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 Now we are in Exodus chapter 17, verse 8, going to chapter 18, verse 27.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, we believe that your word is truth.

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 And because of that, that your word is good.

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 And we ask now that you would quiet our hearts before the reading and preaching of your word.

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 That you'd incline our ears, our hearts toward you.

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 And we ask that you would speak, address us as your people.

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 That we might live in accordance with your will.

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 That we believe you will speak specifically to the individuals here and to us as a church.

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 Speak, Father, in an unmistakable way.

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 That we might know that we are hearing your voice.

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 In your word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand for the reading of God's word from Exodus 17, verse 18, 27.

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 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

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 So Moses said to Joshua, choose for us men and go out and fight with Amalek.

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 Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.

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 So Joshua did as Moses told him and fought with Amalek.

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 While Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed.

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 And whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.

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 But Moses' hands grew weary.

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 So they took a stone and put it under him.

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 And he sat on it.

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 While Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and the other on the other side.

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 So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses, write this as a memorial in a book.

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 And recited in the ears of Joshua that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.

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 And Moses built an altar and called it the name,

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 The Lord is my banner, saying,

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 A hand upon the throne of the Lord.

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 The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law,

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 heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel, his people.

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 How the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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 And now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife,

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 after he had sent her home, along with her two sons.

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 The name of the one was Gershon, for he said,

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 I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

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 And the name of the other, Eliezer, for he said,

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 The God of my father was my help,

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 and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

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 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness,

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 where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

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 And when he sent word to Moses,

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 I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.

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 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him.

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 And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

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 Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake,

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 all the hardship that had come upon them in the way, and how the Lord had delivered them.

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 And Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel,

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 in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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 Jethro said,

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 Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,

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 and out of the hand of Pharaoh,

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 and has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

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 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods,

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 because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people.

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 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God,

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 and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

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 The next day Moses sat to judge the people,

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 and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening,

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 when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people.

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 He said,

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 What is this that you are doing for the people?

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 Why do you sit alone,

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 and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?

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 And Moses said to his father-in-law,

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 Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

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 When they have a dispute,

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 they come to me,

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 and I decide between one person and another,

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 and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws.

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 Moses' father-in-law said to him,

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 What you are doing is not good.

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 You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out,

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 for the thing is too heavy for you.

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 You are not able to do it alone.

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 Now obey my voice,

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 I will give you advice,

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 and God be with you.

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 You shall represent the people before God,

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 and bring their cases to God,

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 and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws,

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 and make them know the way in which they must walk,

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 and what they must do.

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 Moreover, look for able men from all the people,

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 men who fear God,

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 who are trustworthy and hate a bribe,

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 and place such men over the people

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 as chiefs of thousands,

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 of hundreds,

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 of fifties,

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 and of tens.

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 And let them judge the people at all times.

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 Every great matter they shall bring to you,

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 but any small matter they shall decide themselves,

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 so it will be easier for you,

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 and they will bear the burden with you.

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 If you do this,

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 God will direct you.

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 You will be able to endure,

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 and all this people also will go to their place in peace.

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 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law,

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 and did all that he had said.

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 Moses chose able men out of all Israel,

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 and made them heads over the people,

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 chiefs of thousands,

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 of hundreds,

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 of fifties,

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 and of tens,

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 and they judged the people at all times.

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 Any hard case they brought to Moses,

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 but any small matter they decided themselves.

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 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart,

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 and he went away to his own country.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Are you guys hearing echoes?

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 Are you guys okay with the sound?

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 Okay.

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 This passage serves as a hinge in the book of Exodus in two ways.

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 First, chapter 18, verses 1 to 12,

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 summarized the Lord's deliverance of Israel through Moses,

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 recounted in chapters 2 to 17.

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 And then chapter 18, verses 13 to 27,

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 lay the groundwork for the governance

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 and judgeship of God's people as a nation,

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 and anticipates chapters 19 to 40,

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 where God gives specific laws and instructions

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 for obedience to him and his worship.

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 And in this way,

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 chapter 18 serves as a conclusion

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 to the first half of the book,

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 and an introduction to the second half of the book.

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 And we see here another kind of transition in second way.

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 17, verse 9,

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 is the first time in the Bible

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 that we are introduced to Joshua,

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 who will eventually succeed Moses

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 as a leader of Israel

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 and lead God's people into Canaan.

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 And in this passage,

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 both chapter 17 and 18,

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 we see Moses delegating more of his responsibilities,

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 thereby laying the groundwork

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 for his eventual transition from leadership.

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 So this passage serves as a hinge

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 to a new phase of life in Israel as God's people.

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 And one of the main lessons that we learn

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 from this passage is this,

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 that God appoints weak people

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 to carry out his weighty purposes

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 with the help of others.

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 And first, we're going to see generals

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 for times of war,

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 and then we're going to see judges

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 for times of peace.

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 When the Israelites were still at Rephidim,

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 which is in the region in the wilderness of sin

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 that they've been at for the past two weeks,

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 where the Lord provided water

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 for the Israelites from the rock,

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 it says in chapter 17, verse 8,

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 that Amalek came and fought with Israel.

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 We know from Genesis 36

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 that Amalek is Esau's grandson.

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 This is, it's his firstborn son, Eliphaz,

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 who gave birth to Amalek through a concubine.

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 And so here we see a distinction

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 between the chosen line of Jacob

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 and the line of Esau, the Amalekites.

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 Since Moses and Aaron were only four generations

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 removed from Jacob,

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 it's not inconceivable that the Amalekites

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 are here actually being led by Amalek himself.

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 That's why in verse 13,

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 it refers to Amalek and his people.

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 So considering that they were distant relatives

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 of Israel, what they're doing here

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 is even more egregious.

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 Deuteronomy 25, verses 17 to 19

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 provides some more details

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 about this attack of the Amalekites.

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 And it says this,

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 remember what Amalek did to you

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 on the way as you came out of Egypt,

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 how he attacked you on the way

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 when you were faint and weary

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 and cut off your tail,

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 those who were lagging behind you.

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 And he did not fear God.

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 So this explains why the Lord declares

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 in verse 14,

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 I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek

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 from under heaven.

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 God is absolutely furious

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 at what Amalek is doing here.

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 Because when you're on a march

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 with hundreds of thousands of people,

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 millions of people,

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 who are the people that lag behind

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 at the back of the line?

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 Sick people?

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 Old, infirm people?

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 Families with children?

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 Pregnant women?

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 These are the people

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 who are lagging behind,

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 people who are falling in the back.

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 And what Amalek is doing

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 is cutting off the tail,

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 attacking the most vulnerable member

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 of Israel as a nation

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 in order to profit themselves.

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 And so God declares war on the Amalekites

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 on behalf of the Israelites.

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 They did not fear God.

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 They came upon the Israelites

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 when they were faint, it says,

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 and weary from their long journey

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 through the wilderness.

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 Up to this point,

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 Israelites have not had to take up the sword.

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 But here the Amalekites forced their hand

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 and it says in verse 9,

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 Moses said to Joshua,

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 choose for us men

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 and go out and fight with Amalek.

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 Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill

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 with the staff of God in my hand.

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 So we'll see,

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 this is the first time

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 we are introduced to Joshua

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 and we're going to see more and more

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 his increasing role

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 as an assistant to Moses

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 and eventually to take over

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 the mantle of leadership.

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 And Moses here determines

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 that Joshua is the most fitting man

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 to recruit an army

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 among the Israelite men

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 to go out and fight with Amalek.

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 Maybe, I mean,

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 he's certainly younger than Moses.

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 He's fresher, stronger.

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 He appoints Joshua

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 to lead the men into battle.

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 And Moses says,

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 tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill

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 with the staff of God in my hand.

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 So just so you know,

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 this is not a cowardly attempt

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 to avoid the perils of war

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 on the safety of a hill.

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 He says in verses 11 to 13,

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 whenever Moses held up his hand,

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 Israel prevailed.

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 And whenever he lowered his hand,

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 Amalek prevailed.

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 But Moses' hands grew weary,

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 so they took a stone

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 and put it under him

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 and he sat on it

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 while Aaron and Hur

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 held up his hands.

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 One on one side

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 and the other on the other side.

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 So his hands were steady

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 until the going down of the sun.

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 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek

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 and his people with the sword.

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 Moses' hand is mentioned

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 six times in verses 9 to 12.

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 There's a focus on Moses' hand.

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 And it's not because

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 Moses' hand itself

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 has some magical properties

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 or any special powers,

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 but it's because in his hand,

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 as verse 9 says,

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 is the staff of God.

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 The authority and power

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 that God had personally entrusted

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 to Moses to lead his people.

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 So whenever Moses raises his hand

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 holding the staff of God,

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 the tide of battle

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 turns in favor of the Israelites,

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 but whenever he lowers it,

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 the tide turns the other way

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 in favor of the Amalekites.

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 So I don't know if you've ever tried

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 to hold your hands up

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 for a long time.

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 It's really hard to do that

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 for more than a few minutes.

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 I know because growing up,

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 this is how my parents punished me

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 when I did something wrong.

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 They said,

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 kneel over there

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 and keep your hands up

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 for several minutes.

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 If I get into fights with people,

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 this is what they make me do.

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 And it's really hard to do.

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 So eventually it gets very tiring

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 so you start squirming

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 and if you're only having

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 to raise one hand,

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 you can support it

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 with the other hand.

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 And it seems like

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 that's what Moses is doing.

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 That's why in verse 11,

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 it only mentions one hand of Moses.

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 But then in verse 12,

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 it says Moses' hands, plural,

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 grew weary.

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 And the phrase grew weary

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 is literally grew heavy.

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 It's getting too heavy

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 for him to keep up his arms.

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 And it's becoming,

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 it's plural because

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 he's doing this,

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 he switches hands

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 to the other hand,

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 he's doing this,

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 or he's doing this

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 and now he can't keep either one up.

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 So now he's,

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 that's why both hands are weary.

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 This is why they make him,

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 make him sit down.

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 You know,

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 you might wonder why,

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 you know,

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 Aaron and Hur

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 put a stone under him

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 to have him sit down.

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 It's not his legs that are tired,

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 it's his arms.

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 The reason why

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 is because if Moses sits down,

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 his arms are lower,

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 so Aaron and Hur

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 don't have to keep their arms up,

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 they can just hold his arm

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 against their body.

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 So they're literally

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 holding his arms up

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 on either side

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 while Moses is sitting

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 on the stone.

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 And so what's the point

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 of all this?

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 Why are we getting

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 all these details?

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 So there are at least

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 two things that I think

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 the Lord is teaching us

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 through this.

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 First is that Moses,

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 though he was

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 the Lord's chosen representative,

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 he was only human.

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 He was weak,

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 he was inadequate,

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 he needed the help of others,

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 and in this case,

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 Aaron, his brother,

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 and Hur,

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 a man from the tribe of Judah,

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 who is the grandfather

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 of Bezalel,

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 who is responsible

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 for designing

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 and crafting

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 the tabernacle

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 and its furnishings

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 in Exodus 31.

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 It's not verified

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 by scripture itself,

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 but later Jewish tradition

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 says that Hur

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 is actually

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 Miriam's husband,

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 which would make him

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 Moses' brother-in-law.

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 So if that's the case,

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 he's taking his

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 literal closest brothers

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 to hold up his arms

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 while he's up on the hill,

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 his brother and his

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 brother-in-law.

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 That shows us

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 that God appoints

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 weak people

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 to carry out

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 his weighty purposes

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 with help from our

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 brothers and sisters

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 in Christ.

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 Because there will be

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 times in your own life

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 when your hands

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 grow weary

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 with work that you

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 are doing for the Lord.

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 The things that God

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 has called you to do,

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 but you will not

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 be adequate

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 for the task.

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 You will not be able

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 to do it on your own.

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 And when you grow weary,

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 it's not cause to despair,

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 but it's cause to remember

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 that God designed it

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 to be that way

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 because you're not meant

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 to carry the burden

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 on your own.

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 No one is self-sufficient.

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 Ephesians 4.16 says,

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 when each part

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 of the body of Christ,

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 the local church,

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 is working properly,

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 it makes the body grow

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 so that it builds

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 itself up in love.

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 Each part

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 has a role to play.

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 1 Corinthians 12 says,

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 for the body

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 does not consist

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 of one member,

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 but of many,

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 and that God

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 arranged the members

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 in the body,

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 each one of them

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 as he chose.

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 So that each part

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 has an indispensable

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 role to play.

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 Moses was God's

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 appointed leader

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 of Israel.

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 He was the one

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 to whom the Lord

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 had given the authority

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 to carry the staff

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 of God.

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 Aaron and Hur

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 could not carry

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 the staff of God

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 for Moses.

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 However,

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 they could help

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 Moses hold up

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 his arms.

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 And that's exactly

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 what they did.

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 I feel like I'm

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 overusing references

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 from this lately,

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 but in the Lord

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 of the Rings,

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 the return of the king,

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 where Frodo,

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 Baggins,

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 and Samwise Gamgee

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 enter Mordor,

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 Mordor,

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 sorry,

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 they are approaching

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 the fire of Mount Doom,

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 and Frodo is so exhausted

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 from the journey

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 that he literally

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 cannot take another step.

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 And you guys know

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 where I'm going.

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 But he is a chosen

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 ring bearer.

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 Frodo is the only one

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 who can carry the ring

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 to go destroy it

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 in the mountains.

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 So this is what

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 in that moment

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 his loyal friend

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 Samwise Gamgee

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 says to him,

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 come Mr. Frodo,

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 I can't carry it for you,

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 but I can carry you.

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 And he literally

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 picks him up

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 and starts walking

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 into Mount Mordor.

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 And sometimes

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 that's going to happen

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 to us.

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 That's what Aaron and Hur

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 are literally doing.

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 I can't carry the staff

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 for you,

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 but I can carry your hand.

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 I can pick your hand up

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 and keep it up.

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 Galatians 6, 2 commands us

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 to bear one another's burdens

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 and so fulfill

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 the law of Christ.

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 When one of us

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 is caught in any transgression,

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 we can't repent

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 for that person.

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 But we can restore him

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 in a spirit of gentleness.

