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 Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would come with might and power and deep conviction,

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 not just now as we receive your word, but throughout the entire service.

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 Father, please, in your mercy, have your Holy Spirit so move the very center of who we are

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 to able to desire to come into your presence and to receive from you and to respond to you in a worthy manner.

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 And so grip us with the gospel that we will grow day by day into disciples of Jesus who are gripped by the gospel,

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 learning to live for your glory.

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 And all this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, I'm going to tell you something really boring.

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 One of the things that Jenny, who's the admin person, and I are going to do in a couple of weeks' time is we're going to set aside at least one day

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 to go over all of the QuickBooks line entries and all of the ways that we record income and expenditures in all of our funds.

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 And we're going to go right back to zero.

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 Am I putting you all to sleep?

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 But we're going to do this, right?

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 Every single line item of QuickBooks.

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 This is if the council on Monday night gives us permission.

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 This is what we're going to do.

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 Now, this sounds unbelievably boring, but it's one of those things which is boring, not urgent.

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 We could go another couple of years without doing it.

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 But it's actually really, really, really, really important.

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 And a lot of times in life, you have to do things that aren't urgent, but are very important.

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 In fact, there's a famous writer by the name of Stephen Covey who wrote a book called Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

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 And one of the things he does is he talks about doing good effective people do quadrant two things.

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 Effective organizations do quadrant two things.

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 That's something which is important but not urgent.

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 Most people live their lives dealing with the urgent, and a lot of the urgent is completely and utterly unimportant.

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 And to spend all your time doing urgent but unimportant things is just a definition to really accomplish nothing of worth in life.

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 So we're going to be spending this time doing something which is important, help have our finances clearer, but not urgent.

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 I mention this because in the Bible story that we're looking at today, there are several things which make this story sort of very distant from us.

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 But actually, the story is talking about, if you just sort of bear with me,

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 it's talking about something which is really, really important, but people rarely feel is urgent.

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 And since we all would like to be effective people, nobody likes to go around and say,

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 by the way, I'm an unbelievably ineffective person.

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 In fact, if somebody said that to us, they're probably hoping we'd say to them,

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 oh, come on, you're actually pretty effective.

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 They're fishing for a compliment.

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 But nobody likes to say that.

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 So this text, believe it or not, is actually dealing with something very, very important,

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 but most people never think it's urgent.

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 So if you turn your Bibles to Judges chapter 13, Judges chapter 13, verse 1.

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 And if you don't have Bibles, there's some up there.

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 You can come and follow along with me, and you can keep the Bible if you don't have a Bible of your own.

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 And we're going through the book of Judges.

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 And if this was a Netflix series, we're going to begin a three-part sub-story, so to speak, in a longer story arc.

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 And we're going to look at three stories or three episodes about Samson,

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 a person that many people have heard of, even if they're not Christian.

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 And if I was a—well, you'll see in a moment.

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 This week, we're going to look at the birth of Samson.

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 Next week, we're going to look at the battles of Samson.

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 And if I was a good Baptist, I would know another B to begin the third episode.

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 But all I can think of is the destruction, you know, the demise and death of Samson.

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 And so, by the way, if some of you can come up with a B to describe that third episode,

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 that would be very handy, and I'll announce it next week.

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 Samson is the last of the Judges.

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 It talks about this chaotic period in Israel after they've come into the Promised Land.

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 They're constantly being invaded.

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 And they're very, very disunified.

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 And Samson is the last of these 12 judges that the Book of Judges tells us about.

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 So that sort of gets you up to it.

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 And this week, we're going to look at the birth, which doesn't sound very interesting,

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 other than the fact that it's actually going to deal with something which is very important,

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 but is never urgent.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 So the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for 40 years.

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 I haven't mentioned this very much, but Philistines who become eventually more and more and more important in the Bible,

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 a way to understand who they are, they're a little bit like if you lived in the British Isles in certain centuries,

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 and they kept being invaded by the Norse, people from what we now call Norway and Sweden and Denmark,

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 sea raiders who would come and occupy parts of the land or maybe just come and leave.

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 But that's what Philistines were.

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 They weren't actually native to the land.

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 They were sea raiding people who kept invading this land.

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 And for 40 years, they've been oppressing the people of Israel.

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 But here's the thing, which we're going to talk about it a lot more at the end,

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 but I want you to notice this phrase,

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 and the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 I coach people about how to speak, how to teach the Bible, and how to preach.

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 And one of the things I do when I'm coaching people about how to preach or teach the Bible

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 is I say that as part of their preparation, they should try to understand the entire text.

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 They should take time to look at the entire text and try to understand every bit of it.

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 I'm not patting myself on the back, but after the 8 o'clock service,

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 somebody asked me about a bit of the text which I didn't talk on,

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 and I could give them the answer.

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 Same thing happened last week.

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 I said, that's what you should always be able to do.

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 But usually in a text, in a sermon, you're not giving a university lecture.

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 You're giving a sermon, and it means you can't cover everything in the text.

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 You sort of have to pick a path through the text.

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 And so every week as we've been going through the book of Judges,

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 I've picked a path through the text.

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 And every week I've not mentioned this little phrase,

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 and the people of Israel had gained it what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 But it's actually one of the most important phrases in the entire book of Judges.

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 And you can see that in two ways.

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 But every week it didn't make the cut, so to speak.

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 But this week, and maybe in another one of the weeks,

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 I just want to, we're going to camp on that a little bit.

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 And this is actually getting at what is important but not urgent.

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 Seven different times in the book of Judges, this phrase has come.

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 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 Seven times is the number of perfection.

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 It means it's a very, very important idea.

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 It's part of the introduction,

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 and it's part of half of all of the stories of the Judges.

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 This phrase has come.

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 And this is the last time in the book that the phrase appears.

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 But the phrase appears, the idea appears in a different form two times in the conclusion of the book.

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 And it's when we see how it's phrased,

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 the semi-basic concept is phrased with different words that we understand,

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 in a sense, the sharpness of this idea.

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 If you turn in your Bibles to chapter 17, verse 6,

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 which is at the beginning of a very long conclusion to the book of Judges,

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 and you'll see this.

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 In those days, there was no king in Israel.

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 Note this.

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 Everyone did what was right in his or her own eyes.

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 Everyone did what was right in his or her own eyes.

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 And in the conclusion, you're going to see in the two-part conclusion,

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 just like massive foolishness and selfishness and horrendous things going on.

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 And you realize that this phrase is another way of getting at this fundamental concept

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 that's explained, said seven times about people did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 And another way to say that is that people were doing what was right in their own eyes.

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 And to help really bring home that this is an important idea in the entire book

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 is see the very last words of the book.

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 If you have your Bibles, it's 21-25.

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 And the very, very final words of the entire book say this.

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 In those days, there was no king in Israel.

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 Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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 Now, there's lots of things that are difficult about trying to bring a biblical text to bear.

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 For those of us reading it today in 2020,

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 in post-modern capitalist or post-capitalist,

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 a knowledge-based economy like Canada in 2020,

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 like Ottawa in 2020,

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 there's lots of things that make bridging that gap very, very difficult sometimes.

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 And that's why lots of times sermons can be unbelievably boring.

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 They don't attempt to bridge that gap between the ancient world and how we live today.

