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 Okay, so Deuteronomy chapter 1.

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 I'm going to read from verses 1 through to 8,

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 and then Nick is going to take over.

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 Okay, so...

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 Okay, Deuteronomy 1 verse 1.

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 These are the words of Moses,

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 that he spoke to all Israel in the desert,

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 east of the Jordan, that is, in the Arabah,

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 opposite Suf, between Paran and Tophel,

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 Laban, Hazareth and Dizahad.

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 It takes 11 days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea

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 by the Mount Seir road.

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 In the 40th year, on the first day of the 11th month,

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 Moses proclaimed to the Israelites

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 all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them.

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 This was after he had defeated Sion, king of the Amorites,

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 who reigned in Heshbon and at Edri,

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 and had defeated Og, king of Bashan,

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 who reigned at Ashtoreth.

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 East of the Jordan, in the territory of Moab,

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 Moses began to expand this law, saying,

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 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb,

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 You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

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 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites.

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 Go to all the neighbouring peoples in the Arabah,

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 to the mountains, in the western foothills,

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 in the Negev and along the coast,

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 to the land of the Canaanites,

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 and to Lebanon, as far as the great river,

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 the Euphrates.

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 See, I have given you this land.

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 Go in and take possession of the land

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 that the Lord swore he would give to your fathers,

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 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

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 and to their descendants after them.

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 Taking up the story at verse 26.

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 But you were unwilling to go up.

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 You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.

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 You grumbled in your tents and said,

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 The Lord hates us,

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 so he brought us out of Egypt

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 to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites

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 to destroy us.

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 Where can we go?

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 Our brothers have made us lose heart.

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 They say,

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 The people are stronger and taller than we are.

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 The cities are large,

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 with walls up to the sky.

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 We even saw the Anakites there.

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 Then I said to you,

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 Do not be terrified.

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 Do not be afraid of them.

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 The Lord your God,

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 who is going before you,

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 will fight for you,

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 as he did for you in Egypt,

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 before your very eyes,

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 and in the desert.

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 There you saw how the Lord your God

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 carried you,

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 as a father carries his son.

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 All the way you went,

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 until you reached this place.

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 In spite of this,

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 you did not trust in the Lord your God,

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 who went ahead of you on your journey,

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 in fire by night,

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 and in cloud by day,

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 to search out places for you to camp,

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 and to show you the way you should go.

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 When the Lord heard what you said,

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 he was angry and solemnly swore,

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 Not a man of this evil generation

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 shall see the good land

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 I swore to give your forefathers,

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 except Caleb,

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 son of Jephunneh.

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 He will see it,

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 and I will give him and his descendants

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 the land he set his feet on,

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 because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.

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 Thanks very much, Nick.

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 Well, keep your Bibles open

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 in these first few chapters,

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 and we'll pray.

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 These are the words

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 Moses spoke to all Israel

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 in the desert.

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 As we gather together,

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 we pray

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 that the words that Moses spoke

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 would be God's words to us

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 in our time,

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 in our land,

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 and in our generation.

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 And we pray that we would hear clearly

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 what you are saying to us afresh,

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 and that we would be people

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 who take your words seriously,

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 so that we may be able to enjoy

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 and receive

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 all that you have to give us.

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 So bless us and help us

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 as we start out in our journey together

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 through this great book.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, how long does it take

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 to get from Cork

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 to Belfast?

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 Well, just after Christmas,

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 we took a trip to Belfast

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 to visit family.

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 Except what should have taken

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 four hours

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 turned out to be

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 one day,

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 four hours.

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 It should have been

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 very straightforward

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 if we had done

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 what we were supposed to have done.

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 More about that

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 a little bit later.

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 Instead,

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 we had to endure

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 standing freezing cold

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 on the edge of the motorway

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 waiting for help.

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 What should have been

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 an easy journey

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 turned out to be

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 very long

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 and painful.

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 It was

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 a serious problem.

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 How long does it take

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 to get from Horeb

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 to Kadesh Barnea

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 when you take

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 the Mount Seir road?

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 Well, look at verse 2.

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 It takes 11 days

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 to go from Horeb

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 to Kadesh Barnea

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 by the Mount Seir road.

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 Except what should have taken

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 just 11 days

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 took quite a whole lot more.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 In the 40th year

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 on the first day

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 of the 11th month

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 Moses proclaimed

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 to the Israelites

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 all that the Lord

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 had commanded him

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 concerning them.

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 What should have taken

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 11 days

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 has now turned into

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 40 years.

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 That's a long time

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 to be standing

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 on the side

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 of the Mount Seir bypass

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 getting pretty cold.

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 If you look

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 on the screen

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 there's a map there.

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 You remember

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 that 40 years ago

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 God had graciously

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 rescued

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 his people

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 from their captivity

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 in Egypt.

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 So Egypt

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 is over there

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 to your left

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 in the top

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 corner.

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 God brought them

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 from Egypt

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 down to

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 Horeb

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 which is right

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 down at the bottom.

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 of the sea there

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 Mount Sinai

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 we know it as

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 Mount Sinai

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 where God

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 in his goodness

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 gave them

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 his law

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 his words

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 that he gave them

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 so that they would

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 know how to live

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 in relationship

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 with God

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 in the promised land.

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 Now all they had

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 to do was to walk

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 from Sinai

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 from Horeb

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 all the way

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 to Kadesh Barnea

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 which is

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 kind of where

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 the squiggles are

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 those red lines.

