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 Alistair took us on a whistle-stop tour through 1 Samuel chapters 4 to 6.

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 There we saw what happened when Israel rejected God, how they were defeated in battle, how the Ark was captured,

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 how God showed his power to the Philistines and his power over their false gods.

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 And we were reminded once again how big our God is.

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 So this week, we'll see if the Israelites have learnt their lesson.

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 If having seen the humiliation of the pagan gods, will they now enthusiastically and faithfully worship God and serve him only?

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 Finally, we'll be looking at the passage in four sections, as is on the screen.

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 I'm afraid if you're wanting an exciting PowerPoint, that's what you've got.

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 But yeah, so let's read the passage together and then see what God has to say to us through it.

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 1 Samuel 7, and starting at verse 1.

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 So the men of Kiriath-Jerim came and took up the Ark of the Lord.

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 They took it to Abinadab's house on the hill and consecrated Eliezer, his son, to guard the Ark of the Lord.

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 It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the Ark remained at Kiriath-Jerim.

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 And all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the Lord.

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 And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel,

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 If you're returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths,

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 and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only.

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 And he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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 So the Israelites put away their bales and Ashtoreths and served the Lord only.

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 Then Samuel said, Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you.

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 When he had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord.

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 On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, We have sinned against the Lord.

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 And Samuel was leader of Israel at Mizpah.

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 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them.

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 And when the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines.

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 They said to Samuel, Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us,

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 that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.

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 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it up as a whole burnt offering to the Lord.

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 He cried out to the Lord on Israel's behalf, and the Lord answered him.

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 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle.

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 But that day the Lord thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines,

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 and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.

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 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines,

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 slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth-kar.

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 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shenn.

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 He named it Ebenezer, saying, Thus far has the Lord helped us.

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 So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israelite territory again.

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 Throughout Samuel's lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

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 The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to her.

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 And Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the power of the Philistines.

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 And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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 Samuel continued as judge over Israel all the days of his life.

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 From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah,

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 judging Israel in all those places.

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 But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was.

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 And there he also judged Israel.

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 And he built an altar there to the Lord.

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 We see here at the beginning of our passage that the Ark of the Covenant has been returned to Israel.

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 Following the defeat of the Israelites and the capture of the Ark by the Philistines,

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 it has now been returned.

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 But it's been 20 years since then.

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 And nothing is recorded as having happened in that period.

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 But we do have a clue as to something that has been going on.

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 A couple of weeks ago, back at the end of chapter 3,

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 we read,

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 The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up.

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 And he let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground.

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 And all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,

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 recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.

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 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh.

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 And there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.

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 And Samuel's word came to all Israel.

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 Although we're not told what happened during those 20 years,

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 it's reasonable to speculate that this continued.

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 Samuel continued to travel around the country,

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 faithfully proclaiming the word of God

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 to people whose reception was, at best, lukewarm.

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 There's no mention of any actual opposition.

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 But for 20 years,

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 there's not much response either.

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 Some may have listened.

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 But as a whole,

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 the nation is far from God.

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 While it does seem that the worship of God

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 is still going on in some form,

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 although no mention of the tabernacle or priests

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 or anything like that,

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 it's combined with the worship of Baals

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 and Ashtoreths of the surrounding nations.

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 Just like we saw through the whole of the book of Judges,

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 they keep turning to these foreign gods.

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 And unlike some TV historians

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 that think they're being really clever

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 when they point out all this evidence

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 of polytheism in ancient Israel,

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 well, actually,

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 the Bible's brutally honest about it.

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 All the way through,

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 right from the beginning,

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 the worship of God

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 goes on alongside

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 the worship of other local false deities.

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 But then,

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 in the end of verse 2 here,

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 something changes.

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 That still,

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 small voice

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 they've been hearing

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 through the word of Samuel

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 suddenly

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 seems not to be just an annoying nagging,

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 but something of infinite significance

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 as we read

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 that all of the people of Israel

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 mourned

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 and sought after the Lord.

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 This is not just the turning of one or two people,

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 but this is the turning

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 of a nation

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 as a whole.

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 It's more akin to the early chapters of Acts,

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 where we

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 read of thousands

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 being saved

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 every day.

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 or like some of the major revivals,

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 like the one that took place in Lewis

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 in the middle of last century.

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 Duncan Campbell,

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 a preacher from the faith mission

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 who was

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 very much used in that,

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 said,

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 there's a world of difference

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 between a crusade,

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 a special effort in evangelism,

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 and revival.

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 We praise God

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 for such movements,

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 but is it not true

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 that such movements

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 as a general rule

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 fail to catch the community?

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 The community

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 remains

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 more or less the same,

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 and the masses

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 go past us to hell.

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 But in revival,

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 the community

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 suddenly becomes conscious

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 of the movings of God,

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 so that in a matter of hours,

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 not days,

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 in a matter of hours,

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 churches become crowded.

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 No inclination

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 of any special meetings,

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 but something happening

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 that moves men and women

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 to the house of God.

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 And you find within hours,

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 scores of men and women

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 crying to God

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 for mercy

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 before or near a church.

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 It seems that that

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 is what's happening here

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 in Israel.

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 after 20 years

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 of faithful witness

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 with apparently

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 little to show for it,

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 the nation

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 as a whole

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 mourns its sin

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 and seeks God.