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 But here we see there's a huge problem that has to be addressed,

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 which I'm going to talk about in a moment,

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 which I think is this urgent thing, non-urgent thing,

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 but actually unbelievably important.

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 And that is, how is the fundamental way that most Canadians think about life is this.

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 Brother, only you know what is right for you.

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 Don't listen to your dad.

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 Don't listen to your brother.

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 Don't listen to religious figures like me.

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 Sister, only you know what is right for you.

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 And you need to pursue what is right for you.

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 And only, don't let anybody else,

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 don't let your roommate,

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 don't let your sister,

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 your mother,

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 your father,

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 your kids,

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 a church,

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 a school,

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 a coach,

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 don't let any,

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 only you know what is right for you.

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 And if you want to be really human and really whole,

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 you need to be authentic and pursue that.

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 In other words,

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 do what is right in your own eyes.

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 Now you see part of the problem.

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 The basic anthem of Canada is do what is right in your own eyes.

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 And the basic message of the book of Judges is,

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 if you do what is right in your own eyes,

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 you're more often than not doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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 And we see a huge gap between the biblical text and us.

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 And it would be one of the reasons why many Canadians would say,

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 like, chuck the Bible.

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 It's not helpful at all.

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 It's just oppressive.

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 Believe it or not,

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 the way the rest of the story goes actually points to a better way than how most Canadians think.

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 It captures the good,

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 the true good in how Canadians think,

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 without realizing how unbalanced and dangerous it is.

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 And the Bible is going to point in this story,

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 hint and show a direction towards a far better way

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 that actually answers the real longings to how Canadians think,

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 without the profound selfishness that goes along with how Canadians think.

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 So let's look at how it goes.

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 Look how the story goes.

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 So we've already said,

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 I have to get back to my text,

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 we've already said,

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 and the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 So the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for 40 years.

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 And then the story continues.

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 This is the birth of Samson.

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 There was a certain man of Zorah,

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 of the tribe of the Danites,

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 whose name was Manoah,

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 and his wife was barren and had no children.

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 And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her,

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 Behold, you are barren and have not born children,

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 but you shall conceive and bear a son.

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 Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink

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 and eat nothing unclean.

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 For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son.

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 No razor shall come upon his head.

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 For the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb.

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 And he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.

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 Now just sort of pause there to understand what they're saying is,

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 if you go back later on and you read Numbers chapter 6,

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 which would have been a passage of scripture

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 that would have been available to them at this time,

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 you'll see that there's a special vow of a Nazarite.

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 And the vow of the Nazarite is for a person,

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 like a Jewish person back in those days,

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 who's in a time of crisis.

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 And not only crisis,

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 but a crossroads connected to the crisis.

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 And they really need God's presence

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 and they really need God's direction.

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 And so they take upon themselves for a season,

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 a special vow to live in a sense,

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 in a specially holy way,

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 because they want to be in God's presence.

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 They want to be able to call out to him

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 for his direction and for his help and for his strength.

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 And so the basic feature of the vow of the Nazarite,

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 apart from the fact that it's a special time of prayer

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 and seeking the Lord's will,

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 is that no razor will touch your head at all.

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 So your beard, if you're a man,

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 your beard will grow out longer

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 and your hair will grow longer.

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 If you're a woman,

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 your hair will just grow longer and longer.

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 And the second aspect of it

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 is that you don't have anything that's from the vine.

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 So you can't have raisins,

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 can't have grapes,

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 can't have wine,

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 can't have grape juice,

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 anything connected to the vine,

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 you're not allowed to have.

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 And the third thing

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 is that you're not allowed to be near dead bodies.

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 And it's just like,

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 it's just in a sense three markers.

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 On one level, it doesn't really matter.

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 It's the same thing

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 how Christians would understand fasting.

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 On one level, fasting doesn't matter

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 other than the fact

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 that it's a bit of a way to symbolize

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 that you're giving up something

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 to devote yourself more to seeking God's will.

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 That's sort of the heart of this practice.

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 And by the way,

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 for those of you who aren't familiar with this story,

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 Samson is going to violate

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 all of the conditions of a Nazarite.

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 Every single one of them.

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 Some of them spectacularly.

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 Don't be near dead bodies.

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 The body count in Samson's life

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 is going to be very high,

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 all at his hand.

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 So,

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 he's going to violate this all the time.

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 But that's the vow.

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 And God's angel is saying to the parents,

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 this baby that's going to be born to you,

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 he's going to be a boy

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 and he's going to be a Nazarite from birth.

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 And his purpose is to begin to save Israel

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 from the hand of the Philistines.

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 So, what happens is,

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 verse 6 and 7,

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 Then the woman came and told her husband,

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 A man of God came to me

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 and his appearance was like the appearance

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 of the angel of God.

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 Very awesome.

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 I did not ask him where he was from

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 and he did not tell me his name.

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 But he said to me,

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 Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son.

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 So then drink no wine or strong drink

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 and eat nothing unclean,

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 for the child shall be a Nazarite to God

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 from the womb to the day of his death.

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 Now, just sort of pause here.

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 A little thing to notice in the story.

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 And I've mentioned this before.

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 The angel of the Lord is a being

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 that appears many times in the Old Testament.

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 And basically, it's a mystery.

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 It's an enigma.

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 If you go back and read theologians,

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 it's not clear whether it's a theophany,

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 like an appearance of God.

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 Some people actually think

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 that it's a pre-incarnate visitation

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 by Jesus himself.

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 Or it's an angel that has

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 a special relationship with God.

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 But it's very, very clear

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 it's a very unique type of being.

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 And that when this being speaks,

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 it's God speaking.

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 It's as if God is present right with them,

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 speaking directly and plainly to them.

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 And this being appears as a man.

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 So we know from the editor

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 that it's an angel of the Lord,

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 but they still think it's a man.

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 It looks like a man.

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 And that's how they refer to this being.

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 So she goes and tells her husband

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 these things.

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 So how does her husband respond?

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 Well, actually,

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 her husband believes her.

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 Verse 8.

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 Then Manoah prayed to the Lord

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 and said,

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 O Lord,

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 please let the man of God,

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 notice that,

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 the man of God whom you sent

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 come again to us

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 and teach us

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 what we are to do

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 with the child

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 who will be born.

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 And God listened

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 to the voice of Manoah.

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 And the angel of God

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 came again to the woman

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 as she sat in the field.

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 Sort of notice,

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 that's sort of interesting,

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 that the man,

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 Manoah's praying it,

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 but the angel doesn't show up

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 to Manoah.

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 He shows up again

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 to Manoah's wife.

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 But Manoah,

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 her husband,

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 was not with her.

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 So the woman

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 ran quickly

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 and told her husband,

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 Behold,

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 the man who came to me

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 the other day

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 has appeared to me.

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 And Manoah arose

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 and went after his wife

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 and came to the man

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 and said to him,

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 Are you the man

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 who spoke to this woman?

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 And he said,

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 I am.

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 Now just sort of pause

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 before I read anything else.

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 If I was in a social gathering

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 with my wife

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 and I meet somebody

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 that I haven't met before

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 and I said to him,

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 Are you the one

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 who spoke to this woman?

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 My wife would be upset.

