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 Well, good evening and welcome to our service. Once again, it's good to be with you. I'm glad to see you all here in good time after I try to persuade you this morning at the close of the service to be here for 6pm.

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 But I'd forgotten that you were half past 6. At least it wasn't 7pm, which was, of course, the appointed time for the evening service, I believe, in decades past.

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 So, we are here to worship God and before we sing to the praise of God, let's read from Ephesians chapter 3 as our call to worship the Lord.

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 Ephesians 3 verse 20, the Apostle Paul writes,

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 Amen.

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 Well, let's sing to the glory of God.

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 Let's raise our voices as we sing Psalm 47.

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 The Sing Psalms rendering of Psalm 47 on page 62.

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 The tune is Walton.

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 All nations, clap your hands and shout.

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 Let joyful cries to God ring out.

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 How awesome is the Lord most high, great King who rules the earth throughout.

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 Let's stand and sing to the praise of God.

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 All nations, clap your hands and shout.

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 All nations, clap your hands and shout.

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 Let joyful cries to God ring out.

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 How awesome is the Lord most high, great King who rules the earth throughout.

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 He has such good beneath our feet.

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 The nations who are freeing our cause.

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 When blessings, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who are freeing our efforts, who

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 The trumpet sound

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 Sing praise, sing praise

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 To God, most high

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 To God, our King

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 Let his abound

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 For God is King

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 Of all the earth

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 Sing sounds of praise

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 To them alone

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 For whose the nations

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 Come on high

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 He sits upon this holy throne

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 The leaders of the nations

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 Come to yield themselves

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 To the heavens God

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 To him belong

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 The shields of earth

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 Exalted with the is the Lord

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 Let's draw near to God

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 Let's unite our hearts

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 In prayer

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 Our heavenly Father

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 Our great God and King

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 We praise you for your faithfulness

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 For your goodness and grace

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 We give thanks that you have

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 Brought us together

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 Together

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 Again

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 Under your word

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 And as we

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 Recognize its supreme authority

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 So we pray that we

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 Would live by it

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 Grant us to immerse ourselves

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 In it

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 And to see our need

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 Of turning the pages

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 Of scripture day by day

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 Being led

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 By the inspired word of God

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 In every aspect of our lives

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 We praise you for the blessings

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 Of the Lord's day

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 We thank you for this

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 The first day of the week

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 The Christian Sabbath

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 We praise you for the empty tomb

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 We give thanks for how the words

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 Of the Lord Jesus

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 Resonate with us

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 I am the resurrection

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 And the life

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 And so we gather in the name of

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 Our living exalted savior

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 The one who lives

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 And whoever lives

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 We praise you that he

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 He abolished death

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 And brought life

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 And immortality to light

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 Through the gospel

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 We thank you this evening

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 That in Jesus Christ

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 We have a great high priest

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 Like no other

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 We thank you that we have

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 In Jesus Christ

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 An advocate with the Father

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 A mediator

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 We have a glorious redeemer

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 And we praise you

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 Our Father in heaven

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 That we can draw near to you

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 Through the son of your love

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 Even in this moment

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 So anew we pray

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 That you would still our hearts

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 Take from us any distracting thoughts

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 So that nothing will hinder us

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 From worshipping you

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 The only living and true God

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 We pray that you would take from us

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 Any anxious thoughts

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 We might have

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 For your word exhorts us

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 To be anxious over nothing

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 But in everything by prayer

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 And supplication

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 With thanksgiving

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 To bring our requests

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 Before your throne of grace

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 And how we praise you

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 For the peace of God

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 Of which we read of

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 On the pages of Scripture

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 As it transcends all understanding

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 Safeguarding

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 Protecting

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 The fragility of our hearts and minds

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 Through Christ Jesus

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 Our Lord

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 Take from us anything

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 That might come between us and you

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 For we confess our sins

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 And we pray that you would forgive us

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 For our many wrongdoings

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 Even in this very moment

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 Our thoughts can wander

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 We drift

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 Keep us

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 We pray

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 Anchored now

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 To your word

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 And as we sing your praises

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 Enable us to

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 Fully engage

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 In this act

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 Of worship

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 May your spirit

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 Lead us

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 As we

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 Read your word

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 And engage with it

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 Anew this evening

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 Grant your blessing

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 On the ministry of the gospel

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 Here

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 Within

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 This congregation

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 We pray that

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 Your blessing

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 Would be

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 Upon

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 All that is

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 Undertaken

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 Said and done

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 In your name

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 From week to week

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 We pray for the

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 Encouragement

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 Of

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 Calamurdo Smith

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 And for

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 The congregation's

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 Interim moderator

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 Colin McLeod

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 May you bless

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 Pastors

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 And people

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 Alike

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 And may there be

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 A felt

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 Sense of

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 Oneness

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 And togetherness

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 During these

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 Days of

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 Vacancy

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 May you

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 Draw near

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 And may you

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 Grant

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 Much

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 By way

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 Of encouragement

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 To all

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 Who long

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 To reach out

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 With the good news

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 Of the gospel

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 Bless

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 Every

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 Endeavor

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 We praise you

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 For

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 The

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 Children

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 Present

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 This morning

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 And for those

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 Who are present

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 This evening

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 And for every

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 Provision

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 For

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 Them

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 For every

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 Means

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 Through which

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 They have

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 And are given

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 An exposure

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 To the good news

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 Of the gospel

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 All of which

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 Revolves around

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 Jesus Christ

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 And him

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 Crucified

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 And so now

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 We pray your

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 Blessing on every

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 Home and family

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 Belonging to

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 And associated

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 With the

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 Congregation

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 We pray

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 That you

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 Would remember

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 This town

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 And the

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 Island

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 And grant

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 That as

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 In times

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 Past

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 You would

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 Come

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 With

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 Power

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 From

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 The very

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 Throne room

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 Of heaven

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 Itself

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 As

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 In decades

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 Past

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 As in

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 Ages

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 Past

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 When there

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 Were

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 Eras

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 Of

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 Spiritual

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 Awakening

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 Come

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 We pray

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 With

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 Reviving

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 Power

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 Across

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 Our

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 Highlands

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 And

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 Islands

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 And so

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 Now

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 We look

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 To you

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 Our

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 Great

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 God

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 And

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 Father

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 You

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 Are

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 Infinite

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 Eternal

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 You

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 Are

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 Unchangeable

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 In

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 You

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 We

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 Live

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 We

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 Move

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 And

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 We

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 Have

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 Our

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 Very

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 Existence

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 And

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 It

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 Is

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 Your

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 Presence

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 We

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 Crave

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 And

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 Long

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 For

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 Now

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 Watch

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 Over

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 Us

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 Forgive

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 Us

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 And

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 You

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 For

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 All

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 Of

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 Our

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 Sins

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 For

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 All

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 We

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 Ask

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 Is

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 In

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 Christ's

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 Name

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 And

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 For

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 His

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 Sake

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 Amen

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 Now

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 We're

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 Going

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 To

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 Read

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 God's

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 Word

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 Together

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 The

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 First

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 Of

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 Two

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 Scripture

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 Readings

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 Our

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 First

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 Bible

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 That I groan near to groan, in groan I trust, that all my efforts I may be fair unto groan.

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 Our next scripture reading.

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 takes us to the very passage we read this morning, Numbers chapter 10.

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 Now we're going to read from verse 29 to 36, but just by way of context for the benefit of those

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 of you who were not present this morning, let me just read from verse 11. In the second year,

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 in the second month, on the 20th day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the

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 testimony, and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai.

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 And at verse 29, and Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law,

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 what we are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, I will give it to you. Come with us,

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 and we will do good to you. For the Lord has promised good to Israel, but he said to him,

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 I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred. And he said,

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 please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness,

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 and you will serve as eyes for us. And if you do go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us,

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 the same will we do to you. So they set out from the mount of the Lord for three days' journey,

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 and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them for three days' journey

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 to seek out a resting place for them. And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day,

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 whenever they set out from the camp. And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, Arise, O Lord,

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 and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you. And when it rested,

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 he said, Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel. Amen.

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 And we know God will add his blessing to the reading of his own holy word.

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 We'll now sing to the praise of God the words of Psalm 51 from St. Sam's verses 1 to 12.

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 This great psalm of confession.

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 Oh, my God, have mercy on me. In your steadfast love, I pray. In your infinite compassion,

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 my transgressions wipe away. Cleanse me from iniquity. Wash my sin away from me.

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 Let's sing these words prayerfully to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Oh, my God, have mercy on me. In your steadfast love, I pray.

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 For you, my God, have mercy on you. In your infinite compassion, my transgressions wipe away.

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 Cleanse me from iniquity. Wash my sin away from me.

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 For I know my own transgressions, I can see my sinful life.

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 You, you, only I've all been lived, and an evil in your sight.

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 So your words are verified, and your word is justified.

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 From my birth I have been sinful, such an angel I receive.

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 Sinful from my first beginning, in my mother's womb conceived.

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 Truth, dear, and fall in my heart, wisdom to me you impart.

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 Men's witness of purifying me, I'll be whiter than the snow.

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 Let the bones you crush be joyful, may I joy and gladness know.

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 From my failure I endure face, out of my wickedness.

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 Lord, create a pure heart in me, and a steadfast mind for you.

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 Do not take your spirit from me, cast me not away from you.

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 Carry back the joy I have, keep my willing spirit glad.

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 And the melody there, incidentally, was Ottawa, which I omitted to mention.

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 Well, turn with me, if you will, for a short time this evening to the passage we read together from the book of Numbers, chapter 10.

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 Numbers 10, the words of Moses to Hobab in verse 29,

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 Come with us, and we will do good to you.

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 For the Lord has promised good to Israel.

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 But he said to him, I will not go.

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 I will depart to my own land and to my kindred, and so on.

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 A man named Hobab.

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 Now, this morning we considered verse 29 under two headings.

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 Hobab asked, Hobab assured.

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 So just to recap, the Israelites, in verse 12 of this chapter, they set out in order to begin the conquest of Canaan.

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 We see them here, assembled, mobilized into orderly ranks with standards and banners lifted up.

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 It is destination Canaan.

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 They are good to go, and they are now looking forward to the first leg of their journey towards the promised land.

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 But our interest, as we highlighted this morning, is in the very personal element to this narrative.

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 It revolves around Hobab, Moses' Midianite brother-in-law.

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 He is asked here to join the people of Israel, to enroll, to sign up, to subscribe, to accompany them through the wilderness,

00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:08.820
 and play a crucial part, a meaningful part, in assisting Israel in navigating their way to Canaan.

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:18.679
 But as we noted this morning, Hobab is not merely being called upon as a navigator, as a route finder, as a tracker.

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:21.339
 There is so much more to this.

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:26.079
 Moses' invitation goes much deeper.

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:34.740
 This is a personal invitation with a powerful gospel dynamic to it.

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:37.579
 Walk with us, Moses says.

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.740
 Journey with us.

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:43.039
 We will treat you well, should you do so.

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:49.200
 In fact, you will share in our inheritance, in the inheritance of God's goodness.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:54.940
 And this is his assurance, should he come along.

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.380
 It's compelling.

00:28:56.380 --> 00:29:09.260
 Multiple blessings await Hobab, a promised land flowing with milk and honey, a better country, better by far.

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:17.780
 So the question we're going to address tonight is, how will Hobab respond?

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:30.019
 Similar to this morning, two headings, we're going to look at Hobab's answer, and we conclude by looking at Moses' appeal.

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:40.259
 So what are we to make of Hobab's answer to the invitation of Moses?

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:58.200
 When I ministered in Barvis, I would sometimes watch very experienced surfers surf very large Atlantic waves just beyond the Barvis Macher.

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:02.019
 It was not for the faint-hearted.