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 Around the world today,

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 there are many

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 working hard,

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 faithfully proclaiming

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 the gospel,

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 but seeing

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 little fruit.

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 there are many

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 who dedicate

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 their whole lives

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 taking the gospel

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 to places

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 where it has never

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 been heard

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 and may

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 at most see

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 a handful of converts

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 in their lifetime.

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 And there are many

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 faithfully ministering

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 to small,

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 struggling congregations

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 week in,

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 week out

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 and seeing

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 little fruit

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 for their labour.

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 Across this city

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 today,

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 the word of God

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 will be faithfully

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 preached

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 in many churches.

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 Many will also

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 have various other

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 outreach efforts

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 going on.

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 And yet,

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 most of the city

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 will carry on

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 oblivious to all this,

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 thinking that's

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 of no relevance

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 to them.

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 Or there are

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 many of you

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 who in your own

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 lives

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 are faithful

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 witnesses

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 to family,

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 to friends.

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 You've been

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 praying for years,

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 longing for God

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 to work in their life,

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 and so far

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 have seen

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 no response.

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 But like Samuel,

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 this is out

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 with our control.

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 We cannot

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 bring anyone

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 to Christ.

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 All we can do

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 is be faithful

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 to God's calling

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 on our lives,

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 to be faithful

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 in prayer,

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 to be faithful

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 in our witness,

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 in whatever form

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 that might take.

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 God will work

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 in his own way

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 and in his own

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 timing.

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 We may see

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 the fruit of our work

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 or we may not.

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 As Paul writes

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 to the Corinthians,

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 I planted the seed,

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 Apollos watered,

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 but God

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 has been making it grow.

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 Without God,

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 Paul's work

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 and Apollos' work

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 would have been nothing.

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 Or maybe it's you

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 that's in those

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 years of silence.

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 Maybe it's you

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 that for the first time

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 or for the thousand

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 and first time

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 needs to hear

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 the voice of God

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 calling you

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 back to himself.

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 As Jim Reeves

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 sang in an old song,

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 How long

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 has it been

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 since you talked

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 with the Lord

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 and told him

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 your heart's

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 hidden secrets?

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 How long

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 since you prayed?

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 How long

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 since you stayed

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 on your knees

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 till the light

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 shone through?

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 How long

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 has it been

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 since your mind

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 felt at ease?

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 How long

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 since your heart

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 knew no burden?

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 Can you call

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 him your friend?

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 How long

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 has it been

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 since you knew

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 that he cared

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 for you?

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 How long

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 have you been

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 hearing

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 that nagging

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 voice

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 that you've

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 been ignoring?

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 How long

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 have you been

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 coming here

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 week after week

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 and feeling

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 challenged

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 and convicted

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 by sermons

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 that you hear

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 and then walking

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 straight out the door

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 and doing nothing?

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 How long

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 have you been

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 thinking

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 I need to

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 sort things out

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 someday?