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 We can rebuke him

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 in love.

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 When one of us

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 is grieving a loss,

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 we can't experience

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 the loss for her,

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 but we can comfort her

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 in her mourning

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 and point her

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 to the resurrection hope

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 that we have in Christ.

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 When one of us

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 is afflicted

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 by severe trials

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 in a marriage,

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 and we can't go through

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 the trial for that person,

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 but we can help him

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 or her bear

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 some of others' burdens,

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 the other burdens

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 in that person's life.

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 We can encourage that person

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 and pray for that person.

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 Some of you are

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 carrying very heavy burdens

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 this morning.

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 You can't hold up

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 your arms anymore.

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 But don't give up.

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 Look around you.

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 See who can be your Aaron.

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 Who can be your her

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 and call them

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 to your aid.

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 And brothers and sisters,

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 knowing that there are people

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 in our midst

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 who are weary,

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 whose hands are growing heavy,

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 look out for such people

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 around you

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 so you can come

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 to their aid

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 to be their Aaron

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 and her for them.

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 The second thing,

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 and I think this is

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 the main thing

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 that this passage teaches us,

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 is the same lesson

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 that we have seen

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 over and over again

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 throughout the book of Exodus.

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 And that is this,

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 the battle belongs

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 to the Lord.

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 Lord,

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 pretend that you are

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 a film director

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 for a moment.

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 You're adapting this passage,

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 Exodus 17,

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 short verses

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 for the big screen.

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 Where would the focus

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 of your movie be?

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 I would venture to guess

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 that you would probably

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 not spend the majority

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 of your movie

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 showing Moses

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 struggling to hold

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 his hand up.

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 You'd probably spend

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 most of the time

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 showing the swords clashing,

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 chariots clashing,

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 people running,

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 blood spilling,

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 action on the battlefield.

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 Joshua rallying

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 his troops into battle.

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 Because from our

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 human standpoint,

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 that's where the action is.

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 But that's not

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 where the focus

00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:38.159
 is in this passage,

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 in the word of God.

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 Apart from the summary

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:42.339
 statement of verse 13,

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 which says Joshua

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:45.259
 overwhelmed Amalek

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 and his people

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 with the sword,

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 there is zero description

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.940
 of the battlefield.

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 The focus is instead

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 on the hand of Moses

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 carrying the staff of God.

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 When it is lifted,

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.200
 they win.

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 When it is lowered,

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 they start losing.

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 How Moses' hands

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.400
 grew weary

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 and how Aaron and her

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 helped them keep them up.

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 Why is the focus

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 so much on Moses' hand?

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:10.039
 God's perspective,

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 because that's

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:13.279
 in the spiritual scheme

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.779
 of things,

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 from God's perspective,

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 that is where

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.539
 the real battle

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 is taking place.

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 Because the battle

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 is not being decided

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 by the sword of Joshua,

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 but by the hand

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.639
 of the Lord.

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 Surely Joshua

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 was a valiant young man

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 as we see throughout

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 the first six books

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 of the Bible,

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 but it's not his competence

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 or courage

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:39.320
 as a military general,

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 nor the might

00:21:40.540 --> 00:21:41.660
 of the Israelite army

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.840
 that brings victory.

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 They did have a role to play.

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 They did have to go and fight,

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 and we likewise

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 have a role to play.

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 We do have things

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.520
 we must do

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 as God's people,

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 but the battle

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.500
 belongs to the Lord.

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 It's him who decides

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 the victory.

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 That's the whole point

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 of verses 11 and 13.

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 It says in verses 14 to 16,

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 then the Lord said to Moses,

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 write this as a memorial

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 in a book

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 and recite it

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 in the years of Joshua

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 that I will utterly

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 blot out the memory

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 of Amalek

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 from under heaven.

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 And Moses built an altar

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 and called the name of it,

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 the Lord is my banner,

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 saying,

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 a hand upon the throne

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 of the Lord,

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 the Lord will have war

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.119
 with Amalek

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 from generation to generation.

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 Since there is a repetition

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 and an emphasis

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 on the hand of Moses,

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.179
 the expression,

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 a hand upon the throne

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.359
 of the Lord

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 is most likely a reference

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.939
 to Moses' outstretched hand

00:22:36.939 --> 00:22:37.839
 with the staff

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 petitioning the Lord

00:22:39.719 --> 00:22:40.659
 on behalf of Israel.

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 It's as if Moses'

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.219
 outstretched hand

00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:44.419
 is like a hand

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 on the throne,

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:47.279
 on the throne of God,

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 pleading with him

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 to fight on Israel's behalf.

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 And because his hand

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:54.440
 was on the Lord's throne,

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.099
 the Lord says,

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 I will have war

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 with Amalek

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.819
 from generation to generation.

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.359
 So Moses,

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.259
 to commemorate this,

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 builds an altar

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:04.359
 and names it,

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 the Lord is my banner.

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 The banner,

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 most likely when we hear

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.220
 the word banner,

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 we now think of

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 advertisement banners.

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 That's not what's

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.680
 in view here.

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.660
 It's referring to the signal,

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 the military signal,

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:18.139
 or the military standard,

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.020
 the flag,

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 the banner under

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.980
 which an army fights.

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 If the Lord is the banner,

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 that means this is

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:27.040
 the Lord's battle.

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 He's the king

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 who is depicted on the flag.

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.500
 As Christians,

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.860
 we will face battles

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 in this life.

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 Jesus says in John 15 to 20,

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.960
 15 verse 20,

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 if they persecuted me,

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 they will persecute you also.

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 When you try to obey God

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 and follow his word,

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 you will face opposition

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 from the world

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 and from your sinful flesh

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 and from the devil.

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 We should not be surprised

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.879
 by that.

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.940
 1 Peter 5, 8 says

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 that our adversary,

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 the devil,

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.379
 prowls around

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.700
 like a roaring lion

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.299
 seeking someone to devour.

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:06.019
 He will come upon us

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.559
 when we are faint and weary

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.640
 like the Israelites were.

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 He will try to cut off our tail

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 and attack the weakest

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:14.519
 and most vulnerable members

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.160
 among us.

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 there will be sweat

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.019
 and tears

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 and sometimes even blood.

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 There's a reason why

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 Ephesians 6 tells us

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 to put on the full armor of God.

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 You don't need an armor

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 if you're not in war.

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 You might not want to fight,

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.240
 but our enemies

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.860
 will bring the fight to you.

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 But in the midst

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.519
 of these battles,

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 we must remember

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:40.400
 that the Lord is my banner.

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 The battle ultimately

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.540
 belongs to the Lord.

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 So let me ask you,

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 are you fighting your battles

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.880
 in the Christian life

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 in your own strength

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:52.400
 or in the strength

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.880
 of the Lord?

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 Here's how you know.

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.100
 Here's a good

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:59.440
 diagnostic test

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.940
 to gauge

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 what's happening

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 in your life.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.759
 Where are your hands?

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:04.859
 Are your hands

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.900
 always busy

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.779
 with ministry?

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.299
 Are your hands

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.440
 always serving?

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.059
 Or are your hands

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:13.039
 upon the throne

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.960
 of the Lord?

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.019
 Are your hands

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.720
 stretched out

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.220
 toward God

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.720
 in prayer?

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.160
 If you're not

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.700
 clinging

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.879
 to God's throne

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.460
 in prayer,

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 then you're operating

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.420
 under the assumption

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:32.500
 that your activity

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:35.000
 and not God's activity

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.680
 is decisive

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.519
 in your life.

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.900
 But the battle

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.720
 does not ultimately

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.600
 belong to us.

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.580
 It belongs

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.320
 to the Lord.

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.420
 So let's not forget,

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.539
 let's not be a church

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.440
 that forgets

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.340
 where the banner is,

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.580
 under whose banner

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.259
 we fight.

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.360
 Because as soon as

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:57.820
 we become

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:59.039
 a prayerless church,

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.519
 we will be

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.440
 a powerless church.

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.200
 After defeating

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.000
 the Amalekites,

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.559
 the Israelites

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:06.079
 have some respite.

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.420
 And it's during

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.000
 that time,

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.920
 Jethro,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.879
 the priest of Midian,

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.819
 Moses' father-in-law

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.700
 comes to visit Moses

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.700
 and see how he's doing.

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.839
 In Exodus 4,

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.420
 we were told

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.200
 that Moses actually

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.859
 took his wife

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.240
 and children

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.700
 with him to Egypt.

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.059
 So it seems,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.119
 according to chapter 18,

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.000
 at some point

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.859
 later in time,

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:25.000
 he sent his wife

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.339
 and children

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.180
 back to Egypt,

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.119
 which would be

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.859
 a very understandable

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.420
 thing to do.

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.799
 It's probably

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.440
 what I would do

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.119
 in his shoes

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.019
 because Pharaoh's

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.779
 refusing to let

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.539
 the Israelites go.

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.839
 Tensions are rising.

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.700
 Plagues are falling.

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.059
 There's conflict going on.

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.680
 So it's maybe

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.079
 a sensible time

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.859
 to send your children

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.700
 and your wife

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.220
 back home

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.619
 since they have

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.240
 a place to go to

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.619
 in Midian.

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.200
 And it recalls

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.619
 a couple things,

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.819
 the names of his sons.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.500
 And this is significant

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.799
 because in this

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.619
 family reunion,

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.700
 we see a summary

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:57.080
 of Moses' biography.

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.759
 Verses 3-4,

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.500
 chapter 18,

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.120
 tells us that

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:01.059
 the name of the one

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.080
 son was Gershom,

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.880
 for he said,

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.819
 I have been a sojourner

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.660
 in a foreign land

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.080
 and the name

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.580
 of the other,

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.220
 Eliezer,

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.039
 for he said,

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.920
 the God of my father

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.759
 was my help

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.620
 and delivered me

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.160
 from the sword

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.660
 of Pharaoh.

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.039
 So Gershom was

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.640
 the son Moses

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.519
 had with Zipporah

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.220
 when he entered

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.039
 the land of Midian.

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.180
 He was saying

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.900
 that he is now

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.759
 a sojourner

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.539
 in the foreign land

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.160
 of Midian.

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.500
 And then Eliezer

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.279
 is the son he had

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.940
 just before

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:24.200
 re-entering Egypt

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.220
 and he named him

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.660
 Eliezer

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.279
 because God

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.140
 had just told him

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.140
 that the men,

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.980
 including Pharaoh,

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.559
 who were seeking

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.279
 your life in Egypt

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.120
 are now dead.

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.400
 And so Moses

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.100
 praised God

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.900
 saying that God

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.759
 has delivered me

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.860
 from the sword

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.360
 of Pharaoh.

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.640
 He was my helper

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.380
 and so God,

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.000
 he named him

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.620
 Eliezer.

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.880
 And this is

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.980
 a sketch

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.200
 of Moses' life,

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.700
 how God

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.360
 has been faithful

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.860
 to him.

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:47.240
 But in this passage,

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.180
 it also serves

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.240
 to exemplify,

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.980
 to capture

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.819
 what God has done

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.519
 for the Israelites.

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.600
 Because Gershom,

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.240
 I have been

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.839
 a sojourner

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.699
 in a foreign land.

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:57.019
 Israelites were also

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.619
 sojourners

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.299
 in the foreign land

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.779
 of Egypt.

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.759
 And Eliezer,

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.639
 God is my help,

00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:02.359
 he has delivered me

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.879
 from the sword

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.299
 of Pharaoh.

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.599
 The Israelites

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.559
 have also been

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.419
 delivered by God

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:07.240
 from the sword

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.679
 of Pharaoh.

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.139
 God has been

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.719
 their help.

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.439
 So in this,

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.299
 we see God's

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:13.099
 utter faithfulness.

00:28:13.459 --> 00:28:14.299
 Moses sees

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.839
 his son,

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.439
 Gershom,

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.339
 Eliezer,

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:17.500
 and he sees

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.319
 how faithful

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.539
 God has been.

00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:21.819
 And so Moses

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.039
 greets his father-in-law

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.680
 warmly,

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.839
 and they spend

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.220
 the while

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.920
 catching up

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.940
 in Moses' tent.

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.379
 And it says

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.019
 in verse 8,

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.159
 that Moses told

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.000
 his father-in-law

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.440
 all that the Lord

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.480
 had done

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.099
 to Pharaoh

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.200
 and to the Egyptians

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.379
 for Israel's sake,

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.099
 all the hardship

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:39.079
 that had come upon

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.720
 them in the way,

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.139
 and how the Lord

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:42.720
 had delivered them.

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.759
 So Moses

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.980
 tells Jethro

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.059
 of all the amazing

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.019
 signs that God

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.779
 did in Egypt

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.500
 that he witnessed,

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.279
 how the Lord

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.180
 defeated Egypt

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.720
 and Pharaoh

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.220
 by his mighty hand.

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.200
 But that's not

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.920
 all he tells.

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.620
 He also tells

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.440
 of their hardships

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.279
 and their struggles.

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.299
 He tells his father-in-law,

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.200
 pours out his heart

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.080
 about all the hardship

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.740
 that they faced

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.420
 in the wilderness.

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.160
 If you think

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.320
 about the last few passages,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.100
 it hasn't been

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.740
 an easy journey

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.200
 for Moses.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.720
 People grumbled

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.360
 against him

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.860
 at the bitters

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:11.140
 of waters of Marah.

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.100
 They grumbled

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.600
 against him

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.480
 for lack of food

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.960
 in the wilderness

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.680
 of sin.

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:16.000
 And then they quarreled

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.480
 with him

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.160
 at Massah

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.720
 and Meribah

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.539
 and almost

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.480
 stoned him

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.039
 to death.

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.980
 So Moses

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.740
 is kind of

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.480
 sharing his griefs

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.360
 with his father-in-law.

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.319
 Can you believe

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.920
 what these guys

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.500
 are trying to do

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.839
 to me?

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.339
 But the Lord

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.480
 has delivered

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.279
 them.

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.799
 Think about this

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.259
 for a moment.

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.600
 From a human standpoint,

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:39.519
 this is a fantastic

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.180
 opportunity

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.140
 for Moses

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.759
 to impress

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.559
 his father-in-law.

