WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.080 Groundhog Day is an obscure tradition in North America. 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:05.400 It's in little parts of North America. 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:06.820 It's not right across North America. 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:13.080 It was popularized by the 1993 movie which starred Bill Murray. 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:18.820 It's celebrated on the 2nd of February when the groundhog, 00:00:18.940 --> 00:00:21.219 which is really just this furry creature thing, 00:00:21.699 --> 00:00:24.539 comes out of its hole from hibernation. 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:31.019 And if the animal sees a shadow, that is if the weather is sunny, 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:36.500 it goes back into its hole because there's six more weeks of winter weather to come. 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:40.200 If not, apparently spring's coming early. 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.679 No scientific fact to it, but a good reason for a party, I suspect. 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.320 Now, Groundhog Day also describes a situation 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:58.219 in which a series of unwelcome or tedious events 00:00:58.219 --> 00:01:03.100 to reappear again and again and again in exactly the same way. 00:01:03.820 --> 00:01:07.900 And that's what you feel when you put up the book of Judges 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:11.359 and as you read through it, it's like, oh, here we go again. 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:15.280 We're back into the same cycle again. 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:20.120 And that's what we're going to see as we launch into Judges. 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:26.460 We have this depressing and this familiar cycle in chapter 10, verse 6. 00:01:27.020 --> 00:01:32.020 Again, the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord 00:01:32.020 --> 00:01:36.700 and they served the Baals and the Ashtoreths 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:41.300 and the gods of Aram and the gods of Sidon, 00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:44.120 the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:46.360 and the gods of the Philistines. 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:54.379 So again, we have this picture of idolatry and slavery with Israel. 00:01:55.319 --> 00:02:00.879 The Baals and the Ashtoreths, they were the gods of the native Canaanites. 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:02.340 This is the land in which they're in. 00:02:02.460 --> 00:02:05.340 And so this is their native gods, their idols. 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:10.900 But notice there are other idols, other gods that are mentioned here as well. 00:02:10.900 --> 00:02:16.780 Notice that it says the gods of Aram, they weren't, these are not part of Canaan. 00:02:17.980 --> 00:02:20.659 This is Aram, they're up to the northwest. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.140 Sidon, they're up to the north. 00:02:24.640 --> 00:02:28.420 Moab and Ammon are to the east. 00:02:29.060 --> 00:02:32.080 And then the Philistines are to the south. 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:38.580 And all of these nations belonged outside of Canaan, 00:02:39.100 --> 00:02:43.520 but they came into Canaan to oppress the Israelites. 00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:48.620 Now, if you've been listening all the way through this series, 00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:55.700 then you will remember that in chapter 3, way back then, 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:58.759 we saw that Othniel, remember him? 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:07.619 He helped Israel out of its bind with the king of Aram. 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:12.859 Ehud, we all remember him because he's the guy stuck the sword in the fat guy. 00:03:14.419 --> 00:03:19.620 He was against the Ammonites and the Moabites. 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.879 And Shamgar, we just went straight over him. 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:26.159 He only got one verse, really, so we just missed him. 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:30.680 He helped Israel against the Philistines. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.460 And in chapter 5, it was Deborah against the Canaanites. 00:03:35.419 --> 00:03:43.259 So what we get here is that every time Israel worshipped the idols of a nation, 00:03:43.979 --> 00:03:47.960 that nation ended up oppressing Israel. 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:55.740 And this time, it's the God of the Ammonites and the Philistines. 00:03:56.200 --> 00:04:02.659 Verse 7 tells us that this is the consequence of them worshipping their gods. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:07.120 He, that's God, became angry with them. 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:13.340 He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites. 00:04:13.340 --> 00:04:19.939 This is the key idea here. 00:04:20.840 --> 00:04:24.379 Idolatry leads to enslavement. 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.560 And enslavement leads to idolatry. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.699 Now, that doesn't seem logical. 00:04:33.780 --> 00:04:34.819 Let's unpack that. 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:35.980 That does not seem logical. 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:47.540 You would think that once a nation like Israel was oppressed by these other nations, 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:54.540 Israel would hate the gods of the nations who they were worshipping that led them into slavery. 00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:59.640 They'd wake up one day and go, oh, we hate those gods. 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:01.439 They've not been good to us. 00:05:02.660 --> 00:05:03.980 But that's not the case. 00:05:05.060 --> 00:05:09.180 The Ammonites had oppressed Israel in chapter 3, verse 13. 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:17.000 And here is Israel serving their gods, which in turn leads to enslavement to the Ammonites once again. 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:29.879 Despite their pain and their misery, Israel continued to worship the same idols that brought them the pain and the misery. 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:32.660 It makes no sense. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:42.180 It is so easy to sit back here and look at the futility of Israel's behaviour. 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:45.899 What's wrong with you guys? 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:53.120 I wonder whether we can see ours in the same way. 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:57.680 Let me remind you of our definition of idolatry. 00:05:57.779 --> 00:06:02.899 You'll find it right there in the little, you know, fine print at the bottom of your service outline. 00:06:02.899 --> 00:06:11.779 Idolatry is taking a good aspect of creation, a gift from God, marriage, days at the beach, business, family, money, 00:06:12.179 --> 00:06:20.359 and turning it into the ultimate source of security, comfort, identity and power. 00:06:21.179 --> 00:06:25.839 It's taking a good thing and making it an ultimate thing. 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:34.639 I've given you a chart there on idolatry and a whole different bits of idolatry. 00:06:34.779 --> 00:06:41.620 Ripped it straight out of Tim Keller and his book, Gospel Driven Life. 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:43.979 It's really helpful. 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:56.300 The point here is that our hearts still assure us that when an idol leads to slavery and misery, 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.280 that we seem to think that we need more of that idol. 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:11.139 For instance, imagine someone who seeks value and purpose in relationship. 00:07:11.539 --> 00:07:15.959 That's where their real sense of worth is, is when they feel loved by someone else. 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:22.379 And they live that out by sacrificing everything in order to get into a marriage. 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:24.680 And that marriage fails. 00:07:25.100 --> 00:07:25.980 What happens then? 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:30.800 What normally happens, what we see in our world, 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:36.920 is that they think that what I need now is another relationship. 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:43.600 But what I need is a better relationship than the last one. 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:44.879 But I need another relationship. 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.319 And so the cycle repeats. 00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:52.079 Again and again and again. 00:07:52.379 --> 00:07:58.740 We don't seem to ever think that the issue is, in fact, idol worship. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:04.639 Our behavior tells us that the issue is not our worship of idols, 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.800 but that we are not worshiping the idol enough. 