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 Lord, I ask that as we look at this passage

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 that you would give us courage.

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 Give me courage, Lord, for it's with some trepidation

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 that we look at this theme of unbelief, Lord,

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 knowing that there are many among us

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 who have experienced a kind of pain

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 that I have yet to experience, Lord,

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 a pain that might cause doubt or unbelief,

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 of questioning you.

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 And so, Lord, would you encourage us all through your word?

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 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart

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 be pleasing in your sight, O Lord.

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 Would you, Lord, please forgive the sin

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 of the one delivering this message?

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 And Lord Jesus, we would see you most of all.

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 We pray in Jesus' name, amen.

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 We're continuing this morning our study of Psalm 119.

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 It's what can be called an historical psalm.

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 The psalm writer is one of the many Israelites

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 in exile in Babylon after Judah,

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 the southern kingdom, had been conquered by Babylon

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 and its inhabitants sent off into exile

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 to the kingdom of Babylon.

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 The psalm recounts many of Israel's failures

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 for two reasons.

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 The psalmist wants to warn the exiles

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 against the failures of their ancestors

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 and more importantly,

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 to tell of God's faithfulness and patience

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 despite his people's failures.

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 Now, so far we've heard through studying Psalm 106

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 about the Israelites grumbling,

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 about their jealousy,

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 and about their idolatry.

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 And this morning we're going to learn about her unbelief.

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 Unbelief is a very relevant topic for us.

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 I think most of us have heard some kind of polling

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 about the number of evangelicals

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 leaving the evangelical church.

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 Not that we need the polling.

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 I think all of us here know somebody

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 or are close to a person

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 who has left the faith that we once shared together.

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 You've seen it happen in the life of a sibling,

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 and a spouse,

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 a roommate,

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 a close friend,

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 or one of your children.

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 And for some of you,

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 it's happening in your life right now.

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 You're experiencing

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 unbelief

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 to some degree.

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 And I would suggest

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 that all of us,

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 all of us are to some degree

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 in danger of unbelief,

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 or else there wouldn't be such

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 stark warnings against unbelief

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 in all of Scripture.

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 We're going to look at what Numbers 14

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 and Psalm 106

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 have to say about unbelief.

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 We're going to learn about God's character.

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 So, what is unbelief?

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 Who is God?

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 But first I'd like to descend

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 into the setting of Numbers 14.

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 This is a very pivotal story

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 in the whole drama of Scripture.

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 So, let's descend

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 into the desert

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 of Kadesh

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 in Paran.

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 You're standing with all the other

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 Israelites

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 in the middle of this settlement.

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 Kadesh lies at the very edge

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 of the promised land,

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 the land that was promised to you,

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 your countrymen.

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 And this same border

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 would exist 3,500 years later

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 between Egypt

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 Egypt and Israel.

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 It's been roughly

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 a year and a half

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 since you and the Israelites

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 were rescued by God

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 from Egypt

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 passing through

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 the Red Sea.

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 And it's been 40 days

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 since the 12 spies

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 had been sent out

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 to spy out

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 the promised land.

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 And they've just

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 returned.

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 And they're holding

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 a single cluster

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 of grapes.

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 But the cluster

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 is so big

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 that they need to

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 suspend it

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 from a pole

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 carried by

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 two spies.

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 And from their sacks,

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 the spies also pull out

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 pomegranates

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 and figs.

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 You can hear

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 the reports

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 that the spies

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 are giving to Moses.

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 They say it's a land

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 flowing with milk

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 and honey.

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 In other words,

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 it's not an agricultural

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 wonderland

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 like the Nile River Basin,

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 but it's perfect land

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 for cattle

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 and for goats

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 and for growing sweet things

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 like dates

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 and grapes.

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 This marks

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 a strong contrast

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 to the barrenness

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 and desolation

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 of the desert

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 that you find yourself

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 in right now.

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 It's hot,

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 it's dusty,

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 and dry.

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 There's one big problem

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 though

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 that the spies report.

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 Unless there's people there,

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 they're not going to want

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 to give up their land

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 so easily.

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 The spies report

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 that they live

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 in fortified cities,

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 some with walls

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 that are 24 feet thick.

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 And the people themselves

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 are huge.

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 The spies believe them

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 to be

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 what are called

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 Nephilim.

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 These were

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 mythic giants

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 right from the pages

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 of your holy

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 and sacred history.

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 And the spies say

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 that the land

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 devours everyone in it.

