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 Today we are in a really painful part of the Bible.

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 It's arguably one of the lowest points in Israel's history.

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 It's very confronting.

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 Today we are talking about the depths of human depravity, of rape, objectification, murder, domestic violence.

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 We're talking about sinfulness revealed bare.

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 Anyway, it's one of the rock-bottom moments of Israel's history.

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 One which makes you think about who these people are and who their God is that they worship.

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 Have you ever had a rock-bottom moment in your life?

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 One which makes you think about who you are?

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 They're not really nice to think about once they're passed.

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 They're not enjoyable to recall.

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 You know, it's not nice to think about painful mistakes we've made in the past.

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 But this is what today's passage and the final sermon in our Judges series will do.

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 We're going to be confronted by the depths of human sin and depravity, and it should make us question our own hearts.

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 And I'm up here saying this now before the Bible reading.

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 We're looking at Judges 19 to 21.

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 We're going to look in particular at Judges 19.

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 And so I'm up here saying this now before we read to prepare us.

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 Because this passage we'll be confronting.

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 It might reveal something about you that you need to bring to the Lord.

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 It might remind you of painful things in your past.

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 This is a horrible part of the Bible.

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 It might be a painful trigger for some of us here.

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 It might trigger painful memories of the past.

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 And if it does, please feel free to walk out.

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 Sit up the back.

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 Meet with Debbie, who's just over in the corner.

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 Because your safety is really important to us.

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 And so I'm going to pray.

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 And then John's going to come up and read Judges 19.

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 Dear Heavenly Father, as we look at your word to us this morning, it is not an easy word to come to.

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 Father, I ask that you would comfort us and give us humility as we come before your word this morning.

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 Amen.

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 Thanks, John.

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 Judges 19.

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 In those days, Israel had no king.

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 Now a Nephi, who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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 But she was unfaithful to him.

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 She left him and went back to her parents' home in Bethlehem, Judah.

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 After she had been there four months, her husband went to her to pursue her to return.

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 He had with him his servant and two donkeys.

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 She took him into her parents' home.

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 And when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

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 His father-in-law, the woman's father, prevailed on him to stay.

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 So he remained with him three days, eating and drinking and sleeping there.

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 On the fourth day, they got up early and he prepared to leave.

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 But the woman's father said to his son-in-law,

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 Refresh yourself with something to eat, then you can go.

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 So the two of them sat down and eat and drink together.

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 Afterward, the woman's father said,

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 Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself.

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 And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law pursued him.

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 So he stayed there that night.

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 On the morning of the fifth day, when he rose to go,

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 the woman's father said,

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 Refresh yourself, wait till afternoon.

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 So the two of them ate together.

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 Then when the man with his concubine and his servant got up to leave,

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 his father-in-law, the woman's father, said,

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 Now look, it's almost evening.

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 Spend the nights here.

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 The day is nearly over.

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 Stay and enjoy yourself.

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 Early tomorrow morning, you can get up and be on your way home.

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 But unwilling to stay another night,

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 the man left and went up towards Juppus.

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 That is Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem with his two settled donkeys and his concubine.

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 When they were near Juppus and the day was almost gone,

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 the servant said to his master,

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 Come, let's stop at this city of the Juppusite and spend the night.

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 His master replied,

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 No, we wouldn't go into any city whose people are not Israelites.

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 We will go on to Gilbite.

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 He added,

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 Come, let's try to reach Gilbite and Roma and spend the night in one of those places.

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 So they went on,

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 and the sun set as they near Gilbite in Benjamin.

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 There they stopped to spend the night.

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 They went and sat in the city square,

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 but no one took them in for the night.

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 That evening, an old man came,

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 an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,

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 who was living in Gilbite,

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 and the inhabitants of place where Benjamin came in from his work in the fields.

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 And he looked and saw the traveler in the city square.

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 The old man asked,

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 Where are you going?

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 Where do you come from?

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 He answered,

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 We are on our way from Bethlehem to Judah,

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 to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, where I live.

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 I have been to Bethlehem in Judah,

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 and now I am going to the house of the Lord.

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 No one has taken me in for the night.

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 We have both straw and folder for our donkeys,

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 and bread and wine for ourselves, your servants, me.

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 The woman and the young man with us.

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 We don't need anything.

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 You are welcome at my house, the old man said.

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 Let me supply whatever you need.

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 Only don't spend the night in the square.

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 So he took him into his house and fled his donkeys.

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 After they had washed their feet,

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 they have something to eat and drink.

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 While they were enjoying themselves,

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 some of the wicked men of the city surrendered the house,

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 pointing at the door,

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 and they shouted to the old man who owned the house,

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 Bring out the man to come up to your house,

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 so we can have sex with him.

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 The owner of the house went outside and said to them,

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 No, my friends, don't be so foul.

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 Since this man is my guest,

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 don't do these outrageous things.

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 Look here, it's my virgin daughter and his concubine.

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 I will bring them out to you now,

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 and you can use them,

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 and do to them whatever you wish.

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 But as for this man,

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 don't do such outrageous things.

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 But the man would not listen to him.

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 So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them.

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 They raped her and abused her throughout the night.

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 And at dawn, they let her go.

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 At daybreak, the woman went back to the house

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 where her master was staying,

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 fell down at the door,

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 and lay there until day and night.

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 When her master got up in the morning

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 and opened the door of the house

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 and stepped out to continue on his way,

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 there lay his concubine,

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 fallen in the doorway of the house

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 with her hands on a threshold.

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 He said to her,

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 Get up, let's go.

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 But there was no answer.

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 Then the man put her on his donkey

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 and set out for home.

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 When he reached home,

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 he took a knife

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 and cut up his concubine,

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 limb by limb,

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 into twelve paths

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 and sent them into the area of Israel.

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 Everyone who saw it

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 was saying to one another,

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 Such a thing

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 has never been seen or done,

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 not since the day

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 the Israelites come out of Egypt.

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 Just imagine.

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 We must do something.

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 So, speak up.

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 Thanks, John.

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 It's not a fun part of the Bible, is it?

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 The graphic nature of that passage

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 is why we decided to have

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 our kids' church go for one more week.

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 Not the kind of stuff

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 we want our kids to be hearing,

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 but it's in the Bible.

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 And so we're here at the start of Judges 19.

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 We're introduced to a couple of characters.

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 Let me read from verses 1 and 2.

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 In those days, Israel had no king.

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 Now, a Levite who lived

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 in a remote area

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 in the hill country of Ephraim

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 took a concubine

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 from Bethlehem in Judah.

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 But, she was unfaithful to him.

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 She left him

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 and went back to her parents' home

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 in Bethlehem, Judah.

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 Okay, so,

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 we begin with the reminder

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 that we've had all through this book

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 that Israel had no king.

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 And we're introduced to two characters

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 right off the bat.

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 A Levite

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 and his concubine.

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 Now, this Levite,

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 he's from Ephraim.

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 And the Levites

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 were specially selected people from God.

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 They were to be the best of the best.

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 They were to be the holiest people.

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 They were the tribe

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 that had no land.

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 And they would serve at the tabernacle

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 and then the temple.

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 They would serve God.

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 They would offer sacrifices to God.

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 So, this Levite

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 was supposed to be especially holy.

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 Set apart from the rest of God's people

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 to serve God.

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 The whole nation was

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 God's special possessions.

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 But the Levites,

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 they were to be the best of the best.

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 To be the holiest.

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 To show the way.

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 To show the people

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 how to serve God.

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 To keep people

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 in a right relationship with God

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 with the sacrifices.

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 And we learn

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 that this Levite

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 took a concubine

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 from Bethlehem.

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 Now, a concubine

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 was considered

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 a second class wife.

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 She was a wife

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 who was also a slave.

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 And so,

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 this kind of second class wife

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 is a sex object.

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 It's why

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 he has her

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 not as a wife

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 but as an object.

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 So, the Levite

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 is both

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 her husband

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 but also

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 her master.