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:08.220
 I was once invited by a local surfer to give it a go.

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:11.640
 Come with us, he said.

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:15.240
 I can't recall if he said, we will do you good.

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:18.960
 But my response was, no.

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.779
 I'm not doing it.

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.579
 Go on, he said.

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:31.120
 And I simply borrowed Hobab's reply to Moses, and I said firmly, no.

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.259
 I will not go.

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:42.319
 You see, Hobab declines Moses' invitation to associate himself with Israel here.

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:44.720
 And it's a firm no.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:55.759
 In no uncertain terms, he makes it very clear to Moses that he is not prepared to sever his personal tie

00:30:55.759 --> 00:31:01.359
 with his own property and his own indigenous people.

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:06.000
 He kind of digs his heels in, doesn't he?

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:11.439
 When he says no, you get the impression that he means no.

00:31:12.479 --> 00:31:16.859
 As if to say, with all due respect, Moses, I'm not going.

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.879
 No ambiguity.

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.919
 No hesitation.

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:25.800
 This appears to be a resolute no.

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:27.620
 I will not go.

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:32.900
 Now, three things hinder Hobab.

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:43.500
 Note here, when he says, I will now depart to my own land and kindred,

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:49.740
 it's clear that, yes, three things hinder him.

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:59.319
 He's preoccupied with land, livestock, the two overlap, and loved ones.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.920
 Land, livestock, and loved ones.

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:08.640
 That resonates with us, doesn't it?

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:12.300
 We are a crofting community, essentially.

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:21.160
 The land, livestock, and loved ones, all three, go deep.

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:26.500
 You see, there is much to sacrifice here for Hobab.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:30.299
 And he's just not prepared to let go.

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:35.640
 Because to follow, he must forsake.

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:39.460
 So he resolves not to go.

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:44.539
 He may be apprehensive, afraid about letting go,

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:47.799
 because his attachment to the land is strong.

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.980
 But Moses is saying,

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:52.960
 there's a better land.

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.620
 There's a better country.

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.720
 Come with us.

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:01.840
 But Hobab has duties.

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.819
 He has responsibilities.

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:08.559
 He has personal family ties.

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:13.319
 He can't just walk away and leave everything behind.

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:20.279
 He may also be concerned about his personal and professional reputation.

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:25.759
 What will his Midianite family and community think of him?

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:30.440
 Should he now associate himself with the people of Israel?

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:34.119
 What will people say?

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:36.579
 What will people think of me?

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:42.619
 After all, the Midianites and the Israelites

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:46.899
 had a frosty relationship.

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:51.560
 It wasn't without friction.

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:57.080
 So at best, they coexist at this time.

00:33:58.120 --> 00:34:04.160
 So it seems that the cost implications are just too great for Hobab here.

00:34:05.780 --> 00:34:08.099
 So I want to ask at this point,

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:10.220
 if perhaps some of us here tonight

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:14.160
 feel a measure of sympathy for Hobab.

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.099
 Do you feel his pain?

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:23.440
 Do his personal circumstances here reflect your own?

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:29.920
 Perhaps for those of us who are Christians here tonight,

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:34.239
 we can reflect on a time

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:39.159
 when perhaps we were first challenged

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:42.500
 with the invitation of the gospel.

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:48.539
 That moment when we perhaps heard the words of Numbers 10 29.

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:54.639
 And you too initially responded with a firm,

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.760
 I will not go.

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.579
 It's not happening.

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:02.260
 You heard the gospel anthem of the church,

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.460
 come with us.

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.719
 We will do you good.

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.679
 And yet you responded by saying,

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:09.340
 no, I will not go.

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:11.500
 Why not?

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:15.960
 Well, perhaps if some of us are prepared to reflect,

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:25.620
 maybe it had a lot to do with our attachments and ties at that time.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:29.640
 You see, there's much to walk away from

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:32.380
 when you become a follower of Jesus Christ.

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:36.559
 There's much to sever and to sacrifice.

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:41.660
 What will my family and friends say?

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:48.640
 You see, Numbers 10 reminds us of this great truth

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:52.980
 that we see across the landscape of the four gospels

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:56.579
 as Jesus calls his followers.

00:35:56.579 --> 00:36:00.940
 To follow, one must forsake.

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:06.539
 And this is a recurring emphasis on the pages of the Bible.

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:08.360
 It's no different here.

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:14.079
 Hobab is being invited to walk by faith.

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:17.760
 What is faith in Jesus Christ?

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:23.380
 Look at that word and break it down into five elements.

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:26.000
 F-A-I-T-H.

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:29.420
 You've probably heard it before, but we'll say it again.

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:31.000
 Forsaking all.

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:33.300
 I trust him.

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:38.620
 This is what is being asked of Hobab.

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:43.460
 How will Hobab respond?

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:48.559
 When you're reading through Matthew's gospel,

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:52.699
 we read a little from Matthew's gospel tonight from chapter 16.

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:57.159
 We'll come back to a number of key reference points there in a moment.

00:36:57.780 --> 00:37:00.539
 But if you begin in Matthew chapter 4,

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:04.119
 as Jesus commences his ministry,

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:09.079
 he calls, in the first instance, Peter and Andrew,

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:13.679
 just as they're casting their nets on the Sea of Galilee.

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:18.759
 Come, follow me, Jesus says to them.

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:21.719
 To follow Jesus,

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:28.599
 they must forsake their ties to the Sea of Galilee.

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:31.920
 And that attachment is strong.

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.659
 They are fishermen.

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:37.039
 And they did.

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:40.779
 At once, Matthew tells us,

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.659
 indeed, with immediate effect,

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:46.980
 they left their nets and followed Jesus.

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:50.940
 But let's go from the positive to the negative.

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:55.000
 Because when we come to Matthew chapter 19,

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:58.420
 we realize that this is not always the case.

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:01.800
 There's a Hobab in the mix.

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:08.760
 In the form of a self-righteous, rich, young ruler

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:15.480
 who struggles to forsake his ties to an affluent lifestyle

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:17.080
 in order to follow Jesus.

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:20.600
 Come, follow me,

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:23.900
 Jesus says to this rich young man.

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:26.639
 But Matthew tells us

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:30.139
 that he went away sad

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:33.320
 because he had great wealth.

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:36.300
 He does a Hobab.

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:38.139
 He says to Jesus,

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.660
 No,

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.240
 I will not go.

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.680
 You see,

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:45.780
 Christian discipleship is best summed up

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:47.639
 in the words of the Lord Jesus

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:50.680
 in the passage we read from Matthew chapter 16,

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:52.139
 verse 24.

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:56.359
 Whoever wants to be my disciple

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:59.019
 must deny themselves,

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.960
 take up the cross,

00:39:01.379 --> 00:39:03.019
 and follow me.

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.139
 Now,

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:06.199
 it's fair to say,

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:06.900
 is it not,

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.900
 that Hobab

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:09.539
 seems to have an issue

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:12.000
 with self-denial.

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:14.219
 And it's something

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.319
 that you and I

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:16.859
 often struggle with

00:39:16.859 --> 00:39:19.059
 if we're honest with ourselves.

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:21.380
 There was once

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.519
 a preacher,

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:24.199
 an author,

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:26.000
 his name was Henry Drummond,

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:28.340
 and he said this,

00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:31.259
 The entrance fee

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:33.239
 into the kingdom of heaven

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:34.079
 is nothing,

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:37.139
 but the annual subscription

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:39.340
 is everything.

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:43.460
 And this is where we see Hobab.

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.940
 Moses is saying to him,

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.140
 Hobab,

00:39:47.700 --> 00:39:49.660
 there is so much to gain.

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.740
 Hobab is saying to Moses,

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.519
 Ah,

00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:57.180
 but there's everything to lose,

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.320
 is there not?

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:01.920
 This is Hobab's challenge,

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:04.660
 and perhaps it's yours tonight.

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:07.839
 So let's move on.

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:11.099
 Let's come to Moses' appeal.

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:15.839
 Because this really takes us

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:19.059
 to the nitty-gritty

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:22.119
 of what is unfolding.

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.940
 Credit to Moses

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:27.199
 in verse 31.

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:30.960
 You will notice that he is not one

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.379
 for taking no for an answer.

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:35.640
 What are we to make

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:37.039
 of his appeal

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.400
 in verse 31?

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:41.619
 What does he say to Hobab?

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.160
 Hobab,

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:44.700
 please do not leave us,

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.840
 for you know

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.900
 where we should camp

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.539
 in the wilderness,

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.980
 and you will serve

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:52.380
 as eyes for us.

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:55.200
 Please, Hobab,

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:57.300
 I beg you,

00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:00.420
 don't abandon us

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:03.079
 at this critical juncture.

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:04.920
 He pleads with him

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.500
 not to walk away,

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:07.960
 not to depart,

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:09.780
 not to detach himself,

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:12.440
 not to go back.

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.740
 There's something

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:19.159
 distinctly missional

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:20.139
 about Moses

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.119
 in this instance,

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.740
 isn't there?

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.760
 You see,

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:25.220
 missional outreach

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:27.919
 is reaching out

00:41:27.919 --> 00:41:28.859
 to someone

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:30.480
 with the gospel.

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.980
 It's as simple as that,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.239
 and we see it here.

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:35.239
 Moses leads by example

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:37.500
 here in Numbers 10.31.

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:40.879
 Notice how he reaches out

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:42.000
 to Hobab,

00:41:43.339 --> 00:41:44.819
 and his appeal,

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.480
 as we've just read,

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:48.039
 it's personal,

00:41:48.379 --> 00:41:50.599
 but it's incredibly persuasive.

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.119
 Notice, too,

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:53.699
 that it's intentional,

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:55.559
 it's purposeful,

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:58.759
 and it is passionate.

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:04.880
 This is one-to-one evangelism

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:06.500
 at its very best,

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.179
 and no,

00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:08.339
 we're not on the pages

00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:09.500
 of the New Testament.

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:12.880
 This is Numbers chapter 10,

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:15.339
 and it's bulging

00:42:15.339 --> 00:42:16.139
 with the gospel,

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.900
 isn't it?

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.539
 Notice, too,

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.339
 that Moses,

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:21.440
 here in verse 31,

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.179
 calls Hobab

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:26.159
 to serve.

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.820
 Now, this is crucial

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:30.240
 to our understanding

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:32.300
 of Christian discipleship

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:33.780
 throughout the Bible.

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:37.019
 The Lord Jesus himself

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:39.980
 sets the sacrificial bar

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.940
 of service.

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:44.119
 The Son of Man,

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:45.079
 he says,

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:48.360
 came not to be served,

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:50.099
 but to serve,

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:52.099
 and to give his life

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:54.220
 as a ransom for many.

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:57.760
 Now, when you think of Hobab,

00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:00.000
 it's important for us

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:01.300
 to think of someone

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:02.900
 who is distinguished.

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:05.740
 He's a prominent figure

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:07.660
 in the Midianite community.

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:10.900
 He's a man of standing,

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:12.900
 and yet,

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.940
 his commission

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:16.039
 is to serve.

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:18.519
 Service,

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:20.480
 not status.

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:22.300
 No platform,

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:24.059
 no pedestal,

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.639
 no superiority,

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:27.579
 no standing,

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.940
 no pomp,

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.320
 no ceremony.

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.740
 Hobab's,

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:34.099
 Moses' appeal

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:35.519
 to Hobab

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.440
 is

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:38.180
 to serve.

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:39.339
 And that word

00:43:39.339 --> 00:43:40.819
 in this verse

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:42.779
 really is important.

00:43:43.919 --> 00:43:44.519
 You see,

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:45.379
 a servant,

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.799
 generally speaking

00:43:47.799 --> 00:43:49.239
 throughout the Scriptures,

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:51.639
 is by definition

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:53.339
 devoted

00:43:53.339 --> 00:43:55.339
 to another

00:43:55.339 --> 00:43:57.279
 to the disregard

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:59.679
 of his own interests.