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:11.480 And that is Israel's behavior here. 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:17.319 Verse 7 tells us that God, in his settled anger at idolatry, 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.259 sold them into the hands of their enemies. 00:08:20.259 --> 00:08:23.620 That's a very strong phrase. 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:29.819 In fact, it's the strongest phrase so far of God's dealing with his people in the book of Judges. 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:34.259 You see, when you sell a car to another person, 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:39.480 it means that that new owner can do with it what they want to do with it. 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:41.700 It's theirs. 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:42.899 They can do with it. 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:45.180 You know, you might have caught it gertie or whatever. 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.460 You know, no longer does that apply. 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:51.899 It might have been your child, you know, extra member. 00:08:52.420 --> 00:08:54.940 You might have treated really well and washed it and polished. 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:57.000 Once they get it, it's theirs. 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:01.100 They can drive it into another car if they want. 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:02.399 They can do whatever they want. 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:03.480 You no longer own it. 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:09.519 Now, we know from the history of God dealing with these rebellious people 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:15.580 that this doesn't mean that God had abandoned them or canceled his promises to them. 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:20.320 It does mean that he stopped protecting them 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:26.060 so that the things that they chose to serve began to dominate them. 00:09:26.059 --> 00:09:34.679 And in fact, in Romans chapter 1, verses 23 to 25, 00:09:35.259 --> 00:09:40.139 is a passage that really has the same idea. 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:47.179 It speaks of people who exchange the glory of the immortal God 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:53.959 for images made to look like mortal human beings and birds and animals and reptiles. 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:58.420 That is, it's a description of idolatry. 00:09:59.280 --> 00:10:01.820 Reject a God, create our own gods. 00:10:02.800 --> 00:10:04.060 And what was the result? 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:08.759 The very next verse, Romans 1, 24, 00:10:09.160 --> 00:10:15.240 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts. 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:17.019 He let them do it. 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.420 He abandoned them to their desires. 00:10:19.419 --> 00:10:27.120 And the phrase desires of the heart means to have an overwhelming desire, 00:10:27.319 --> 00:10:32.519 drive, an uncontrollable and therefore an enslaving desire. 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:39.279 For God to give them over means that he has allowed the things 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.259 for which they have put their hope, 00:10:41.599 --> 00:10:43.480 things for which are not God, 00:10:43.620 --> 00:10:47.559 to become the ruling powers of their lives. 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:51.459 And in fact, Romans 1 describes all of humanity. 00:10:53.859 --> 00:11:00.479 Once God gave them over because of their idolatry in Romans 1, 24, 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:03.219 what's the next thing that happens? 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:06.079 Romans 25, 1, 25, 00:11:06.619 --> 00:11:10.059 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:15.119 and they worshipped and served created things rather than the creator. 00:11:15.859 --> 00:11:21.079 The judgment for idolatry is more idolatry. 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.579 Idolatry and slavery go hand in hand. 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:32.399 Idolatry leads to slavery and slavery to idolatry. 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:35.339 Let's take money for an example. 00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:37.220 God says to us, 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.660 If you live for money instead of me, 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:43.660 then money will rule your life. 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:47.120 Money will control your life. 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:48.360 It will control your heart. 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:49.899 It will control your emotions. 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.960 It will enslave you. 00:11:54.060 --> 00:11:58.080 And what you think is the answer to that solution 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.200 is I just need to have a bit more 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:02.560 and then it won't control me. 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:07.419 Then I will have freedom if I have a bit more 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:09.679 and then a bit more and a bit more. 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:11.019 Then I'll have freedom. 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:15.039 Idolatry leads to enslavement 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.039 and enslavement to more idolatry. 00:12:18.339 --> 00:12:19.039 Or popularity. 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:21.819 If you want to live for popularity instead of me, 00:12:21.959 --> 00:12:22.579 God says, 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:23.799 then popular came 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.000 and social media lacks 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.519 will rule you and control you. 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.519 And there has been some awful scenarios in recently 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.519 in the media where we've seen 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.159 that people have been controlled 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.860 by social media likes. 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:41.319 Even death. 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.480 God says, 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.960 If you want another God besides me, 00:12:47.059 --> 00:12:47.519 go ahead. 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:51.419 Let's see how merciful it is to you, 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:54.600 how effective it is at saving you 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:55.539 and guiding you 00:12:55.539 --> 00:12:56.720 and enlightening you 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.740 and affirming you. 00:12:57.740 --> 00:13:01.240 It will control you 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.180 and it will make you sacrifice everything for it 00:13:05.180 --> 00:13:07.700 and it will make you miserable. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:10.899 Idolatry and slavery go hand in hand. 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:17.199 And so in verse 8, 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:22.399 it tells us that Israel's oppression 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:24.939 was the worst oppression to date. 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:27.600 And the sad thing here is 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:32.819 that the way Israel treated their idols 00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:36.019 was the way they treated their God as well. 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:40.159 They treated God like one of their idols. 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:42.179 Worst oppression yet, 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.819 the Philistines, 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:43.500 the Ammonites, 00:13:43.579 --> 00:13:43.899 it says, 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:46.419 shattered and crushed them. 00:13:46.939 --> 00:13:48.199 For 18 years, 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:50.199 they oppressed all the Israelites 00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:51.980 on the east side of the Jordan 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:53.360 in Gilead, 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:55.519 the land of the Amorites. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.319 And again, 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:58.639 Israel cries out to God. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.279 Verse 10, 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.879 We have sinned against you, 00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:02.759 forsaking our God 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.899 and serving the Baals. 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:07.139 And what we see here 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:09.439 is that God doesn't immediately forgive them 00:14:09.439 --> 00:14:11.159 or He doesn't jump in 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:12.120 and solve their problem. 