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 God has made it clear

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 to us

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 and to Israel

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 from Genesis 2

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 that marriage

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 is to be between

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 a man and a woman.

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 But many people

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 at this time

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 were following their culture.

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 And so,

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 even though

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 it was technically legal

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 for people

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 to have a concubine,

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 polygamy

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 and this kind

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 of second class wife,

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 this is

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 not God's plan.

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 And in the history

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 of Israel,

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 it's always brought

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 heartache to people.

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 We see this

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 with people

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 like Abraham

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 and Jacob

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 and King Solomon

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 and King David.

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 It does not go well

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 for people.

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 These first two verses

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 are a deeply

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 concerning opening.

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 This man was a Levite.

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 He was supposed

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 to be set apart.

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 He was supposed

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 to be one of God's

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 key people,

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 one of the best

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 of the best

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 but he has been

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 swept up in his culture,

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 pagan culture,

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 taking a concubine.

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 This Levite,

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 it appears

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 at the outset

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 is focused

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 upon himself.

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 And the relationship

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 between the Levite

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 and the concubine

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 is not a good one.

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 From the opening

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 we learn

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 that she was

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 unfaithful to him.

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 She fled back

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 to her parents' home

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 and even though

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 some horrible things

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 are going to happen

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 to her,

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 she is not painted

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 as innocent.

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 She is painted

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 as sinful too.

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 She's not innocent.

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 She left her marriage

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 and she left

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 her master.

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 Both of those things

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 were unlawful to do.

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 And so,

00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:03.899
 the concubine,

00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.899
 she had been living

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 with her dad,

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 her family,

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 back at home

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 for four months

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 and the Levite

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 went to persuade her

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 to return.

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 Now,

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 I'm going to be away

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 from my wife

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 for four days

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 this week

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 and I'm going to be

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 longing

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 to see her again

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 on Saturday.

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 This Levite

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 has been away

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 from his wife

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 for four months.

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 I wonder

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 why he finally

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 decides to go

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 and get her back.

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 Maybe he wasn't

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 bothered to go

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 and get her back.

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 Maybe he just

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 eventually wanted

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 his property back.

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 Maybe it was

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 the status symbol

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 of having a concubine.

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 Maybe it was

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 something coarse

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 like he just

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 wanted sex back.

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 And so,

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 when he gets there,

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 he is met

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 by the concubine's

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 father.

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 Verse four.

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 His father-in-law,

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 the woman's father,

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 prevailed on him

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 to stay.

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 So he remained

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 with him three days,

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 eating and drinking

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 and sleeping there.

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 On the fourth day,

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 they got up early

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 and he prepared

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 to leave.

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 But the woman's father

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 said to his son-in-law,

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 refresh yourself

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 with something to eat,

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 then you can go.

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 So the concubine's father

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 welcomes him

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 with open arms,

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 come,

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 let's eat,

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 let's drink,

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 stay,

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 stay for another night.

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 No,

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 another night,

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 let's eat and drink some more,

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 sit down,

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 relax.

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 And he keeps him there.

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 For four days,

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 with food,

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 with drink,

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 with good hospitality.

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 And it seems strange.

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 Why is this father

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 so hospitable?

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 It doesn't seem

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 that the Levite

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 is treating his daughter

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 that well.

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 Why is the father

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 so hospitable?

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 I wouldn't be like this

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 if it was my daughter.

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 It seems strange

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 as we read it.

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 So why is he so generous?

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 What is his motive?

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 What is his plan?

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 Well,

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 the penalty

00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.820
 for adultery

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 and the penalty

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 for leaving a master,

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 they were both severe.

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 It was death

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 and disgrace

00:14:00.420 --> 00:14:01.240
 for the family.

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 And so it appears

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 that the father

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 is trying to make sure

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 that the Levite

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 doesn't press charges.

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 Come on,

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 let me make you happy

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 with food and drink,

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 stay another night,

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 let me really lay it on thick.

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 Whatever you like,

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 I'll get it for you.

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 Trying to make sure

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 that the Levite

00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:20.419
 doesn't sue the family.

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 He's so happy

00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:22.939
 that the Levite

00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:23.779
 just wants to take

00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.459
 the daughter home,

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 he's just giving him

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 as much food and wine

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 as possible.

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 Even though the Levite

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 went to persuade

00:14:31.579 --> 00:14:33.840
 his concubine

00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.679
 to return,

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:36.139
 there's no mention

00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.240
 of the Levite

00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.079
 or the father

00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:38.939
 talking to her.

00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.720
 She has no choice

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.360
 in the matter.

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 Both the father

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 and the Levite

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 are treating her

00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:47.039
 as an object.

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:50.479
 One for sexual gratification

00:14:50.479 --> 00:14:51.899
 and the other

00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:53.919
 to avoid disgrace

00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.219
 and loss of face

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 and money.

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 It's really interesting

00:14:58.479 --> 00:14:59.119
 at this point

00:14:59.119 --> 00:15:00.139
 that the author

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.819
 of Judges

00:15:00.819 --> 00:15:02.859
 hasn't written any names.

00:15:03.319 --> 00:15:03.879
 These characters

00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.679
 don't have names,

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.859
 it's just the Levite,

00:15:06.599 --> 00:15:07.839
 it's the concubine,

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 it's the concubine's father.

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 None of them have names.

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 And it seems

00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.699
 that the author

00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:14.740
 is pointing out

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.839
 some stereotypes.

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.439
 You know,

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.879
 this is what Levites

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.259
 are like,

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 this is what concubines,

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.259
 this is what women

00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:21.679
 are like,

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 and this is what

00:15:22.439 --> 00:15:23.439
 fathers of daughters

00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:23.939
 are like.

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 So Levites,

00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:25.799
 the ones who are

00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.699
 supposed to be holy

00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:28.939
 and serve and love God,

00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:29.339
 well,

00:15:30.219 --> 00:15:31.139
 they're just

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:32.059
 decrepit,

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.120
 sexually depraved men.

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 Fathers in Israel,

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.819
 well,

00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.899
 they'd prefer to get rid

00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:39.539
 of their daughters

00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:40.639
 than lose money

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.980
 or lose face

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.480
 and honour.

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.459
 And women,

00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:43.980
 well,

00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.620
 stereotype of women here

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.240
 is that they just

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:47.799
 run off from their husbands

00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.539
 and they run off

00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:49.179
 from their masters.

00:15:50.699 --> 00:15:51.659
 It paints

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:53.399
 a dark picture

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.539
 of Israel.

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.659
 And the story

00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:58.159
 is about to get

00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:59.039
 far darker.

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:00.819
 Eventually,

00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.159
 the Levite

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.879
 and his concubine

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.860
 leave.

00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.240
 And they end up

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.960
 in a Jewish city,

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.360
 Gibeah,

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.460
 part of the tribe

00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:07.940
 of Benjamin,

00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:08.960
 one of the 12 tribes

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:09.379
 of Israel.

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.860
 And an old man

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.800
 welcomes them

00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.360
 into his house

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.240
 because staying

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.879
 in the town square

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.940
 was not safe.

00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:17.639
 That should concern us

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.280
 as we read this.

00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:19.259
 Why is it not safe?

00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.040
 And we obviously

00:16:20.040 --> 00:16:20.720
 find out why.

00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:22.160
 And so they go

00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:23.019
 inside his house.

00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:24.200
 Verse 22.

00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:26.500
 While they were

00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:27.580
 enjoying themselves,

00:16:28.140 --> 00:16:28.800
 some of the wicked

00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.560
 men of the city

00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:30.580
 surrounded the house,

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:32.180
 pounding on the door.

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.460
 They shouted

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.280
 to the old man

00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:35.240
 who owned the house,

00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:36.680
 Bring out the man

00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.840
 who came to your house

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.759
 so we can have

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.520
 sex with him.

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.640
 The owner of the house

00:16:41.640 --> 00:16:42.220
 went outside

00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.860
 and said to them,

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.780
 No, my friends,

00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:44.700
 don't be so vile

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.820
 since this man

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.600
 is my guest.