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 Takes them

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 eleven days

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 and they would

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 be there

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 at the beginning

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 of the promised land.

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 What should have

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 been an easy journey

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 turned out to be

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 long

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 and painful.

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 It was a

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 serious

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 problem.

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 So what

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 went

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 wrong?

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 Well we'll find

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 out in just

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 a minute.

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 But where

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 Deuteronomy

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 brings us to

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 in chapter one

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 is that these

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 forty painful

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 years are

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 now over

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 and God's

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 people now

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 stand on the

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 very edge

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 of the promised

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 land.

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 But before they

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 enter into

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 the promised

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 land

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 Moses is

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 giving his

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 people

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 a series

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 of sermons

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 before he

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 dies.

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 Deuteronomy

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 is a collection

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 of talks

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 given by

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 Moses

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 just before

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 his death.

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 And in these

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 first few

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 chapters

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 he's looking

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 back

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 over those

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 forty years

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 right back

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 to the very

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 beginning

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 reminding us

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 all

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 of God's

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 continued

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 grace

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 to his

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 people.

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 So first

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 of all

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 God's

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 gracious

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 promise.

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 Look at

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 verse six

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 of chapter

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 one.

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 So he's

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 looking back

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 remember to

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 Horeb.

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 This is down

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 in Mount

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 Sinai where

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 they received

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 God's

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 law.

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 So verse

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 six.

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 The Lord

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 our God

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 said to

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 us at

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 Horeb

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 you have

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 stayed

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 long

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 enough

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 at this

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 mountain.

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 Break

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 camp and

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 advance

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 into the

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 hill

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 country

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 of the

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 Amorites.

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 So here

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 was a

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 command

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 to go

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 from there

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 into the

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 promised

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 land.

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 Verse

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 eight.

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 See

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 I have

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 given you

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 this land.

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 Go in

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 and take

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 possession

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 of the

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 land

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 that the

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 Lord

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 swore

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 he would

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 give to

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 your

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 fathers

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 to Abraham

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 Isaac

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 and Jacob

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 and to

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 their

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 descendants

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 after them.

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 It was

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 like being

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 given keys

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 to a new

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 home.

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 A home

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 that has

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 been paid

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 for.

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 A home

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 that has

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 been offered

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 to you.

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 Go in

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 take possession

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 of it.

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 It's yours.

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 And the

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 land was

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 theirs not

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 on the basis

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 of what they

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 had promised

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 to God

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 and all

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 that they

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 would do

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 for God

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 but the

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 land was

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 there on

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 the basis

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 of God's

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 gracious

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 promise

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 to them.

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 Now with

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 all the

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 news that

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 we see

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 on television

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 about Israel

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 and Palestine

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 today which

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 is actually

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 in the same

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 area we

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 need to be

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 very clear

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 about what

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 this land

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 is and

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 what has

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 been promised

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 to us.

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 So I

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 want you to

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 keep your

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 finger in

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 Deuteronomy

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 1 and

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 jump all

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 the way

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 to Hebrews

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 chapter 11.

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 So keep

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 Deuteronomy

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 1 open

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 and jump

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 all the way

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 to Hebrews

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 chapter 11.

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 I think we

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 might have

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 the reference

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 there is

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 it?

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 Yep.

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 Page 1209.

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 As we

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 think about

00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:53.620
 what this

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 land actually

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 is as we

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 trace the

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 theme of the

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 land through

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 the Bible.

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 Well here

00:11:59.339 --> 00:11:59.819
 we have it.

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 Hebrews

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 chapter 11

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 verse 8.

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 Remember the

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 promise was

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 first given

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 to Abraham

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 and to

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 his descendants

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 that followed.

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 So verse 8

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 of chapter 11.

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 By faith

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 Abraham when

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 called to

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 a place,

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 that's the

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 land he

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 would later

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 receive as

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 his inheritance,

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 obeyed and

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 went even

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 though he

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 did not

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 know where

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 he was

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 going.

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 Verse 10.

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 For he

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 was looking

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 forward to

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 the city

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 with

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 foundations

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 whose

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 architect

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 and builder

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 is God.

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 So what's

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 the city

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 that he's

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 looking forward

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 to?

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 Well verse

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 16 tells

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 us.

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 They were

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 longing for

00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:39.419
 a better

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 country,

00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:42.220
 a heavenly

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 one.

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 It wasn't a

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 physical land.

00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:46.319
 They were

00:12:46.319 --> 00:12:46.840
 looking for

00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:47.819
 something beyond

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 that.

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 Therefore God

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 is not ashamed

00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.559
 to be called

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 their God

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 for he has

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 prepared a

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 city for

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 them.

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 Verse 39.

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 As he

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 goes through

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 all the

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 other

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 descendants

00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.020
 and generations

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 it says

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 verse 39

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 these were

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 all commended

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 for their

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 faith yet

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 none of

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 them received

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 what had

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 been promised.

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 So even

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 though they

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 actually were

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 in the land

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 it wasn't

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 what they

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 were meant

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 to receive.

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 It was

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 something

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 greater.

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 God had

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 planned

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 something

00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:21.940
 better for

00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:23.440
 us so

00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:24.000
 that only

00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.480
 together

00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.580
 with us

00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:27.000
 would they

00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.660
 be made

00:13:27.660 --> 00:13:28.760
 perfect.

