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 Good to see you all here this evening. Today, this evening, I'll be preaching on 1 Samuel chapter 12, continuing our series on Samuel.

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 So, back when I was in school, I did the Duke of Edinburgh's award, and as part of that, as you might know, you have to go on camping trips,

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 which has various results, sending a bunch of school kids out into the wilderness.

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 And one of these trips we went on was near the Brig of Turk, and we came at a bit of a crossroads on our journey this day.

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 And we'd just walked up a hillside, and we were at a crossroads. We had a decision to make, and it was either go to the southeast,

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 and cross this moor, and go the wrong way, essentially, or go to the southwest, and go through a sort of valley,

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 and go the right way. And if we went across the moor, we would go the wrong way, and we would add a few hours,

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 at least, onto our journey. But, obviously, going the right way, we would arrive on time.

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 I can read a map and use a compass, so I would say, no, we should definitely go to the southwest,

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 look where the map's pointing in the compass, and look at where the route's going.

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 Well, my friend said, no, we should go to the southeast, it's definitely towards the southeast, we should definitely go to the right.

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 So, everybody doubted me,

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 not that this is a big-headed thing,

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 and we followed my friend, and we went the wrong way,

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 and we ended up walking a few extra hours,

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 and we had to walk through this moor,

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 through the heather and the bracken,

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 and then we had to walk down a hillside,

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 covered in old, dead, decaying trees,

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 and made very slow and painful progress,

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 as we walked through this thicket of

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 dead, brittle

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 branches and boughs.

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 And eventually,

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 once we had done all this,

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 and walked down this hillside,

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 we got back on to the road,

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 and made our way back to

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 the correct route.

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 But because we made this

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 wrong choice,

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 because we came at this

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 juncture in the road,

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 and made the wrong choice,

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 it added ours,

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 and a lot of pain,

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 onto our journey.

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 And in this chapter,

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 we see

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 the Israelites come to a crossroads as well.

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 They are presented with a choice to make.

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 They can go

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 with the Lord,

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 and follow the Lord,

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 or they can go their own way,

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 and reject the Lord.

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 They've committed a great sin,

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 by rejecting God as their king.

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 Despite the fact

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 he saved Israel

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 many times,

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 and blessed them,

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 they can continue to reject God,

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 and be destroyed,

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 or they can go in the right direction,

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 obey,

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 follow,

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 and worship God.

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 Put away their idols,

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 repent of their arrogance and pride,

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 and make Him their priority,

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 and do what is right.

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 Just like Israel,

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 we have this ongoing decision

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 to make as a church,

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 and as individuals as well.

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 The choice to either follow

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 our own sinful,

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 and selfish desires,

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 and worship them,

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 or,

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 we can repent,

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 and we can follow,

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 not our own way,

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 but follow the Lord's way.

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 This chapter marks

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 the end of an era,

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 the end of the period

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 of the judges.

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 Samuel is the last judge,

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 and as God's appointed leader

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 of the people

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 has gathered them together

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 to address them

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 as Saul takes over

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 as Israel's king.

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 In the emergency

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 in the previous chapter,

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 in chapter 11,

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 with Nahash at Jabesh Gilead,

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 the Israelites didn't call

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 for God to deliver them,

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 but a king.

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 And Saul did deliver them,

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 this time.

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 Their confidence in Saul,

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 in themselves,

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 and in their own nation,

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 is founded on one solitary incident

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 they ascribe to him,

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 to Saul,

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 rather than Saul

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 being used by God

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 to deliver Israel

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 from their enemies.

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 And as we read

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 the chapter,

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 it almost seems like

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 a report from a courtroom,

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 a courtroom that's

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 back to front,

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 where the defendant

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 has put

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 the judge

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 in the dock

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 and is judging them,

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 even in the face

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 of their own guilt.

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 So in verses 1 to 5,

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 Samuel gives an account

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 of his leadership

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 of Israel under the Lord.

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 Samuel asked the Israelites,

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 as we heard,

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 in front of God

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 and the new king Saul,

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 if he had cheated anyone,

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 stolen from anyone,

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 or been an unjust judge.

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 In verse 3,

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 when Samuel asked them

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 whose donkey

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 or oxen he had taken,

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 this is set up

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 in contrast

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 to the king

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 taking the livestock

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 of the people

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 for his own use,

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 as we heard about

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 from chapter 8.

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 In verse 5,

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 Samuel is vindicated

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 as a just ruler

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 and by the Israelites

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 vindicating Samuel,

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 they also vindicate

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 the Lord

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 as Samuel's leadership

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 comes from the Lord

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 and Samuel's good deeds

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 are from the Lord.

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 So Samuel's been faithful

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 because he followed

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 the Lord

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 and not his own way

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 and not his own desires.

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 Samuel has remembered

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 the Lord,

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 everything he's done

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 for him and Israel

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 and followed the Lord

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 faithfully.

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 And for verses 6 to 15,

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 Samuel goes on the offensive

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 and confronts Israel

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 with everything God

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 has done for them

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 despite their sin.