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.660
 Don't do this

00:16:47.660 --> 00:16:48.379
 outrageous thing.

00:16:48.520 --> 00:16:48.780
 Look,

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.780
 here is my virgin

00:16:50.780 --> 00:16:51.240
 daughter

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.800
 and his concubine.

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:54.379
 I will bring them

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.359
 out to you now.

00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:57.219
 You can use them

00:16:57.219 --> 00:16:58.240
 and do whatever

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.879
 you wish.

00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.599
 But as for this man,

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.519
 don't do this

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.339
 outrageous thing.

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.059
 But the men

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.879
 would not listen to him

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.899
 so the man

00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:07.099
 took his concubine

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.980
 and sent her

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.859
 outside to them.

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.419
 And they raped her

00:17:10.419 --> 00:17:11.419
 and abused her

00:17:11.419 --> 00:17:12.119
 throughout the night.

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.500
 And at dawn

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.359
 they let her go.

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.000
 At daybreak,

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.940
 the woman went

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.799
 back to the house

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.500
 where her master

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.099
 was staying,

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:21.079
 fell down at the door

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:22.139
 and lay there

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.920
 until daylight.

00:17:23.540 --> 00:17:23.940
 This,

00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:26.220
 this is such a horrible

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:27.400
 incident.

00:17:27.540 --> 00:17:28.540
 It should cause us

00:17:28.540 --> 00:17:29.340
 to grieve.

00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:31.560
 And it's told

00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:32.440
 in such a way

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.920
 that it,

00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:34.360
 it makes it

00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:35.660
 seem that God

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.900
 is grieving too.

00:17:38.520 --> 00:17:39.960
 How does the Levite,

00:17:40.040 --> 00:17:40.960
 how does the master

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.480
 react?

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.980
 Well,

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.540
 after he sent her

00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.100
 outside,

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.340
 he went to sleep.

00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:47.840
 Verse 27,

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.559
 when her master

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.439
 got up in the morning

00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:50.799
 and opened the door

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.379
 of the house

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:52.319
 and stepped out

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.359
 to continue on his way,

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.859
 there lay the concubine

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:56.119
 fallen in the doorway

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.759
 of the house

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.959
 with her hand

00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.599
 on the threshold.

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.339
 He said to her,

00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:00.539
 get up,

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:00.959
 let's go.

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:03.599
 But there was no answer.

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.299
 Then the man

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.179
 put her on his donkey

00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:07.220
 and sent her for home.

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.259
 When he reached home,

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:08.959
 he took a knife,

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.240
 cut up his concubine

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.879
 limb by limb

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.819
 into 12 parts

00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.839
 and sent them

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.000
 into all the areas

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.419
 of Israel.

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:14.639
 Now,

00:18:14.679 --> 00:18:15.619
 this is just horrible.

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:18.939
 The detail brings us

00:18:18.939 --> 00:18:21.439
 to the unimaginable horror

00:18:21.439 --> 00:18:22.699
 of the woman's

00:18:22.699 --> 00:18:23.459
 night of torture.

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.199
 She was used,

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:27.299
 she was abused

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:29.379
 and she was tossed aside.

00:18:30.219 --> 00:18:31.439
 And then her body

00:18:31.439 --> 00:18:33.579
 was carried with disdain

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.579
 on the back of a donkey,

00:18:34.959 --> 00:18:35.500
 cut up

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:37.179
 and sent around

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.879
 the country

00:18:37.879 --> 00:18:38.899
 in a sick

00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:40.000
 and twisted way

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.359
 of making people angry

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:42.579
 at the tribe

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.259
 of Benjamin.

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:47.299
 How does this passage

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:48.059
 make you feel?

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.740
 Are you feeling uncomfortable?

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:54.200
 Are you feeling angry?

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:57.019
 Are you feeling saddened?

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.700
 Are you just confused

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.799
 as to why this is

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:01.099
 even in the Bible?

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:03.759
 Well,

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 it's a reminder for us

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.519
 about the depravity

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:08.619
 and the depths of sin

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.220
 that happen

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.099
 when we worship

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.940
 an idol

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:12.619
 and not our God.

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.319
 That's what the book

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.899
 of Judges

00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.739
 has been about.

00:19:15.679 --> 00:19:16.679
 Worshipping idols

00:19:16.679 --> 00:19:17.659
 and not God

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.619
 and the consequences.

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.139
 The Levite

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.219
 had made an idol

00:19:21.219 --> 00:19:21.979
 out of sex.

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.779
 He'd conformed

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.399
 to the culture

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:25.239
 around him,

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:26.659
 not taking a wife

00:19:26.659 --> 00:19:28.079
 but having the status

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.559
 symbol

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.759
 of a concubine,

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.939
 a sex object.

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:33.220
 The men of Benjamin,

00:19:33.340 --> 00:19:33.420
 well,

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.299
 they see sex

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.200
 as more important

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.200
 than obeying God.

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.039
 The host,

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.420
 he prefers to honour

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.200
 his guest

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:41.360
 and offer his own daughter

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:42.620
 for rape.

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:45.000
 The concubine's father,

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:45.720
 well,

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.740
 he worshipped

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:48.320
 his own honour

00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:49.900
 and his own money

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.799
 afraid of what would happen

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.420
 if the Levite

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.140
 took him to court.

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:56.500
 This is truly horrible.

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:59.200
 It is domestic violence

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.220
 in the extreme.

00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:02.020
 This kind of behaviour

00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:03.560
 still happens today.

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.680
 We're going to talk about

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.660
 what domestic violence

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.100
 looks like

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.700
 in our response

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:07.940
 to it

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.600
 a little bit later.

00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:12.200
 But there is no good character

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.020
 in this story.

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.220
 There is no one

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.440
 calling for salvation.

00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:17.180
 There is no one

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.300
 calling for God

00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:19.080
 to save them.

00:20:19.520 --> 00:20:20.680
 God is deliberately

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:22.420
 pushed out of this story

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:24.380
 to show the horror

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.299
 of humanity

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.320
 laid bare.

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.900
 Judges has been

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.779
 about idolatry

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.320
 of the people

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:31.519
 and here the idols

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.320
 are not other gods

00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:33.279
 but it is sex,

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.080
 it is worshipping

00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.680
 the culture,

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.180
 it is their own honour,

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.080
 it is money.

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.320
 Because conflict

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:41.980
 reveals

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:44.120
 what our idols are.

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.580
 They reveal

00:20:46.580 --> 00:20:47.560
 the things we protect

00:20:47.560 --> 00:20:48.519
 when everything else

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.299
 is on the line.

00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.440
 We'd prefer to

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:52.160
 protect our identities

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:54.120
 than confront our sin.

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.299
 We'd rather see

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.600
 other people get hurt

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.880
 than have our own

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:59.080
 frailty and sin

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.840
 exposed.

00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:02.080
 Pursuing an idol

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:03.680
 can justify

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.960
 all kinds

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.960
 of depraved acts.

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.600
 This passage

00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.539
 might make us

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.420
 grieve,

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.740
 it might make us

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.299
 angry,

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.120
 it might make us

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.799
 feel sad

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.720
 but it should

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.799
 send us

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.579
 on our knees

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:21.200
 before Jesus.

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:24.079
 Knowing the depths

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.680
 of humanity's sin,

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.399
 knowing the depths

00:21:26.399 --> 00:21:27.519
 of our sin

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:29.619
 and the sin

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.440
 of the world

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.759
 that meant

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.279
 that God

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.799
 himself

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.740
 had to die.

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.240
 Even though

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.819
 innocent,

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.259
 Jesus was brutally

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.680
 murdered.

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.240
 Knowing what

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.980
 our world

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.639
 is like

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.279
 and knowing

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.379
 what we are like

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.000
 should make us

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.799
 realise how

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.740
 big and amazing

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:48.019
 God's grace

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.700
 to us

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.319
 is.