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 Don't take any type

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 of marital advice

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 from this particular story.

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 Men who are married,

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 men who have girlfriends,

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 never refer to your wife

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 or your girlfriend

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 as this woman

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 as if she doesn't have a name.

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 Just a mere pointer.

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 Just because it's in the Bible

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 doesn't mean

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 that you should go

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 and do likewise.

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 A lot of times

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 in these stories

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 it's telling you

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 what not to do.

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 I just thought

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 I'd bring that out

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 just in case

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 any of you

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 were a bit confused by it

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 and started referring

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 to your wife

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 as this woman

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 because the Bible

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 told you to do so.

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 Don't do it.

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 Anyway,

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 verse 12.

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 Continue on.

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 And Manoah said,

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 Now when your words

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 come true,

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 what is to be

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 the child's manner of life

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 and what is his mission?

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 And the angel of the Lord

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 said to Manoah,

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 Of all that I said

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 to the woman,

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 let her be careful,

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 she may not eat

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 of anything

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 that comes from the vine,

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 neither let her drink

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 wine or strong drink

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 or eat any unclean thing.

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 All that I commanded her,

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 let her observe.

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 Now just sort of

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 notice here

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 for a second,

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 the angel actually

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 leaves something out.

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 He actually,

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 it's a bit of a rebuke

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 to Manoah.

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 He says,

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 Whatever I told her,

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 you need to both do it.

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 And he left out

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 something that he'd said

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 to the woman,

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 so he has to actually

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 listen to his wife.

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 But the main thing

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 in here is this,

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 just to notice this,

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 and this is going

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 to be really important

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 to understand that thing

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 which is important

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 but never urgent.

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 What Manoah wants

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 is he wants

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 to know the rules

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 and he wants

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 to know the steps.

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 He says,

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 Okay God,

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 this is really good news

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 that we're going

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 to have a son.

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 So okay,

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 what do we have to do?

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.140
 Okay,

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.580
 you've told me

00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.920
 a few things about her

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 and obviously

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.940
 that implicates me

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 but what precisely

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 is it we should do?

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 And where precisely

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:05.120
 is it that this is going?

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 And on one hand,

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.960
 you'll notice

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.800
 it's very interesting

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:10.440
 because that was part

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.300
 of Manoah's prayer,

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.560
 right?

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:13.420
 So the angel of the Lord

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:15.120
 speaks to Manoah's wife

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:17.500
 and Manoah calls out

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.880
 to the Lord,

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.900
 Could you please help us

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.420
 and let us know

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.140
 what exactly it is

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.920
 we want to do?

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:22.100
 And God is answering

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.800
 his prayer

00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:24.300
 by sending the angel

00:20:24.300 --> 00:20:24.539
 of the Lord

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.340
 a second time

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 and now Manoah asks

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.800
 the angel of the Lord,

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.500
 Can you tell us

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:30.980
 the rules?

00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:31.640
 Can you tell us

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.160
 the steps?

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 Can you tell us

00:20:32.800 --> 00:20:33.360
 everything that has

00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:33.840
 to be done?

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.100
 So on one hand,

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.640
 the angel of the Lord

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.420
 is answering the prayer

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.460
 but the angel of the Lord

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.420
 doesn't answer the prayer.

00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.880
 He doesn't tell him

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.360
 what to do.

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.440
 So it's just sort of left

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.259
 and let's see

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.519
 how it develops

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:50.500
 because in fact,

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:52.320
 the angel of the Lord,

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.800
 I didn't flip it,

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.720
 the angel of the Lord

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:57.200
 is going to answer

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:58.740
 the request

00:20:58.740 --> 00:21:00.360
 but in a completely

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:02.220
 out of left field

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.920
 type of way,

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.840
 not the way

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:05.000
 that Manoah wants

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.000
 to be answered,

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.519
 not the way

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.240
 he's expecting

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:09.100
 and he might not

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:10.200
 even have recognized

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.900
 that the angel of the Lord

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.279
 has answered his request.

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.080
 But here's what happens.

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.880
 Verse 15,

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:18.060
 Manoah said

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.980
 to the angel of the Lord,

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.920
 please let us detain you

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.299
 and prepare a young goat

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.700
 for you.

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.920
 And the angel of the Lord

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.640
 said to Manoah,

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:27.059
 if you detain me,

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.819
 I will not eat

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.539
 of your food

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 but if you prepare

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.559
 a burnt offering,

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.480
 then offer it

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.180
 to the Lord.

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.880
 Now this is actually

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.980
 part of the Lord's answer

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.000
 because if you read

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.660
 other stories

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.380
 with the angel of the Lord,

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.700
 sometimes they do eat food

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:41.319
 but his refusal

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.220
 to eat food

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.579
 and to have a sacrifice

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.099
 to the Lord

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.660
 is part of the answer

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.779
 that the Lord

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.740
 is giving to Manoah

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.340
 and his wife.

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.060
 The brackets

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 for Manoah,

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.360
 verse 16,

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.940
 did not know

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.620
 that he was

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.440
 the angel of the Lord.

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.720
 Verse 17,

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 And Manoah

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.860
 said to the angel

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.320
 of the Lord,

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:01.080
 what is your name

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:03.279
 so that when your words

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.759
 come true

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.880
 we may honor you?

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.940
 And actually,

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.160
 every English version

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.640
 of the Bible

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.680
 gets the original

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.540
 language incorrect.

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.040
 What's happened

00:22:12.040 --> 00:22:12.860
 is that Manoah

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:14.120
 has become tongue-tied

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.979
 and in the original language

00:22:15.979 --> 00:22:16.839
 that sentence,

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.000
 the question is completely

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.399
 and utterly ungrammatic

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:21.179
 because it begins

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.739
 with who.

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 So he wants to say

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:24.739
 who are you

00:22:24.739 --> 00:22:26.599
 but he starts to say

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.019
 who

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.559
 and then he switches

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.139
 in the middle

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.779
 of the language

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.399
 and realizes

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.479
 he shouldn't be asking

00:22:31.479 --> 00:22:32.199
 who are you.

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.759
 So in Hebrew

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.299
 it's completely ungrammatic.

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.379
 It doesn't make any sense

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.159
 because it's obvious

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.879
 he's going to ask

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.500
 who are you.

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.579
 He starts to ask

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.179
 that question

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:41.519
 but then he sort of

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.619
 switches and ends

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.259
 his sentence

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.939
 as if he's saying

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.700
 what is your name?

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 And in English

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:47.900
 they do a valid thing

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:49.380
 they straighten it all out.

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 And he says

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.019
 what is your name?

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.640
 Verse 17

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.700
 so that when your words

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 come true

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 we may honor you.

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 And the angel of the Lord

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.600
 said to him

00:22:58.600 --> 00:23:01.299
 why do you ask my name?

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.400
 Seeing

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 it is wonderful.

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 We're going to talk

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.660
 about that in a moment

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:08.160
 but let's just sort of

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.259
 get to the next thing

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.779
 that happens

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.580
 which fits

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.359
 with this

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.859
 angel's name

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 being wonderful.

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 Not that that's

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.939
 the angel's name.