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 In verse 7,

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 Samuel says to all Israel,

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 Now then,

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 stand here,

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 I am going to confront you

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 with evidence

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 before the Lord

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 as to all the righteous acts

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 performed

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 by the Lord

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 for you

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 and your ancestors.

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 As we read,

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 these verses

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 contain all the righteous

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 deeds of God

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 and his faithfulness

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 to his rebellious people,

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 Israel.

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 They are reminded

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 of the countless times

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 the Lord has led them,

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 delivered them,

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 cared for them

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 and had mercy on them.

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 Israel perhaps thought

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 that they would hear

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 that God had mistreated

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 them in some way

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 or abandoned them

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 in their hour of need

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 to their enemies.

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 However,

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 from verse 8,

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 God is shown to be

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 the loving King of Israel

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 who heard his people's

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 cries for help

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 and always delivered them

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 out of their enemies' hands.

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 In verse 9,

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 we read,

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 Because of all this

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 and the cause of all

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 Israel's other sins,

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 they forgot the Lord,

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 their God.

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 They forgot the Lord,

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 their God.

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 This is,

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 the Israelites are shown

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 beyond a shadow of a doubt

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 that the Lord

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 is worthy to be followed

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 and in fact

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 is the only one

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 worth following.

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 And this,

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 they forgot the Lord,

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 their God,

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 is a very serious thing

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 for anyone to say,

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 both for the Israelites

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 then

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 and their day

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 but also for us now.

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 And are we inclined

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 to forget

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 what the Lord

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 has done for us?

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 And although I've

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 criticized Israel here

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 strongly,

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 we should see ourselves

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 in their midst

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 at Gilgal,

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 hearing from Samuel,

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 telling them

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 and us

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 of the Lord's

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 faithfulness

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 and mercy

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 and his righteous deeds

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 for us.

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 The Israelites

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 had lost sight of God

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 and who they were

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 in relationship to God

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 and can we be

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 accused of the same?

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 Yes.

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 Do we forget God

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 and who he is?

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 Yes.

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 Each one of us

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 is a fallen,

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 broken and sinful

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 human being

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 and even though

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 we have the word

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 of God here

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 as a constant reminder

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 of God's faithfulness

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 and redemption

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 all through the Bible,

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 we still often

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 go astray

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 and chase after idols

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 and follow after

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 our own way.

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 Just like Israel

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 needed to be called back

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 in repentance

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 and be disciplined,

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 we also need to be called back

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 in repentance

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 and faith

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 when we forget

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 the Lord our God.

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 I'm sure as well

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 that we all have

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 personal examples

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 of God's faithfulness

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 to us personally.

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 However,

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 we all too often

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 put a king

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 in God's place.

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 We chase after

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 idols

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 our own way

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 and forget

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 who God is

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 and what he's done

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 for us.

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 Some examples,

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 in the West

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 we're inclined

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 to put

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 our careers,

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 jobs

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 and working

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 commitments high up

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 on our list

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 of priorities.

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 We see our bosses

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 and their words,

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 instructions

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 and directions

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 as more important

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 to follow

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 than the Lord's.

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 Our work team

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 is more important

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 than our church family.

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 We can put family

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 before God

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 spending more time

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 with them

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 than the Lord.

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 Our friends

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 can distract us

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 and lead us away

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 from the Lord

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 if we're not careful

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 as well.

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 Even the way

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 we use our free time

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 can take precedence

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 over our God

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 and King.

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 In our modern world

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 of social media

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 and fast news

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 we can feel

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 the pressure

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 of others

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 even in our own homes

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 and what they follow

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 and worship

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 to do the same.

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 To conform

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 to the culture

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 of our day

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 and forget God

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 in that way

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 and follow

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 our own way

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 and follow

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 other things.

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 And I've put

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 many things

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 in my times

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 since I've become

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 a Christian

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 before the Lord

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 my God

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 and unfortunately

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 I know

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 for a fact

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 as I keep going

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 that my changeable

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 heart

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 will forget

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 God

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 like Israel did

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 and elect

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 and follow

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 another king

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 in his place.