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:51.180
 That God

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.819
 can even

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.579
 love people

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.619
 who would do

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.500
 a horrendous

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.619
 action like this.

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.799
 We should be

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.460
 crying out

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.039
 to our God

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.579
 of mercy,

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.899
 asking God

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.639
 that he would

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:02.299
 send Jesus

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.059
 back today,

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.759
 that he would

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.460
 not delay

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.659
 any further,

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.940
 that he would

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.859
 never allow

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:09.039
 this kind of

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.940
 horrendous act

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.359
 to happen

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.839
 again.

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:12.980
 It should

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.319
 make us

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.819
 weep

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.980
 that people

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.759
 can be so

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.639
 depraved

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.619
 as to throw

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.220
 a person

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.899
 aside

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:20.459
 or reduce

00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:20.839
 someone

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.799
 like this.

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.799
 It should

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.179
 make us

00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:24.759
 cry out to

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.199
 God that

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:26.019
 we would

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.539
 not be

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.220
 like this,

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.980
 to beg

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.439
 God

00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:30.259
 to reveal

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.059
 our idols

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:32.019
 so we

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:33.019
 don't justify

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.759
 the things

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.279
 that we

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.779
 pursue

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.740
 in our

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.240
 own

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.179
 sinful

00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:38.059
 depravity.

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.339
 The

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.740
 Levites

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.039
 sent

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.519
 the

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.079
 concubine

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.259
 out to

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.379
 the

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:43.639
 twelve

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.059
 tribes

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.220
 of

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.500
 Israel

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.199
 hoping

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.500
 to

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.659
 get

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:45.779
 a

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.339
 response

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.039
 and

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.179
 we

00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:47.480
 see

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.679
 their

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.079
 response

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.319
 in

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.599
 chapters

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:48.939
 20

00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:49.079
 and

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.459
 21

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:49.899
 we

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.199
 didn't

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.439
 read

00:22:50.439 --> 00:22:50.859
 those

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.659
 I'm

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:51.759
 going

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.139
 to

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.639
 briefly

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:52.959
 tell

00:22:52.959 --> 00:22:53.159
 the

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.539
 story

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.919
 and

00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:54.039
 then

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.139
 we're

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.199
 going

00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.279
 to

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.439
 think

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:54.639
 about

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:54.819
 what

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.119
 our

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.619
 response

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:55.899
 to

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.359
 domestic

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.839
 violence

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.059
 should

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.359
 be.

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.240
 And

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.339
 so

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.559
 what

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:58.819
 is

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:58.959
 the

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.419
 response

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.679
 to

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.099
 the

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.480
 Levites

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.859
 sending

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.220
 out

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.259
 body

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.740
 parts?

