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 Thank you, worship team.

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 Good reminder this morning of the songs that we sang,

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 which are kind of an echo of the theme of the passage

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! or even the book that we're working through.

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 That second song,

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 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it.

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 Prone to leave the God I love.

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 Take my heart.

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 Take and seal it.

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 Seal it for my courts above.

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 What a gracious God we have.

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 A God that even when we stray,

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 even when we wander,

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 and by the way,

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 even when we actively rebel against Him,

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 there is an invitation.

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 An invitation that God gives to us

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 to understand who Jesus is,

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 recognize our sin,

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 and come to a place of asking for forgiveness,

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 confessing our sin before Him,

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 believing that Jesus is the only way

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 for us to enjoy the life with God

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 and forgiveness and cleansing from sin

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 and bringing that to Him.

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 And He delights in forgiveness.

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 He delights in making us one with Him.

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 He delights in drawing us close.

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 And that is the consistent theme

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 throughout the book of Judges.

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 We're going to come to it time and time and time again.

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 We have a God who delights in forgiveness.

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 And one of our stories this morning

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 in the middle section of Judges chapter 3

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 is a story of a king who's coming from Moab.

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 Well, Moab, you may or may not be familiar with.

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 Moab was kind of in the region

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 just in front of Jericho.

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 And so when the people of Israel

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 were making their way up through the wilderness

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 and coming into the promised land,

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 they would have stopped right there at Moab.

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 Kind of trace a straight line

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 from Jerusalem and Jericho

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 straight over to the top part of the Dead Sea

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 and then kind of occupying the region of the Dead Sea

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 just on the eastern side

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 was where Moab was.

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 So they were one of the closest neighbors

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 but also a proximate enemy.

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 Well, Moab existed because of a descendant of Abraham

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 or kind of part of the family.

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 Lot was a nephew of Abraham

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 and the descendant of Lot is where we get Moab.

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 And so when Deuteronomy comes into place

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 and the people are ready to make their way

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 into the promised land

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 and Moses is giving his final instructions,

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 we find that those final instructions

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 from Deuteronomy chapter 1 verse 5

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 are actually given right here in the land of Moab.

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 So this is an important place.

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 This is a place of reminder.

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 It's a place of God's covenant promises

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 being captured among the people,

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 reminded among the people

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 so when they enter the promised land,

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 they can remember who they belong to.

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 It's a reminder to us all

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 as we make our way through this book,

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 the book of Judges,

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 and especially this morning in Judges chapter 3,

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 salvation is from the Lord.

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 Do you need deliverance today?

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 Do you need rescue?

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 Do you need salvation?

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 Are there things in your life

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 that seem to be falling apart?

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 You need someone to rescue,

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 someone to help?

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 Well, salvation comes from the Lord.

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 And not just the little things,

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 but also the big things.

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 And the biggest thing

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 is God himself gives his son, Jesus Christ,

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 to provide for our deepest need,

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 our need for a savior,

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 rescue from our sin,

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 the greatest problem that we have,

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 that we bring to the table.

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 So as we make our way through this chapter,

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 Judges chapter 3,

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 the theme of this chapter is

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 salvation is from the Lord.

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 It's from him.

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 And I would encourage you,

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 if you have your Bibles,

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 to open them with me,

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 Judges chapter 3.

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 And if you're using the Pew Bible,

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 you can find it on page 200.

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 Judges is there on page 200.

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 We're going to be in Judges chapter 3.

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 Salvation comes from the Lord.

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 Let me read this opening,

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 these opening couple of verses,

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 and we can see how this is set

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 in place for us.

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 Judges chapter 3,

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 beginning in verse 7,

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 says this,

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 The people of the Lord,

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 excuse me,

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 the people of Israel

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 did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 They forgot the Lord,

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 their God,

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 and they served the Baals

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 and the Ashtoreth.

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 Therefore,

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 the anger of the Lord

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 was kindled against Israel.

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 He sold them into the hand

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 of Cushon Rishathayim,

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 king of Mesopotamia,

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 and the people of Israel

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 served Cushon Rishathayim

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 eight years.

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 Salvation comes from the Lord,

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 and we're going to see,

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 first of all,

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 it comes when God's people

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 cry out to Him for mercy.

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 They cry out to Him for help.

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 If you want to enjoy

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 and experience salvation

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 and deliverance,

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 it happens only

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 when you cry out to God.

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 It happens only

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 when you recognize

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 in your own life

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 a need for rescue,

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 and the rescuer

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 is God Himself.

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 You cry out to Him

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 for mercy,

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 and we're going to find

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 through our passage today

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 that God delights

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 in answering

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 and helping His people.

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 But there are things

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 that we need not forget,

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 and the first is this.

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 Do not forget

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 that we live in His sight.

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 If you're going to cry out

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 for mercy,

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 cry out for help,

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 you need to remember

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 that you live in His sight.

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 Now,

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 that had been something

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 that the people of Israel

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 had forgotten.

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 We find that

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 in the earlier parts

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 of Judges chapter 3,

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 beginning in verse 5.

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 It says,

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 So the people of Israel

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 lived among the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites,

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 and their daughters

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 they took for themselves

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 as wives,

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 and their own daughters

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 they gave to their sons,

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 and they served their gods.

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 We saw last time

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 that they lived

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 among the people.

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 They were characterized

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 by compromise.

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 They were characterized

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 not by faithful,

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 consistent obedience,

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 seeing it through

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 to the finish line,

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 but when things got hard,

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 when resistance came

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 and opposition

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 was difficult for them,

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 they eased up.

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 They didn't follow through.

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 They were happy

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 to live among the people,

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 and because they lived

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 among the people,

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 then what we find

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 now in Judges chapter 3

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 is something

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 that will characterize

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 this people,

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 this nation of Israel.

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 They forgot the Lord.

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 And we find again

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 in verse 7,

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 The people of Israel

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 did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 Now, what does that mean?

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 They did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 Well, we could look

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 throughout the book

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 of Deuteronomy

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 and see this phrase

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 being traced consistently

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 throughout the book,

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 that they were a people

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 that performed wickedness.

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 They were people

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 who did what in God's sight

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 was wicked.

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 This is a perpetual indictment

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 that God brings against them,

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 and especially against the kings.

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 We find through the book of Kings

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 10 times that God says

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 that they did evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 In 2 Kings,

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 we find 28 times

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 where they either did evil

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 or good in the sight of the Lord.

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 See, God is the evaluator.

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 He is the judge.

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 He is the one

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 to whom we are accountable.

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 And so when we live,

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 when we act,

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 whether it's good or right,

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 we live and act

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 It's easy to think

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 and be misled by this phrase,

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 in the sight of the Lord,

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 to suggest maybe there's a time

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 where we could live

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 outside of the sight of the Lord.

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 Maybe there's some things

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 we can do

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 that God can't pay attention to.

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 Maybe there are things

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 that we can do

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 in secret and in private.

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 Well, God makes that quite clear

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 throughout the course

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 of the scriptures.

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 Ecclesiastes 12, verse 14,

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 says this,

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 For God will bring

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 every deed into judgment

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 with every secret thing,

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 whether good or evil.

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 Hebrews chapter 4, verse 13,

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 says,

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 And no creature

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 is hidden from his sight.

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 We are all naked

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 and exposed

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 to the eyes of him

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 to whom we must give

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 an account.

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 Proverbs 15, verse 3,

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 says,

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 The eyes of the Lord

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 are in every place,

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 keeping watch

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 on the evil

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 and the good.

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 In Luke chapter 12,

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 verses 2 and 3,

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 we see this,

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 Nothing is covered up

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 that will not be revealed

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 or hidden,

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 that will not be known.

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 Therefore,

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 whatever you have said

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 in the dark

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 shall be heard in the light.

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 Whatever you have whispered

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 in private rooms

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 shall be proclaimed

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 on the housetops.

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 Everything that is done

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 is done

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 in the sight

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 of the Lord.