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 And then

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 in verse 12

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 the problem

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 of Israel

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 forgetting God

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 is further

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 explained

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 in this

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 instance

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 context

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 at

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 Nahash

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 Gilead

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 with Nahash

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 Jabesh

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 Gilead

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 sorry

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 when at the

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 end of the

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 verse it reads

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 no

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 we want a

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 king to

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 rule over us

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 even though

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 the Lord

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 your God

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 was your king

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 even though

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 the Lord

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 your God

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 was your king

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 Israel knew

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 the Lord

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 was their king

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 and they owe

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 allegiance to him

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 before all others

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 and to him alone

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 but they let

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 themselves be

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 distracted and led

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 away from

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 following him

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 wholeheartedly

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 as we live our

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 lives will we

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 do the same

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 will we allow

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 ourselves to be

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 led away

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 to follow other

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 things

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 or will we

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 cling to God

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 and follow him

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 wholeheartedly

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 now the Israelites

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 must understand

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 the full gravity

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 of their sin

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 that they've

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 forsaken

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 and forgotten

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 the Lord

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 their God

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 in place of

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 a mortal man

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 like them

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 they've chosen

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 to follow another

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 and a creature

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 like them

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 they've chosen

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 to put

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 a creature

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 in the place

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 of the creator

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 instead of

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 placing all their

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 faith

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 and trust

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 in the mighty

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 God and king

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 who created

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 them

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 the world

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 and brought

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 them to where

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 they are now

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 where they stand

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 in front of Samuel

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 they chose to

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 turn their backs

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 on him

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 and follow Saul

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 instead

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 they knew God

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 was their king

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 and they were not

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 to be the same

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 as the nation

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 surrounding them

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 but rather

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 be separate

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 and different

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 from them

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 and their worship

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 service

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 of the true

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 and living God

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 it was through

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 this difference

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 that the Israelites

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 would draw their

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 neighbours to Israel

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 to worship God

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 that people from

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 all over the world

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 would hear of the

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 mighty deeds

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 of the king of Israel

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 and be drawn

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 towards Israel

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 to swear allegiance

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 to this God

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 and worship him

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 as all men should

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 however

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 in the request

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 for a different

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 king to rule

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 over them

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 Israel are going

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 in the opposite

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 direction

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 and want to

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 become like

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 their neighbours

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 rather than

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 mirroring

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 being an example

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 to their neighbours

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 which is a picture

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 of us

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 and our sinfulness

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 as well

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 we all want

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 to go our own

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 way

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 in opposition

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 to the Lord

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 and his purpose

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 for us

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 then in verse 14

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 the Israelites

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 and Saul

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 their new king

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 are exhorted

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 to fear the Lord

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 obey him

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 serve him

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 and follow him

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 and even though

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 they've committed

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 this great sin

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 and turned their

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 back on God

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 and asked for a

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 different king

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 if they do this

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 the Lord will bless

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 them

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 although they've

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 committed this

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 great sin

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 the Lord will

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 still bless them

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 and in the next

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 verse

00:12:21.319 --> 00:12:22.299
 verse 15

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 God warns Israel

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 that if they

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 don't fear him

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 obey him

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 and serve him

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 then his hand

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 will be against

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 you

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 as it was

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 against your

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 ancestors

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 continuing that

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 cycle

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 that judges

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 cycle

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 where Israel

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 sin

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 forsake God

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 and then God

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 sells them

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 into the hands

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 of their enemies

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 Israel turning

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 back

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 and crying out

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 to God

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 and the Lord

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 having mercy

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 and delivering

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 them

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 and although

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 I've spoken

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 about the judges

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 cycle here

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 in this incident