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 You see

00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:31.660
 the promised

00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:32.500
 land that

00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:32.900
 we read

00:13:32.900 --> 00:13:33.400
 about in

00:13:33.400 --> 00:13:34.020
 Deuteronomy

00:13:34.020 --> 00:13:34.740
 is only

00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:35.500
 a picture

00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:37.340
 of the

00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:37.940
 ultimate

00:13:37.940 --> 00:13:38.540
 promised

00:13:38.540 --> 00:13:39.060
 land

00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:40.220
 which is

00:13:40.220 --> 00:13:40.800
 heaven.

00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:41.320
 It's

00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:42.280
 salvation.

00:13:43.280 --> 00:13:43.820
 The new

00:13:43.820 --> 00:13:44.420
 creation,

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.280
 the heavenly

00:13:45.280 --> 00:13:46.360
 city where

00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:46.900
 God and

00:13:46.900 --> 00:13:47.420
 his people

00:13:47.420 --> 00:13:47.980
 will live

00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:48.780
 together in

00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:49.380
 perfection

00:13:49.380 --> 00:13:50.460
 for all

00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:50.980
 eternity.

00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.639
 this is

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.300
 what Abraham

00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:52.879
 was looking

00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:53.500
 forward to

00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.440
 and this

00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:54.960
 is what

00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.340
 we are

00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:55.600
 looking

00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:56.300
 forward to.

00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:58.000
 This is

00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.659
 the land

00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:59.820
 that has

00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:01.240
 also been

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.779
 given to

00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.259
 us.

00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:03.840
 So you

00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.180
 see the

00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:04.940
 story of

00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:05.700
 Deuteronomy

00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:07.300
 is actually

00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:08.100
 a story

00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.800
 about us.

00:14:10.680 --> 00:14:11.539
 The words

00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:12.279
 that Moses

00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.259
 were speaking

00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:14.060
 to the people

00:14:14.060 --> 00:14:15.980
 then are

00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.700
 God's words

00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.240
 to us

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:17.879
 today.

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:19.779
 And because

00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.299
 they are

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.960
 God's words

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.439
 to us

00:14:21.439 --> 00:14:21.980
 today,

00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:22.840
 and because

00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.439
 they contain

00:14:23.439 --> 00:14:24.039
 a promise

00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.559
 to us

00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.000
 today,

00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:26.480
 it requires

00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.399
 a response

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.120
 from us.

00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.259
 Have a look

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:31.120
 at Deuteronomy

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.200
 chapter 30.

00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.340
 We'll go

00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:35.720
 back to

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.240
 chapter 1

00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:36.700
 in just a

00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:36.860
 minute,

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.840
 but Deuteronomy

00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.879
 chapter 30.

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.860
 In some

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.620
 ways this is

00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.360
 a summary

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.179
 of the

00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:44.919
 whole book.

00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:48.839
 Deuteronomy

00:14:48.839 --> 00:14:49.839
 chapter 30

00:14:49.839 --> 00:14:52.399
 verse 15.

00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:54.339
 And remember

00:14:54.339 --> 00:14:54.919
 keeping in

00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.439
 mind as we

00:14:55.439 --> 00:14:55.959
 think about

00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.620
 land, we're

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.259
 thinking of

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:58.639
 eternity,

00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.559
 we're thinking

00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:00.379
 of salvation

00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.939
 today, and

00:15:01.939 --> 00:15:02.679
 all that God

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.419
 has promised.

00:15:04.579 --> 00:15:05.079
 Deuteronomy

00:15:05.079 --> 00:15:06.240
 30 verse 15.

00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.479
 See, I set

00:15:08.479 --> 00:15:09.099
 before you

00:15:09.099 --> 00:15:10.839
 today life

00:15:10.839 --> 00:15:12.339
 and prosperity,

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.279
 death and

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.839
 destruction.

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.019
 for I

00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.700
 command you

00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:17.100
 today to

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.560
 love the

00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:17.940
 Lord your

00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:18.440
 God, to

00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:18.920
 walk in

00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:19.700
 his ways and

00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.080
 to keep

00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:20.800
 his commands,

00:15:21.280 --> 00:15:22.139
 decrees and

00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.540
 laws.

00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.800
 Then you

00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:24.460
 will live

00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:25.480
 and increase

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.000
 and the

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.460
 Lord your

00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:26.960
 God will

00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:27.620
 bless you

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.220
 in the

00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:29.759
 land you

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.440
 are entering

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:31.180
 to possess.

00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:32.899
 Verse 19.

00:15:34.160 --> 00:15:35.060
 This day I

00:15:35.060 --> 00:15:35.639
 call heaven

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.040
 and earth

00:15:36.040 --> 00:15:36.820
 witnesses

00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:37.700
 against you

00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.120
 that I

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.480
 have set

00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.200
 before you

00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:40.379
 life and

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:40.759
 death,

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.019
 blessings and

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.480
 curses.

00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:44.039
 now choose

00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:45.879
 life so

00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:46.560
 that you

00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.120
 and your

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.560
 children may

00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:50.159
 live and

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.500
 that you

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.200
 may love

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.659
 the Lord

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.220
 your God.

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.680
 Listen to

00:15:53.680 --> 00:15:54.480
 his voice

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.300
 and hold

00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:56.800
 fast to

00:15:56.800 --> 00:15:57.180
 him for

00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:57.700
 the Lord

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:58.480
 is your

00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:01.019
 life and

00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.519
 he will

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.000
 give you

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.980
 many years

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.500
 in the

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.659
 land he

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:05.340
 swore to

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:05.680
 give to

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.320
 your fathers

00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:06.920
 Abraham,

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.920
 Isaac and

00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.379
 Jacob.