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.640
 Look at what

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.240
 I've done!

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.279
 Look at what

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.299
 I've done!

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.400
 I just went

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.819
 into one of the

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.460
 most powerful

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.259
 ancient kingdoms

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.319
 in the world

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.759
 and delivered

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.039
 millions of people

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.380
 out of their slavery

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:57.039
 and brought them

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.740
 through the wilderness

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.980
 and here they are!

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.299
 You thought

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.180
 your daughter

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.339
 married a no-name

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.579
 fugitive from Egypt

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:06.579
 but here I am,

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.600
 the great Moses.

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.360
 It's a great opportunity

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:11.079
 for him to do that

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.339
 but Moses

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.279
 doesn't do that.

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.100
 He emphasizes

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.019
 the role

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:18.059
 of the Lord

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.939
 in all of it.

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.959
 He speaks of all

00:30:20.959 --> 00:30:21.959
 that the Lord

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.740
 had done

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.319
 to Pharaoh

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.419
 and to Egyptians

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.519
 and he speaks of

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.379
 how the Lord

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.599
 had delivered

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.699
 Israel.

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.639
 It's about

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.459
 what the Lord

00:30:31.459 --> 00:30:32.000
 has done

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.679
 and not what

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.899
 Moses has done.

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.159
 Likewise,

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.099
 when we

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:38.159
 recount

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.539
 the triumphs

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.179
 and victories

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:41.059
 of our lives,

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.079
 we should give

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.759
 credit

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.639
 where the credit

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.380
 is due

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:46.180
 and glorify

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.820
 God.

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:52.120
 We can take

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.480
 credit

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.360
 in quite subtle

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.800
 ways.

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.800
 There's a difference

00:30:55.800 --> 00:30:56.640
 between saying,

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:59.020
 look at the amazing

00:30:59.020 --> 00:31:00.240
 things that God

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.120
 has done

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.860
 in my life.

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.680
 There's a difference

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.440
 between saying that

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.020
 and saying,

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:07.080
 look at the amazing

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.640
 things that God

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.900
 has done

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.320
 in my life.

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:14.220
 Do you see

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.819
 the difference?

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.139
 What God

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.399
 has done

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.419
 in my life

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.980
 makes me

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.539
 amazing,

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.779
 makes me

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.579
 so mature,

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.500
 makes me

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.460
 so put together,

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.539
 makes me

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.619
 so experienced.

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.740
 If the effect

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.659
 of your testimony

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.779
 is the elevation

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.019
 of your standing

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.980
 before people

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.579
 rather than

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.339
 elevation of

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.419
 God's standing

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.360
 before their eyes,

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.779
 then your emphasis

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.980
 in your testimony

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.700
 is in the wrong

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.300
 place.

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.740
 Because Moses

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.600
 puts the emphasis

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.460
 in the right

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.039
 place,

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.800
 Jethro's response

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:53.740
 in verses 9 to 11

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.400
 is appropriate.

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.400
 It says,

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.779
 Jethro rejoiced

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.700
 for all the good

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.740
 that the Lord

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.560
 had done

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.180
 to Israel

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.440
 in that he

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.160
 had delivered

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.680
 them out of the

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.580
 hand of the Egyptians.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.820
 Jethro said,

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.380
 blessed be the Lord

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.840
 who has delivered

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.480
 you out of the

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.939
 hand of the

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:09.199
 Egyptians

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:09.699
 and out of the

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.439
 hand of Pharaoh

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:11.359
 and has delivered

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.759
 the people

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.299
 from under the

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.759
 hand of the

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.079
 Egyptians.

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:15.339
 Now I know

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:17.359
 that the Lord

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.859
 is greater

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.779
 than all gods

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.779
 because in this

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.599
 affair they dealt

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.539
 arrogantly with

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.339
 the people.

00:32:23.939 --> 00:32:24.779
 Jethro's response

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.439
 is not,

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.359
 wow,

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.500
 I am so lucky

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.539
 to have such

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.099
 an impressive,

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.000
 successful man

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.819
 as my son-in-law.

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:32.579
 No,

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.299
 his response

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.539
 is,

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.539
 wow,

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.980
 the God

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.980
 you serve

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:38.200
 is greater

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.319
 than all

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.919
 the gods.

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.759
 That's,

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.539
 that should be

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.000
 the desire,

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.659
 the heartbeat

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.460
 of every Christian.

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.279
 For people

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.980
 to look at us

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.259
 and say,

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.519
 wow,

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:50.899
 look at,

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.119
 not look at how

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.859
 impressive those

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.639
 Christians are,

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.039
 but for them

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.659
 to look at us

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.079
 and say,

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.859
 look at how

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.659
 amazing

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.919
 their God

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.360
 is.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.300
 And Jethro

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:08.779
 comes to

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.560
 correct conclusion

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:09.940
 that the Lord

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.380
 is greater

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:11.200
 than all the gods.

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.400
 Because the

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.000
 ancient world

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.600
 was so thoroughly

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.140
 religious

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:16.220
 and because

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.820
 God's people

00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.640
 were keenly

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.140
 aware of

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.160
 spiritual realities

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.680
 and that there

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.660
 were spiritual

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.200
 forces,

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.600
 demonic spirits

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.700
 at work

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.660
 among the

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.640
 pagan deities

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.340
 and the

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:27.100
 pagan nations,

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.840
 they sometimes

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.819
 expressed their

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:31.359
 monotheistic faith,

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:31.859
 the belief that

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.259
 there is only

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.319
 one true God

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:35.339
 in henotheistic

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.859
 terms,

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.139
 terms that

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.859
 acknowledge that

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.339
 there are other

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.720
 gods.

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:40.000
 But this is not

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.779
 a denial of

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.659
 their monotheism.

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.199
 There is only

00:33:42.199 --> 00:33:43.199
 one true God,

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.220
 but because all

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.740
 these nations

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.459
 believe in other

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:46.159
 gods and because

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.720
 there are evil

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.480
 spirits at work,

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.500
 they say things

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.939
 like,

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.740
 the Lord is

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.419
 greater than

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:52.179
 all gods.

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.500
 There is no

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.339
 God like

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.119
 our God.

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.159
 God.

00:33:57.239 --> 00:33:58.279
 Jeremiah 2.11

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.059
 makes this clear

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.619
 when God,

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.439
 they're there in

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.919
 that context,

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.899
 God's bemoaning

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.959
 the fact that

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.539
 the Israelites

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.679
 have exchanged

00:34:04.679 --> 00:34:05.359
 God,

00:34:05.479 --> 00:34:06.019
 the true God,

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.679
 for idols.

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:07.779
 And this is what

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.400
 God says in

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.099
 Jeremiah 2.11,

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.339
 has a nation

00:34:10.339 --> 00:34:11.279
 changed its

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.779
 gods?

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.139
 So are there

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.920
 actually gods?

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.219
 It says,

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.859
 has a nation

00:34:15.859 --> 00:34:16.539
 changed its

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.980
 gods,

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:18.000
 even though

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.619
 they are

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.859
 no gods?

00:34:20.859 --> 00:34:22.000
 But my people

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.619
 have changed

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.319
 their glory for

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.859
 that which does

00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:24.460
 not profit.

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.259
 Every other

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:28.239
 nation has

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.699
 not changed

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.199
 its gods,

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.639
 even though

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.119
 their so-called

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.460
 gods are

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.940
 actually not

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.619
 gods at all.

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:33.199
 But it speaks

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.839
 like they are

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.219
 gods.

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.039
 God's people

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.679
 had exchanged

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.259
 the true God

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.880
 for idols.

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.960
 In light of

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.259
 this,

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.819
 Jethro's

00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:41.579
 profession that

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.079
 the Lord is

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.599
 greater than

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.179
 all gods

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.859
 is remarkable.

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.219
 Remember from

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:45.880
 verse 1 that

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.779
 Jethro is the

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.779
 Midianite priest.

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.799
 He is the

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.819
 priest at

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.139
 Midian.

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.199
 He's not only

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.099
 a non-Israelite,

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.679
 a foreigner,

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.559
 a Gentile,

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.539
 he's the

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.639
 priest of

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.659
 Midianite religion,

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.079
 worshiper of a

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.900
 different false

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.360
 deity.

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.679
 And yet after

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.579
 hearing of all

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:04.219
 that Yahweh has

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.320
 done on behalf

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.000
 of the Israelites,

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.119
 he concludes,

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.619
 I know that the

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.440
 Lord is greater

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.400
 than all gods.

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.119
 Knowing God,

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:14.759
 knowing the

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.239
 Lord is a

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:16.259
 major theme in

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.579
 the book of

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.099
 Exodus as we

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.759
 have seen over

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.440
 and over again.

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.659
 Pharaoh claimed,

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.839
 I do not know

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.319
 the Lord.

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.779
 And every time

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.480
 God reveals

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.079
 himself through

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.679
 signs in

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.039
 Egypt,

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:26.159
 his purpose is

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.699
 so that the

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.559
 Egyptians and

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.099
 the Israelites

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.480
 might know

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.980
 him,

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:31.019
 know that he

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.219
 is Yahweh,

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.980
 he is the

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.319
 Lord.

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.920
 The purpose

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.839
 of the

00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:37.779
 Exodus is

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.500
 revelation,

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.559
 to reveal

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.099
 God.

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.099
 But sadly,

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.980
 we saw in the

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.819
 preceding episodes

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.379
 the last two

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:45.039
 weeks that the

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.359
 Israelites,

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.319
 even after all

00:35:46.319 --> 00:35:46.719
 that they had

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.079
 been delivered

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.419
 from,

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.639
 did not rightly

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:50.039
 know God as

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.599
 they ought to.

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.859
 But here is a

00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:53.000
 Gentile pagan

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.599
 worshiper,

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.659
 the priest of

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.519
 Midian professing,

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.619
 I know that the

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.159
 Lord is greater

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.899
 than all gods.

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.539
 This is a humble

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.379
 admission that

00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:01.439
 Yahweh is greater

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:02.339
 even than the

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:02.939
 God of the

00:36:02.939 --> 00:36:03.819
 Midianite religion

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:05.039
 that he is

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.619
 priest of.

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.059
 In fact,

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:08.159
 it may even be a

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.239
 profession of faith

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:10.199
 that Yahweh is

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:11.480
 the only true

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.259
 God.

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.819
 We can see the

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.599
 possibility of that

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.399
 in verse 12.

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.219
 Where it says,

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:17.719
 Jethro,

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:19.039
 Moses' father-in-law,

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.819
 brought a burnt

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:20.359
 offering and

00:36:20.359 --> 00:36:21.279
 sacrifices to

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.839
 God.

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:23.000
 And Aaron came

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.480
 with all the

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.059
 elders of Israel

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.819
 to eat bread

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.439
 with Moses'

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.039
 father-in-law

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:27.299
 before God.

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.779
 This is a

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.439
 preview of the

00:36:29.439 --> 00:36:30.359
 sacrificial system

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:30.859
 that will later

00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:31.519
 be instituted

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.879
 and resembles a

00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:34.059
 fellowship offering

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.379
 that is stipulated

00:36:35.379 --> 00:36:36.239
 in Exodus 20

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:37.239
 and Leviticus 7

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.579
 where they make

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.339
 a burnt offering

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.839
 to God

00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:40.980
 and then God's

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.939
 people share in

00:36:41.939 --> 00:36:42.739
 that meal together

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.919
 to indicate their

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.939
 fellowship with one

00:36:44.939 --> 00:36:45.819
 another and with

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.179
 God.

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:48.239
 So,

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.659
 after being,

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.159
 having been

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.799
 introduced in

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.559
 verse 1 as

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:53.000
 the priest of

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.399
 Midian,

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.000
 Jethro is never

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:56.000
 again called

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.819
 the priest of

00:36:56.819 --> 00:36:57.439
 Midian again

00:36:57.439 --> 00:36:58.139
 in scripture.

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.000
 But he is called

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.039
 repeatedly again

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.459
 and again,

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.579
 13 times to be

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.059
 exact in this

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.379
 passage,

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.859
 Moses'

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.980
 father-in-law,

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.500
 showing that he is

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.199
 a member of

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.139
 Moses' family

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.199
 included in the

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.019
 fellowship of

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.779
 God's people

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.620
 and it's his

00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:12.720
 relation to

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.380
 Moses and

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.920
 his profession

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.840
 of faith

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.620
 in the Lord

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:16.220
 that gives

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.160
 Jethro standing

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.780
 among God's

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.140
 people,

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.240
 not the fact

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.600
 that he is

00:37:19.600 --> 00:37:20.060
 a priest of

00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:20.340
 Midian.

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.340
 And Jethro is

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:24.040
 not afraid to

00:37:24.040 --> 00:37:24.400
 use his

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.060
 standing as

00:37:25.060 --> 00:37:25.320
 Moses'

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.140
 father-in-law

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:27.420
 to give him

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.519
 some fatherly

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.720
 counsel in

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.360
 verses 13 to

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.860
 27.

00:37:32.040 --> 00:37:33.220
 He notices in

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.960
 verse 13

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.740
 that Moses

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.580
 sat to judge

00:37:35.580 --> 00:37:36.000
 the people

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.440
 and the people

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.040
 stood around

00:37:37.040 --> 00:37:37.519
 Moses from

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.160
 morning till

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.640
 evening.

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:40.219
 So we

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.779
 learn here

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.179
 from verse

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:42.059
 15 to 16

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.779
 that Moses

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.319
 hears an

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:43.719
 individual

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.339
 case and

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:45.079
 takes each

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.699
 individual

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.799
 case to

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.359
 the Lord

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:47.819
 in order to

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:48.259
 hear from

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.960
 him and

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.299
 to be able

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.639
 to make

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.119
 a judgment,

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.799
 a decision.

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.019
 And he's

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.500
 the one that

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.900
 in those

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.679
 cases individually

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.819
 teaching people

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.359
 that come to

00:37:55.359 --> 00:37:55.619
 him the

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.219
 statutes of

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.599
 God and

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.159
 his laws.

