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 Perhaps you know the great children's literature book,

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 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good.

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 Very bad day.

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 Yes?

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 I went to sleep with gum in my mouth,

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 and now there's gum in my hair.

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 And when I got out of bed this morning,

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 I tripped on the skateboard,

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 and by mistake, I dropped my sweater in the sink

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 while the water was running,

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 and I could tell it was going to be

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 a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

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 We all have days like this, don't we?

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 You lock yourself out of your dorm room.

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 You lose your cell phone.

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 You leave your groceries on top of the car and drive away.

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 You sneeze in your lab experiment and ruin six weeks of research.

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 Or a host of other things that go wrong in our everyday life.

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 They're inconvenient.

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 They're troublesome.

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 Sometimes they're relatively costly.

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 But sometimes, of course,

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 our days really do begin to get terrible, horrible,

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 very bad, and no good.

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 Sometimes,

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 the things that go wrong start to cut deep in our lives.

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 They begin to cut to the very core of how we live.

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 We don't have food.

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 We don't have water.

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 We don't have a place to live.

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 There are times when we are pushed by our circumstances,

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 and they seem harder than we can bear,

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 and our very life is being threatened.

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 The Bible describes this as a wilderness.

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 Think about what a wilderness is,

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 particularly in the ancient Near East.

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 To go out into the wilderness in Palestine

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 is to be a place where there is no water.

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 There is no food.

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 It is very hot during the day.

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 It is very cold during the night.

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 The animals that are there are threatening,

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 not helpful.

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 It is a place where your life is in danger

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 if you stay there.

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 Now, look, the Bible doesn't say

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 that going out into the wilderness

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 is always a bad thing.

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 Once, there was a garden,

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 and the garden was a beautiful place,

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 and everyone lived there,

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 and it provided everything we needed.

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 But for most of the time in the Bible,

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 when it talks about a wilderness,

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 it's going into a place

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 where you are facing circumstances

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 that threaten your very life.

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 They are truly hard.

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 How does God want us to face the wilderness?

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 This brings us to our text this morning.

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 We're continuing in a series

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 in the book of Exodus.

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 If you want to turn in the pew Bibles

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 in front of you, page 57,

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 if you're following along,

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 we're going to actually look at

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 two sections of Exodus.

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 We're going to look at the end of chapter 15,

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 and then we're going to look

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 at the beginning of chapter 17.

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 If you remember where we are in the story,

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 God has brought the people of Israel

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 out of Egypt,

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 delivering them from slavery,

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 and he is now in these chapters

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 from 13 to 18,

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 or 13 to 19,

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 God is bringing them

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 from the deliverance of Egypt

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 to the foot of Mount Sinai,

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 where God will reveal himself

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 in the giving of the Ten Commandments

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 and the law.

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 In the meantime,

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 in this travel through the wilderness,

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 God is using this time

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 to teach his people about who he is.

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 He has brought them into the wilderness

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 so that they will see

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 what kind of God he is.

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 If you were here last week,

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 Pastor Greg preached on chapter 16

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 and the giving of the manna,

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 how God gave them food

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 that they did not know of

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 so that they would know

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 that man does not live alone,

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 but by every word

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 that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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 And next week,

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 Pastor Nick will preach

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 on the internal and external threats

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 to the people of God

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 in the wilderness

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 and how God meets them in that.

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 But today,

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 these two stories are about water

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 and about thirsty people

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 in the wilderness

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 and how God meets them there.

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 So we're going to read.

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 We're going to start in chapter 15

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 with verse 22.

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 We'll read to the end

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 and then we'll skip

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 to the beginning of chapter 17.

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 So if you would want

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 to read along with me,

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 this is God's word.

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 Then Moses made Israel

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 set out from the Red Sea

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 and they went into

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 the wilderness of Shur.

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 They went three days

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 in the wilderness

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 and found no water.

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 And when they came to Marah,

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 they could not drink

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 the water of Marah

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 because it was bitter

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 and therefore it was named Marah.

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 And the people grumbled

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 against Moses saying,

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 what should we drink?

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 And he cried to the Lord

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 and the Lord showed him a log

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 and he threw it into the water

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 and the water became sweet.