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 But it's easy for us

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 to forget, isn't it?

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 When we forget

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 that we are in

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 the sight of the Lord,

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 we begin to see

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 in the lives of Israel

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 in this nation,

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 we begin to see

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 the results.

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 When we feel like

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 we can do things

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 that God is unaware of,

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 when we think

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 we can do things

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 in private,

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 when we can do things

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 in secret,

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 then it leads

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 to a certain kind of life.

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 We find that

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 this in the sight

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 of the Lord

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 is a reference

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 to the special

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 relationship

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 that God wanted

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 to have with His people.

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 The kind of relationship

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 that warranted favor.

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 The kind of relationship

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 that they enjoyed

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 engendered blessing.

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 You're familiar

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 with Numbers

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 chapter 6

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 verses 24 and 25.

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 It says this,

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 The Lord bless you

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 and keep you.

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 The Lord make His face

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 to shine upon you

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 and be gracious to you.

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 The Lord lift up

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 His countenance upon you

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 and give you peace.

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 When we are aware

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 of the presence

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 of the Lord,

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 when we are delighted

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 in the favor of God

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 and we participate

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 in the countenance of God,

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 we're looking

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 to please Him,

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 then it leads

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 to a certain kind of life.

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 You see,

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 Israel had forgotten

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 in this moment

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 that they lived

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 in the sight of the Lord

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 and even though

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 it was a reality,

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 even though it was true,

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 their forgetting

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 led to a posture

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 of rebelling.

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 They need not forget

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 that they lived

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 in the presence

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 of the Lord.

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 Second,

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 don't forget

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 that this is an issue

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 of worship.

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 Forgetting God

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 is an issue

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 of worship.

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 We find that again

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 in verse 7

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 of chapter 3.

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 It says,

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 And the people

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 of Israel

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 did what was evil

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 in the sight

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 of the Lord.

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 They forgot

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 the Lord,

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 their God,

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 and served

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 the Baals

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 and the Ashtra.

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 Israel forgot Yahweh.

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 they forgot the Lord

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 and what happened?

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 It's a reminder

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 to us

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 that forgetting

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 is never neutral.

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 Forgetting

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 is never neutral.

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 When we choose

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 to forget,

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 we don't awaken

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 our hearts

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 and stimulate

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 ourselves

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 to remembrance.

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 It always leads

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 to some moral decline.

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 It always leads

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 to coasting.

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 It leads

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 to compromise

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 in our life.

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 And when we choose

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 to forget God,

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 it's never neutral.

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 It begins

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 the slippage

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 of our life.

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 And here it's

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 described in terms

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 of service.

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 This word,

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 this Hebrew word,

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 eved,

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 is to work,

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 to labor,

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 to serve,

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 to be a slave.

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 And so many,

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 a couple of the teens

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 who taught

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 during the week

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 of soccer camp

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 talked about

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 the significance

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 of worship.

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 That you are

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 always worshiping.

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 You want to just

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 worship here in church?

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 You don't worship

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 when you're singing

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 songs and playing

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 music or reading

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 the Bible or

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 deciding to pray

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 in private.

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 That is worship,

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 but worship happens

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 through the course

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 of life.

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 1 Corinthians 10

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 and 31,

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 whether you eat

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 or drink

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 or whatever you do,

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 you do all

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 to the glory of God.

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 That's our worship.

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 That's our posture.

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 That's our service

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 to God.

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 That's the way

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 we show affection

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 for Him,

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 devotion to Him,

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 love for Him.

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 It is our worship.

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 This was a people

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 who worshiped,

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 but their worshiping

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 was corrupted.

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 It was polluted.

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 Instead of worshiping God,

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 they chose to worship

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 the Baals and the Asherah.

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 They went after them.

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 They abandoned God.

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 They bowed down to them.

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 They provoked God

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 to anger.

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 We find the posture

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 of their heart

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 was one of worship.

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 Jesus Himself

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 addresses this.

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 He wants us

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 to understand

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 the significance

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 of worship.

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 Worship that happens

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 all the time

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 and you have to choose.

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 Matthew 6,

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 verse 24,

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 Jesus says this,

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 No one can serve

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 two masters,

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 for either he will

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 hate the one

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 and love the other,

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 or he will be devoted

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 to the one

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 and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve

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 God in money.

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 That's just one example.

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 You can't serve

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 God in Baal.

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 You can't serve

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 God in comfort.

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 You fill in the blank.

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 You serve or devote

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 attention and energy

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 to anything that is not

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 oriented in a way

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 that is an affection

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 for the Lord Jesus.

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 It's worship.

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 How do we worship?

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 How is God helping us

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 to worship rightly?

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 So we need to make sure

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 we don't forget

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 that we're in His sight.

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 Don't forget

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 that you are living

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 in such a way

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 that worship

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 is the pattern

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 of your life.

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 Whether you choose,

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 like Joshua says,

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 choose you this day

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 whom you will serve,

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 but as for me

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 and my house,

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 we will serve

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 the Lord.

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 That's the decision

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 we have in front of us.

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 There's no neutral ground.

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 There's no middle ground.

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 God also wants

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 His people to understand

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 and not to forget

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 that His discipline

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 is mercy.

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 God's discipline

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 is mercy.

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 And we come to

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 a very hard section here.

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 We come to a part

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 of Judges chapter 3

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 and we begin to wonder,

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 okay,

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 I guess this is the kind

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 of God we serve.

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 He's the God

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 who brings the hammer down.

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 But we recognize

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 through the course

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 of the New Testament

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 that God disciplines

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 those He loves.

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 God's discipline

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 is an instrument

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 of invitation.

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 God's discipline

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 is an instrument

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 of drawing us in.

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 It's an instrument

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 of correction

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 so that God

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 can help us

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 to enjoy

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 the benefits

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 of His relationship,

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 relationship with Him.

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 And so we find

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 in Judges chapter 3

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 verse 8

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 the beginnings,

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 the beginnings of discipline.

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 It says,

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 therefore the anger

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 of the Lord

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 was kindled

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 against Israel.

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 He sold them

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 into the hand

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 of Cushon

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 Rishathayim,

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 king of Mesopotamia.

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 And the people

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 of Israel

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 served Cushon

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 Rishathayim

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 eight years.

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 This is a king

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 of Mesopotamia.

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 And those of you

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 who are not familiar

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 with ancient geography

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 like me

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 have no idea

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 like where in the world

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 is Mesopotamia.

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 Well, Mesopotamia

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 is 750 miles

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 north of Jerusalem.

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 It's in the area

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 that is kind of

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 the now Turkey.

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 Okay?

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 So imagine

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 this ruler

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 who's coming

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 from 750 miles away

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 and he's actually

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 making his way

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 down to Israel

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 to try to

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 take over.

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 Now,

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 to give you a concept

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 of 750 miles,

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 if you go

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 from Columbus

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 east

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 750 miles,

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 you're going to end up

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 in the Atlantic Ocean.

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 If you go

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 750 miles

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 to the west,

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 you're going to

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 end up in Kansas.

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 Okay?

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 So we're not talking

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 about a little bit

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 of distance.

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 We're talking about

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 many, many, many hours

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 of driving

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 and many days

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 of traveling.

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 This king

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 of Mesopotamia

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 was not

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 a regional leader.

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 Not like a leader

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 of a Moab

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 or Midian

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 or Canaan

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 or the Hittites.

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 No.

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 He was the kind

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 of leader

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 that demonstrated

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 strength.

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 And as a matter

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 of fact,

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 this means

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 that the very

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 first oppressor

00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:37.539
 of Israel

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 was the

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 strongest

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 leader

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:43.500
 that judges

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 will speak of.

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 He is a leader

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 of an alliance

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 of a Canaanite city.

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 And this

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 exploit

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 that he has

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 helps us

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 to understand

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 the significance

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 of what he's doing.

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 He's not a regional leader.