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.480
 Jethro sees

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.659
 immediately that

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.619
 this is not

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.099
 only a

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.920
 painstakingly

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.940
 slow process,

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.400
 which is why

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:05.879
 people are

00:38:05.879 --> 00:38:06.579
 standing around

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.299
 just waiting

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:08.480
 in line all

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.940
 day.

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.460
 It's testing

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:10.900
 people's

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.420
 patience.

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.780
 But also

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.579
 Jethro sees

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.420
 that his

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.019
 son-in-law

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.500
 is headed

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.800
 toward inevitable

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.480
 burnout.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.440
 So he says

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.820
 to Moses

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.240
 in verses

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:22.199
 17 to 23,

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.800
 what you are

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.579
 doing is not

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.960
 good.

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.219
 You and the

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.740
 people with

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.159
 you will

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.159
 certainly wear

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.940
 yourselves out

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.619
 for the thing

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.760
 is too heavy

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.320
 for you.

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.440
 You're not

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.860
 able to do

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.360
 it alone.

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.019
 Now obey

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.559
 my voice,

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:33.960
 I will give

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.480
 you advice,

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.960
 and God

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.539
 be with you.

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.159
 You shall

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.820
 represent the

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.340
 people before

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:37.820
 God and

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.159
 bring their

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.699
 cases to

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.059
 God,

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:39.659
 and you

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.259
 shall warn

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.859
 them about

00:38:40.859 --> 00:38:41.460
 the statutes

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.980
 and the laws

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.339
 and make

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.859
 them know

00:38:42.859 --> 00:38:43.279
 the way

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.559
 in which

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.960
 they must

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.420
 walk and

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.779
 what they

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.359
 must do.

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.199
 Moreover,

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.399
 look for

00:38:47.399 --> 00:38:48.099
 able men

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.519
 from all

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.920
 the people,

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.379
 men who

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:50.500
 fear God,

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.239
 who are

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.739
 trustworthy

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.259
 and hate

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.799
 a bribe,

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.599
 and place

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.079
 such men

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.379
 over the

00:38:54.379 --> 00:38:54.839
 people as

00:38:54.839 --> 00:38:55.239
 chiefs of

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.619
 thousands,

00:38:55.819 --> 00:38:56.199
 of hundreds,

00:38:56.339 --> 00:38:56.879
 of fifties,

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.519
 and of tens,

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.659
 and let them

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.119
 judge the

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.480
 people at

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.099
 all times.

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.399
 Every great

00:39:01.399 --> 00:39:01.940
 matter they

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.339
 shall bring

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:02.839
 to you,

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.319
 but any

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:04.019
 small matter

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.420
 they shall

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.739
 decide

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.239
 themselves.

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:12.359
 If you do

00:39:12.359 --> 00:39:12.719
 this,

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.579
 God will

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.159
 direct you,

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:14.659
 you will

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.099
 be able to

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.479
 endure,

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.059
 and all

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.500
 these people

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.979
 will also

00:39:16.979 --> 00:39:17.399
 go to their

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:18.179
 place in

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.719
 peace.

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.659
 Jethro's

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.099
 recommendation

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:23.319
 is what in

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.839
 modern days

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:24.439
 people call

00:39:24.439 --> 00:39:25.099
 the principle

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.619
 of subsidiarity.

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.980
 The Oxford

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.380
 English

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.819
 Dictionary

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.279
 defines

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:30.319
 subsidiarity

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.599
 as,

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:30.880
 quote,

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.579
 the principle

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.460
 that a

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.440
 central authority

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.000
 should have

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.219
 a subsidiary

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.779
 function,

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.839
 performing

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.839
 only those

00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:38.679
 tasks which

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.500
 cannot be

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.079
 performed at

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.420
 a more

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.539
 local level.

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.339
 So this

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:44.099
 principle was

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.639
 expounded

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.279
 upon by

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:46.159
 13th century

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.839
 theologian,

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.699
 Italian theologian

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.460
 Thomas Aquinas,

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.460
 as well as

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.679
 by 16th century

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.480
 German lawyer

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.359
 and Calvinist

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:53.199
 political philosopher

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.980
 Johannes

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.839
 Althaus,

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.840
 but the

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.500
 principle is

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.940
 way more

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.440
 ancient than

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.680
 that.

00:39:58.140 --> 00:39:58.620
 It goes

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.160
 all the way

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.680
 back to

00:39:59.680 --> 00:39:59.960
 Moses.

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.180
 This

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.940
 principle is

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:03.240
 codified in

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:04.180
 the laws of

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:04.500
 the United

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.960
 States.

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:05.740
 The

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.079
 Tenth

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.420
 Amendment

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.980
 states,

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:07.820
 quote,

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.400
 the powers

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.340
 not delegated

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.660
 to the

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:09.920
 United

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.620
 States by

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:10.780
 the

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.360
 Constitution

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.079
 nor

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.660
 prohibited

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.180
 by it

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.480
 to the

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.880
 states

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.140
 are

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.539
 reserved

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.900
 to the

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.260
 states

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.920
 respectively

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.780
 or to

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:16.960
 the

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.320
 people.

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.720
 Subsidiarity.

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:19.700
 Our

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:20.120
 federal

00:40:20.120 --> 00:40:20.460
 justice

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.180
 system also

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.820
 reflects this

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.220
 principle

00:40:22.220 --> 00:40:23.260
 with 94

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:24.079
 district

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.539
 courts

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.119
 spread

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.340
 throughout

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.500
 the

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.800
 country

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.159
 serving

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.340
 as

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:26.480
 the

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:26.880
 primary

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.300
 trial

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.719
 courts.

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.440
 And

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.619
 then

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.800
 when

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.079
 issues

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.320
 cannot

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.500
 be

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.840
 resolved

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.139
 there

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.400
 people

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.679
 make

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.279
 appeals

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.519
 which

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.699
 then

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.179
 goes to

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.400
 the

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.840
 13

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.300
 courts

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:33.440
 of

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.920
 appeals

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.659
 and

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:34.800
 then

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:34.940
 if

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.039
 the

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.239
 issues

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:35.619
 still

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:35.980
 remain

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.579
 unresolved

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.759
 then

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:36.880
 it

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.119
 goes

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.480
 to

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.860
 the

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.420
 one

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.920
 U.S.

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.259
 Supreme

00:40:39.259 --> 00:40:39.639
 Court

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.279
 for

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.739
 final

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:41.119
 review

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.440
 and

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.800
 judgment.

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.460
 This

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.679
 is the

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.039
 principle

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.300
 of

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.300
 subsidiarity.

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.539
 It's

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.679
 a

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.119
 wise

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.619
 and

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.139
 biblical

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:47.199
 principle.

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:49.019
 And

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.559
 note

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.759
 that

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.039
 this is

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.599
 not merely

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.299
 Jethro's

00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:51.920
 good idea

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.000
 it's

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.440
 actually

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.920
 ultimately

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.440
 God

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.880
 who is

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.339
 directing

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:55.799
 Moses

00:40:55.799 --> 00:40:56.099
 and the

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.400
 Israelites

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.900
 this way.

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:57.839
 That's

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:58.179
 why it

00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:58.500
 says in

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.159
 verse 23

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.719
 if you

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.380
 do this

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.259
 God

00:41:01.259 --> 00:41:01.679
 will

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.099
 direct

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.400
 you.

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.339
 The

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:03.639
 NIV

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.179
 translates

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.319
 it

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:04.460
 this

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.619
 way

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:04.900
 if you

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.039
 do

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.400
 this

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.940
 and

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.299
 God

00:41:06.299 --> 00:41:06.679
 so

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:07.440
 commands

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.960
 Moses

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.639
 follows

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.960
 his

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.619
 father-in-law's

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.159
 advice

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:12.460
 because

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.699
 he

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.059
 believes

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.219
 that

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:13.420
 this

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.659
 is

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:13.819
 in

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.019
 fact

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.199
 what

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.480
 God

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.639
 is

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.159
 commanding.

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.879
 Once

00:41:17.879 --> 00:41:18.099
 again

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.259
 we

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.440
 see

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.659
 that

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:18.879
 God

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.500
 appoints

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.819
 weak

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.319
 people

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:20.659
 to

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:20.940
 carry

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.179
 out

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.339
 his

00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:21.759
 weighty

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:22.199
 purposes

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.559
 with

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.920
 help

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.199
 from

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.559
 others.

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.299
 God

00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:25.739
 makes

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.299
 babies

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:26.639
 to be

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:26.920
 born

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.319
 within

00:41:27.319 --> 00:41:27.960
 families.

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:28.440
 We're

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:28.879
 celebrating

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.159
 the

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.599
 Miller's

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:29.879
 new

00:41:29.879 --> 00:41:30.179
 baby

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.719
 this

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.119
 weekend.

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.699
 They're

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.879
 all

00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.199
 born

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.799
 into

00:41:33.799 --> 00:41:34.279
 families.

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.539
 Yeah.

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.139
 And

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.420
 he

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.819
 makes

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.279
 families

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:38.639
 function

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:39.000
 within

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.319
 larger

00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:39.839
 societies.

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.619
 Similarly

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:41.920
 God

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.299
 places

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:42.599
 every

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.099
 Christian

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.460
 within

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.759
 the

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.039
 family

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.219
 of

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.500
 God

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.739
 when

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:44.839
 they

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:44.960
 are

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.159
 born

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.440
 again

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.639
 through

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:45.960
 repentance

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.159
 and

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.379
 faith

00:41:46.379 --> 00:41:46.539
 in

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.920
 Jesus.

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.679
 The

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.119
 church

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:49.299
 and

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.559
 because

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.099
 we

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.539
 need

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:50.779
 each

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:51.059
 other

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:52.039
 because

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.259
 we

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.460
 cannot

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.079
 function

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.799
 alone

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.319
 God

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.779
 places

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.039
 us

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.379
 in

00:41:55.379 --> 00:41:55.839
 local

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.079
 church

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.500
 families.

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:57.500
 The

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.779
 lead

00:41:57.779 --> 00:41:58.219
 pastor

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.440
 of

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.519
 a

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.739
 local

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.179
 church

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.619
 does

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.839
 not

00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.099
 make

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.279
 all

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.379
 the

00:42:00.379 --> 00:42:00.759
 decisions

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.000
 by

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.460
 himself.

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.859
 In

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.039
 our

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.259
 church

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.440
 we

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:03.659
 have

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:03.799
 a

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.319
 plurality

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:04.440
 of

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.759
 elders

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.359
 so

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:05.480
 that

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.619
 there

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.739
 is

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.259
 accountability

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.839
 and

00:42:06.839 --> 00:42:07.219
 counsel

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.439
 from

00:42:07.439 --> 00:42:07.699
 other

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.039
 wise

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.319
 elders.

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:08.980
 We

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.179
 also

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.559
 have

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.159
 deacons

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.839
 who

00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:12.299
 attend

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:12.459
 to

00:42:12.459 --> 00:42:12.619
 the

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.059
 physical

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.879
 temporal

00:42:13.879 --> 00:42:14.279
 needs

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:14.599
 of

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:14.779
 the

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.059
 church

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.459
 members

00:42:15.459 --> 00:42:15.639
 in

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:15.779
 our

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:16.119
 church

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.079
 things

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.399
 like

00:42:17.399 --> 00:42:17.619
 food

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.799
 and

00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:18.079
 water

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.519
 housing

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.939
 health

00:42:18.939 --> 00:42:19.199
 care

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.599
 etc.

00:42:23.939 --> 00:42:24.399
 Lauren's

00:42:24.399 --> 00:42:24.619
 one of

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:24.759
 our

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.179
 deacons

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.919
 but

00:42:25.919 --> 00:42:26.819
 she's

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:27.079
 on

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.339
 maternity

00:42:28.339 --> 00:42:28.639
 leave

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:28.819
 so

00:42:28.819 --> 00:42:29.099
 don't

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.419
 go to

00:42:29.419 --> 00:42:29.539
 her

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:29.699
 if

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:29.779
 you

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:29.959
 have

00:42:29.959 --> 00:42:30.139
 those

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.379
 issues

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:30.559
 for

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:30.659
 a

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:30.759
 little

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.000
 bit.

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.099
 You

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.219
 can

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.500
 go to

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:32.919
 John

00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.679
 so

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.139
 he's

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.379
 kind

00:42:34.379 --> 00:42:34.480
 of

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.619
 on

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.019
 paternity

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.239
 leave

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:35.399
 but

00:42:35.399 --> 00:42:35.579
 we're

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:35.759
 kind

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:35.819
 of

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.019
 bringing

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.160
 him

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:36.420
 back.

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.740
 In

00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:39.900
 a

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.100
 much

00:42:40.100 --> 00:42:40.480
 smaller

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.920
 scale

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:42.180
 Israel

00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:42.460
 is

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.840
 millions

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.019
 of

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.220
 people

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:43.380
 by

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:43.559
 this

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:43.860
 point

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.420
 the

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.840
 principle

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.039
 of

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.780
 subsidiarity

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.200
 functions

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:46.460
 even

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.620
 in

00:42:46.620 --> 00:42:46.760
 our

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.140
 church.

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.500
 Decisions

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.720
 that

00:42:48.720 --> 00:42:49.000
 don't

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.440
 require

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.980
 pastoral

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.420
 oversight

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.640
 are

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.440
 made

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:51.620
 by

00:42:51.620 --> 00:42:51.860
 other

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.160
 leaders

00:42:52.160 --> 00:42:52.320
 in

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:52.440
 the

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.760
 church.

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:54.559
 Note

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.740
 that

00:42:54.740 --> 00:42:55.400
 subsidiarity

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.740
 doesn't

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.120
 flatten

00:42:56.120 --> 00:42:56.400
 out

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:56.620
 the

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:56.880
 leadership

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.260
 structure

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:57.800
 altogether.

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.720
 Moses

00:42:58.720 --> 00:42:58.980
 does

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.220
 not

00:42:59.220 --> 00:42:59.760
 abdicate

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.000
 his

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.380
 leadership

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.160
 responsibility

00:43:01.160 --> 00:43:02.019
 but

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.220
 he

00:43:02.220 --> 00:43:02.519
 still

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.220
 has

00:43:03.220 --> 00:43:03.420
 to

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:03.700
 lead

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:03.880
 the

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.080
 people

00:43:04.080 --> 00:43:04.220
 of

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:04.519
 God

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:05.160
 but

00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:05.280
 he

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.500
 does

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.800
 not

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.159
 bear

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.360
 the

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.619
 burden

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:06.760
 of

00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:07.099
 leadership

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.579
 alone.