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 So Manoah took

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.720
 the young goat

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 with the grain offering

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 and offered it

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.439
 on the rock

00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:22.339
 to the Lord

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 to the one

00:23:23.439 --> 00:23:24.819
 who works wonders.

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 And wonders here

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.819
 means he does

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.579
 the impossible.

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 He does the

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.720
 inconceivable.

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 He does the big.

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 He does the wow.

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 He does the

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 whoa.

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 He does the

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.299
 huh?

00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.899
 That's what wonders

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.380
 is sort of

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.160
 trying to get at.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.060
 To the one

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:40.920
 who works wonders

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.540
 and Manoah

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 and his wife

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.800
 were watching

00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:44.540
 and when the flame

00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:45.960
 went up toward heaven

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.280
 from the altar

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 the angel of the Lord

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 went up

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:50.400
 in the flame

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 of the altar.

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 In other words

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:56.920
 the angel of the Lord

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 the man

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 entered the flame

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 ascended with the flame

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 towards heaven

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:03.740
 and vanishes

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:06.200
 in the air above him.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:09.539
 Now Manoah

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.059
 and his wife

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.680
 were watching

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:12.660
 and when they saw this

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 they fell on their faces

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 to the ground.

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.720
 Now the rest of the story

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.380
 just is about

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.000
 whether the Lord

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.740
 is going to kill them

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 and it's all important

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.340
 but you get the basic

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:25.100
 idea here

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 right now.

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 Now remember I said

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.279
 that the

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:30.759
 basic way

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.360
 that Canadians

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 understand themselves

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 is that you know

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.680
 George

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 you need to be true

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.420
 to yourself.

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 Like only you know

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.359
 what is really

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.019
 true and needful

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.579
 for you

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.740
 to be the person

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.839
 that you should be

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.579
 and don't listen

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.240
 to your wife

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.740
 don't listen

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.379
 to your kids

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.240
 don't listen to

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.079
 you know

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.660
 don't listen

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.500
 definitely don't listen

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.079
 to the bishop

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.460
 you know

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.879
 don't listen

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.500
 to the congregation

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.220
 you've got to be

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.240
 true to you

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.160
 you need to pursue

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:56.000
 being true

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.059
 to you

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 and

00:24:58.440 --> 00:25:00.740
 and on one level

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.720
 we Christians

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.819
 have to agree

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.700
 with part of

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.460
 that sentiment

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.039
 and I think

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.940
 this book here

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.620
 as I'll explain

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.100
 in a moment

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.600
 would be

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.539
 understand that

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.799
 obviously

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:13.259
 there has to be

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.860
 a way

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.620
 that

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:16.539
 whatever it is

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.160
 that you're

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.000
 supposed to be doing

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.480
 that it should

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.380
 somehow fit

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.960
 with you

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:22.440
 and that it

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.160
 shouldn't be

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.299
 completely and utterly

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.620
 foreign to you

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.620
 that there should be

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.120
 something

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.100
 if you in fact

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:29.140
 are a unique person

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.000
 that is unique

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:31.099
 about you

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.599
 that is

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.779
 expressed

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.960
 and reflected

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:36.099
 but consider this

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.259
 thought experiment

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:42.259
 you know

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.200
 from a very

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.259
 very early age

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.160
 I was profoundly

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.740
 affected

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.019
 by the story

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.140
 of Martin Luther King

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.079
 Jr.

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.619
 and the civil rights

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.400
 movement in the states

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.019
 I mean I can't

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.039
 communicate that to you

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.140
 I'm older than

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.839
 a lot of you

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:57.359
 and Martin Luther King

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.160
 died

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.300
 when I would have

00:25:59.300 --> 00:25:59.660
 just been

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:01.880
 in junior high

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:03.360
 and so

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.100
 you know

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:05.300
 the early documentary

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:06.259
 like I have many

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.080
 memories of the

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:08.860
 of newscasts

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.860
 of seeing what was

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.360
 going on

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.360
 with Martin Luther King

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:12.200
 and the civil rights

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.259
 movement in the states

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:15.360
 and I remember

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.660
 going out of my way

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.600
 to see documentaries

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.279
 and other types

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.700
 of things

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.860
 because from a very

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.840
 very early age

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.519
 there was something

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.440
 about that story

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.100
 which I found

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:24.259
 very very compelling

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.740
 and even now

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.740
 unbidden to me

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.560
 I can see

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.599
 just as soon as

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.440
 I even tell you this

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.379
 I can see in my

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.079
 mind's eye

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.679
 perfectly

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.339
 some of the

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.220
 some of the

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.579
 iconic scenes

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.779
 of Martin Luther King

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.539
 and his leading

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.559
 of the civil rights

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.980
 movement

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.839
 to deal with

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.960
 the terrible

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.720
 oppression

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.740
 of African Americans

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.460
 in the United States

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.000
 but especially

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.480
 in the south

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.220
 I can picture

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.960
 these times

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.179
 even now as I speak

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:49.279
 it's almost making me

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.500
 choke up

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:53.119
 of Martin Luther King

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.859
 and his

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.579
 and the other

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.740
 other people

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.500
 who are with him

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.640
 it's surrounded

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:59.279
 by beefy

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.740
 white state troopers

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:02.019
 and jeering crowds

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.960
 and they're in a place

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.960
 that the state says

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:06.059
 they're not supposed to be

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.839
 and they get down

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.380
 on their knees

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.000
 and pray

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.700
 and as they're down

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.160
 on their knees

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.619
 to pray

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:12.000
 first the water cannons

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.180
 come and blast them

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.940
 and then you can see

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.460
 the troopers

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.579
 coming in amongst them

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.700
 and hitting them

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.720
 with their batons

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:20.619
 their wood

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.619
 and you can see

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.179
 just this

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.500
 profound

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.279
 dependence

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.599
 upon God

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.339
 and upon

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.259
 what is right

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.239
 and not showing

00:27:29.239 --> 00:27:29.939
 violence

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.500
 as a way

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.419
 to defeat

00:27:31.419 --> 00:27:32.299
 hatred

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.119
 and it has had

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.199
 a profound

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:35.079
 effect on me

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.939
 ever since I was

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.579
 in junior high

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.379
 and as a high school

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:38.779
 student

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.679
 and still to this day

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.379
 I get choked up

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.299
 just thinking about it

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:44.619
 and

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:46.159
 some of you

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.799
 have heard this

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.939
 but here's the thing

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:51.840
 here's the thing

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.500
 to think about

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:56.759
 I hope

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.880
 and I dream

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.820
 that if I

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:02.340
 could all of a sudden

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.799
 if I was older

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.600
 and if I was an American

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:08.440
 I hope and wish

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.220
 that I would be

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.900
 one of the people

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.700
 on my knees

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:12.519
 with Martin Luther King Jr.

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.480
 and every single

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.960
 one of us

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.380
 here in the room

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.519
 probably does as well

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:19.379
 most African Americans

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.859
 weren't

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:23.740
 and they were all

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.200
 being true

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.920
 to themselves

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:30.779
 they were all

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.240
 pursuing

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.920
 what was right

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.359
 for them

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:35.420
 and most of them

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:37.519
 weren't with

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.680
 Martin Luther King Jr.