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 That means

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 that the tribes there

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 are accustomed

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 to war.

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 So they have both

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 the experience

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 and the gear

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 to defend themselves.

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 And you look around,

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 you look at yourself,

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 you look at all

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 the Israelites around you

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 and you think,

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 man,

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 we are really short.

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 We're super skinny.

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 What's going to happen?

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 It makes sense

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 why the spies said

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 that they felt like

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 grasshoppers

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 in comparison to them.

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 So here's what's facing you.

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 You're on the very doorstep

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 of the vast land

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 promised to you

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 and your countrymen

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 and you and everyone

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 around you

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 are convinced

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 it's a death trap.

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 When you step foot

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 in this land,

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 those of you

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 who can hold a sword

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 are going to get

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 hacked to pieces

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 by giants.

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 And those

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 who don't hold swords

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 are going to be taken

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 as plunder.

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 You know,

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 life was pretty hard

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 in Egypt

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 but at least

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 your family

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 could stick together.

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 No one was smashing

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 your skull in

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 with a giant hammer.

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 Of course,

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 you seem to have pushed

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 out of your memory

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 a whole generation

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 of baby boys

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 being murdered

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 by the Egyptians.

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 But you're going

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 to ignore

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 that inconvenient truth

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 at the moment.

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 Anything

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 to justify

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 turning around.

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 Of course,

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 you know,

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 it's Moses and Aaron

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 that got us

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 into this mess

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 so let's get rid

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 of them

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 and let's choose

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 another leader

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 who will do

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 what we want.

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 And everyone around you

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 is thinking

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 the same thing.

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 And people start

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 to get really

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 freaked out

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 and angry

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 and you feel like

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 something's

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 about to happen.

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 People's murmuring

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 has led to loud

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 talking,

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 has led to shouting,

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 there's people

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 sobbing.

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 And you're feeling

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 something too

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 like you are

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 feeling so desperate

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 that with the right

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 provocation

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 you would do

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 something violent

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 to save your life

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 and the lives

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 of your family members.

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 All you can think about,

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 all that's fixated

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 in your mind's eye

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 is a giant.

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 An angry,

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 bloodthirsty man

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 with a bloody sword

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 bringing it down

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 on your head.

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 and you join

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 the chorus.

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 These are the words

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 you hear

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 coming from your mouth.

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 You scream,

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 if only we had died

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 in Egypt

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 or in this wilderness.

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 Why is the Lord

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 bringing us

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 to this land

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 only to let us

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 fall by the sword?

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 Our wives

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 and children

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 will be taken

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 as plunder.

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 Wouldn't it be better

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 for us to go

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 back to Egypt?

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 Something curious

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 happens

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 during this frenzy

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 which gets

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 everyone's attention.

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 Moses and Aaron

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 who have led you

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 into this death trap,

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 they lie down

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 on their stomachs,

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 faces to the ground

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 and you're not sure

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 why.

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 You assume it's because

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 they're feeling

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 really angry

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 or maybe

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 they're expecting

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 the Lord

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 to show up

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 which would not be good.

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 And then Caleb

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 and Joshua,

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 they tear their clothes.

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 Okay,

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 that has your attention.

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 so it gets quiet.

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 So quiet

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 you can hear

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 a pin drop

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 on the dusty rocks

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 of this desert

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 that you're standing on.

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 And Joshua

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 and Caleb say,

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 the land

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 we passed through

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 and explored

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 is exceedingly good.

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 If the Lord

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 is pleased

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 with us,

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 He will lead us

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 into that land,

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 a land flowing

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 with milk

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 and honey.

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 and He'll give it

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 to us.

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 Only do not

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 rebel against

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 the Lord

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 and do not be afraid

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 of the people

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 of the land

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 because we will

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 devour them.

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 Their protection

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 is gone.

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 But the Lord

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 is with us.

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 Do not be afraid

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 of them.

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 Well,

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 you don't buy it.

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 And you've heard enough.

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 The dam has burst.

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 People are losing

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 their minds

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 and now they're

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 picking up stones.

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 It seems to you

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 and to those around you

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 that Caleb and Joshua

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 are breaking

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 one of the Ten Commandments.

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 Ten spies,

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 good men,

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 all share

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 the same eyewitness account.

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 Ten.

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 Ten witnesses.

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 Caleb and Joshua

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 are bearing false witness

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 against them.

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 That's clear to you.