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.299
 Well

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.179
 the

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.699
 response

00:23:06.699 --> 00:23:07.119
 is

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.299
 that

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.419
 it's

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:37.400
 the

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.640
 the

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:37.860
 tribe

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.440
 Benjamin

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.420
 hand

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.620
 us

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:39.920
 over

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.380
 those

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.540
 who

00:23:40.540 --> 00:23:40.880
 committed

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.120
 this

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.460
 atrocious

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.780
 act

00:23:41.780 --> 00:23:42.200
 hand

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.360
 us

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.620
 over

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.060
 we'll

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.220
 put

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.440
 them

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.600
 to

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:43.940
 death

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.580
 and

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:44.800
 that'll

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:44.880
 be

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.000
 the

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.120
 end

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.220
 of

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.440
 it

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.500
 but

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.640
 the

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:46.960
 tribe

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.140
 of

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.480
 Benjamin

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.980
 they

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.160
 get

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.700
 defensive

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.120
 and

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.560
 protective

00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:49.880
 of

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.060
 their

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:50.420
 own

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.780
 like

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.060
 all

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.160
 of

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.320
 us

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:51.580
 do

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:51.820
 they

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:51.960
 get

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.380
 defensive

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.100
 and

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.300
 so

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.519
 they

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.720
 say

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.100
 no

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:55.019
 we're

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.100
 going

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.240
 to

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.580
 muster

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:55.759
 an

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.080
 army

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:57.300
 so

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.759
 Israel

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.000
 get

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.300
 together

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:58.480
 an

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.759
 army

00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.200
 400,000

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.420
 Benjamin

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.759
 gets

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.100
 together

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.300
 an

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.540
 army

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.180
 26,000

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.159
 giant

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.539
 army

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.159
 compared

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.339
 to

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.639
 tiny

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:06.960
 army

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.859
 and

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.019
 we get

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.159
 the

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.480
 first

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.920
 mention

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.240
 of

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.700
 God

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:09.980
 in

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.220
 all

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.359
 of

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.680
 this

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.539
 mimicking

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.799
 the

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.059
 very

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.559
 start

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.940
 of

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.099
 the

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.379
 book

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.920
 of

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.539
 Judges

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.799
 they

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.099
 asked

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.480
 God

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.799
 verse

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.299
 18

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.839
 who

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.039
 of

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.299
 us

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.559
 should

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.899
 go up

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.039
 to

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.359
 fight

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.759
 first

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.039
 against

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.200
 the

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.819
 Benjamites

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.659
 the

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:21.859
 Lord

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.339
 replied

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.920
 Judah

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.279
 shall

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.480
 go

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.980
 first

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.099
 so

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.359
 in

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.720
 the

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.220
 first

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.599
 fight

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.579
 Judah

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.920
 goes

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.220
 up

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.639
 and

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:28.779
 they

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:28.940
 get

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.519
 massively

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.059
 beaten

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:32.519
 22,000

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.220
 are

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.839
 defeated

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.119
 in

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.399
 one

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.740
 day

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.179
 they

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.399
 come

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.559
 back

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.700
 to

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:35.919
 God

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.059
 and

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.200
 say

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.339
 the

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.539
 same

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.940
 thing

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.379
 who

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.579
 should

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.799
 go

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.099
 up

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.819
 they

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.039
 go

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.179
 up

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.460
 again

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:39.599
 and

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.740
 get

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.179
 defeated

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.619
 again

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.740
 18,000

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.259
 in

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.519
 one

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.859
 day

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.440
 and

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.079
 finally

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.779
 they

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.159
 come

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.500
 before

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.019
 God

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:48.000
 with

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.159
 the

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.399
 right

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.980
 attitude

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.440
 weeping

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.500
 fasting

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.259
 an

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.720
 attitude

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.059
 of

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.579
 humility

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.279
 before

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.740
 God

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.519
 verse

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.899
 28

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.139
 they

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.500
 ask

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.259
 shall

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.519
 we

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.759
 go

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:57.980
 up

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.379
 again

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:58.639
 to

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:58.919
 fight

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.240
 against

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.399
 the

00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.000
 Benjamites

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.319
 our

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.640
 fellow

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.220
 Israelites

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.539
 or

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.859
 not

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.079
 the

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.279
 Lord

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.779
 responded

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.539
 go

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.680
 for

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.079
 tomorrow

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.480
 I

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.640
 will

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:06.819
 give

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:06.980
 them

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.200
 into

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.380
 your

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.819
 hands

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.740
 and

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:08.900
 so

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.059
 they

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.259
 do

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.420
 they

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.640
 go

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:09.799
 up

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:09.980
 they

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.519
 destroy

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.700
 the

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.339
 Benjamites

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.380
 the

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.839
 Benjamites

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.279
 started

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.500
 with

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.440
 26,000

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.680
 and

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.099
 25,000

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.920
 and a

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.039
 bit

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.259
 more

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.819
 are killed

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.519
 that day

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.539
 they

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.500
 destroy

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.799
 their

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.119
 city

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.319
 they

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.579
 put

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.059
 everyone

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.299
 to

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.460
 the

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.799
 sword

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.799
 they

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.140
 had

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.539
 initially

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.099
 intended

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.359
 to

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.599
 just

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:26.980
 kill

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.380
 those

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.519
 who

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.640
 had

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:27.859
 done

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.019
 the

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.440
 atrocious

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.859
 act

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.240
 and

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.400
 they

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.680
 end

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.880
 up

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.220
 wiping

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.500
 out

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.680
 a

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:30.940
 city

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.759
 and

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.460
 almost

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.279
 destroying

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.079
 a whole

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.599
 tribe

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.839
 of

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.299
 Israel

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.140
 nearly

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:37.140
 26,000

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.559
 people

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:39.519
 and so

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.359
 in response

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.120
 to this

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.660
 tribe of

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:41.920
 Israel

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.819
 nearly being

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.339
 wiped out

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.220
 Israel is

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.099
 grieving again

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.259
 chapter 21

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.900
 verse 3

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.600
 Lord

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:47.860
 Lord God

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.860
 they cried

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.700
 why

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.240
 has this

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.560
 happened

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:50.780
 to

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.259
 Israel

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.540
 why

00:25:52.540 --> 00:25:52.840
 should

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.120
 one

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.460
 tribe

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.660
 be

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:53.980
 missing

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.280
 from

00:25:54.280 --> 00:25:54.680
 Israel

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.100
 today

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.900
 they're

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.180
 grieving

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.560
 why

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.160
 why

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.440
 should

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.740
 one

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.120
 tribe

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.259
 of

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.380
 the

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.700
 12

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.100
 tribes

00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.240
 of

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.560
 Israel

00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.120
 nearly

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.340
 be

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.600
 missing

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.019
 they've

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.140
 only

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.320
 got

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.800
 600

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:02.400
 men

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.840
 left

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.840
 God

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.100
 what

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.240
 are

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.460
 you

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.700
 going

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:04.880
 to

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.120
 do

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.320
 they

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.960
 seem

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.160
 to

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.360
 blame

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.720
 God

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.900
 for

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.160
 this

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.660
 where

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:07.780
 it's

00:26:07.780 --> 00:26:07.920
 just

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.120
 been

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.580
 Israel

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.019
 acting

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.480
 and so

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.539
 to fix

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.779
 this

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.119
 issue

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.339
 of

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.720
 only

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.200
 600

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.660
 men

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.059
 left

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.379
 none

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:15.539
 of

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.680
 whom

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:15.920
 have

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.400
 wives

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.779
 they

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.299
 go

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.519
 and

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:18.900
 take

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.700
 400

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.259
 wives

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.579
 from

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.819
 another

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.160
 city

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.000
 but

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.160
 they

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.420
 have

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.019
 200

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.319
 men

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.720
 left

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.619
 what

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:24.720
 are

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:24.839
 we

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:24.960
 going

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.059
 to

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.220
 do

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.319
 with

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.460
 these

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.759
 200

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.079
 men

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.359
 we

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.519
 need

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.680
 to

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.339
 rebuild

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.879
 this

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.200
 tribe

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.460
 of

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.200
 Benjamin

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.279
 400

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.660
 men

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:30.859
 have

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.099
 wives

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.379
 but

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.579
 there's

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:31.920
 200

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.240
 men

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.359
 who

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.599
 need

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:32.940
 wives

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.160
 what

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.240
 are

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.339
 we

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.440
 going

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.539
 to

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.859
 do

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:35.079
 and

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.279
 so

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.480
 they

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.920
 end

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.319
 up

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:38.039
 stealing

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.680
 wives

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.860
 they

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.180
 go

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.400
 and

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.580
 they

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:41.039
 kidnap

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.539
 wives

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.940
 for