00:14:12.439 --> 00:14:13.419 In chapter 6, 00:14:13.579 --> 00:14:15.699 when the people cry out to God, 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:18.699 He sent them a really stern warning. 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:20.759 And here, 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:24.460 the warning's a little bit harder as well. 00:14:25.579 --> 00:14:27.360 They have consistently 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:29.699 turned their backs on God 00:14:29.699 --> 00:14:33.059 and He has consistently saved them. 00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:34.779 And this time, 00:14:34.939 --> 00:14:36.919 we get the crushing line 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:38.599 in verse 13. 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:42.099 I will no longer save you. 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:46.059 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.699 Let them save you 00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:48.939 when you're in trouble. 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:55.500 Despite a confession of sin, 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:59.100 God has heard this song 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.299 and this dance before. 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:02.960 Israel's sin, 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:05.120 as we've seen, 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.500 as judges progresses 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:08.419 and we'll see the next couple of weeks, 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.299 Israel's sin is not so much a cycle 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:13.299 as it is a plunge. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.179 It's like a ball gathering momentum. 00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:19.779 It's just a plunge. 00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:22.939 And it is a sheer tragedy 00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:26.019 when people become so accustomed 00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:28.480 to the mercy of God 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.659 that they end up despising it. 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.500 Even, 00:15:33.579 --> 00:15:34.459 and especially, 00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:36.980 in the act of seeking His mercy. 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:39.860 They just despise His mercy. 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.220 Again, 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:42.539 here, 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:44.100 Israel is sorry 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.339 for the consequence 00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:46.939 of their sin 00:15:46.939 --> 00:15:48.679 rather than the sin itself. 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:51.059 They are turning 00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:53.139 from idolatry 00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:56.100 in idolatrous ways. 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.100 They are treating God 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.980 like this great, 00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.720 warm, 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.839 vending machine 00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:05.799 in the sky 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:07.459 into which you need 00:16:07.459 --> 00:16:09.459 to just drop a token or two, 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:13.720 one or two tokens of repentance 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.480 and He will spit out 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:18.579 the thing that I really want 00:16:18.579 --> 00:16:19.579 which is relief 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:22.460 from my troubles. 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:25.000 That's what I really want. 00:16:25.280 --> 00:16:26.240 I want relief. 00:16:29.300 --> 00:16:31.340 How often do we treat God 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.020 like that? 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:36.379 I remember doing this so much 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:38.120 before I was a Christian 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:40.620 and especially whenever I knew 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.600 that I was going to need help. 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.720 So exam times, 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:42.940 you know, 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.860 exams are coming up 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:46.879 and so in those moments, 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.940 pray to God. 00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.159 Sorry, 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.899 I've been rejecting you 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:49.440 a bit lately 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.639 but if you can help me here, 00:16:53.180 --> 00:16:53.460 you know, 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.320 it's going to be different 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:54.899 beyond this. 00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:56.419 So it's like treating God 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:57.500 like this vending machine, 00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.700 throwing some repentance, 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.320 acknowledgement, 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.080 haven't been kicking 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:01.919 the goals lately 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.139 but you help me in this exam 00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:05.500 and then we'll be fine. 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:07.359 So help me pass this exam 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:09.259 and I'd walk out of there 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:11.119 and I would pass the exam 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.399 most of the time 00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:14.440 and I'd go, 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.639 man, 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.500 I studied, 00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.079 you know, 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:19.059 I just ignored God 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:23.539 and I had this sense 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:24.879 that when I did that, 00:17:25.619 --> 00:17:27.299 for some strange reason, 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:29.159 I thought God was on my side 00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:30.539 in that exam room 00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:32.819 but not on anyone else's side. 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:34.099 The rest of the pagans, 00:17:34.179 --> 00:17:34.960 I bet you they didn't think 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.960 about praying to God, 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:36.759 you know, 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.439 helping with the exam 00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:39.179 so I've got a leg up here. 00:17:39.419 --> 00:17:41.000 I've definitely got a leg up 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.399 over the rest of these people 00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:44.059 because God's on my side. 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:47.220 I remember the time 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.220 that my attitude 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:50.279 struck home to me 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:52.819 was that I was always 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.919 trying to manipulate God 00:17:53.919 --> 00:17:55.139 to get on my side 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:56.819 when it was when I 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:58.819 was actually a Christian 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:01.179 and I was at Bible college 00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:04.559 and I remember 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:07.200 sitting down for an exam 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.720 and praying a similar thing, 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:10.079 God help me with the exam here 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:11.619 and then looking around, 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:14.039 God's on everyone's side here. 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:17.339 That's no help to me. 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:19.460 I really should have studied. 