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 In such a way

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 as to lead you

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 all to your,

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 as to lead us,

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 excuse me,

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 as to lead you

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 all to your deaths.

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 So you think,

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 let's bring about

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 the Lord's judgment

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 on them.

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 Let's pick up

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 these stones

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 and stone them.

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 Let's pause the narrative.

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 Let's pause the narrative

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 and consider a few things.

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 First,

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 let's consider

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 Caleb's response.

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 It's interesting to me

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 that he does not agree.

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 Excuse me,

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 he doesn't disagree.

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 He does not disagree,

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 which means he agrees.

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 He does not disagree

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 with the Ten Spies

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 as to the giants,

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 okay?

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 Yes,

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 Caleb is saying,

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 we agree.

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 They are very big people.

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 And yes,

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 the cities are big

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 and fortified.

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 We have found

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 some remains,

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 actually,

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 3,500 years later.

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 24 feet thick

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 these walls are.

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 Caleb doesn't deny

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 any of that.

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 To deny it

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 would be like

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 gaslighting,

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 right?

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 Well,

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 you know,

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 if he were to deny it,

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 it would be like saying this,

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 you know,

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 what you saw,

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 you didn't actually see.

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 You must have had

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 some kind of anxiety

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 or heat stroke,

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 which is making you

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 exaggerate in your mind

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 what really isn't

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 that big of a deal.

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 It's important to note this

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 because, like,

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 we face giants,

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 too.

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 We face giants,

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 too.

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 And perhaps someone

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 has tried to convince you

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 otherwise,

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 that the giant you're facing

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 isn't really a giant.

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 And if you're like me,

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 more than likely,

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 you're good at

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 gaslighting yourself,

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 all on your own.

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 And you've questioned

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 your own sanity

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 and your own perception.

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 And I think what Caleb

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 is saying is,

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 yes,

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 the giants

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 are real.

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 pain,

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 trauma,

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 injustice,

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 death,

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 sickness,

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 abuse,

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 abandonment,

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 suffering,

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 doubts.

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 Whatever it is

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 that looms

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 largest in your view,

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 the act of trusting

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 in God

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 doesn't call for you

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 to deny the reality

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 of those giants.

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 It's a matter

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 of attention.

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 The giants are big,

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 but the Lord

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 is bigger.

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 The giants are big,

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 but the Lord

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 is bigger.

00:12:44.599 --> 00:12:45.879
 People took up

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 a lot of interesting

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 things during COVID.

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 One of my sons and I

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 we took up

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 adventure racing.

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 We watched

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 Eco Challenge

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 on Netflix.

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 And we thought,

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 oh,

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 let's do something

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 like that.

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 So we started

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 training for

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 one of these races

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 which involved

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 running,

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 orienteering,

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 paddling,

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 and mountain biking.

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 And in learning

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 mountain biking,

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 I have had to

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 painfully relearn

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 what I learned

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 when I was 15.

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 And that was when

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 I learned how to

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 drive a car.

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 The lesson is this.

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 Whatever you focus

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 on,

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 that's where you go.

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 Whatever you focus

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 on,

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 that's where you go.

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 So if I'm

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 mountain biking,

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 and if there's a

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 tight turn to

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 avoid a tree,

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 I better focus

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 on the path

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 where I'm supposed

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 to go.

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 Okay?

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 But it's human

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 nature when one

00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:43.240
 sees a giant tree

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 coming at you

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 very fast,

00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:46.240
 like an

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 full of wrath.

00:13:48.680 --> 00:13:49.700
 To keep looking

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 at it,

00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:50.700
 that's what we're

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 born to do.

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 Like,

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 that's how we

00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.980
 stay out of danger

00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.879
 is to look at the

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 thing that's causing

00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:55.820
 us danger.

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 But when you're

00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:56.700
 mountain biking,

00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.240
 or when you're

00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.419
 driving,

00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:57.899
 when you're

00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:58.360
 mountain biking

00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.019
 and you look

00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.600
 at the danger,

00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:01.080
 you're going to

00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.419
 collide with the

00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:02.620
 tree.

00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:03.940
 So you have to

00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:04.860
 train your eyes

00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.240
 and you have to

00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:06.120
 train your mind

00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.799
 to be continually

00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:08.440
 looking at where

00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:09.379
 you want to go.

00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.360
 Or else you

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.500
 collide with the

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:12.700
 tree,

00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:13.620
 which I perhaps

00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.139
 have painfully

00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:14.480
 learned,

00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:16.419
 you go exactly

00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:17.560
 where your

00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:18.399
 attention is

00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:18.740
 focused.