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 As another

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 song says

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 come home

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 come home

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 you who are

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 weary

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 come home

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 earnestly

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 tenderly

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 Jesus is

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 calling

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 calling

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 oh sinner

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 come home

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 but we see

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 in the next

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 section

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 in verses

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 three to six

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 that it's

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 not just

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 some vague

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 turning back

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 that's called

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 for

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 it's a total

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 commitment

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 of their

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 lives that is

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 required

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 as we've been

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 hearing about

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 earlier

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 Samuel challenges

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 the people

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 as Joshua

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 had before

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 if you are

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 returning to

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 God

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 with all

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 your hearts

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 then

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 rid yourselves

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 of all

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 the foreign

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 gods

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 and

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 the

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 asterisks

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 and commit

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 yourselves

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 to the

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 Lord

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 and serve

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 him

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 only

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 they have

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 a choice

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 to make

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 if they're

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 going to

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 return to

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 God

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 it must

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 be

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 wholehearted

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 they can't

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 just come

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 to God

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 for what

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 they can

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 get out

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 of him

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 while

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 continuing

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 their

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 worship

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 of idols

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 God

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 Yahweh

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 the Lord

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 the infinite

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 eternal

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 almighty

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 one

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 the creator

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 and sustainer

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 of the

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 universe

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 the redeemer

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 of his

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 people

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 and the

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 judge

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 of all

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 the earth

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 will not

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 share his

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 place

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 with others

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 this is

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 not because

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 he's some

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 sort of

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 petty

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 deity

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 who

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 is

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 insecure

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 and jealous

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 of his

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 rivals

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 but because

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 he alone

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 is God

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 and to

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 worship

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 anything else

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 alongside him

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 is to show

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 that we haven't

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 understood at all

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 what worship

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 means

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 we haven't

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 grasped

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 how

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 unimaginably

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 immense

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 and awesome

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 he is

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 and yet

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 time and

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 time again

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 Israel

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 did

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 turn to

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 other gods

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 to idols

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 of wood

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 stone

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 gold

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 and silver

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 the first

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 commandment

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 that was

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 given to

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 Moses

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 on Mount

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 Sinai

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 you shall

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 have no

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 other gods

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 before me

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 but then

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 at the end

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 of his

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 life

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 God

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 tells

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 Moses

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 these

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 people

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 will

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 soon

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 prostitute

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 themselves

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 to the

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 foreign

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 gods

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 of the

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 land

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 they are

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 entering

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 they will

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 forsake

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 me

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 and we

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 we do

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 the same

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 and the

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 temptation

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 to follow

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 other gods

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.480
 is a

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 real one

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 in supposedly

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 secular

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 Scotland

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 today

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 this is

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 not a

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 land

00:16:11.540 --> 00:16:11.980
 made up

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 of

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 atheists

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 and

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 Christians

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 there are

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 many

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 who

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 follow

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 other

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 religions

00:16:17.640 --> 00:16:19.340
 and there

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 are many

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 who follow

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 no defined

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 religion

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 but are

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 looking for

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 spiritual

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 experiences

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 wherever

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 they can

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 find them

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 as a

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 tendency

00:16:28.660 --> 00:16:29.260
 to

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 syncretism

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.160
 to the

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 pick and

00:16:32.660 --> 00:16:32.920
 mix

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.380
 attitude

00:16:33.380 --> 00:16:34.060
 to religion

00:16:34.060 --> 00:16:34.340
 that

00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:36.240
 taking a

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.560
 bit from

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 here and

00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:37.160
 a bit

00:16:37.160 --> 00:16:37.320
 from

00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:37.460
 there

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 the bits

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.000
 that

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 you like

00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:39.580
 the bits

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:39.879
 that

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.120
 you're

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.540
 comfortable

00:16:41.540 --> 00:16:42.040
 with

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 I

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.200
 recently

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 saw a

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 discussion

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.560
 online

00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.879
 as to

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.080
 whether

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 you could

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:48.060
 be both

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 a Christian

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:49.639
 and a

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.000
 Buddhist

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 and while

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.000
 a few

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 seemed to

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 think that

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 it was

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 problematic

00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:55.879
 as they

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.320
 do have

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 fundamentally

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.600
 conflicting

00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.220
 beliefs

00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:01.100
 many

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.820
 seem to

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 see no

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 problem

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:02.879
 in it

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.259
 at all

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:06.799
 but for

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 most of

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 us today

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.920
 the temptation

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.559