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 it's all

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 throughout

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 the Old Testament

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 when Israel

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 forsake the

00:12:57.580 --> 00:12:58.139
 Lord their God

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 and their

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 enemies come

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 against them

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 to draw them

00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.159
 back to God

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 their king

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 so Israel

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 have asked

00:13:04.420 --> 00:13:04.740
 for a new

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 king

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 and sinned

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 by forgetting

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 the Lord

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 their God

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 and have been

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 reminded of

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 all his great

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 deeds for them

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 and have been

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 presented with

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 two options

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 two paths

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 to follow

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 either follow

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 the Lord

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 and be blessed

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 or follow

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 a human

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 king

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 and eventually

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 be destroyed

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 and although

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 Israel as I've

00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:27.000
 said have

00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.580
 committed this

00:13:27.580 --> 00:13:28.060
 great sin

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 God is

00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:29.220
 merciful

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 he disciplines

00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:31.220
 Israel by

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 sending a huge

00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:32.600
 storm on

00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:32.980
 the Israelites

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 crops

00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.260
 in Israel

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 there's a very

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 small rainy

00:13:36.780 --> 00:13:37.220
 season

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 and if that

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 didn't come

00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:39.580
 at the right

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 time

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 or were shorter

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 or longer

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 than expected

00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:44.040
 the fine

00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:44.900
 balance would

00:13:44.900 --> 00:13:45.280
 be tipped

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 and crops

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 would fail

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 people would

00:13:47.380 --> 00:13:47.880
 go hungry

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 and the

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 local economy

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.820
 would go

00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:50.639
 into meltdown

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 God knew

00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.539
 all this

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 and performed

00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:53.860
 this miracle

00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.779
 to show

00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:55.220
 his power

00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.519
 and to make

00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.460
 the Israelites

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 fear him

00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:58.539
 once again

00:13:58.539 --> 00:13:59.299
 after they'd

00:13:59.299 --> 00:13:59.960
 forgotten him

00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:00.679
 and rejected

00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:00.980
 him

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:02.500
 so they would

00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.179
 hear his voice

00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.860
 and turn back

00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.340
 to following

00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:04.620
 him

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:06.299
 not in an

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:06.720
 unreasonable

00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:07.259
 or cruel

00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.539
 way

00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:08.439
 but in the

00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:08.879
 way a loving

00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.279
 father

00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:10.240
 disciplines his

00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.539
 children

00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.500
 for their

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:11.899
 benefit

00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:12.860
 to draw

00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.259
 them off

00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.559
 the wrong

00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:13.980
 path

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.559
 and back

00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:14.940
 onto the

00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:15.480
 right path

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.899
 for those

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 of you

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 who are

00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:17.800
 parents

00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:18.860
 there are

00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:19.519
 various ways

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.159
 of disciplining

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:20.659
 your children

00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.200
 and various

00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.779
 examples

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:23.000
 of when you've

00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.279
 disciplined

00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:23.779
 your children

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 to make them

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 see what

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 they've done

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 is wrong

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 and to show

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 them the

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 right thing

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 to do

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 when a child

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 goes to

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 touch a

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 hot hob

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 their father

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 won't sit

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 and watch

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 them touch

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 the hot metal

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 and badly

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 burn themselves

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 he'll stop

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 them and make

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 them understand

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 that it's not

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 for their own

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 good to do

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 that and show

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 them the correct

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 way to go

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 not out of

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 spite but

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 out of love

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 the right

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 thing for

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 them

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 with this

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 storm the

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 Israelites are

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 reminded in

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 no uncertain

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 terms that

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 the Lord is

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 God and

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 whoever they

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 choose to

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 be their

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 king is no

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 comparison to

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 him and

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 his power and

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 his ultimate

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 authority

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 but the end

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 of the passage

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 is really

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 astonishing

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 and the end

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 of the passage

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 is really

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 beyond our

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 understanding and

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 our comprehension

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 the Israelites

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 have turned

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 their backs

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 on God

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 they have to

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 be reminded

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 of everything

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 God has

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 done for

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 them again

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 God has

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 disciplined

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 his wayward

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 people but

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 then in verse

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 20 Samuel

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 says to them

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 do not be

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 afraid do

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 not be

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 afraid it's

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 beyond our

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 comprehension that

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 God has

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 forgiven this

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 trespass but

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 he does up

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 until now it

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 may have seemed

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 like doing

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 gloom that it

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 was over for

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 Israel that God