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.139 And Israel's here 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.899 trying to push the right buttons, 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:29.179 trying to make the right sacrifices 00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:31.039 in order to get God, 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.399 to manipulate God, 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.559 to exert power for them. 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:39.720 And God wants to shatter 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.700 those false views 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:44.359 that have been crafted of him. 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.119 He's not a Baal. 00:18:47.179 --> 00:18:48.379 He's not an Asherah pole. 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:50.339 Israel just assumed 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.879 that whenever things got bad, 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:55.220 they'd always just put the right things 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.039 in the slot machine 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.259 and they'd get God back. 00:18:57.259 --> 00:19:01.500 Now Israel seems to get their point. 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.599 They're requesting verse 15 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:06.299 is different than verse 10. 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.859 Have a look at it. 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:10.259 We have sinned. 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:13.019 Do with us 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:15.259 whatever you think best. 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.259 But please rescue us now. 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:21.819 Now that shows 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.819 at least an element 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.119 of a change of heart. 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:26.079 Before they were focused 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.920 on their condition, 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:28.019 on their comfort. 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:30.079 Now they admit 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.839 that God is under 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.359 no obligation whatsoever 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:34.980 to solve their problem for them. 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:38.400 It's like they're saying to God, 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.720 we want you 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.440 even if it means 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.799 we will keep suffering. 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.960 Although we'd rather not. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.960 It is much more 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.319 a sign of real faith. 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:57.000 You see, 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:58.259 if we say to God, 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.920 I want you 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:01.740 because I want 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.680 or I need you 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.299 to give me 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.599 this particular thing, 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:06.179 whatever it is, 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.240 we reveal 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.759 that that particular thing, 00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.719 whatever it is, 00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.879 is our 00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:13.279 ultimate 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:15.459 God. 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.639 Our ultimate hope. 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:19.219 Our ultimate sense of security. 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.879 God, you exist 00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:22.179 to give me 00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.959 this stuff. 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.199 That means that 00:20:24.199 --> 00:20:25.059 this stuff 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:26.319 is more important 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.240 than God. 00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:29.619 That's idolatry. 00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:33.419 Things like God, 00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:34.559 your job is to make me 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.000 happy. 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.599 God, 00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.659 your job is to 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:39.440 give me a family. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.359 God, 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:43.159 your job is to make 00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:44.000 the current family 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.500 I got better 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.240 than what it is. 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.559 When we say that, 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.480 we're saying, 00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:51.879 God, 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:54.579 you exist 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.059 to exert 00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.700 your power 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.480 to give me 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.339 what I want. 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.299 That's idolatry. 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:07.819 God's 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.399 God, 00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.579 God, 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.079 God, 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.159 God, 00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.879 God, 00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:13.099 and so God 00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:14.079 responds to his people 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.399 with mercy in verse 16. 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.779 He now 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.240 acts to save 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.980 Israel. 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.539 The Ammonite 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:23.220 and the Israelite camps are drawn up for battle. 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:25.839 The men of Gilead search for the person 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:27.440 who's going to lead them into the battle 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:29.659 and beyond the battle in verse 18. 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:32.519 And we're introduced to him in chapter 11, verse 1. 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:35.279 The new judge is now coming to the fore. 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:39.519 It says here, Jephna, the Gileadite, was a mighty warrior. 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:42.700 His father was Gilead. 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.960 His mother was a prostitute. 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:47.940 Gilead's wife also bore him sons. 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.899 And when they were grown up, 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:52.440 they drove Jephna away. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:56.259 You're not going to get any inheritance in our family, 00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:58.420 they said, because you're the son of another woman. 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.280 So Jephna fled from his brothers 00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:04.720 and settled in the land of Tob, 00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:08.660 where a gang of scoundrels gather around him 00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.920 and followed him. 00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:14.820 Now there's a, if you like, an unsurprising 00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:19.500 and at the same time surprising choice of a judge 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.500 with Jephna. 00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:24.160 Jephna, like Gideon before him, 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:26.000 is described as a mighty warrior. 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:29.339 It seems like brawling and stuff's his thing. 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.460 On the other hand, 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:35.279 he's the illegitimate son of a prostitute. 00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.859 He's been driven out from his home, 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:42.900 most likely as a young person by his half-brothers. 