 and he drove out the enemies and he

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:29.120
 brought them into the promised land and

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:31.079
 there is no other God you know when the

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:33.480
 Muslim lifts up his voice to Allah

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:36.220
 there isn't an Allah sitting up there

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:41.079
 that's the tragedy he's just an

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:44.920
 invention remember how Paul talks in

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:47.180
 1 Corinthians about how the how the

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:50.319
 idol is in many ways it's a nothing it

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:53.240
 could be a teapot but in another sense

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:55.240
 it's an absolute tragedy because if it

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:58.980
 captures your heart it will fail you

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:04.559
 so God has been so wonderful to us and

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:06.299
 he's interested in our welfare do you

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:09.019
 want a God who communicates turn to the

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:11.300
 Bible do you want a God who saves you

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.240
 from your problems sins in the short

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:15.760
 term every problem in the long term turn

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.440
 to the God of the Bible do you want a

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:19.639
 God who's demonstrated that he's really

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.280
 loving and really faithful and really

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:25.039
 kind and really strong turn to the God

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.860
 of the Bible do you want a God who can

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:29.300
 change you slowly but surely turn to the

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:32.220
 God of the Bible and that's why Jesus

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:36.440
 has come lived died risen so that we

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:38.340
 might experience all this for ourselves

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:41.220
 the final bit of chapter 4 talks about

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:45.000
 the cities of refuge because the whole

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.519
 section finishes with there's a safe

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:51.180
 place to go if you fail and the cities

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:53.420
 of refuge were those cities that you

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.920
 could run to if you'd done something

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.880
 and were afraid of being killed for it

00:34:56.880 --> 00:35:00.380
 and of course the city of refuge that we

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:03.119
 run to is Christ where we find

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:06.180
 forgiveness and welcome and safety and

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:10.740
 the proof is the cross so Douglas Murray in

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:12.639
 his book called the madness of crowds has

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:14.539
 anybody seen the madness of crowds Douglas

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:16.980
 Murray's book he says the Western world

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:20.720
 has two problems it has no promises to

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:23.679
 bring it together there is no agreed

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:27.739
 truth and there is no mercy this is what

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:30.480
 he says he's not a believer there is no

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:33.939
 mercy when the when the fractures and the

00:35:33.939 --> 00:35:37.239
 cracks appear and I read that in the book

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.279
 and I thought to myself what a prophetic

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:44.339
 thing to say the Western world is in deep

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:46.279
 trouble because there's nothing to bring it

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:50.320
 together and if there are cracks or breakdowns

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:53.940
 there is no mercy to get us back together and

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:57.720
 that's why everybody is so angry and hostile and

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:59.600
 on the bandwagon attacking

00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:04.720
 but in the gospel promises to bring us

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:07.660
 together mercy when there are little

00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:11.320
 frictions and failures and that's why we are

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:13.420
 the most blessed and privileged people because

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:17.539
 we have such a great savior so there's an

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:19.680
 introduction to the book of Deuteronomy quite

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:23.500
 fast and tomorrow we'll look at even more even

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:26.580
 faster so get a good sleep everybody I'll

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:28.100
 finish in prayer for us let's pray

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:34.100
 gracious God we thank you for giving to us

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:37.700
 this book a reminder of your goodness and

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:41.599
 your greatness a reminder of your safe keeping and

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:46.379
 your plans a reminder of your word which we can

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:52.159
 trust and our Savior who we do trust we pray that

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:55.719
 you would fill us with gratitude for all that you've made possible

00:36:55.719 --> 00:37:02.419
 fixing the past fixing the present fixing the future help us to be your

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:06.199
 joyful thankful people this weekend we ask it in Jesus name

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.859
 amen