 probably is

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.559
 not to

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.099
 follow other

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:11.660
 deities

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.680
 real though

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.180
 that might

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 be

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 but to

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:15.819
 put other

00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.039
 things beside

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.640
 God on

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.299
 the pedestal

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:20.220
 things that

00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:20.799
 we find more

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.339
 tangible

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.779
 things that

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.740
 claim to

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.619
 satisfy us

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.339
 here and

00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:25.660
 now

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:27.920
 and yet

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.799
 can never

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.539
 satisfy

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 many of

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.640
 these things

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.579
 may be

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.120
 good

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.539
 gifts

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.759
 from

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.099
 God

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:38.460
 work

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:39.640
 family

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.940
 food

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.839
 music

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.400
 art

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.059
 travel

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.880
 nature

00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:44.480
 politics

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.819
 whatever

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.319
 it is

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:45.799
 that's

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.160
 important

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.720
 to you

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:48.920
 but we

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.240
 have put

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.500
 them in

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:49.900
 the place

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.400
 of God

00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.300
 as Paul

00:17:53.300 --> 00:17:53.720
 writes to

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.160
 the Romans

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:55.000
 we have

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.540
 worshipped

00:17:55.540 --> 00:17:56.420
 and served

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.000
 created

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.560
 things

00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.580
 rather

00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.320
 than the

00:17:59.320 --> 00:17:59.780
 creator

00:17:59.780 --> 00:18:03.200
 but so

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.780
 often what

00:18:03.780 --> 00:18:04.120
 we put

00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.460
 in his

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:04.920
 place

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.160
 is such

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.980
 a distorted

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:08.200
 twisted

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.860
 version

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.660
 of what

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.080
 is good

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.420
 that it

00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:10.759
 can no

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.300
 longer be

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:11.580
 called

00:18:11.580 --> 00:18:11.920
 good

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.480
 at all

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:15.640
 we claim

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.759
 to worship

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.220
 God

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:19.539
 and yet

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.079
 what fills

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.680
 our time

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.819
 what fills

00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.559
 our minds

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.720
 what consumes

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.200
 our bank

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.740
 balances

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:27.120
 may suggest

00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.680
 otherwise

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:32.000
 like the

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.299
 Israelites

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:34.140
 we need

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.579
 to come

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.120
 to God

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:36.740
 and mourn

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.620
 the state

00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:37.940
 of our

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.220
 wretched

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.819
 hearts

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:40.680
 and confess

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.360
 our sin

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:41.900
 to him

00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:43.500
 we need

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.880
 to put

00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.539
 away from

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:44.819
 us

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.759
 anything

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.220
 that we

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.579
 have put

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:46.879
 in his

00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.339
 place

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:49.539
 it's

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.879
 probably

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.279
 in some

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.439
 ways

00:18:50.439 --> 00:18:50.939
 easier

00:18:50.939 --> 00:18:51.359
 when that

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.579
 is

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.500
 physical

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:52.919
 idols

00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:53.359
 that you

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:53.619
 can

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.939
 physically

00:18:54.939 --> 00:18:55.279
 remove

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.619
 from your

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.019
 house

00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:58.199
 but the

00:18:58.199 --> 00:18:59.000
 challenge

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.679
 is just

00:18:59.679 --> 00:19:00.199
 as real

00:19:00.199 --> 00:19:02.720
 as William

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.179
 Cowper

00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:03.500
 in his

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.119
 great hymn

00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:04.639
 says

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:06.099
 the dearest

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.619
 idol

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.939
 I have

00:19:07.939 --> 00:19:08.339
 known

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:09.460
 what

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:09.919
 e'er

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:10.799
 that idol

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.220
 be

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.539
 help me

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.460
 to tear

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.179
 it from

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.319
 thy throne

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:17.019
 and worship

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.939
 only

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.579
 thee

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:20.779
 and that

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.419
 is what

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.779
 we see

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.279
 the Israelites

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.899
 doing here

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:25.240
 they listen

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.819
 to Samuel

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.740
 and they get

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.179
 rid of their

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.819
 foreign gods

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:29.220
 they come

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.639
 together

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.639
 and they

00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:31.039
 publicly

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.179
 confess their

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:32.599
 sins

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.919
 and ask

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.579
 Samuel to

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.099
 intercede

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.579
 with God

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.079
 for them

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:39.019
 their fasting

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.659
 their rituals

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.940
 their sacrifices

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:43.740
 may seem

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.519
 alien to

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.120
 us today

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:47.340
 and I'm

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:47.840
 not really

00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.279
 sure

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.840
 and commentators

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.519
 don't seem

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:50.960
 to be sure

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.320
 either

00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:52.140
 what this

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:52.620
 pouring out

00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:53.080
 water is

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.580
 all about

00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:55.560
 but these

00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.140
 things in

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.600
 themselves

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.100
 are not

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.680
 what matters

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.140
 to God

00:19:58.140 --> 00:20:00.320
 but by

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.700
 them

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:02.460
 they demonstrate

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.259
 outwardly

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.560
 and publicly

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:06.700
 how seriously

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.040
 they are

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.700
 taking this

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:09.559
 they commit

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.420
 once again

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:12.240
 as their

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.019
 ancestors have

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.460
 so many

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:13.960
 times

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.100
 that they

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.580
 will serve

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.019
 God

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.340
 and God

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.740
 only

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:20.660
 and Samuel

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.140
 the man

00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.559
 who has been

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.279
 bringing God's

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.860
 word to them

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:24.100
 for all these

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.559
 years

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:27.080
 offers sacrifice

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.880
 and praise

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.460
 to God

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.480
 for them

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.819
 but we

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.779
 today know

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:35.039
 more than

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.860
 they ever

00:20:35.860 --> 00:20:36.480
 could know

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:39.279
 that if

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.799
 we confess

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.460
 our sins

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.519
 he is

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.099
 faithful

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.180
 and just

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.620
 he will

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.279
 forgive our

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.599
 sins

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.500
 and purify

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.940
 us

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.779
 from all

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.759
 unrighteousness

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.740
 the final

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.339
 sacrifice

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.440
 has been

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.880
 offered

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:56.140
 and no

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.519
 further

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.480
 sacrifice

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.579
 is required

00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:01.680
 but then

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.160
 as we move

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.519
 into the

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.240
 next section

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.920
 we see

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.860
 that the

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.299
 Israelites