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 couldn't possibly

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 forgive this

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 sin again

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 but there is

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 hope yet

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 there is good

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 to come out

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 of this

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 not that Israel

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 will learn and

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 suddenly do all

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 the right things

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 and get it right

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 in the future

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 no again like

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 this passage

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 shows us it

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 is because of

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 what God will

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 do and what

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 he has done

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 for his people

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 as we read

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 further in the

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 Old Testament

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 the Lord will

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 perform many

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 more mighty

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 acts to save

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 Israel and

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 then the ultimate

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 good news God

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 will perform

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 for Israel

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 and us

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 is that the

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 true king

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 came to

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 earth

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 the Lord

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 Jesus came

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 died and

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 rose again

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 so that we

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 can follow him

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 and be saved

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 even at this

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 point which

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 seems so low

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.419
 and so dark

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.759
 we see God's

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.199
 grace mercy

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 and righteousness

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 displayed to

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 his people

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 although Israel

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 have erred so

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 badly God

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 will not destroy

00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:36.840
 them he won't

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.439
 send them away

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 and he won't

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 cast them out

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 of his presence

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 and we

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 likewise

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 will not be

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 destroyed for

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 our sin

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 we won't be

00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.140
 sent away

00:16:46.140 --> 00:16:47.160
 and we won't

00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:47.700
 be cast out

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.280
 of his presence

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 and this made

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 me consider how

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 we the church

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 respond to

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 and follow God

00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:56.340
 like Samuel

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 says do we

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 fear God

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 do we serve

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 God

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 and do we

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 follow God

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 or do we

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 turn our

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.580
 backs on God

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 and chase

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 after other

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 things of the

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 world and

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.340
 idols and

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 our own

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.539
 sinful desires

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 so next

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 month on

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 the 5th of

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 November we

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 mark the

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 gunpowder plot

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.720
 when Guy

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.680
 Fawkes and

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.420
 others attempted

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 to blow up

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.860
 parliament with

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 King James

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 inside

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 unlike this

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 passage Guy

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 Fawkes was

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 not pardoned

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 or forgiven

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 King James

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 allowed the

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 law to

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 take its

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 course and

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 Guy Fawkes

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.660
 was executed

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.620
 for treason

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 like you would

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 expect from

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 any monarch

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.540
 King James

00:17:36.540 --> 00:17:37.620
 let the person

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.240
 attempting to

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.640
 kill him

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.960
 overthrow his

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.900
 authority and

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.940
 the kingdom be

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.880
 brutally executed

00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.360
 likewise the

00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:45.720
 Israelites

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.920
 deserved death

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:48.400
 but the Lord

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.860
 didn't enact

00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:50.940
 the full course

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.440
 of the law

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 but rather

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 showed mercy

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:54.500
 instead of

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 acting like

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.380
 any other

00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.420
 monarch and

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.040
 enacting full

00:17:57.040 --> 00:17:57.940
 justice and

00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.900
 destroying Israel

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.800
 the Lord

00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:00.700
 relented and

00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.400
 had mercy on

00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:01.840
 his wayward

00:18:01.840 --> 00:18:02.160
 people

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:04.019
 just like

00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.420
 the Israelites

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 we deserve

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.500
 death for

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.100
 our treason

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:08.240
 and our

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 rebellion

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.600
 but instead

00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.160
 we are also

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.779
 shown mercy

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:12.319
 rather than

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.900
 incur the

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.680
 just punishment

00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.259
 our actions

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.759
 deserve

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:16.640
 and as we

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 read further

00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:17.600
 in the story

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:18.059
 of Saul

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 and the kings

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 of Israel

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 and Judah

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.380
 that would

00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:22.259
 follow him

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.920
 it appears

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.720
 that all of

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.120
 this was in

00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.360
 vain

00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.660
 Israel's

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.299
 clamouring for

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.680
 a king

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.759
 as the

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 human kings

00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:28.720
 of Israel

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.220
 and Judah

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.660
 fail

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:31.240
 they lead

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.779
 Israel away

00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.320
 from God

00:18:32.320 --> 00:18:34.240
 into idolatry

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.060
 they forget

00:18:35.060 --> 00:18:36.539
 God and

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.100
 his acts

00:18:37.100 --> 00:18:37.519
 and his mighty

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.360
 deeds for

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:39.060
 Israel in the

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 past and

00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:40.880
 his promises

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.480
 for the future

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.759
 and they don't

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.660
 keep the law

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.420
 for kings that

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:44.920
 we've spoken

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.560
 about in

00:18:45.560 --> 00:18:46.000
 Deuteronomy

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.779
 chapter 17

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:48.200
 and because of

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.100
 all this Israel

00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:49.980
 eventually splits

