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 1 Samuel 5, 6.

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 The Lord's hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod.

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 He terrified the people of Ashdod and its territory

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 and afflicted them with tumors.

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 When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,

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 The Ark of Israel's God must not stay here with us

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 because his hand is strongly against us and our God Dagon.

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 So they called all the Philistine rulers together and asked,

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 What should we do with the Ark of Israel's God?

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 The Ark of Israel's God should be moved to Gath, they replied.

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 So they moved the Ark of Israel's God.

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 And after they moved it, the Lord's hand was against the city of Gath,

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 causing a great panic.

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 He afflicted the people of the city from the youngest to the oldest

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 with an outbreak of tumors.

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 The people of Gath then sent the Ark of God to Ekron.

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 But when it got there, the Ekronites called out,

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 They've moved the Ark of God, Israel's God, to kill us and our people.

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 The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together.

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 They said, Send the Ark of Israel's God away.

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 Let it return to its place so it won't kill us and kill our people.

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 For the fear of death pervaded the city.

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 God's hand was oppressing them.

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 Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors,

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 and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

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 When the Ark of the Lord had been in the Philistine territory for seven months,

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 the Philistines summoned the priests and the diviners and pleaded,

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 What should we do with the Ark of the Lord?

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 Tell us how we can send it back to its place.

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 They replied,

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 If you send the Ark of Israel's God away,

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 do not send it without an offering.

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 Send back a guilt offering to him, and you will be healed.

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 Then the reason his hand hasn't been removed from you will be revealed.

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 They asked,

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 What guilt offering shall we send back to him?

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 And they answered,

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 Five gold tumors and five gold mice,

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 corresponding to the number of Philistine rulers,

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 since there was one plague for both you and your rulers.

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 Make images of your tumors and your mice that are destroying the land.

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 Give glory to Israel's God,

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 and perhaps he will stop oppressing you,

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 your gods and your land.

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 Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and the pharaohs hardened theirs?

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 When he afflicted them,

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 didn't they send Israel away and Israel left?

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 Now then, prepare one new cart

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 and two milk cows that had never been yoked.

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 Hitch the cows to the cart,

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 but take their calves away and pen them up.

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 Take the Ark of the Lord,

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 place it on the cart,

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 put the gold objects that you're sending him

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 as a guilt offering in a box beside the Ark.

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 Send it off and let it go its way.

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 Then watch.

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 If it goes up the road to its homeland,

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 toward Beth Shemesh,

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 it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us.

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 However, if it doesn't,

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 we will know that it was not his hand that punished us.

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 It was just something that happened by chance.

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 The men did this.

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 They took two milk cows,

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 hitched them to the cart,

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 and confined their calves to the pen.

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 Then they put the Ark of the Lord on the cart,

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 along with a box containing the gold mice

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 and the images of the tumors.

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 The cows went straight up the road to Beth Shemesh.

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 They stayed on that one highway,

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 lowing as they went.

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 They never strayed to the right or the left.

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 The Philistine rulers were walking behind them

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 to the territory of Beth Shemesh.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 Luke 1 says,

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 No word from God shall be void of power.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Father, we trust that in your providence,

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 you have brought each one here today

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 to sit under your word

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 and to hear this difficult text.

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 We pray, Lord, that your spirit will illumine it to us,

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 that you'll shine the glory of God

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 into our minds and our hearts.

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 We pray that you will help me, Father,

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 in my weakness.

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 I pray that you will help our congregation, Father.

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 Help us to see you truly for who you are.

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 And I pray, Father,

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 that those fears inside of our souls

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 will be settled and put into proper order

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 before this holy God

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 as you've revealed yourself to us.

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 For your glory we ask for Christ's sake.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Natural fear is not a sin.

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 As human beings, we have natural fears.

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 For about eight months,

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 my family and I had to live in Tucson, Arizona

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 for about eight months.

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 And Tucson is like a different planet.

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 It's barely earth.

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 One thing in Tucson is it seems like everything

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 in the wilderness and the desert

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 is trying to kill you and destroy you.

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 The plants, the bugs, everything wants to kill you.

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 And when we had to move there,

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 our little one at the time,

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 our youngest daughter who's now seven,

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 she was just born

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 and would be learning to crawl

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 in those next eight months.

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 And we found every single month we lived there

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 a scorpion in the home.

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 And you can imagine the mother's instincts.

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 We had a natural fear for the life of our daughter.

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 Those little baby scorpions on the counter

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 that are very poisonous.

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 And that type of fear is not a sin.

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 But a phobia, it's a fear disorder.

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 And fear disorders can be crippling.

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 Some of you know this very well

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 from firsthand experience living in this broken world.

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 What I saw was that one in five adults in America

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 suffer from some type of fear disorder.

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 Or anxiety disorder.

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 One out of five adults in the USA.

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 Now these are adults in the USA.

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 A country that does not have the fear of a land war.

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 Canada's got no plans to invade anytime soon.

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 It's not hard to find enough calories for survival

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 in this country.

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 I think we have the opposite problem.

