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 1 Samuel 3.

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 but the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 Isaiah 40.

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 And no word from God

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 shall be void of power.

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 Luke 1.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Lord, we ask

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 that by the Holy Spirit

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 that is with your people gathered in your name,

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 you will reveal yourself,

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 reveal the word of God,

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 God the Son, Jesus Christ,

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 the glory of the triune God

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 through the scripture that you've given us today.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if we love something,

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 we secure all that it needs to thrive.

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 Think of something you love

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 and all you've done to secure everything

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 that we'll need in order for that thing to thrive

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 under your care.

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 We discover this wonderful little invention

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 called a watering bulb

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 and it's a bulb made out of glass

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 with a little tip that goes in

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 and what you do is you fill it up with water

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 and you stick it in the soil of a potted plant

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 and then you can leave for a few weeks

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 if you need to travel

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 and you've secured the water

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 that that plant will need to thrive.

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 What a great invention

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 and why did it take us this long

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 to come up with that.

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 If you love your plant,

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 you'll secure for it what it needs to thrive,

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 water.

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 Well, the Lord loves you and me.

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 He loves his people

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 and what we need to thrive is his word.

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 Psalm 119 declares this,

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 sustain me by your word

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 that I may live.

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 If I don't have your word,

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 I die.

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 The Lord loves you

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 and he has secured for us

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 the ministry of his word.

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 He's done this throughout every generation.

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 So beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus,

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 my prayer this week in preparing

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 is that you will be able to see

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 through this passage,

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 1 Samuel chapter 3,

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 how the Lord secures

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 the ministry of his word.

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 how the Lord secures the ministry

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 of his word for his people

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 whom he loves.

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 First, let's see the portrait

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 of a wordless minister.

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 Here's a man

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 meant to be a minister,

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 but he's serving without

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 the word of God.

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 It's a wordless ministry.

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 1 Samuel chapter 3, verse 1 says,

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 Now the boy Samuel ministered

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 to the Lord before Eli.

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 So still in focus right now

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 is Eli as the high priest.

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 We're told in those days

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 or under Eli's ministry,

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 the word of the Lord was rare

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 or scarce.

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 There was no widespread revelation.

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 Visions were seldom

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 under Eli's ministry.

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 Verse 1 makes a direct link

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 between the word of Yahweh

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 and Yahweh manifesting

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 his glorious presence

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 to his people.

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 You see that simple connection?

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 It's a statement of fact.

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 Like, in those days,

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 rain was rare,

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 therefore there were

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 few green plants.

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 The Hebrew word

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 for word,

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 the word of the Lord,

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 it's used eight times

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 in our little passage.

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 Eight times,

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 so it's the clear theme

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 of 1 Samuel chapter 3.

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 We're told the word

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 of the Lord

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 was not breaching forth.

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 A word-for-word translation

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 of verse 1 would be this.

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 The vision

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 of God's word

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 was not

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 breaking through.

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 God's word

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 in the spiritual realm

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 is ever-present,

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 ready,

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 awaiting the divine decree

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 to be sent forth

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 to breach

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 or break through

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 into the created realm.

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 We're told in

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 1 Samuel chapter 7

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 verses 3 and 4

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 that in this time,

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 all Israel

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 was told to put away

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 their idols

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 and to serve the Lord

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 only with their whole heart.

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 See,

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 the word of God

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 was ready

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 to break through,

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 to be breaching forth

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 unto them,

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 but instead

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 their hearts

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 were divided

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 and given to idols

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 in this time.

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 One commentator observed,

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 God had withdrawn

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 the light of his word

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 and allowed his people

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 to wander

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 in the darkness

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 that they apparently

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 preferred.

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 This is the portrait

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 of a wordless ministry.

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 This principle

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 remains true today

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 that where the

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 word of the Lord

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 is rare

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 or seldom,

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 seldom used.

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 We should not expect

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 to see God's glory

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 breaking through.

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 Now,

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 would you look at

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 chapter 3 verse 21

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 to see the end

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 of this little passage,

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 the other bookend,

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 with those same two

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 truths connected

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 to one another

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 but in the positive.

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 So,

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 1 Samuel chapter 3

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 verse 21,

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 it links the two

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 positively.

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 The Lord revealed

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 himself to Samuel

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 at Shiloh.

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 How?

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 By the word

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 of the Lord.

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 Same connection.

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 So,

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 really,

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 this chapter

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 is a transition.

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 It's showing

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 how do we go

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 from days of darkness

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 under Eli

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 into days of light

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 under Samuel's

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 ministry of God's word.

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 How did God do it?

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 Well,

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 we read in verse 2

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 that it came to pass.

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 In other words,

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 here's how we go

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 from the end

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 where the word

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 of the Lord

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 is spread among

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 the whole nation

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 and how we got there

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 from verse 1

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 where it's rare.

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 And here's the story.

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 Now,

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 it doesn't get straight

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 to what God did.

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 It actually sets up

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 the setting

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 as if painting

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 a picture with words

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 to describe Eli,

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 the minister

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 under whose regime

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 Israel was wordless

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 without the word of God.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 Here's how it's painted.

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 Eli,

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 was lying down

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 in his place.

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 His eyes had begun

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 to grow so dim

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 he could not see.

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 Verse 3,

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 before the lamp of God

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 went out

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 in the tabernacle

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 of the Lord

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 where the ark

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 of God was.

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 How is Eli portrayed?

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 A blind priest

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 laying in his own place

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 as darkness

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 creeps over

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 the people of God.

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 But God's light,

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 it still burns

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 in the place

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 where he is,

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 where he meets them.

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 The instructions

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 for God's people

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 were very clear.

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 One example is

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 Deuteronomy 4, 9.

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 Teach God's word

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 to your children

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 and to their children

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 after them.

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 Deuteronomy 11, 19.

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 Lay up these words

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 of mine,

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 God said,

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 in your heart

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 and in your soul.

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 Well, Eli had not

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 restrained his sons

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 and not only

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 in his own household

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 was there darkness

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 and sin ruling.

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 Sadly,

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 the nation of Israel

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 was characterized

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 by that same darkness.

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 God's word is the lamp

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 unto our feet.

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 Psalm 119, 105.

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 So a wordless life

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 must be as dark

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 as a fireless candle.

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 God's word is quick

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 and powerful,

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 sharper than any

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 two-edged sword,

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 Hebrews 4, 12.

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 But a wordless church,

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 it will fail

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 to cut out the sins

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 of our lives.

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 A wordless ministry

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 has to be as nourishing

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 as a foodless plate.

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 To our visitors

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 and to those

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 who might be listening

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 to this later,

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 if you and I

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 put ourselves

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 under a wordless ministry

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 or if Reformed Heritage Church

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 stops being about

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 the ministry

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 of God's word,

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 we will starve

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 spiritually.

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 But we're told

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 that the one

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 who eats every word

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 that comes from

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 the mouth of God

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 shall live,

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 Matthew 4, 4.

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 If we neglect

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 to minister God's word

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 to ourselves,

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 to our families

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 within this church,

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 God will raise up

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 others who will do that.