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.740
 but were doing

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.460
 what was right

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.839
 in their own eyes

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:45.639
 and what about

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:47.399
 those beefy

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.559
 racist

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.439
 state troopers

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:51.919
 and racist

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.959
 jeering

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:54.079
 crowds

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.079
 they

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.220
 were being

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.259
 true

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:59.519
 to themselves

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:03.980
 they were doing

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:05.599
 what was right

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:07.259
 for them

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:17.879
 how does the

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.859
 basic message

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.500
 of morality

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.259
 in Canada

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.920
 address

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.379
 this huge

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.960
 problem

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:29.799
 it can't

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:34.799
 it can't

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:39.299
 see why

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.879
 it's important

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.680
 but not urgent

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:44.659
 if the

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.119
 fundamental

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.859
 way

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.639
 that people

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.180
 talk to

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.579
 themselves

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.159
 about their

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.779
 moral life

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.059
 and their

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.819
 self-identity

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.099
 and their

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.579
 quest

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:53.240
 does not

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.879
 help them

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.460
 to distinguish

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.139
 between a

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:56.039
 violent racist

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.480
 and Martin

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.159
 Luther King

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:58.559
 Jr.

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.299
 then how

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.599
 is it

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.039
 helpful

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.419
 and if it

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.139
 doesn't actually

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.659
 distinguish

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.539
 between Martin

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.180
 Luther King

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.500
 Jr.