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 I do.

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 Too many calories.

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 Education is free.

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 Social mobility is relatively easy now

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 in this time period of history than it's ever been.

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 And we have this very important invention

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 that keeps us going called antibiotics.

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 Some of us have needed antibiotics this past winter

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 to survive.

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 And we have.

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 We've survived another winter.

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 But still,

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 we have so many anxieties and fears

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 as adults in America.

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 20% of our nation

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 with a fear disorder.

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 Whenever we start to fear something creaturely,

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 more than we fear the creator,

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 our fears are out of order.

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 We have a phobia disorder.

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 The Puritan John Flabel in the 1600s

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 saw this exact pattern.

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 And this is a time of plagues

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 and a fire that swept across London.

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 But he pointed out,

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 sometimes we,

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 even as Christians,

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 we fear too soon.

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 Other times we fear too much.

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 And still other times we fear for no good reason.

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 We can relate to that, can't we?

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 As we read the Bible,

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 we see more and more a picture of God

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 as a loving father.

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 And no loving father wants his children

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 to be crippled by phobias.

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 The good news is that God

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 is the God who heals us.

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 So beloved congregation

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I want you to walk through this

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 difficult passage with me

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 and with God's help,

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 we'll see how it is that the Lord

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 heals the fear disorders

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 of his people.

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 Because we have to ask the question,

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 why was this story told?

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 And why is this story preserved

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 in God's word?

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 Why would God's people

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 throughout all the generations

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 and us now have this

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 as part of our Bible?

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 We're told every part of the Bible

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 is for our good,

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 for our instruction.

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 And that's the conclusion I've come to

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 after studying it and meditating it

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 with you and my hearts

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 and in my prayers.

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 So I want you to be ready

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 as we work through this

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 to answer the question,

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 will you let God

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 heal your fears?

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 Will you let

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 our powerful, mighty God

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 heal your fears?

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 Put them in proper order

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 today.

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 That's my prayer.

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 Well, I see two steps

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 to get us going

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 of how God does this.

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 First,

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 the Lord disarms

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 the power

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 of lesser fears.

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 The Lord disarms

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 the power

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 of lesser fears.

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 And he does this

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 very literally.

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 So what were the

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 disordered fears

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 in our passage

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 for today?

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 Well, we know the Israelites,

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 what did they fear?

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 Israel feared

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 the Philistines.

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 And the Philistines,

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 we know what they feared.

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 It was Dagon,

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 their devil,

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 demon god.

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 They had a great temple

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 to Dagon.

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 We saw last week

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 how did the Lord

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 disarm Dagon.

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 Well, he did it

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 by breaking off

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 the arms of Dagon.

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 In chapter 4,

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 verse 3,

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 they asked the question

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 the Israelites do

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 about the Philistines.

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 They say,

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 why has the Lord

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 defeated us today

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 before the Philistines?

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 Bring the ark

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 that it may save us

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 from the hand

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 of our enemies.

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 Listen for that theme,

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 the hand.

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 Whose hand

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 are you afraid of?

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 The Israelites were afraid

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 of the hand

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 of the Philistines.

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 The Philistines then,

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 taking this ark captive,

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 carry it to their temple,

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 humiliate the Lord of hosts,

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 they taunt him

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 over the victory,

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 the very victory

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 that he allowed them

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 to have.

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 And then in this temple,

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 we read in chapter 5,

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 verse 4,

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 there was Dagon now

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 as the Philistines

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 gather around,

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 fallen with his face

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 to the ground

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 before the ark

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 of the Lord.

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 Both Dagon's head

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 and hands

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 were broken off.

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 Dagon disarmed,

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 powerless.

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 The Philistines

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 disarmed,

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 powerless.

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 And now we read today

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 in chapter 5,

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 verse 6,

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 would you look there

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 with me?

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 The hand of the Lord

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 was heavy

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 on the people

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 of Ashdod.

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 He ravaged them

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 and struck them

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 with tumors.

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 It's the hand

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 of the Lord.

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 Because this passage

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 links these tumors

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 with rats,

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 scholars have come

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 to the conclusion

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 that these may have

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 been symptoms

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 of a bubonic plague.

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 The bubonic plague

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 or the black plague,

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 it was transmitted

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 by mice

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 and then fleas

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 that would ride

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 on the backs

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 of a mouse

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 would get onto humans

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 and bite the humans

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 and then humans

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 get the bubonic plague.

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 What it is

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 is bacteria

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 that would be carried

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 and transmitted

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 that way

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 that causes a swelling

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 of your lymph nodes.

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 A swollen lymph node

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 is called a bubos.

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 That's why it's

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 the bubonic plague.

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 These are located

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 on the neck,

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 under the armpits,

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 and the groin

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 and they're accompanied

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 by severe headaches,

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 frequent chills,

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 shivering,

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 high fever,

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 muscle aches,

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 nausea,

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 vomiting,

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 fatigue,

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 and sometimes confusion.