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:46.620 And then he's out there living in the wilderness 00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:49.300 and he surrounds himself with a band of robbers. 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.460 Jephna, as it turns out, 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.860 is into organized crime 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:54.600 and he's the crime boss. 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:57.080 And so he's the natural choice. 00:22:58.540 --> 00:23:00.360 He's a complete outcast. 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:04.100 He's a criminal from a broken home. 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:06.480 And despite all of that, 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:08.859 God chooses him to be the saviour. 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:12.659 And the leaders of Gilead go to him, 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:16.419 but Jephna was not so easily convinced. 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.219 Verse 7, 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:20.120 Didn't you hate me? 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.339 Aren't you the same guys who hate me? 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:26.200 You drove me out from my father's house. 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.980 Why do you come to me now when you're in trouble? 00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.640 Does that at all sound familiar? 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.200 There are so many similarities here 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.740 between the way Israel has treated their God 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:42.220 and the way that they are treating their judge, 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.839 their leader. 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:46.480 And so what Jephna wants to do here 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.220 is he, before he does anything, 00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.539 before he picks up any sword, 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.000 he resets the relationship 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:56.579 between the leader of God's people, 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:59.180 the judge, and the people. 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.120 Verse 8, 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.380 The elders of Gilead said to him, 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:04.599 Nevertheless, we are turning to you now. 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.039 Come with us to fight the Ammonites 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:09.480 and you will be head over all of us 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:11.279 who live in Gilead. 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:15.660 Then Jephna clarifies the point in verse 9. 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.980 Jephna answered, 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:20.380 Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.700 and the Lord gives them to me. 00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:23.140 Suppose we win. 00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:26.320 Will I really be your head? 00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:30.040 And the elders of Gilead replied, 00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:31.759 The Lord is our witness. 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:34.940 You will certainly do as, 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:37.420 we will certainly do as you say. 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:39.759 In other words, 00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:42.279 as we've seen already in this series, 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:46.460 rescue and rule are inseparable. 00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:49.300 If I'm your saviour, 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.800 I am also your ruler. 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.620 If you look to an idol 00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:59.680 to be your saviour and your hope, 00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:02.580 it will rule you. 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:05.259 You don't ask it to, 00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.759 it will, 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.839 because salvation 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:10.259 and rule go together. 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:14.159 If you look to God 00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.799 as your saviour and your hope, 00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:17.419 he will rule you. 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.079 And all of these judges 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:21.019 point us ultimately 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.740 to the greatest judge, 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.279 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:26.279 The way people treat Jesus 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:28.359 is the way that they are treating God. 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:32.779 It is impossible 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:34.839 to respect God 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:36.819 or to truly repent 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.399 without acknowledging 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:40.839 Jesus' rule over your life. 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.879 It's impossible. 00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:46.759 As I said earlier in this series, 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:49.479 Jesus cannot be your rescuer 00:25:49.479 --> 00:25:51.219 if he isn't your ruler. 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.479 And so, 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.539 here in the text, 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.839 the battle lines are drawn up, 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.399 but Jephthah doesn't go up 00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.299 to war immediately. 00:25:58.959 --> 00:26:00.299 Turns out that this guy 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:02.219 who's the crime boss 00:26:02.219 --> 00:26:02.959 actually happens 00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:04.339 with some negotiation skills. 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.019 And so, 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:07.279 his first option here 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:10.179 is to go for a peaceful resolution. 00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.979 Who would have thought? 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.039 The Ammonites 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.459 neither respond nor retreat. 00:26:15.719 --> 00:26:15.879 So, 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.299 diplomacy is exhausted, 00:26:17.479 --> 00:26:18.159 war is inevitable. 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.000 And once the spirit of the Lord 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.219 came on Jephthah 00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:22.819 in verse 29, 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:25.099 the outcome is certain. 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.879 The victory is won 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.000 before swords are even drawn. 00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.560 And then there's something 00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:34.540 terrible happens. 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:37.120 As Jephthah advances 00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.260 to meet the army, 00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:41.180 he makes this vow to God 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.300 in verse 30. 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:45.799 If you give the Ammonites 00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.819 into my hands, 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.319 whatever comes out 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.379 the door of my house 00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.019 to meet me 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.460 when I return in triumph 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:54.339 from the Ammonites 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:56.359 will be the Lord's. 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:58.639 and I will sacrifice it 00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.919 as a burnt offering. 00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:04.139 The Lord gives him his victory. 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.759 He returns home 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.939 as a victorious judge of Israel. 