00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.200
 You go exactly

00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:20.580
 where your

00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:21.100
 attention is

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.440
 focused.

00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.460
 Caleb gets

00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.759
 that.

00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.120
 Okay?

00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:23.879
 Hear what

00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.560
 Caleb says.

00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.500
 The land we

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.019
 promised,

00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:27.259
 excuse me,

00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:27.899
 the land we

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.980
 passed through

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:30.399
 and explored

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.500
 is exceedingly

00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:31.779
 good.

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.200
 Okay?

00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.200
 He's focused

00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:35.320
 on the Lord's

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.759
 promise.

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.279
 God's promises

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.039
 reflect his

00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.539
 character,

00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:40.720
 who he is.

00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:41.440
 He's good,

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.379
 merciful,

00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.220
 wise,

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.120
 just.

00:14:44.660 --> 00:14:44.980
 And Caleb

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.320
 says,

00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:45.820
 if the Lord

00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.440
 is pleased

00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:46.840
 with us,

00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:47.600
 he will lead

00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:47.980
 us into

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.519
 that land.

00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:49.259
 The Lord

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.139
 is with us.

00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:50.700
 Again,

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.519
 Caleb is

00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.340
 focused on

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.120
 the Lord

00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:53.420
 and his

00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:53.899
 love and

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.600
 his faithfulness

00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:54.899
 to his

00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.279
 people,

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.060
 whom he has

00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:56.420
 pledged

00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:57.320
 himself to.

00:14:58.180 --> 00:14:58.660
 Unbelief

00:14:58.660 --> 00:14:59.420
 is born,

00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:01.060
 I think this

00:15:01.060 --> 00:15:01.399
 is what this

00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:01.759
 is saying,

00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.639
 unbelief is

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.240
 born when we

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.720
 have our

00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:05.180
 attention fixed

00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:05.580
 on something

00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:05.879
 else.

00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.220
 Unbelief

00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:08.600
 has an

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.100
 object.

00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:09.840
 It's not

00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.480
 like belief

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.080
 has an object

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.580
 and unbelief

00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.100
 does not.

00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:12.800
 I don't

00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:13.019
 think.

00:15:14.160 --> 00:15:14.700
 Each has

00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:15.220
 their own

00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:15.759
 object.

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:17.860
 Unbelief

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.240
 has an

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.720
 object like

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.460
 crashing my

00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.139
 mountain bike

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:20.560
 has an

00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:20.980
 object.

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:21.660
 It's the

00:15:21.660 --> 00:15:21.940
 tree.

00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:24.100
 Belief is

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.840
 nurtured

00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.060
 when our

00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:27.700
 attention is

00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.440
 focused on

00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:28.940
 God and

00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:29.580
 his character,

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.460
 revealed in

00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:32.000
 his promises

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.680
 and in

00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:33.160
 his acts

00:15:33.160 --> 00:15:33.580
 on behalf

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:33.840
 of his

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 people.

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 people.

00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.679
 So how

00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:38.200
 is God

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:39.080
 revealed in

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.419
 Numbers

00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:40.259
 chapter 14?

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.200
 Well,

00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:41.720
 he's revealed

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.159
 as both

00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.639
 just and

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.060
 merciful.

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:49.340
 The Lord

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:50.100
 descends and

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.700
 appears at the

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.379
 tent of meeting

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.500
 and he says

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.000
 to Moses,

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.039
 how long

00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.299
 will this

00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:55.159
 people despise

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.120
 me and how

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:56.480
 long will they

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 not believe

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 in me?

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 In spite of

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 all the signs

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 that I've

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 done among

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 them,

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 I will

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 strike them

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 with the

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 pestilence

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 and disinherit

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 them and I

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 will make you,

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 Moses,

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 a nation

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 greater and

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 mightier than

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 they.

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 Israel had

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 turned their

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 backs on God.

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 They wanted

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 to return to

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 Egypt.

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 They wanted

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 to reverse

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 the exodus.

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 They wanted

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 to reverse

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 the foundational

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 event in

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 their identity

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 as a people.

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 It would be

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 just then for

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 God to turn

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 his back on

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 them.

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 It would be

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 perfectly just.

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 He didn't owe

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 them anything.

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 But Moses

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 appeals to God.

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 He prays to God

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 and he appeals

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 to two things.