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 The swelling

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 under the skin

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 turns to a purple

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 and black

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 pus-filled boil,

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 painful tumors

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 that can erupt

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 and spread

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 very contagiously

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 to others.

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 A victim

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 of the bubonic plague

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 would die

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 within three

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 to eight days.

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 Who is able

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 to stand

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 before this

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 holy Lord God?

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 Not Dagon's statue

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 and not the people

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 of Ashdod.

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 They're totally powerless

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 and disarmed.

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 The hand of the Lord

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 has stricken them.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 There it is again.

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 The Lord's hand,

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 they said,

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 is harsh toward us

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 and to Dagon

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 our God.

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 Now when we have

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 this reference

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 to the hand of God,

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 disarming Dagon

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 and disarming

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 the Philistines,

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 is it God's hand?

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 Is that really

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 what it is?

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 Well let's look

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 at the rest of Scripture

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 to shed some light

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 on this phrase,

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 the hand of God.

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 Jesus says

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 in John 4,

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 verse 24,

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 that God is spirit

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 and Jesus also says

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 in Luke 24, 39,

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 that a spirit

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 does not have flesh

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 and bones.

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 So God does not

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 have flesh and bones

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 yet it's the hand of God

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 that's heavy

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 upon his enemies.

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 So what is

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 the hand of God?

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 It's God acting

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 in space and time.

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 It's a display

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 of God's

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 sovereign power.

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 How God will orchestrate

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 material causes

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 and effects.

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 God displays his power

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 in a specific way

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 through providence.

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 God acting

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 in human history.

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 Sometimes God acts

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 with nature,

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 sometimes he acts

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 against nature,

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 and sometimes

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 above nature

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 as our confession

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 puts it.

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 Today we'll see

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 two examples.

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 striking the Philistines

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 with this plague

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 carried by rats

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 causing tumors

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 on their skins

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 as God

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 showing his mighty

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 sovereign providential

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 hand on them

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 with nature

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 using natural disease.

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 Why does the Lord

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 do this?

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 See,

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 the Lord is revealing

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 even to this

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 lost pagan people,

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 you and your demon God,

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 you're not the ones

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 who have taken

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 the Lord captive.

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 The Lord has not

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 fallen into your hands.

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 Your hands are cut off.

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 You've made immobilized

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 by this plague.

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 You've fallen

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 into the hands

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 of the Lord,

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 and his hand

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 is heavy upon you.

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 This is the Lord of life

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 showing those

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 who opposed him

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 that to fight

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 the Lord of life

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 is to choose death.

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 He's teaching them

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 to fear

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 the heavy hand

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 of God

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 in order to live.

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 I say this

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 with as much love

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 and sensitivity

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 as I can.

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 There may be some here

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 or those who will

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 listen to this later

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 who still

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 oppose this Lord,

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 the Lord of life

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 in your heart

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 or in your life.

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 You're opposing him.

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 I need to lovingly

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 warn you

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 the same way

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 he's warning

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 the Philistines.

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 To oppose God

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 is to invite

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 his wrath

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 upon you.

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 The call

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 is to wake up.

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 You don't need

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 the Lord

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 to send boils

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 onto your skin.

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 You have his word.

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 You can see him

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 acting graciously.

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 Let his spirit

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 soften you up

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 to receive

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 this God

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 because until you

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 fear his heavy hand

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 you and I

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 can't have

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 eternal life.

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 We need to see

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 first the bad news

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 of what we deserve

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 and we deserve

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 the wrath

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 of God

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 for opposing him.

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 So the Lord

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 disarms the power

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 of these lesser

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 fears.

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 That's the first

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 step to healing

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 and putting our

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 fears in order.

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 What's the second

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 step?

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 What I see next

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 is that the Lord

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 replaces creaturely

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 fear with the fear

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 of the creator.

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 The Lord replaces

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 the fear.

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 Instead of fearing

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 these creaturely

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 things like

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 the Philistines

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 or a demon god

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 that they made

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 a statue to

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 or even a plague

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 carried by mice,

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 they need to fear

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 the creator

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 of it all.

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 The holy God.

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 So the people

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 of Ashdod then

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 are going to

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 pass off the ark.

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 It's going to go

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 to two more cities.

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 The first one

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 is called Gath.

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 The second one

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 is Ekron.

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 So look at verse 9

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 and Gath

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 there's that theme

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 one more time.

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 The hand

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 of the Lord

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 was against

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 the city of Gath.

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 Also with a

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 very great destruction

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 and he struck

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 look very specifically

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 who did he strike?

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 The men

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 of the city

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 in Gath.

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 Flip back

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 to chapter 4.

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 1 Samuel chapter 4.

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 Do you remember

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 the Philippines

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 called a battle?

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 What is it

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 that they try

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 to stir up

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 in their army

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 to go to war?

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 1 Samuel chapter 4

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 verse 9.

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 They say

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 be strong

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 and conduct

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 yourselves

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 like men

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 you Philistines

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 that you

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 do not become

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 slaves to the Hebrews

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 as they have

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 become to you.