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 And there the Lord made for them

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 a statute and a rule.

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 And there he tested them

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 saying,

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 if you will diligently listen

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 to the voice of the Lord your God

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 and do that which is right

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 in his eyes

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 and give ear to his commandments

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 and keep all his statutes,

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 I will put none of the diseases

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 on you

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 that I put on the Egyptians

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 for I am the Lord

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 your healer.

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 Then they came to Elam

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 where there were

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 12 springs of water

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 and 70 palm trees

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 and they encamped there

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 by the water.

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 And then chapter 17,

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 verse 1.

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 All the congregation

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 of the people of Israel

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 moved on from the wilderness

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 of sin by stages

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 according to the commandment

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 of the Lord

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 and camped at Rephidim

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 but there was no water

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 for the people to drink.

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 Therefore the people

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 quarreled with Moses

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 and said,

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 give us water to drink.

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 And Moses said to them,

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 why do you quarrel with me?

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 Why do you test the Lord?

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 But the people thirsted there

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 for water

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 and the people grumbled

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 against Moses

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 and said,

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 why did you bring us

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 out of Egypt

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 to kill us

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 and our children

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 and our livestock

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 with thirst?

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 So Moses cried to the Lord,

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 what shall I do

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 with this people?

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 They are almost ready

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 to stone me.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 pass on before the people

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 taking with you

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 some of the elders

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 of Israel

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 and take in your hand

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 the staff

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 with which you struck

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 the Nile

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 and go.

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 Behold,

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 I will stand before you

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 there on the rock

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 at Horeb

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 and you shall strike

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 the rock

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 and water

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 shall come out of it

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 and the people

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 will drink.

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 And Moses did so

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 in the sight

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 of the elders

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 of Israel

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 and he called

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 the name of the place

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 Massah

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 and Meribah

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 because of the quarreling

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 and because

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 they tested the Lord

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 by saying,

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 is the Lord

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 among us

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 or not?

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord,

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 we come to you

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 this morning.

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 Thank you

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 for this word.

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 Thanking you

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 for the way

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 that you have

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 recorded throughout

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 history

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 your actions

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 so that we might know

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 what kind of God

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 you are.

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 Lord,

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 I pray you would

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 give us,

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 Lord,

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 attentive minds

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 and soft hearts.

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 Lord,

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 help us to hear

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 from your word

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 from you

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 this morning

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 by your spirit.

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 Help me,

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 Lord,

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 to speak your word

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 or that we may know

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 what kind of God

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 you are.

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 How does God

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 want us

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 to face the wilderness?

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 I think there are

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 two major things

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 in these passages,

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 these accounts

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 that I want to focus

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 on this morning

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 and then we'll talk

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 a little bit

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 about the implications

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 for us.

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 The two things

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 are the heart

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 of God

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 and the heart

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 of the people.

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 We want to see

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 what is it

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 that we see

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 in these stories

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 about the heart

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 of people

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 and then we want

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 to see what it is

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 about how God's heart

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 meets those people

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 in the wilderness.

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 So first,

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 let's look at the heart

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 of the people.

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 Obviously,

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 in both of these stories,

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 the very clear situation

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 is they were thirsty.

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 But they were not

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 only thirsty,

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 they were afraid.

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 We need to recognize

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 and be sympathetic

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 to them.

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 It's easy for us

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 sometimes to read

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 the Old Testament stories

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 and to think,

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 gosh,

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 Israel just didn't

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 get it very well.

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 They just didn't.

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 How could they forget

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 so quickly?

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 Right?

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 How could they forget

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 so quickly?

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 Because think about

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 what had happened

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 right before

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 both of these stories.

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 In chapter 15,

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 what had come

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 right before?

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 God had parted

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 the Red Sea

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 to deliver his people

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 through them

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 and then brought

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 a triumph over

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 the Egyptian army

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 that was trying

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 to chase after them.

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 So God had delivered

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 his people powerfully.

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 And then before the story

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 in chapter 17,

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 in chapter 16,

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 what did we see?

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 God gave manna

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 to his people,

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 food in the desert

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 that they didn't

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 know anything about.

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 And it's very easy

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 for us to sit back

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 and think,

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 golly,

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 these Israelites,

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 they really didn't

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 get it,

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 did they?