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.380
 The

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:09.920
 criteria

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.360
 for the

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.699
 officers

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:10.940
 of

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.059
 the

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.300
 church

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.519
 the

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:11.820
 elders

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.099
 and

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.440
 deacons

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.619
 are

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.099
 primarily

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.539
 matters

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:13.739
 of

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.280
 character

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:14.800
 not

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.539
 competence

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:16.860
 apart

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.099
 from

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.239
 the

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:17.460
 fact

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.639
 that

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:17.980
 elders

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.420
 need

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:18.519
 to

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.639
 be

00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:18.800
 able

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.019
 to

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.679
 teach

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:21.539
 all

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:21.719
 the

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.280
 requirements

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.579
 in

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.940
 1 Timothy

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.280
 3

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:23.619
 are

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.139
 character

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.780
 requirements.

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:25.659
 Same

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:25.820
 is

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.019
 true

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.239
 here

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.380
 in

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.599
 Exodus

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:26.960
 18

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.500
 21.

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:27.920
 What

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.159
 does

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:29.139
 Jethro

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.420
 say?

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.039
 Look

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.280
 for

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.760
 able

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.119
 men

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.340
 from

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:31.559
 all

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:31.719
 the

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.079
 people

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.699
 men

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:32.900
 who

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.440
 fear

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.940
 God

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.139
 who

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.260
 are

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.740
 trustworthy

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.500
 and

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.820
 hate

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:35.960
 a

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.400
 bribe.

00:43:37.240 --> 00:43:37.559
 The

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.840
 word

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.280
 able

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.679
 sounds

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:38.900
 like

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.059
 it's

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.360
 speaking

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.659
 of

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.880
 jurisprudential

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.460
 expertise

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.139
 but it's

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.880
 not

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.220
 speaking

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:43.400
 of

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.599
 that

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:43.840
 it's

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.079
 actually

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.740
 translating

00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:44.960
 the

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.220
 same

00:43:45.220 --> 00:43:45.460
 Hebrew

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.780
 word

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:45.920
 that

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.019
 is

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.440
 translated

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:46.599
 in

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.820
 Proverbs

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.440
 31

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:48.039
 to

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.579
 describe

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:48.820
 the

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.380
 excellent

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:49.820
 wife

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.000
 the

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.260
 wife

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:50.380
 of

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.619
 noble

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.119
 character.

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:51.960
 It's

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.099
 the

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.360
 same

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.639
 word

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:52.780
 that

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:52.900
 is

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.119
 used

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.440
 to

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:54.059
 describe

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.639
 Boaz

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:54.860
 in

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.139
 Ruth

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.460
 as

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.760
 a

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.159
 worthy

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:56.720
 man

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:57.220
 and

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:57.480
 Ruth

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:57.720
 as

00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:57.900
 a

00:43:57.900 --> 00:43:58.280
 worthy

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.840
 woman.

00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:00.700
 The

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.079
 following

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.500
 phrases

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.980
 unpack

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.440
 what it

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.640
 means

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:02.820
 for

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:02.940
 them

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.059
 to

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.200
 be

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.620
 able

00:44:03.620 --> 00:44:04.000
 men.

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:04.460
 They

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:04.579
 are

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.880
 men

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.160
 who

00:44:05.160 --> 00:44:05.740
 fear

00:44:05.740 --> 00:44:06.200
 God

00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:06.360
 who

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.500
 are

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.039
 trustworthy

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.400
 and

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:07.700
 hate

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:07.840
 a

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.240
 bribe.

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:08.840
 To

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.240
 fear

00:44:09.240 --> 00:44:09.620
 God

00:44:09.620 --> 00:44:09.780
 is

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:09.940
 to

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.320
 live

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:10.720
 ever

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.180
 before

00:44:11.180 --> 00:44:11.400
 the

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.800
 presence

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.019
 of

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.360
 God

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.980
 under

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.200
 the

00:44:13.200 --> 00:44:13.660
 authority

00:44:13.660 --> 00:44:13.900
 of

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.240
 God

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:14.660
 for

00:44:14.660 --> 00:44:14.860
 the

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.140
 glory

00:44:15.140 --> 00:44:15.340
 of

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.620
 God.

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.800
 Such

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.160
 men

00:44:17.160 --> 00:44:17.360
 are

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.880
 trustworthy

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.620
 even

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:18.840
 when

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.019
 no

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.140
 one

00:44:19.140 --> 00:44:19.260
 is

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:19.640
 watching

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.380
 because

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.539
 they

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:20.700
 know

00:44:20.700 --> 00:44:20.860
 that

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.079
 God

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.240
 is

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.600
 watching.

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.019
 And

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.260
 such

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:23.519
 men

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.840
 hate

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:24.000
 a

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.440
 bribe

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:24.980
 because

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.179
 they

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.340
 know

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.539
 that

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:26.019
 bribe

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.920
 subverts

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:27.539
 justice

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:27.980
 and

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.199
 because

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:28.539
 they

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:28.860
 know

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:28.980
 that

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.079
 they

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.159
 will

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.340
 have

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.440
 to

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.559
 give

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:29.659
 an

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:29.920
 account

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.079
 to

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.360
 God

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:30.920
 even

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.139
 if

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:31.300
 they

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:31.440
 can

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.639
 get

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:31.880
 away

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.059
 with

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.240
 taking

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:32.380
 a

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.619
 bribe

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:32.860
 among

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.159
 men.

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.599
 If

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:35.800
 we

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.380
 gave

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.019
 more

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.440
 weight

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.300
 to a

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:38.800
 person's

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.240
 character

00:44:39.240 --> 00:44:40.039
 than

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.320
 to a

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:40.800
 person's

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.300
 wealth

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:42.679
 celebrity

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:44.119
 verbal

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:45.019
 pugilism

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:46.559
 genealogy

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:47.460
 or

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:47.980
 academic

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.539
 pedigree

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:48.780
 when

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.360
 electing

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.740
 public

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.320
 officials

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.139
 I

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.340
 think

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.519
 our

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:51.900
 country

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.119
 would

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.219
 be

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.440
 much

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:52.679
 better

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.199
 off.

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:56.460
 This

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:56.780
 passage

00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:57.219
 is also

00:44:57.219 --> 00:44:57.360
 a

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:57.599
 helpful

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.019
 reminder

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.340
 of the

00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:58.780
 importance

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.099
 of

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.699
 humility

00:44:59.699 --> 00:44:59.940
 and

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.320
 leadership.

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:01.380
 It

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:01.559
 might

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:01.880
 not

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.139
 have

00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:02.280
 been

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:02.639
 easy

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:02.880
 for

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.179
 Moses

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:03.579
 to

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:03.840
 listen

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.059
 to

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.480
 Jethro's

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.940
 advice.

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:06.480
 Many

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.880
 of you

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.199
 have

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.740
 heard

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.699
 the

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:09.440
 dreaded

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:10.599
 unsolicited

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:11.119
 advice

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.639
 from your

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:12.119
 in-laws

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.400
 in the

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:12.800
 past.

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:16.059
 Some

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.260
 of you

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:16.440
 have

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:17.300
 wonderful

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.760
 in-laws

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.659
 and you

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:19.380
 desire

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:19.579
 their

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:19.920
 advice

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.199
 some

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:20.480
 of you

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:20.960
 don't.

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.400
 And

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:24.700
 remember

00:45:24.700 --> 00:45:24.960
 also

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.139
 that

00:45:25.139 --> 00:45:25.480
 Moses

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:25.700
 is

00:45:25.700 --> 00:45:25.800
 the

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:25.940
 one

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.099
 that

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:26.360
 holds

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:26.519
 the

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:26.780
 staff

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:26.920
 of

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:27.099
 God

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.220
 in

00:45:27.220 --> 00:45:27.360
 his

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:27.680
 hand.

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:29.700
 He

00:45:29.700 --> 00:45:29.940
 just

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.440
 defeated

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.360
 Egypt.

00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:32.740
 He's

00:45:32.740 --> 00:45:33.019
 a big

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.280
 shot

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:33.440
 if

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:33.860
 there

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.019
 ever

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.280
 was

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:34.559
 one.

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:35.940
 And

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.340
 Jethro

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:36.619
 is

00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:36.920
 his

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.579
 lowly

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.559
 elderly

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:39.960
 father-in-law.

00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.200
 A

00:45:41.200 --> 00:45:41.539
 recent

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.059
 convert

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:42.280
 if

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:42.740
 anything.

00:45:43.220 --> 00:45:43.360
 A

00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:43.619
 priest

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:43.780
 of

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:43.960
 Midian.

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.139
 What

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.280
 does

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:44.440
 he

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:44.720
 know?

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.320
 I

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:46.599
 talked

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:46.800
 to

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.280
 God.

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:48.059
 Who

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:48.180
 are

00:45:48.180 --> 00:45:48.480
 you?

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.539
 No,

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:51.800
 that's

00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:52.019
 not

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.300
 Moses'

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:52.900
 response.

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:55.700
 Moses is

00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:55.960
 humble

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.240
 enough

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:56.400
 to

00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:56.700
 know

00:45:56.700 --> 00:45:57.280
 that

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:57.380
 he

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:57.579
 does

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:57.780
 not

00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:58.019
 have

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.139
 a

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:58.500
 monopoly

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.740
 on

00:45:58.740 --> 00:45:59.059
 godly

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.380
 wisdom.

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.039
 He's

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.300
 humble

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:01.539
 enough

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:01.700
 to

00:46:01.700 --> 00:46:02.160
 recognize

00:46:02.160 --> 00:46:03.079
 that

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:03.300
 his

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.660
 outward

00:46:03.660 --> 00:46:04.240
 successes

00:46:04.240 --> 00:46:04.599
 had

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.000
 nothing

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.320
 to do

00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:05.500
 with

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:05.700
 him

00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:05.840
 and

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:06.160
 everything

00:46:06.160 --> 00:46:06.400
 to

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:06.539
 do

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:06.700
 with

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:07.019
 God.

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.099
 He's

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:09.380
 humble

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:09.619
 enough

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:09.760
 to

00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:09.960
 know

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.160
 that

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:10.380
 even

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:10.880
 his

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.740
 newly

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.380
 converted

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:13.760
 Midianite

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:14.539
 father-in-law

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.599
 can give

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:15.920
 him

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.360
 good

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:17.740
 godly

00:46:17.740 --> 00:46:18.780
 advice.

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:20.360
 This

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:20.480
 is

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:20.720
 something

00:46:20.720 --> 00:46:20.920
 that

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.040
 we

00:46:21.040 --> 00:46:21.220
 all

00:46:21.220 --> 00:46:21.480
 have

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:21.600
 to

00:46:21.600 --> 00:46:21.980
 remember

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:23.080
 especially

00:46:23.080 --> 00:46:23.480
 those

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:23.660
 of

00:46:23.660 --> 00:46:23.880
 us

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:24.060
 in

00:46:24.060 --> 00:46:24.380
 leadership

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:24.880
 positions

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.060
 in

00:46:25.060 --> 00:46:25.180
 the

00:46:25.180 --> 00:46:25.480
 church.

00:46:27.180 --> 00:46:27.740
 I

00:46:27.740 --> 00:46:27.860
 don't

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:27.960
 know

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:28.060
 if

00:46:28.060 --> 00:46:28.220
 you

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:28.640
 noticed

00:46:28.640 --> 00:46:29.060
 but

00:46:29.060 --> 00:46:29.420
 there

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.540
 are

00:46:29.540 --> 00:46:29.780
 actually

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:30.040
 many

00:46:30.040 --> 00:46:30.560
 parallels

00:46:30.560 --> 00:46:30.980
 between

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.680
 the

00:46:31.680 --> 00:46:32.000
 passage

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.360
 about

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:33.060
 Amalek's

00:46:33.060 --> 00:46:33.400
 attack

00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:33.560
 of

00:46:33.560 --> 00:46:33.900
 Israel

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.620
 and

00:46:34.620 --> 00:46:35.220
 Jethro's

00:46:35.220 --> 00:46:35.500
 greeting

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.720
 of

00:46:35.720 --> 00:46:36.120
 Israel.

00:46:36.680 --> 00:46:36.960
 There's

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.160
 an

00:46:37.160 --> 00:46:37.640
 intentional

00:46:37.640 --> 00:46:38.240
 contrast

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:38.740
 being set

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:38.860
 up

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.100
 between

00:46:39.100 --> 00:46:39.240
 the

00:46:39.240 --> 00:46:39.400
 two

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:39.840
 passages.

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.280
 Chapter

00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:41.740
 17

00:46:41.740 --> 00:46:41.960
 verse

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.200
 8

00:46:42.200 --> 00:46:42.420
 says

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:42.580
 that

00:46:42.580 --> 00:46:43.080
 Amalek

00:46:43.080 --> 00:46:43.760
 came

00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:44.140
 and

00:46:44.140 --> 00:46:44.800
 fought

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.080
 with

00:46:45.080 --> 00:46:45.460
 Israel.

00:46:46.080 --> 00:46:46.340
 Chapter

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:46.800
 18

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:47.060
 verses

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:51.220
 Jethro

00:46:51.220 --> 00:46:53.500
 came

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.180
 to

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:55.480
 ask

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.420
 for

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:56.860
 war.

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:57.340
 Jethro

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.920
 comes

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.440
 for

00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:59.040
 peace.

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:00.160
 Exodus

00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:00.620
 17

00:47:00.620 --> 00:47:00.920
 8

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.060
 to

00:47:01.060 --> 00:47:01.440
 16

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.880
 repeatedly

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.200
 speak

00:47:02.200 --> 00:47:02.320
 of

00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:02.460
 how

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.760
 Moses

00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:03.000
 has

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.140
 to

00:47:03.140 --> 00:47:03.360
 raise

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.519
 up

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:03.700
 his

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:04.220
 hand

00:47:04.220 --> 00:47:04.460
 with

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:04.600
 the

00:47:04.600 --> 00:47:04.800
 step

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:04.960
 of

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.220
 God

00:47:05.220 --> 00:47:05.680
 against

00:47:05.680 --> 00:47:05.860
 the

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.480
 Amalekites.