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 so here's

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 these warriors

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 from the Philistines

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 behave like a man

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 you know

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 be courageous

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 and fight like a man

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 so the Lord

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 shows them

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 here's who you

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 really need to fear

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 you need to fear

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 the creator

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 of man

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 he strikes

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 the men

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 of Gath

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 and what's

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 the next detail?

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 Both young

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 and old

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 and my translation

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 in English

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 puts it both

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 small

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 and great

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 tumors

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 broke out

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 on them

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 well

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 in a few chapters

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 we have the most

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 famous story

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 of 1 Samuel

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 and that's the story

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 of David

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 and Goliath

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 do you remember

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 what city

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 Goliath is from?

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 he's from Gath

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 be a man

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 come and fight

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 like a man

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 that's the same

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 taunt

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 Goliath uses

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 in chapter 17

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 and we have

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 this detail

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 that all the men

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 of the city

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 of Gath

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 small

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 and great

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 are stricken

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 with tumors

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 now we can't

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 say for certain

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 but the best guess

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 is that there's

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 20 years

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 between this

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 chapter 5

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 and chapter 17

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 where Goliath

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 calls out the nation

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 of Israel

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 to fight him

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 and to send a champion

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 so MMA fighters

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 today

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 it's the closest

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 we have to

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 hand-to-hand combat

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 they're in their

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 peak years

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 in their early 30s

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 if we subtract

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 20 years off

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 of that

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 chances are

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 that Goliath

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 was like one

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 of these young men

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 sitting here

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 getting tumors

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 just like the other

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 old men

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 having this message

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 from the Lord

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 of hosts

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 because every man

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 great and small

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 in the city

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 of Gath

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 had tumors

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 breaking out

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 on them

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 and they say

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 get rid of this

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 ark of the Lord

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 of hosts

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 and so it goes

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 to Ekron

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 in verse 10

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 in Ekron

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 they gathered

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 together

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 all the lords

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 of the Philistines

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 of the entire

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 empire

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 there are five

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 major cities

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 we only have

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 three highlighted

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 in this passage

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 well these are

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 the same

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 lords of the Philistines

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 the generals

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 of their great army

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 that's going to be

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 plaguing and hunting

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 Israel

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 that's going to

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 come out

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 and call

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 this same

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 God of the Israelites

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 to call his bluff

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 see if he'll come

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 fight us

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 maybe he can

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 defeat us

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 how quickly

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 they forget

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 all of their generals

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 were there

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 stricken

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 and seeing

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 what's happening

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 the Lord

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 has shifted

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 their focus

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 away now

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 from Dagon

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 and the plague

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 to himself

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 look at verse 11

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 send the ark

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 of the Lord

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 God of Israel

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 away

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 let it go back

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 to its own place

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 so that it will

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 not kill us

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 or our people

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 for there was

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 a deadly destruction

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 throughout all

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 the city

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 and the hand

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 of God

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 was very

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 heavy

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 there

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 verse 11

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 verse 12

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 those men

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 who weren't

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 stricken dead

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 by the Lord

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 were stricken

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 with

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 inflamed

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 pussy boils

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 instead

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 what would it

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 have been like

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 to be in this city

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 in Ekron

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 the last place

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 before it finally

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 goes away

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 during the black

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 plague

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 they recorded

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 how

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 there was a

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 putrid smell

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.799
 in the air

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 the smell

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 of death

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 because all

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.579
 the vapors

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.420
 from decaying

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 flesh

00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:10.339
 set off

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 a sulfuric

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 aroma

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 released by

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 the decomposing

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 bodies

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 so the Lord

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 of hosts

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 the commander

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 of the Lord's

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 angel army

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 you see what

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.680
 he's done

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 he's invaded

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 demon land

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 he's given

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 them

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 a foretaste

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 of hell

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 there's

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 weeping

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 and gnashing

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 of teeth

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 it's the same

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 Lord

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 in all the

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 ages

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.440
 we sang this

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 in that great