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.819
 are gathered

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.419
 together

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:10.779
 and their

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.319
 trust in

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.659
 God

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.459
 was going

00:21:12.459 --> 00:21:12.719
 to be

00:21:12.719 --> 00:21:13.059
 put to

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.579
 the test

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.479
 right there

00:21:14.479 --> 00:21:14.959
 and then

00:21:14.959 --> 00:21:16.859
 the

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.359
 Philistines

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:17.639
 have got

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.079
 word of

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.479
 the fact

00:21:18.479 --> 00:21:18.740
 that

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:20.159
 a huge

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.500
 number

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.799
 of the

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.159
 Israelites

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:22.359
 are gathered

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.759
 together

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.199
 in one

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.679
 place

00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.939
 and they're

00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.379
 there for

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.839
 a religious

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.339
 ceremony

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.799
 they're not

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.359
 there prepared

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.939
 for battle

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:29.939
 this seems

00:21:29.939 --> 00:21:30.879
 too good

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.379
 an opportunity

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.079
 to miss

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:33.500
 and so they

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.819
 come

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.019
 and attack

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.339
 them

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:38.200
 back in

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.859
 chapter 4

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:40.019
 when they

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.500
 were facing

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.119
 defeat from

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.879
 the Philistines

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:43.220
 Israel tried

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.740
 to use

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.419
 God's power

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:45.099
 to their

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.740
 own ends

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.960
 as they

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.359
 took the

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.859
 ark out

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.519
 into battle

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.419
 as if it

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:49.740
 was some

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.240
 sort of

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.460
 magic object

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.939
 something

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.519
 whose power

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.960
 they could

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.419
 wield

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.519
 and summon

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.019
 at will

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:58.599
 and to

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.039
 demonstrate

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.559
 by their

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.159
 actions

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.940
 in the

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.200
 later

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.759
 chapters

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.640
 that

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.120
 actually

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.759
 they had

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.680
 no reverence

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.320
 or fear

00:22:05.320 --> 00:22:06.019
 of the

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.400
 God

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.880
 whose

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.400
 presence

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.880
 the ark

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.540
 represented

00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:11.100
 so will

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.420
 they do

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.800
 better

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.380
 this time

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:14.259
 or was

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.440
 their

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.920
 repentance

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.940
 just a

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.300
 flash in

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:16.660
 the pan

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:19.340
 no this

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.700
 time

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.500
 instead

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.360
 of

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.060
 arrogantly

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:23.000
 claiming

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.380
 God's

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.640
 power

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:23.940
 as their

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.300
 own

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:25.980
 they call

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.519
 on Samuel

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.340
 to continue

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.519
 to intercede

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.000
 for them

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.900
 they fully

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.480
 recognise

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.839
 their

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.339
 position

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.160
 their

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.700
 dependence

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.319
 on God

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.000
 that only

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.859
 he can

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.379
 save them

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:39.839
 and as

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.079
 he has

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.519
 promised

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:42.299
 God

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.759
 fought for

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:42.940
 them

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:44.440
 and the

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.900
 Philistines

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.420
 are defeated

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:48.259
 last week

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.940
 when they

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.400
 tried to

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.039
 use God

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.099
 they were

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.480
 defeated

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:53.619
 but when

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:53.940
 they turn

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.279
 to God

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.859
 in dependence

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.480
 on him

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.440
 God

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.000
 throws the

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.460
 Philistines

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.859
 into a

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.219
 complete

00:22:58.219 --> 00:22:58.699
 panic

00:22:58.699 --> 00:23:00.259
 and they

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.699
 are totally

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:01.299
 routed

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:04.339
 what will

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.759
 we do

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.119
 when the

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:05.379
 trials

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.719
 come

00:23:05.719 --> 00:23:07.519
 when life

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.959
 hurts

00:23:07.959 --> 00:23:10.479
 is our

00:23:10.479 --> 00:23:10.979
 faith in

00:23:10.979 --> 00:23:11.299
 God

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:12.539
 such that

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.059
 we still

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.059
 trust in

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.259
 him

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.679
 and cry

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.059
 out to

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.379
 him in

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:16.819
 dependence

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.299
 when the

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.639
 challenges

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.039
 come

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:20.379
 when faced

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.679
 with

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.139
 sickness

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:22.500
 death

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.679
 unemployment

00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:25.199
 breakdown of

00:23:25.199 --> 00:23:25.959
 relationships

00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:26.959
 loneliness

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.600
 fear

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.360
 temptation

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.620
 whatever

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:31.660
 is our

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.140
 theology

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.539
 strong

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.880
 enough

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.620
 our view

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.019
 of God

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.759
 big enough

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.779
 that we

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.299
 don't just

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.900
 worship him

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.660
 when things

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.100
 are easy

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:39.980
 when we can

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.700
 clearly see

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.220
 his abundant

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.720
 blessing

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.019
 but do we

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.860
 turn to him

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.579
 in dependence

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.860
 when we

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.519
 struggle to

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.980
 see the way

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.440
 ahead

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:50.180
 him

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.640
 would ask

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.220
 the almost

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.880
 laughable

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.420
 rhetorical

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.039
 question

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.420
 have you

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.820
 trials

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.820
 and temptations

00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:57.140
 is there

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.620
 trouble

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.140
 anywhere

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:59.320
 well

00:23:59.320 --> 00:24:00.019
 yeah

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.080
 of course

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.460
 we do

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.519
 of course

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.980
 there is

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.779
 but I

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.420
 would continue

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.740
 we should

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.100
 never

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:08.320
 be discouraged

00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:10.400
 take it

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.740
 to the

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.039
 Lord

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.700
 in prayer

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.960
 do we

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:16.380
 or do we

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.740
 try and

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.039
 struggle

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.460
 on

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.759
 do we

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.039
 turn to

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.360
 our own

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.779
 resources

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.259
 to get

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.440
 us

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.720
 through

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.420
 and leave

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.840
 God out

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.079
 of the

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.440
 picture

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.059
 until we've

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.400
 got time

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.840
 for him

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:28.340
 do we

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.819
 only want

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.120
 to use

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.420
 God's

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.720
 power

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.440
 when it

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.039
 suits us

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.880
 or do we

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.279
 want to

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.660
 surrender

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.100