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.500 What should now follow 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.599 is the celebration 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.059 of the victory 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:16.279 and a time of peace. 00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.879 But instead, 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.159 we have verse 34. 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:21.540 When Jephthah returned 00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:23.180 to his home in Mizpah, 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.220 who should come out 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.080 to meet him 00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.519 but his daughter 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:29.340 dancing to the sound 00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.120 of timbrels. 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.420 She was an only child 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.240 except for her. 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.279 He had neither son 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.860 nor daughter. 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.820 And when he saw her, 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.259 he tore his clothes 00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.960 and he cried, 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.140 Oh no! 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.900 My daughter! 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:44.700 You have brought me down 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:46.920 and I am devastated. 00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.420 I have made a vow 00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.000 to the Lord 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.100 that I cannot break. 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:54.039 He is distraught 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.580 and yet at the same time 00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.620 he kind of hard blames 00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.620 his daughter for it. 00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.180 And his daughter 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.900 remarkably insists 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:05.820 that he keeps his vow to God. 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.700 After two months of mourning 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.519 with her friends, 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.440 she comes back 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.840 and Jephthah keeps his vow 00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:13.820 and he sacrifices her. 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:17.120 It's a terrible story. 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.000 In fact, 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.320 it's the worst so far 00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:22.880 in this terrible 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.120 section of Israel's history. 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.900 It's going to get worse 00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.759 in the next two weeks 00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:30.060 but up to now 00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.980 this is the worst. 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.200 And there is at least 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.519 three big questions here. 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.080 What did Jephthah 00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:38.220 actually promise 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.300 in his vow? 00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:42.519 Why did he promise it? 00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:45.019 And why did he keep 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.619 the promise? 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.259 Firstly, 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.799 some people have thought 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.319 that he just promised 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.039 to sacrifice 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.539 anything that came out 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.019 the door 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.919 and he was anticipating 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:58.299 an animal sacrifice. 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.980 He was expecting 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.599 the family dog 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.099 to run out 00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.859 or maybe the cat 00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.700 or something like that. 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:07.180 And there are, 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.759 and I'm not going to go 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.519 into all the details 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.860 of this 00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.960 but there's a multitude 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.460 of reasons 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.799 as to why 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.680 that's not the case. 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.660 They range from it 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.580 being unlikely 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.240 that animals 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.880 were first of all 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.380 even allowed 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.080 in the homes 00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:21.240 through to 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.059 if that was 00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.019 what he was thinking 00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.680 then he would never 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.819 have been distraught 00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.819 by his daughter 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.480 coming out. 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.700 He would have been 00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.340 waiting for the first 00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.240 animal to come out. 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.140 The reality is 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.380 Jephthah promised 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.299 to make a human 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.740 sacrifice to God 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:39.579 if he was victorious. 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.279 That was his promise. 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.200 It was a human sacrifice. 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.200 He was probably hoping 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.980 for a servant 00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.000 rather than his daughter. 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.099 Secondly, 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.120 why did he make 00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.759 that promise? 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.319 Deuteronomy 12 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.759 says that human sacrifice 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.140 is a detestable thing 00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.660 to God. 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.319 Jephthah would have 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.819 known that. 00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:01.419 God is so clear on it. 00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.579 Jephthah had 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.419 clearly been 00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:06.279 deeply desensitized 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.819 to the violence 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:09.240 and the atrocities 00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.519 of the pagan cultures 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.839 that surrounded him 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.359 and that he was 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.439 participating in. 00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.220 He's obviously 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.559 become desensitized. 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:17.339 It's such an awful 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.939 example 00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.939 of how 00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.939 believers 00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:21.559 in the one true God 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.179 who profess 00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.240 faith in him 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:25.259 hold to some 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.159 truth 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.400 but allowed 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.040 the world 00:30:28.040 --> 00:30:29.120 to squeeze 00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:31.000 them into 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.140 their own 00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.720 mold. 