00:44:01.419 --> 00:44:03.000
 It's the vocabulary

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.699
 of slavery.

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:07.379
 And who is the ultimate

00:44:07.379 --> 00:44:08.859
 bond-servant

00:44:08.859 --> 00:44:10.299
 in the narrative here?

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.480
 It is, of course,

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.059
 Moses,

00:44:12.939 --> 00:44:13.879
 the servant

00:44:13.879 --> 00:44:15.739
 of God himself.

00:44:17.439 --> 00:44:18.919
 Moses is the one

00:44:18.919 --> 00:44:20.799
 addressing Hobab

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.659
 to serve.

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.779
 Moses is indeed

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:25.639
 one who is owned

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.659
 and dedicated

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.919
 to serve

00:44:27.919 --> 00:44:29.139
 his Lord

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:30.619
 and his Master,

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:32.359
 the Holy One

00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:33.899
 of Israel.

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.460
 Now,

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.019
 it's important

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.439
 for us

00:44:36.439 --> 00:44:37.219
 to recognize

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:38.119
 the importance

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:39.299
 of this little

00:44:39.299 --> 00:44:40.299
 but significant

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.960
 word,

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:42.139
 serve.

00:44:43.819 --> 00:44:45.460
 You will serve

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.699
 as eyes

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.519
 for us.

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:47.859
 Because,

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.259
 you see,

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.359
 this kind

00:44:50.359 --> 00:44:51.399
 of vocabulary

00:44:51.399 --> 00:44:53.139
 really goes

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:54.059
 against the grain

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.919
 of contemporary

00:44:54.919 --> 00:44:56.519
 thinking these days,

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:57.319
 doesn't it?

00:44:57.879 --> 00:45:00.239
 A self-orientated,

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:02.199
 self-focused,

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:04.139
 self-centered,

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:06.279
 self-elevating,

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:07.960
 21st century

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:09.659
 take on life.

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:11.259
 Shameless,

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.900
 self-promotion

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:14.799
 dominates just about

00:45:14.799 --> 00:45:16.440
 every social media

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:18.019
 platform these days.

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:20.619
 it's at the core

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:22.280
 of our individualistic

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:23.480
 culture where there's

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:25.139
 a constant striving

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:28.059
 for self-fulfillment.

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.980
 And yet,

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.739
 when you turn

00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:31.659
 the pages of

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:32.079
 Matthew,

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:32.559
 Mark,

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:32.840
 Luke,

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:33.559
 and John,

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:34.900
 what is it

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:36.039
 that strikes you

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.659
 immediately?

00:45:38.759 --> 00:45:40.579
 Serving Jesus Christ

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:41.699
 is central

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.639
 to the gospel

00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:43.280
 narratives.

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:45.060
 You see,

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:46.580
 discipleship begins

00:45:46.580 --> 00:45:47.800
 as it does

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:49.340
 in Matthew chapter 4.

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:51.000
 We referenced it earlier.

00:45:51.220 --> 00:45:52.500
 It begins with

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.960
 follow me

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.940
 and continues

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:56.180
 with the same

00:45:56.180 --> 00:45:57.360
 discipleship

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:58.280
 dynamic

00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:59.019
 throughout.

00:45:59.700 --> 00:46:00.480
 Follow me,

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.780
 serve me,

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:03.480
 live for me

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.360
 from the beginning

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:06.100
 of your Christian life

00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:08.100
 to the very end.

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:10.319
 It struck me

00:46:10.319 --> 00:46:10.839
 recently

00:46:10.839 --> 00:46:11.339
 reading

00:46:11.339 --> 00:46:12.719
 Paul's letter

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:13.819
 to Titus.

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:17.079
 Paul is an old man.

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.019
 The sun

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.679
 is setting

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:19.440
 fast

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:20.839
 over

00:46:20.839 --> 00:46:22.860
 his days.

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.759
 It's now

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:26.400
 65 AD.

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.179
 He writes

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:29.179
 to Titus,

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.759
 the great

00:46:30.759 --> 00:46:32.119
 apostle Paul.

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:35.380
 And he begins

00:46:35.380 --> 00:46:36.119
 this letter,

00:46:36.259 --> 00:46:36.539
 yes,

00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:37.199
 in the evening

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:38.179
 of his years.

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:39.500
 Paul,

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:41.159
 a servant

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:43.379
 of God

00:46:43.379 --> 00:46:44.799
 and

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.819
 an apostle

00:46:45.819 --> 00:46:48.039
 of Jesus Christ.

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:50.399
 As we read

00:46:50.399 --> 00:46:51.019
 this narrative

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.480
 tonight,

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:52.139
 I want us

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:53.539
 to ask ourselves

00:46:53.539 --> 00:46:55.619
 soul-searching

00:46:55.619 --> 00:46:56.359
 questions.

00:46:57.819 --> 00:46:58.379
 What,

00:46:59.019 --> 00:47:00.000
 who

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.500
 are we

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.559
 living for?

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.639
 What is

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.179
 your great

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:06.500
 goal in life?

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:07.879
 is it

00:47:07.879 --> 00:47:09.779
 self-gratification

00:47:09.779 --> 00:47:11.159
 or self-denial?

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:12.339
 Is it

00:47:12.339 --> 00:47:13.619
 higher status

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:15.839
 or higher

00:47:15.839 --> 00:47:16.739
 service?

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:19.179
 Hobab,

00:47:19.399 --> 00:47:20.239
 Moses says,

00:47:20.399 --> 00:47:21.079
 you know

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.819
 where we should

00:47:21.819 --> 00:47:22.859
 camp in the wilderness

00:47:22.859 --> 00:47:24.659
 and you can

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:25.539
 serve

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:27.179
 as our

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.859
 eyes.

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:28.899
 Notice

00:47:28.899 --> 00:47:29.619
 something else

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:30.159
 that Moses

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:30.799
 does.

00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:32.800
 focus on

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:33.280
 and

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:33.120
 he focuses

00:47:33.120 --> 00:47:34.560
 on Hobab's

00:47:34.560 --> 00:47:34.960
 knowledge

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.920
 and awareness

00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:36.980
 and experience

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.820
 all of which

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.460
 makes him a

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:39.420
 resourceful and

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:40.539
 effective person

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:41.660
 to have.

00:47:42.180 --> 00:47:42.960
 In other words,

00:47:43.060 --> 00:47:44.060
 his gifts

00:47:44.060 --> 00:47:46.200
 can be put

00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:47.900
 to good use

00:47:47.900 --> 00:47:49.160
 within the

00:47:49.160 --> 00:47:49.600
 fellowship

00:47:49.600 --> 00:47:51.519
 of Israel.

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:53.180
 Service

00:47:53.180 --> 00:47:54.740
 and gifts

00:47:54.740 --> 00:47:55.539
 overlap

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:56.559
 in the

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:56.960
 Christian

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:57.599
 life

00:47:57.599 --> 00:47:59.039
 and both

00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:00.199
 are to

00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:00.559
 be

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.699
 not for

00:48:01.699 --> 00:48:02.019
 our

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:02.440
 benefit

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:03.880
 but for

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.420
 the glory

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:05.739
 of God.

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.539
 You see,

00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:09.320
 Hobab can

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:09.940
 input

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:11.000
 and assist

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:12.079
 as few

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:12.480
 can.

00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:13.019
 That's the

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:13.820
 point here.

00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:15.219
 He can

00:48:15.219 --> 00:48:16.279
 act as

00:48:16.279 --> 00:48:16.619
 the very

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:17.400
 eyes of

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:17.880
 Israel

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:19.500
 and play

00:48:19.500 --> 00:48:20.219
 an active

00:48:20.219 --> 00:48:21.059
 part in

00:48:21.059 --> 00:48:21.719
 this journey.

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:22.320
 So what is

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:22.940
 Moses saying

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.320
 to him?

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:23.980
 Well,

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.320
 again,

00:48:25.240 --> 00:48:27.000
 come,

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:28.519
 not as a

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:28.980
 passenger,

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.300
 but come

00:48:30.300 --> 00:48:30.760
 as an

00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:31.220
 active

00:48:31.220 --> 00:48:32.139
 participant,

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:32.880
 Hobab.

00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:34.619
 Again,

00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:35.720
 this is

00:48:35.720 --> 00:48:36.420
 vital

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:37.840
 to our

00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:38.740
 understanding

00:48:38.740 --> 00:48:39.900
 of discipleship

00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:40.300
 as we

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:41.460
 read this

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:42.220
 narrative in

00:48:42.220 --> 00:48:43.159
 Numbers 10

00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:44.380
 in parallel

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:44.860
 with the

00:48:44.860 --> 00:48:45.700
 Gospels of

00:48:45.700 --> 00:48:46.039
 Matthew,

00:48:46.200 --> 00:48:46.460
 Mark,

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:46.700
 Luke,

00:48:46.760 --> 00:48:47.139
 and John.

00:48:47.260 --> 00:48:47.519
 You see,

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.119
 the kingdom

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:49.740
 always requires

00:48:49.740 --> 00:48:50.760
 of you and

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.320
 I a

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.179
 hands-on

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.900
 approach.

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.240
 Folded

00:48:54.240 --> 00:48:54.800
 hands are

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.139
 of no

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:55.539
 use in

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:56.019
 the kingdom.

00:48:57.539 --> 00:48:58.099
 Proactive,

00:48:58.460 --> 00:48:59.679
 not inactive.

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:00.220
 Doing,

00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:01.119
 not dithering.

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:02.179
 Hands to

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:02.800
 the plow,

00:49:03.220 --> 00:49:04.519
 no looking

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:05.440
 back.

00:49:06.260 --> 00:49:06.639
 And so

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.380
 Hobab is

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:08.440
 given every

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:09.099
 encouragement

00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:09.880
 by Moses

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:10.619
 here to

00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:11.639
 enroll,

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:12.860
 to sign

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.159
 up,

00:49:13.220 --> 00:49:13.539
 and to

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.300
 accompany

00:49:14.300 --> 00:49:15.179
 Moses and

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:15.820
 the people

00:49:15.820 --> 00:49:16.659
 of Israel

00:49:16.659 --> 00:49:18.500
 through this

00:49:18.500 --> 00:49:19.159
 wilderness

00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:20.599
 journey ahead

00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:21.779
 and play

00:49:21.779 --> 00:49:23.259
 a strategic,

00:49:23.799 --> 00:49:24.539
 meaningful,

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:25.559
 vital,

00:49:25.759 --> 00:49:26.480
 key part

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:27.519
 in assisting

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:28.420
 Moses and

00:49:28.420 --> 00:49:28.940
 the people

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:29.619
 of Israel

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:30.299
 and to

00:49:30.299 --> 00:49:30.819
 give of

00:49:30.819 --> 00:49:31.539
 his insight

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:32.199
 and knowledge

00:49:32.199 --> 00:49:33.099
 and experience

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:33.659
 to the

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:34.339
 glory of

00:49:34.339 --> 00:49:34.819
 God.

00:49:34.820 --> 00:49:34.880
 God.

00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:38.180
 But let me

00:49:38.180 --> 00:49:38.640
 just say

00:49:38.640 --> 00:49:39.220
 what I

00:49:39.220 --> 00:49:39.740
 said this

00:49:39.740 --> 00:49:40.080
 morning

00:49:40.080 --> 00:49:40.820
 very briefly.