00:47:07.100 --> 00:47:07.300
 But

00:47:07.300 --> 00:47:07.420
 in

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.640
 Exodus

00:47:07.640 --> 00:47:08.040
 18

00:47:08.040 --> 00:47:08.240
 1

00:47:08.240 --> 00:47:08.320
 to

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:08.620
 12

00:47:08.620 --> 00:47:09.160
 Jethro

00:47:09.160 --> 00:47:09.540
 repeatedly

00:47:09.540 --> 00:47:09.860
 speaks

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:09.980
 of

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.120
 how

00:47:10.120 --> 00:47:10.320
 the

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:10.740
 Lord

00:47:10.740 --> 00:47:11.900
 delivered

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.400
 Israel

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:12.700
 out

00:47:12.700 --> 00:47:12.760
 of

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:12.900
 the

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.340
 hand

00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:13.700
 of

00:47:13.700 --> 00:47:13.860
 the

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.280
 Egyptians.

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.820
 Chapter

00:47:15.820 --> 00:47:16.220
 17

00:47:16.220 --> 00:47:16.440
 verse

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:16.760
 8

00:47:16.760 --> 00:47:17.120
 Moses

00:47:17.120 --> 00:47:17.500
 tells

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:17.900
 Joshua

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.500
 choose

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:18.739
 for

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:19.000
 us

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.460
 men

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:19.840
 to

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:20.000
 go

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:20.179
 out

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.340
 in

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:20.719
 war.

00:47:21.260 --> 00:47:21.559
 Chapter

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:21.940
 18

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:22.139
 verse

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.699
 25

00:47:22.699 --> 00:47:23.300
 Moses

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:24.139
 chooses

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.719
 able

00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:25.199
 men

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:25.739
 to

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:26.039
 help

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.360
 judge

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:26.519
 the

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.780
 people

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:26.940
 in

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.179
 times

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.340
 of

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:27.719
 peace.

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:28.820
 Chapter

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.320
 17

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:29.539
 verse

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:29.820
 12

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:30.139
 Moses

00:47:30.139 --> 00:47:30.699
 sits

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:31.119
 down

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.300
 to

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:31.599
 hold

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:31.739
 up

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:31.860
 the

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.079
 staff

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.219
 of

00:47:32.219 --> 00:47:32.440
 God

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:32.760
 until

00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:32.940
 the

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:33.159
 going

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:33.380
 down

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.500
 of

00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:33.639
 the

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:33.960
 sun.

00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:34.639
 In

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:34.840
 chapter

00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:35.179
 18

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.380
 verse

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:35.699
 13

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:36.019
 Moses

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.559
 sits

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:36.960
 down

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:37.159
 to

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:37.519
 judge

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:37.699
 the

00:47:37.699 --> 00:47:38.119
 people

00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:38.619
 from

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:39.000
 morning

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:39.260
 till

00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:39.599
 evening.

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.539
 And

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:40.860
 finally

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:41.059
 in

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.219
 chapter

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:41.699
 17

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:41.920
 verse

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.280
 12

00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:42.659
 Moses

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.300
 hands

00:47:43.300 --> 00:47:43.659
 grew

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:44.179
 weary

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:45.139
 or

00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:45.500
 literally

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:45.799
 his

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:46.199
 hands

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:46.500
 grew

00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:47.079
 heavy

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.920
 and

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:48.279
 Aaron

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:48.460
 and

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:48.599
 her

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:48.779
 had

00:47:48.779 --> 00:47:48.899
 to

00:47:48.899 --> 00:47:49.159
 help

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:49.299
 him

00:47:49.299 --> 00:47:49.440
 bear

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:49.599
 the

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:49.899
 weight

00:47:49.899 --> 00:47:50.460
 and

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:50.639
 in

00:47:50.639 --> 00:47:51.460
 1818

00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:51.839
 Jethro

00:47:51.839 --> 00:47:52.059
 says

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:52.219
 to

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:52.480
 Moses

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:53.000
 the

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.279
 thing

00:47:53.279 --> 00:47:53.539
 is

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.079
 too

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.799
 heavy

00:47:54.799 --> 00:47:55.379
 for

00:47:55.379 --> 00:47:55.679
 you

00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:55.859
 it's

00:47:55.859 --> 00:47:56.039
 the

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:56.379
 same

00:47:56.379 --> 00:47:56.619
 Hebrew

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.039
 word

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.659
 and

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:58.379
 counsels

00:47:58.379 --> 00:47:58.599
 him

00:47:58.599 --> 00:47:58.759
 to

00:47:58.759 --> 00:47:59.119
 appoint

00:47:59.119 --> 00:47:59.460
 worthy

00:47:59.460 --> 00:47:59.679
 men

00:47:59.679 --> 00:47:59.819
 to

00:47:59.819 --> 00:48:00.000
 help

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:00.139
 him

00:48:00.139 --> 00:48:00.359
 bear

00:48:00.359 --> 00:48:00.539
 the

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:00.879
 weight.

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:02.539
 So

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:02.699
 in

00:48:02.699 --> 00:48:02.920
 this

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.239
 way

00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:03.799
 Amalek

00:48:03.799 --> 00:48:04.039
 and

00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:04.440
 Jethro

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:04.759
 are

00:48:04.759 --> 00:48:05.259
 case

00:48:05.259 --> 00:48:05.799
 studies

00:48:05.799 --> 00:48:06.940
 studies

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:07.139
 in

00:48:07.139 --> 00:48:07.799
 contrast

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.539
 of

00:48:08.539 --> 00:48:08.899
 how

00:48:08.899 --> 00:48:09.199
 even

00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:10.159
 Gentiles

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:10.819
 can

00:48:10.819 --> 00:48:11.539
 inherit

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:12.259
 God's

00:48:13.659 --> 00:48:14.059
 first

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:14.739
 based

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:14.980
 on

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.920
 their

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:16.460
 response

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:16.779
 toward

00:48:16.779 --> 00:48:17.139
 God

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:17.299
 and

00:48:17.299 --> 00:48:17.500
 toward

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.779
 God's

00:48:17.779 --> 00:48:18.039
 people

00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:19.659
 because

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:20.159
 Amalek

00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:20.599
 comes to

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:20.799
 war

00:48:20.799 --> 00:48:21.079
 against

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:21.399
 God's

00:48:21.399 --> 00:48:21.699
 people

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:22.219
 the

00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:22.480
 Lord

00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:22.779
 will

00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:23.059
 war

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.379
 against

00:48:23.379 --> 00:48:23.619
 him

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.079
 generation

00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:24.339
 after

00:48:24.339 --> 00:48:24.859
 generation

00:48:24.859 --> 00:48:25.659
 because

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:26.059
 Jethro

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.359
 comes

00:48:26.359 --> 00:48:26.539
 in

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:26.839
 peace

00:48:26.839 --> 00:48:27.079
 toward

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:27.379
 God's

00:48:27.379 --> 00:48:27.679
 people

00:48:27.679 --> 00:48:28.199
 the

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:28.399
 Lord

00:48:28.399 --> 00:48:28.799
 allows

00:48:28.799 --> 00:48:28.920
 him

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:29.059
 to

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.440
 join

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:30.039
 God's

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:30.339
 covenant

00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:30.799
 people

00:48:30.799 --> 00:48:31.920
 even

00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:32.119
 the

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:32.719
 Gentiles

00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:32.960
 can

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.579
 believe

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.059
 in

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:34.219
 the

00:48:34.219 --> 00:48:34.480
 Lord

00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:34.659
 and

00:48:34.659 --> 00:48:34.819
 be

00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:35.279
 included

00:48:35.279 --> 00:48:36.579
 this

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:36.699
 is

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:36.839
 a

00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:37.279
 fulfillment

00:48:37.279 --> 00:48:37.519
 of

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:37.699
 what

00:48:37.699 --> 00:48:37.940
 God

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:38.079
 had

00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:38.420
 promised

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:38.859
 Abraham

00:48:38.859 --> 00:48:39.139
 in

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:39.399
 Genesis

00:48:39.399 --> 00:48:39.759
 chapter

00:48:39.759 --> 00:48:40.159
 12

00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:40.799
 he

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:40.920
 said

00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:16.140
 17

00:49:16.140 --> 00:49:16.460
 verse

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:16.900
 15

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:17.960
 when

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:18.320
 Moses

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:18.720
 builds

00:49:18.720 --> 00:49:18.880
 an

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.160
 altar

00:49:19.160 --> 00:49:19.800
 he

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:20.100
 names

00:49:20.100 --> 00:49:20.240
 it

00:49:20.240 --> 00:49:20.380
 the

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:20.700
 Lord

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:21.100
 is

00:49:21.100 --> 00:49:21.440
 my

00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:21.840
 banner

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:22.900
 the

00:49:22.900 --> 00:49:23.260
 Lord

00:49:23.260 --> 00:49:23.660
 is

00:49:23.660 --> 00:49:23.880
 the

00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:24.300
 signal

00:49:24.300 --> 00:49:24.560
 or

00:49:24.560 --> 00:49:25.100
 flag

00:49:25.100 --> 00:49:25.360
 under

00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:25.700
 which

00:49:25.700 --> 00:49:25.900
 the

00:49:25.900 --> 00:49:26.100
 people

00:49:26.100 --> 00:49:26.240
 of

00:49:26.240 --> 00:49:26.440
 God

00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:26.860
 gather

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:27.039
 in

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:27.360
 battle

00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:28.960
 many

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.080
 of

00:49:29.080 --> 00:49:29.160
 you

00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:29.300
 are

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:29.660
 probably

00:49:29.660 --> 00:49:30.160
 familiar

00:49:30.160 --> 00:49:30.640
 with

00:49:30.640 --> 00:49:30.980
 the

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:31.380
 iconic

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:31.820
 photo

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:32.360
 entitled

00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:33.320
 Raising

00:49:33.320 --> 00:49:33.480
 the

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:33.940
 Flag

00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:34.100
 on

00:49:34.100 --> 00:49:34.380
 Iwo

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:34.660
 Jima

00:49:34.660 --> 00:49:35.019
 you

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:35.280
 guys

00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:35.860
 aware

00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:36.539
 of

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:36.740
 that

00:49:36.740 --> 00:49:37.260
 picture

00:49:37.260 --> 00:49:38.140
 it's

00:49:38.140 --> 00:49:38.460
 taken

00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:38.740
 by

00:49:38.740 --> 00:49:38.880
 the

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:39.240
 photographer

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:39.600
 Joel

00:49:39.600 --> 00:49:40.260
 Rosenthal

00:49:40.260 --> 00:49:41.260
 during

00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:41.520
 World

00:49:41.520 --> 00:49:41.680
 War

00:49:41.680 --> 00:49:41.960
 II

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.440
 taken

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:42.620
 on

00:49:42.620 --> 00:49:42.820
 February

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:43.440
 23rd

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:43.860
 1945

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:44.760
 one

00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:44.840
 of

00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:44.940
 the

00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:45.160
 most

00:49:45.160 --> 00:49:45.740
 recognizable

00:49:45.740 --> 00:49:46.100
 images

00:49:46.100 --> 00:49:46.560
 from

00:49:46.560 --> 00:49:46.760
 World

00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:46.900
 War

00:49:46.900 --> 00:49:47.180
 II

00:49:47.180 --> 00:49:47.580
 from

00:49:47.580 --> 00:49:47.880
 any

00:49:47.880 --> 00:49:48.080
 war

00:49:48.080 --> 00:49:48.240
 in

00:49:48.240 --> 00:49:48.540
 fact

00:49:48.540 --> 00:49:49.240
 it

00:49:49.240 --> 00:49:49.380
 was

00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:49.700
 taken

00:49:49.700 --> 00:49:50.220
 nearly

00:49:50.220 --> 00:49:50.700
 after

00:49:50.700 --> 00:49:51.200
 two

00:49:51.200 --> 00:49:51.460
 months

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:51.640
 of

00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:52.000
 fight

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.260
 hard

00:49:52.260 --> 00:49:52.460
 fought

00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:52.760
 battle

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:52.880
 on

00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:52.960
 the

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:53.240
 island

00:49:53.240 --> 00:49:53.380
 of

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:53.600
 Iwo

00:49:53.600 --> 00:49:53.840
 Jima

00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:54.580
 the

00:49:54.580 --> 00:49:55.000
 island

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.380
 was

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:56.020
 significant

00:49:56.020 --> 00:49:56.980
 tactically

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:57.160
 in

00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:57.380
 war

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:57.760
 because

00:49:57.760 --> 00:49:58.020
 there

00:49:58.020 --> 00:49:58.180
 was

00:49:58.180 --> 00:49:58.380
 a

00:49:58.380 --> 00:49:59.520
 mountain

00:49:59.520 --> 00:49:59.780
 on

00:49:59.780 --> 00:50:00.020
 top

00:50:00.020 --> 00:50:00.160
 of

00:50:00.160 --> 00:50:00.300
 it

00:50:00.300 --> 00:50:01.040
 and

00:50:01.040 --> 00:50:01.220
 it

00:50:01.220 --> 00:50:01.500
 gave

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:01.800
 people

00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:01.920
 the

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.199
 ability

00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:02.420
 to

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:02.800
 spot

00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:03.039
 what

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:03.179
 the

00:50:03.179 --> 00:50:03.460
 enemies

00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:03.659
 were

00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:04.000
 doing

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.260
 and

00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:04.420
 to

00:50:04.420 --> 00:50:04.960
 accurately

00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:05.900
 aim

00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:06.280
 their

00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:06.820
 artillery

00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:07.860
 and

00:50:07.860 --> 00:50:08.079
 so

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:08.420
 toward

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:08.599
 the

00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:08.820
 end

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:08.920
 of

00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:09.019
 the

00:50:09.019 --> 00:50:09.280
 battle

00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:09.699
 six

00:50:09.699 --> 00:50:10.039
 U.S.