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:11.600
 you see

00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.679
 obeying the

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 promises of

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 God's word

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 is choosing

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 life in

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 all of its

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 fullness.

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 The promises

00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:22.759
 that have been

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.480
 given to us

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 through God's

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 word is about

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 choosing life.

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 Life today

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 and life in

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 the ultimate

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 promised land.

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 You see as

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 Moses was

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 speaking and

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 we go back

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 to chapter 1

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 now, as

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 Moses was

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 speaking to

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 the people,

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 he was not

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 setting before

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 them rules

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 and regulations,

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 he was

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 setting before

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 them God's

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 gracious promise

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 of life.

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 Life for

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 your family,

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 life for

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 your children.

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 And as we

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 listen to

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 these words,

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 and if we

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 do listen,

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 and if we

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 believe,

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 and if we

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 obey,

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 we will

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 receive all

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 that God

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 has to

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 give us.

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 But it

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 seems that

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 Israel and

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 ourselves have

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 a problem in

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 obeying what

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 God has to

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 say.

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 So second,

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 our persistent

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 rebellion.

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 Look at

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 verse 21 of

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 chapter 1.

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 Again, the

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 promise is

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 repeated.

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 See, the

00:17:33.820 --> 00:17:34.580
 Lord your God

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 has given you

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 the land.

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 Go up and

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 take possession

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 of it as

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 the Lord,

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 the God of

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 your fathers

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 told you.

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 Do not be

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 afraid and

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 do not be

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 discouraged.

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 So they

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 obeyed and

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 went up as

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 God said.

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 No, there's

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 a bit of

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 delay tactics.

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 Verse 22.

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 Then all of

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 you came to

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 me and

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 said,

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 well, let

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 us send

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 men ahead to

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 spy out the

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 land for us

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 and bring back

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 a report about

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 the route

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 we're to

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 take and

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 the towns

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 that we're

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 going to

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 come to.

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 Verse 25.

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 Taking with

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 them some

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 of the fruit

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 of the land,

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 they brought

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 it down to

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 us and

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 they reported,

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 you know

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 what?

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 It is a

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 good land

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 that the

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 Lord our

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:19.820
 God is

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 giving us.

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 So having

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 renewed their

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.820
 confidence,

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 they went

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 up as

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 God said.

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 No, they

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 didn't.

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 Verse 26.

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 But you

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 were unwilling

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 to go up.

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 You rebelled

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 against the

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 command of

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 the Lord

00:18:40.679 --> 00:18:41.939
 your God.

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 You grumbled

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.639
 in your tents

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 and you said,

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.899
 the Lord

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 hates us.

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 So he

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 brought us

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 out of

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 Egypt to

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 deliver us

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 into the

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 hands of

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 the Amorites

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 to destroy

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 us.

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 God is

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:56.899
 patient.

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 and in

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 his

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 continued

00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:01.140
 grace,

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 he reminds

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 these

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 persistent

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 rebels what

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 he's going

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 to do.

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 Verse 29.

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 Then I

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 said,

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 you do

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 not be

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 terrified.

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 Do not

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 be afraid

00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:13.440
 of them.

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 The

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.280
 Lord your

00:19:15.280 --> 00:19:15.720
 God,

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 who is

00:19:16.540 --> 00:19:16.820
 going

00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:17.540
 before you,

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 will fight

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 for you

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 as he

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 did for

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.040
 you in

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 Egypt

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:22.060
 before your

00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:22.880
 very eyes.

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 God is

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:24.740
 going to

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.300
 fight for

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 you.

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 Remember

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.879
 how he

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.279
 rescued

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.839
 you from

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 Egypt.

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 Just

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:30.119
 believe my

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.500
 word.

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 Obey

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.859
 what I

00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.319
 tell you

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.819
 to do

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:34.119
 and enter

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.779
 the land.

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.259
 It can't

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.619
 get more

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.200
 simple than

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.579
 that.

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.660
 Tragically,

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 and what is

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.720
 so often

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.339
 the story

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.740
 of our

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.240
 lives,

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.619
 they

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.579
 persisted

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.299
 in their

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.779
 rebellion.

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.759
 Verse 32.

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 In

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.400
 spite of

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:52.740
 this,

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.240
 you

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.759
 did

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.160
 not

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.960
 trust

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.220
 in the

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.500
 Lord

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:57.779
 your

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.200
 God.

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.460
 In

00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.319
 spite of

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.720
 God's

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.160
 promised

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.680
 word,

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.519
 in

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.440
 spite of

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.819
 everything

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.299
 that he

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.740
 had done

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.180
 for you,

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:05.900
 you

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.539
 wouldn't

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.440
 trust

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:09.480
 what God

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.940
 said he

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.400
 would do.

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.140
 You see,

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.799
 our rebellion

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.700
 is always

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.599
 expressed

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:18.559
 in our

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.480
 refusal to

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.400
 believe God's

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.879
 word and

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.400
 to obey

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:22.879
 God's

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.180
 word.

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.180
 God's

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.519
 love and

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.740
 God's

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.120
 arrogance.

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:25.700
 In our

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.279
 arrogance, we

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.340
 think that we

00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:27.000
 can somehow

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.960
 receive and

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.580
 get from

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:30.259
 God everything

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.860
 that we

00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:32.680
 need through

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.220
 our own

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.799
 resources.

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:36.720
 For

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.500
 failing to

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.320
 trust God

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:38.900
 is saying,

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.560
 I don't

00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:40.320
 need God.