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 He will raise up

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 other faithful churches.

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 He secures the ministry

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 of His word.

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 May we be part of that.

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 Do we desire

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 for God's glory

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 to breach forth,

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 to break through

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 among us?

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 That's what we're here

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 for every week, right?

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 We want to see

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 God's glory.

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 Then we can't let

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 His word be rare

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 among us.

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 We see the portrait

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 in Eli

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 of a wordless ministry.

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 But here's the contrast.

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 We see how the word

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 of God did come

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 and minister.

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 The setting in verse 3

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 is a contrast

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 to how Eli was painted.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 Before the lamp of God

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 went out

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 in the tabernacle

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 of the Lord

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 where the ark

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 of God was,

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 there,

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 Samuel was lying down.

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 The word of the Lord

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 called Samuel.

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 See, Eli slept

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 in his own place,

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 but we're told

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 Samuel was lying down

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 in the tent of meeting

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 in the presence of God

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 near the ark.

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 The ark was a visible

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 reminder

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 of God's covenant.

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 Just like the Lord's table

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 is a visible reminder

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 to us that God

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 is with us

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 and His covenant

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 endures.

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 We're told Eli's vision

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 was dim.

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 He was going blind.

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 But in describing Samuel,

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 we're told that

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 the lamp of God

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 had not yet gone out.

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 The ark of the covenant

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 was still visible to him.

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 The ark of God's presence.

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 Samuel

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 had been lost in darkness

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 under Eli's ministry

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 like most of the nation.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 We're told Samuel

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 did not yet know

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 the Lord.

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 Why?

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 Here's that connection

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 once more in verse 7.

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 Because the word of the Lord

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 was not yet revealed

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 to him.

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 He didn't yet know

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 God's voice.

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 Can you think back

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 to those dark days

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 in your life

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 when you did not yet know

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 the voice

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 of the Lord?

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 And it makes sense

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 without knowing

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 the voice of the Lord

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 that when he hears

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 his name called

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 Samuel,

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 Samuel,

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 this youth

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 stands up

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 and goes running

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 to Eli.

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 He only knew

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 of God

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 and God

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 was always

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 mediated to

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 Samuel

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 through the priest.

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 Never directly.

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 Notice how this

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 is repeated

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 a few times.

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 In 1 Samuel

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 chapter 2

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 verse 11

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 we're told

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 the child ministered

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 to the Lord

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 before Eli

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 the priest.

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 Eli's always right there

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 associated.

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 And in 3.1

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 the boy Samuel

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 ministered

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 to the Lord

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 before Eli.

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 Not direct

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 knowledge

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 or relationship

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 with Yahweh

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 himself.

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 Maybe there are

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 some of you here

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 like Samuel

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 as a youth.

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 The word youth

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 is the same word

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 to describe

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 the age David was

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 when he

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 killed Goliath.

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 He was a youth

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 most likely

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 middle school age.

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 It's the same age

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 Mary was

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 when the Lord

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 revealed himself

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 to her.

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 And maybe there are

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 some of our youth

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 who only know

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 the Lord

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 through someone else.

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 You know

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 of the Lord.

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 Maybe you only

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 know of him

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 through dad

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 or mom

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 or grandparents

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 like Samuel

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 through Eli.

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 But do you

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 know the Lord?

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 Has he revealed

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 himself to you

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 through his word?

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 You notice

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 how the Lord

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 calls Samuel.

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 Samuel goes

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 to Eli.

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 Eli.

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 The Lord

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 does it again.

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 Samuel,

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 Samuel.

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 He goes

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 to Eli again.

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 Isn't it wonderful

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 what this reveals

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 to us about God?

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 God's not

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 in a hurry.

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 God will secure

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 the ministry

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 of his word.

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 God is so

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 patient

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 and so kind.

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 God gives us

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 time

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 to learn

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 his voice.

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 He gives us

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 time to

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 receive him

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 and understand

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 a bit more

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 of him

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 by faith.

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 How does

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 the Lord

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 then

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 secure

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 Samuel

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 as a faithful

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 minister

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 of his word?

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 How does

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 God do it?

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 Look at

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 verse 10.

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 the Lord

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 the third

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 time

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 came

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 and stood

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 and called.

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 You see

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 the setting.

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 It's the

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 menorah

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 like a tree

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 with seven

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 branches

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 and a light

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 on each

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 one of them

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 and there's

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 the visible

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 covenant.

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 it.

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 This represents

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 the presence

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 of God

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 with sinful

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 people

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 by blood

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 sacrifice.

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 And it's

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 the Lord

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 himself

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 Yahweh

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 who comes

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 and stands

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 and ministers

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 his word.

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 The Lord

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 made his glory

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 break into

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 the realm

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 of experience.

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 Yahweh

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 stood

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 inside

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 the tent

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 of meeting

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 and he

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 called this

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 young one

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 by name.

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 The word

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 of the Lord

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 came

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 and revealed

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 the Lord

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 to Samuel.

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 Another

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 translation

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 for verse

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 1

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 1 Samuel

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 3

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 1

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 is this.

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 God's

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 word was

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 rare

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 or it could

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 be translated

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 God's word

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 was precious.

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 I'm learning

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 by the experts

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 this is the

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 beauty of

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 the Hebrew

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 language.

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 It's poetic

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 and mysterious

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 in that sense

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 that it can

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 have so many

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 different meanings

00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:10.480
 depending on

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 the light

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 shed upon it.

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 In other words

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 God's word

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 was not

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 completely gone

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 but rare.

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 Remember the

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 light had not

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 quite gone out

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 in the tabernacle

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 symbolically.

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 There was still

00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:22.740
 an anonymous

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 man of God

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 that stood

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 and preached

00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.620
 to Eli

00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:26.640
 in the previous

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 chapter.

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 And the word

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:28.940
 of the Lord

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 was still rare.

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 It was still

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 precious.

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 The word

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 of the Lord

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 he became

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 precious.

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 to those

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 few

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 who received

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 him by

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.819
 faith.

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 Those few

00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:39.879
 to whom

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 he revealed

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 himself.

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 Is the word

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.519
 of the Lord

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 precious to

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 you?

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 As it

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 became to

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 Samuel

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 on that

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 night

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 in the

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 tent of

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 meeting

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:53.140
 Dale

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 Ralph Davis

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 commented

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 when God's

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.099
 word has

00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.920
 free reign

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 among God's

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 people

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 this is a

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 sign of

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 God's

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.220
 grace to

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.460
 them.

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 Not a

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.000
 building

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:03.019
 not programs

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.599
 but if the

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.160
 ministry of

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 the word

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.440
 stands at

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.960
 the heart

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.620
 of the

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.040
 church's

00:19:07.040 --> 00:19:07.480
 life

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:08.360
 then they

00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:09.200
 are rich

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.900
 in the

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.540
 grace of

00:19:10.540 --> 00:19:10.860
 God.

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 The word

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 of God

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 becomes

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 precious to

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 us.

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 Romans 10

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 how will

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 they believe

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 in him

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 in whom

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 they have

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 not heard

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 faith comes

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 by hearing

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 and hearing

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 by the

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 word of

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 God.