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:51.279
 into the northern

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.960
 kingdom of Israel

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.059
 and the southern

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.700
 kingdom of Judah

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:55.740
 they continue to

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:57.019
 sin and not

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.660
 follow God

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.700
 and both Israel

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.240
 and Judah

00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.860
 are led away

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.519
 into exile

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:02.680
 but we can

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.140
 take hope

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:04.660
 this all acts

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.180
 as tension

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.539
 building

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:07.200
 these human

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.279
 kings merely

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.860
 make the people

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.220
 of Israel

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.920
 yearn and

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.940
 groan for

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.559
 God's promised

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.180
 king the

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.299
 Messiah the

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.779
 Lord Jesus

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:15.000
 and how he

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.400
 would lead

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:15.980
 God's people

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:17.940
 who will be

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.299
 the king

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.940
 Israel needs

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:20.480
 that can truly

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.200
 lead Israel

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.840
 in fear in

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.199
 the Lord

00:19:22.199 --> 00:19:23.299
 serving the

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.559
 Lord

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.419
 and obeying

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:24.819
 the Lord

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:28.539
 but just

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.179
 like Israel

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:30.339
 here didn't

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:30.720
 follow their

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.220
 true king

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.879
 God

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.759
 they didn't

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.079
 follow the

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.439
 Messiah

00:19:33.439 --> 00:19:34.639
 the Lord

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.099
 Jesus when

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.679
 he came to

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.019
 the earth

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.519
 to save his

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.919
 people from

00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:38.379
 their sins

00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:39.879
 but this

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.339
 didn't stop

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.599
 the Lord

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.099
 Jesus from

00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.659
 completing his

00:19:42.659 --> 00:19:43.559
 task and he

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.099
 has indeed

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.500
 freed his

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.859
 people from

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.299
 their sins

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.379
 by allowing a

00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:46.819
 perfectly

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.799
 obedient life

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.899
 dying on

00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.379
 the cross

00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.240
 and rising

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 again triumphantly

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 from the grave

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 he was rejected

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 once when he

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 came as a

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 suffering servant

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 but there is a

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 day approaching

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 when the Lord

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.220
 Jesus will

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 return to the

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 earth to claim

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 his prize and

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 his bride the

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 church

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 where every knee

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 will bow and

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.900
 all tongues

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.620
 confess that he

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 is king

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:08.539
 on that day he

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:08.960
 will not be

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.740
 rejected again

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:11.079
 all will see him

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:12.079
 and all will

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 recognize that he

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 is king

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.860
 some in jubilation

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:16.099
 that the king

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.940
 has finally returned

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:18.160
 and some in

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 shock but none

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:19.920
 will be able to

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 reject his

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 authority and

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 kingship on

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 that day of

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 judgment and

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 justice

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 for the church

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 for those who

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 believe that

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 will be a

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 glorious day

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 but for those

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.380
 who reject the

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.019
 Lord Jesus in

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:34.019
 life it will be

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 a terrible day

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 when they

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 acknowledge the

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 king that they

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 have rejected

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 who they have

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 not followed in

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 life

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 for anyone here

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 tonight who

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 hasn't decided to

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 follow the Lord

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 Jesus the true

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:48.200
 king I would

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 urge you to

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 consider your

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 position tonight

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 to consider the

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 path you're on

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 to consider the

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 person you are

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 rejecting and to

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 consider the

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 consequences and

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 where that path

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 will eventually

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 lead

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 so going forward

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:09.539
 how should this

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.960
 affect our walk

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.440
 with the Lord

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 individually and

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 as a congregation

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 our faith in the

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 Lord and his

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 mercy and his

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 grace his

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 faithfulness and

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 his righteousness

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 and promises should

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 abound more and

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 more each day in

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 the passage God

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 and Samuel are

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 shown to being

00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:33.740
 good and faithful

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 leaders Samuel

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 hasn't defrauded

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 stolen or being

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 corrupt throughout

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:41.839
 his tenure God's

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.879
 deeds on behalf of

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.160
 Israel are expounded

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.240
 and show the

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 amazing things he's

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.760
 done for his

00:21:46.760 --> 00:21:47.400
 people Israel

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 yet they still

00:21:49.020 --> 00:21:50.320
 turn away and

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.980
 chase after a

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.220
 man and

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.160
 something ultimately

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.580
 that won't

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.940
 satisfy them and

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.580
 not last

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 however we can

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.280
 see from this

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 chapter where the

00:22:00.520 --> 00:22:01.100
 Israelites went

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.140
 wrong and we can

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.680
 go in the opposite

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:04.240
 direction use their

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.500
 example as a light

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.020
 to shine us onto

00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:08.440
 the right path to

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.780
 follow the Lord

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:12.680
 there are any

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.460
 number of things

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.420
 in our modern

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.180
 lives that will

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.980
 try to lead us

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.639
 away from God

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:19.480
 to lead us away

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.240
 from the Lord

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.940
 to place them in

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 the highest place

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.599
 of importance in

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 our lives

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:26.879
 our culture puts

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.519
 as I've said

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.779
 previously a high

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 value on success

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 in the workplace

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 both so you can

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.799
 boast to other

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.279
 people outside

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.200
 and within

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.299
 competition within

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 your own workplace

00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:40.819
 pressure to get

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.879
 promoted and pay

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:43.359
 rise which often

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.319
 means other things

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.960
 drop down your

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.799
 priority list

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:47.579
 more time spent at

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.980
 work late nights

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.940
 and overtime and

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.940
 one of the first

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.859
 things to be cut by

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:54.379
 many is Bible

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.940
 reading prayer and

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.200
 church and time

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.440
 spent with the

00:22:58.440 --> 00:23:00.000
 Lord our eyes

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.659
 taken off the

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:02.119
 king and cast on

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.539
 another and for

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.480
 many the first stage

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.859
 of focusing your

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:08.119
 attention on your

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.319
 job and work

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.539
 is striving at

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.259
 university for

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.679
 good grades to

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:14.479
 achieve this job

00:23:14.479 --> 00:23:15.179
 later on

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:16.739
 forgetting that

00:23:16.739 --> 00:23:17.399
 you're there to

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:19.319
 glorify God and

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.059
 worship him through

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.619
 your studies and

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.279
 not to become

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.239
 fixated on them

00:23:23.239 --> 00:23:24.039
 and to worship

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.099
 them in that way

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:27.279
 and the pressures

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.159
 of raising children

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.559
 taking them to

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.939
 school

00:23:29.939 --> 00:23:31.779
 extracurricular

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:33.659
 activities and

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.819
 spending time with

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:36.139
 them we can get

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:37.279
 sidetracked and

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.779
 forget the one

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.399
 who's given these

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:38.980
 good gifts

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.420
 worshipping and

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.160
 chasing after the

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.579
 good gifts

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:43.319
 themselves the

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.160
 king gives us

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.039
 and in the process

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.899
 for getting his

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.660
 goodness to us

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:48.619
 many of us are

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:50.220
 grandparents which

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.680
 has its own

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.839
 challenges and it

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.839
 can be a challenge

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.940
 in itself to keep

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.619
 the Lord as our

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:56.220
 king and not let

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.579
 our affections and

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:59.099
 loyalty be drawn

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.920
 from our families

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:02.240
 from God rather to

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.220
 our families and

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.759
 grandchildren

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.759
 children those of

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.200
 us with no

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.940
 families are no

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.559
 more immune to

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.500
 the temptation of

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.299
 being sidetracked

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.180
 and distracted from

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:13.039
 God for our time

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.140
 and our attention to

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.500
 be given to friends

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.079
 and activities we're

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.180
 involved in hobbies

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:20.519
 interests and social