 to his

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.360
 will

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:37.900
 can we

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.279
 sing

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.640
 whatever

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.860
 may pass

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:42.200
 that has

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.600
 taught me

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.139
 to say

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:44.119
 it is

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.519
 well

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.759
 it is

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.119
 well

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.639
 with my

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:46.959
 soul

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:49.459
 do we

00:24:49.459 --> 00:24:49.719
 as we

00:24:49.719 --> 00:24:50.159
 were thinking

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.779
 this morning

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.839
 trust

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.859
 that good

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.219
 shepherd

00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:54.899
 who knows

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.219
 us

00:24:55.219 --> 00:24:56.279
 who calls

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.639
 us by

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:56.980
 name

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.919
 who laid

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.339
 down his

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.740
 life

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.740
 for us

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.939
 and will

00:25:00.939 --> 00:25:01.759
 let nothing

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.740
 snatch us

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.159
 out of his

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.559
 hands

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.980
 the security

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.359
 of our

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.859
 salvation

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:08.079
 does not

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.679
 depend

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.679
 on our

00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.159
 ability

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.980
 to cling

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.459
 to God

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:13.000
 but of

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.360
 his

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.160
 powerful

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.740
 hands

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.460
 holding

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.900
 us

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.380
 and that

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.740
 is

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.420
 something

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.440
 we can

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.980
 depend

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.279
 on

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:24.340
 and so

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:25.420
 we come

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.700
 to the

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.400
 final section

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.220
 verses 12

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.319
 to 17

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:31.720
 we see

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.319
 that Samuel

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.700
 knows

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.420
 that it's

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.100
 not enough

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.059
 for them to

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.319
 have a

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.840
 one-off

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.420
 experience

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.000
 of God

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.819
 the challenge

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.200
 for them

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.480
 is to

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.059
 go on

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.240
 with him

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.339
 to go

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.980
 back home

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:46.339
 from their

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.619
 mountaintop

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.099
 experience

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.579
 to their

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.920
 ordinary

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.480
 lives

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:52.000
 and to

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.519
 live out

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.519
 those lives

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.019
 day by

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.400
 day

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.779
 following him

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.980
 and not

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.559
 turn away

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.079
 again

00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:00.460
 so Samuel

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.519
 sets up

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.099
 this stone

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:04.339
 a monument

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.139
 as a

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.639
 reminder

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.500
 to them

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:08.559
 as Gary

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.059
 mentioned

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.439
 earlier

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.879
 he gives

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.339
 the stone

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.279
 this strange

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.699
 name

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.980
 Ebenezer

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:15.079
 to most

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.419
 of us

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.039
 today if we

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.339
 know the

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.720
 word at

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.199
 all it's

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:18.819
 Ebenezer

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.419
 Scrooge

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:21.059
 in Charles

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.399
 Dickens

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.740
 Christmas

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.139
 Carol

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.319
 and as

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.699
 such it's

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.199
 associated

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:25.099
 with a

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.819
 miserly

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.439
 unpleasant

00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:26.980
 character

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.339
 but

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:29.139
 that's not

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.480
 what it's

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.799
 about

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:31.139
 instead it

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.819
 just literally

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.359
 means

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.279
 rock of

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.679
 help

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.259
 and Samuel

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.180
 explains its

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.480
 meaning

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.920
 for

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.620
 by saying

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.100
 thus far

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.860
 has the

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.120
 Lord

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.680
 helped

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.060
 us

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:44.259
 Samuel's

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.640
 drawing a

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.000
 line in

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.460
 the sand

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.640
 he's placing

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.259
 a landmark

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.360
 in time

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.539
 as a

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.940
 monument

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.519
 to what

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.680
 has

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:50.980
 happened

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.200
 as a

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.460
 very

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.019
 visible

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.080
 and tangible

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.680
 reminder

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.440
 that they

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.779
 can look

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.360
 back on

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.820
 and remember

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.700
 the commitment

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.220
 they made

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.759
 there on

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.259
 that day

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:03.720
 this may

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:03.980
 seem

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.400
 slightly

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.879
 strange

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.299
 to us

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.019
 in our

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.299
 modern

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.759
 world

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.619
 setting up

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.039
 a standing

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.460
 stone

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.299
 seems a

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.480
 strange

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.819
 almost

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.559
 prehistoric

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.660
 thing to

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:13.960
 do

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:15.039
 but

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.119
 actually

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.700
 if you

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.180
 think about

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.379
 it

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:18.319
 we set up

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.740
 monuments

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.220
 all over

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.720
 the place

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.839
 to far

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.160
 less

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.599
 significant

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.140
 things

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.640
 the number

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.140
 of tourists

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.460
 that come

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.879
 to see a

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.319
 statue of a

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.680
 dog in

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:25.980
 Edinburgh

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.440
 for goodness

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.840
 sake

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:30.759
 but I

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.100
 think

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.900
 it's

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.340
 important

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.960
 for us

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.480
 to have

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.840
 these

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.360
 monuments

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.019
 in our

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.400
 lives

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:38.539
 most of

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.820
 the time

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.039
 they will

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.539
 not be

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.259
 physical

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.920
 monuments

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.880
 standing

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.420
 stones

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.080
 plaques

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.620
 whatever

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:46.480
 but there

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.640
 will be

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.220
 events

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.500
 dates

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.460
 that are

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.900
 fixed in

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.500
 our minds

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.039
 times that

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.420
 we can look

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.039
 back on

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.200
 and remember

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.240
 what God

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.680
 has done

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.220
 for us

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.900
 in the

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.360
 past

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:59.680
 one of

00:27:59.680 --> 00:27:59.980
 the most

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.380
 obvious

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.960
 ones to

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.480
 many of

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.740
 us

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.460
 will be

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.600
 our

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.019
 baptism