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.039
 It's saying

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.460
 that I'm

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.240
 better off

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.640
 without

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.240
 God.

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.980
 When we

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.900
 don't trust

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.420
 God and

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.759
 when we

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.220
 turn our

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.779
 backs on

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.480
 him, we're

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:48.940
 just saying,

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.440
 God is

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.100
 not good.

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.960
 God is

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.840
 not generous.

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.539
 God is

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.400
 not gracious.

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.759
 We kind

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.140
 of echo

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.799
 the words

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.620
 of the

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.420
 people of

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:58.740
 Israel.

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.400
 The Lord

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.220
 hates us.

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.120
 He's brought

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.779
 us here to

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.759
 destroy us.

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.620
 We can't

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.140
 trust him

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.500
 with our

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.980
 lives.

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.420
 And so

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.940
 we back

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.420
 off, we

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.080
 back away.

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:11.799
 But the

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.700
 consequences

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.420
 of not

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.500
 trusting God

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:14.940
 with our

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:17.600
 life are

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.299
 disastrous.

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.000
 Look at

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.879
 verse 34.

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.419
 When the

00:21:24.419 --> 00:21:25.299
 Lord heard

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.740
 what he

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.539
 said, he

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.619
 was angry

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:30.240
 and solemnly

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.339
 swore, not

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.099
 a man of

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.799
 this evil

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.259
 generation shall

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.259
 see the good

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.419
 land I swore

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.019
 to give to

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.959
 your forefathers.

00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.519
 Except

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.959
 Caleb, son

00:21:41.959 --> 00:21:42.799
 of Jephunneh.

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.139
 He will

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:45.819
 see it, and

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.679
 I will give

00:21:46.679 --> 00:21:47.159
 him and

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.940
 his descendants

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:49.000
 the land he

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.720
 set his foot

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.000
 on.

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.040
 Why?

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.759
 Because he

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.440
 followed the

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:55.660
 Lord wholeheartedly.

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.279
 In fact,

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.380
 and these are

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.100
 perhaps some

00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:03.560
 of the most

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.519
 troubling words

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.660
 in Deuteronomy,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.700
 when we

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.880
 persistently

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:10.840
 refuse to

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:12.259
 listen and

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.000
 to trust

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.840
 God's word,

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:15.980
 there may

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.439
 come a

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:17.019
 time when

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.599
 God will

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:19.279
 refuse to

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.879
 listen to

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.419
 us.

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.779
 Look at

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.639
 verse 45.

00:22:24.959 --> 00:22:25.699
 You

00:22:25.699 --> 00:22:26.539
 came back

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.899
 and you

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.740
 wept before

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.259
 the Lord,

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:30.379
 but he

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.039
 paid no

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.919
 attention to

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.539
 your weeping,

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.279
 and he

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.919
 turned a

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.679
 deaf ear to

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:35.939
 you.

00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:37.919
 And so

00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.579
 you stayed

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.279
 in Kadesh

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.740
 many days,

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:42.140
 all the

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.519
 time you

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.240
 spent there.

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.220
 You see,

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.920
 what should

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.460
 have been

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.980
 an 11-day

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.900
 journey,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.160
 culminating in

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.940
 a victorious

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.539
 celebration of

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.420
 entering into

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.000
 the promised

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.480
 land,

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.579
 well, it

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.259
 took 40

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.799
 years,

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.240
 and it

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.779
 ended in

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.339
 defeat

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.939
 and misery.

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.599
 It seems

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.519
 very clear

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.699
 that our

00:23:09.699 --> 00:23:10.459
 persistent

00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.179
 rebellion

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:12.159
 against God's

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.759
 word stops

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.899
 us receiving

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:16.240
 all that

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.720
 God has

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.059
 to give

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.659
 to us.

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.980
 We are

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.659
 in desperate

00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:23.199
 need of

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.619
 help.

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:28.839
 But third,

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.359
 God's

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.980
 gracious

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.899
 response.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.099
 Amazingly,

00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.179
 our

00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.859
 persistent

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.480
 rebellion

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.419
 is always

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.159
 met with

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.659
 God's

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.159
 continued

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.720
 grace.

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.659
 Look at

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.220
 chapter 2,

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.859
 verse 7.

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:45.839
 Look at

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.399
 how God

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.599
 responds to

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.240
 their rebellion

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.720
 for their

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.639
 40 years.

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.359
 Verse 7

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.159
 of chapter 2.

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.359
 The Lord

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.779
 your God

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.359
 has blessed

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.799
 you in

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.319
 all the

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.699
 work of

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.279
 your hands.

00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:56.559
 He has

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.279
 watched over

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.919
 your journey

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:58.500
 through this

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.299
 vast desert.

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.639
 These

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.799
 40 years,

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.379
 the Lord

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.899
 your God

00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:03.339
 has been

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.899
 with you

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:05.019
 and you

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.559
 have not

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.919
 lacked

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.619
 anything.

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.759
 What they

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.440
 deserve

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.799
 and what

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.440
 they get

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.039
 stand in

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.500
 complete

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.259
 contrast.

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.099
 God

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:16.379
 is so

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.779
 gracious.

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:16.980
 Jesus.

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.319
 And look

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.680
 at how

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.000
 God

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.879
 responds to

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.279
 them when

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.079
 they stand

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.680
 again,

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.119
 second time

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.440
 round,

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:24.799
 at the

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.819
 verge of

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.579
 entering the

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.500
 promised land.