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 hymn by

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 Martin Luther

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.940
 the Lord

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 of hosts

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 his name

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 from age

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 to age

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 the same

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 Hebrews

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 10 31

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 we read this

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 it's a fearful

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 thing

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 to fall

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 into the hands

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 of the living

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 God

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 see that's

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 the New

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 Testament

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.620
 affirming

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.580
 this same

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 living God

00:20:59.340 --> 00:20:59.860
 the Lord

00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.500
 of hosts

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 you should

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 have a

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 healthy

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 dread

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 of falling

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 into his

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 hands

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 as his

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 enemy

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 it's one

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 God

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.840
 from the

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 old covenant

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:09.960
 into the

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.480
 new covenant

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.500
 it's one

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.700
 Lord of hosts

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.860
 who is able

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.780
 to stand

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 before this

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 holy

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 Lord God

00:21:18.280 --> 00:21:19.960
 not the

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 rulers

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:21.220
 of Ekron

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.820
 or Gath

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:23.440
 not Goliath's

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 family

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:25.500
 not the

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.919
 Philistine

00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:26.699
 Lord's

00:21:26.699 --> 00:21:29.139
 the Lord's

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.699
 message is

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.039
 this

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.539
 the same

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:30.939
 to them

00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:31.219
 as it

00:21:31.219 --> 00:21:31.500
 is to

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.879
 us

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.959
 either you

00:21:32.959 --> 00:21:33.579
 fear God

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.000
 now

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.919
 for your

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.459
 own good

00:21:35.459 --> 00:21:36.659
 or fear

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.039
 him in

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.319
 hell

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.219
 forever

00:21:38.219 --> 00:21:41.219
 John

00:21:41.219 --> 00:21:41.599
 Flabel

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:43.819
 made this

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.119
 helpful

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.779
 observation

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:46.479
 the only

00:21:46.479 --> 00:21:46.879
 remedy

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.699
 for sinful

00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:48.139
 fear

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:49.579
 is godly

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.079
 fear

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:52.119
 weak

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.699
 Christians

00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.500
 fear man

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.319
 too much

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.539
 and god

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.339
 too little

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:58.279
 do you see

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.579
 what he's

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.839
 saying

00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.759
 he's saying

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.279
 that the

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.619
 remedy

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.779
 for an

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.240
 unhealthy

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.759
 fear in

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.299
 our lives

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.980
 the remedy

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.380
 for an

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.799
 anxiety

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.359
 disorder

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.140
 is to

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.839
 fear god

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.480
 properly

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:10.779
 if John

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.339
 Flabel is

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.660
 right

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.880
 this

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.980
 disorder

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.799
 that's

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.500
 become like

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.079
 a pandemic

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.779
 across our

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.200
 nation

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.460
 it's because

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.819
 there's

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.440
 insufficient

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.099
 fear of

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.380
 god

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:22.720
 we can

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.200
 even say

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.120
 that most

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.700
 pastors

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.500
 evangelical

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.160
 and otherwise

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.460
 are responsible

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.140
 at least in

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:29.140
 part for the

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.120
 anxiety disorder

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.460
 in this

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.800
 nation

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:32.220
 for not

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.240
 opening up

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.560
 the word

00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:33.960
 of god

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.900
 and helping

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.480
 us to see

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.160
 by faith

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.000
 the god

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.660
 who deserves

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.480
 to be feared

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.320
 with reverence

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:41.220
 because we've

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.760
 made god so

00:22:41.760 --> 00:22:42.240
 small

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.520
 all these

00:22:43.520 --> 00:22:44.060
 other fears

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.560
 in our life

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:45.020
 have cripped

00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:45.280
 up

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.359
 and they've

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.019
 crippled us

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:49.839
 i don't need

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.279
 to tell you

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.639
 you know

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:51.019
 this

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:53.220
 many people

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.599
 go to

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:53.980
 what they

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.519
 think is a

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.859
 christian

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.180
 church

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.579
 they don't

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.960
 encounter

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.339
 the god

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.559
 of the

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.779
 bible

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.299
 because the

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.519
 bible

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.899
 is barely

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.379
 opened

00:22:58.379 --> 00:23:00.259
 pastors

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.559
 true or

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.920
 otherwise

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.599
 have turned

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.180
 their pulpits

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.139
 into stand

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.700
 up comedy

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.599
 routines

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.799
 philosophy

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.539
 podcasts

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.519
 or group

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.460
 therapy

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.879
 sessions

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.539
 for positive

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:10.980
 thinking

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.139
 and the

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.859
 result is a

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.359
 pandemic

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.299
 with fear

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.940
 disorders

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:17.519
 many never

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.420
 hear about

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.279
 and never

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.759
 encounter

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.660
 the true

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.080
 god

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.799
 of the

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.340
 whole bible

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:24.160
 i'm sure

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.580
 we all have

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.080
 someone we

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.460
 love

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.640
 that does

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:26.980
 have a

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.559
 fear disorder

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.039
 and suffers

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.240
 with anxiety

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.820
 the most

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.340
 loving thing

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.840
 we can do

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.180
 with them

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.500
 is to

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.900
 open

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.740
 our bible

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.200
 with them

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:36.559
 and ask

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:36.840
 the holy

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.380
 spirit to

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.860
 teach us

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.360
 to fear

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.799
 god

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.640
 properly

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:41.160
 john

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.500
 flavel

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.779
 again

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.500
 the only