00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:44.039
 Moses'

00:49:44.260 --> 00:49:44.620
 appeal

00:49:44.620 --> 00:49:45.220
 goes

00:49:45.220 --> 00:49:47.059
 so much

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:47.600
 deeper

00:49:47.600 --> 00:49:48.539
 than just

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:50.680
 having

00:49:50.680 --> 00:49:51.680
 Hobab

00:49:51.680 --> 00:49:52.600
 on board

00:49:52.600 --> 00:49:53.300
 as someone

00:49:53.300 --> 00:49:54.200
 who would

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:55.180
 be useful

00:49:55.180 --> 00:49:56.059
 to have.

00:49:56.539 --> 00:49:57.019
 As we

00:49:57.019 --> 00:49:57.280
 said,

00:49:57.400 --> 00:49:58.580
 this points

00:49:58.580 --> 00:49:59.320
 us firmly

00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:00.180
 to a

00:50:00.180 --> 00:50:01.200
 very powerful

00:50:01.200 --> 00:50:02.280
 moving

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:02.860
 gospel

00:50:02.860 --> 00:50:03.600
 invitation.

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:04.039
 You see,

00:50:04.140 --> 00:50:04.600
 Hobab is

00:50:04.600 --> 00:50:05.680
 personally

00:50:05.680 --> 00:50:07.280
 asked to

00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:07.780
 step

00:50:07.780 --> 00:50:08.360
 forward,

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:10.080
 to come

00:50:10.080 --> 00:50:10.720
 forward,

00:50:11.140 --> 00:50:12.080
 and associate

00:50:12.080 --> 00:50:13.160
 himself now

00:50:13.160 --> 00:50:13.880
 with God's

00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:14.340
 people,

00:50:14.600 --> 00:50:15.440
 to follow

00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:16.120
 the ark

00:50:16.120 --> 00:50:16.500
 of the

00:50:16.500 --> 00:50:16.860
 covenant,

00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:18.440
 to follow

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:19.019
 the pillar

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:19.800
 of cloud,

00:50:20.820 --> 00:50:21.340
 to follow

00:50:21.340 --> 00:50:21.920
 not just

00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:22.480
 the people

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:23.000
 of God

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:23.620
 but the

00:50:23.620 --> 00:50:24.440
 Lord God

00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:25.039
 himself.

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:26.340
 And he's

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:27.100
 assured here

00:50:27.100 --> 00:50:27.519
 too that

00:50:27.519 --> 00:50:28.140
 God has

00:50:28.140 --> 00:50:29.039
 a purpose,

00:50:29.320 --> 00:50:30.039
 for him.

00:50:31.080 --> 00:50:31.460
 Listen to

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:31.940
 what Moses

00:50:31.940 --> 00:50:32.600
 says in

00:50:32.600 --> 00:50:33.440
 verse 32,

00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:35.340
 Hobab,

00:50:35.640 --> 00:50:36.220
 should you

00:50:36.220 --> 00:50:36.559
 come,

00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:37.100
 and can

00:50:37.100 --> 00:50:37.559
 you hear

00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:38.760
 the decibels

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:39.740
 rising in

00:50:39.740 --> 00:50:40.039
 Moses'

00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:40.900
 voice?

00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:44.420
 Hobab,

00:50:44.539 --> 00:50:44.940
 should you

00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:45.440
 come with

00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:45.720
 us,

00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:46.600
 then you

00:50:46.600 --> 00:50:47.720
 too will

00:50:47.720 --> 00:50:48.480
 be a

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:49.059
 recipient

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:50.720
 of blessing

00:50:50.720 --> 00:50:52.120
 as much

00:50:52.120 --> 00:50:52.740
 as every

00:50:52.740 --> 00:50:53.019
 other

00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:53.780
 Israelite

00:50:53.780 --> 00:50:54.120
 you see

00:50:54.120 --> 00:50:54.760
 around you

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:55.120
 here.

00:50:56.519 --> 00:50:57.160
 You will

00:50:57.160 --> 00:50:57.780
 not be

00:50:57.780 --> 00:50:58.360
 excluded

00:50:58.360 --> 00:50:59.120
 should you

00:50:59.119 --> 00:50:59.400
 come

00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:00.279
 with us.

00:51:01.179 --> 00:51:01.659
 We will

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:02.359
 treat you

00:51:02.359 --> 00:51:02.819
 well.

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:04.359
 Indeed,

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:05.139
 you will

00:51:05.139 --> 00:51:06.039
 be grafted

00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:06.380
 in,

00:51:06.779 --> 00:51:07.179
 you will

00:51:07.179 --> 00:51:08.039
 be adopted

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:08.679
 into the

00:51:08.679 --> 00:51:09.500
 family of

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.880
 God,

00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.539
 Hobab.

00:51:11.199 --> 00:51:11.679
 What's

00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:12.539
 ours will

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:13.500
 be yours,

00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:14.679
 the same

00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:15.400
 inheritance,

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:18.359
 no less.

00:51:19.759 --> 00:51:20.460
 That's what

00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:21.079
 Moses is

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:22.119
 saying in

00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:23.339
 verse 32,

00:51:23.699 --> 00:51:24.659
 just as

00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:25.219
 that little

00:51:25.219 --> 00:51:26.259
 word serve

00:51:26.260 --> 00:51:26.920
 is so

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.520
 significant

00:51:27.520 --> 00:51:28.020
 in verse

00:51:28.020 --> 00:51:28.440
 31,

00:51:28.640 --> 00:51:29.040
 the word

00:51:29.040 --> 00:51:30.480
 same carries

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:30.960
 tremendous

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:32.180
 weight in

00:51:32.180 --> 00:51:33.820
 verse 32.

00:51:35.780 --> 00:51:36.200
 Now isn't

00:51:36.200 --> 00:51:36.700
 Moses a

00:51:36.700 --> 00:51:37.880
 great evangelist?

00:51:38.700 --> 00:51:39.280
 He's

00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:39.920
 persistent,

00:51:40.160 --> 00:51:40.660
 isn't he?

00:51:40.700 --> 00:51:41.280
 He reaches

00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:41.780
 out to

00:51:41.780 --> 00:51:42.360
 Hobab

00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:43.820
 once again,

00:51:43.820 --> 00:51:44.200
 and with

00:51:44.200 --> 00:51:45.040
 urgency he

00:51:45.040 --> 00:51:45.600
 makes his

00:51:45.600 --> 00:51:46.920
 appeal to

00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:47.360
 him to

00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:48.300
 commit once

00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:48.720
 and for

00:51:48.720 --> 00:51:49.120
 all.

00:51:49.600 --> 00:51:49.980
 You see,

00:51:50.060 --> 00:51:50.620
 the Israelites,

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:51.060
 well,

00:51:51.100 --> 00:51:51.520
 they're good

00:51:51.520 --> 00:51:52.060
 to go.

00:51:52.059 --> 00:51:54.019
 They're

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.619
 ready to

00:51:54.619 --> 00:51:55.079
 depart.

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:55.980
 They await

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:57.039
 the signal

00:51:57.039 --> 00:51:59.139
 from Moses,

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:00.000
 but Moses

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.920
 will not

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:01.519
 lift his

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:02.880
 hand until

00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:03.900
 he's finished

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.799
 with Hobab,

00:52:05.099 --> 00:52:06.500
 and he's

00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:07.019
 not finished

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:07.360
 with him

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:07.759
 yet.

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.139
 This

00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:09.719
 incident,

00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:10.480
 again,

00:52:10.659 --> 00:52:11.340
 I say it,

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:12.159
 it's bulging

00:52:12.159 --> 00:52:12.460
 with the

00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:12.820
 gospel,

00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:13.480
 isn't it?

00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:14.900
 You see,

00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:15.739
 this call,

00:52:15.880 --> 00:52:16.480
 this appeal

00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:17.299
 to Hobab

00:52:17.299 --> 00:52:18.539
 to take

00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:18.960
 to the

00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:20.099
 path of

00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:21.519
 discipleship

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:22.480
 is powerful,

00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:22.940
 but it's

00:52:22.940 --> 00:52:23.259
 also

00:52:23.259 --> 00:52:24.300
 ponyant.

00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:24.960
 There's

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.599
 an urgency

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:26.420
 to this.

00:52:28.219 --> 00:52:28.820
 There's

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.360
 tension

00:52:29.360 --> 00:52:29.960
 in the

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:30.360
 air.

00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:31.000
 Why?

00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:31.880
 Because it's

00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.659
 like standing

00:52:32.659 --> 00:52:33.039
 in the

00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:33.820
 last chance

00:52:33.820 --> 00:52:34.340
 saloon.

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:36.659
 The clock

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:37.400
 is ticking.

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.420
 It's time

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:39.259
 to go,

00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:40.360
 and there

00:52:40.360 --> 00:52:40.960
 is no

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:41.659
 more time

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:42.579
 to lose.

00:52:43.280 --> 00:52:43.900
 This is

00:52:43.900 --> 00:52:44.360
 it.

00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:46.099
 Decision

00:52:46.099 --> 00:52:46.659
 time,

00:52:46.759 --> 00:52:47.320
 Hobab.

00:52:49.380 --> 00:52:50.019
 Now,

00:52:50.099 --> 00:52:50.340
 can I

00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:50.940
 stop there

00:52:50.940 --> 00:52:51.700
 and ask

00:52:51.700 --> 00:52:53.300
 as we

00:52:53.300 --> 00:52:53.960
 read this,

00:52:54.059 --> 00:52:54.360
 if you

00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:55.119
 have not

00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:56.119
 as yet

00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:57.119
 resolved

00:52:57.119 --> 00:52:58.000
 to trust

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.619
 in Jesus

00:52:58.619 --> 00:52:59.400
 Christ,

00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:01.700
 will you

00:53:01.700 --> 00:53:02.139
 resolve

00:53:02.139 --> 00:53:02.659
 to do

00:53:02.659 --> 00:53:03.320
 that now?

00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:06.320
 Will you

00:53:06.320 --> 00:53:06.820
 resolve

00:53:06.820 --> 00:53:07.720
 to live

00:53:07.720 --> 00:53:08.480
 for Jesus?

00:53:10.260 --> 00:53:11.220
 Will you

00:53:11.220 --> 00:53:11.800
 resolve

00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:12.480
 to sever

00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:13.519
 any ties

00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:13.980
 you have

00:53:13.980 --> 00:53:14.360
 tonight

00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:14.880
 that might

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:15.539
 be holding

00:53:15.539 --> 00:53:16.280
 you back

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:17.320
 from trusting

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:18.039
 in the

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:18.780
 Lord Jesus

00:53:18.780 --> 00:53:19.519
 Christ

00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:20.380
 as your

00:53:20.380 --> 00:53:21.060
 personal

00:53:21.060 --> 00:53:21.540
 savior?

00:53:22.660 --> 00:53:23.300
 Will you

00:53:23.300 --> 00:53:24.200
 come into

00:53:24.200 --> 00:53:25.019
 the fellowship

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:26.000
 of the gospel

00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:28.000
 with God's

00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:28.420
 people?

00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:30.840
 Will you

00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:31.100
 say,

00:53:31.300 --> 00:53:31.820
 the world

00:53:31.820 --> 00:53:32.780
 behind me,

00:53:32.900 --> 00:53:33.519
 the cross

00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:34.380
 before me,

00:53:35.380 --> 00:53:36.420
 no turning

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:37.220
 back?

00:53:38.660 --> 00:53:39.600
 Because when

00:53:39.600 --> 00:53:40.460
 all is said

00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:41.060
 and done,

00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:43.060
 there remains

00:53:43.060 --> 00:53:45.540
 one important

00:53:45.539 --> 00:53:46.199
 question.

00:53:46.840 --> 00:53:47.820
 Who asks

00:53:47.820 --> 00:53:48.579
 that question?

00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:48.940
 It is,

00:53:49.079 --> 00:53:49.340
 of course,

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:49.800
 the Lord

00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:50.139
 Jesus

00:53:50.139 --> 00:53:50.779
 himself.