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 He is a leader

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 from a ways away.

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 the most powerful

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 of all the enemies

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 of Israel

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 named in the book

00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.720
 of Judges.

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 Here he is.

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 The Israelites

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 had a nickname

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 for him.

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.859
 Rishathayim.

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 Rishathayim

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 is a nickname

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 that was bestowed

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 upon him

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 and it means

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 doubly wicked.

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 You might say

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 he was double trouble.

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 This name

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 Kushan

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 appears to be

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 Hittite.

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 He was a foreigner.

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 And he came

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 to exert

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 authority

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 and power.

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 His kingdom

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 extended southward

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 and he

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 is given

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 the authority

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 by God

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 to subject

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 Israel

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 to service

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 for eight years.

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 Israel was supposed

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 to see this

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 as a hand,

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 an instrument

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 of the Lord

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 for mercy.

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 This was God's mercy

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 to help them

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 understand

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 that what they

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 were doing

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 was wicked,

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 was evil.

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 It was an invitation

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 that God had not

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 cut them off.

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 God had not

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 passed them over.

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 He was not

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 trying to crush them.

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 He was trying

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 to invite them

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 to enjoy the benefits

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 of salvation.

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 And that's what

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 we see next

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 in verses 9 to 11.

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 Don't forget

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 that salvation

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 is from the Lord.

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 Salvation

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 is from him.

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 We see this

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 in verse 9.

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 It says,

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 but when the people

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 of Israel

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 cried out

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 to the Lord.

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 Now see what

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 judgment did.

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 See what discipline

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 did.

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 It turned the people's

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 hearts to God.

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 They remembered

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 him again.

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 And the Lord

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 raised up a deliverer

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 for the people

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 of Israel

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 who saved them.

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 Otniel,

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 the son of Kenaz,

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 Caleb's younger brother,

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 the spirit of the Lord

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 was upon him

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 and he judged Israel.

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 He went out to war

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 and the Lord

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 gave Cushon,

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 Rishathayim,

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 king of Mesopotamia,

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 into his hand.

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 And his hand

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 prevailed over

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 Cushon,

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.799
 Rishathayim.

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 So the land

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 had rest

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 for 40 years.

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 Then Otniel,

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.619
 the son of Kenaz,

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.099
 died.

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 The people

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.959
 cried out.

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.779
 The people

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.500
 cried out

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.179
 and the Lord

00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:04.219
 had mercy.

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 What a mercy

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.379
 that is to us.

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 That when we

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 find ourselves

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.319
 in rebellion,

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 when we find

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.659
 ourselves

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.759
 distanced from

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 the Lord,

00:19:13.199 --> 00:19:13.839
 when we find

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.319
 ourselves

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.039
 as enemies

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.739
 of him,

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 God graciously

00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:19.439
 disciplines those

00:19:19.439 --> 00:19:20.039
 he loves

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 not to shut

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 us out,

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 not to cut

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 us off,

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 but to draw

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 us in.

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 And when we

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.539
 cry out,

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 the Lord

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.779
 answers.

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 The Lord

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.079
 delivers.

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 The Lord

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 saves.

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.259
 He delights

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 in saving.

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 We have

00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:35.179
 a saving

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 God.

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 So the people

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.759
 cry out.

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 They cry out.

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 Clearly they

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.039
 knew who God

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 was.

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 But they

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 had laid

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 aside all

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 of that

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 and they

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 failed to

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:50.179
 act on that

00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:50.559
 knowledge.

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 They forgot.

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 You see,

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 they forgot

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 God,

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 but God

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.559
 had not

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 forgotten

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.500
 them.

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 So God

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.679
 raises up

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 a deliverer.

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 This word

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 delivered is

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.299
 the Hebrew.

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 It's the Hebrew

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 word Moshe.

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 And if you

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 hear the word

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 Moshe,

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 you might think

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.299
 the word

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 Moses.

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 And the two

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 are related,

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 but it's not

00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:10.659
 coming from

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.319
 the same root.

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.059
 It sounds

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.679
 like Moses,

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 but the actual

00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:16.299
 word Moshe

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.000
 comes from

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.639
 Yassah.

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 And it's the

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 word for

00:20:19.959 --> 00:20:20.519
 salvation.

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 It's the same

00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.579
 word for

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.339
 Joshua.

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 So we

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.720
 find kind

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.500
 of stitched

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.079
 together,

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 kind of

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.439
 Moses and

00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:28.519
 Joshua right

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.079
 here in the

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.759
 deliverance that

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.480
 God wants to

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.899
 give to his

00:20:30.899 --> 00:20:31.819
 people, but it

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.859
 comes by the

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.839
 hand of God.

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:36.299
 It comes by

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.779
 his hand.

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.220
 Moses always

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.139
 wanted to make

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.619
 that clear.

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:40.819
 Deliverance

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.299
 comes from

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.599
 God.

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.779
 Joshua always

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.220
 wanted to make

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.659
 that clear.

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.539
 Deliverance

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.399
 comes from

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:45.599
 God.

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.359
 And judges

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.259
 will also make

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.720
 that clear.

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.720
 Deliverance

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.879
 comes from

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.279
 God.

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.439
 You want

00:20:51.439 --> 00:20:52.000
 deliverance?

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.420
 You want

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.859
 rescue?

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.480
 You want

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.000
 salvation?

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.160
 Look to

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.380
 God.

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.000
 He delights

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.079
 in saving.

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.099
 So he

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.559
 saved them.

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.099
 He rescued

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.380
 them.

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.480
 He delivered

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.779
 them.

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.160
 The Lord has

00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.579
 done this

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.480
 consistently for

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.900
 his people.

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.980
 They cry out

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.599
 and the Lord

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.160
 saves them.

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.720
 We saw that

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.200
 back in

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.019
 Judges 2

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.299
 verse 16.

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.259
 Then the

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.960
 Lord raised

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.460
 up judges

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.059
 who saved

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.440
 them out of

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.819
 the hand of

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.099
 those who

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.400
 plundered

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:16.640
 them.

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.859
 We see that

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.460
 in verse 18.

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:18.980
 Whenever the

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.500
 Lord raised

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.400
 up judges

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.200
 for them,

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.779
 the Lord

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.140
 was with

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.620
 the judge.

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.519
 He saved

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.900
 them from

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.299
 the hand

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.519
 of their

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.240
 enemies all

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.579
 the days

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.799
 of the

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.079
 judge.

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.660
 For the

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.600
 Lord was

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.559
 moved to

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:28.840
 pity.

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:30.180
 He was

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.759
 moved to

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.600
 pity by

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.140
 their groaning

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.680
 because of

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.019
 those who

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:34.380
 afflicted and

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.759
 oppressed

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.019
 them.

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.200
 God delights

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.860
 in saving

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.240
 but he

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.759
 saves.

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:40.360
 He saves

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:40.940
 because of

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.600
 his compassion.

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.799
 He saves

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.259
 because of

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.759
 his mercy.

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.740
 He saves

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.340
 because he's a

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.640
 God of

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:45.860
 pity.

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.079
 And so who

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.319
 does he

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.699
 raise up?

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.099
 He raises

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.779
 up Otniel,

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.559
 Caleb's

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.139
 younger brother.

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.379
 We've seen

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.240
 his story a

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.279
 bit back in

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.939
 Judges chapter

00:21:53.939 --> 00:21:54.299
 1.

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:57.259
 Remember Joshua

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.119
 has died and

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.619
 the people are

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.379
 asking who's

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:00.399
 going to lead

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:00.679
 us?

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.359
 And God

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.960
 says well

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.159
 Judah will

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.679
 lead you.

00:22:04.199 --> 00:22:04.659
 Judah shall

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.740
 go up and

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.460
 certainly that's

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.960
 what happens.

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.519
 Judah goes

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.759
 up.