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.180
 engagements which

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.799
 will all leave us

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.480
 empty in the end

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:26.099
 in Scotland and

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.180
 various other places

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.359
 in the west people

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.079
 are obsessed with

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.740
 football and sport

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:32.480
 and many people

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:34.559
 play pay more

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.420
 attention to league

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:37.059
 tables and how

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.539
 their preferred

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.519
 athletes and

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.160
 favourite sports

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.259
 stars are performing

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:42.920
 than anything else

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:45.839
 body image is

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.480
 massively important

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.140
 to many people

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:49.019
 everywhere we turn

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.799
 in social media

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.240
 the television

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.759
 adverts when

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.180
 we're walking

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:56.059
 around are either

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.799
 trying to convince

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.880
 us to slim down

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:59.079
 or to bulk up

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.859
 both options

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.639
 taking hours of

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.059
 our time

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.359
 our money

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.659
 thought when

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.399
 we're away from

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.439
 the gym or

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.980
 wherever we

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.659
 exercise

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:09.579
 and attention

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:11.079
 most importantly

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.619
 that should be

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.699
 placed on God

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:15.079
 and then from

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.839
 there we end up

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.399
 worshipping our

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.379
 own image and

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.939
 worshipping the

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:18.619
 image of created

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.199
 beings

00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:22.259
 and as well

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.539
 in this process

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.019
 of thinking about

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.259
 this we can get

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.939
 distracted by

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.519
 technology

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:28.119
 most of us have

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.579
 phones

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.599
 and tablets

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.299
 and these

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.779
 things

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:32.079
 take up a

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.480
 huge amount

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.899
 of our time

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.359
 looking at

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.519
 them

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.480
 and they

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.079
 as well

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.839
 can become

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:38.299
 a snare

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.679
 to us

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:38.960
 and our

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.379
 attention

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:41.179
 in the face

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:41.599
 of all these

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.019
 other things

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.519
 we become

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.059
 like Israel

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.099
 in this passage

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:45.419
 falling after

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.099
 other things

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.319
 rebellious

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.379
 and we forsake

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.179
 the Lord

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.659
 our King

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:51.359
 we forget

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.019
 how he

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.220
 has led us

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.879
 and all the

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.439
 mighty acts

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:54.879
 he has done

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.359
 for us

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:57.379
 so we

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.759
 must choose

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.079
 who we

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.399
 follow

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.859
 the real

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.119
 king

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.699
 or an

00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:01.159
 imposter

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:02.419
 the real

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.740
 king

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.839
 or a

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.299
 usurper

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.659
 in our

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:05.939
 lives

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.319
 all the

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.839
 good things

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.659
 we receive

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.559
 and all the

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:08.959
 good things

00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:09.959
 we are a

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.419
 part of

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.179
 have been

00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:11.659
 given to

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:11.919
 us

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.779
 and we've

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.299
 been led

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.139
 into things

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:15.059
 by God

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.699
 we need to

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.240
 cling to the

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.519
 Lord

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.319
 in our lives

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.039
 we should pray

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.960
 and ask

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.259
 the Lord

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.720
 to show

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.000
 us

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.799
 where we

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.139
 forget

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.420
 him

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.740
 and repent

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.079
 of whatever

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.559
 we put

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.839
 in his

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.240
 place

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:28.119
 whatever that

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.559
 may be

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.339
 and turn

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.759
 back to

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.359
 following him

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 and going

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 on the

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 Lord's

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.339
 path

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.859
 and not

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.200
 our own

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.859
 but

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.480
 when we

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.980
 do fail

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.779
 as we

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.039
 will

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.579
 and we

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.779
 all

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.420
 inevitably

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.039
 will fail

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.359
 in this

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.899
 we will

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.619
 give our

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.099
 affection

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.940
 loyalty

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.559
 time

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.639
 and attention

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.059
 to other

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.379
 things

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.740
 in place

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.159
 of God

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:47.379
 we should

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.740
 remember

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.220
 what God

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.599
 says to

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.859
 Israel

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 in this

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.619
 passage

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.519
 and remember

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.779
 that he

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.159
 says do

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 not be

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 afraid

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:54.459
 God

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:54.759
 will draw

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.059
 his people

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.500
 back to

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.919
 himself

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.879
 when we

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.359
 go down

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.719
 a wrong

00:26:57.719 --> 00:26:58.059
 path

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.219
 with

00:26:58.219 --> 00:26:58.639
 discipline

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.719
 and will

00:26:59.719 --> 00:27:00.299
 not carry

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.599
 out the

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.879
 law

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.679
 as it

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:01.839
 should

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.099
 be

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.419
 and as

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:03.619
 we

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.099
 deserve

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.659
 as our

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:05.899
 king

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.199
 the Lord

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.500
 Jesus

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.979
 has taken

00:27:06.979 --> 00:27:07.479
 the punishment

00:27:07.479 --> 00:27:08.259
 once and

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.639
 for all

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.679
 it's complete

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.719
 for all our

00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:11.379
 disobedience

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.000
 and rebellion

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.500
 and while he

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.099