00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:52.519
 The question

00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:53.380
 that is put

00:53:53.380 --> 00:53:54.300
 in the passage

00:53:54.300 --> 00:53:54.860
 we read

00:53:54.860 --> 00:53:55.460
 from Matthew

00:53:55.460 --> 00:53:56.219
 16,

00:53:56.340 --> 00:53:57.579
 verse 26,

00:53:57.579 --> 00:53:57.779
 6,

00:53:58.940 --> 00:54:00.980
 what will

00:54:00.980 --> 00:54:01.639
 it profit

00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:03.420
 a man

00:54:03.420 --> 00:54:04.719
 if he gains

00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:05.400
 the whole

00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:06.059
 world

00:54:06.059 --> 00:54:07.719
 and forfeits

00:54:07.719 --> 00:54:08.599
 his own

00:54:08.599 --> 00:54:09.059
 soul?

00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:11.500
 We can

00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:12.319
 paraphrase

00:54:12.319 --> 00:54:13.159
 that ever

00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:14.079
 so slightly

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:15.860
 because in

00:54:15.860 --> 00:54:16.500
 this verse

00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:16.980
 that I've

00:54:16.980 --> 00:54:17.559
 quoted from

00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:17.880
 Matthew

00:54:17.880 --> 00:54:18.559
 16,

00:54:18.679 --> 00:54:19.460
 26,

00:54:19.719 --> 00:54:20.139
 Jesus

00:54:20.139 --> 00:54:21.460
 turns the

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:21.819
 word

00:54:21.819 --> 00:54:22.599
 good

00:54:22.599 --> 00:54:23.880
 in Numbers

00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:24.259
 10,

00:54:24.340 --> 00:54:24.840
 29

00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:25.659
 on its

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:26.279
 head.

00:54:27.579 --> 00:54:28.799
 As if

00:54:28.799 --> 00:54:29.299
 to say,

00:54:29.659 --> 00:54:30.299
 what good

00:54:30.299 --> 00:54:30.679
 will it

00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:32.460
 be for

00:54:32.460 --> 00:54:33.519
 someone to

00:54:33.519 --> 00:54:34.279
 gain the

00:54:34.279 --> 00:54:35.380
 whole world

00:54:35.380 --> 00:54:37.799
 yet forfeit

00:54:37.799 --> 00:54:38.679
 their soul?

00:54:39.799 --> 00:54:40.380
 Does that

00:54:40.380 --> 00:54:40.880
 paint a

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:41.360
 picture of

00:54:41.360 --> 00:54:42.039
 you tonight?

00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:43.059
 It certainly

00:54:43.059 --> 00:54:43.739
 paints a

00:54:43.739 --> 00:54:44.500
 picture of

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:45.099
 Hobab.

00:54:47.619 --> 00:54:48.000
 So,

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:51.219
 to be

00:54:51.219 --> 00:54:52.980
 or not

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:53.480
 to be?

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.340
 That is

00:54:55.340 --> 00:54:55.920
 the question.

00:54:57.579 --> 00:54:58.259
 What did

00:54:58.259 --> 00:54:59.059
 Hobab do?

00:55:00.759 --> 00:55:01.719
 How did

00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:02.539
 he respond?

00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:04.759
 What is

00:55:04.759 --> 00:55:05.400
 the outcome?

00:55:07.139 --> 00:55:07.739
 Well,

00:55:07.779 --> 00:55:08.219
 let's look

00:55:08.219 --> 00:55:08.759
 at verse

00:55:08.759 --> 00:55:09.460
 33

00:55:09.460 --> 00:55:10.840
 because it

00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:11.340
 sheds

00:55:11.340 --> 00:55:12.579
 some light

00:55:12.579 --> 00:55:14.139
 on how

00:55:14.139 --> 00:55:14.619
 all of

00:55:14.619 --> 00:55:14.860
 this

00:55:14.860 --> 00:55:15.659
 concludes.

00:55:15.659 --> 00:55:20.099
 So,

00:55:20.339 --> 00:55:20.920
 they

00:55:20.920 --> 00:55:22.719
 set out

00:55:22.719 --> 00:55:23.179
 from the

00:55:23.179 --> 00:55:23.460
 mountain

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:23.819
 of the

00:55:23.819 --> 00:55:24.259
 Lord.

00:55:26.219 --> 00:55:26.779
 The

00:55:26.779 --> 00:55:27.379
 ark of

00:55:27.379 --> 00:55:27.559
 the

00:55:27.559 --> 00:55:27.839
 covenant

00:55:27.839 --> 00:55:28.279
 of the

00:55:28.279 --> 00:55:28.519
 Lord

00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:28.799
 went

00:55:28.799 --> 00:55:29.219
 before

00:55:29.219 --> 00:55:29.639
 them

00:55:29.639 --> 00:55:30.879
 to

00:55:30.879 --> 00:55:31.179
 seek

00:55:31.179 --> 00:55:31.480
 out

00:55:31.480 --> 00:55:31.719
 a

00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:32.079
 resting

00:55:32.079 --> 00:55:32.519
 place

00:55:32.519 --> 00:55:32.839
 for

00:55:32.839 --> 00:55:33.159
 them.

00:55:34.299 --> 00:55:34.920
 The

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:35.319
 cloud

00:55:35.319 --> 00:55:35.699
 of the

00:55:35.699 --> 00:55:35.960
 Lord

00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:36.219
 was

00:55:36.219 --> 00:55:36.500
 over

00:55:36.500 --> 00:55:36.839
 them

00:55:36.839 --> 00:55:37.839
 when

00:55:37.839 --> 00:55:38.059
 they

00:55:38.059 --> 00:55:38.399
 set

00:55:38.399 --> 00:55:38.899
 out

00:55:38.899 --> 00:55:39.639
 from

00:55:39.639 --> 00:55:40.839
 the

00:55:40.839 --> 00:55:41.500
 camp.

00:55:43.000 --> 00:55:43.639
 What

00:55:43.639 --> 00:55:43.960
 is so

00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:44.539
 significant

00:55:44.539 --> 00:55:46.480
 about the

00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:47.019
 pronouns

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:48.800
 we come

00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:49.460
 across

00:55:49.460 --> 00:55:51.380
 from verse

00:55:51.380 --> 00:55:51.960
 33?

00:55:52.960 --> 00:55:53.179
 Well,

00:55:53.380 --> 00:55:53.759
 do the

00:55:53.759 --> 00:55:54.400
 pronouns

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:55.279
 they

00:55:55.279 --> 00:55:56.279
 and them

00:55:56.279 --> 00:55:57.460
 not include

00:55:57.460 --> 00:55:58.340
 Hobab?

00:55:59.619 --> 00:55:59.960
 Well,

00:56:00.320 --> 00:56:01.639
 I'm

00:56:01.639 --> 00:56:02.159
 persuaded

00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:03.239
 that all

00:56:03.239 --> 00:56:04.159
 five

00:56:04.159 --> 00:56:04.940
 pronouns

00:56:04.940 --> 00:56:06.519
 do

00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:07.800
 just that.

00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:09.420
 he

00:56:09.420 --> 00:56:09.800
 has

00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:10.080
 come

00:56:10.080 --> 00:56:10.620
 forward.

00:56:11.700 --> 00:56:12.360
 He's

00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:12.660
 in.

00:56:13.980 --> 00:56:14.180
 He

00:56:14.180 --> 00:56:14.420
 has

00:56:14.420 --> 00:56:14.800
 taken

00:56:14.800 --> 00:56:15.140
 that

00:56:15.140 --> 00:56:15.580
 next

00:56:15.580 --> 00:56:16.360
 step.

00:56:17.420 --> 00:56:17.780
 He's

00:56:17.780 --> 00:56:18.100
 in the

00:56:18.100 --> 00:56:18.519
 fellowship

00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:18.860
 of

00:56:18.860 --> 00:56:19.320
 Israel.

00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:19.620
 Had

00:56:19.620 --> 00:56:19.760
 he

00:56:19.760 --> 00:56:20.000
 not,

00:56:20.120 --> 00:56:20.300
 then

00:56:20.300 --> 00:56:20.660
 surely

00:56:20.660 --> 00:56:20.940
 the

00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:21.420
 passage

00:56:21.420 --> 00:56:21.680
 would

00:56:21.680 --> 00:56:21.920
 have

00:56:21.920 --> 00:56:22.380
 spelt

00:56:22.380 --> 00:56:22.600
 this

00:56:22.600 --> 00:56:22.800
 out

00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:23.100
 for

00:56:23.100 --> 00:56:23.560
 us.

00:56:24.360 --> 00:56:24.760
 If

00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:24.940
 there

00:56:24.940 --> 00:56:25.100
 had

00:56:25.100 --> 00:56:25.300
 been

00:56:25.300 --> 00:56:25.560
 a

00:56:25.560 --> 00:56:25.960
 parting

00:56:25.960 --> 00:56:26.180
 of

00:56:26.180 --> 00:56:26.360
 the

00:56:26.360 --> 00:56:26.980
 ways

00:56:26.980 --> 00:56:27.380
 at

00:56:27.380 --> 00:56:27.680
 this

00:56:27.680 --> 00:56:28.300
 decisive

00:56:28.300 --> 00:56:29.160
 point,

00:56:29.680 --> 00:56:30.440
 then

00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:31.200
 this

00:56:31.200 --> 00:56:31.660
 would

00:56:31.660 --> 00:56:32.120
 in

00:56:32.120 --> 00:56:32.640
 all

00:56:32.640 --> 00:56:33.420
 probability

00:56:33.420 --> 00:56:37.159
 be

00:56:37.159 --> 00:56:37.740
 highlighted.

00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:39.579
 But we

00:56:39.579 --> 00:56:40.059
 mustn't

00:56:40.059 --> 00:56:40.460
 stop

00:56:40.460 --> 00:56:40.820
 there

00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:41.380
 because

00:56:41.380 --> 00:56:42.599
 we need

00:56:42.599 --> 00:56:42.920
 to go

00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:43.280
 beyond

00:56:43.280 --> 00:56:43.480
 the

00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:43.659
 law

00:56:43.659 --> 00:56:43.820
 of

00:56:43.820 --> 00:56:44.380
 probability,

00:56:44.539 --> 00:56:44.740
 don't

00:56:44.740 --> 00:56:45.000
 we?

00:56:45.539 --> 00:56:45.920
 And the

00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:46.220
 Bible

00:56:46.220 --> 00:56:47.059
 does.

00:56:49.340 --> 00:56:49.780
 There

00:56:49.780 --> 00:56:49.980
 are

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:50.360
 two

00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:51.300
 further

00:56:51.300 --> 00:56:52.700
 references

00:56:52.700 --> 00:56:53.220
 to

00:56:53.220 --> 00:56:53.920
 Hobab,

00:56:54.320 --> 00:56:54.920
 or at

00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:55.180
 least

00:56:55.180 --> 00:56:55.760
 Hobab

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:56.340
 is being

00:56:56.340 --> 00:56:56.760
 alluded

00:56:56.760 --> 00:56:57.220
 to.

00:56:57.820 --> 00:56:58.260
 So if

00:56:58.260 --> 00:56:58.440
 you've

00:56:58.440 --> 00:56:58.780
 got your

00:56:58.780 --> 00:56:59.200
 Bible

00:56:59.200 --> 00:57:00.099
 in front

00:57:00.099 --> 00:57:00.539
 of you,

00:57:00.980 --> 00:57:01.260
 just

00:57:01.260 --> 00:57:01.780
 turn,

00:57:01.880 --> 00:57:02.099
 if you

00:57:02.099 --> 00:57:02.400
 will,

00:57:02.820 --> 00:57:03.240
 a few

00:57:03.239 --> 00:57:03.559
 books

00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:04.019
 forward

00:57:04.019 --> 00:57:04.639
 to

00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:04.779
 the

00:57:04.779 --> 00:57:04.959
 book

00:57:04.959 --> 00:57:05.279
 of

00:57:05.279 --> 00:57:06.099
 Judges.