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.120
 these

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.519
 last

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.200
 200

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.759
 men

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.519
 Israel

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.920
 was

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.420
 rightly

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.960
 grieved

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.240
 over

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.460
 what

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.600
 had

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:47.900
 happened

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.000
 but

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.480
 God

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.759
 was

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.200
 pushed

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.940
 far

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.259
 away

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.460
 from

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.620
 their

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:51.960
 decision

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.299
 making

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.240
 so

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.480
 they

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.460
 overreact

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.980
 their

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.420
 response

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.700
 was

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:55.880
 to

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.259
 kill

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.460
 a

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.720
 whole

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.080
 tribe

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.580
 almost

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.080
 and

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.360
 then

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.759
 to

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.000
 fix

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.240
 this

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.620
 problem

00:26:59.620 --> 00:26:59.860
 of

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.200
 almost

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.440
 killing

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.600
 a

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:00.779
 whole

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.160
 tribe

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.660
 they

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:01.920
 come

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.060
 up

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:02.220
 with

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.480
 another

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.860
 terrible

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.240
 idea

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.759
 let's

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.900
 go

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.080
 and

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.400
 kidnap

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.720
 women

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.220
 and

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.400
 so

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.620
 we

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.120
 started

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.440
 with

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.920
 one

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.560
 Levite

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.980
 who

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.160
 had

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.600
 followed

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:10.840
 his

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.180
 pagan

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.680
 culture

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.580
 and

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:12.759
 had

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.140
 taken

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.640
 a

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.100
 concubine

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.080
 for

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.259
 a

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.600
 wife

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:17.360
 and

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:17.600
 in

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.200
 response

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.440
 to

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.620
 the

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:18.920
 acts

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.140
 that

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.519
 happened

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.440
 a

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.940
 tribe

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.180
 is

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.400
 nearly

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.759
 wiped

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.039
 out

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.420
 and

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.019
 200

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.640
 women

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:24.980
 are

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.380
 kidnapped

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:27.340
 God

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.360
 God

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 is

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 pushed

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 away

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.180
 to

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 the

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.620
 very

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.120
 edges

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.400
 of

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.580
 this

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:30.980
 story

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.680
 he

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.920
 is

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 just

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 a

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:32.560
 bit

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 part

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.340
 player

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 he's

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 only

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.800
 consulted

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.420
 when

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.800
 people

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.280
 want

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:38.080
 him

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.420
 in

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.580
 a

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:38.900
 battle

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:40.500
 and

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.600
 then

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:40.720
 we

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.960
 don't

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.140
 hear

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.340
 from

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.640
 God

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.120
 again

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.360
 in

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.840
 Judges

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.880
 in

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.060
 the

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.200
 book

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.360
 of

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.700
 Judges

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:44.880
 we

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.160
 see

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.360
 this

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.760
 cycle

00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:46.140
 of

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.120
 sin

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.640
 and

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.180
 judgment

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.800
 and

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.200
 Israel

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.840
 crying

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.100
 out

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.300
 for

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.860
 salvation

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.800
 and

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:52.060
 God

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.220
 would

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.420
 send

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.620
 a

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.020
 judge

00:27:53.020 --> 00:27:53.500
 and

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.880
 all

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.020
 of

00:27:54.020 --> 00:27:54.180
 that

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.320
 is

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:54.700
 absent

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:56.180
 that

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.620
 cycle

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:56.860
 is

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.180
 not

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.420
 here

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.519
 in

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.640
 the

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:57.799
 book

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:57.980
 at

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.220
 all

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.059
 God

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:00.160
 is

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.680
 almost

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.240
 absent

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.539
 from

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.740
 this

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.080
 tale

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:03.680
 it's

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:03.840
 a

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.340
 recognition

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.759
 of

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.200
 how

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.279
 depraved

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.620
 people

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.059
 are

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.059
 it

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.660
 focuses

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.279
 in

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.480
 on

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.740
 what

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.140
 people

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.519
 can

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.960
 do

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.460
 and

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.640
 what

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.059
 people

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.400
 are

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.720
 like

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.160
 there

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.360
 is

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.840
 no

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.319
 crying

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.539
 out

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.720
 to

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.140
 God

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:19.180
 Israel

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.720
 thought

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:19.920
 they

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.100
 knew

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.279
 how

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.420
 to

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.620
 deal

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.799
 with

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:20.960
 this

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.600
 situation

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.160
 but

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.340
 they

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.779
 only

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.340
 made

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.759
 things

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.220
 worse

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.660
 now

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.799
 we

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.000
 might

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.299
 think

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.759
 this

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.480
 is

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.600
 a

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:27.819
 terrible

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.319
 story

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.140
 okay

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.100
 it's

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.420
 a

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.759
 horrific

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.100
 part

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.200
 of

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.339
 the

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.640
 Bible

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.100
 but

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.279
 that's

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.579
 fine

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.779
 I'll

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:32.900
 just

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.039
 turn

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.160
 the

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.620
 page

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.460
 it's

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.660
 not

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:34.880
 like

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.200
 us

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.600
 today

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.640
 people

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:36.960
 don't

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.160
 do

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.360
 that

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.640
 these

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.019
 days

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.680
 surely

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.279
 Christians

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.880
 surely

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.500
 we're

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.740
 better

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:40.960
 than

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.120
 that

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.360
 now

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.660
 surely

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:41.880
 we

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.180
 don't

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.360
 do

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:42.579
 those

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.819
 kinds

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:42.960
 of

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.319
 things

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:45.819
 as

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.259
 Steve

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.920
 said

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.319
 earlier

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.740
 in our

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.059
 series

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.279
 on

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.640
 judges

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.579
 we need

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.839
 to have

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.420
 humility

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.740
 we need

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:50.980
 to have

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.620
 humble

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.359
 authenticity

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:54.000
 as we

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.439
 come to

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:54.799
 God's

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.079
 word

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.299
 and

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.759
 passages

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.119
 like

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.500
 this

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.799
 as we

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:58.939
 are

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.399
 confronted

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.859
 with

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.939
 domestic

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.519
 violence

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.599
 the

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.059
 sexual

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.519
 objectification

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.239
 of women

00:29:05.239 --> 00:29:05.779
 and men

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.279
 it's

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.799
 important

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.399
 at this

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.779
 point

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.839
 to talk

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.139
 about

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.479
 the

00:29:09.479 --> 00:29:09.939
 church's

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.459
 response

00:29:10.459 --> 00:29:11.619
 and

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.079
 our

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.719
 response

00:29:12.719 --> 00:29:14.719
 over the

00:29:14.719 --> 00:29:15.539
 last year

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.979
 there's been

00:29:15.979 --> 00:29:16.779
 a campaign

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.639
 that's

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:19.139
 come to

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.439
 the fore

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.559
 it's

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.840
 been

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.200
 called

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.620
 me

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.940
 too

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.559
 or

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:21.980
 hashtag

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.380
 me

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.660
 too

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.000
 if

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.320
 you

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:23.700
 understand

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.259
 hashtags

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.420
 it's

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.059
 been a

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.380
 way

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.680
 of

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.059
 drawing

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.640
 attention

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.279
 to

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.500
 sexual

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.220
 assault

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.500
 and

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.000
 harassment

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.759
 particularly

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.420
 in the

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.740
 TV

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.320
 and film

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:33.720
 industry

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.880
 many

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.539
 people

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.759
 have

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.000
 lost

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.200
 their

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.580
 jobs

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.920
 because

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.160
 of

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.440
 their

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.680
 prior

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.259
 sexual

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.820
 assaults

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:39.940
 have

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.140
 come

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.340
 to

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.640
 light

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:42.019
 including

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.700
 an

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.000
 American

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.320
 film

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.720
 producer

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.080
 called

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.420
 Harvey

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.000
 Weinstein

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.340
 who's

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.820
 one

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.039
 of the

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.220
 most

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.640
 famous

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.799
 and

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.420
 again

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.799
 we can

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.120
 think

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.479
 that's

00:29:50.479 --> 00:29:51.019
 people

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.219
 in

00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:51.619
 Hollywood

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.599
 this

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.739
 is

00:29:52.739 --> 00:29:52.979
 people

00:29:52.979 --> 00:29:53.500
 far

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.739
 away

00:29:53.739 --> 00:29:53.919
 from

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.059
 us

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.459
 that's

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:54.639
 not

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:54.859
 us

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.039
 that's

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.159
 not

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.519
 us

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.699
 here

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:55.799
 in

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:55.939
 the

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.359
 church

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.199
 we're

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.479
 better

00:29:57.479 --> 00:29:57.679
 than

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.000
 that

00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:00.119
 just

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.359
 over

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.539
 a

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.739
 year

00:30:00.739 --> 00:30:01.079
 ago

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.379
 in

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.819
 July

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.119
 of

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.679
 2017

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.619
 there

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:03.939
 was

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.599
 a

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.059
 report

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.559
 on

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.219
 the

00:30:06.219 --> 00:30:06.619
 730

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.019
 report

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.219
 on

00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:07.479
 ABC

00:30:07.479 --> 00:30:08.679