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.759 It's such an awful 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.860 example of 00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:42.160 churches right 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.960 throughout our world 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.900 who have the word 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.300 of God 00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:45.000 who knows what 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.040 God's word said 00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:47.460 and yet 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.660 allow the world 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.519 and its priorities 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.720 to squeeze the scriptures 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.200 out. 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:54.539 these days 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.559 it's more likely 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.539 as the church 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.980 as Christians 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.860 we're more likely 00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.980 to allow worldly 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.299 attitudes to sex 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.559 and money 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.880 come in 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:05.019 and live 00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.799 alongside 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:08.140 biblical truth. 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:12.680 in his culture 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.340 it was different. 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.640 But Jephna 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.259 wasn't just 00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.080 impacted by 00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:19.140 the moral codes 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.180 that surrounded him 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.820 he was also 00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.900 impacted by 00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.380 their 00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:24.660 idolatrous 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.380 works 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.300 righteousness. 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.460 Human sacrifice 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:31.300 is how 00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:32.720 all those 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.080 gods 00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.940 that surrounded 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.520 Canaan 00:31:34.520 --> 00:31:36.020 human sacrifice 00:31:36.020 --> 00:31:36.780 is how they 00:31:36.780 --> 00:31:37.740 would buy off 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.960 their pagan gods. 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.120 It's how 00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:43.240 it's the tokens 00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.839 that they would 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.559 put in 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.140 to the vending 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.579 machine 00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.339 to give God 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.980 to give them 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.140 what they wanted. 00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.120 Jephna 00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.579 thought 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.400 Israel's 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.900 God 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.920 needed to be 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.660 impressed 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.620 he needed 00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.440 to be bought 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.140 he needed 00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.220 to be controlled 00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.620 through a lavish 00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.559 gift 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.039 of human 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.819 sacrifice. 00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.579 And the 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.039 tragedy 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.700 is 00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.799 God 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.740 had already 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.419 decided 00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:09.500 to save 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:12.000 his sinful 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.579 people 00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.980 before he 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.740 even made 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.159 the vow 00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.759 to God. 00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:19.019 He'd already 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.299 decided to use 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.220 Jephna 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.059 as 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.779 his 00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.559 savior. 00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:28.039 So why 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.460 did he go 00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.119 through with it? 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.679 this is 00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:30.899 probably 00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.199 the more 00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:31.639 difficult 00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:33.279 thing 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.139 to look 00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.319 at 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.559 or to 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.979 answer 00:32:34.979 --> 00:32:35.679 it's 00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.399 hard 00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.000 to know 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:39.059 but 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.559 except to 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.899 say that 00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.119 he had 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.779 no concept 00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.059 of the 00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.359 God of 00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.759 grace. 00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.379 He 00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.779 sees 00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.339 God 00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.819 in the 00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.279 same 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.839 way 00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.639 as 00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.539 the 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.959 nations 00:32:48.959 --> 00:32:49.399 around 00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.719 them 00:32:49.719 --> 00:32:50.479 as 00:32:50.479 --> 00:32:50.639 all 00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:50.779 the 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:50.979 other 00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:51.419 pagan 00:32:51.419 --> 00:32:51.939 gods 00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.099 and 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.379 idols 00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.599 he 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:52.919 sees 00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.079 the 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.239 true 00:32:53.239 --> 00:32:53.479 living 00:32:53.479 --> 00:32:53.759 God 00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:53.899 in 00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.279 exactly 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.500 the 