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.899
 We find in

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.419
 verse 8 of

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.139
 chapter 1 Judah

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.839
 fights against

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.799
 the inhabitants

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.079
 of Jerusalem and

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.519
 then he goes

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.000
 down and he

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.599
 fights against

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.539
 those in the

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.659
 southern part of

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:16.980
 Israel.

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.240
 And now

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.079
 Caleb who

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.500
 is from the

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.019
 tribe of

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.559
 Judah wants

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.539
 to take this

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.220
 town called

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.720
 Kiriath

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.220
 Sefer.

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 We find in

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.039
 chapter 1

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.639
 verses 12

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.199
 and 13.

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.299
 It says

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.000
 Caleb said

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.759
 he who

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.179
 attacks

00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:31.679
 Kiriath

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.240
 Sefer and

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.980
 captures it

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 I will give

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:35.000
 Aksa my

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.659
 daughter as a

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.000
 wife.

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.220
 And Otniel

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.799
 the son of

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.019
 Kenaz Caleb's

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.559
 younger brother

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.779
 captured it and

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.319
 he gave him

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.500
 Aksa his

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.339
 daughter as a

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.639
 wife.

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.039
 Now the name

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.639
 Caleb should

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.659
 sound familiar

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.100
 to you.

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.200
 Remember who

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.940
 Caleb was?

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.440
 Caleb and

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.540
 Joshua one of

00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:52.180
 two of the

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.180
 twelve spies

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.980
 that spied out

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.460
 the land of

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.740
 Canaan.

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.740
 They came back

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.180
 to give a

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.680
 report and

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.400
 only two

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:59.400
 Joshua and

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.000
 Caleb said

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.140
 God can give

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.840
 this to us.

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.380
 There are

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.120
 people they are

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.580
 strong.

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 There are

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.880
 cities they

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.700
 are large and

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.480
 they are fortified

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.620
 but God can do

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.019
 this.

00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:09.120
 We can trust

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.420
 him.

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.560
 Caleb trusted

00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:11.940
 the Lord.

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.840
 Joshua trusted

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.160
 the Lord.

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:14.200
 And now you

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.259
 find in Caleb's

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.960
 younger brother

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.840
 the same

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.680
 example of

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.980
 courage and

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.040
 bravery and

00:23:20.040 --> 00:23:21.180
 faith and

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.720
 perseverance.

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.980
 He does the

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.220
 seeming impossible

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.360
 because he does

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.560
 it through the

00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:28.300
 hand and the

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:29.660
 work and the

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.740
 promise of

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.080
 God.

00:23:32.080 --> 00:23:32.500
 And now

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:34.400
 Caleb's younger

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.540
 brother Otniel

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:38.519
 is presented.

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.040
 Verse nine

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.940
 again when

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.180
 the people of

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 Israel cried

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.220
 out to the

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.859
 Lord the

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.480
 Lord raised

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.059
 up for them

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.799
 a deliverer

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.619
 for the

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.059
 people of

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.879
 Israel who

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.639
 saved them

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.519
 Otniel the

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.859
 son of

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:51.119
 Kenaz Caleb's

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.680
 younger brother

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.940
 the spirit of

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.240
 the Lord was

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.440
 upon him and

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.799
 he judged

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.159
 Israel.

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.240
 When we think

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.879
 about leaders

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:59.159
 we think about

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.779
 the kinds of

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.240
 people we

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.839
 would put in

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.240
 charge.

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.119
 We think about

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.819
 the kinds of

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.899
 individuals we

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.920
 might raise up

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.599
 to provide

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.359
 rescue and

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.000
 deliverance.

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.980
 We might

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.940
 think ha ha

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.100
 Otniel what a

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.799
 great candidate.

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.259
 He's full of

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.519
 faith.

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.420
 He's full of

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.759
 courage.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.820
 He's demonstrated

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.680
 great leadership

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.400
 abilities.

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.180
 But notice there

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.759
 are only two

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:20.320
 qualifications that

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:22.740
 God gives for

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.120
 Otniel.

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.420
 Why he raised

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.840
 him up.

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.500
 These two

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.420
 qualifications for

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.860
 this leader.

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.440
 One the Lord

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.820
 raised him up and

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:32.140
 two the spirit of

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.400
 the Lord was

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.820
 upon him.

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.320
 Those were the

00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:34.820
 qualifications.

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.580
 This was not

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.519
 something to lay

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.000
 hold of.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.380
 This was

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.000
 something that

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.539
 was granted.

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.960
 Something that

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.400
 was given.

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:42.859
 And it

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.680
 establishes this

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.180
 pattern that

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.440
 we're going to

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.299
 see throughout

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.420
 the rest of

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.819
 the book of

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.259
 Judges.

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.299
 That whenever

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.319
 the Lord raises

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.339
 up judges for

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.380
 them the Lord

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.380
 was with the

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.779
 judge.

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.079
 This is Judges

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.599
 chapter 2

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.200
 verse 18.

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.539
 He saved

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.059
 them from the

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.420
 hand of their

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.779
 enemies.

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.819
 All the days of

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.599
 the judge for

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.079
 the Lord was

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.680
 moved to pity

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.440
 by their

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.420
 groaning because

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.859
 of those who

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:05.279
 afflicted and

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.839
 oppressed them.

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.259
 We're going to

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.140
 see consistently

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:09.519
 it starts pretty

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.920
 good with

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.740
 Oteniel but

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.119
 there's a

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:13.579
 downward decline

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.400
 from this point

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.599
 on.

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.660
 Why does God

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.619
 rescue?

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:20.740
 Not because of

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.500
 the judge's

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:23.140
 ability to honor

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.519
 the Lord.

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.160
 We're going to

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.819
 see that the

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.339
 more we go.

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.460
 But it's because

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.539
 God's character,

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.940
 God's pity,

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.619
 God's compassion,

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.259
 and God's power

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.799
 are put on

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.099
 display.

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.619
 When the judge

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.500
 is in place,

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.480
 the people are

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.339
 to look not

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.839
 to the judge

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.699
 but to the

00:25:38.699 --> 00:25:39.899
 judge's God,

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.579
 to God

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.079
 himself,

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.879
 to the Lord.

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.899
 That's why

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.599
 deliverance

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.000
 comes.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.299
 Briefly, I

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.019
 just want to

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.980
 give you a

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.159
 preview of what

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:51.219
 are these judges

00:25:51.219 --> 00:25:52.319
 or who are

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.919
 these judges?

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.980
 Often when we

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.319
 think about

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.799
 judges, we

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.240
 think about

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.459
 courtrooms,

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.740
 right?

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.119
 We think about

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.740
 those who make

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.459
 verdicts, who

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.419
 settle disputes.

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.440
 We think about

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.080
 those who know

00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:04.140
 the law and

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.240
 can execute the

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.660
 law between

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.420
 parties.

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:09.360
 And some of

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.019
 that is true.

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.200
 But as you

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.060
 look through the

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.880
 Old Testament,

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.380
 I want you to

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.980
 not just think

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.620
 about officials.

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.300
 I don't want you

00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:17.860
 to think about

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.860
 those who settle

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.960
 legal disputes.

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.680
 I want you to

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:23.220
 think about heads

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.240
 of households.

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.539
 I want you to

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.420
 think about those

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.340
 whom God has

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:29.039
 raised up to

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.519
 help provide

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.060
 leadership,

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.819
 especially among

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.200
 households, among

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.000
 families.

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.419
 And instead of

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:37.200
 the law, as we

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.799
 might think about

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.339
 the law, what

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.799
 law did they

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.039
 have?

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.359
 They had the

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.639
 law of the

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:41.859
 Lord.

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.039
 They had the

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.159
 law that came

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.859
 from God

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.220
 himself.

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.200
 That was to

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.519
 be their

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.940
 standard.

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.619
 That was to

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.159
 be in front

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.399
 of them.

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.859
 That was to

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:50.079
 help govern

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.240
 and guide their

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.960
 decisions that

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.339
 they made.