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 How could they

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 be so obtuse?

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 But friends,

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 recognize what it

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 means to be

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 truly thirsty.

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 Have you ever

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 been truly thirsty

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 and not had access

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 to water?

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 Maybe for an hour

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 or two,

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 maybe for a half

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 a day,

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 rarely for longer

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 than that

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 in this modern world.

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 Thankfully,

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 that's true

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 in many places.

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 However,

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 real thirst

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 is a scary thing.

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 It is frightening

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 to face

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 no water

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 as your body

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 cries out for it

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 more and more.

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 Look,

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 the Israelites

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 were not asking

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 for a new iPod.

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 They weren't asking

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 for a BMW.

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 They weren't asking

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 for a new wardrobe.

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 They weren't asking

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 for luxuries

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 and accessories.

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 They longed

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 for something

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 that was real

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 and necessary

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 for them.

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 And think about

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 what happens

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 in the story

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 in chapter 15,

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 too.

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 They're traveling,

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 they're thirsty,

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 there's no water,

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 and then they get

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 to Mara,

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 and there's water,

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 there's a pool,

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 and suddenly they think,

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 finally,

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 we're delivered.

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 And then they go

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 and taste it.

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 And instead,

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 it's bitterness,

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 not sweetness.

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 bitterness.

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 Probably it was

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 full of minerals.

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 If you've ever had

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 mineral-filled water,

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 it's really undrinkable.

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 It's like being

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 a thirsty man

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 in the middle

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 of the ocean

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 where you can't

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 drink the water.

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 And so,

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 their thirst,

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 augmented by fear,

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 is now tainted

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 by disappointment.

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 False hope

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 was dashed.

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 Like climbing a mountain.

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 If you've ever been

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 hiking and you

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 come around the corner

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 and you think,

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 hey, there it is,

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 there's the top.

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 And you go a little

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 bit further.

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 No, it's not.

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 It's a false summit.

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 There's another one

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 yet to come.

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 How disappointing

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 that is.

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 Friends recognize

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 living in the wilderness

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 is hard.

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 When you face

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 a need like thirst

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 and you don't know

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 how to solve it

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 and you don't know

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 where to go

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 and there's no,

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 you begin to feel trapped

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 and you begin

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 to feel desperate.

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 It's very easy

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 for us

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 in that time

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 to then

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 see what our heart

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 is really made of.

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 And so,

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 we see

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 that in these stories,

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 God gives names.

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 It's always fascinating

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 that whenever God

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 gives something a name,

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 you want to pay attention

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 to it in the Old Testament.

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 And God gives names

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 to these places

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 because they reflect

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 the heart of the people.

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 The first name

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 is bitter.

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 The people become

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 bitter towards God.

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 We thought

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 there was a pool there

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 but then we couldn't

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 drink it.

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 The second one

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 is called masa

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 which means testing.

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 They doubted

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 God's presence

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 with them.

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 They demanded,

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 God,

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 give us water now.

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 And they asked,

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 God,

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 is your plan

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 really good for us?

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 Because it seems like

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 you've just let us

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 out here in the wilderness

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 to die.

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 It's not the first time

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 they thought that.

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 They thought that back

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 in chapter 16

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 but again in chapter 17

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 they say it.

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 Why did you lead us

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 out here just to die?

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 What's the point?

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 They doubted that God

00:13:11.940 --> 00:13:12.500
 was good

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 and that God had a plan

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 and that God was with them

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 and that God would care

00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.259
 for them.

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 They wondered,

00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:19.659
 has God abandoned us

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 and has He left us?

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 We are going to die.

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 Not only were their

00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:26.360
 hearts bitter,

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 not only did they

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 doubt God's presence

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 but also meribah.

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 Quarreling is the way

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 our Bible translates it.

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 I'm not sure that's

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 a good thing

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 because if I had a fight

00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:37.860
 with Greg,

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 we'd be going at it.

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 A quarrel would be

00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:40.759
 going back and forth.

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 Thankfully Greg and I

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 don't fight.

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 But I think that

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 the word here is not,

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 there's not like

00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.679
 there's a back and forth

00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.980
 between Moses and the people

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 or between the people

00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:52.460
 and God.