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 Has the

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 word of

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 God become

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 precious to

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 you?

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 Precious to

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 your faith?

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 can you

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 see the

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 light of

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 God?

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 John 8

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 12

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 Jesus said

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 I am

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 the light

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 of the

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 world.

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 He who

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 follows me

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 shall not

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 walk in

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 darkness

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 but have

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 the light

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 of life.

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 The Lord

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 secures

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 his word

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 among true

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 Christians by

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 making himself

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 precious to

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 them and

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 making his

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 word sweet.

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 the Lord

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 came and

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 ministered.

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 I want you

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 to see next

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 how the

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 Lord

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 ministers

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 his word

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 to powerful

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 effect.

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 See the

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 power of

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 God's word

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 in its

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 effects.

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 We can

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 measure the

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 force of

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 air by

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 rotations

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 it affects

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 on windmills.

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 If you drive

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 across the

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 plains where

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 it's flat

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 and the

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 wind comes

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 really strong

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 you see all

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 those huge

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 white

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 windmills.

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 You can

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 measure the

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 amount of

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 wind in

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 an area by

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 the rotations

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 each one of

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 those is

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 spinning at.

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 So the

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 wind is the

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 cause and

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 the spinning

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 is the

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 effect.

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 Now notice

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 these causes

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 and effects

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 of how

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 powerfully

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 God

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.660
 ministers

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.220
 his word.

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 We see

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 in verse

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 10

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 the Lord

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 came

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 stood

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 and

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 called.

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 What's

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 the effect

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 in verse

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 10?

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 Samuel

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 answered

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 speak

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 for your

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 servant

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 hears.

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 The

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 Lord

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 reveals

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 himself

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 with

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 his

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 word

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 and the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 causes

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.240
 you

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 to hear

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 his

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 own

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 voice

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 and see

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 his

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 revelation

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 by faith

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 and to

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 know

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 him.

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 Psalm

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 19

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 7

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 says

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 Yahweh

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 is

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 perfect.

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 What's

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:16.899
 the

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 effect?

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 Converting

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 the

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 soul.

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 John

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 6

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 44

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 No

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 one

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 can

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 come

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 to

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 me

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 unless

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 the

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 father

00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:25.879
 who

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 sent

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 me

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 draws

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 him.

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 Michael

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 Horton's

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 comment is

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 this

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 God's

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 word

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 does

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 not

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 merely

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 impart

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 information

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 it

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 actually

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 creates

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 life.

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 It's

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 not only

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 descriptive

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 it's

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 effective

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 to

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 it's

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 God

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 speaking

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 and when

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 God

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 speaks

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 God

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.699
 is

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 acting.

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 God

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.099
 effectually

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.639
 called

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 Samuel

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 God

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.179
 drew

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 Samuel

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 to

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.519
 know

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 him.

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:52.720
 In

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 John

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.199
 10

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 3

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.819
 Jesus

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.460
 declares

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 I

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 am

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 the

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:55.839
 good

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 shepherd

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 and

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 the

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 good

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 shepherd

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 calls

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 his

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 own

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 sheep

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 by

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 name

00:21:59.419 --> 00:21:59.679
 his

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 sheep

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.339
 hear

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.599
 his

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 voice.

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.319
 God

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.699
 calls

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.000
 you

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.579
 by

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.919
 name

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.960
 do

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.099
 you

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.339
 hear

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.539
 his

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:06.939
 voice?

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 If

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.240
 you

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.419
 hear

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.619
 his

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.019
 voice

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.819
 you

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.259
 follow

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.839
 the

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.039
 good

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.439
 shepherd.

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.299
 For

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.659
 Samuel

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:16.939
 this

00:22:16.939 --> 00:22:17.199
 meant

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 taking

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.319
 a

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 very

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 hard

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.100
 step

00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.259
 of

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.660
 obedience

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.300
 next.

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 We're

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 told

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.700
 the

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:22.880
 Lord

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.140
 gave

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.540
 Samuel

00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:23.800
 his

00:22:23.800 --> 00:22:24.300
 message

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:26.460
 and

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.600
 this

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:26.740
 was

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:26.920
 a

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.220
 message

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.500
 that

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.700
 any

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.060
 preacher

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.320
 would

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:28.759
 tremble

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 to

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 deliver.

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 Look

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 at

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 verse

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.140
 14.

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.640
 Eli's

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 house

00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:35.080
 shall

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:35.660
 not be

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 atoned

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 for

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 by

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:37.960
 sacrifice

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.860
 or

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.500
 offering

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.460
 forever.

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.180
 We're

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.500
 told in

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.680
 verse

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.140
 15

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.360
 that

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:46.680
 Samuel

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:46.960
 lay

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 down

00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:47.779
 until

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.120
 morning

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.299
 and

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.620
 opened

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:48.840
 the

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 doors

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.259
 of

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 the

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.720
 house

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.060
 of

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.200
 the

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.460
 Lord

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.519
 pulled

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.779
 back

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.200
 the

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.560
 curtains

00:22:52.560 --> 00:22:52.779
 of

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:52.900
 the

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.120
 tent

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:55.360
 and

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.720
 Samuel

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.019
 was

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.539
 afraid

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.900
 to

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.140
 tell

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.580
 Eli

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:58.080
 the

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.460
 vision.

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 We're

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 told by

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:01.700
 the end

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:01.980
 of this

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.279
 chapter

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.539
 that

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:02.820
 this

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.400
 youth

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.960
 had

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.240
 become

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.400
 a

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.720
 prophet

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.080
 over

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.240
 all

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.400
 of

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 Israel.

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.660
 What

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:08.880
 does it

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.140
 mean to

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.420
 be a

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.740
 prophet?

00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:10.220
 It

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.620
 means to

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:10.900
 speak

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.100
 for

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.400
 another.

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:11.680
 In

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.100
 Exodus

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.799
 7

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.180
 1

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 Aaron

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:13.940
 is

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.180
 called

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.360
 a

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 prophet

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.480
 for

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.960
 Moses.

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 So now

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.480
 this

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.720
 youth

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.100
 Samuel

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.319
 is

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 being

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 a

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.000
 prophet

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.500
 of

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.920
 Yahweh.

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 He's

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 the

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 one

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.759
 who's

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 supposed

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.180
 to

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 speak

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.000
 on

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 behalf

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.620
 of

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.000
 Yahweh

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.559
 and

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:25.900
 deliver

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.160
 this

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.680
 difficult

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.640
 message.

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.740
 Not only

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.140
 was the

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.420
 message

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.840
 difficult,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.440
 the audience

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.120
 was extremely

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.559
 hard.

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:31.940
 This

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.180
 was

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.640
 Eli

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.720
 who

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:33.819
 had

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.180
 essentially

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.620
 raised

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:34.860
 him

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.420
 as

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.600
 his

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 dad.

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 This

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.340
 was

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.519
 the

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.779
 high

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.100
 priest

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 over

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.900
 all

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.059
 of

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.440
 Israel.

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:39.819
 In

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.000
 verse

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.480
 16,

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:40.720
 Eli

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.100
 called

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.500
 Samuel

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.779
 my

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 son.