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.259
 We find

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.639
 throughout the

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.099
 rest of

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.940
 judges that

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.779
 God raises

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.179
 up family

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.500
 heads, family

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.940
 leaders.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.200
 And it

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.600
 shouldn't be a

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.240
 surprise to us,

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.740
 we see this

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.100
 pattern that

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:05.920
 throughout the

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.779
 book of Judges,

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.240
 almost every

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.900
 single tribe

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.600
 among the

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.080
 nation of

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.580
 Israel is

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:11.960
 identified.

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.759
 Reuben and

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:16.019
 Gad are two

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.920
 tribes on the

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.600
 eastern side of

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.060
 the Jordan

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.340
 River.

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.840
 So they won't

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.820
 have representation.

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.299
 But Otnihel,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.620
 he's from Judah.

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.320
 Ehud, which

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.539
 we're going to

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.120
 look at next,

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.680
 he's from

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.100
 Benjamin.

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:28.959
 Deborah is

00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.719
 from Ephraim.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.819
 Barak is

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.719
 from Naphtali.

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:33.039
 Gideon is

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.899
 from Manasseh.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.119
 Tola is

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.939
 from Issachar.

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.179
 Elon is

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.240
 from Zebulun.

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.299
 And Samson is

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.939
 from the tribe

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.359
 of Dan.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.939
 At least

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.759
 eight different

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.480
 tribes are

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.079
 represented,

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.599
 which helps to

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.819
 reinforce the

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.740
 pattern that

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.899
 God delights

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.859
 in raising up

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.899
 leaders who

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.559
 are committed

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.559
 to his word

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.339
 and who

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.639
 stand as

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.299
 those who

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.000
 represent

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.960
 well their

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.419
 families,

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.460
 who lead

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.259
 their families

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.940
 well.

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.299
 And so it

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.720
 shouldn't be a

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.539
 surprise to us

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:07.099
 as we make

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.799
 our way into

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.500
 the New Testament

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.200
 and we continue

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.799
 to see the

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.339
 pattern that

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.960
 God has set

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.839
 in raising

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.659
 up leaders.

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.700
 What is one

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.000
 of the main

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.039
 qualifications for

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.399
 leaders?

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.419
 Elders?

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.240
 Shepherds?

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.960
 Pastors?

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.720
 Well,

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.139
 1 Timothy 3

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.299
 says they need

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.659
 to manage

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.059
 their house

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.279
 well.

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.980
 Household

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.279
 leaders.

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.579
 And I could

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.419
 spend a lot

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:28.839
 of time on

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.079
 this.

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.519
 We find this

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.039
 going all the

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.319
 way from

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:32.299
 numbers to

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.119
 exodus and

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.319
 continuing on

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.619
 through.

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.000
 Family heads

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:38.039
 that God

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.319
 raises up to

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.700
 exercise leadership

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.799
 among his

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.079
 people.

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.579
 It should be a

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.659
 comfort to

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.000
 us.

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.099
 It should be

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.139
 also a

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.899
 challenge to

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.980
 us about the

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.279
 importance of

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.740
 leading our

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.519
 houses well

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.980
 under the

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.259
 word of

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.500
 God.

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.500
 So salvation

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.160
 comes from

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.500
 the Lord.

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.299
 And salvation

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.240
 comes when a

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.140
 people cry out

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.460
 to him.

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.480
 But now we

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.079
 turn to this

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:03.299
 story of

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.759
 Ehud.

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.299
 And we're

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.660
 going to see

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.299
 that salvation

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.160
 will also come

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.319
 in spite of

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.940
 imperfect

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.900
 deliverers.

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.180
 It will come

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.839
 in spite of

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.180
 imperfect

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.680
 deliverers.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.339
 We see that

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.519
 beginning in

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.140
 verse 12.

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.319
 It says,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.660
 And the

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.180
 people of

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.339
 Israel again

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.140
 did what was

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.720
 evil in the

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.039
 sight of the

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.299
 Lord.

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.019
 And the

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.900
 Lord strengthened

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.640
 Eglon,

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.180
 the king of

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.560
 Moab,

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.380
 against Israel

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.400
 because they

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.860
 had done what

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.620
 was evil in

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:25.940
 the sight of

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.240
 the Lord.

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.540
 He gathered

00:29:27.540 --> 00:29:28.340
 to himself the

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.020
 Ammonites and

00:29:29.020 --> 00:29:29.780
 the Amlekites

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:30.840
 and went and

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.620
 defeated Israel.

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.640
 And they took

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.400
 possession of

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.860
 the city of

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.320
 the palms.

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.060
 And the

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.520
 people of

00:29:35.520 --> 00:29:36.200
 Israel served

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.780
 Eglon,

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.680
 the king of

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.140
 Moab,

00:29:38.540 --> 00:29:39.259
 18 years.

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.440
 We're going

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.680
 to see a

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.080
 number of

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:42.080
 things throughout

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:43.400
 these next

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.940
 several verses

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.840
 and I trust

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.259
 to be able to

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.700
 cover them

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.280
 briefly.

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.040
 But we're

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:47.400
 going to see

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.000
 how God

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.220
 works in

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.080
 spite of

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.759
 what we might

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.279
 expect.

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.879
 He does

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.359
 that for a

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.619
 reason.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.900
 He wants

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.240
 to draw

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.220
 attention that

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.079
 salvation comes

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.599
 from him

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.200
 in him

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.519
 alone.

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.440
 It will

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.960
 come in

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.400
 spite of

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.539
 his

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.160
 deliverers,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.099
 not because

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.839
 of his

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.440
 deliverers.

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.759
 First we're

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.099
 going to see

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.680
 an unlikely

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.960
 king who

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.500
 conquers

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.940
 Israel.

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.119
 This

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:11.039
 unlikely

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.539
 king,

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.039
 his name

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.220
 is Eglon,

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.259
 king of

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.599
 Moab.

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.519
 And as I

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.900
 pointed to

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.099
 at the

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.579
 beginning of

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.920
 our time

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.319
 together,

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.740
 the Moabites

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.220
 were actually

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.680
 supposed to

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.059
 be living

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.839
 in harmony

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.839
 among God's

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.360
 people because

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.039
 they kind

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.440
 of shared

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.980
 a family

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.660
 relationship.

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.539
 Abraham's

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.980
 nephew,

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.500
 Lot,

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.140
 and Lot's

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.600
 son,

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.420
 Moab,

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.559
 there was

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.600
 a family

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.660
 relationship.

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.220
 And so

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.839
 when God

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.600
 had the

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.259
 people of

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.779
 Israel go

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.600
 through this

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.559
 place,

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.480
 he said,

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.980
 don't touch

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.559
 the people of

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.860
 Moab.

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:43.900
 Leave them

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.240
 alone.

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.819
 They're part

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.019
 of the

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.360
 family.

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.720
 And so

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.519
 here Eglon

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.279
 comes to

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.700
 the forefront.

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.059
 And we've

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.599
 seen this

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.279
 cycle over

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.619
 and over

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:52.900
 again,

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.379
 this cycle

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.119
 of wickedness.

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.720
 And the

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.579
 Lord strengthens

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.059
 their enemy.

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.519
 And here

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.859
 we are.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.839
 God is

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.299
 the one,

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.799
 notice,

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.819
 God is

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.299
 the one

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.799
 who strengthens

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.500
 Eglon.

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.119
 God is

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.400
 the one

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.940
 who raises

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.819
 up this

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.099
 heathen

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.339
 king.

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.379
 God's

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.619
 the one

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.279
 who empowers

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.839
 this king

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.960
 to execute

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.660
 punishment

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.519
 on his

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.839
 people.

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.139
 It's

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.700
 unexpected.

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.099
 And Eglon

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.539
 will come

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.900
 with his

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.559
 allies,

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.240
 the

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.819
 Ammonites,

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.119
 and they'll

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.579
 take the

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.319
 city of

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.759
 Palms.