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:29.279
 there is

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.400
 there is a

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.720
 bit of

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.559
 deja vu

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.240
 about all

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.599
 of this.

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:31.980
 Look at

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.599
 chapter 2

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.519
 verse 24.

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.900
 Set out

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.480
 now and

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.140
 cross the

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.539
 Arnon

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.099
 gorge.

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.779
 See I

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.220
 have given

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.740
 into your

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.099
 hand

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.839
 Sion the

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.559
 Amorite

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.319
 king of

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.819
 Heshbon

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.740
 and his

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.240
 country.

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.640
 Begin to

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.359
 take possession

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.339
 of it and

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.019
 engage him

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.500
 in battle.

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:53.559
 Now these

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.900
 are the

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.779
 exact same

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.539
 people they

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.900
 were up

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:57.019
 against 40

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.779
 years ago.

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.279
 Do you

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.700
 remember the

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.440
 excuse they

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.079
 gave 40

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.579
 years ago?

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.200
 Go back to

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.720
 chapter 1

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.599
 verse 27.

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.220
 They grumbled

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.660
 in their

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.200
 tents and

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.660
 they said

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.200
 oh the

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.900
 Lord hates

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.220
 us.

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.099
 He brought

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.619
 us out of

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.140
 Egypt to

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.740
 deliver us

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.119
 into the

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.559
 hands of

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.180
 the Amorites

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.779
 to destroy

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.019
 us.

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.779
 Where can

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.299
 we go?

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.539
 Our

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.079
 brothers have

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.480
 made us

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.039
 lose heart

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.519
 they say.

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.319
 The people

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.180
 are stronger

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.859
 and taller

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.460
 than we are

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.180
 the cities

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.920
 are large

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.640
 with walls

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.140
 up to the

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.480
 sky.

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.240
 We even

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.680
 saw the

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.340
 Anakites

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.620
 they were

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.620
 like giants

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.740
 there.

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.620
 In fact

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:35.660
 they actually

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.200
 went and

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.779
 tried to

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.759
 fight their

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.480
 own battle.

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.559
 Look at

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:39.840
 the end

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.140
 of verse

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.779
 41

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:44.180
 of chapter

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.579
 1

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.799
 thinking it

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:47.120
 easy to

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.660
 go up

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.460
 or sorry

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.019
 so every

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.480
 one of you

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.140
 put on his

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.579
 weapons

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.740
 thinking it

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.359
 was easy

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.000
 to go up

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.399
 into the

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.579
 hill

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.000
 country

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.339
 that's

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.699
 into the

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:54.980
 promised

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.319
 land

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.960
 but the

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.399
 Lord said

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.659
 to them

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.220
 tell them

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.519
 do not

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.980
 go up

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.539
 and fight

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:01.059
 because I

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.619
 will not

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.119
 be with

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.359
 you.

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.139
 You will

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.799
 be defeated

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.279
 by your

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.639
 enemies.

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.419
 So I

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:07.919
 told you

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.579
 but you

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.000
 would not

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.379
 listen.

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.919
 You rebelled

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.519
 against the

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.879
 Lord's

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.899
 command and

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.339
 in your

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.759
 arrogance

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.399
 you marched

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.859
 up into

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.220
 the hill

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.659
 country.

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.200
 the

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.640
 Amorites

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.080
 who lived

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.440
 in those

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.680
 hills

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.220
 came out

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.540
 against

00:26:18.540 --> 00:26:18.740
 you.

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.700
 They chased

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.060
 you like

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.640
 a swarm

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.279
 of bees

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.640
 and beat

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.080
 you down

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.840
 from Seir

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.759
 all the

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.800
 way to

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.259
 Horma.

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.740
 You see

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:32.460
 unless God

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.660
 actually journeys

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.519
 with them

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:36.940
 unless God

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.840
 goes before

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.900
 them unless

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.840
 God goes

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.740
 and fights

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.560
 on their

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.240
 behalf

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:44.039
 they don't

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.539
 stand a

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.039
 chance.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.900
 So let's

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.200
 see what

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.819
 happens this

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.400
 time round.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.120
 Chapter 2

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.900
 verse 32.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.319
 When

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.059
 Sion and

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.480
 all his

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.079
 army came

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.460
 out to

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.900
 meet us

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.420
 in battle

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.660
 at

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.259
 Jahaz

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.900
 the

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.599
 Lord our

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.900
 God

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.400
 delivered

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.079
 him over

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.720
 to us

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.759
 and we

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.539
 struck him

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.880
 down

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:08.120
 together

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.579
 with his

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.099
 sons

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.359
 and his

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.319
 whole army.

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.799
 At that

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.319
 time we

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.019
 took all

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.279
 his

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.779
 towns

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.620
 and

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.380
 completely

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.000
 destroyed

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.299
 them.

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.599
 Men,

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.900
 women and

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.359
 children.

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.440
 We left

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.339
 no survivors.

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.079
 Verse 36.

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.799
 From

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.900
 Eror on

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.259
 the rim

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.599
 of the

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.920
 Arnon

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.420
 Gorge

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.120
 and from

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.720
 the town

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.039
 in the

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.359
 gorge

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.539
 even as

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.039
 far as

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.519
 Gilead

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.779
 not one

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.460
 town was

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.220
 too strong

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.740
 for us.

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.700
 The

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.519
 Lord our

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.000
 God

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.079
 gave us

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.200
 all of

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.400
 them.

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:43.580
 Now I'm

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.160
 sure you're

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.259
 reflecting on

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.820
 the end of

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.759
 verse 34.