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:05.060
 a time

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.360
 when we

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.799
 decided

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:07.080
 to publicly

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:08.060
 nail our

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.519
 colours to

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.000
 the mast

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.799
 and declare

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.460
 what we

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.880
 were building

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.360
 our lives

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.620
 on

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:15.500
 although

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.100
 far more

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.680
 deeply etched

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.019
 in my

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.400
 memory

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.320
 as the

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.660
 night a

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.000
 few weeks

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.420
 before

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.960
 when I

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.539
 was trying

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.600
 to work

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.740
 on a

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:23.980
 unique

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.560
 project

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.160
 that needed

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.519
 done

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.879
 for the

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.099
 next

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.400
 day

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:29.160
 and I

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.339
 just

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.700
 could not

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.160
 focus

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:32.139
 it was

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.480
 as if

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.700
 God

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.079
 was saying

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.519
 to me

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.259
 no

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.839
 I'm not

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.139
 going to

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.500
 let you

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.099
 think

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.500
 about

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.920
 anything

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.359
 else

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.359
 until you

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.660
 pick up

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.099
 the phone

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.740
 and phone

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.160
 the elders

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.480
 and tell

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.720
 them you

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.079
 want to be

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.619
 baptised

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:43.460
 and so I

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.680
 did

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:45.079
 and got

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.420
 the project

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.799
 finished

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:48.819
 but for

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.420
 any of

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.680
 you

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.059
 that are

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.519
 considering

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.980
 it

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:54.599
 remember

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.379
 there's

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:55.779
 great

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.319
 opportunity

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.099
 to discuss

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.519
 it at

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.099
 Graham's

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.279
 on

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.799
 Thursday

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.659
 yep

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.379
 got a nod

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.599
 there

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:02.259
 and there's

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.960
 a baptismal

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.599
 service planned

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.000
 at the end

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.500
 of the month

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:07.599
 so if

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:07.940
 you've not

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.240
 done it

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.599
 before

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:10.099
 is this

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.559
 the time

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.059
 is this

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.639
 the opportunity

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.720
 for you

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.319
 to set up

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.919
 that monument

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:16.299
 to what

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.740
 God has

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.399
 done for

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.680
 you

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.460
 in your

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.820
 life

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:21.759
 but there

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.060
 are many

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:22.900
 other times

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.759
 that we

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.200
 remember

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.700
 times that

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.019
 are etched

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.320
 on our

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:25.720
 mind

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.540
 times

00:29:26.540 --> 00:29:27.240
 when our

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.820
 experience

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.480
 with God

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.160
 was so

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.519
 real

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.840
 so powerful

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:33.280
 times when

00:29:33.280 --> 00:29:33.640
 we've

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.280
 prayed

00:29:34.280 --> 00:29:34.740
 with

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.500
 Moses

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.820
 don't

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.200
 send me

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.580
 from this

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.960
 place

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.460
 unless you

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.820
 go with

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.040
 me

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:42.180
 I can

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.519
 think of

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.820
 several

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.320
 times

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:45.320
 wrestling

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.800
 with God

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.259
 sitting on

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.560
 a rock

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:46.780
 in the

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:46.960
 Braid

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.519
 Hermitage

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.279
 walking

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.599
 along

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.180
 the beach

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.680
 at school

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.379
 on a

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.019
 starry

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.319
 night

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.220
 that was

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.099
 absolutely

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.440
 mind

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.700
 blowing

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:57.220
 long

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.819
 conversation

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.359
 down beside

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.799
 the croquis

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.160
 club

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.839
 on the

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.160
 links

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.519
 where

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:02.160
 things

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.339
 were

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.720
 shared

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.119
 that

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:04.599
 started

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:06.039
 a really

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.480
 deep

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.819
 friendship

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.259
 that has

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.500
 made

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.619
 your

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:08.899
 shaped

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.099
 my

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.440
 life

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:12.440
 all of

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.599
 these

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.740
 are

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.139
 events

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.399
 that I

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.720
 can look

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.019
 back

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.279
 on

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.839
 as

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.460
 evidence

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.079
 evidence

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.600
 that God

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:17.980
 is at

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.299
 work

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.680
 in my

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.019
 life

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:21.039
 even if

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.400
 it's not

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.900
 always

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.920
 so easy

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.480
 to see

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:26.680
 but these

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.259
 monuments

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.259
 whether

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.799
 physical

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.220
 or purely

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.860
 mental

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:32.460
 which help

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.759
 us to

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.920
 remember what

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.319
 God has

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.640
 done

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.700
 are not

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.380
 about living

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.620
 in the

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:36.980
 past

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.339
 in saying

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.480
 thus far

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.900
 has the

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.059
 Lord

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.440
 helped

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.720
 us

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.539
 we're

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.759
 not

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.200
 saying

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:45.200
 and who

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.420
 knows

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.620
 whether

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:45.839
 he'll

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.039
 carry

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.279
 on

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.440
 doing

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.640
 it

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.519
 we're

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.900
 saying

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.980
 look at

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.420
 the wonderful

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.980
 things he's

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.299
 done in

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.779
 the past

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.319
 we have

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.740
 tasted

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.599
 and seen

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.059
 that the

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.440
 Lord is

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.720
 good

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:57.120
 therefore

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.539
 we can

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.019
 trust

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.759
 in that

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.420
 faithfulness

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.319
 for the

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.700
 future

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:04.819
 and so

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.900
 having

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.259
 raised

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.500
 their

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.940
 monument

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.580
 the

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.840
 Israelites

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.380
 must

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.019
 go on

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.640