 carried that

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.779
 to the cross

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.679
 for us to

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.000
 pay the

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.359
 penalty

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.479
 for that

00:27:17.479 --> 00:27:17.839
 and all

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.159
 our other

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.419
 sin

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:20.500
 just like

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.720
 Guy

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.019
 Fox

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.180
 was

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.660
 executed

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.180
 we

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.539
 deserve

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.740
 the

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.019
 punishment

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.220
 of

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.340
 the

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.539
 law

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.279
 but

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.680
 because

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:24.820
 of

00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:24.860
 the

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.019
 Lord

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.300
 Jesus

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:26.039
 we

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.300
 can

00:27:26.300 --> 00:27:26.560
 stand

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.140
 confidently

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.680
 before

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:27.940
 God

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.100
 the

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.380
 Father

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:30.039
 because

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.320
 of

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.400
 the

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.560
 Lord

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:30.779
 Jesus

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.360
 perfection

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.820
 and

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.240
 righteousness

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.660
 as

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:33.940
 Samuel

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.340
 says to

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.460
 the

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.900
 repentant

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.200
 Israel

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.940
 they will

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.420
 continue

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.880
 to pray

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.360
 for them

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:38.039
 and teach

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.240
 them

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.080
 we should

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.400
 be praying

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.740
 for each

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:39.940
 other

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.300
 in this

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.820
 as well

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.460
 it's all

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.900
 too easy

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.900
 with all

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.560
 these things

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.000
 I've spoken

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.279
 about

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.840
 to become

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.480
 sidetracked

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.860
 and possibly

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.299
 not even

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.799
 realise

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.980
 that we are

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.319
 going down

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.720
 this wrong

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.099
 path

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:51.980
 we should be

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.460
 praying that we

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.839
 should always

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.339
 follow the

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.099
 Lord as

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.660
 the Lord's

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:54.920
 people

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.079
 that we

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.440
 should die

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.079
 to ourselves

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.900
 pick up our

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.259
 crosses

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.039
 and follow

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.299
 him

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:01.440
 pray for our

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.240
 other Christian

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.920
 brothers and

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.539
 sisters throughout

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.000
 the city

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.059
 that they would

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.500
 follow the

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.900
 Lord as

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.140
 well

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:08.059
 and as a

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.440
 church we

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.680
 should be

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.539
 speaking the

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.220
 gospel and

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.880
 the Bible

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.640
 and God's

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:11.940
 word to

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.380
 one another

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.880
 instructing each

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.220
 other in the

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.540
 way of the

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:15.460
 Lord to

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.920
 help each

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.260
 other to

00:28:16.260 --> 00:28:16.700
 follow the

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:16.920
 Lord

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:19.360
 so just

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:19.800
 like me and

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.320
 my friends

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:21.100
 on my

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.820
 camping trip

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:23.100
 back all

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.420
 those years

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.020
 ago in

00:28:24.020 --> 00:28:25.060
 school we

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.400
 all have a

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.740
 choice to

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.420
 make we

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.940
 all have two

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.780
 paths in

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.200
 front of us

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.740
 every day

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.860
 and we need

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.700
 to make a

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.560
 decision as

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.200
 to which one

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.940
 we'll go

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.600
 down which

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.960
 one we'll

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.260
 follow

00:28:34.260 --> 00:28:37.220
 that day it

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.580
 wasn't that

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.800
 serious we

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:40.380
 had to have

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.060
 a bit of an

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.800
 unpleasant walk

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.700
 with our stuff

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.320
 on our back

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.399
 and it

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.779
 took us a

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.139
 lot longer

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.679
 to get to

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:45.939
 where we

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.299
 were going

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.879
 but this

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.559
 choice is

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.240
 very serious

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.079
 the consequence

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.159
 of choosing

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.519
 the wrong

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.119
 path and

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.399
 who to

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:55.359
 follow will

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.659
 lead to

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.839
 destruction if

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.139
 we choose

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.419
 the wrong

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.480
 path but

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.799
 the right

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.319
 path is

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.939
 God's path

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.480
 and leads

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.159
 to eternal

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.579
 life

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:08.099
 so will

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.579
 we put

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.939
 away our

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.700
 idols and

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.159
 follow the

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.299
 Lord wholeheartedly

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:13.279
 will we

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.879
 follow our

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.980
 king or

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.339
 will we

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.019
 reject him

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.659
 and follow

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.319
 a usurper

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:19.059
 will we

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.559
 follow the

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.019
 Lord Jesus

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.720
 and be

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.919
 saved or

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.599
 reject him

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.500
 and in

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.659
 turn be

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.139
 rejected

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.579
 just in

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.639
 closing I

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.059
 would urge

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.440
 you as

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.139
 Samuel says

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.779
 to the

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.419
 Israelites to

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.859
 fear the

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:33.240
 Lord to

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.740
 serve the

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.680
 Lord and

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.099
 obey the

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.919
 Lord and

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.879
 pray for me

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:38.799
 as I've been

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.359
 saying to you

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.979
 to fear the

00:29:39.979 --> 00:29:40.519
 Lord serve

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.539
 the Lord and

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.859
 obey the

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:43.419
 Lord thank

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.599
 you