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.419
 And the

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:19.859
 city of

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.299
 Palms is

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.720
 just the

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.059
 city of

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.460
 Jericho.

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:21.759
 It was

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.539
 a city

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.859
 that was

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:24.079
 800 miles

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.879
 below sea

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.159
 level.

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.639
 It was

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:25.919
 in this

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.339
 fertile,

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.799
 lush,

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.759
 fertile valley.

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.319
 It was

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.980
 known for

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.679
 its produce.

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.039
 And so

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.679
 that's where

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.759
 Eglon

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.720
 would reside

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.539
 for 18

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.919
 years.

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.440
 As I

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.679
 said,

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.399
 Moab sits

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.940
 to the

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.940
 east of

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.279
 the Jordan

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.599
 River,

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.319
 right next

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.539
 to the

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.019
 Dead Sea.

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.500
 And

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.819
 although

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.740
 their

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.139
 narrator

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:46.159
 attributes

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.919
 Eglon

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.899
 as the

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.259
 one who

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.460
 had been

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.019
 raised up

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.559
 from God,

00:31:49.939 --> 00:31:50.399
 we don't

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.079
 see how

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.599
 Eglon

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.159
 in any

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.000
 part of

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.779
 this passage

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.819
 has any

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.339
 interest

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.159
 in serving

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.579
 God at

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.779
 all.

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:58.919
 And

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.139
 although

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.899
 the narrator

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.579
 attributes

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.839
 Eglon's

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.599
 rise to

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.200
 Yahweh,

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.960
 we recognize

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.559
 that he's

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.079
 operating

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.839
 independently

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.720
 of God

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.179
 himself.

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.259
 And for

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.659
 all of

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.200
 Eglon's

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.759
 achievements,

00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:11.980
 the character,

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.779
 excuse me,

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.940
 the narrator

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.799
 will characterize

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.359
 Eglon

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.299
 not only

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.879
 for his

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.299
 physical

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.759
 appearance,

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.359
 but also

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.680
 for his

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.519
 stupidity.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.039
 We find

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.519
 repeated

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.059
 references.

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.259
 Eglon

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.319
 is the

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.700
 name.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.200
 Eglon

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.019
 means bull

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.579
 or it

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.440
 means calf.

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.700
 It also

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.680
 means to

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.259
 be round

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.139
 or rotund.

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.839
 So when

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.779
 we come

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.119
 to verse

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.639
 17,

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.200
 it shouldn't

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.420
 be a

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.920
 surprise to

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.079
 us.

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.539
 We see,

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.519
 now Eglon

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.920
 was a

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.000
 very fat

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.539
 man.

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:44.200
 he's a

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.579
 man who

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.859
 is maybe

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.139
 fattened for

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.639
 the slaughter

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.119
 as we're

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.279
 going to

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.859
 see in

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.319
 our story.

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.680
 It's clear

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.279
 that Eglon

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.460
 loves luxury.

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.700
 Instead of

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.619
 centering his

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.259
 kingdom in

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.740
 Moab,

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.519
 he has

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.000
 centered his

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.480
 kingdom in

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.839
 the fertile

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.759
 valley there

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.619
 in the

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.180
 plains.

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.559
 He's also

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.940
 one,

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.259
 we're going

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.619
 to see,

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.799
 who succumbs

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.799
 to deception,

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.700
 succumbs to

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.180
 trickery.

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.819
 He lets

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.359
 his guard

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.759
 down and

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.619
 because he

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.079
 lets his

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.579
 guard down,

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:13.019
 he is

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:14.720
 executed by

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.700
 Ehud.

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.720
 So this

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:18.200
 unlikely king.

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.140
 Next we're

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.420
 going to see

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.680
 in verse

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.059
 15,

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.759
 this unlikely

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.700
 hero is

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.119
 raised up

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.379
 by the

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.579
 Lord.

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.839
 Judges

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.539
 chapter 3

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.039
 verse 15

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.339
 says,

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.660
 Then the

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.559
 people of

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.200
 Israel cried

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.599
 out to

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:27.980
 the Lord,

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.640
 and the

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.200
 Lord raised

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.640
 up for

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:29.960
 them a

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.879
 deliverer.

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.559
 Ehud,

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:31.940
 the son

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.400
 of Gerah,

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.660
 the Benjamite,

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.700
 a left-handed

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.099
 man,

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.359
 the people

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.900
 of Israel

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.640
 sent tribute

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.660
 by him

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.580
 to Eglon,

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.800
 king of

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.200
 Moab.

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.640
 The

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.240
 deliverer is

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.380
 identified by

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.920
 his name,

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.460
 Ehud.

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.759
 We find

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:48.040
 that Ehud

00:33:48.040 --> 00:33:49.240
 is left-handed.

00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.640
 This is the

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.640
 divine response

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.980
 of the Lord's

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.140
 cry to

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.779
 raise up

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.460
 a judge.

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.540
 Ehud

00:33:56.540 --> 00:33:56.800
 is the

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:57.080
 guy.

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.480
 Ehud

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.600
 is God's

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.600
 gracious gift

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.360
 to his

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.700
 people.

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.460
 But we

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.720
 find in

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.440
 this

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.400
 narrative,

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.279
 we find

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.099
 Benjamin,

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.139
 who is

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.380
 son of

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.059
 the right

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.539
 hand,

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.240
 and here

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:14.840
 Ehud

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.360
 is a

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.000
 Benjamite,

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.820
 and he's

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.519
 left-handed.

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.360
 The Lord

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.260
 is using

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:22.619
 some

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.460
 contrast to

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.820
 help us

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.380
 recognize

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.760
 that he

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.199
 is the

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.599
 one who

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.059
 is bringing

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.820
 victory.

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.800
 He is

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.240
 the one

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.780
 who will

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.220
 save,

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.360
 this unlikely

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.699
 hero.

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.820
 Then we

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.360
 turn to an

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.179
 unlikely victory

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.799
 that's given

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.919
 in verses

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:36.440
 16 to

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.859
 23.

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.000
 Ehud

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.399
 made for

00:34:38.399 --> 00:34:38.940
 himself a

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.399
 sword with

00:34:39.399 --> 00:34:40.500
 two edges,

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.679
 a cubit in

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:41.960
 length,

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.379
 which is about

00:34:42.379 --> 00:34:43.399
 a foot and

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:43.839
 a half.

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.739
 He bound

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.359
 it on his

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:46.079
 right thigh

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.519
 under his

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.960
 clothes.

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.000
 He presented

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.699
 tribute to

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.139
 Eglon,

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.599
 king of

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.980
 Moab.

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.019
 Now,

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.539
 Eglon was

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.879
 a very

00:34:51.879 --> 00:34:52.619
 fat man,

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:53.719
 and when

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.139
 Ehud

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.899
 had finished

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.579
 presenting

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.079
 the tribute,

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.539
 he sent

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.419
 away the

00:34:57.419 --> 00:34:57.960
 people who

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.359
 carried the

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.619
 tribute.

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.779
 But he

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.139
 himself

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.839
 turned back

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.440
 at the

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.259
 idols near

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.000
 Gilgal and

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.259
 said,

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.879
 I have a

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.500
 secret message

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.860
 for you,

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.300
 O king.

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.300
 And he

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.700
 commanded

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.519
 silence,

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:08.200
 and all his

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:09.300
 attendants went

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.000
 out from his

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.420
 presence.

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.579
 Now,

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:11.900
 briefly,

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.260
 Ehud

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.619
 comes,

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.039
 he comes

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.320
 with a

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.640
 group of

00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:15.180
 individuals,

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.780
 he comes

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.039
 with an

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.599
 entourage,

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.220
 he comes

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.599
 to bring

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.019
 tribute,

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.740
 he brings

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:18.940
 these

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.440
 individuals,

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.140
 because likely

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.720
 it wasn't

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:22.119
 cash that

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.780
 was on hand,

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.800
 but bringing

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.860
 produce perhaps,

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.599
 bringing other

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.660
 goods to pay

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.200
 this tribute.