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 Well then

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.720
 maybe this

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.180
 was God's

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.460
 grace.

00:23:46.580 --> 00:23:46.779
 Eli

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.360
 threatens

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.060
 Samuel

00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.440
 with a

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.720
 curse

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.080
 and then

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.420
 he does

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.640
 it.

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.660
 Think

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.080
 about that

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.360
 curse

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:54.620
 even.

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.860
 What if

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.100
 every

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.420
 preacher

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.720
 who had

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.040
 to preach

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.600
 the gospel

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.660
 had that

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:58.860
 curse

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.340
 back on

00:23:59.340 --> 00:23:59.600
 them?

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.100
 By

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.380
 God's

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.560
 grace

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:00.740
 we

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.060
 don't.

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 May

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.160
 all the

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.460
 curses

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.640
 you're

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:02.840
 about

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.040
 to

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:03.259
 preach

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.420
 be

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.560
 on

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 you

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:03.840
 if

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 you

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.100
 don't

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.279
 give

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.380
 it

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.600
 all.

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 One

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:07.100
 commentator

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.360
 said

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 we'd

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:07.700
 be

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 more

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 brave

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 too

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 if

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 we

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.220
 were

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.480
 threatened

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.680
 with

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:09.840
 a

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.080
 curse

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.400
 before

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.660
 being

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:10.880
 asked

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.040
 to

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:11.320
 preach.

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.940
 We

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.220
 can be

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.660
 encouraged

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:14.880
 though

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.180
 like

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.700
 Samuel

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.060
 was

00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.200
 at

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.340
 the

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.640
 ministry

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:16.820
 of

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:16.960
 the

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.240
 Lord

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.660
 in

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:17.779
 the

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:17.980
 words

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.120
 of

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.440
 R.C.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.720
 Sproul

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.019
 as a

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.380
 reminder

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.200
 God

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.440
 has

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.880
 entrusted

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.120
 to

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.320
 us

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.519
 the

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.900
 ministry

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.140
 of

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.300
 the

00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:22.600
 word

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.380
 not

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.700
 its

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.320
 results.

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.740
 So

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:25.920
 what

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.060
 is

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.240
 the

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.560
 power

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:26.759
 of

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:26.980
 God

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.259
 what's

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.580
 the

00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:28.100
 change

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.220
 it

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.680
 affects?

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.259
 So

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.560
 Samuel

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:30.980
 preached

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.180
 his

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.480
 first

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.820
 sermon

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:33.759
 in

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:33.940
 verse

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.279
 18

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.480
 we're

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.660
 told

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:34.980
 Samuel

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.380
 told

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.700
 Eli

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.160
 all

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.340
 of

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.740
 God's

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.100
 words

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.700
 and

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.019
 hid

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.720
 nothing

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.180
 from

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.519
 him

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:42.819
 because

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.240
 Eli

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.220
 and his

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.420
 sons

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.799
 had not

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.319
 stored up

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.639
 God's

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:45.799
 word

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.079
 in their

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.359
 hearts

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.599
 they

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.900
 had

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.420
 sinned

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.039
 grievously

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.079
!

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.879
 against

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.279
 God

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.359
 but

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.579
 God

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.079
 secured

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.299
 the

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.639
 ministry

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:51.879
 of

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.039
 his

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.339
 word

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.700
 through

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.059
 a

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.420
 youth

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:55.440
 Samuel

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.039
 stood

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.279
 and

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.680
 preached

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.139
 the

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.519
 wrath

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.839
 of

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:57.980
 the

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.220
 holy

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.639
 God

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.660
 against

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.000
 sin

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.539
 what

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.720
 did

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:03.839
 it

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.279
 affect?

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:05.980
 By

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.140
 the

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.440
 power

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.660
 of

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:06.900
 God

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.700
 ministering

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.579
 through

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.759
 the

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:08.960
 Holy

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.440
 Spirit

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.119
 and

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.319
 his

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.720
 word

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:13.579
 we're

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.940
 told

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:16.720
 in

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:16.960
 verse

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.460
 18

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.660
 the

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.180
 reaction

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.980
 Eli

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.519
 says

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.480
 it

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.680
 is

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.140
 Yahweh

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.539
 let

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.859
 him

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.200
 do

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.079
 what

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.359
 seems

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.740
 good

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.339
 to

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.619
 him

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:29.240
 the

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.440
 word

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.580
 of

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:29.759
 God

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:29.920
 is

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.460
 powerful

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.220
 we

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.380
 can

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.539
 see

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.700
 the

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.039
 power

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.440
 by

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.620
 the

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.120
 effects

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.580
 you

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:34.799
 remember

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.019
 that

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.500
 refrain

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.960
 the

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.220
 end

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.360
 of

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:36.820
 judges

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.340
 there's

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.500
 no

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.680
 king

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:37.779
 in

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:37.880
 the

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.120
 land

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.380
 let

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.680
 everyone

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:38.920
 do

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.080
 what

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.279
 seems

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.480
 good

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.600
 to

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.920
 them

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:41.059
 Elkanah

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.340
 tells

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.539
 Hannah

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.840
 that

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.259
 go

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.400
 do

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.640
 whatever

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:42.940
 seems

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.120
 good

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.240
 to

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.500
 you

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.380
 Eli

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.720
 tells

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:44.840
 her

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.000
 that

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.200
 about

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.340
 her

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.640
 prayer

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.200
 may

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.320
 you

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.460
 get

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.680
 whatever

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:46.840
 you

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.080
 prayed

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.340
 for

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.660
 you

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:48.820
 see

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:48.960
 the

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.380
 reversal

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.720
 now

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.180
 this

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.299
 is

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.440
 the

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.880
 powerful

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.400
 effect

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.580
 of

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:51.700
 the

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.279
!