00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:10.440
 Marines

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:11.039
 climbed up

00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:11.159
 the

00:50:11.159 --> 00:50:11.440
 mountain

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:12.019
 to raise

00:50:12.019 --> 00:50:12.480
 the

00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:12.880
 American

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:13.260
 flag

00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:13.460
 and

00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:13.840
 plant

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:14.000
 it

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.260
 there

00:50:14.260 --> 00:50:14.760
 to

00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:15.219
 claim

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:15.460
 it

00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:15.880
 as

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.340
 belonging

00:50:16.340 --> 00:50:16.460
 to

00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:16.579
 the

00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:16.880
 U.S.

00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:17.239
 and to

00:50:17.239 --> 00:50:17.599
 rally

00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:17.840
 the

00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:18.159
 troops

00:50:18.159 --> 00:50:18.539
 toward

00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:18.760
 it

00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:20.559
 it's

00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:20.659
 a

00:50:20.659 --> 00:50:21.079
 dramatic

00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:21.539
 picture

00:50:21.539 --> 00:50:21.840
 with

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.340
 a lot

00:50:22.340 --> 00:50:22.500
 of

00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:22.840
 movement

00:50:22.840 --> 00:50:23.380
 and

00:50:23.380 --> 00:50:24.260
 the flag

00:50:24.260 --> 00:50:24.679
 streaming

00:50:24.679 --> 00:50:24.840
 in

00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:24.940
 the

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.239
 wind

00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:27.079
 in

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:27.219
 the

00:50:27.219 --> 00:50:27.699
 confusion

00:50:27.699 --> 00:50:27.939
 of

00:50:27.939 --> 00:50:28.239
 war

00:50:28.239 --> 00:50:28.480
 when

00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:28.759
 people

00:50:28.759 --> 00:50:28.939
 are

00:50:28.939 --> 00:50:29.379
 fighting

00:50:29.379 --> 00:50:29.639
 and

00:50:29.639 --> 00:50:29.919
 swords

00:50:29.919 --> 00:50:30.079
 are

00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:30.419
 clanging

00:50:30.419 --> 00:50:30.679
 and

00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:31.019
 guns

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.179
 are

00:50:31.179 --> 00:50:31.439
 going

00:50:31.439 --> 00:50:31.819
 off

00:50:31.819 --> 00:50:32.759
 people

00:50:32.759 --> 00:50:32.980
 are

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:33.359
 scattered

00:50:33.359 --> 00:50:33.639
 all

00:50:33.639 --> 00:50:33.799
 over

00:50:33.799 --> 00:50:33.939
 the

00:50:33.939 --> 00:50:34.359
 battlefield

00:50:34.359 --> 00:50:35.460
 and

00:50:35.460 --> 00:50:35.739
 people

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:35.919
 are

00:50:35.919 --> 00:50:36.279
 dying

00:50:36.279 --> 00:50:36.719
 and

00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:37.339
 fearful

00:50:37.339 --> 00:50:37.719
 it's

00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:37.919
 in

00:50:37.919 --> 00:50:38.279
 those

00:50:38.279 --> 00:50:38.819
 times

00:50:38.819 --> 00:50:39.399
 that

00:50:39.399 --> 00:50:39.659
 a

00:50:39.659 --> 00:50:40.019
 banner

00:50:40.019 --> 00:50:40.279
 is

00:50:40.279 --> 00:50:40.659
 raised

00:50:40.659 --> 00:50:40.980
 a

00:50:40.980 --> 00:50:41.439
 signal

00:50:41.439 --> 00:50:41.679
 is

00:50:41.679 --> 00:50:42.000
 raised

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:42.199
 to

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:42.519
 say

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.259
 all

00:50:43.259 --> 00:50:43.460
 of

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:43.719
 you

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:43.939
 who

00:50:43.939 --> 00:50:44.099
 is

00:50:44.099 --> 00:50:44.399
 with

00:50:44.399 --> 00:50:44.819
 us

00:50:44.819 --> 00:50:45.359
 gather

00:50:45.359 --> 00:50:45.819
 here

00:50:45.819 --> 00:50:46.960
 to

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:47.579
 reform

00:50:47.579 --> 00:50:48.819
 so

00:50:48.819 --> 00:50:48.899
 that

00:50:48.899 --> 00:50:49.000
 we

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:49.199
 might

00:50:49.199 --> 00:50:49.500
 know

00:50:49.500 --> 00:50:49.699
 who

00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:49.859
 is

00:50:49.859 --> 00:50:50.099
 with

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:50.539
 us

00:50:50.539 --> 00:50:51.159
 so

00:50:51.159 --> 00:50:51.279
 we

00:50:51.279 --> 00:50:51.439
 can

00:50:51.439 --> 00:50:51.799
 fight

00:50:51.799 --> 00:50:52.319
 together

00:50:52.319 --> 00:50:52.599
 instead

00:50:52.599 --> 00:50:52.759
 of

00:50:52.759 --> 00:50:52.919
 being

00:50:52.919 --> 00:50:53.419
 scattered

00:50:53.419 --> 00:50:53.639
 and

00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:53.799
 being

00:50:53.799 --> 00:50:54.400
 slaughtered

00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:54.559
 out

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:54.659
 on

00:50:54.659 --> 00:50:54.759
 the

00:50:54.759 --> 00:50:55.139
 battlefield

00:50:55.139 --> 00:50:55.799
 that's

00:50:55.799 --> 00:50:55.960
 how

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.179
 a

00:50:56.179 --> 00:50:56.500
 banner

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:57.159
 functions

00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:57.420
 that's

00:50:57.420 --> 00:50:57.519
 what

00:50:57.519 --> 00:50:57.699
 the

00:50:57.699 --> 00:50:58.139
 standard

00:50:58.139 --> 00:50:59.219
 does

00:50:59.219 --> 00:50:59.679
 it

00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:00.159
 provides

00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:00.900
 identity

00:51:00.900 --> 00:51:01.239
 for

00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:01.719
 the

00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:02.059
 people

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:02.319
 who

00:51:02.319 --> 00:51:02.579
 gather

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:02.779
 it

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.139
 provides

00:51:03.139 --> 00:51:03.719
 security

00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:04.299
 for

00:51:04.299 --> 00:51:04.460
 the

00:51:04.460 --> 00:51:04.659
 people

00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:04.839
 that

00:51:04.839 --> 00:51:05.119
 gather

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.440
 under

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:05.719
 it

00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:06.299
 that's

00:51:06.299 --> 00:51:06.420
 why

00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:06.819
 psalm

00:51:06.819 --> 00:51:07.259
 60

00:51:07.259 --> 00:51:07.559
 verse

00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:07.839
 4

00:51:07.839 --> 00:51:08.059
 says

00:51:08.059 --> 00:51:08.359
 you

00:51:08.359 --> 00:51:08.759
 have

00:51:08.759 --> 00:51:08.940
 the

00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:09.159
 Lord

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.379
 you

00:51:09.379 --> 00:51:09.559
 have

00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:09.779
 set

00:51:09.779 --> 00:51:09.900
 up

00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:10.039
 a

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:10.420
 banner

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:10.980
 for

00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:11.219
 those

00:51:11.219 --> 00:51:11.319
 who

00:51:11.319 --> 00:51:11.679
 fear

00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:12.019
 you

00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:12.400
 that

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:12.500
 they

00:51:12.500 --> 00:51:12.679
 may

00:51:12.679 --> 00:51:13.039
 flee

00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:13.339
 to

00:51:13.339 --> 00:51:13.500
 it

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:13.900
 from

00:51:13.900 --> 00:51:14.139
 the

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:14.480
 bow

00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:15.159
 as

00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:15.299
 the

00:51:15.299 --> 00:51:15.739
 arrows

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:16.639
 are

00:51:16.639 --> 00:51:16.980
 coming

00:51:16.980 --> 00:51:17.179
 you

00:51:17.179 --> 00:51:17.579
 flee

00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:24.339
 and

00:51:24.339 --> 00:51:24.559
 there's

00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:24.699
 a

00:51:24.699 --> 00:51:25.159
 prophecy

00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:25.339
 in

00:51:25.339 --> 00:51:25.599
 Isaiah

00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:26.000
 11

00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:26.219
 that

00:51:26.219 --> 00:51:26.480
 tells

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:26.619
 us

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:27.199
 exactly

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:27.900
 what

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:28.159
 that

00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:28.420
 banner

00:51:28.420 --> 00:51:28.719
 is

00:51:28.719 --> 00:51:28.879
 that

00:51:28.879 --> 00:51:29.099
 God

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:29.259
 has

00:51:29.259 --> 00:51:29.420
 set

00:51:29.420 --> 00:51:29.619
 up

00:51:29.619 --> 00:51:30.079
 or

00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:30.539
 more

00:51:30.539 --> 00:51:30.960
 accurately

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:31.339
 who

00:51:31.339 --> 00:51:31.699
 that

00:51:31.699 --> 00:51:32.000
 banner

00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:32.359
 is

00:51:32.359 --> 00:51:33.219
 it

00:51:33.219 --> 00:51:33.420
 says

00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:33.539
 in

00:51:33.539 --> 00:51:33.819
 Isaiah

00:51:33.819 --> 00:51:34.279
 11

00:51:34.279 --> 00:51:34.519
 10

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:34.639
 to

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:35.000
 12

00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:35.599
 in

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:35.879
 that

00:51:35.879 --> 00:51:36.179
 day

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.400
 the

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:36.719
 root

00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:36.920
 of

00:51:36.920 --> 00:51:37.319
 Jesse

00:51:37.319 --> 00:51:37.900
 who

00:51:37.900 --> 00:51:38.219
 shall

00:51:38.219 --> 00:51:38.719
 stand

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:39.199
 as

00:51:39.199 --> 00:51:39.500
 a

00:51:39.500 --> 00:51:40.119
 signal

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:40.779
 for

00:51:40.779 --> 00:51:41.139
 the

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:41.559
 peoples

00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:42.019
 that's

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:42.219
 the

00:51:42.219 --> 00:51:42.460
 same

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:42.719
 word

00:51:42.719 --> 00:51:43.319
 standard

00:51:43.319 --> 00:51:43.839
 banner

00:51:43.839 --> 00:51:44.379
 for

00:51:44.379 --> 00:51:44.559
 the

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:44.960
 peoples

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:45.679
 of

00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:46.119
 him

00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:46.400
 shall

00:51:46.400 --> 00:51:46.579
 the

00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:47.019
 nations

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:47.679
 inquire

00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:48.159
 and

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:48.379
 his

00:51:48.379 --> 00:51:48.799
 resting

00:51:48.799 --> 00:51:49.179
 place

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:49.379
 shall

00:51:49.379 --> 00:51:49.519
 be

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:49.960
 glorious

00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:54.099
 time

00:51:54.099 --> 00:51:54.500
 to

00:51:54.500 --> 00:51:54.819
 recover

00:51:54.819 --> 00:51:55.019
 the

00:51:55.019 --> 00:51:55.460
 remnant

00:51:55.460 --> 00:51:55.679
 that

00:51:55.679 --> 00:51:56.039
 remains

00:51:56.039 --> 00:51:56.159
 of

00:51:56.159 --> 00:51:56.279
 his

00:51:56.279 --> 00:51:56.659
 people

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:57.159
 from

00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:57.739
 Assyria

00:51:57.739 --> 00:51:58.000
 from

00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:58.359
 Egypt

00:51:58.359 --> 00:51:58.639
 from

00:51:58.639 --> 00:51:59.179
 Petros

00:51:59.179 --> 00:51:59.400
 from

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.819
 Cush

00:51:59.819 --> 00:52:00.059
 from

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.519
 Elam

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:00.940
 from

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:01.480
 Shinar

00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:01.759
 from

00:52:01.759 --> 00:52:02.259
 Hamath

00:52:02.259 --> 00:52:02.379
 and

00:52:02.379 --> 00:52:02.539
 from

00:52:02.539 --> 00:52:02.699
 the

00:52:02.699 --> 00:52:03.139
 coastlands

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:03.259
 of

00:52:03.259 --> 00:52:03.379
 the

00:52:03.379 --> 00:52:03.639
 sea

00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:04.279
 he

00:52:04.279 --> 00:52:04.440
 will

00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:04.759
 raise

00:52:04.759 --> 00:52:04.960
 a

00:52:04.960 --> 00:52:05.319
 signal

00:52:05.319 --> 00:52:05.559
 for

00:52:05.559 --> 00:52:05.699
 the

00:52:05.699 --> 00:52:06.000
 nations

00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:06.219
 and

00:52:06.219 --> 00:52:06.359
 will

00:52:06.359 --> 00:52:06.799
 assemble

00:52:06.799 --> 00:52:07.000
 the

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:07.359
 banished

00:52:07.359 --> 00:52:07.500
 of

00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:07.859
 Israel

00:52:07.859 --> 00:52:08.379
 and

00:52:08.379 --> 00:52:08.679
 gather

00:52:08.679 --> 00:52:08.839
 the

00:52:08.839 --> 00:52:09.319
 dispersed

00:52:09.319 --> 00:52:09.500
 of

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:09.759
 Judah

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:10.000