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 In fact,

00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:56.180
 it's more probably

00:13:56.180 --> 00:13:57.180
 of a protest.

00:13:59.200 --> 00:13:59.680
 God,

00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:02.519
 you've got to be kidding me.

00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:03.800
 God,

00:14:04.040 --> 00:14:05.460
 this is too much.

00:14:06.040 --> 00:14:06.379
 God,

00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.840
 you have to change this.

00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:08.620
 God,

00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.680
 you couldn't really

00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:10.639
 want this for me,

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.139
 could you?

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 That's the cry

00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:17.340
 that comes out

00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:17.920
 of the people.

00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:18.620
 God,

00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:19.180
 deliver us.

00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.120
 It's the same cry

00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:20.940
 that you heard back

00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:22.060
 in chapter 3

00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:23.100
 when they were crying out

00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:24.260
 to be freed from slavery.

00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:25.180
 God,

00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:25.880
 deliver us.

00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:26.620
 Help us.

00:14:27.880 --> 00:14:29.220
 It's not very hopeful though.

00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.760
 It's more accusatory.

00:14:31.640 --> 00:14:32.820
 How could you do this?

00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:35.700
 That's what quarreling means.

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:39.060
 Friends,

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.900
 when we're in the wilderness

00:14:39.900 --> 00:14:41.420
 and we face these times

00:14:41.420 --> 00:14:42.720
 where we become desperate,

00:14:43.380 --> 00:14:44.520
 where we feel like

00:14:44.520 --> 00:14:46.320
 something we absolutely need

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.840
 is beyond our control

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.220
 and unattainable,

00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:52.259
 let me ask you this question.

00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:54.600
 What name would God

00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:56.320
 give to that place

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:56.960
 in your heart

00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.940
 and in your life?

00:14:59.060 --> 00:15:00.340
 Would he call it bitter?

00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:02.980
 Would he call it doubtful?

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:05.720
 Would he call it protest?

00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:11.420
 How much we need

00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:12.660
 to see the heart of God

00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:13.420
 in those moments.

00:15:14.300 --> 00:15:15.759
 And that's what this passage does.

00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.639
 It shows us the heart of God

00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.639
 towards his people.

00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:20.580
 What we see fundamentally

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.399
 in this passage

00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:23.279
 is that as God's people

00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.679
 are facing the wilderness

00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:25.700
 and these things

00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:27.360
 are coming out of their hearts

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:29.200
 as they come out of our hearts,

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:31.360
 God comes

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.019
 and God comes with grace.

00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.580
 In chapter 15,

00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:37.740
 that grace looks like healing.

00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.639
 God instructs Moses,

00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:40.679
 take a log,

00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.000
 probably better translated

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.580
 a tree,

00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.740
 take this thing

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.899
 and throw it in the water.

00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:48.440
 Doesn't make any sense to us,

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.200
 but God used that symbol

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:52.259
 and that action

00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.539
 to turn

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:55.480
 the bitter water

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.940
 into sweet water.

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.460
 The people drank

00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.879
 and they were satisfied.

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.720
 God met them

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.539
 in their need

00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:06.919
 and in meeting them

00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.980
 he provided for them

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:10.620
 exactly what they longed for.

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:11.459
 And do you see

00:16:11.459 --> 00:16:12.539
 that he didn't just do it

00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.099
 in that way

00:16:13.099 --> 00:16:13.939
 but then he sort of,

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.279
 he went over the top.

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.279
 Look with me

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.039
 in chapter 15,

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.919
 verse 27.

00:16:18.219 --> 00:16:19.219
 Then they came to Elam.

00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.299
 Now that God

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:21.279
 gave them

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.319
 the water

00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:23.099
 that was bitter

00:16:23.099 --> 00:16:23.779
 made sweet

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.399
 and then he said,

00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.819
 oh and now I'm going to take you

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:27.279
 to Oasis Resort.

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:29.659
 Welcome to Hyatt Oasis Resort

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.240
 at Elam

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.659
 where you have

00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:33.899
 not only 12 pools of water

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:35.399
 with all that you could drink

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.560
 but you have shade

00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:37.899
 which is really nice

00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.539
 in the desert.