 and live

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.180
 for him

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.140
 in the

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.480
 light

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.960
 of what

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.120
 has

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.480
 happened

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.600
 there

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.400
 at

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.819
 Mizpah

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:17.900
 the

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.259
 remainder

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.600
 of the

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:18.980
 chapter

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:20.640
 is an

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.000
 account

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.360
 of how

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.620
 this

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:21.880
 worked

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.220
 out

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.799
 and it

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.019
 worked

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.180
 out

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.420
 pretty

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.700
 well

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.980
 they

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.400
 continued

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.819
 to push

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.039
 back

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.200
 the

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.740
 Philistines

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.740
 right out

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.019
 of their

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.400
 land

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.900
 and there

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.259
 is peace

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.500
 in the

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.840
 land

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:34.600
 Samuel

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.019
 spends

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.420
 the rest

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.700
 of his

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.040
 life

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.820
 travelling

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.140
 on a

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.440
 circuit

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.759
 round

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.940
 the

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.340
 country

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.280
 acting

00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.500
 as

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.920
 judge

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.900
 mediating

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.080
 in

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.720
 disputes

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.580
 resolving

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.280
 conflicts

00:31:44.280 --> 00:31:45.600
 but also

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.160
 presumably

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.320
 continuing

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:48.040
 to speak

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.380
 the word

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.660
 of the

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:48.960
 Lord

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.759
 to these

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.120
 people

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.600
 to remind

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:51.900
 them

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.940
 and encourage

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.220
 them

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:55.920
 and we

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.280
 are called

00:31:56.280 --> 00:31:56.600
 to do

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.100
 likewise

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:58.200
 to go

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.759
 on in

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.160
 faith

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.100
 and live

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.539
 for him

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:02.939
 as the

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.299
 verse that

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.639
 was given

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:03.980
 to me

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.319
 at my

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.019
 baptismal

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.319
 service

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.799
 says

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.519
 live a

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.859
 life

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.799
 worthy

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.159
 of the

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.500
 Lord

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.059
 and please

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.379
 him

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.419
 in every

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:12.980
 way

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:16.159
 but

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:17.339
 that doesn't

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.659
 mean

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.559
 there won't

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.000
 be further

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.659
 failures

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:22.539
 anyone who

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.199
 believes the

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.919
 Christian life

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:25.000
 can be lived

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.199
 without failure

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:28.340
 is either

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.740
 a very

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.259
 new

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.700
 Christian

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:32.799
 totally

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.299
 deluded

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:35.400
 or probably

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.140
 more likely

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:38.080
 living in

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.920
 denial of

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.480
 the reality

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.880
 that they

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.960
 experience

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.620
 every day

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:43.519
 in fact

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.700
 in reading

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.240
 up on it

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.920
 I discovered

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.340
 that song

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:47.880
 that we sang

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.120
 at the

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.460
 beginning

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:50.259
 there are

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.059
 versions where

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.819
 they've

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:53.319
 carefully edited

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.819
 out

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:55.139
 all references

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.700
 to being

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.619
 prone to

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.039
 wander

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.819
 as being

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.700
 inappropriate

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:03.919
 but

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:05.339
 just seven

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.779
 verses

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.919
 into

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.939
 chapter 8

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:10.379
 God is

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.779
 saying to

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.159
 Samuel

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:13.099
 they have

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.700
 rejected

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.019
 me

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:17.819
 but we're

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.200
 called to

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.799
 once again

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.039
 return to

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.319
 God

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:22.419
 to come

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.899
 to him

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:24.299
 in confession

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.599
 and repentance

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:28.039
 and go out

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.819
 in faith

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:30.579
 and keep

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.200
 doing that

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.559
 until that

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.339
 glorious day

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.700
 when faith

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.539
 becomes sight

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:38.379
 when our sin

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.299
 becomes history

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:41.039
 when we are

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.619
 changed

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.519
 into the

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.039
 likeness

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.639
 of our

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.180
 glorious

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.980
 redeemer

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:48.480
 in our

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.200
 final hymn

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.120
 we're going

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.539
 to be

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.059
 singing

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.279
 of many

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.720
 of those

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.160
 truths

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.960
 as we

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.539
 think about

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.380
 what we

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.620
 were

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:58.720
 of how

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.039
 God

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.740
 showed us

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.319
 our sin

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.860
 and called

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.299
 us to

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.559
 him

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.420
 of how

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.720
 we can

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.259
 trust in

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.500
 him

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.140
 as we

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.720
 look forward

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.599
 to another

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.000
 week

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.760
 into the

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.179
 future

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.059
 to the

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.519
 unknown

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.079
 with

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.500
 everything

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.940
 that that

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.420
 brings

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:15.760
 because we'll

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.320
 be singing

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.880
 to his grace

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.180
 that taught

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.880
 my heart

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.460
 to fear

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:23.059
 and grace

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.840
 my fears

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.420
 relieved

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:26.579
 how precious

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.579
 did that grace

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.059
 appear

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.159
 the hour

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.980
 I first

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.599
 believed

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.880
 through many

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.000
 dangers

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.200
 toils

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:36.320
 and snares

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:38.559
 I have

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.280
 already

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.700
 come

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:41.840
 to his

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.360
 grace

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.680
 that brought

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.440
 me safe

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.460
 thus far

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:47.460
 and grace

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.320
 will

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:49.180
 lead me

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.460
 home

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.420
 Amen

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.240
 in

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.599
 only

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.559
 works

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.639
 in

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.559
 another

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.059
 way

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.820
 to

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.960
 do

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.820
 things

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:07.360
 I

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.380
 believe

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