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.719 same 00:32:54.719 --> 00:32:55.099 way 00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.699 a 00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.159 being 00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.480 whose 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.919 favor 00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.219 has 00:32:57.219 --> 00:32:57.359 to 00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.579 be 00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.019 earned 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.659 through 00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.500 flattery 00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.740 and 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.079 lavish 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.859 sacrifices 00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:04.059 and 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.379 that's 00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.559 why 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.699 in 00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:04.879 this 00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.399 moment 00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.159 he 00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.699 can't 00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:06.939 just 00:33:06.939 --> 00:33:07.480 break 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.839 down 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.000 and 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.299 he's 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.559 distraught 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.019 he doesn't 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.559 just drop 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.879 on his 00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.219 knees 00:33:11.219 --> 00:33:11.799 and confess 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.099 his 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.539 error 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.299 and 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.179 repent 00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.139 and save 00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.359 his 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.719 daughter 00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:16.339 it's 00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.579 because 00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:16.779 he 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.119 simply 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.519 doesn't 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.879 trust 00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.099 this 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.480 God 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:21.240 that's 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.419 why 00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:21.619 he 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:21.919 goes 00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.219 through 00:33:22.219 --> 00:33:22.399 with 00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.519 it 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.799 because 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.179 he's 00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:23.719 trapped 00:33:23.719 --> 00:33:24.339 by 00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.599 his 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.419 mistrust 00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.619 of 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:25.819 this 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.279 God 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:29.939 it's 00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.139 like 00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.279 he 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.799 believes 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:30.980 that 00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.099 if 00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.219 he 00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:31.579 doesn't 00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.779 go 00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.039 through 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.240 with 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.399 it 00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.779 if 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:32.919 he 00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.240 doesn't 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.599 strike 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.839 his 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.199 daughter 00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.699 down 00:33:34.699 --> 00:33:35.339 this 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.639 God 00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:35.819 will 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.139 strike 00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.379 him 00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.699 down 00:33:36.699 --> 00:33:42.980 and 00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.199 this 00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.359 has 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.519 been 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.679 the 00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:43.939 problem 00:33:43.939 --> 00:33:44.219 for 00:33:44.219 --> 00:33:44.559 every 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.879 human 00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.279 being 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.919 ever 00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.259 since 00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.579 Adam 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:46.740 and 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.039 Eve 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:49.099 it's 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.259 our 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.740 problem 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.819 in 00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:50.939 the 00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.219 garden 00:33:51.219 --> 00:33:51.379 of 00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.579 Eden 00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.759 the 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:51.939 very 00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.299 first 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.740 line 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:52.899 that 00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.159 comes 00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.359 out 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.439 of 00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:53.619 the 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.179 serpent's 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.440 mountain 00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.880 Genesis 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.460 3 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:57.400 is to 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.120 cause 00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.660 human 00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.220 beings 00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.560 to 00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:01.320 disbelieve 00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.860 that God 00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.340 has their 00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.620 best 00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.080 interests 00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.240 at 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.600 heart 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.920 you 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.519 cannot 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.240 trust 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.620 this 00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.279 God 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:12.079 and 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.240 ever 00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.539 since 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.880 then 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.119 the 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.579 default 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.059 position 00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.260 of 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.440 our 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.780 heart 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:14.980 the 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.440 wiring 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.200 is 00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.420 to 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.780 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