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:05.819
 and the

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.099
 people

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.339
 who are

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.819
 with him

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:08.879
 and a

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.579
 large number

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.180
 of African

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.720
 Americans

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.819
 who weren't

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.379
 there but

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.740
 were doing

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.079
 what was

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.359
 right

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.980
 how does

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.399
 it help

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.619
 you

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:20.859
 how does

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.779
 this fit

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.079
 with the

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.859
 whole story

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:24.779
 see here's

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.079
 the thing

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.379
 which is

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.819
 very very

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.339
 interesting

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.779
 about the

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.420
 whole story

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.779
 we have

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.379
 this basic

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.819
 sense

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.200
 which I

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.559
 think is

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.920
 correct

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.200
 that

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:33.019
 you know

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.940
 the worry

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.460
 is

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.960
 that there's

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.180
 going to

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.580
 be some

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:35.960
 type of

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.460
 a goodness

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.019
 or some

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.420
 type of

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.180
 conformity

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.600
 that will

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.400
 squash us

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.720
 that will

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.259
 kill us

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.600
 that will

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.640
 kill what

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.240
 is unique

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.600
 in us

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.019
 which is

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.420
 beautiful

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.799
 in us

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.700
 which is

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.080
 sort of

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.940
 irreplaceable

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.180
 in us

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.600
 and we have

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.100
 this deep

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.440
 worry

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.259
 so we go

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.519
 to the

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.840
 opposite

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.519
 extreme

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.000
 in terms

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.320
 of our

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.900
 moral

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:52.519
 exhortations

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.100
 but we have

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.580
 this very

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.140
 very very

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.820
 interesting

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:56.380
 story here

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.920
 which is

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.500
 in this

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.080
 very very

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.799
 very old

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.220
 book

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.799
 and the

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.220
 thing which

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.660
 is very

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.620
 very interesting

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.240
 in this

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.960
 story

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.539
 is that

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.220
 first of

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.460
 all it's

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.799
 all in the

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.299
 context

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.860
 about being

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.420
 worried about

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.860
 what is

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.220
 right or

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.519
 wrong in

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.059
 the Lord's

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.299
 eyes

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.839
 and for

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.519
 most Canadians

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.880
 when they

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.279
 hear about

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.839
 doing evil

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.240
 in the eyes

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.620
 of the Lord

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:12.980
 they think

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.299
 the Lord

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.660
 is like

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.319
 a scientist

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.100
 watching rats

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:18.140
 doing experiments

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.640
 and the

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.360
 scientists don't

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.980
 care about

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.600
 the rats

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.019
 all they're

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.420
 doing is

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.279
 observing the

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.660
 rats

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.720
 and dealing

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.140
 with the

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.640
 rats for

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.160
 their own

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.759
 purpose

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.120
 and their

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.640
 own good

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.140
 in a sense

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.460
 they're oppressing

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.160
 the rats

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.940
 and many

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.420
 people when

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.779
 they hear

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.420
 this phrase

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.660
 they reject

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.420
 it but this

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.060
 story shows

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.480
 us something

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.019
 very very

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.380
 different

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.800
 you see

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.640
 when the

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.140
 angel of

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.420
 the Lord

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.060
 says to

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:38.740
 the person

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:40.120
 Minoan

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.620
 his wife

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.440
 my name

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.080
 is wonderful

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.980
 the angel

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.300
 of the Lord

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.800
 is saying

00:31:43.800 --> 00:31:44.460
 that my

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.980
 name is in

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.700
 a category

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:47.019
 and who

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.460
 I am

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.920
 is in a

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.480
 category

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.740
 that you

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.660
 have no

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:52.460
 frame of

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.019
 reference

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.400
 for

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.720
 there's no

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:57.019
 words for

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.540
 it and

00:31:57.540 --> 00:31:58.220
 there can't

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.980
 be words

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.480
 that come

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.960
 from you

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.579
 for it

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.059
 there's

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.960
 there's

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.360
 something

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.360
 in a sense

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.720
 what the

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.200
 story is

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.900
 doing is

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.140
 it's

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.519
 modeling

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.940
 the

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.339
 Christian

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.759
 doctrine

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:06.940
 of

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:08.019
 transcendence

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.400
 and for

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.740
 some of

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:09.960
 us who

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.299
 are very

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.200
 philosophically

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.759
 inclined

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.200
 for some

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.420
 of us

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.779
 who love

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.700
 abstractions

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.079
 we hear

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.400
 the word

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.120
 transcendence

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.380
 and we

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.920
 get it

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.720
 but most

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.039
 of us

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.279
 aren't

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.960
 very good

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.180
 at

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.259
 abstractions

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.400
 and what

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.700
 you need

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.319
 to understand

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.680
 is this

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.099
 story

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.980
 that

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.419
 there's

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.579
 God

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.980
 I'm

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.279
 God

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.500
 and I

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.619
 am

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.419
 transcendent

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:28.099
 transcendent

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.579
 means I

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.719
 am

00:32:28.719 --> 00:32:29.240
 completely

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.639
 other

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.039
 I am

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.500
 completely

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.000
 different

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.099
 and when

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.359
 you have

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.659
 something

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:32.980
 which is

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.379
 completely

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.759
 other

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.359
 and completely

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.779
 different

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.179
 it means

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.539
 that there's

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.159
 no words

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.659
 for that

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:38.439
 because it's

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:38.699
 other

00:32:38.699 --> 00:32:39.000
 it's

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.459
 different

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:41.019
 like if

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.500
 you think

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.839
 about it

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 for a second

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.879
 if for some

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.279
 reason you

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.599
 wanted to

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.859
 try to

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.219
 communicate

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.699
 to a

00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:45.219
 slug

00:32:45.219 --> 00:32:45.879
 or an

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.519
 earthworm

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.639
 and you

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:47.959
 were able

00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:48.379
 to try to

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:48.959
 get down

00:32:48.959 --> 00:32:49.399
 into the

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.819
 earthworm

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.279
 and try to

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.759
 communicate

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.200
 to the

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.779
 earthworm

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.879
 the difference

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.519
 between you

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.839
 and an

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.460
 earthworm

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.079
 is a

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.399
 finite

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.200
 distance

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.019
 but the

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.319
 difference

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.939
 between you

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.220
 and the

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.539
 infinite

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.879
 God

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.240
 is an

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.639
 infinite

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.379
 distance

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:03.839
 an

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.279
 infinite

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.960
 distance

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:07.539
 and his

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.919
 name is

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.339
 wonderful

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.819
 there's no

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.159
 human

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.639
 category

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.399
 for it

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.659
 but at

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.000
 the same

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.319
 time

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.500
 that

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.819
 God

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.240
 is saying

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.579
 there's no

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.839
 human

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.299
 category

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.819
 for it

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.500
 God

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.960
 is with

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.179
 them

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:18.259
 he's

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.659
 right there

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.079
 in front

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.460
 of them

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.079
 he's

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.460
 talking

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.720
 their

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.440
 language

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.860
 he's

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:24.180
 listening

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.880
 to them

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.640
 he's

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.180
 present

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.400
 and there's

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.740
 this other

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.120
 Christian

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.740
 doctrine

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.100
 to try

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.600
 to describe

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:29.920
 God

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.180
 is to

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.420
 say that

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.559
 God

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.840
 is not

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.039
 just

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.840
 transcendent

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.059
 he's

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.360
 also

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.819
 imminent

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.840
 and

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.160
 imminent

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.620
 once again

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:34.840
 is a

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.000
 very

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.420
 abstract

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.740
 word

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.000
 and some

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.259
 of us

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.519
 like

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.940
 abstract

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.340
 words

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.579
 and sort

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.980
 of get

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.140
 it

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.420
 when we

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.539
 get

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.660
 an

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.000
 abstract

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.420
 word

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.840
 just as

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.000
 some

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.259
 people

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.700
 get how

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.100
 negative

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.420
 one

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.640
 can

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.400
 have a

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.660
 square

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:42.980
 root

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.700
 and I

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.059
 can't

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.480
 get that

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.880
 but some

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.519
 get that

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.079
 I can't

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.539
 get that

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.980
 but some

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.840
 abstraction

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.019
 of

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.460
 imminence

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.840
 but those

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.079
 of you

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.539
 who can't

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.940
 here's how

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.400
 you look

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.640
 at the

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.039
 story

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.019
 and you

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.680
 have here

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.380
 this

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.480
 God

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.819
 being present

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.640
 speaking their

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.220
 language

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.360
 having stooped

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.980
 to them

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:02.079
 and speaking

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.640
 to them

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.220
 and with

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.480
 them

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.100
 and answering

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.720
 their prayers

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.299
 at the same

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.680
 time

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.240
 he is

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.940
 transcendent

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.180
 he is

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.640
 completely

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.119
 and utterly

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.659
 other

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.139
 but more

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.820
 than that

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.059
 why is

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.639
 he present

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.260
 he's there

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.880