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.279


00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.940
 It is

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.460
 Yahweh

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.820
 Eli

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.160
 says

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.320
 in

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.519
 verse

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.960
 18

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.660
 let

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.220
 Yahweh

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.559
 do

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.059
 what

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.340
 seems

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:05.700
 good

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.140
 to

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.440
 him

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:08.220
 it's

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.400
 the

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.820
 powerful

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.340
 ministry

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.539
 of

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.680
 the

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.019
 word

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.779
 being

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.180
 applied

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.420
 with

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.880
 power

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.580
 to

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:12.740
 have

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:12.900
 a

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.180
 great

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.700
 effect

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.539
 a

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.019
 reversal

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.119
 I

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.339
 think

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.519
 in

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.759
 Eli

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.019
 this

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.180
 is

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.400
 a

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.119
 gracious

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.359
 recognition

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.920
 Yahweh

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.420
 must

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.619
 be

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.879
 king

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:26.279
 Charles

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.740
 Spurgeon

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:29.339
 boiled down

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.960
 the contrast

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.379
 we see

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.980
 in difficult

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.400
 passage

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.900
 like this

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.359
 of God's

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.599
 word

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.379
 where it's

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:33.900
 wrath

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 upon

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 Hophni

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 and Phinehas

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.619
 these wicked

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.339
 sons of

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 Eli

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.759
 but grace

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 to

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 Samuel

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 and to

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.460
 those who

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 will heed

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 God's

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.539
 word

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:44.420
 Spurgeon

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.779
 said

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.279
 from the

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.680
 word of

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:45.920
 God

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.079
 I

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.420
 gather

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.680
 that

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.399
 damnation

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.440
 is all

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.920
 of man

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.440
 from top

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.960
 to bottom

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:52.200
 and salvation

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.299
 is all

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.899
 of grace

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.920
 from first

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.879
 to last

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.879
 he that

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.460
 perishes

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.180
 chooses

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.920
 to perish

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 but he

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 that is

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.559
 saved

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.319
 is saved

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 because God

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.180
 has chosen

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.160
 to save

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 him

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 amen

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 verse 19

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 the Lord

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.859
 was with

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 Samuel

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 that's what

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.359
 his ministry

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.319
 was defined

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 by

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.860
 the Lord

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.580
 was with

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 him

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 and what's

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:19.140
 the effect

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.480
 of Samuel

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.940
 having the

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.380
 Lord with

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.600
 him

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.759
 God

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.340
 let none

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.680
 of his

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.060
 words

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.580
 fall to

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 the ground

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 God

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.420
 only gave

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.720
 him to

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 preach

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 what was

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 from God's

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.500
 word

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 from God

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 himself

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 and it

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.960
 ministered

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 powerfully

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 and he

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 only preached

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.820
 what God

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.200
 had given

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 him

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 and the

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.620
 result is

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 none

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.440
 of the

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.660
 words

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.019
 returned

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.400
 void

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 or were

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.160
 void

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 of power

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 nothing

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 fell

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.779
 to the

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 ground

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 psalm

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 19

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 verse 8

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.059
 the

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 commandment

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 of

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 Yahweh

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 is

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 pure

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 enlightening

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.519


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 the

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.639
 eyes

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:52.819
 as the

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.179
 word of

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.399
 God

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.919
 goes out

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.179
 over

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 all of

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.239
 Israel

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 we move

00:27:56.479 --> 00:27:56.679
 from

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.119
 darkness

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:58.159
 to light

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:59.379
 the

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.519
 Lord

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.979
 secured

00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:00.199
 the

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.579
 ministry

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.959
 of his

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:01.279
 word

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.879
 in the

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.239
 effect

00:28:02.239 --> 00:28:02.679
 look at

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 verse 1

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.339
 of the

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.739
 very next

00:28:03.739 --> 00:28:04.119
 chapter

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.399
 1

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 Samuel

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 chapter 4

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.480
 verse 1

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.600
 the word

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 of God

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 through

00:28:08.520 --> 00:28:09.060
 Samuel

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:10.020
 came to

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 all Israel

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 from

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 north

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 to south

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 how is it

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.200
 that the

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.940
 Lord rules

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.520
 over his

00:28:16.520 --> 00:28:16.860
 people

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:18.320
 it's by

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.860
 his word

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 this is

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.600
 always

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.240
 how the

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.500
 Lord

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.060
 has done

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:22.240
 it

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.260
 this is

00:28:23.260 --> 00:28:23.520
 how he

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:23.880
 does it

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.180
 still

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.720
 he rules

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.140
 over his

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.480
 people

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.480
 by his

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.800
 word

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.480
 Jesus

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 said in

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.760
 John 10

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 4

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.460
 the good

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.800
 shepherd

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 goes before

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.780
 them

00:28:30.780 --> 00:28:31.540
 and the

00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:31.740
 sheep

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.500
 follow him

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.280
 for they

00:28:33.280 --> 00:28:33.900
 know his

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.400
 voice

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:36.740
 if you

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.060
 know the

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.480
 voice of

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.740
 Jesus

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.400
 you follow

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.640
 him

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:38.880
 and you

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.480
 love his

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.860
 words

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.800
 Psalm 119

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.900
 verse 10

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.900
 more to be

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.720
 desired are

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.620
 they than

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.140
 gold

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:46.880
 yea than

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.480
 much fine

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.880
 gold

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.660
 sweeter also

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.220
 than honey

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.000
 and the

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.540
 honeycomb

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:52.060
 the Lord

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:52.820
 secures the

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.380
 ministry of

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.860
 his word

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.740
 in power

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.620
 over his

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:55.980
 people

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.200
 by making

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.660
 himself

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.259
 precious

00:28:58.259 --> 00:29:00.040
 and his

00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:00.519
 word

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.920
 the word

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.519
 of grace

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.259
 foiled

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.860
 against the

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.300
 wrath of

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.579
 God

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.619
 sweet

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:07.079
 and precious

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.819
 to his

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.139
 people

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:11.159
 well fourth

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.619
 and finally

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.159
 for today

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.779
 let's see how

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.419
 God's word

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:14.279
 still ministers

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.379
 to his

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.720
 people

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:17.480
 let's see how

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.940
 God's word

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.700
 still ministers

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.159
 to his

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.460
 people

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.359
 today

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.639
 how many

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.159
 verses do

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.619
 you see in

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:24.019
 chapter 3

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.819
 1st Samuel

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.500
 chapter 3

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.899
 21 verses

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:29.379
 and then if

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.980
 we include the

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.539
 first part of

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.039
 the very next

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.519
 verse which

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.159
 I think goes

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.539
 with this

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.859
 theme

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:34.579
 4

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.839
 1

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.339
 we got

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.979
 21 to

00:29:35.979 --> 00:29:36.839
 22 verses

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.459
 even in our

00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:38.119
 English copy

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.659
 the way that

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.379
 the verses

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.919
 were given

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:41.439
 so what would

00:29:41.439 --> 00:29:41.699
 be the

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:42.159
 midpoint

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:44.319
 of 21 or

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.119
 22 verses

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.539
 we're at

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.139
 verse 10

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.579
 or 11

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:49.479
 and this is a

00:29:49.479 --> 00:29:50.500
 significant statement

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.259
 I believe right at

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.759
 the center

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:53.139
 of this passage

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.139
 in verse 11

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:55.299
 the Lord said

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:57.139
 behold I am

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.119