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 First, he appeals

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 to God's honor

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 and power.

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 Lord, what

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 would Egypt

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 say?

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 Well, Lord,

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 Egypt would say

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 you weren't able

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 to do what you

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 said you were

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 going to do.

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 And then Moses

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 appeals to

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 something else.

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 He appeals to

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 God's mercy.

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 Moses prayed,

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 please pardon

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 the iniquity

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 of this people

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 according to

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 the greatness

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 of your

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 steadfast love.

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 So the Lord

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 relents,

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 but not without

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 consequences for

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 Israel.

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 The generation

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 of adults that

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 turned their

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 backs on the

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 promised land

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 would not be

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 able to cross

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 over, but

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 their children

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 would.

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 The ten spies

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 who gave the

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 bad report

00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:17.839
 would not be

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 able to cross

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 over, but

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 the two spies

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 who did,

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 Joshua and

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 Caleb, they

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 would.

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 Justice would

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 have the Lord

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 visiting the

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 iniquity of

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 the fathers

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 on the

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 children to

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 the third

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 and fourth

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 generation we

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 read elsewhere

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 in Scripture,

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 but God

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 restricts his

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 discipline just

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 to this

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 generation and

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 is showing

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 them mercy,

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 showing mercy

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 to his people

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 to whom he

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 has pledged

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 himself.

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 There's

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 another goal

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.319
 of the

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.720
 psalmist

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 in writing

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 Psalm 106.

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 You remember

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 the first

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 one was

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 don't make

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 the mistakes

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:53.380
 that your

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 ancestors made,

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 so don't

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 fall into

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 unbelief.

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 Don't despise

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.599
 the Lord

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 and his

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 promises.

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 The second

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 thing the

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 psalmist

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.420
 wants to

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 do is

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 in spite

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.660
 of everything,

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 the Lord

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.599
 remains faithful

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 to us.

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 The Lord

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.359
 remains patient

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.299
 with us,

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 constantly

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 extending his

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 mercy to

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 us, even

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 when we

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 fail, even

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 when we

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 mess up, even

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 when we divert

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 our attention

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:19.759
 from him and

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 everything he's

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 done for us.

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 So the

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 psalmist gives

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 us the

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 warning.

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 How then can

00:18:26.679 --> 00:18:27.119
 we avoid

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.599
 unbelief?

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 Well, it's

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.979
 actually in

00:18:31.979 --> 00:18:32.439
 some ways

00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:33.240
 rather simple

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.939
 and yet it

00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:35.599
 takes a

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.500
 lifetime of

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.519
 constant

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.159
 vigilance.

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 We avoid

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.579
 unbelief

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.219
 through

00:18:42.219 --> 00:18:42.759
 remembrance.

00:18:43.479 --> 00:18:44.519
 We avoid

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.259
 unbelief

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.059
 through

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.799
 remembrance.

00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:48.819
 We avoid

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.579
 unbelief

00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:50.479
 through

00:18:50.479 --> 00:18:51.119
 remembering.

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 Through

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 paying attention

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 to God,

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.459
 paying attention

00:18:56.459 --> 00:18:56.740
 to his

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.159
 character,

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:57.839
 his deeds

00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.199
 on behalf

00:18:58.199 --> 00:18:58.439
 of his

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 people,

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 I'd like to

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 offer you

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 three ways.

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 There's a lot

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.879
 of ways we

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.339
 can remember

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.659
 God and

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.299
 remember him

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.519
 and his

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:04.919
 works.

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:05.919
 I'm going

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.079
 to offer

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:06.439
 you three

00:19:06.439 --> 00:19:06.799
 ways.

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 The first

00:19:07.479 --> 00:19:07.859
 one has been

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.539
 really important

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.019
 to me.

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.519
 It's my

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:09.859
 family.

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.779
 It's what we

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.180
 call the

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.619
 daily

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.319
 examine.

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.980
 The daily

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.400
 examine.

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:17.039
 E-X-A-M-E-M.

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.720
 At the core

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.180
 of the daily

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.119
 examine is

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.920
 reviewing the

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.680
 emotions we've

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.940
 had throughout

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.519
 the course of

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.859
 the day.

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.519
 We pray out

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.000
 of those.

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.139
 What we

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.599
 notice when

00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.539
 we reflect

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:28.879
 on our

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.279
 day is that

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.960
 we experience

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.299
 both

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.480
 consolation

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.039
 and

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.039
 desolation.