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:29.159
 he's coming

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.859
 to do what's

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.719
 necessary in

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.859
 order to

00:35:32.859 --> 00:35:34.239
 appease this

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:34.599
 king.

00:35:35.439 --> 00:35:36.179
 He is

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:37.559
 good enough

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.239
 at what he

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.739
 has done

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.519
 that he

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.379
 ushers his

00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:41.039
 attendants,

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:41.919
 and he goes

00:35:41.919 --> 00:35:43.019
 back with

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.699
 them after the

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.480
 tribute has

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.980
 been given,

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.399
 and we find

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:48.759
 that he

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.419
 returns.

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.679
 He returns,

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.699
 in verse 19,

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:55.539
 back to the

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.939
 king,

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.720
 king Eglon,

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.519
 and he

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.900
 says,

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.760
 I have a

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.139
 word for

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.340
 you,

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.519
 I have a

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.480
 message for

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.740
 you.

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.039
 Now this

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.360
 word,

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.760
 deber,

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.460
 this Hebrew

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.000
 word,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.380
 deber,

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.019
 can either

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.320
 be,

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.079
 I have a

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.840
 message for

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:07.980
 you,

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.280
 or I have

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.639
 a word

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.119
 for you,

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:09.860
 it can

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.300
 also be

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.820
 translated,

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.579
 a thing

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.099
 for you,

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.920
 I have an

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.579
 object for

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.760
 you,

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.320
 I have an

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.820
 experience

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.400
 for you.

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.780
 In other

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.059
 words,

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.220
 I've got a

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:19.340
 surprise for

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.619
 you.

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.000
 Perhaps

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:25.539
 when king

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.920
 Eglon

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.019
 hears this,

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.480
 he thinks,

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.820
 ah,

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.360
 an additional

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.760
 gift,

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.860
 or a

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.740
 special word

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:33.079
 from this

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.840
 man.

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:35.900
 And

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.139
 Eglon

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.059
 presents this

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.659
 tribute to

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.360
 Eglon at

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.740
 the bottom

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.039
 of the

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.380
 stairs,

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.599
 and he

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.920
 cleverly gets

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.639
 the king in

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.200
 a vulnerable

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.680
 position.

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.740
 He says,

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.180
 I have this

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.180
 secret word

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.639
 for you,

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.320
 and so the

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.059
 king removes

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.659
 his attendance,

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.320
 he puts

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.960
 himself in a

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.380
 place of

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.860
 vulnerability

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:53.559
 that Eglon

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.199
 will capitalize

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.719
 on,

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.259
 and he

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:57.779
 then reiterates,

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.539
 not only do I

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.000
 have a message

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.380
 for you,

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.940
 but I have a

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.940
 message from

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.400
 God,

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.900
 and then he

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.440
 rushes up the

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.820
 stairs,

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.139
 he uses this

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.699
 two-edged

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.219
 sword,

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:06.960
 and he

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.719
 pierces

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:09.099
 Eglon right

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.659
 through the

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.340
 stomach,

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.719
 and we find

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.619
 that it goes

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.179
 all the way

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.699
 up to

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.840
 his gut,

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.920
 it buries

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.599
 right in

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.420
 to the

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:17.820
 stomach

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.900
 of Eglon.

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.700
 the dagger

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:21.139
 has done

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.619
 his work,

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.940
 Ehud will

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.360
 escape,

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.119
 he leaves

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.119
 the couriers

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.200
 and attendants

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.760
 to the side,

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.820
 and he's able

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.360
 to make his

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.680
 getaway,

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.220
 we find in

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.780
 verse 24,

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.960
 when he had

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.240
 gone,

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.980
 the servants

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.420
 came,

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.160
 and when they

00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:33.840
 saw the doors

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.280
 of the roof

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.800
 chamber were

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.240
 locked,

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.880
 they thought,

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:37.019
 surely he's

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.820
 relieving himself

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.360
 in the closet

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.720
 of the cool

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.059
 chamber,

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.500
 and when they

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.059
 waited until

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.360
 they were

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.960
 embarrassed,

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:44.059
 but when he

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.619
 still had not

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.260
 opened the

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.940
 doors of the

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.440
 roof chamber,

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.400
 they took the

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.639
 key and opened

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.960
 them,

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.500
 and there

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.500
 lay their

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.599
 Lord dead

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.359
 on the

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:52.599
 floor.

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.440
 It seems

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.859
 that having

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.319
 accomplished

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.920
 his mission,

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.719
 that Ehud

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.679
 then made

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.039
 his way,

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.440
 somehow,

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.059
 privately,

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.539
 he locks

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.980
 the doors

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.359
 from the

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.879
 inside,

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.579
 he makes

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.000
 his way,

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.440
 and God

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.480
 allows him

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.359
 to have

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:05.079
 his getaway.

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.960
 Verse 26,

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.699
 Ehud escaped

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.019
 while they

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.359
 delayed,

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.500
 he passed

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.960
 beyond the

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.779
 idols and

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.559
 escaped to

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.000
 Sarai,

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.199
 when he

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.579
 arrived,

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.059
 he sounded

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.480
 the trumpet

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.819
 in the hill

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.420
 country of

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.879
 Ephraim,

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.440
 then the

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.879
 people of

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.339
 Israel went

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.879
 down from

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:18.559
 him to

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.840
 the hill

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.279
 country,

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.380
 and he

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.659
 was their

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:20.880
 leader,

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.119
 and he

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.059
 said to

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.360
 them,

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.360
 follow after

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.719
 me,

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.199
 for the

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.099
 Lord has

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.719
 given your

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.199
 enemies,

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.960
 the Moabites,

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.719
 into your

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.019
 hand.

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:29.960
 So they

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.320
 went down

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.820
 after him

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.739
 and seized

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.239
 the fords

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.679
 of Jordan

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.659
 against the

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.159
 Moabites,

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.259
 and did not

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.880
 allow anyone

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.559
 to pass over.

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.679
 And they

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.119
 killed at

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.579
 that time

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.559
 about 10,000

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.219
 of the Moabites,

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.320
 all strong,

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.079
 able-bodied

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.380
 men,

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.799
 not a man

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.799
 was able to

00:38:44.799 --> 00:38:45.159
 escape.

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:46.799
 So Moab

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.539
 was subdued

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.179
 that day

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:49.119
 under the

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.460
 hand of

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.839
 Israel,

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.719
 and the

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.179
 land had

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:52.139
 rest for

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.719
 80 years.

00:38:53.879 --> 00:38:54.480
 We don't

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.079
 find much

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.559
 about

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:57.059
 Ehud in

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:58.839
 his posture

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.519
 towards the

00:38:59.519 --> 00:38:59.739
 Lord,

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:00.179
 except for

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.579
 this one

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.659
 statement that

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.159
 we find in

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.759
 verse 28,

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.480
 follow me,

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.279
 for the

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.599
 Lord has

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.639
 given your

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:07.039
 enemies into

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.719
 your hands.

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.739
 The rest of

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.519
 the story is

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:10.960
 conniving,

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:13.619
 scheming,

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.720
 the rest of

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.179
 the story

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.980
 shows kind

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.340
 of the

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.500
 darker side

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.800
 of what

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.039
 we're going

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.360
 to begin

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.880
 to see

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:20.000
 consistently

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.619
 through the

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.019
 judges,

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.340
 assorted

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.940
 kind of

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.260
 people,

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.780
 a polluted

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.260
 kind of

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.579
 people,

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.740
 people who

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.940
 were corrupted

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:28.340
 by the

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.519
 individuals that

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.880
 they lived

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.240
 alongside.

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.440
 And so even

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.960
 when a

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.519
 deliverance

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.139
 will come

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.860
 and God

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.440
 gives that

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.099
 deliverance,

00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:35.780
 you begin

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.240
 to wonder,

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:36.900
 is this

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.340
 really a

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.820
 deliverance

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.280
 that God

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.960
 gave because

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:41.220
 of a

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:41.559
 righteous

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.139
 judge,

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.420
 because of

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.199
 a life

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.460
 that was

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.000
 devoted to

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.220
 him?