 doing or I am

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.899
 enacting

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.960
 to use this

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.440
 word it can

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.000
 it can take

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.780
 to be this

00:30:02.780 --> 00:30:03.840
 I am

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.480
 committing

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.540
 or I am

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:05.980
 keeping

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.000
 or I am

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.540
 offering

00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.740
 a word

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.259
 in all

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.660
 Israel

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.519
 at which

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.060
 both the

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:12.540
 ears

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.519
 of everyone

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.680
 who hear it

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.620
 will tingle

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:18.640
 God is saying

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.100
 that I am

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:20.400
 doing something

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.200
 right now

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:23.740
 and the tense

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.220
 in the original

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.820
 language is

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.680
 not that I'm

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.240
 about to do

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.700
 and it's over

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.279
 but I am

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.180
 continuously

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.259
 enacting

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.340
 keeping

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.539
 promising

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:33.220
 committing

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.259
 offering

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.019
 a word

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:38.120
 I judge

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.480
 now

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.160
 and you'll

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.500
 see my

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.920
 wrath

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:42.319
 but I will

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.860
 secure

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:44.080
 a ministry

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.539
 to you

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.120
 of grace

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.759
 forever

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.100
 how does

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.460
 God do

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.819
 this

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:50.160
 he's

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.480
 keeping

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.759
 his

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.480
 covenant

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.640
 and offering

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.120
 grace

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.819
 to his

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.160
 people

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.700
 he's

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:54.900
 showing

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.039
 them

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.380
 how this

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.779
 promise

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.180
 he made

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.680
 way back

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.299
 that there

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.539
 will be

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.960
 a seed

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.580
 from Eve

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.259
 and a

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.480
 seed

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.759
 through

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.220
 Abraham

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.940
 he says

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.180
 I am

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.560
 committing

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.039
 my word

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.320
 again

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:02.660
 to my

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.960
 people

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.480
 I am

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.000
 enacting

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.519
 redemption

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.460
 through the

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.640
 king

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:05.920
 that I

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.340
 promised

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.920
 to Abraham

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.620
 and to

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:07.960
 Moses

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.019
 I am

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.480
 offering

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.160
 myself

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.259
 my word

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.779
 to become

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.320
 flesh

00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:12.840
 to

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.519
 tabernacle

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.400
 to dwell

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.259
 among my

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.640
 people

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.360
 forever

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:17.680
 that's the

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.160
 thing I am

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.620
 doing

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.720
 in all of

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.380
 this glorious

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.880
 history

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.600
 in John

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.299
 1 14

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.640
 the word

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:26.460
 the word

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.900
 became

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.460
 flesh

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.180
 and made

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.680
 his dwelling

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.280
 among us

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:29.840
 we have

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.420
 seen his

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.900
 glory

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.720
 the glory

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.040
 of the

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.320
 one

00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.600
 and the

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:32.880
 only

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.240
 son

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.700
 from the

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.100
 father

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.900
 full of

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.220
 grace

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.960
 and truth

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.080
 Hebrews

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.680
 1 3

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.780
 the radiance

00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.360
 of the glory

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.900
 of God

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.920
 the exact

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.500
 imprint

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.320
 of his

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:42.720
 nature

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.540
 is Jesus

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.040
 Christ

00:31:44.040 --> 00:31:45.020
 the word

00:31:45.020 --> 00:31:45.580
 in a

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:45.880
 body

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:49.140
 Jesus

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.700
 Christ

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.300
 became

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:51.980
 the

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.300
 great

00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:52.680
 king

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.840
 that his

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.340
 people have

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.100
 always needed

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.700
 and always

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.160
 lacked

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:58.100
 and it

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.620
 was the

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.220
 ministry of

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.800
 Jesus to

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.480
 bring the

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.000
 word of

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.440
 God to

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.740
 make it

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.120
 break

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.380
 through

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.820
 into the

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.200
 created

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.620
 realm

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:06.540
 as the

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:06.840
 king

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.380
 the great

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.780
 fulfillment

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.180
 Jesus

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.700
 Christ

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.640
 loved

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.060
 God's

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.320
 word

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:12.400
 I believe

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.700
 Jesus

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.080
 Christ

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.760
 meditated

00:32:13.760 --> 00:32:14.420
 on God's

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.680
 word

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.200
 day and

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.440
 night

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:17.420
 he thought

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.940
 about God's

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.120
 word

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.580
 pondered

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.799
 it in

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:18.940
 his

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.120
 heart

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.380
 and he

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.700
 kept

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.920
 it

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.580
 and it

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:20.980
 kept him

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.539
 from sinning

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.080
 against God

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.580
 according to

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:22.940
 his human

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.259
 nature

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:25.160
 how do I

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.440
 know

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.440
 Jesus did

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.799
 this

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.259
 because in

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.779
 Deuteronomy

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.320
 17

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:31.059
 this was

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.519
 the law

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.360
 and Jesus

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.980
 made himself

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.539
 under the

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:33.799
 law

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:35.480
 the king

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.400
 over his

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.799
 people

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.920
 shall have

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.299
 the word

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.640
 of God

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.160
 with him

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.180
 he shall

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.600
 read it

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.019
 all the

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.380
 days of

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.900
 his life

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.620
 that he

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.000
 may not

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.740
 turn aside

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.440
 from all

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.000
 the Lord

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.599
 has

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.059
 commanded

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.799
 in his

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.059
 life

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.339
 Jesus

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.839
 Christ

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.559
 loved

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.000
 God's

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.240
 word

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.299
 you know

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.599
 he grew

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.059
 up poor

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.000
 so he

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.240
 would go

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.539
 to the

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.839
 synagogue

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.240
 and he

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.900
 would sit

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.240
 under the

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.620
 rabbis

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.400
 and memorize

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.799
 it

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.700
 and hold

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.099
 on to

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.299
 it

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.140
 and from

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.740
 his memory

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.680
 without a

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.180
 copy like

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.720
 we have

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.799
 the Lord

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.140
 Jesus

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.160
 cherished

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.839
 the word

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.259
 of God

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.559
 the word

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.839
 of God

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.359
 was precious

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.920
 to him

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:09.460
 and he

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.440
 is the

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.160
 word being

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.660
 revealed

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.220
 through the

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.599
 scriptures

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:14.019
 that he

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.259
 was

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.139
 cherishing

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:16.039
 on behalf

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.459
 of his

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:16.799
 people

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:20.659
 dear friends

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.639
 brothers and

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:21.959
 sisters

00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:22.579
 the Lord

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.799
 he is here

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.119
 too

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.759
 he is with

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.279
 his people

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.439
 his presence

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.259
 is with

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.039
 the people

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.459
 of God

00:33:29.459 --> 00:33:29.740
 in the

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.079
 gathered

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.240
 congregation

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.079
 we get to

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.480
 see him

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.959
 in our midst

00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:34.799
 calling us

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.859
 I want to

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.139
 show you

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.480
 this in

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.919
 Revelation

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.619
 chapter 1

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:38.879
 would you

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.279
 please turn

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.879
 to Revelation

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.319
 1

00:33:40.319 --> 00:34:08.460
 in 1st

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.019
 Samuel 3

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.380
 10

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.199
 we saw

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.559
 how the

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.179
 Lord came

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.679
 the Lord

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.240
 stood

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:14.519
 and the

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.220
 Lord called

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:17.920
 from the

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.400
 presence

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.920
 of his

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.320
 covenant

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.539
 the tent

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.980
 of meeting

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:23.179
 with the

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.179
 lamp stand

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.720
 illuminating

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.019
 him

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.300