 because he's

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.340
 heard their

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.699
 prayers

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.039
 and he's

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.420
 answering

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.900
 their prayers

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.480
 because he

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.179
 loves them

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.019
 and more

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.539
 than that

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.260
 he's there

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.000
 not just

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.600
 to reveal

00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:21.060
 himself

00:34:21.060 --> 00:34:21.660
 to them

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:21.980
 so that

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.780
 the transcendent

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.100
 can be

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:23.520
 known in

00:34:23.520 --> 00:34:23.980
 some way

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.240
 in an

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.520
 imminent

00:34:24.520 --> 00:34:24.840
 manner

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.320
 but even

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.760
 more than

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.040
 that

00:34:26.040 --> 00:34:26.880
 he's come

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.480
 to announce

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.040
 that God

00:34:28.040 --> 00:34:28.420
 is going

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.800
 to do

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.160
 something

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.780
 to begin

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.480
 to deliver

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.320
 the people

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.840
 of Israel

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.320
 from the

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:33.100
 Philistines

00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:34.020
 that he's

00:34:34.020 --> 00:34:34.380
 there

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.280
 to deliver

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.620
 them

00:34:35.620 --> 00:34:36.440
 and in

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.920
 the story

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.300
 arc of

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.720
 the Bible

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.120
 this is

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.340
 going to

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.700
 ultimately

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.220
 point to

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.520
 Jesus

00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:39.980
 because

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.900
 Samson

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.180
 is the

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.560
 last of

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:41.980
 the judges

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.880
 he begins

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.360
 to deliver

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.740
 them from

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.260
 the Philistines

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.600
 but who

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:45.140
 delivers them

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.500
 from the

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.080
 Philistines

00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:46.840
 who delivers

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.160
 them from

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.719
 the Philistines

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.460
 is David

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.259
 but what do

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.500
 we know

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.099
 about David

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.699
 is David

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.440
 does deliver

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.819
 them from

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.399
 the Philistines

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.759
 but he

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.460
 can't deliver

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.980
 himself

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.779
 from himself

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:56.139
 he murders

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.639
 people

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.279
 he commits

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:57.940
 adultery

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.899
 he makes

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.899
 rash vows

00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:01.019
 he can deliver

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.460
 the people

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.839
 of Israel

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.519
 from Philistines

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.139
 but he can't

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.179
 deliver himself

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:05.000
 and so

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:06.000
 David himself

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.779
 points to

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.420
 someone who

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.899
 needs to

00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:08.460
 come after

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.879
 him to

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.359
 keep the

00:35:09.359 --> 00:35:09.799
 arc of

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.359
 deliverance

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:11.039
 so that

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.299
 he

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.460
 David points

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.879
 to his

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.699
 greater son

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.219
 and calls

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.799
 him Lord

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.660
 he's pointing

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.019
 to the

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.560
 person of

00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:16.880
 Jesus

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.920
 who ultimately

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.560
 will come

00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:19.100
 to deliver

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:19.500
 us

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.140
 and has

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.680
 delivered us

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.320
 from all

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.860
 oppression

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.940
 from all

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.539
 slavery

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.360
 and he

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.920
 begins it

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:26.000
 by abolishing

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.440
 and dealing

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.880
 with our

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.660
 slavery to

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.100
 sin

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.740
 and our

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:30.100
 slavery to

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.460
 death

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.260
 by defeating

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.780
 death

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.120
 and that

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:32.720
 which causes

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.220
 death

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.500
 and his

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.060
 death upon

00:35:34.060 --> 00:35:34.800
 the cross

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:38.120
 the transcendent

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:38.600
 God

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:39.760
 who is also

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.640
 completely and

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:41.420
 utterly imminent

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.600
 comes and

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:43.160
 stoops

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:44.260
 to speak to

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.500
 us

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.280
 to be present

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.740
 with us

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.340
 to be

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:48.200
 in Christmas

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:49.220
 God

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:50.180
 with

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:51.440
 us

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.580
 among

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.520
 us

00:35:53.520 --> 00:35:54.520
 but still

00:35:54.520 --> 00:35:55.380
 transcendent

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.060
 and with

00:35:56.060 --> 00:35:56.660
 us

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.740
 to

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.720
 deliver

00:35:58.720 --> 00:36:00.300
 us

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:08.600
 you see

00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:10.480
 if such

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.060
 a being

00:36:11.060 --> 00:36:12.300
 does exist

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.920
 if such

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.560
 a story

00:36:13.560 --> 00:36:14.560
 is true

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:18.600
 then to

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:19.039
 know

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:20.920
 from his

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.800
 perspective

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:24.900
 what is

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.800
 really truly

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.600
 good for

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.060
 me

00:36:27.060 --> 00:36:28.539
 that fits

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.539
 me

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:31.260
 that is

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.940
 the answer

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.740
 to my

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.600
 longings

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.360
 and my

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.260
 yearnings

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.560
 is

00:36:36.560 --> 00:36:36.920
 because

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.260
 every

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.680
 single

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.020
 human

00:36:38.020 --> 00:36:38.420
 being

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.720
 if

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:38.900
 they

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.020
 are

00:36:39.020 --> 00:36:39.140
 at

00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.500
 all

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.900
 self

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.480
 reflective

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.940
 knows

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.160
 that

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.340
 there

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.520
 is

00:36:41.520 --> 00:36:41.780
 some

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.200
 things

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.520
 within

00:36:42.520 --> 00:36:42.680
 them

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:42.800
 we're

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:42.980
 all

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.500
 confused

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.720
 about

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.040
 some

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.400
 things

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.840
 within

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.240
 them

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.920
 which

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.740
 surely

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.060
 will

00:36:47.060 --> 00:36:47.560
 continue

00:36:47.560 --> 00:36:48.180
 on

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:49.020
 and

00:36:49.020 --> 00:36:49.700
 beyond

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.320
 and be

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.740
 something

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.060
 which

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:51.280
 is

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.820
 great

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.160
 and worth

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.500
 keeping

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.900
 but there

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.040
 are

00:36:53.040 --> 00:36:53.360
 things

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.660
 within

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:53.860
 us

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:53.980
 that

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.100
 we

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.280
 need

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.420
 to

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.580
 be

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:54.900
 delivered

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.320
 from

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.980
 and if

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.160
 we're

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.480
 honest

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.820
 we get

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.320
 confused

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.680
 about it

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:57.880
 that's

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:57.980
 what

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.420
 maturity

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.660
 is

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:58.920
 about

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.300
 what we

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.540
 think

00:36:59.540 --> 00:36:59.700
 we

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.240
 desperately

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.699
 need

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:00.859
 at

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.339
 16

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.679
 is

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:01.839
 going

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:01.919
 to

00:37:01.919 --> 00:37:02.119
 be

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.599
 looking

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.899
 very

00:37:02.899 --> 00:37:03.459
 different

00:37:03.459 --> 00:37:03.679
 we

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.019
 laugh

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.259
 about

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.359
 it

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:04.500
 when

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.639
 we're

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.119
 26

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.479
 and

00:37:05.479 --> 00:37:05.779
 laugh

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.000
 about

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.259
 that

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.419
 when

00:37:06.419 --> 00:37:06.579
 we're

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.159
 36

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.339
 and

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.759
 46

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.019
 and

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.219
 some

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.459
 people

00:37:08.459 --> 00:37:08.719
 never

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.079
 learn

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.439
 to

00:37:09.439 --> 00:37:09.579
 live

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.179
 perpetually

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.019
 confused

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.379
 and the

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:11.799
 Christian

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.479
 gospel

00:37:12.479 --> 00:37:12.979
 is not

00:37:12.979 --> 00:37:13.339
 that we

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.779
 Christians

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:13.979
 have

00:37:13.979 --> 00:37:14.219
 figured

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.559
 it all

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.019
 out

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.159
 but it's

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.259
 the

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.539
 complete

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.059
 opposite

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.299
 we

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.579
 figure

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.699
 it

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:17.839
 out

00:37:17.839 --> 00:37:17.979
 that

00:37:17.979 --> 00:37:18.119
 we

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.519
 can't

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.739
 figure

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:18.899
 it

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.199
 out

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:21.559
 and

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.679
 we

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:21.919
 need

00:37:21.919 --> 00:37:22.059
 the

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.239
 one

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.359
 who

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:22.479
 is

00:37:22.479 --> 00:37:22.959
 completely

00:37:22.959 --> 00:37:23.699
 transcendent

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:23.819
 and

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.299
 completely

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.680
 other

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:24.960
 yet

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.120
 is

00:37:25.120 --> 00:37:25.620
 completely

00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:26.080
 imminent

00:37:26.080 --> 00:37:27.620
 and

00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:27.800
 is

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.200
 imminent

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.480
 and

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.200
 transcendent

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.380
 to

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.680
 come

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:29.880
 and

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.300
 deliver

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.760
 us

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.240
 from

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.480
 all

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.660
 that

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:32.039
 binds

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.460
 us

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:34.000
 that

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.220
 in

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.480
 light

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:34.640
 of

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:34.820
 his

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.120
 great

00:37:35.120 --> 00:37:35.740
 deliverance

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.920
 that

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.100
 we

00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:36.320
 can

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.640
 now

00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:37.100
 call

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.300
 out

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.440
 to

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.700
 him

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:37.940
 and

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.220
 know

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.480
 that

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.940
 he

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.240
 is

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.420
 the

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.760
 one

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.539
 that

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.740
 can

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:41.039
 see

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.260
 the

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.780
 uniqueness

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.120
 and

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.280
 the

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.620
 beauty

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:44.039
 in

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.360
 each

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.620
 one

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:44.780
 of

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.160
 us

00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:46.340
 that

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.500
 will

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.940
 last

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.160
 for

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.519
 all

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.060
 eternity

00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:48.500
 that

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.940
 part

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.140
 of

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.519
 every

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.980
 single

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.360
 human

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.780
 being

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.960
 that

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.460
 only

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.880
 we

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.140
 for

00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:53.539
 all

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.000
 eternity

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.360
 can

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.900
 contribute

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.219
 to

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.400
 the

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.719
 great

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.239
 music

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.559
 of

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.920
 heaven

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.480
 where

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.699
 we

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.199
 praise

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.719
 God

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:58.880
 and

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.259
 enjoy

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.860
 creation

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.239
 that

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.800
 unique

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.199
 bit

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.699
 in

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.099
 every

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.420
 human

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.739
 being

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.940
 that

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.059
 is

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.259
 in

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.539
 heaven

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.179
 that

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.659
 only

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.159
 we

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.480
 can

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.139
 contribute

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.719
 that

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.199
 note

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.659
 that