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:40.039
 70 palm trees

00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.159
 for you to encamp.

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.860
 Everything you long for

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.220
 are needed.

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.220
 God graciously

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.240
 gave it to them.

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:50.379
 Then in chapter 17,

00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:52.440
 they're in the wilderness again

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.680
 facing the same thing,

00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:55.120
 having seen God provide

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.399
 just before

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.620
 in the same ways

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:59.120
 and yet they still grumble

00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.019
 and doubt.

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.679
 God, are you really with us?

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.460
 They ask.

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.740
 And friends,

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.599
 don't forget

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.740
 they're asking that question

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:09.200
 when before them

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.019
 there is a pillar

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:11.000
 of cloud and fire

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.299
 that has gone before them

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.000
 during the day

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.700
 and during the night.

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.559
 There is a visible manifestation

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.660
 of God's presence

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.500
 with them

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 and in the middle of that

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 their hunger and thirst

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 was so great.

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 Their desire

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 and their need for water

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 so filled their screens.

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 They could not see

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 the very physical manifestation

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 that God was with them

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 and so they questioned.

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 And God meets them

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 and says,

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 I am with you.

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 He tells Moses,

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 take your staff,

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 the same staff

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 that I used

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 down in Egypt.

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 Take that staff

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 and take the elders

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 so that there will be witnesses

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 to what you will do

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 and go

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 and I will stand before you

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 and you will strike a rock

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 and from that rock

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 will flow water.

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 The same staff

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 that made the Nile River

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 undrinkable

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 in judgment upon

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 the Egyptians

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 will come to you

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 and that staff

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 will bring water

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 out of a rock.

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 I don't know

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 if any of you

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 are geologists

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 but there is not much

00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:10.360
 water in rocks.

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 God miraculously

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 brings water

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 to provide for them.

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 And friends,

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 I want you to see

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 something important here.

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 God meets them

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 in their complaining,

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 doubting,

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 questioning hearts

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 and in that

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 what he does

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 is he shows them grace.

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 He doesn't rebuke them

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 for unbelief.

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 He doesn't berate them.

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 He doesn't punish them.

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 He will do that

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 at one point, right?

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 Go ahead and read

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 the book of Numbers.

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 As they've seen God more

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 and as they continue

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 in their unbelief,

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 there will be a point

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 where God will bring

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 a corrective response

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 but not here.

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 Here,

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 what they show,

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 what this passage shows

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 is God's grace

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 to his people.

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 You don't deserve this.

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 Anyone who's a parent

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 knows this.

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 Your kids having

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 a whiny day.

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 Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.

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 Disobedient,

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 slow,

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 complaining

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 over and over again.

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 And there are times

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 when we as parents

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 have the joy

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 of just showing them grace.

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 And it's a beautiful thing.

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 You've experienced it

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 from your parents,

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 most likely.

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 And this is what God

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 does with his people.

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 These places are named

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 Mas and Meribah

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 to remind them

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 of their heart condition,

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 to warn them

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 in the future,

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 do not harden your heart

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 in the same way.

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 But here,

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.980
 the first time,

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.079
 God responds

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 is that of grace.

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 To give them something

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 that they didn't need

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 or didn't deserve

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 and to meet

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 their deepest need.

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 He wants them to know

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.120
 that grace

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 is the shape

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.380
 of his heart.

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 He wants them to know

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 that he will not leave them

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 but he will be with them.

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 He wants them to know

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 that he will provide

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:15.539
 what they really need.

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 and he wants them

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 to know

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 that they will be satisfied

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 as they trust in him

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:23.379
 and wait for him.

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 He will satisfy their hearts.

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 The heart of God

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 meets the heart

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 of his people

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 in the wilderness.

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 Friend,

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:36.200
 what might happen to us

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 if we saw God's heart clearly,

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 if God met us?

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 We would find ourselves

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.279
 satisfied.

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.560
 We would find ourselves

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 knowing that God

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.960
 will meet the deepest needs

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.620
 of our heart.

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 We would find contentment.

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:53.040
 We would find freedom

00:20:53.040 --> 00:20:53.660
 from being controlled

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 by our appetites.