 breaking

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.619
 through

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.039
 into the

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.400
 created

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.699
 realm

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.280
 so Samuel

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.179
 could experience

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.440
 him

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.159
 we read

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.720
 in Revelation

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.119
 1

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.679
 starting at

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.300
 verse 9

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:36.920
 John

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.380
 one of his

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.880
 disciples

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.680
 now writing

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.160
 to the

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.559
 churches

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.220
 historic

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.820
 churches

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.780
 in Asia

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.099
 Minor

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.440
 his

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.059
 eyewitness

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.559
 account

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.860
 I

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:48.039
 John

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.860
 both your

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.559
 brother and

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.059
 companion

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.700
 in the

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.320
 tribulation

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.920
 and kingdom

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.500
 and patience

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.240
 of Jesus

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.720
 Christ

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:57.079
 who is on

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.619
 the island

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.360
 that is called

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.920
 Patmos

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.980
 for the

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.720
 word of

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.099
 God

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.960
 see John

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.280
 was a

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.619
 minister

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.360
 of the

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.700
 word of

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:03.920
 God

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.539
 like Samuel

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.860
 but for

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.420
 the church

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:07.000
 and he

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.440
 was not

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.099
 martyred like

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.500
 all the

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.720
 other

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.200
 disciples

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.599
 but he

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.880
 was

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.679
 banished

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.380
 to an

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.679
 island

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.000
 called

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.539
 Patmos

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:16.099
 for

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.740
 ministering

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.200
 the word

00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:17.659
 of God

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.519
 and for

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.099
 the testimony

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.860
 of Jesus

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.619
 verse 10

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.940
 he says

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.420
 I was in

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.000
 the spirit

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.860
 on the

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.240
 Lord's

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.460
 day

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.619
 and I

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.200
 heard behind

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.460
 me

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.440
 a loud

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.960
 voice

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.820
 as of

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.300
 a trumpet

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.659
 saying

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.220
 I am

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.820
 the alpha

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.700
 and the

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.159
 omega

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:34.200
 the first

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.500
 and the

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.920
 last

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.860
 and what

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.260
 you see

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.619
 write

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:36.980
 in a

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.200
 book

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.639
 and send

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:37.880
 it to

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.340
 the seven

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.740
 churches

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.200
 which are

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.659
 in Asia

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.880
 to Ephesus

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.740
 to Smyrna

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.599
 to Pergamos

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:44.079
 to Theatira

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.300
 to Sardis

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.180
 to Philadelphia

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.159
 and to

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.159
 Laodicea

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.480
 so this

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.900
 vision

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.400
 the Lord

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.820
 breaking

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.119
 through

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.480
 to be

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.720
 written

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.139
 down

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.700
 as

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.019
 scripture

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.240
 and

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.880
 circulated

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.460
 among

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.980
 the churches

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.380
 and it's

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.880
 circulated

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.340
 to us

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:57.000
 still

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.420
 today

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:59.099
 in verse

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.400
 12

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.860
 he says

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.440
 I turned

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.360
 to see

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.000
 the voice

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.800
 that had

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.159
 spoken

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.639
 to me

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.519
 see

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.759
 it was

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.139
 first

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.699
 the voice

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.659
 the word

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.099
 of God

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.819
 like a

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.099
 trumpet

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.859
 and he

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:09.259
 turned

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.879
 and he

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.279
 saw the

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.679
 vision

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.719
 of God

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.219
 himself

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:13.059
 breaking

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.420
 through

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:16.299
 and having

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:17.339
 turned

00:36:17.339 --> 00:36:17.799
 I saw

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.359
 seven

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.119
 golden

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.099
 lampstands

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.659
 and in

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.159
 the midst

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.639
 of the

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:21.940
 seven

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.739
 lampstands

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.059
 one

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.859
 like the

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.259
 son of

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:24.599
 man

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:26.219
 the son

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.579
 of man

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.859
 is the

00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:27.079
 great

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.500
 prophecy

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.819
 from

00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:28.239
 Daniel

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:29.179
 of Jesus

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.679
 Christ

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.059
 standing

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.799
 among

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.940
 the lampstands

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:34.119
 ministering

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:35.360
 proclaiming

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.960
 his word

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:39.559
 look at

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.260
 his reaction

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.940
 the powerful

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.820
 ministry

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.760
 of God

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:45.240
 in verse

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.679
 11

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.260
 Jesus declares

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.679
 I am the

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.019
 alpha

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.559
 and the

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:48.940
 omega

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.179
 the first

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.480
 and the

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.880
 last

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.320
 what's the

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.679
 effect

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.480
 verse 12

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:55.059
 when I

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.599
 saw the

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.079
 voice that

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.559
 had spoken

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.039
 to me

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.539
 and he

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.079
 describes

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.159
 who Jesus

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.639
 is

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.699
 look at

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.339
 verse 17

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:02.799
 for the

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.239
 effect

00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:04.659
 when I

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.219
 saw him

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.799
 I fell

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.339
 at his

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.699
 feet

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.379
 as dead

00:37:08.379 --> 00:37:09.699
 but he

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.359
 laid his

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:10.960
 right hand

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.339
 on me

00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:11.819
 saying to

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:11.980
 me

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.480
 do not

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.199
 be afraid

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:14.119
 for I

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.440
 am the

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.719
 first

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.000
 and the

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.420
 last

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.199
 I

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.579
 am he

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.779
 who

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.219
 lives

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.799
 and

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.199
 who

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.519
 was

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.779
 dead

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:18.920
 and

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.239
 behold

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.579
 I

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.019
 am

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.719
 alive

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.480
 forever

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:21.859
 more

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.799
 amen

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.879
 and I

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:24.059
 have

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.239
 the

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.659
 keys

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.279
 of

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.679
 Hades

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.559
 and of

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.980
 death

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:30.659
 the

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:30.859
 Lord

00:37:30.859 --> 00:37:31.159
 Jesus

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.699
 is

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.159
 alive

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:33.460
 the

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.659
 Lord

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:33.960
 Jesus

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.419
 broke

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:34.679
 through

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.059
 as the

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.399
 word of

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:35.579
 God

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.779
 to

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.079
 Samuel

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.319
 and

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:36.639
 called

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.899
 him

00:37:36.899 --> 00:37:37.980
 the

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.139
 Lord

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.440
 Jesus

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.199
 loves

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.599
 to do

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.819
 this

00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:40.000
 under

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.219
 the

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.559
 ministry

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.799
 of

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:40.940
 his

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.219
 word

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.940
 everywhere

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.359
 around

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:42.539
 the

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.839
 world

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.659
 to

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.219
 stand

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.599
 among

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.839
 the

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.519
 lampstands

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.619
 of

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.779
 his

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.199
 churches

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.679
 his

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.199
 spiritual

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.679
 presence

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:48.960
 with

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.119
 his

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.480
 people

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.419
 applying

00:37:50.419 --> 00:37:50.980
 the

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.419
 gospel

00:37:51.419 --> 00:37:52.019
 message

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.940
 by the

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.239
 power

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.500
 of the

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.679
 Holy

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.059
 Spirit

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.460
 calling

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.739
 each

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.019
 one

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.480
 to

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.880
 believe

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.059
 in

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.199
 him

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.400
 by

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.820
 faith

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.599
 and

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.759
 to

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.199
 respond

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.440
 like

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.800
 Samuel

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.079
 did

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.639
 speak

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.239
 for

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.460
 your

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.920
 servant

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:02.119
 listens

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:03.480