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.759
 It kind of

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.500
 sticks in our

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.240
 throat a bit

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.820
 there doesn't

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:51.060
 it?

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.680
 It sounds

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.620
 very disturbing.

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.440
 Men,

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.560
 women and

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.380
 children

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.560
 completely

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.200
 destroyed?

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.920
 Well this

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.460
 theme does

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.040
 come up

00:28:05.040 --> 00:28:05.840
 later on

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.740
 in chapter

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.320
 seven and

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.679
 we're going

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.179
 to deal

00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:08.639
 with it

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.079
 fully

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.460
 then.

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.700
 But it

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.200
 is something

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.879
 that we

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.359
 don't want

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.859
 to overlook

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.539
 just now.

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:16.299
 So can

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.619
 we just

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.099
 go back

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:18.159
 to Genesis

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:19.619
 chapter 15

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.899
 just to

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.299
 help us

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.700
 out here.

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.179
 Genesis

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.279
 chapter 15

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.019
 and verse

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.879
 16.

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.759
 This is

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.259
 where the

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.159
 original

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.039
 promise was

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.599
 first given

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.240
 to Abraham

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.960
 about going

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.399
 into the

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.119
 promised land

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.039
 and this

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.359
 is what

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.240
 God says

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.380
 to Abraham

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.420
 and to

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.819
 his

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.880
 descendants

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.319
 that will

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.640
 follow.

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.620
 Chapter 15

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.559
 verse 16.

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.859
 So he

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.200
 says to

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.519
 Abraham

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.900
 in the

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.200
 fourth

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.960
 generation

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.240
 that's

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.480
 about

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.960
 600

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.599
 years

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.400
 later

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.720
 your

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.359
 descendants

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.799
 will

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.420
 come back

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.799
 here

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.819
 for the

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.640
 sin of

00:28:59.640 --> 00:28:59.880
 the

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.680
 Amorites

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.759
 has not

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.480
 yet reached

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.120
 its full

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.980
 measure.

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:06.559
 in other

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.039
 words

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:09.059
 God has

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.480
 given the

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.120
 Amorites

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.480
 close to

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.960
 600 years

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.559
 to sort

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.099
 themselves

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.559
 out.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.160
 So what

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.640
 we read

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.599
 in Deuteronomy

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:21.460
 at first

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.259
 sounds quite

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.180
 unfair and

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.200
 not very

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.680
 nice

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.319
 but in

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.240
 the context

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.839
 of what we

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.299
 read in

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.700
 Genesis

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:30.500
 it actually

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.220
 portrays to

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.720
 us a God

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.120
 who is

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.680
 long

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.320
 suffering

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:35.480
 patient

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.580
 and very

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.080
 gracious.

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.299
 Now of

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.620
 course it

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.080
 does raise

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.759
 other questions

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:44.500
 but let's

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.180
 hold those

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.840
 questions we

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.440
 will get to

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.980
 them when we

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.519
 move on

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.799
 later into

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.580
 Deuteronomy.

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.799
 But I don't

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.420
 want us to

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.700
 lose our

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.580
 focus and

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.259
 the thrust

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.440
 of what

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.440
 chapter 2

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.960
 is telling

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.560
 us here.

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.560
 That God

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.000
 in his

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.560
 grace

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.919
 has gone

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.599
 out before

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.659
 them and

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.379
 fought the

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.480
 battle that

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.839
 they could

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.639
 never fight.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.559
 Unless God

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.279
 had gone with

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.200
 them they

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.599
 would have

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.879
 failed and

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.179
 they would

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.659
 have never

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:16.039
 entered the

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.839
 promised land.

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.240
 And God

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.859
 has fought

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:22.319
 the ultimate

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.000
 battle for

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.419
 us.

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.299
 You see

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.980
 as we think

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.519
 about our

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.839
 own rebellion

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:29.920
 we too

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.779
 deserve to

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.599
 be punished

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.440
 and judged

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.579
 for our

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.440
 persistent

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.500
 rebellion

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.599
 against God's

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:36.900
 word.

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.259
 But God

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.000
 in his

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.599
 grace

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:42.639
 has sent

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.240
 to us

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.740
 his own

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.539
 warrior,

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.119
 his own

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.720
 fighter,

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.599
 his son

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.900
 Jesus Christ

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.700
 who came

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.420
 to fight

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.960
 our greatest

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.639
 enemies,

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.119
 sin and

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.899
 death and

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.379
 he has

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.219
 destroyed

00:30:57.219 --> 00:30:57.919
 them both

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:59.339
 once and

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.879
 for all.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.619
 Not with

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.299
 weapons,

00:31:02.219 --> 00:31:02.799
 not with

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.299
 armies,

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.500
 but through

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.239
 his death

00:31:06.239 --> 00:31:06.779
 on the

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.619
 cross and

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.119
 through his

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.799
 resurrection

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.659
 from the

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:09.959
 grave.

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.759
 We don't

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.679
 deserve it.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.079
 But yet

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.899
 Jesus has

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.479
 come to

00:31:15.479 --> 00:31:16.079
 take all

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.799
 our failures

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.159
 of the

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.659
 past,

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:19.099
 our rebellion

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.839
 of today

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.919
 and our

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.719
 sin of

00:31:21.719 --> 00:31:22.379
 the future

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.339
 and he's

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.039
 taken all

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.039
 the consequences

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.940
 of it

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.799
 on himself.