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 We would know

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 that he will slake our thirst

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.960
 and feed our hunger

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 and he will meet our soul

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 with love.

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 What might happen to us,

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.740
 we would become

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.460
 more trusting.

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 Having seen God

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 be faithful

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 over and over

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 and over again,

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 the next time

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:17.019
 there was uncertainty,

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.859
 the next time

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.720
 we felt desperate,

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.720
 we could turn to him

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 and trust him.

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 Say,

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 God,

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 I don't know

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.099
 how you're going to do this.

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 This looks impossible to me

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:27.240
 but I trust you.

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 And the third thing

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.700
 is that

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:32.319
 I think we become

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.680
 more obedient.

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 This is really interesting.

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:37.080
 Look with me in chapter 15.

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 It struck me

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.240
 as a very odd part

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.860
 of the passage

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 and it took me a while

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.580
 to see this

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 but chapter 15,

00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:46.440
 verse 25,

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.840
 God brings this

00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:48.799
 miraculous provision

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:50.720
 of making the bitter water sweet.

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 And then he turns around

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.380
 and he starts talking about

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.920
 if you will obey me

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 and my commands

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 and my statutes

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 and my laws.

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.279
 And I think what he's

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.560
 describing here is

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:05.079
 when God's grace

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.339
 meets us

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:09.599
 and frees us

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:11.359
 from our desperate desire

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:13.399
 to provide for ourselves,

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:16.619
 our desperate drivenness

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:18.179
 that comes from appetites

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:19.079
 within us

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.259
 that we think

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.779
 it is up to us

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.539
 to solve,

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:24.299
 God meets us in that

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.480
 and he frees us

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.519
 from those things

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.039
 so that we can instead

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.559
 submit to God

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:32.579
 to believe that God's ways

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:34.659
 are good for us,

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.980
 to trust him

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:37.299
 when we don't understand

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.399
 why he would say,

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.759
 don't do this,

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.579
 this is a path

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.559
 that leads to death,

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.299
 not life,

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:45.039
 that we would trust him

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.899
 in those things.

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:48.599
 Grace doesn't actually provide,

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.579
 give us license

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.740
 to do what we want.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.839
 what grace does

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:54.259
 is it rescues us

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:58.079
 from our desperate hearts

00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.779
 so that we can actually

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.859
 trust and obey

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.220
 God.

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.700
 This is what 1 Corinthians 10

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.759
 reminds us of,

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.200
 reminds us that

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.819
 having experienced

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.380
 this grace of God

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:16.559
 in our lives,

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:19.039
 we can pursue then

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.480
 lives that please him

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:22.259
 and are good for us,

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:24.159
 that we are never

00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:25.359
 beyond help

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:27.859
 no matter how hard

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.399
 it gets.

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.720
 But of course,

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.919
 the 1 Corinthians passage

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.919
 also reminds us

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:35.220
 of the most important thing

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.819
 and that is that

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:38.059
 how God meets us

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.619
 in our wilderness

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.659
 when we are desperate

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.480
 for our need

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:43.119
 is he reminds us

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.279
 of the greatest need

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.579
 that every human being

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.119
 has

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.819
 for he says

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.519
 that the rock

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.199
 that was struck

00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:50.519
 is the Christ,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.039
 Jesus Christ

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.539
 and that what God

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.679
 has given us

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.819
 in Christ

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:57.179
 is the thing

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.699
 that we most need

00:23:58.699 --> 00:24:00.619
 for water

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.539
 and manna

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:03.819
 are simply signposts

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.879
 looking at our

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:07.000
 physical desires

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.959
 and meeting those

00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.819
 physical desires

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.719
 to remind us

00:24:09.719 --> 00:24:10.939
 that the greatest need

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.719
 for humanity

00:24:11.719 --> 00:24:13.819
 is actually

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:16.399
 a knowledge of God

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.259
 and a relationship

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.839
 with him.

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:20.679
 What we were made for

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:23.059
 is not food

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.059
 and water

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.939
 and sex

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.819
 and success

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.679
 and career

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.759
 and companionship

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.859
 or all the things

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:30.200
 that we tend to think of

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.159
 are necessary

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:32.200
 for being human

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.159
 and being alive.