00:57:08.939 --> 00:57:09.579
 Judges

00:57:09.579 --> 00:57:10.019
 chapter

00:57:10.019 --> 00:57:10.779
 1

00:57:10.779 --> 00:57:13.519
 verse

00:57:13.519 --> 00:57:15.139
 16.

00:57:19.719 --> 00:57:20.399
 Now,

00:57:20.699 --> 00:57:22.039
 we're

00:57:22.039 --> 00:57:22.359
 turning

00:57:22.359 --> 00:57:22.739
 to the

00:57:22.739 --> 00:57:22.879
 book

00:57:22.879 --> 00:57:23.059
 of

00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:23.500
 Judges

00:57:23.500 --> 00:57:23.799
 because

00:57:23.799 --> 00:57:24.039
 the

00:57:24.039 --> 00:57:24.199
 book

00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:24.399
 of

00:57:24.399 --> 00:57:24.779
 Judges

00:57:24.779 --> 00:57:25.500
 provides

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:27.299
 more

00:57:27.299 --> 00:57:28.279
 compelling

00:57:28.279 --> 00:57:29.439
 evidence

00:57:29.439 --> 00:57:29.859
 to

00:57:29.859 --> 00:57:30.399
 support

00:57:30.399 --> 00:57:30.739
 our

00:57:30.739 --> 00:57:31.379
 conclusion.

00:57:31.380 --> 00:57:34.320
 Judges

00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:34.660
 1

00:57:34.660 --> 00:57:35.240
 16,

00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:35.680
 as I

00:57:35.680 --> 00:57:36.019
 said a

00:57:36.019 --> 00:57:36.240
 moment

00:57:36.240 --> 00:57:36.579
 ago,

00:57:37.059 --> 00:57:37.660
 alludes

00:57:37.660 --> 00:57:37.940
 to

00:57:37.940 --> 00:57:38.559
 Hobab.

00:57:39.619 --> 00:57:40.260
 Let's

00:57:40.260 --> 00:57:40.700
 just get

00:57:40.700 --> 00:57:41.160
 a handle

00:57:41.160 --> 00:57:41.700
 on the

00:57:41.700 --> 00:57:42.440
 historical

00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:43.400
 context.

00:57:44.260 --> 00:57:44.880
 We are

00:57:44.880 --> 00:57:45.640
 in the

00:57:45.640 --> 00:57:46.019
 realm

00:57:46.019 --> 00:57:46.480
 of the

00:57:46.480 --> 00:57:47.140
 ongoing

00:57:47.140 --> 00:57:48.039
 conquest

00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:48.500
 of

00:57:48.500 --> 00:57:49.000
 Canaan,

00:57:49.180 --> 00:57:49.579
 so we're

00:57:49.579 --> 00:57:49.880
 some

00:57:49.880 --> 00:57:50.559
 40 to

00:57:50.559 --> 00:57:50.980
 60

00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:51.760
 years

00:57:51.760 --> 00:57:52.640
 on

00:57:52.640 --> 00:57:53.460
 from

00:57:53.460 --> 00:57:53.880
 the

00:57:53.880 --> 00:57:54.380
 events

00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:54.780
 that are

00:57:54.780 --> 00:57:55.320
 unfolding

00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:55.660
 in

00:57:55.660 --> 00:57:56.140
 Numbers

00:57:56.140 --> 00:57:56.579
 10

00:57:56.579 --> 00:57:56.980
 at

00:57:56.980 --> 00:57:57.280
 Mount

00:57:57.280 --> 00:57:57.980
 Sinai.

00:57:57.980 --> 00:57:58.619
 What

00:57:58.619 --> 00:57:58.820
 do we

00:57:58.820 --> 00:57:59.039
 read

00:57:59.039 --> 00:57:59.219
 in

00:57:59.219 --> 00:57:59.460
 verse

00:57:59.460 --> 00:57:59.920
 16?

00:58:00.019 --> 00:58:00.119
 And

00:58:00.119 --> 00:58:00.240
 the

00:58:00.240 --> 00:58:00.760
 descendants

00:58:00.760 --> 00:58:01.260
 of

00:58:01.260 --> 00:58:01.559
 the

00:58:01.559 --> 00:58:02.380
 Canaanite,

00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:03.559
 Moses'

00:58:03.880 --> 00:58:04.699
 father-in-law,

00:58:04.800 --> 00:58:05.460
 went up

00:58:05.460 --> 00:58:05.940
 with the

00:58:05.940 --> 00:58:06.639
 people of

00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:07.099
 Judah

00:58:07.099 --> 00:58:08.119
 from the

00:58:08.119 --> 00:58:08.780
 city of

00:58:08.780 --> 00:58:09.519
 Palms

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.159
 into the

00:58:10.159 --> 00:58:10.599
 wilderness

00:58:10.599 --> 00:58:11.300
 of

00:58:11.300 --> 00:58:11.900
 Judah.

00:58:12.500 --> 00:58:12.820
 Now,

00:58:13.679 --> 00:58:14.159
 this

00:58:14.159 --> 00:58:14.900
 speaks

00:58:14.900 --> 00:58:15.519
 of

00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:16.360
 Hobab's

00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:17.539
 kindred,

00:58:17.820 --> 00:58:18.240
 of

00:58:18.240 --> 00:58:18.960
 Hobab's

00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:19.639
 people.

00:58:20.440 --> 00:58:20.599
 The

00:58:20.599 --> 00:58:21.199
 Canaanites

00:58:21.199 --> 00:58:21.679
 were a

00:58:21.679 --> 00:58:22.380
 subgroup

00:58:22.380 --> 00:58:22.960
 of the

00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:23.760
 Midianites.

00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:25.119
 And

00:58:25.119 --> 00:58:25.500
 this would

00:58:25.500 --> 00:58:26.400
 strongly

00:58:26.400 --> 00:58:27.280
 suggest

00:58:27.280 --> 00:58:28.440
 that

00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:28.760
 his

00:58:28.760 --> 00:58:29.260
 whole

00:58:29.260 --> 00:58:30.019
 family

00:58:30.019 --> 00:58:30.560
 have

00:58:30.560 --> 00:58:31.140
 followed

00:58:31.140 --> 00:58:31.640
 in

00:58:31.640 --> 00:58:31.960
 his

00:58:31.960 --> 00:58:32.480
 footsteps.

00:58:33.600 --> 00:58:34.120
 But

00:58:34.120 --> 00:58:34.280
 we're

00:58:34.280 --> 00:58:34.500
 not

00:58:34.500 --> 00:58:34.760
 done

00:58:34.760 --> 00:58:35.040
 yet.

00:58:35.140 --> 00:58:35.400
 There's

00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:35.700
 one

00:58:35.700 --> 00:58:36.080
 further

00:58:36.080 --> 00:58:36.640
 reference

00:58:36.640 --> 00:58:37.360
 and

00:58:37.360 --> 00:58:37.500
 you

00:58:37.500 --> 00:58:37.800
 only

00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:38.100
 have

00:58:38.100 --> 00:58:38.300
 to

00:58:38.300 --> 00:58:38.660
 turn

00:58:38.660 --> 00:58:39.180
 a

00:58:39.180 --> 00:58:39.620
 page

00:58:39.620 --> 00:58:39.900
 or

00:58:39.900 --> 00:58:40.280
 two.

00:58:40.980 --> 00:58:41.040
 We

00:58:41.040 --> 00:58:41.540
 come

00:58:41.540 --> 00:58:42.140
 to

00:58:42.140 --> 00:58:42.600
 chapter

00:58:42.600 --> 00:58:43.640
 4

00:58:43.640 --> 00:58:44.720
 verse

00:58:44.720 --> 00:58:45.280
 11

00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:45.700
 and

00:58:45.700 --> 00:58:45.880
 you

00:58:45.880 --> 00:58:46.060
 will

00:58:46.060 --> 00:58:46.400
 see

00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:46.920
 there

00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:47.300
 that

00:58:47.300 --> 00:58:47.960
 Hobab

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:48.360
 is

00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:49.000
 actually

00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:50.019
 mentioned.

00:58:54.019 --> 00:58:54.940
 You

00:58:54.940 --> 00:58:55.140
 will

00:58:55.140 --> 00:58:55.500
 notice

00:58:55.500 --> 00:58:56.420
 that

00:58:56.420 --> 00:58:57.000
 more

00:58:57.000 --> 00:58:57.880
 specifically

00:58:57.880 --> 00:58:59.960
 it

00:58:59.960 --> 00:59:00.519
 refers

00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:01.340
 to

00:59:01.340 --> 00:59:01.539
 the

00:59:01.539 --> 00:59:02.139
 descendants

00:59:02.139 --> 00:59:02.980
 of

00:59:02.980 --> 00:59:03.579
 Hobab

00:59:03.579 --> 00:59:04.880
 Moses'

00:59:05.380 --> 00:59:06.400
 brother

00:59:06.400 --> 00:59:07.559
 in

00:59:07.559 --> 00:59:08.200
 law.

00:59:10.280 --> 00:59:10.599
 Now

00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:13.780
 Heber,

00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:14.039
 the

00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:14.559
 Canaanites,

00:59:14.639 --> 00:59:14.800
 had

00:59:14.800 --> 00:59:15.360
 separated

00:59:15.360 --> 00:59:15.960
 from the

00:59:15.960 --> 00:59:16.579
 Canaanites

00:59:16.579 --> 00:59:18.260
 the

00:59:18.260 --> 00:59:18.760
 descendants

00:59:18.760 --> 00:59:19.280
 of

00:59:19.280 --> 00:59:19.720
 Hobab,

00:59:20.740 --> 00:59:20.880
 the

00:59:20.880 --> 00:59:21.340
 father-in-law

00:59:21.340 --> 00:59:21.820
 of Moses

00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:22.960
 and so

00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:23.200
 on.

00:59:23.199 --> 00:59:23.579
 Now,

00:59:23.819 --> 00:59:24.199
 again,

00:59:24.939 --> 00:59:26.559
 this is

00:59:26.559 --> 00:59:27.199
 years

00:59:27.199 --> 00:59:27.699
 later.

00:59:29.059 --> 00:59:29.579
 Here we

00:59:29.579 --> 00:59:29.980
 are

00:59:29.980 --> 00:59:31.419
 in

00:59:31.419 --> 00:59:31.939
 Canaan

00:59:31.939 --> 00:59:33.460
 during the

00:59:33.460 --> 00:59:33.879
 leadership

00:59:33.879 --> 00:59:34.980
 of the

00:59:34.980 --> 00:59:35.419
 judge,

00:59:36.179 --> 00:59:36.579
 prophet,

00:59:37.319 --> 00:59:37.599
 and

00:59:37.599 --> 00:59:38.239
 mother in

00:59:38.239 --> 00:59:38.819
 Israel,

00:59:39.819 --> 00:59:40.159
 Deborah.

00:59:41.739 --> 00:59:42.879
 Two very

00:59:42.879 --> 00:59:43.500
 significant

00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:44.119
 reference

00:59:44.119 --> 00:59:44.819
 points,

00:59:45.439 --> 00:59:46.119
 all of

00:59:46.119 --> 00:59:46.659
 which take

00:59:46.659 --> 00:59:47.339
 us back

00:59:47.339 --> 00:59:48.219
 to Numbers

00:59:48.219 --> 00:59:49.419
 chapter 10.