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.160
 remedy

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.420
 for sinful

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.880
 fear

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:46.680
 is godly

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.180
 fear

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.500
 a proper

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.880
 fear

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.960
 and reverence

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.660
 for god

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 because god

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.980
 replaces

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:53.100
 a lesser

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:54.000
 creaturely fear

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.920
 with fear

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.700
 for the creator

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:58.220
 well now comes

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.820
 the reaction

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.620
 the response

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.780
 how will the

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.300
 philistines

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.940
 respond

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.120
 to this

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:05.100
 hand of god

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.840
 that's come so

00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.400
 close among

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.660
 them

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:09.680
 i see that

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.560
 those enslaved

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.320
 to sin

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.899
 they reject

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.319
 god

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:17.059
 because to

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.500
 reverently

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.179
 fear him

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:19.279
 would change

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.740
 everything

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.879
 isn't that a

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.299
 pattern you

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.679
 notice

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:24.119
 those enslaved

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.879
 to sin

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:26.399
 unless the spirit

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.079
 awakens them

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.500
 they will

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.460
 reject god

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.519
 because to

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.419
 reverently fear

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:30.960
 god would

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.659
 change everything

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:34.559
 the philistines

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.480
 rejected yahweh

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.059
 so that their

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.659
 life could go

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.179
 back to the

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.799
 style they

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.519
 liked and that

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.039
 they were used

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.960
 to but first

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.420
 they had to

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.240
 test god and

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.720
 they even did

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.220
 this on their

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.839
 own terms

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:45.359
 in chapter 6

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.940
 verse 2 the

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.720
 philistines called

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.299
 for their own

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.799
 priests and

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.619
 diviners and

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.259
 they asked them

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.299
 what shall we do

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.859
 with the ark

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.379
 of the lord

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.440
 tell us how we

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.579
 should send it

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.099
 back to its

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.599
 place

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.200
 and these

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.180
 pagan priests

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.680
 of dagon

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.319
 they say

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.980
 well create

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.379
 these little

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.160
 models out of

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 gold and send

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.420
 them along as a

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.160
 guilt offering or

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.000
 an appeasement

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.359
 gift to try to

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.259
 appease yahweh

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.579
 the number five

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.099
 because there's

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.660
 five major

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.440
 philistine cities

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.000
 so the whole

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.019
 philistine empire

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.940
 will be represented

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:17.079
 someone pointed

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.660
 out how would you

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.319
 like to be called

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.859
 in to be the

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.519
 model for a

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.079
 tumor you know

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.660
 hey you got a

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.140
 good one on your

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.619
 neck come on

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.579
 over let's let's

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.059
 see if we can

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.680
 sculpt that

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:25.740
 well 6 5

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.839
 perhaps then

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.440
 yahweh will

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.400
 lighten his hand

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.640
 from you there's

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.259
 the hand of

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.960
 yahweh one more

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:33.039
 time he will

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.680
 lighten his hand

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.920
 from you your

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.379
 gods and your

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.619
 land they're under

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.159
 a triple

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.459
 providential

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:41.699
 pressing by the

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.859
 living god and

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.719
 it's fearful thing

00:25:43.719 --> 00:25:44.619
 to fall into his

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:46.459
 hands so they

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:47.179
 prepare a new

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.719
 cart so brand new

00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.299
 wood they're not

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.279
 just repurposing an

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.959
 old farm one and

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:52.779
 they get cows that

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.299
 have never been

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.619
 yoked up most

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.219
 likely these are

00:25:55.219 --> 00:25:55.879
 both signs of

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:57.219
 respect let's not

00:25:57.219 --> 00:25:58.259
 mess it up by being

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.959
 disrespectful but

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.699
 there's also a

00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:01.439
 twist there's a

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.899
 little scheme they

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:04.199
 want to test out and

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.799
 try to determine

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.359
 whether these

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.359
 plagues were a

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:08.079
 coincidence was it

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.039
 just a bad break or

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.099
 is it divine

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:12.639
 judgment these were

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:14.180
 cows who had

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:16.879
 suckling calves that

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.619
 had never been under

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:20.000
 a yoke inexperienced

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:23.240
 mama cows I grew up

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.399
 in a rural part in

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.299
 Brazil and there was

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.659
 a corral where all

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.299
 the cattle had to

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.940
 come through and get

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:29.399
 vaccinated well I

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.259
 remember walking up

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.899
 one time and there

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:32.460
 was this this heifer

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:34.000
 in this pen all

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.660
 alone and everybody

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.319
 was scared of her

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.980
 like getting out of

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.620
 her way and what

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.259
 it was that had

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.960
 happened is they had

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.779
 separated the mother

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.480
 from the calf and

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.779
 even these experienced

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.799
 cowboys were scared

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.700
 because this mama

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.720
 without her calf was

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.340
 going to destroy

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:48.039
 something and so

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.259
 even even city people

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.019
 know you can't

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.420
 separate a suckling

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.759
 calf from a heifer

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.480
 that's just given

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.079
 birth so this was

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.120
 their test was it

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:58.079
 Yahweh who struck

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.500
 and ravaged us or

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.880
 did this disaster just

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:02.420
 happened to us and

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.320
 it has nothing to do

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.800
 with Yahweh's hand

00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.880
 we need to know

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:08.620
 see they were

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.620
 providing Yahweh an

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.580
 opportunity as

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.300
 someone put it to

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:12.460
 write his signature

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.600
 across their

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:15.020
 circumstances and

00:27:15.020 --> 00:27:15.640
 they made it as

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.760
 difficult as possible

00:27:16.760 --> 00:27:17.780
 for God to do so

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:20.260
 contrary to nature

00:27:20.260 --> 00:27:21.800
 the cows go walking

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:23.820
 off to Israel as if