 the

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.679
 Lord

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.400
 secures

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.099
 true

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.840
 worshipers

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.420
 for

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.960
 himself

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:08.360
 we

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.619
 prayed

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:08.780
 for

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:08.920
 our

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.139
 brothers

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.380
 and

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.679
 sisters

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.000
 in

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.619
 northern

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.119
 Africa

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.739
 second

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.239
 largest

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.860
 unreached

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:12.860


00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.139
 people

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.500
 group

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.360
 don't

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.539
 have

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.679
 the

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:14.820
 word

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:14.960
 of

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.119
 God

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.259
 in

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.380
 their

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.860
 language

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:17.099
 don't

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.280
 have

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.440
 a

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.820
 church

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.219
 at

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.400
 which

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.559
 to

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.739
 hear

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:18.920
 the

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.300
 gospel

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.800
 and

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:20.940
 this

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.079
 is

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.239
 why

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.440
 we

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.659
 pray

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:21.880
 for

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.039
 them

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.159
 and

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.320
 this

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.440
 is

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.579
 why

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:22.719
 as

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:22.859
 a

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:23.059
 church

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.259
 we

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.659
 want

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:23.739
 to

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:23.859
 be

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.019
 a

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.319
 small

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.599
 part

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.739
 in

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.139
 supporting

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.419
 that

00:38:25.419 --> 00:38:26.659
 because

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:26.939
 through

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.179
 the

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.519
 ministry

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:27.759
 of

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:27.939
 his

00:38:27.939 --> 00:38:28.259
 word

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.839
 Jesus

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.279
 Christ

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.539
 will

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.039
 stand

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.480
 with

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.639
 the

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.919
 gathered

00:38:30.919 --> 00:38:31.359
 people

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:31.980
 and

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.079
 he

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.219
 will

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.599
 reveal

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.980
 himself

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.259
 to

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.459
 them

00:38:33.459 --> 00:38:34.599
 and

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.759
 the

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:34.939
 Holy

00:38:34.939 --> 00:38:35.219
 Spirit

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.459
 will

00:38:35.459 --> 00:38:35.839
 apply

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.059
 that

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.219
 with

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.659
 power

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.480
 and

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.599
 he

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.759
 will

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.159
 call

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.559
 to

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.980
 himself

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.619
 worshipers

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:39.759
 he

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:39.919
 will

00:38:39.919 --> 00:38:40.439
 secure

00:38:40.439 --> 00:38:41.039
 a

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.379
 ministry

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:41.599
 of

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.759
 his

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:42.000
 word

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.259
 to

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.539
 those

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.919
 people

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:43.480
 for

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.699
 whom

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:43.859
 he

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.139
 died

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.139


00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.299
 he

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.599
 will

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:44.900
 not

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.599
 fail

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.039
 in

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.219
 his

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.619
 mission

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:49.460
 has

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.699
 God

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.239
 desired

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:51.480
 has

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.699
 God

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:51.980
 made

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.199
 you

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.679
 desire

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:55.179
 to

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.420
 see

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.659
 more

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:55.839
 of

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.019
 him

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.299
 that

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:56.420
 he

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.559
 will

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.960
 reveal

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.319
 himself

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.619
 to

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:57.859
 you

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:58.199
 in

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.319
 a

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:58.699
 powerful

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.059
 way

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:00.900
 if

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.119
 he's

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.319
 done

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.579
 this

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.879
 it's

00:39:01.879 --> 00:39:02.359
 his

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:02.699
 grace

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:02.900
 to

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.119
 you

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:04.119
 it's

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.279
 that

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.739
 gentle

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.759
 patient

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.179
 calling

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.359
 you

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:06.559
 by

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.920
 name

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:08.420
 growing

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.679
 that

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.099
 desire

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.339
 over

00:39:09.339 --> 00:39:09.719
 time

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:11.960
 speak

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.239
 Lord

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.420
 for

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.599
 your

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:12.920
 servant

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.480
 listens

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.519
 we

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.760
 open

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.000
 his

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.300
 word

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.659
 we

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.900
 ask

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.019
 him

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.179
 to

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.400
 speak

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.619
 to

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:16.920
 us

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:18.260
 we

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.519
 as

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.960
 a

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.280
 church

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:19.679
 we

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.059
 desire

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.320
 for

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.480
 God

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.599
 to

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:20.920
 reveal

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.400
 himself

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.059
 to

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.400
 every

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.840
 people

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.719
 nation

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.500
 and

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.900
 tribe

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.619
 and

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:26.740
 we

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:26.960
 do

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.940
 our

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.199
 part

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.340
 as

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.500
 we

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.740
 can

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:28.960
 to

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.280
 pray

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.480
 for

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 the

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 work

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 that's

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 going

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 on

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 in

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 those

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 parts

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 to

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 raise

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 up

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 and

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 send

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 and

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 support

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 missionaries

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 who

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 can

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 translate

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 God's

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 word

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 so

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 those

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 people

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 will

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 have

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 the

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 ministry

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 of

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 the

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 at

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 Reformed

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 Heritage

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 Church

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 we

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 long

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.599
 for

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 God

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 to

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 reveal

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 his

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 glory

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:47.500
 to

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 us

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 amen

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 so

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 with

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 his

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.699
 help

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 we

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 will

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 continue

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 to

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 make

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 this

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 a

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 word

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 filled

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 ministry

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 that

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 he

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 can

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 be

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 greatly

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 magnified

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 and

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 glorified

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 beloved

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 congregation

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 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 God

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 has

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 always

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 been

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 preparing

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 a

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 people

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 for

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 himself

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.679
 you

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 see

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 how

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 he

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 did

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 it

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 then

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 he's

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 doing

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 that

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 now

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 the

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 Lord

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 does

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 this

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 by

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 using

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 through

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.479
 the

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 Holy

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.079
 Spirit

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.359
 to

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:18.599
 show

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:18.819
 us

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.299
 Christ

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 in

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 all

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.379
 of

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 scripture

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 God's

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 glory

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.879
 breaching

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 forth

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.459
 breaking

00:40:25.459 --> 00:40:25.959
 through

00:40:25.959 --> 00:40:26.339
 to

00:40:26.339 --> 00:40:26.739
 us

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.819
 in

00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.219
 Christ

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:29.659
 the

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:29.879
 Lord

00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:30.339
 has

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:31.179
 secured

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.439
 this

00:40:31.439 --> 00:40:31.859
 amazing

00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.299
 ministry

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.459
 and we

00:40:33.459 --> 00:40:33.719
 get to

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:33.839
 be

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.059
 part

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.199
 of

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.359
 it

00:40:34.359 --> 00:40:35.979
 let's

00:40:35.979 --> 00:40:36.219
 thank

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.339
 him

00:40:36.339 --> 00:40:36.479
 for

00:40:36.479 --> 00:40:36.699
 this

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:36.839
 and

00:40:36.839 --> 00:40:37.039
 ask

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.179
 him

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.339
 to

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:37.519
 do

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.779
 so

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.099
 with

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.439
 power

00:40:38.439 --> 00:40:38.799
 for

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:38.979
 his

00:40:38.979 --> 00:40:39.319
 glory

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:40.159
 amen