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.000
 Consolation,

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.960
 desolation.

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.639
 A person

00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.259
 dwells in a

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.519
 state of

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:38.220
 consolation when

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.740
 he or she

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.160
 is moving

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:40.220
 towards God's

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.160
 active presence

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:41.660
 in the world.

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.220
 And we know

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:42.779
 we are moving

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.600
 in this way

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.079
 when we sense

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.579
 the growth

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.259
 of love

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.759
 or faith

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.220
 or hope

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.960
 in us.

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.740
 A person

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.360
 dwells in a

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.700
 state of

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.519
 desolation

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.940
 when she

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.319
 or he

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.779
 is moving

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.539
 away from

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.200
 God's active

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.940
 presence in

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.360
 the world.

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.319
 And we know

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.779
 we are moving

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.579
 in this way

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.140
 when we sense

00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:58.600
 the growth

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.299
 of resentment

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.519
 and gratitude,

00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:01.940
 selfishness,

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:02.839
 doubt,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.920
 fear,

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.400
 and so

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.600
 on.

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.640
 The way

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.840
 we practice

00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.539
 this in

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.160
 my family

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.460
 is to talk

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.800
 about

00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.420
 consolation

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.100
 and desolation

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.480
 as a

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:12.900
 paradox.

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.200
 I've told

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.480
 you this

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.940
 before.

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.519
 It was

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:18.120
 seven years

00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:18.279
 ago,

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:18.600
 you remember?

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.620
 So let me

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:20.840
 tell you

00:20:20.840 --> 00:20:21.100
 again.

00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:24.660
 A paradox,

00:20:25.060 --> 00:20:25.220
 right?

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.600
 We can go

00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:25.960
 through a

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.120
 day being

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.980
 pulled towards

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.740
 God and being

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.180
 pulled away

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.580
 from him,

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.539
 experiencing

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.560
 consolation and

00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:32.140
 desolation.

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.640
 It's a

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.060
 paradox,

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.020
 which sounds

00:20:34.020 --> 00:20:35.140
 like a

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.440
 pair of

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.720
 ducks.

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:37.460
 So we

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.160
 as family

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:39.120
 talk about

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.600
 two ducks,

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.200
 the yay

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.620
 duck and

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:40.940
 the yuck

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.200
 duck.

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:42.040
 And the

00:20:42.040 --> 00:20:42.360
 yay duck

00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:42.700
 is this

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.300
 bright,

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.080
 gleaming,

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.220
 shiny duck.

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:45.900
 Smells

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.280
 good,

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.240
 fluffy.

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.060
 And there's

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.420
 the yuck

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:48.759
 duck,

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.780
 smelly,

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.440
 dirty,

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.200
 gross,

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.780
 noisy,

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.540
 repellent.

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.680
 So yay

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.000
 ducks and

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.420
 yuck ducks.

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.500
 And so at

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.759
 the end of

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.140
 the day,

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:58.680
 we say,

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.280
 what are

00:20:59.280 --> 00:20:59.700
 your yay

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.040
 ducks and

00:21:00.040 --> 00:21:00.340
 your yuck

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.600
 ducks?

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.559
 We also

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.579
 did this a

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:04.959
 few weeks

00:21:04.959 --> 00:21:05.279
 ago.

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.299
 I took two

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 of my

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.099
 sons and

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.459
 five of

00:21:07.459 --> 00:21:07.919
 their friends

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:08.740
 to a

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.240
 summer camp

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.599
 for a

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:09.759
 week.

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.099
 And every

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.419
 night we

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:10.899
 would do

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.740
 yay ducks

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.500
 and yuck

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.779
 ducks.

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.039
 And there

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.539
 was a

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:15.159
 kid who

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:17.119
 was the

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.719
 most homesick

00:21:17.719 --> 00:21:18.179
 I've ever

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:18.659
 seen anybody

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.439
 in my life.

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 It was

00:21:19.959 --> 00:21:20.959
 really sad.

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.480
 I just

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.939
 cried for

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 like three

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.500
 or four

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.019
 hours straight.

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 But by the

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:25.799
 end of the

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.299
 first day,

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.500
 he was

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.659
 saying,

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.339
 this is the

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.259
 greatest camp

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.480
 in the

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:28.659
 world.

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 So that

00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:29.740
 was great.

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.500
 So at

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.700
 the end

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:30.880
 of the

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.240
 day,

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 we said,

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:32.960
 what are

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.299
 your yuck

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.500
 ducks?