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.680
 they were in the grip

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.820
 and being led by the

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:27.560
 invisible hand of God

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:29.620
 the Philistines got

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.619
 to witness God

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:33.359
 miraculously revealing

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:35.079
 himself to them

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.679
 see earlier with the

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.919
 disease he was working

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:39.500
 with nature now he's

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.759
 working against nature

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.099
 making it even more

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:43.959
 clear this is the hand

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:46.839
 of God he had spoken

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.919
 to these Philistines

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:49.619
 now through their cowl

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:52.099
 Yahweh had stooped

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.759
 down and showed

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:54.599
 himself even on terms

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.179
 that they could

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:56.959
 understand he is the

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.700
 true and living God

00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:00.860
 he confirmed to the

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.960
 Philistines it was I

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.140
 who struck your God

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.940
 your land and even

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.660
 your bodies but now

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.539
 what will they do with

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.460
 this revelation how

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.680
 will they respond

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:12.519
 well the only right

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.420
 response would be for

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.340
 them to fear God

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:16.740
 to learn we have to

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.779
 worship you you are the

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.259
 true and living God

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.620
 we will humble

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.840
 ourselves before you

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:23.480
 we will go to your

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.259
 land and learn from

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.900
 your people we will do

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.700
 whatever your law

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.620
 requires for us to

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.540
 become your people

00:28:28.540 --> 00:28:31.519
 with Israel but that's

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.980
 not what the Philistines

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.720
 wanted they wanted

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.920
 their own comfortable

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:36.060
 lifestyle they wanted

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:37.620
 their own power and

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:40.860
 dominance perhaps the

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.900
 majority simply said

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.940
 well I'm glad that's

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:44.680
 over now back to life

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:48.080
 as usual Dale Ralph

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:49.380
 Davis made this

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:51.580
 observation it's so

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:53.259
 easy for us sinners

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.880
 Philistine or otherwise

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:56.320
 to respond only to the

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.940
 pain and not to the

00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:00.080
 truth about God in a

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:03.860
 circumstance once our

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.800
 immediate fears are

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:06.320
 alleviated our heads are

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.780
 no wiser and our hearts

00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:10.600
 are no softer Yahweh

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:12.140
 stoops to reveal himself

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:14.280
 even to enemies of his

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:16.680
 people this is the same

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:18.040
 Yahweh who will one day

00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:20.500
 draw near those who are

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.920
 far off and he'll do this

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.759
 by the blood of his own

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:28.759
 son so they reject God

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:30.440
 because they don't want to

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.560
 reverently fear him and

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:32.860
 have to change everything

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:35.740
 but I think what the Lord is

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.259
 doing for his people who have

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.539
 his word and who get to read

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:40.360
 this wonderful account of God's

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:43.480
 mighty hand in providence he is

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:46.680
 healing and he's showing them his

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:48.500
 redemption foreshadowed once

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:52.060
 again the Lord will heal again

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:55.420
 here through reversal what's the

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.779
 reversal that just took place

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:59.680
 it's the enslaved deliverer

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:03.620
 turning exile into exodus see the

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:05.140
 ark of the Lord that the ark of

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:08.060
 the presence of God the one who can

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:10.660
 deliver his people taken into

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.660
 exile on their behalf and then

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:14.560
 turning that exile into a great

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:18.660
 exodus see this exodus theme even

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:20.340
 the Philistines point this out

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:22.880
 they remember God's mighty hand on

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.700
 Jericho and on Egypt look at

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:27.800
 chapter 6 verse 6 they point out

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:30.820
 this connection why then do you

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.960
 harden your hearts as the

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:34.000
 Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:36.779
 hearts they see the parallel God is

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.880
 doing to us what he's already done to

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:41.720
 any who have opposed him and the

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.839
 ark is described as a prisoner of war

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:46.759
 remember in chapter 4 22 it was

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.740
 captured as if God had been

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:51.539
 enslaved and allowing himself to

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:54.740
 become that we read in chapter 6

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:57.059
 now look at verse 1 the ark of the

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.400
 Lord was in the country of the

00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:03.220
 Philistines seven months in Deuteronomy

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:06.799
 15 12 and 14 we read that a slave in

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:09.720
 the seventh year shall be set free and

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:11.839
 and that slave shall not go empty

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:14.200
 handed you were to put in the hands

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:17.380
 of that slave generously from what God

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:20.220
 has blessed you with and so that slave

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:23.779
 shall go free why did God allow it to

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:26.140
 take seven months for the ark to remain

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:29.860
 captive to the Philistines in the

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:32.299
 fullness of time he would bring

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:35.079
 deliverance from slavery deliverance from

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:38.199
 captivity it's the principle of Jubilee

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:41.199
 there will be a day the fullness of

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:43.460
 time where the captives will be released

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:46.439
 and it'll be by the mighty work of the

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:48.919
 one who can deliver them who put himself

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:52.399
 into exile to lead this great exodus of