00:59:49.420 --> 00:59:51.599
 So,

00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:52.039
 had

00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:52.780
 Hobab

00:59:52.780 --> 00:59:53.500
 not

00:59:53.500 --> 00:59:54.220
 followed

00:59:54.220 --> 00:59:56.340
 and his

00:59:56.340 --> 00:59:57.119
 line and

00:59:57.119 --> 00:59:57.880
 his people,

00:59:58.059 --> 00:59:58.320
 his

00:59:58.320 --> 00:59:59.300
 immediate

00:59:59.300 --> 01:00:00.260
 and extended

01:00:00.260 --> 01:00:00.920
 family,

01:00:01.320 --> 01:00:01.659
 then

01:00:01.659 --> 01:00:04.420
 he would

01:00:04.420 --> 01:00:04.840
 not be

01:00:04.840 --> 01:00:05.300
 mentioned.

01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:07.599
 So,

01:00:07.720 --> 01:00:08.500
 we conclude

01:00:08.500 --> 01:00:12.000
 that Hobab

01:00:12.000 --> 01:00:12.880
 indeed,

01:00:13.760 --> 01:00:14.559
 back in

01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:15.460
 chapter 10

01:00:15.460 --> 01:00:17.119
 of Numbers,

01:00:18.039 --> 01:00:18.460
 subscribed,

01:00:19.679 --> 01:00:20.079
 yes,

01:00:20.739 --> 01:00:21.539
 he sided

01:00:21.539 --> 01:00:22.739
 with Israel.

01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:25.000
 He takes

01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:26.559
 that step

01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:27.079
 forward

01:00:27.079 --> 01:00:28.880
 and he

01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:29.500
 walks

01:00:29.500 --> 01:00:30.480
 alongside

01:00:30.480 --> 01:00:31.199
 Moses,

01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:33.440
 grafted

01:00:33.440 --> 01:00:34.019
 into

01:00:34.019 --> 01:00:36.400
 the

01:00:36.400 --> 01:00:37.079
 commonwealth

01:00:37.079 --> 01:00:37.860
 of Israel.

01:00:38.500 --> 01:00:39.159
 you might

01:00:39.159 --> 01:00:39.739
 ask the

01:00:39.739 --> 01:00:40.260
 question,

01:00:40.760 --> 01:00:41.099
 was he

01:00:41.099 --> 01:00:41.719
 disappointed?

01:00:42.940 --> 01:00:43.340
 No.

01:00:44.019 --> 01:00:44.380
 Yes,

01:00:44.460 --> 01:00:44.780
 there are

01:00:44.780 --> 01:00:45.340
 challenges

01:00:45.340 --> 01:00:46.039
 ahead.

01:00:47.260 --> 01:00:48.159
 If you're

01:00:48.159 --> 01:00:48.619
 going to

01:00:48.619 --> 01:00:49.159
 turn the

01:00:49.159 --> 01:00:49.960
 pages of

01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:50.440
 Scripture

01:00:50.440 --> 01:00:51.599
 from Numbers

01:00:51.599 --> 01:00:52.420
 chapter 10

01:00:52.420 --> 01:00:52.860
 onwards,

01:00:53.039 --> 01:00:53.480
 it doesn't

01:00:53.480 --> 01:00:54.340
 always make

01:00:54.340 --> 01:00:54.760
 for good

01:00:54.760 --> 01:00:55.159
 reading.

01:00:55.340 --> 01:00:55.539
 You're

01:00:55.539 --> 01:00:55.900
 going to

01:00:55.900 --> 01:00:56.420
 read of

01:00:56.420 --> 01:00:57.219
 periods of

01:00:57.219 --> 01:00:57.820
 rebellion

01:00:57.820 --> 01:00:59.380
 and plagues

01:00:59.380 --> 01:01:00.840
 and disobedience,

01:01:01.139 --> 01:01:01.699
 but you're

01:01:01.699 --> 01:01:02.500
 also going to

01:01:02.500 --> 01:01:03.300
 read of

01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:04.139
 times of

01:01:04.139 --> 01:01:05.000
 great blessing.

01:01:06.300 --> 01:01:06.679
 You're

01:01:06.679 --> 01:01:07.179
 also going

01:01:07.179 --> 01:01:07.940
 to read of

01:01:07.940 --> 01:01:09.240
 the faithfulness

01:01:09.240 --> 01:01:09.800
 of the

01:01:09.800 --> 01:01:10.639
 covenant-keeping

01:01:10.639 --> 01:01:11.300
 God of

01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:11.800
 Israel.

01:01:12.740 --> 01:01:13.240
 You're

01:01:13.240 --> 01:01:13.920
 also going

01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:14.420
 to read,

01:01:14.420 --> 01:01:14.920
 yes,

01:01:15.320 --> 01:01:15.880
 of how

01:01:15.880 --> 01:01:17.039
 sin abounds,

01:01:17.179 --> 01:01:17.619
 but you

01:01:17.619 --> 01:01:18.360
 will read

01:01:18.360 --> 01:01:18.860
 of how

01:01:18.860 --> 01:01:19.480
 grace

01:01:19.480 --> 01:01:21.099
 does so

01:01:21.099 --> 01:01:22.420
 much more

01:01:22.420 --> 01:01:23.400
 abound

01:01:23.400 --> 01:01:24.039
 in the

01:01:24.039 --> 01:01:24.740
 history of

01:01:24.740 --> 01:01:25.200
 Israel.

01:01:26.380 --> 01:01:27.280
 And we

01:01:27.280 --> 01:01:28.280
 believe that

01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:29.280
 Hobab is a

01:01:29.280 --> 01:01:29.800
 recipient

01:01:29.800 --> 01:01:31.519
 of grace

01:01:31.519 --> 01:01:32.740
 and mercy

01:01:32.739 --> 01:01:34.179
 and peace

01:01:34.179 --> 01:01:35.539
 as he

01:01:35.539 --> 01:01:36.159
 walks

01:01:36.159 --> 01:01:38.099
 the path,

01:01:38.779 --> 01:01:39.159
 the way

01:01:39.159 --> 01:01:39.459
 of the

01:01:39.459 --> 01:01:39.839
 wilderness

01:01:39.839 --> 01:01:41.199
 with the

01:01:41.199 --> 01:01:42.119
 people of

01:01:42.119 --> 01:01:42.639
 God.

01:01:43.539 --> 01:01:44.419
 No eye

01:01:44.419 --> 01:01:45.599
 has seen,

01:01:46.279 --> 01:01:47.399
 Paul says

01:01:47.399 --> 01:01:48.439
 in 1 Corinthians

01:01:48.439 --> 01:01:49.259
 2, 9,

01:01:49.379 --> 01:01:50.199
 no ear

01:01:50.199 --> 01:01:51.139
 has heard,

01:01:52.799 --> 01:01:53.739
 and no

01:01:53.739 --> 01:01:54.959
 human mind

01:01:54.959 --> 01:01:55.919
 has conceived

01:01:55.919 --> 01:01:57.099
 the things

01:01:57.099 --> 01:01:58.099
 God has

01:01:58.099 --> 01:01:59.119
 prepared for

01:01:59.119 --> 01:02:00.799
 those who

01:02:00.799 --> 01:02:02.099
 love him.

01:02:04.500 --> 01:02:05.279
 I'm sure

01:02:05.279 --> 01:02:06.859
 Hobab may

01:02:06.859 --> 01:02:07.559
 well have

01:02:07.559 --> 01:02:10.420
 said that

01:02:10.420 --> 01:02:12.980
 God did

01:02:12.980 --> 01:02:14.859
 immeasurably

01:02:14.859 --> 01:02:16.619
 more than

01:02:16.619 --> 01:02:18.239
 all he

01:02:18.239 --> 01:02:18.679
 could have

01:02:18.679 --> 01:02:19.759
 asked for

01:02:19.759 --> 01:02:20.639
 or imagined

01:02:20.639 --> 01:02:21.460
 back then

01:02:21.460 --> 01:02:22.000
 at Mount

01:02:22.000 --> 01:02:22.699
 Sinai,

01:02:23.980 --> 01:02:24.739
 according to

01:02:24.739 --> 01:02:25.419
 the power

01:02:25.419 --> 01:02:27.179
 at work

01:02:27.179 --> 01:02:28.339
 within

01:02:28.339 --> 01:02:30.099
 the people

01:02:30.099 --> 01:02:31.519
 of God.

01:02:32.159 --> 01:02:32.799
 To him

01:02:32.799 --> 01:02:33.799
 be the

01:02:33.799 --> 01:02:34.759
 glory in

01:02:34.759 --> 01:02:35.379
 the church

01:02:35.379 --> 01:02:36.559
 and in

01:02:36.559 --> 01:02:37.379
 Christ Jesus

01:02:37.379 --> 01:02:38.479
 throughout

01:02:38.479 --> 01:02:39.739
 all generations

01:02:39.739 --> 01:02:40.979
 forever

01:02:40.979 --> 01:02:42.519
 and ever.

01:02:43.659 --> 01:02:44.539
 Amen.

01:02:45.259 --> 01:02:46.079
 Let's

01:02:46.079 --> 01:02:46.359
 pray.

01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:50.919
 Our

01:02:50.919 --> 01:02:51.359
 heavenly

01:02:51.359 --> 01:02:51.859
 Father,

01:02:52.079 --> 01:02:52.979
 we praise

01:02:52.979 --> 01:02:53.839
 you for

01:02:53.840 --> 01:02:56.120
 the

01:02:56.120 --> 01:02:56.680
 message

01:02:56.680 --> 01:02:57.400
 of the

01:02:57.400 --> 01:02:57.940
 gospel.

01:02:59.680 --> 01:03:00.680
 We

01:03:00.680 --> 01:03:01.240
 thank you

01:03:01.240 --> 01:03:01.900
 this evening

01:03:01.900 --> 01:03:02.480
 for

01:03:02.480 --> 01:03:04.800
 the

01:03:04.800 --> 01:03:05.400
 very

01:03:05.400 --> 01:03:06.620
 compelling

01:03:06.620 --> 01:03:07.539
 tone

01:03:07.539 --> 01:03:09.820
 of the

01:03:09.820 --> 01:03:10.220
 narrative

01:03:10.220 --> 01:03:11.039
 we have

01:03:11.039 --> 01:03:11.640
 engaged

01:03:11.640 --> 01:03:12.180
 with.

01:03:13.260 --> 01:03:14.440
 And it

01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:15.039
 speaks to

01:03:15.039 --> 01:03:15.620
 us

01:03:15.620 --> 01:03:16.260
 now,

01:03:16.579 --> 01:03:17.000
 thousands

01:03:17.000 --> 01:03:17.720
 of years

01:03:17.720 --> 01:03:18.180
 later.

01:03:20.160 --> 01:03:20.920
 Perhaps

01:03:20.920 --> 01:03:21.980
 we are

01:03:21.980 --> 01:03:22.559
 standing

01:03:22.559 --> 01:03:22.940
 where

01:03:22.940 --> 01:03:23.539
 Hobab

01:03:23.539 --> 01:03:24.279
 stood.

01:03:26.300 --> 01:03:27.460
 We pray

01:03:27.460 --> 01:03:28.539
 that we

01:03:28.539 --> 01:03:30.019
 would be

01:03:30.019 --> 01:03:32.059
 constrained

01:03:32.059 --> 01:03:32.980
 by the

01:03:32.980 --> 01:03:33.779
 love of

01:03:33.779 --> 01:03:34.699
 Christ to

01:03:34.699 --> 01:03:35.400
 take that

01:03:35.400 --> 01:03:36.860
 next step

01:03:36.860 --> 01:03:38.440
 and to

01:03:38.440 --> 01:03:39.019
 walk

01:03:39.019 --> 01:03:40.199
 with your

01:03:40.199 --> 01:03:40.639
 people.