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.260
 And of

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.579
 course the

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:46.920
 answer will

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.440
 be no,

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.099
 God gives

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:49.340
 deliverance

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.980
 in spite,

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.340
 in spite

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.980
 of his

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:54.199
 agents.

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.019
 You see,

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.260
 when Yahweh

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:57.159
 delivers,

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.220
 God

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:59.220
 delivers.

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.340
 It's the

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:02.139
 mercy of

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.460
 the Lord.

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.840
 Judges are

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.260
 meant to

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.800
 point not

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.340
 to the

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.720
 judge

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.980
 themselves,

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.019
 but they're

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.659
 to point to

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.240
 the great

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:09.599
 judge.

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.619
 God

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.079
 himself,

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.720
 the one

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.780
 who graciously

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.199
 gives

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.800
 deliverance.

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:14.980
 And finally,

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.320
 and briefly,

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.679
 we look at

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.340
 an unlikely

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.639
 foreigner who

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.240
 is used by

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.800
 the Lord in

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:21.420
 verse 31.

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.139
 An unlikely

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.639
 foreigner.

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:24.960
 Judges

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.480
 chapter 3

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.099
 verse 31

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.360
 says,

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.860
 After him

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.539
 was Shemgar,

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.519
 the son of

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.000
 Anath,

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:29.840
 who killed

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.679
 600 of the

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.240
 Philistines

00:40:31.240 --> 00:40:31.980
 with an ox

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.340
 goad,

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.500
 and he also

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.840
 saved Israel.

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.179
 Now,

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.579
 there are

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.119
 several things

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.340
 that are

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.980
 missing in

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.619
 this narrative.

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:38.920
 It's a

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:40.099
 pretty short

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:41.599
 description of

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.039
 what's taken

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.559
 place.

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.599
 But we

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:45.319
 can begin

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:46.579
 to see

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.420
 the mercy

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.920
 of God

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.460
 that's written

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.099
 across the

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.440
 pages,

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.319
 even in

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:50.699
 this very

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.279
 short verse.

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.400
 You see,

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.219
 Shemgar is

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.559
 not a

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.159
 Hebrew name.

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.019
 Shemgar is

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:57.119
 a Canaanite

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.380
 name.

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.799
 And while it

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.339
 says he's

00:40:59.339 --> 00:41:00.099
 the son

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:01.159
 of Anath,

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:02.579
 it's probably

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:04.079
 better to

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.799
 see him

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.779
 as one who

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.900
 was dedicated

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.780
 to the

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.780
 service of

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:09.160
 Anath.

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.300
 He was

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.960
 not a

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.620
 follower of

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:11.980
 Yahweh.

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:12.580
 He was

00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:12.920
 not a

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.460
 follower of

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.720
 God.

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.360
 He wasn't

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.780
 even a

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:16.060
 part of

00:41:16.060 --> 00:41:16.640
 Israel.

00:41:17.040 --> 00:41:17.460
 But God

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.160
 used him

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.600
 anyway.

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.940
 History will

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:24.400
 record this

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:25.519
 man,

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.240
 Shemgar,

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.700
 as an

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.740
 officer of

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.480
 the command

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.160
 of the

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.519
 Egyptian

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:29.960
 Pharaoh.

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.519
 He's

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:33.400
 not intentionally

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:34.740
 serving Israel's

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.879
 purpose, but

00:41:35.879 --> 00:41:36.699
 God uses him

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.579
 in spite of

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:38.079
 his intentions.

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.500
 In this

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:41.199
 event, in

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.699
 spite of his

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.939
 personal heroics,

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.439
 God uses

00:41:44.439 --> 00:41:46.279
 him to

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:47.159
 deliver Israel

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:49.679
 in spite of

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:51.039
 his background.

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:51.759
 He's a

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.139
 Philistine.

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:54.359
 He's killing

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:55.099
 the Philistines

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:56.679
 on behalf of

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:56.939
 the Lord

00:41:56.939 --> 00:41:58.539
 himself.

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.959
 This

00:41:59.959 --> 00:42:01.099
 instrument that

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.739
 he uses, he

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.699
 uses this ox

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.439
 goat, which

00:42:03.439 --> 00:42:04.299
 is just a

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.400
 stick with

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:06.580
 an iron tip

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:06.820
 at the

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:07.100
 front.

00:42:08.560 --> 00:42:08.880
 And even

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:10.560
 in his

00:42:10.560 --> 00:42:11.240
 exploits of

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:12.019
 killing 600

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:14.240
 men, this

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:15.019
 foreigner is

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.720
 used in a

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.640
 way that

00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:18.760
 points only

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.340
 to the Lord

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:20.140
 himself, only

00:42:20.140 --> 00:42:20.860
 to God in

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.640
 his saving

00:42:21.640 --> 00:42:23.000
 work over

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.480
 his people.

00:42:24.600 --> 00:42:24.960
 You see,

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.680
 God delights

00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:27.160
 in rescue.

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.640
 He delights

00:42:28.640 --> 00:42:29.140
 in saving

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:29.660
 his people.

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.580
 He saves in

00:42:31.580 --> 00:42:32.860
 spite of our

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.180
 rebellion.

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.500
 He saves in

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.059
 spite of

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.399
 our

00:42:35.399 --> 00:42:37.480
 forgetting.

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:39.079
 He saves in

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:40.500
 spite of

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:42.000
 our wickedness.

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.279
 But he saves

00:42:43.279 --> 00:42:44.079
 because of

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.399
 his son,

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:44.719
 Jesus.

00:42:46.259 --> 00:42:46.699
 I wonder

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.179
 this morning,

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:47.759
 do you know?

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:48.579
 Do you know

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.179
 the Lord Jesus?

00:42:49.899 --> 00:42:50.619
 Do you recognize

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.460
 that you are in

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:52.519
 need of saving?

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.179
 Do you recognize

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:54.199
 that you're in

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:55.259
 need of deliverance?

00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.739
 Have you come

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:57.079
 to a place of

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.919
 recognizing your

00:42:57.919 --> 00:42:59.239
 sin, asking

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.679
 the Lord to

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.239
 forgive you,

00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:02.039
 and experiencing

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 the benefits

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 of rescue

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 that happens

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 because of

00:43:06.339 --> 00:43:06.879
 Jesus Christ

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 himself?

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 Believe on

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 the Lord Jesus

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 Christ and you

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 will be saved.

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.479
 Let me pray.

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 Lord, thank you

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.939
 this morning

00:43:15.939 --> 00:43:17.839
 for the testimony

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 and the reminder

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 that you delight

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:21.419
 in saving in spite

00:43:21.419 --> 00:43:23.279
 of the frailties

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 of your people.

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 that even when

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.860
 we reject you,

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.519
 even when we

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.260
 forget you,

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:31.120
 even when we

00:43:31.120 --> 00:43:32.760
 willingly serve

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:34.860
 the bales

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.680
 and the astras,

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.320
 as it were,

00:43:37.160 --> 00:43:38.100
 you delight

00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:39.519
 in extending

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 the offer

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 of forgiveness

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 through your

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.260
 son, Jesus Christ.

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 And I pray,

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.740
 Lord, this morning

00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:45.340
 if there's anyone

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 that does not know

00:43:46.120 --> 00:43:46.620
 you as their

00:43:46.620 --> 00:43:46.900
 savior,

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.559
 that you would

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.559
 address

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:51.360
 that sin

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:51.940
 in their life

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:53.119
 and remind them

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 of the wonder

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 of the mercy

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 that comes

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.639
 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.280
 and that you

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.760
 would lead them

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.340
 to salvation.

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:01.220
 We pray in Jesus'

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.579
 name.

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 Amen.