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 And he

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.400
 volunteered,

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:34.660
 like,

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:34.880
 well,

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.559
 I felt

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.099
 really

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.460
 homesick

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.660
 and I

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:36.819
 missed

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:36.980
 my

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.299
 family.

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.700
 So the

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.059
 point of

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.599
 talking about

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.099
 your yuck

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.759
 ducks is

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.240
 to pray

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.640
 out of

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:41.980
 that.

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.460
 Like,

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:42.839
 well,

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:45.000
 what happened

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.859
 because of

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.240
 your

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.099
 homesickness?

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 And he

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.720
 started to

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.279
 observe that

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.900
 all of his

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.240
 friends,

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.620
 his six

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.019
 other friends,

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.279
 it was

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.700
 beautiful,

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.339
 guys.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.299
 All six

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.559
 of these

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.539
 boys rallied

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.000
 around this

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.519
 one boy,

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.799
 cheering him

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.160
 up.

00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:00.279
 Doing

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.720
 things with

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.000
 him,

00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:01.680
 it was

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:01.960
 awesome.

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 And he

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.180
 also found

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.580
 courage,

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:04.920
 a courage

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.200
 that he

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.560
 had never

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.600
 really sought

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:07.180
 for,

00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:08.440
 a kind

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.759
 that he

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.279
 never knew

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.920
 he had.

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.400
 So we

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.680
 were able

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.120
 to pray

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.480
 out of

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.620
 that,

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:12.860
 Lord,

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.279
 thank you

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.600
 for the

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:13.920
 courage

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.320
 you gave

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.320
 me in

00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.620
 light of

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.040
 my really

00:22:16.040 --> 00:22:16.340
 missing

00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:16.920
 my family,

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:17.320
 thank you

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.620
 for my

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.040
 friends.

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.720
 And so

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:19.960
 can you

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.160
 imagine

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.620
 doing this

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.240
 every day?

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.740
 So every

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.279
 day is full

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.940
 of consolations

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.720
 and desolations

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.579
 and praying

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.940
 out of

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.059
 your

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.600
 desolations

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.120
 and finding,

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.660
 oh God,

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:26.880
 you were

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.380
 present there.

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.160
 You were

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.680
 working there.

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.120
 You were

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.079
 working on

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.660
 my behalf.

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:30.960
 You were

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.720
 loving me,

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.960
 showing me

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.319
 grace.

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.539
 So when

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.079
 we consider

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.600
 both our

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.279
 consolations

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.259
 and desolations,

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.960
 we discover

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.240
 and remember

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.740
 how God

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:40.980
 has been

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.539
 showing us

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.839
 goodness

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.660
 and faithfulness

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.120
 to us.

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:45.960
 So the

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.380
 first is

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.880
 the daily

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.279
 examine.

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.579
 Yay ducks

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.980
 and yuck ducks.

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.500
 The second

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.180
 way is to

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.660
 surround

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.319
 yourself

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:57.960
 the second

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.639
 way is to

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.179
 remember

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.939
 Hebrews

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:01.059
 chapter 3.

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:01.519
 Okay?

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.559
 So in

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.759
 Hebrews

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.500
 chapter 3,

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.379
 the writer

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.960
 of Hebrews

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.759
 is referencing

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:08.960
 Numbers 14

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.179
 and warning

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:11.299
 his readers

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:12.339
 about

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.379
 unbelief.

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.659
 He writes,

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.980
 take care,

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.579
 brothers,

00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:17.539
 lest there

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.200
 be in

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.740
 any of

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.079
 you an

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.480
 evil,

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.059
 unbelieving

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.480
 heart,

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.240
 leading you

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.619
 to fall

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.039
 away from

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.339
 the living

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.759
 God.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.819
 But exhort

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.319
 one another

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.879
 every day

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.279
 as long

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.539
 as it

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.900
 is called

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.299
 today.

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.599
 That none

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:27.819
 of you

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.140
 may be

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.420
 hardened

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.079
 by the

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.599
 deceitfulness

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.119
 of sin.

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.240
 In other

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.619
 words,

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.599
 if you

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.019
 want to

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.480
 safeguard

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.940
 yourself

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.240
 against

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.940
 unbelief,

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.559
 surround

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.019
 yourself

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.339
 with a

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.500
 bunch

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.680
 of

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.359
 Caleb's,

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:37.900
 right?