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:55.799
 his people the the parallels with the

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:59.159
 exodus are so strong here in Egypt the

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 Lord killed and struck them with the plague

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 and we read in Exodus 9 3 the hand of the

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 Lord is what brought severe plagues to

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 the Egyptians just as it did to the

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 Philistines now in chapter 6 verse 12 a

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 cry went up to heaven remember when the

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 firstborn of all the Egyptians their

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 sons were strucken down by the Lord that

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 great first Passover there was also a

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 great a great cry and now the

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 Philistines are wanting to send the

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 ark of the Lord away just like in Exodus

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 10 7 the message was to let Israel go

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 before all of Egypt is completely

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 destroyed

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 see this exodus of the ark leaving the

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 captivity returning to Israel it was

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 revealing to the Philistines the same

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 thing that God revealed to the

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 Egyptians with that exodus it's exposing

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 them to the true God to his name to his

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 glory to his power and to his character

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 think about how even that work of

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 Christ is foreshadowed how tumors and

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 rats are two of the most unclean things

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 and this is the ark of the Lord that was

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 placed in the Holy of Holies think of

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 all the ritual cleansings that it would

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 have had to gone before you can even be

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 close to the ark of the presence of the

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 Holy God a person had a spot on their

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 skin and a blemish they had to be far

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 away outside of the tent and they had to

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 be clean and then be inspected by a

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 priest before they could approach and

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 come close and it wasn't any animal that

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 could be brought to the Lord it had to

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 be only the animals God said were clean

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 and unblemished and perfect at that so

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 the opposite of that would be a rat

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 that's infected with a deadly plague you

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 see how those were put there right next to

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 the ark of the Lord

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 unclean animals unclean skin being carried

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 away by the holiest peace in the

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 tabernacle of the Holy God it's a shadow

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 of the most Holy God touching our sinful

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 diseases yet remaining unblemished

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 himself this is a shadow of the great

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 exodus that God himself would accomplish

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 through Jesus Christ our great deliverer

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 before I let you go today I need you to

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 see that accomplished by the Lord Jesus

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 we've seen now the heavy hand of the

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 Lord on his enemies for their wickedness

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 for opposing him but the reason we can

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 have access to the Holy God is because the

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 heavy hand of the Lord it's that same hand

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 that struck Jesus Christ in your place and

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 in mine and he did this to put our fears in

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 order that we would have a fear for God the

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 beginning of wisdom that no other fears

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 would compete with our fear for this

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 reverence of the Holy God Hebrews 8 verses

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 8 and 10 say behold the days are coming

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 says the Lord when I will make a new

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 covenant not according to the covenant I

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 made when I took Israel by the hand and led

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 them out of Egypt in this new covenant I

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 will put my laws in their minds and write

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 them on their hearts see there's the hand

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 of God graciously putting his law inside

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 his people it's an inward seal of the new

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 covenant by the hand of God I will be your

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 God and you shall be my people well how

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 would this new covenant happen Isaiah 53 had

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 to be fulfilled it was the will of the Lord

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 to crush his own servant the heavy hand of

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 the Lord upon Jesus Christ for sin for evil

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 for uncleanliness why did the Lord allow

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 himself to be exiled enslaved to be crushed

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 by the heavy hand of the Lord for his

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 enemies so that he could invade hell and set

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 many captives free we sing of this great

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 truth we have been set free from captivity

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 to sin long my imprisoned spirit lay there I

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 was fast bound in sin and nature's night but

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 thine I diffused a quickening way rain I

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 woke my dungeon flamed with light my chains

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 fell off my heart was free I rose went forth

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 and followed thee captives set free following

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 the great deliverer so who is it that's able

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 to stand before this holy Lord God there's

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 one man who can stand before the holy God

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 and it's the deliverer the Lord Jesus

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 Christ Hebrews 1 8 says Jesus Christ is

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 seated at the right hand of the throne of the

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 majesty of the heavens that same right hand that

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 strikes down his enemies that's heavy upon sin and

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 that crushed the sin of God's people by crushing

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 Jesus in our place he's now seated exalted at the

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 right hand of God he can stand before the holy Lord

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 Ephesians 2 13 makes this good news of the finished work of

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 Christ gospel news for you and me now in Christ Jesus you who

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 once were far off you have been brought near by the blood of

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 Christ you can stand in the presence of the holy God in

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 Christ Jesus by grace you can stand before this holy Lord God because Jesus

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 Christ is the one who has brought you near and it's possible because of his

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 precious blood shed for you and me so we can sing arise my soul arise shake off

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 your guilty fears my God is reconciled his pardoning voice I hear he owns me for his

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 child I can no longer fear will you let the Lord heal your fear disorder

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 this is the work Jesus came to do for you and for me by his wounds we are healed

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 how does he do this what's your response first Peter 5 6 and 7 tells us humble yourself

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 under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time casting all your cares

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 upon him for he cares for you he's proved that he cares for you in the work of his son Jesus

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 it was grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved respond to this mighty Lord today

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