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.779
 And as

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.279
 it were,

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.099
 Jesus

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.119
 himself was

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.659
 like shut

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.259
 out of the

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.159
 promised land

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:35.159
 for us.

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.519
 He was

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.139
 barred,

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.740
 he was

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.460
 excluded,

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.420
 he was the

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.819
 one who

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.720
 suffered hell

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.220
 for us,

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.019
 taking the

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.759
 judgment for

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.720
 us so that

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.480
 we might be

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.159
 able to

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:46.279
 enter into

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.460
 the promised

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.019
 land,

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.359
 enter into

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.379
 life and

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.220
 enter into

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.819
 salvation.

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:51.960
 salvation.

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.839
 You see,

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.379
 it's so

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.039
 clear that

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.240
 our

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.919
 persistent

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.619
 rebellion

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:00.899
 stops us

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.220
 receiving from

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.980
 all the

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.559
 good gifts

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.139
 that God

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.619
 has to

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.339
 offer us.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.559
 If it

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.039
 was up to

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.439
 us, we

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:07.859
 would not

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.740
 have anything.

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.839
 Amazingly,

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:14.139
 through God's

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.779
 continued

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.399
 grace and

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.240
 his grace

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.679
 alone,

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:20.460
 we receive

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:22.299
 freely all

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.299
 that God

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.779
 has to

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.120
 give.

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:26.320
 Our life

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:28.100
 today and

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.820
 our eternal

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:30.420
 life that

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.779
 is to

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.080
 come.

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.140
 God is

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.779
 so gracious.

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.660
 Which really

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.340
 brings us to

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:38.940
 the fact that

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.460
 this is

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:41.019
 problem solved.

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.700
 When our

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.240
 car broke

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.759
 down, we

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.160
 resigned

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.920
 ourselves to

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.360
 having to

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.799
 stay in

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.160
 Cork.

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.840
 But we

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.140
 got a

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.640
 phone call

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.060
 from a

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.759
 very generous

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.380
 person.

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.820
 They rang

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.400
 to tell us

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.660
 they were

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.039
 going to

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.360
 give us

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.980
 their car

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.380
 and that

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.680
 we could

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.039
 have it

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.380
 for the

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.860
 time that

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.140
 we were

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.380
 away.

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.920
 Not just

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.400
 a car,

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.440
 but a

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.880
 car that

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.320
 was full

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.940
 of petrol

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:03.340
 and fully

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.820
 insured

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.240
 for us

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.880
 to drive.

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.259
 A

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.840
 gracious

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:08.140
 intervention

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.900
 and without

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.560
 their help

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.840
 we would

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.860
 not have

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.580
 got to

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:13.759
 our

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.440
 destination.

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:17.120
 God is

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.680
 continually

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.480
 gracious to

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.900
 us.

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.640
 And because

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.059
 of what

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.740
 Christ has

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.220
 done for

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.200
 us, that

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.660
 grace flows

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.759
 to us day

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.660
 after day

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.500
 after day.

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.080
 And as we

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:30.080
 journey together

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:32.080
 into 2013,

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.960
 let me tell

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.480
 us this,

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.940
 we are all

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.400
 going to

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.340
 doubt God's

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:38.620
 goodness.

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.220
 At different

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.820
 times we're

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.299
 going to turn

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.039
 our backs on

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:43.440
 him, we'll

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.079
 fail to

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.720
 trust him,

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.259
 we'll grumble,

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.200
 we'll complain,

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.019
 we'll say God

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.019
 hates us, he's

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.779
 only brought us

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.519
 here to make a

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.220
 misery of our

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.619
 lives.

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.440
 Why?

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.599
 Because we're

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.180
 persistent

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.039
 rebels.

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.059
 And on our

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.799
 own resources

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.519
 we'll never

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.099
 arrive.

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.299
 But thankfully

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.339
 our persistent

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.799
 rebellion is

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:08.000
 always met by

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.500
 God's

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.500
 continued grace.

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.599
 grace.

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.500
 And if we

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.159
 are to know

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.840
 this grace

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.800
 and experience

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.780
 it day by

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.340
 day in our

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:17.519
 lives, we've

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.219
 got to get to

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.860
 the heart of

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.539
 God's word.

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.300
 To be people

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.139
 who read it

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.260
 and who devour

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.980
 it, because

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.639
 even as we

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.280
 read through

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.139
 these sections

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.860
 here right

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.699
 now, we've

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.480
 come to see a

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.280
 picture of an

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.300
 amazing, gracious

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.860
 God who

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.579
 doesn't treat

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.760
 us as we

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.639
 deserve to be

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:38.000
 treated, but

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.760
 treats us with

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.219
 grace.

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.000
 welcoming us

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.579
 into his

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:43.099
 land, into

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.860
 his family

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:45.940
 forever and

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.179
 ever.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.980
 This is not a

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.860
 book of rules.

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.940
 This is a

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.119
 word of

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.559
 grace.

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.500
 Let's read

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.079
 it as we

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.760
 enter into

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.880
 2013.

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.900
 Let's pray.

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:57.960
 Amen.

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:08.179
 Father, thank

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.799
 you that

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:11.599
 your word is

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:13.179
 really a

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.019
 story about

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:17.239
 us, a

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.839
 story about

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.599
 our lives.

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.239
 And

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.119
 sometimes that's

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.980
 painful because

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.359
 it reflects us

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:26.259
 as we really

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.659
 are.

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.559
 Stubborn,

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.539
 rebellion,

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:31.539
 rebellious,

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.539
 failing,

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:37.059
 negative.

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