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:35.559
 What we were made for

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:37.079
 first and foremost

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.099
 is to know God

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:39.559
 and to be rightly

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.539
 related to him.

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:43.799
 and yet we know

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.519
 how often

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.200
 our hearts

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.019
 are like the hearts

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.759
 of the Israelites.

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.399
 How we grumble

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.079
 and complain.

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.940
 How we doubt.

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.220
 How we question.

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.259
 How we are bitter

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.079
 towards him.

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.220
 How we don't believe

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.859
 in his goodness.

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.379
 How we refuse

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.759
 to submit to his ways.

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.779
 And Christ comes

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:04.779
 as God's greatest

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:06.059
 expression of grace

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.740
 to us.

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:09.139
 While we were still sinners

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:10.519
 Christ died

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.720
 for us.

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.660
 Christ uses

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.440
 these Old Testament

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.579
 stories to prepare

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.859
 or God uses

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.839
 these Old Testament

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.079
 stories to prepare us

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.960
 for the coming

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.599
 of Christ.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.639
 That Jesus

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.519
 is the rock

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:25.539
 that is struck

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.440
 and from which

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.000
 streams

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.180
 of living water

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.879
 flow.

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.460
 At the cross

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.720
 Jesus tasted

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.640
 the bitter water

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.559
 for us

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:36.019
 so that we might

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.799
 by faith

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:38.720
 receive from him

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.440
 not bitterness

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.620
 and judgment

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:42.259
 but sweetness

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.759
 and the life

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.400
 giving power

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.299
 of the Holy Spirit

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.460
 that will well up

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:48.100
 to eternal life

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.440
 in our hearts

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.319
 and from us

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.680
 to those around us.

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.759
 Jesus Christ

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.460
 is the rock

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 who is broken

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 from his broken

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 body

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 that died

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 that died for us

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 would flow

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 life-giving power

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 forgiveness

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 and eternal life.

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 This is the greatest

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 gift of God

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 that he has given

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 to us.

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.500
 Grace

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 because we don't

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 deserve it.

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.519
 Grace

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 because we don't

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.279
 think we need it.

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 Grace

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 because we

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 don't believe

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 that God

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 is the one

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 that we were

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 made for.

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 and he comes

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 and he meets

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 us

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 and he says

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 come

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 come ye

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 sinners

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 poor and

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 needy

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 bruised and

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 broken by the

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 fall

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 come

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 to him

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 believe

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 and trust

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 in him

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 and find

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 in him

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 in the midst

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 of your wilderness

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 grace

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 grace that is

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 greater

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 than all of our

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 sin

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 grace that meets

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.879
 us in the worst

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.799
 of your wilderness

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 grace that speaks

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 words

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 of assurance

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 of provision

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 of presence

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 and of hope.

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 At the end of the day

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 that's what this passage

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.500
 invites us to

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 is to come to the rock

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 that is Christ.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord thank you

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.559
 for this word.

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 We do pray

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 that you would

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:28.819
 Lord bring us

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 lead us

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 Lord show us

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.539
 how great your grace

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.319
 is to us

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.879
 in Christ.

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 Lord help us

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.319
 to come

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.959
 knowing that we

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 have nothing

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.140
 to bring

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:44.220
 except our need

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.839
 and yet that is

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.680
 enough for us.

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 Lord we pray

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:50.579
 this morning

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.660
 that you would

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.299
 remind us

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.380
 of your satisfying

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.880
 grace

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:55.160
 for us.

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus name.

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.079
 Amen.

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 Well friends

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.519
 as we

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.440
 continue

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.240
 in our service

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.420
 we have a baptism.

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.759
 that we

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.420
 ourvi

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.960
 church

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.480
 has been

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.620
 bearing us

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.480
 and the

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.660
 we have a

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.660
 presence.

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 Father

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:14.340
 make us

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 see you

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 we have a

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.259
 well find

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.920
 as we

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 acknowledge

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.880
 this country

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.400
 and

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.840
 that we

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.660
 we have a

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.420
 photograph

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.779
 of

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.580
 the

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:23.960
 stage

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.080
 and

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.980
 as we

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.180
 can

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.700
 you

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.080
 see you

00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:28.440
 know