 and

00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:08.899
 they

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.579
 did

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:09.719
 an

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:10.219
 investigation

00:30:10.219 --> 00:30:10.959
 specifically

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.639
 into

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.039
 domestic

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.539
 violence

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.779
 in

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:12.899
 the

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.299
 church

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.739
 particularly

00:30:14.739 --> 00:30:15.199
 how

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:15.639
 people

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:15.899
 use

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.099
 the

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.479
 Bible

00:30:16.479 --> 00:30:17.059
 to

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.599
 justify

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.359
 abuse

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:20.139
 the

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.539
 730

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.919
 report

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.319
 spoke

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.659
 about

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:21.819
 a

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.059
 couple

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.359
 who

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.179
 lived

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:23.479
 not

00:30:23.479 --> 00:30:23.659
 that

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:23.879
 far

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.079
 from

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.359
 here

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.099
 the

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.439
 man

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.719
 said

00:30:25.719 --> 00:30:25.839
 to

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.039
 his

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.439
 wife

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:27.299
 using

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.539
 the

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.779
 Bible

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.439
 incorrectly

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.019
 you

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.179
 the

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.479
 problem

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:29.719
 is

00:30:29.719 --> 00:30:29.899
 you

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.219
 don't

00:30:30.219 --> 00:30:30.539
 obey

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.819
 me

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:32.399
 the

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.719
 Bible

00:30:32.719 --> 00:30:33.079
 says

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.240
 you

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.479
 must

00:30:33.479 --> 00:30:33.819
 obey

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.119
 me

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.479
 and

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:34.659
 yet

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:34.839
 you

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.359
 refuse

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.559
 and

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.719
 so

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:35.939
 he

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.399
 yells

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:36.579
 at

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.719
 her

00:30:36.719 --> 00:30:36.899
 and

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.419
 abuses

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.779
 her

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.279
 you

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.659
 are

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.939
 a

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.319
 failure

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.699
 as

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:39.919
 a

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.299
 wife

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.779
 as

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:40.939
 a

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.240
 Christian

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.519
 as

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.699
 a

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:41.919
 mother

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.820
 this

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.140
 man

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.740
 appealed

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.000
 to

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.539
 scripture

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.220
 to

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.720
 control

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.060
 and

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.460
 abuse

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.660
 his

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.019
 wife

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.480
 another

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.000
 story

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.940
 a

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.259
 25

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.560
 year

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:51.779
 old

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.019
 woman

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.259
 from

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.580
 Sydney

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.360
 was

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.720
 told

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:53.980
 by

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.200
 her

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.460
 church

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.840
 leaders

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.420
 to

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.620
 go

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:55.940
 home

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.120
 and

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.259
 go

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.539
 back

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.680
 to

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.880
 her

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.240
 husband

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.420
 who

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.539
 had

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.700
 been

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.060
 abusing

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.360
 her

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.019
 and

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.160
 so

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.340
 she

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.539
 went

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.960
 home

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.700
 and

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.840
 the

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.140
 husband

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.539
 stabbed

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:01.720
 her

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:01.900
 to

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.240
 death

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.680
 shortly

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.120
 after

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:05.340
 these

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.500
 are

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.660
 just

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.920
 two

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.420
 horrendous

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.800
 stories

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:07.000
 of

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.880
 people

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.100
 that

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.200
 are

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.380
 not

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.580
 that

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:08.800
 far

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.000
 from

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.259
 us

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.200
 not

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.480
 that

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.960
 different

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.380
 from

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:13.060
 we

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.240
 are

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.460
 not

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.920
 immune

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.019
 to

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.240
 this

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.500
 sort

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.640
 of

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:15.940
 horror

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.300
 if

00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:17.620
 anything

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.140
 the

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.560
 statistics

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.080
 on

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.440
 domestic

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.840
 violence

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:19.960
 are

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.080
 the

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.400
 opposite

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.880
 the

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.240
 statistics

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.580
 say

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:21.820
 that

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.480
 one

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.680
 in

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.940
 four

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.300
 women

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:23.700
 at

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:23.980
 some

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.220
 point

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.360
 in

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.500
 their

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.840
 life

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.039
 will

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.200
 be

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.519
 victims

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.700
 of

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.000
 domestic

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.480
 abuse

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.680
 men

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:27.940
 are

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.240
 victims

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.560
 too

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.220
 but

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.480
 less

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.840
 commonly

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.039
 but

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.160
 they're

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.340
 still

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.779
 victims

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.080
 because

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.440
 domestic

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.840
 violence

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.039
 is

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.240
 not

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.700
 just

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.539
 sexual

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.200
 violence

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.440
 or

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.779
 physical

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.340
 violence

00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:36.940
 there

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.039
 are

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.240
 many

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.660
 types

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.340
 sexual

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.840
 physical

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.740
 verbal

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.279
 mental

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.860
 financial

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.340
 social

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.900
 spiritual

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.300
 violence

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:45.259
 and we

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.560
 want to

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.000
 respond

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.019
 in the

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.320
 right

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.759
 way

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.120
 to

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.519
 domestic

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.080
 violence

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:51.220
 as

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.480
 Deb

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.880
 mentioned

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.560
 earlier

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:52.980
 we

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.580
 have

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:53.900
 a new

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.259
 domestic

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.720
 violence

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.340
 policy

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.559
 in

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.720
 it

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.879
 it says

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.099
 that

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.299
 when

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.459
 a

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:58.699
 victim

00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.000
 has

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.480
 shared

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.699
 a

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.039
 concern

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.179
 of

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:00.500
 abuse

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.159
 we

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.339
 should

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.799
 respond

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:01.980
 in

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.079
 a

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.240
 number

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.419
 of

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.679
 ways

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:02.839
 I'm

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:02.959
 just

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.199
 going to

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.619
 quickly

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:03.839
 read

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.039
 out a

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.220
 couple

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.339
 of

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.439
 them

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:04.579
 we

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.759
 should

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.480
 believe

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.959
 someone

00:32:05.959 --> 00:32:06.439
 when

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:06.579
 they

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.099
 report

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.619
 domestic

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.079
 violence

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.480
 we

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.619
 should

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.779
 be

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.359
 compassionate

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.919
 we

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.099
 should

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.779
 prioritise

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:10.959
 their

00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:11.399
 safety

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:13.119
 we

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.319
 should

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.699
 listen

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:13.939
 with

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.299
 care

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.779
 we

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.000
 should

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.579
 support

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.779
 the

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.019
 victim

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.220
 we

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.359
 should

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.859
 empower

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.039
 the

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.339
 victim

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:19.419
 now

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.759
 this

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:19.919
 is

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.079
 just

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.259
 a

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.599
 brief

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.379
 snapshot

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:22.099
 of

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.419
 some

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.599
 of

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:22.740
 the

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.279
 responses

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.039
 of

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.399
 how

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.959
 we

00:32:24.959 --> 00:32:25.119
 should

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.539
 respond

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.619
 but

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:26.899
 they

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.359
 are

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.599
 really

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.099
 important

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:29.039
 we

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.399
 shouldn't

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:29.579
 just

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.039
 assume

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.439
 that

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:31.379
 domestic

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.819
 violence

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.339
 doesn't

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.819
 happen

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.339
 here

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.559
 for

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.859
 too

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.339
 long

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.459
 in

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:36.919
 church

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.459
 and

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:37.899
 in

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.079
 our

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.699
 culture

00:32:38.699 --> 00:32:39.579
 and

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.679
 in

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:39.859
 our

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.319
 country

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.899
 it

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.059
 has

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.419
 been

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:41.659
 a

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.000
 taboo

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.379
 topic

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.619
 it

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:42.740
 has

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:42.879
 been

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.159
 something

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.399
 we

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.579
 just

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:43.939
 don't

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.319
 talk

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.639
 about

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:46.599
 when

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:46.819
 we

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.240
 hear

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.639
 about

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.059
 abuse

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.299
 we

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.579
 need

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.799
 to

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.459
 believe

00:32:49.459 --> 00:32:50.079
 we

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.240
 need

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.399
 to

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.639
 honour

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:50.859
 and

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:50.959
 we

00:32:50.959 --> 00:32:51.119
 need

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.339
 to

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.679
 love

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:51.879
 the

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.159
 victim

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.859
 even

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.119
 if

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.299
 it's

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.579
 difficult

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:53.799
 to

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.000
 hear

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.299
 about

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.240
 we

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.459
 may

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:55.719
 not

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:55.899
 want

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.059
 to

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.719
 believe

00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:56.980
 that

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.159
 a

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.399
 long

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.799
 standing

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.679
 elder

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.219
 or

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.480
 member

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.699
 of

00:32:59.699 --> 00:32:59.839
 the

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.219
 church

00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:00.679
 could

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:00.939
 do

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.279
 that

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.179
 but

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.359
 we

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.559
 need

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.779
 to

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.279
 believe

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.659
 and

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:03.919
 listen

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.119
 to

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.439
 people

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:06.299
 this

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.719
 passage

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:06.980
 from

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.439
 judges

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:08.439
 paints

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.819
 a

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.139
 picture

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.419
 it

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.659
 is

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:09.859
 a

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.339