01:03:42.219 --> 01:03:43.019
 And for

01:03:43.019 --> 01:03:43.679
 those of

01:03:43.679 --> 01:03:44.800
 us who

01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:45.300
 can look

01:03:45.300 --> 01:03:45.880
 back

01:03:45.880 --> 01:03:47.739
 to that

01:03:47.739 --> 01:03:48.500
 time where

01:03:48.500 --> 01:03:49.239
 perhaps we

01:03:49.239 --> 01:03:49.559
 stood,

01:03:49.699 --> 01:03:50.380
 where Hobab

01:03:50.380 --> 01:03:51.320
 stood and

01:03:51.320 --> 01:03:52.119
 took that

01:03:52.119 --> 01:03:53.239
 next step

01:03:53.239 --> 01:03:53.960
 so we

01:03:53.960 --> 01:03:54.920
 reflect with

01:03:54.920 --> 01:03:55.460
 gratitude

01:03:55.460 --> 01:03:57.380
 and so we

01:03:57.380 --> 01:03:58.119
 would raise

01:03:58.119 --> 01:03:58.960
 our Ebenezer

01:03:58.960 --> 01:03:59.440
 and we

01:03:59.440 --> 01:03:59.960
 too can

01:03:59.960 --> 01:04:00.759
 stand next

01:04:00.759 --> 01:04:01.440
 to Samuel

01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:02.000
 and we

01:04:02.000 --> 01:04:02.440
 can say

01:04:02.440 --> 01:04:03.000
 hitherto,

01:04:03.000 --> 01:04:07.340
 thus far the

01:04:07.340 --> 01:04:08.260
 Lord has

01:04:08.260 --> 01:04:09.280
 helped us

01:04:09.280 --> 01:04:12.059
 and so may

01:04:12.059 --> 01:04:12.719
 we continue

01:04:12.719 --> 01:04:13.860
 to trust

01:04:13.860 --> 01:04:15.500
 unreservedly

01:04:15.500 --> 01:04:16.940
 in the

01:04:16.940 --> 01:04:17.460
 sufficiency

01:04:17.460 --> 01:04:18.280
 of your

01:04:18.280 --> 01:04:18.820
 grace

01:04:18.820 --> 01:04:20.219
 for the

01:04:20.219 --> 01:04:20.880
 remainder of

01:04:20.880 --> 01:04:21.539
 this day

01:04:21.539 --> 01:04:22.880
 and for

01:04:22.880 --> 01:04:23.780
 all our

01:04:23.780 --> 01:04:24.340
 days.

01:04:25.019 --> 01:04:25.480
 In

01:04:25.480 --> 01:04:25.880
 Jesus'

01:04:26.119 --> 01:04:26.420
 name,

01:04:26.699 --> 01:04:27.099
 Amen.

01:04:27.099 --> 01:04:30.699
 Well, let's

01:04:30.699 --> 01:04:31.739
 conclude our

01:04:31.739 --> 01:04:32.579
 service as

01:04:32.579 --> 01:04:33.119
 we sing

01:04:33.119 --> 01:04:34.400
 Psalm 36

01:04:34.400 --> 01:04:35.299
 from

01:04:35.299 --> 01:04:35.759
 Sing

01:04:35.759 --> 01:04:36.539
 Psalms.

01:04:39.679 --> 01:04:41.019
 The tune

01:04:41.019 --> 01:04:42.440
 is Huddersfield

01:04:42.440 --> 01:04:46.119
 verses 5

01:04:46.119 --> 01:04:47.339
 to 10

01:04:47.339 --> 01:04:49.420
 on page

01:04:49.420 --> 01:04:50.119
 44.

01:04:51.739 --> 01:04:52.360
 Your

01:04:52.360 --> 01:04:53.420
 steadfast

01:04:53.420 --> 01:04:54.239
 love is

01:04:54.239 --> 01:04:54.880
 great,

01:04:55.059 --> 01:04:55.579
 O Lord.

01:04:55.579 --> 01:04:56.619
 it reaches

01:04:56.619 --> 01:04:57.699
 heaven high.

01:04:58.460 --> 01:04:58.779
 Your

01:04:58.779 --> 01:04:59.799
 faithfulness

01:04:59.799 --> 01:05:00.920
 is wonderful,

01:05:01.659 --> 01:05:02.319
 extending

01:05:02.319 --> 01:05:03.719
 to the

01:05:03.719 --> 01:05:04.259
 sky.

01:05:05.219 --> 01:05:05.980
 Verses

01:05:05.980 --> 01:05:06.840
 5 to

01:05:06.840 --> 01:05:07.259
 10

01:05:07.259 --> 01:05:08.059
 to the

01:05:08.059 --> 01:05:08.639
 praise of

01:05:08.639 --> 01:05:09.000
 God.

01:05:09.000 --> 01:05:09.420
 Amen.

01:05:13.420 --> 01:05:14.900
 Your

01:05:14.900 --> 01:05:16.480
 steadfast

01:05:16.480 --> 01:05:17.699
 love

01:05:17.699 --> 01:05:18.340
 is

01:05:18.340 --> 01:05:19.679
 great,

01:05:19.880 --> 01:05:21.420
 O Lord,

01:05:21.779 --> 01:05:22.440
 it

01:05:22.440 --> 01:05:23.759
 reaches

01:05:23.760 --> 01:05:28.140
 heaven high.

01:05:28.140 --> 01:05:29.360
 Your

01:05:29.360 --> 01:05:32.140
 faithfulness

01:05:32.140 --> 01:05:33.480
 is

01:05:33.480 --> 01:05:35.140
 wonderful,

01:05:37.080 --> 01:05:38.140
 extending

01:05:38.140 --> 01:05:41.140
 to the

01:05:41.140 --> 01:05:42.140
 sky.

01:05:44.640 --> 01:05:45.500
 Your

01:05:45.500 --> 01:05:47.140
 righteousness

01:05:47.140 --> 01:05:49.140
 is

01:05:49.139 --> 01:05:51.440
 very

01:05:51.440 --> 01:05:53.019
 great,

01:05:53.019 --> 01:05:55.519
 like mountains

01:05:55.519 --> 01:05:58.099
 high and

01:05:58.099 --> 01:05:59.980
 steep.

01:06:00.259 --> 01:06:01.099
 Your

01:06:01.099 --> 01:06:02.679
 justice

01:06:02.679 --> 01:06:03.519
 is

01:06:03.519 --> 01:06:05.440
 like

01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:07.259
 ocean

01:06:07.259 --> 01:06:08.699
 depths,

01:06:09.099 --> 01:06:09.799
 both

01:06:09.799 --> 01:06:11.940
 man and

01:06:11.940 --> 01:06:13.239
 beast

01:06:13.239 --> 01:06:14.019
 you

01:06:14.019 --> 01:06:14.940
 keep.

01:06:14.940 --> 01:06:17.200
 high

01:06:17.200 --> 01:06:18.900
 precious

01:06:18.900 --> 01:06:20.320
 is

01:06:20.320 --> 01:06:21.480
 your

01:06:21.480 --> 01:06:23.320
 sacrifice

01:06:23.320 --> 01:06:24.320
 love,

01:06:24.320 --> 01:06:26.059
 what

01:06:26.059 --> 01:06:27.320
 haunted

01:06:27.320 --> 01:06:28.320
 exit

01:06:28.320 --> 01:06:30.320
 brings,

01:06:32.320 --> 01:06:33.099
 for

01:06:33.099 --> 01:06:35.240
 high and

01:06:35.240 --> 01:06:36.320
 loof

01:06:36.320 --> 01:06:37.320
 my

01:06:37.320 --> 01:06:38.820
 sheltering

01:06:38.820 --> 01:06:41.200
 the

01:06:41.200 --> 01:06:42.200
 shadow

01:06:42.200 --> 01:06:44.200
 of

01:06:44.200 --> 01:06:45.200
 your

01:06:45.200 --> 01:06:47.200
 wings.

01:06:47.200 --> 01:06:48.940
 The

01:06:48.940 --> 01:06:49.200
 feet

01:06:49.200 --> 01:06:51.200
 within

01:06:51.200 --> 01:06:53.200
 your

01:06:53.200 --> 01:06:54.200
 hearts

01:06:55.039 --> 01:06:55.200
 and

01:06:55.200 --> 01:06:56.200
 they

01:06:56.200 --> 01:06:57.200
 come

01:06:57.200 --> 01:06:58.200
 streams

01:06:58.200 --> 01:06:59.200
 of

01:06:59.200 --> 01:07:00.200
 your

01:07:00.200 --> 01:07:02.200
 delight,

01:07:02.199 --> 01:07:04.579
 on

01:07:04.579 --> 01:07:05.579
 with

01:07:05.579 --> 01:07:06.579
 your

01:07:06.579 --> 01:07:07.579
 soul

01:07:07.579 --> 01:07:09.579
 shall

01:07:09.579 --> 01:07:12.579
 fly,

01:07:12.579 --> 01:07:13.579
 in

01:07:13.579 --> 01:07:14.579
 your

01:07:14.579 --> 01:07:15.579
 life

01:07:15.579 --> 01:07:16.579
 we

01:07:16.579 --> 01:07:17.579
 see

01:07:17.579 --> 01:07:19.579
 light.

01:07:20.579 --> 01:07:20.579


01:07:20.579 --> 01:07:21.579
 those

01:07:21.579 --> 01:07:22.579
 who

01:07:22.579 --> 01:07:23.579
 know

01:07:23.579 --> 01:07:24.579
 you

01:07:24.579 --> 01:07:25.579
 as

01:07:25.579 --> 01:07:27.579
 their

01:07:27.579 --> 01:07:28.639
 God,

01:07:29.079 --> 01:07:29.579
 your

01:07:29.579 --> 01:07:30.579
 steadfast

01:07:30.579 --> 01:07:31.579
 life,

01:07:31.579 --> 01:07:33.279
 loving

01:07:33.279 --> 01:07:35.699
 heart,

01:07:36.219 --> 01:07:36.880
 may

01:07:36.880 --> 01:07:38.199
 take

01:07:38.199 --> 01:07:39.019
 your

01:07:39.019 --> 01:07:41.199
 righteousness

01:07:41.199 --> 01:07:43.119
 to

01:07:43.119 --> 01:07:44.539
 those

01:07:44.539 --> 01:07:45.659
 of

01:07:45.659 --> 01:07:47.000
 pure

01:07:47.000 --> 01:07:47.880
 and

01:07:47.880 --> 01:07:49.380
 upright

01:07:49.380 --> 01:07:51.380
 heart.

01:07:53.259 --> 01:07:54.119
 The

01:07:54.119 --> 01:07:54.799
 grace of

01:07:54.799 --> 01:07:55.219
 the Lord

01:07:55.219 --> 01:07:55.539
 Jesus

01:07:55.539 --> 01:07:56.219
 Christ,

01:07:56.360 --> 01:07:56.880
 the love

01:07:56.880 --> 01:07:57.699
 of God

01:07:57.699 --> 01:07:58.279
 the Father,

01:07:58.440 --> 01:07:58.799
 and the

01:07:58.799 --> 01:07:59.219
 fellowship

01:07:59.219 --> 01:07:59.860
 of the

01:07:59.860 --> 01:08:00.239
 Holy

01:08:00.239 --> 01:08:00.799
 Spirit

01:08:00.799 --> 01:08:01.380
 remain

01:08:01.380 --> 01:08:01.880
 with

01:08:01.880 --> 01:08:02.079
 us

01:08:02.079 --> 01:08:02.500
 all.

01:08:03.380 --> 01:08:03.880
 Amen.

01:08:03.880 --> 01:08:03.940
 Amen.