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.360
 instrument

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.900
 that

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.579
 melody

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.199
 that

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:13.279
 unique

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.739
 thing

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.699
 out of

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.039
 us

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.480
 from

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.880
 him

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:17.360
 from

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.539
 all

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.960
 eternity

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.519
 only

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.000
 he

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:20.340
 can

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.579
 make

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.860
 clear

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.079
 to

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.500
 us

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:23.659
 what

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:23.880
 is

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.219
 really

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.579
 true

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:24.800
 to

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.000
 who

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.219
 we

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.659
 are

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:28.480
 and

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.599
 it

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.179
 begins

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.539
 by

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.960
 accepting

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.320
 Jesus

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.920
 as

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.079
 your

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.440
 savior

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.980
 and

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.179
 being

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.559
 grounded

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:32.820
 in

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.119
 it

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.800
 knowing

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.000
 that

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.099
 it

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.239
 will

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.840
 end

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:38.260
 with

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.460
 being

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.579
 in

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.699
 the

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.000
 presence

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.239
 of

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.480
 God

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.659
 with

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:39.920
 great

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.300
 joy

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:42.059
 in

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.159
 a

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.460
 redeemed

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.099
 creation

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.219
 as

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.460
 part

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.559
 of

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:44.679
 a

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:44.880
 great

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.420
 choir

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:48.619
 declaring

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.119
 God's

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.519
 praises

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.980
 and

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.480
 enjoying

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.680
 it

00:38:50.680 --> 00:38:50.780
 in

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:50.880
 a

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.180
 way

00:38:51.180 --> 00:38:52.360
 which

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.539
 is

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.000
 just

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.599
 wow

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.059
 and

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.380
 answers

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.579
 the

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.960
 longings

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.079
 of

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.220
 our

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.579
 hearts

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.860
 invite

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.000
 you

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.159
 to

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.539
 stand

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:13.619
 and

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.059
 just

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.219
 in

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.380
 this

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.920
 moment

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:16.380
 it's

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.719
 time

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:16.960
 to do

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.079
 a

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.219
 little

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.359
 bit

00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:17.480
 of

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.719
 work

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:17.920
 with

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.279
 God

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:18.559
 not

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.799
 only

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.079
 now

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.279
 but

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.480
 throughout

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.639
 the

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:19.799
 rest

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:19.920
 of

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.039
 the

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.400
 service

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.819
 and

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.900
 for

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.199
 some

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.480
 who've

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.699
 never

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:22.960
 yet

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.199
 given

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.400
 their

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.679
 lives

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:23.880
 to

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.159
 Christ

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.440
 there's

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.639
 no

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.859
 better

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:25.199
 time

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.500
 now

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.699
 than

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:25.839
 to

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.059
 call

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.239
 out

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.359
 to

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:26.579
 him

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.759
 and

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.000
 say

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.380
 Lord

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:29.159
 be

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.420
 my

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.659
 deliverer

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:31.579
 and

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:31.859
 Lord

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.139
 help

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.259
 me

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:32.420
 to

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.739
 trust

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:32.940
 that

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.159
 as

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.319
 you

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:33.719
 deliver

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.179
 me

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.619
 as

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.960
 you

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.199
 have

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.519
 delivered

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.699
 me

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:35.839
 in

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.119
 Jesus

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.460
 and

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:36.920
 continue

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.280
 deliver

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.500
 me

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.760
 throughout

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.519
 my

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.780
 life

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:38.920
 that

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.039
 you

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.180
 will

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.320
 be

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.659
 with

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:39.860
 me

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.019
 and

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.180
 you

00:39:40.180 --> 00:39:40.420
 will

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.159
 help

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.300
 me

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.440
 to

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.180
 understand

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:42.440
 what

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.619
 is

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:42.900
 my

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.480
 true

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.079
 good

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.400
 and

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.880
 that

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.400
 fits

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.680
 with

00:39:45.680 --> 00:39:46.099
 me

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.460
 that

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.139
 is

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.780
 right

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.079
 for

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.599
 me

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.760
 and

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:49.940
 is

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.500
 beautiful

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.820
 and

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.360
 whole

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.619
 and

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.099
 for

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.539
 me

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.240
 that

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.460
 you

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.900
 father

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.500
 alone

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.700
 will

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:54.880
 do

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.139
 this

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.280
 in

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.420
 your

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.800
 son

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.039
 through

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.280
 the

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.780
 work

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:56.900
 of

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.019
 the

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.200
 Holy

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:57.659
 Spirit

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:57.820
 and

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:57.940
 through

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.119
 your

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.460
 word

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.619
 and

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:58.720
 in

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:58.860
 the

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.340
 context

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.559
 of

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.840
 Christian

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.340
 community

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.900
 there's

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.079
 no

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.240
 better

00:40:01.240 --> 00:40:01.559
 time

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.719
 and

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:01.940
 now

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.139
 to

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.360
 call

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:02.500
 out

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.619
 to

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:02.739
 the

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:02.880
 Lord

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.159
 for

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.480
 that

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.480
 and

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.619
 for

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.779
 each

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:04.920
 of

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.119
 us

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.239
 who

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.380
 are

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.880
 bent

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.059
 out

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.199
 of

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.420
 shape

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.619
 by

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.779
 the

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.059
 world

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.380
 it's

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:07.539
 a

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.900
 reset

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.380
 time

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.539
 where

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:08.699
 we

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:08.860
 can

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.039
 just

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.179
 be

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.500
 thankful

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:09.799
 Lord

00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:10.039
 we've

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.199
 been

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.820
 watching

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.320
 Netflix

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.639
 all

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:11.900
 week

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.039
 and

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.299
 YouTube

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.679
 all

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.000
 week

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.179
 and

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.539
 paper

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.840
 all

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.119
 week

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.239
 and

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.380
 our

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.719
 bosses

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.039
 all

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.340
 week

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.500
 and

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.059
 all

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.320
 these

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:16.820
 messages

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.159
 and

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.460
 father

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.639
 I

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.159
 lose

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.360
 the

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.659
 plot

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:18.900
 line

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.079
 I'm

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.299
 so

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.599
 glad

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:19.779
 I

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:19.960
 can

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.159
 be

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.559
 together

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.799
 and

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.860
 help

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.039
 us

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.199
 to

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.579
 trust

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:32.840
 you

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:32.980
 and

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.179
 your

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.559
 word

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.799
 to

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:34.159
 speak

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.360
 what

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.519
 is

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.159
 true

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.320
 in

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.519
 your

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.900
 sight

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.179
 about

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.440
 me

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.579
 as

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.739
 will

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:36.940
 be

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.360
 true

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.579
 and

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.079
 of

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.380
 great

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.199
 that's

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.440
 the

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.820
 answer

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:39.960
 to

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.119
 my

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.579
 longings

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.719
 and

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.059
 yearnings

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 so

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 pause

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 in

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 prayer

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 father

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 you

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 bring

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 the

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 words

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 of

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 this

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 very

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 simple

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 story

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 home

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 to

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 us

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 at

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 a

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 deep

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 level

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 that

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 hear

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 and

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 understand

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 the

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 words

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 of

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 this

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 story

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 which

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 are

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 at

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 a

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 world

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 around

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 us

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 through

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 the

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 gospel

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 to

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 understand

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 you

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 through

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 the

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 gospel

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 to

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 understand

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 your

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 calling

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 on

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 our

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 lives

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 in

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 father

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 your

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 holy

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 spirit

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 would

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 do

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 that

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 wonderful

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 work

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 in

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 our

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 lives

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 to

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 make

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 us

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 disciples

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 of

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 Jesus

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 gripped

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 by

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 the

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 gospel

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 learning

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 to

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 live

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 for

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 the

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 good

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 of

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 others

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 for

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 the

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 salvation

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 of

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 many

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 and

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 for

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 your

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 great

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 glory

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 and

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 all

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 God's

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 people

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 said

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 Amen