 scary

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.019
 picture

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.299
 of

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.659
 people

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:13.099
 it

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.459
 painted

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:13.659
 this

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:13.939
 picture

00:33:13.939 --> 00:33:14.119
 of

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.599
 Levites

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:14.839
 that

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.019
 they

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.179
 are

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:15.479
 sexually

00:33:15.479 --> 00:33:16.079
 depraved

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.219
 it

00:33:16.219 --> 00:33:16.419
 painted

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.599
 a

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.779
 picture

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.000
 that

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.500
 fathers

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.239
 don't

00:33:18.239 --> 00:33:18.599
 care

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:18.919
 about

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.139
 their

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.559
 daughters

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.419
 that

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.519
 they

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.939
 prefer

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:21.179
 their

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.419
 honour

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:21.619
 and

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:21.799
 their

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.099
 money

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.579
 and

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.779
 it

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.019
 painted

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.219
 a

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:23.419
 picture

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:23.639
 that

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:23.979
 women

00:33:23.979 --> 00:33:24.519
 well

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.719
 they

00:33:24.719 --> 00:33:24.979
 don't

00:33:24.979 --> 00:33:25.319
 obey

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.679
 their

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.219
 masters

00:33:26.219 --> 00:33:26.579
 and

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.719
 they

00:33:26.719 --> 00:33:27.139
 leave

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.399
 their

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:27.839
 husbands

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.599
 painted

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:29.779
 a

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:29.979
 picture

00:33:29.979 --> 00:33:30.119
 of

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.219
 the

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:30.419
 people

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.619
 of

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.019
 Benjamin

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.599
 as

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.299
 depraved

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.839
 and

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.199
 the

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.479
 older

00:33:34.479 --> 00:33:34.799
 man

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:34.959
 who

00:33:34.959 --> 00:33:35.299
 invited

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.479
 them

00:33:35.479 --> 00:33:35.759
 in

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.139
 well

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.779
 he

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.119
 puts

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.319
 his

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.619
 honour

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.000
 over

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.219
 his

00:33:38.219 --> 00:33:38.500
 own

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.819
 daughter

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.559
 it's

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.960
 important

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.700
 to ask

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.299
 ourselves

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.619
 some

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.139
 questions

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.939
 how

00:33:43.939 --> 00:33:44.740
 are we

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:46.000
 impacted

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.659
 by our

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.099
 culture

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:48.939
 are we

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.539
 controlled

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.240
 by our

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.700
 idols

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.500
 even

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.019
 at the

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.500
 cost

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.919
 of committing

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.559
 the worst

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.099
 sins

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.319
 what are

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.679
 Christians

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.039
 like

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.980
 what's the

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.359
 stereotype

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.000
 of Christians

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.419
 what are

00:33:59.419 --> 00:33:59.939
 we like

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:02.200
 do we

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.920
 hide away

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.500
 from the

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.940
 reality

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.480
 of our

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.920
 sin

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.880
 and our

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.700
 responsibilities

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.480
 to act

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.519
 how do

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.900
 men

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.460
 treat

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.880
 women

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.400
 today

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.539
 is it

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.720
 that

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.159
 different

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.519
 do men

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.860
 still

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.639
 objectify

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.980
 women

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:21.200
 how do

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.480
 women

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.880
 treat

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.280
 men

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.880
 how do

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.760
 fathers

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.380
 treat

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.240
 daughters

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:28.960
 slavery

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.619
 is the

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.119
 same

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.599
 today

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.059
 as it

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.340
 was

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.820
 thousands

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.240
 of

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.460
 years

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.780
 ago

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.639
 weak

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.199
 people

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.500
 are

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.900
 trapped

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.740
 and abused

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.199
 by

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.820
 the

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.320
 strong

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.760
 coming

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.079
 to the

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.480
 end of

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.880
 Judges

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.139
 this

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.740
 passage

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.420
 along

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.800
 with the

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.019
 rest

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.280
 of the

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.500
 book

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.220
 points

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.460
 out

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.679
 how

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.159
 much

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.840
 we

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.300
 need

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.559
 a

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.099
 deliverer

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.500
 we

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.880
 have

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.099
 no

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.539
 way

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.199
 of

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.699
 choosing

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.220
 someone

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.500
 who

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.699
 can

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.039
 save

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.360
 us

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.659
 he

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:53.980
 needs

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.159
 to

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.539
 choose

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.740
 to

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.059
 save

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.500
 us

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.380
 and

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.519
 this

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.000
 deliverer

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.199
 well

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.480
 he

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.860
 does

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.119
 all

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.220
 of

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.360
 this

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.599
 work

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.740
 of

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.159
 salvation

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.399
 by

00:34:59.399 --> 00:34:59.839
 himself

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.699
 because

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:00.939
 there

00:35:00.939 --> 00:35:01.099
 is

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.500
 nothing

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.719
 we

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:01.879
 can

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.239
 contribute

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.699
 we

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:02.939
 are

00:35:02.939 --> 00:35:04.199
 depraved

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.559
 people

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.579
 we

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.879
 need

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.099
 a

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.500
 king

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.519
 who's

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.699
 not

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:08.919
 only

00:35:08.919 --> 00:35:09.079
 going

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.219
 to

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.479
 save

00:35:09.479 --> 00:35:09.599
 us

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.759
 from

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.259
 God's

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.679
 punishment

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.539
 for

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.759
 our

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.000
 sins

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.219
 but

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.599
 we

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.779
 need

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:12.939
 a

00:35:12.939 --> 00:35:13.139
 king

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.319
 who

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.459
 is

00:35:13.459 --> 00:35:13.659
 going

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:13.839
 to

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.119
 make

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.299
 us

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.599
 fit

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.879
 for

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.219
 heaven

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.819
 who's

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.019
 going

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.279
 to

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:17.079
 purge

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.339
 our

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:18.019
 hearts

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.899
 of

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.019
 the

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.759
 idolatry

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.039
 of

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.239
 the

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.579
 sin

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.959
 the

00:35:20.959 --> 00:35:21.699
 depravity

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.099
 and

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.299
 the

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.879
 horrors

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.500
 hidden

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.919
 in

00:35:23.919 --> 00:35:24.199
 each

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.399
 of

00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:24.619
 our

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.079
 souls

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.920
 judges

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.340
 finishes

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.659
 with

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.840
 that

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.179
 common

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.659
 refrain

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:30.039
 in

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.359
 those

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.879
 days

00:35:30.879 --> 00:35:31.299
 Israel

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.819
 had

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.059
 no

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.379
 king

00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:33.359
 everyone

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.899
 did

00:35:33.899 --> 00:35:34.159
 as

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.379
 they

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:34.659
 saw

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.960
 fit

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.699
 we

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:36.839
 are

00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:37.199
 all

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.699
 searching

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.139
 for

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.359
 a

00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:38.619
 king

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.819
 we

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:38.980
 are

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.299
 all

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.719
 searching

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:39.980
 for

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.319
 someone

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.579
 to

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:40.899
 save

00:35:40.899 --> 00:35:41.079
 us

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.359
 someone

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:41.619
 to

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.899
 rule

00:35:41.899 --> 00:35:42.279
 us

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.079
 someone

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.500
 to

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.099
 satisfy

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.399
 the

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:44.859
 desires

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.019
 of

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.179
 our

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.599
 hearts

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.299
 and

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.559
 we

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.819
 will

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.359
 always

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:47.960
 choose

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.219
 an

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.619
 idol

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.019
 something

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.319
 that

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:49.639
 we

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.019
 make

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.279
 a

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.559
 God

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.719
 that

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:51.920
 we

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.219
 shape

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.879
 ourselves

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:54.399
 for

00:35:54.399 --> 00:35:54.500
 the

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.839
 God

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.039
 of

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.339
 heaven

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.199
 has

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.480
 sent

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.779
 us

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.179
 Jesus

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.419
 the

00:35:58.419 --> 00:35:58.819
 only

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.259
 one

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.500
 who

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.119
 provides

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.319
 what

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.599
 we

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:00.819
 are

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.099
 looking

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.480
 for

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.919
 the

00:36:01.919 --> 00:36:02.279
 great

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.659
 king

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:02.879
 the

00:36:02.879 --> 00:36:03.279
 ultimate

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:03.759
 judge

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.659
 who

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.819
 will

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.199
 save

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.599
 us

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.659
 from

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.839
 our

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.099
 own

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.599
 depravity

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.119
 let

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.239
 me

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.539
 pray

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:12.359
 dear

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:12.599
 heavenly

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.019
 father

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.819
 lord

00:36:13.819 --> 00:36:13.980
 we

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.239
 thank

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.399
 you

00:36:14.399 --> 00:36:14.579
 for

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.759
 your

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.079
 word

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.279
 to

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.639
 us

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.039
 even

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.399
 though

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:16.980
 difficult

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.399
 and

00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:17.919
 confronting

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:19.319
 father

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.639
 we

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.139
 ask

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:21.699
 that

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:21.839
 you

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.000
 would

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.239
 help

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.519
 us

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.159
 confront

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:25.319
 the

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:25.839
 sin

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.199
 and

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.899
 depravity

00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:27.179
 in

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.359
 our

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:27.679
 own

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.119
 hearts

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.440
 and

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.940
 souls

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.119
 father

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.699
 purge

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:30.899
 it

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.179
 from

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.579
 us

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.639
 cut

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.779
 it

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.099
 out

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.519
 even

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.779
 if

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:34.899
 it

00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.059
 is

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.519
 painful

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.159
 father

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.359
 we

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 thank

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:37.759
 you

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 for

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 Jesus

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.599
 that

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 he

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 has

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 saved

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 us

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 and

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 we

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 have

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 forgiveness

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 and

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 fit

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 us

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 for

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 heaven

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 fit

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.739
 us

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:45.899
 to

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 be

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 perfect

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.819
 with

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.000
 you

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.319
 Lord

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.199
 amen