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.359
 Surround

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.740
 yourself

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.019
 with a

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.200
 bunch

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.539
 of

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.299
 people

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.019
 who are

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.220
 going to

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.879
 tell you,

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.559
 yes,

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.400
 the giants

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.299
 are big,

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.680
 but the

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.019
 Lord is

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.460
 with you.

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.539
 And the

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.960
 Lord has

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.019
 taken away

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.559
 its

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.279
 protection,

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.400
 and he's

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.759
 going to

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.279
 conquer these

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.680
 giants.

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.500
 The Lord

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.680
 loves you.

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.379
 We do

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.259
 this by

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.559
 attending

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.180
 worship on

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.639
 Sundays.

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.680
 You can be a

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.039
 part of a

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.660
 core group.

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.200
 Sign-ups happen

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.740
 soon.

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.379
 They meet in the

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:05.759
 fall and the

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.079
 spring.

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.440
 You can meet

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.920
 with believers

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.539
 who will pray

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.240
 for you and

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.000
 encourage you

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.879
 and point you

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.579
 to Jesus when

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.440
 your giants are

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.220
 taking up all

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.960
 your mind space.

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.539
 to

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.319
 a third way

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.819
 to remember

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.500
 the way

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.400
 Jesus told

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.819
 us to

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.180
 remember.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.340
 Excuse me,

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.680
 the third

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.460
 way to

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.759
 remember

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.460
 is the

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.740
 way

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.259
 Jesus told

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.579
 us to

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:25.960
 remember,

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.779
 and that's

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.360
 to regularly

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.140
 sit at this

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.420
 table,

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.079
 eating this

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.319
 meal,

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.759
 with God's

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.059
 family,

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.279
 doing this

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.940
 in remembrance

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.600
 of me.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.799
 In Numbers

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.559
 chapter 14,

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.420
 we see both

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.720
 mercy and

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.259
 justice,

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.859
 but their

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.460
 intention,

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.859
 their intention,

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.640
 and it's

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.279
 unclear from

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.980
 Numbers 14

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.799
 how that

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.319
 tension is

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.839
 resolved.

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.640
 But at this

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.480
 table, we see

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.059
 it clearly.

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.879
 On the

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.420
 cross,

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.980
 Christ has

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.259
 absorbed all

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.160
 the consequences

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.480
 of our

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.119
 unbelief.

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.440
 He dies

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.640
 outside the

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.319
 gates of the

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.079
 holy city,

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.660
 absorbing all

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.319
 that God's

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.519
 justice requires

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:10.019
 that we might

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.240
 enter into it

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.799
 and enjoy the

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.259
 fulfillment of

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.579
 all of God's

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.019
 promises,

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.279
 including,

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.519
 and especially,

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.380
 eternal life

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.799
 with him.

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.759
 Eternal life

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.180
 with him

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.599
 after he

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.859
 has vanquished

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.640
 every giant.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.319
 Pain,

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.680
 trauma,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.039
 sickness,

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.539
 abuse,

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.400
 abandonment,

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.559
 suffering,

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:41.099
 and doubt.

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.700
 He will once

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.220
 and forever

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.019
 destroy.

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.139
 The giants

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.599
 are big.

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.899
 The Lord is

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.119
 bigger.

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.579
 So as we come

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.200
 to this table,

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.039
 let us fix our

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.980
 eyes on Jesus,

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.220
 the pioneer

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.159
 and perfecter

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.079
 of our faith.

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.019
 For the joy

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.859
 set before him,

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 he endured the

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 cross,

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 scorning its

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 shame,

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 and sat down

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 at the right

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 hand of the

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 throne of God.

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 Consider him

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 who endured

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 such opposition

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 from sinners

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 so that you

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 will not grow

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 weary

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 and lose

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 heart.

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 In the name

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 of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy

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 Spirit,

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.980
 Lord,

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:22.279
 we ask

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 that as we

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 remember you

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 at this table,

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.939
 you would

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 encourage us.

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 Lord,

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 thank you

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 for not just

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 leaving us

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 teachings,

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 but you

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 leave us

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 yourself,

00:26:36.560 --> 00:26:37.019
 you leave us

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.620
 your Holy

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 Spirit,

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 and you

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 leave us

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 this meal

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 with which

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 we're going

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 to be fed.

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 So encourage

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 us and

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 strengthen us.

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 Lord,

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.580
 we believe.

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.000
 Help our

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.600
 unbelief.

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 In Jesus'

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.280
 name,

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.519
 Amen.