 from

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.159
 the

00:52:10.159 --> 00:52:10.379
 four

00:52:10.379 --> 00:52:10.920
 corners

00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:11.359
 of

00:52:11.359 --> 00:52:11.599
 the

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:12.079
 earth

00:52:12.079 --> 00:52:13.460
 the

00:52:13.460 --> 00:52:13.719
 root

00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:14.000
 of

00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:14.359
 Jesse

00:52:14.359 --> 00:52:15.400
 is

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:15.739
 a

00:52:15.739 --> 00:52:16.019
 title

00:52:16.019 --> 00:52:16.379
 for

00:52:16.379 --> 00:52:16.699
 the

00:52:16.699 --> 00:52:17.119
 Messiah

00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:17.339
 the

00:52:17.340 --> 00:52:17.800
 Christ

00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:18.519
 Jesus

00:52:18.519 --> 00:52:18.800
 he

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:18.920
 is

00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:19.019
 the

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:19.559
 descendant

00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:19.720
 of

00:52:19.720 --> 00:52:20.140
 David

00:52:20.140 --> 00:52:20.420
 a

00:52:20.420 --> 00:52:20.860
 descendant

00:52:20.860 --> 00:52:21.000
 of

00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:21.380
 Jesse

00:52:21.380 --> 00:52:23.120
 Isaiah

00:52:23.120 --> 00:52:23.840
 prophesied

00:52:23.840 --> 00:52:24.120
 that a

00:52:24.120 --> 00:52:24.340
 day

00:52:24.340 --> 00:52:24.539
 is

00:52:24.539 --> 00:52:24.840
 coming

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:25.660
 when

00:52:25.660 --> 00:52:26.079
 the

00:52:26.079 --> 00:52:26.680
 Messiah

00:52:26.680 --> 00:52:27.160
 will

00:52:27.160 --> 00:52:27.320
 be

00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:27.500
 the

00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:27.920
 banner

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:28.620
 that

00:52:28.620 --> 00:52:29.220
 gathers

00:52:29.220 --> 00:52:29.720
 all

00:52:29.720 --> 00:52:29.900
 of

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:30.240
 God's

00:52:30.240 --> 00:52:30.539
 people

00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:30.820
 not

00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:31.160
 only

00:52:31.160 --> 00:52:31.400
 from

00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:31.640
 among

00:52:31.640 --> 00:52:31.820
 the

00:52:31.820 --> 00:52:32.220
 Israelites

00:52:32.220 --> 00:52:32.980
 but

00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:33.300
 from

00:52:33.300 --> 00:52:33.840
 all

00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:34.059
 the

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:34.680
 nations

00:52:34.680 --> 00:52:35.380
 from

00:52:35.380 --> 00:52:35.860
 all

00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:36.039
 the

00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:36.320
 people

00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:36.780
 groups

00:52:36.780 --> 00:52:39.780
 this

00:52:39.780 --> 00:52:39.920
 is

00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:40.100
 what

00:52:40.100 --> 00:52:40.539
 Jesus

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:40.760
 was

00:52:40.760 --> 00:52:41.280
 fulfilling

00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:41.600
 in

00:52:41.600 --> 00:52:41.840
 John

00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:42.140
 12

00:52:42.140 --> 00:52:42.519
 32

00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:42.820
 when

00:52:42.820 --> 00:52:42.920
 he

00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:43.220
 said

00:52:43.220 --> 00:52:43.660
 when

00:52:43.660 --> 00:52:43.960
 I

00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:44.140
 am

00:52:44.140 --> 00:52:44.500
 lifted

00:52:44.500 --> 00:52:44.780
 up

00:52:44.780 --> 00:52:44.960
 from

00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:45.140
 the

00:52:45.140 --> 00:52:45.400
 earth

00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:45.600
 when

00:52:45.600 --> 00:52:45.720
 he

00:52:45.720 --> 00:52:45.820
 is

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:46.240
 crucified

00:52:46.240 --> 00:52:46.940
 I

00:52:46.940 --> 00:52:47.080
 will

00:52:47.080 --> 00:52:47.380
 draw

00:52:47.380 --> 00:52:47.860
 all

00:52:47.860 --> 00:52:48.340
 people

00:52:48.340 --> 00:52:48.800
 to

00:52:48.800 --> 00:52:49.700
 myself

00:52:49.700 --> 00:52:52.240
 by

00:52:52.240 --> 00:52:52.780
 paying

00:52:52.780 --> 00:52:53.039
 for

00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:53.240
 the

00:52:53.240 --> 00:52:53.620
 penalty

00:52:53.620 --> 00:52:53.920
 of

00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:54.140
 our

00:52:54.140 --> 00:52:54.440
 sins

00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:54.640
 by

00:52:54.640 --> 00:52:54.820
 his

00:52:54.820 --> 00:52:55.080
 death

00:52:55.080 --> 00:52:55.220
 on

00:52:55.220 --> 00:52:55.340
 the

00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:55.860
 cross

00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:56.780
 and

00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:56.900
 then

00:52:56.900 --> 00:52:57.059
 by

00:52:57.059 --> 00:52:57.660
 rising

00:52:57.660 --> 00:52:57.960
 from

00:52:57.960 --> 00:52:58.100
 the

00:52:58.100 --> 00:52:58.519
 dead

00:52:58.519 --> 00:52:59.460
 Jesus

00:52:59.460 --> 00:52:59.860
 brought

00:52:59.860 --> 00:53:00.019
 a

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:00.220
 new

00:53:00.220 --> 00:53:00.440
 era

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:00.640
 of

00:53:00.640 --> 00:53:01.039
 salvation

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:01.480
 for

00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:02.200
 all

00:53:02.200 --> 00:53:03.280
 nations

00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:05.280
 Jesus

00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:05.920
 is

00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:06.320
 our

00:53:06.320 --> 00:53:06.780
 banner

00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:08.240
 Jesus

00:53:08.240 --> 00:53:08.559
 is

00:53:08.559 --> 00:53:08.700
 the

00:53:08.700 --> 00:53:09.000
 one

00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:09.200
 to

00:53:09.200 --> 00:53:09.519
 whom

00:53:09.519 --> 00:53:09.740
 we

00:53:09.740 --> 00:53:09.940
 are

00:53:09.940 --> 00:53:10.120
 to

00:53:10.120 --> 00:53:10.620
 gather

00:53:10.620 --> 00:53:12.980
 there

00:53:12.980 --> 00:53:13.280
 is

00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:13.420
 a

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:13.760
 battle

00:53:13.760 --> 00:53:14.280
 waging

00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:14.539
 and

00:53:14.539 --> 00:53:14.740
 many

00:53:14.740 --> 00:53:14.960
 are

00:53:14.960 --> 00:53:15.460
 falling

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:15.699
 in

00:53:15.699 --> 00:53:15.960
 battle

00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:16.119
 and

00:53:16.119 --> 00:53:16.280
 many

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:16.460
 are

00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:16.860
 injured

00:53:16.860 --> 00:53:17.119
 in

00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:17.400
 battle

00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:17.639
 and

00:53:17.639 --> 00:53:17.800
 many

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:17.980
 are

00:53:17.980 --> 00:53:18.559
 confused

00:53:18.559 --> 00:53:18.800
 in

00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:19.039
 battle

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.199
 and

00:53:19.199 --> 00:53:19.340
 many

00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:19.519
 are

00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:20.300
 fearful

00:53:20.300 --> 00:53:20.579
 in

00:53:20.579 --> 00:53:20.900
 battle

00:53:20.900 --> 00:53:21.460
 and

00:53:21.460 --> 00:53:21.820
 here

00:53:21.820 --> 00:53:21.980
 is

00:53:21.980 --> 00:53:22.159
 our

00:53:22.159 --> 00:53:22.539
 banner

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:23.039
 the

00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:23.380
 banner

00:53:23.380 --> 00:53:23.619
 on

00:53:23.619 --> 00:53:23.760
 the

00:53:23.760 --> 00:53:24.220
 cross

00:53:24.220 --> 00:53:24.800
 the

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:25.119
 Lord

00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:25.420
 Jesus

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:25.820
 Christ

00:53:25.820 --> 00:53:26.079
 saying

00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:26.480
 gather

00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:26.980
 here

00:53:26.980 --> 00:53:27.860
 for

00:53:27.860 --> 00:53:28.059
 those

00:53:28.059 --> 00:53:28.199
 who

00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:28.480
 gather

00:53:28.480 --> 00:53:28.780
 here

00:53:28.780 --> 00:53:28.980
 there

00:53:28.980 --> 00:53:29.139
 is

00:53:29.139 --> 00:53:29.599
 safety

00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:30.119
 for

00:53:30.119 --> 00:53:30.260
 those

00:53:30.260 --> 00:53:30.380
 who

00:53:30.380 --> 00:53:30.639
 gather

00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:31.000
 here

00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:31.179
 there

00:53:31.179 --> 00:53:31.300
 is

00:53:31.300 --> 00:53:31.800
 salvation

00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:32.400
 for

00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:32.559
 those

00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:32.699
 who

00:53:32.699 --> 00:53:32.960
 gather

00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:33.320
 here

00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:33.539
 we

00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:33.800
 shall

00:53:33.800 --> 00:53:34.099
 know

00:53:34.099 --> 00:53:34.300
 they

00:53:34.300 --> 00:53:34.760
 belong

00:53:34.760 --> 00:53:34.960
 to

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.099
 the

00:53:35.099 --> 00:53:35.380
 King

00:53:35.380 --> 00:53:35.780
 Jesus

00:53:35.780 --> 00:53:36.800
 and

00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:37.099
 we

00:53:37.099 --> 00:53:37.460
 will

00:53:37.460 --> 00:53:37.860
 have

00:53:37.860 --> 00:53:38.380
 victory

00:53:38.380 --> 00:53:45.099
 have

00:53:45.099 --> 00:53:45.240
 you

00:53:45.240 --> 00:53:45.559
 gathered

00:53:45.559 --> 00:53:45.800
 under

00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:45.960
 the

00:53:45.960 --> 00:53:46.160
 banner

00:53:46.160 --> 00:53:46.340
 of

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:46.720
 Christ

00:53:46.720 --> 00:53:49.079
 those

00:53:49.079 --> 00:53:49.240
 who

00:53:49.240 --> 00:53:49.640
 scatter

00:53:49.640 --> 00:53:50.539
 will

00:53:50.539 --> 00:53:50.660
 be

00:53:50.660 --> 00:53:51.039
 defeated

00:53:51.039 --> 00:53:52.460
 but

00:53:52.460 --> 00:53:52.640
 those

00:53:52.640 --> 00:53:52.740
 who

00:53:52.740 --> 00:53:52.920
 put

00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:53.079
 their

00:53:53.079 --> 00:53:53.360
 faith

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:53.539
 in

00:53:53.539 --> 00:53:53.800
 Jesus

00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:54.039
 and

00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:54.320
 gather

00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:55.079
 will

00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:55.320
 live

00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:55.700
 forever

00:53:55.700 --> 00:53:56.720
 and

00:53:56.720 --> 00:53:56.860
 be

00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:57.480
 victorious

00:53:57.480 --> 00:53:58.980
 so

00:53:58.980 --> 00:53:59.240
 come

00:53:59.240 --> 00:53:59.400
 to

00:53:59.400 --> 00:53:59.640
 him

00:53:59.640 --> 00:54:00.579
 acknowledge

00:54:00.579 --> 00:54:00.780
 your

00:54:00.780 --> 00:54:01.180
 weakness

00:54:01.180 --> 00:54:01.880
 and

00:54:01.880 --> 00:54:02.140
 come

00:54:02.140 --> 00:54:02.460
 gather

00:54:02.460 --> 00:54:02.680
 under

00:54:02.680 --> 00:54:02.840
 the

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:03.019
 banner

00:54:03.019 --> 00:54:03.200
 of

00:54:03.200 --> 00:54:03.500
 Christ

00:54:03.500 --> 00:54:04.019
 let's

00:54:04.019 --> 00:54:04.200
 pray

00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:04.579
 together

00:54:04.579 --> 00:54:10.379
 yes

00:54:10.379 --> 00:54:10.739
 God

00:54:10.739 --> 00:54:10.960
 we

00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:11.279
 have

00:54:11.279 --> 00:54:11.639
 gathered

00:54:11.639 --> 00:54:11.899
 under

00:54:11.899 --> 00:54:12.099
 your

00:54:12.099 --> 00:54:12.379
 banner

00:54:12.379 --> 00:54:15.599
 and

00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:15.739
 we

00:54:15.739 --> 00:54:15.899
 are

00:54:15.899 --> 00:54:16.339
 proud

00:54:16.339 --> 00:54:16.779
 to

00:54:16.779 --> 00:54:17.879
 fly

00:54:17.879 --> 00:54:18.159
 that

00:54:18.159 --> 00:54:18.619
 flag

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:20.859
 the

00:54:20.859 --> 00:54:21.259
 standard

00:54:21.259 --> 00:54:21.599
 of

00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:21.779
 our

00:54:21.779 --> 00:54:22.059
 King

00:54:22.059 --> 00:54:22.559
 Jesus

00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:23.799
 the

00:54:23.799 --> 00:54:24.259
 Lion

00:54:24.259 --> 00:54:24.919
 of

00:54:24.919 --> 00:54:25.279
 Judah

00:54:25.279 --> 00:54:27.359
 the

00:54:27.359 --> 00:54:27.799
 Lamb

00:54:27.799 --> 00:54:28.019
 that

00:54:28.019 --> 00:54:28.179
 was

00:54:28.179 --> 00:54:28.659
 slain

00:54:28.659 --> 00:54:30.539
 you

00:54:30.539 --> 00:54:30.739
 are

00:54:30.739 --> 00:54:30.939
 our

00:54:30.939 --> 00:54:31.199
 banner

00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:31.480
 Lord

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:31.799
 Jesus

00:54:31.800 --> 00:54:35.880
 use

00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:36.080
 us

00:54:36.080 --> 00:54:36.280
 Lord

00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:36.440
 to

00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:36.680
 gather

00:54:36.680 --> 00:54:36.940
 all

00:54:36.940 --> 00:54:37.100
 your

00:54:37.100 --> 00:54:37.420
 people

00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:37.660
 from

00:54:37.660 --> 00:54:37.820
 the

00:54:37.820 --> 00:54:38.000
 four

00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:38.340
 corners

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:38.480
 of

00:54:38.480 --> 00:54:38.600
 the

00:54:38.600 --> 00:54:38.940
 earth

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:41.519
 back

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:41.680
 to

00:54:41.680 --> 00:54:42.120
 yourself

00:54:42.120 --> 00:54:44.000
 for

00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:44.160
 your

00:54:44.160 --> 00:54:44.480
 glory

00:54:44.480 --> 00:54:45.980
 in

00:54:45.980 --> 00:54:46.220
 Jesus

00:54:46.220 --> 00:54:46.519
 name

00:54:46.519 --> 00:54:46.680
 we

00:54:46.680 --> 00:54:46.900
 pray

00:54:46.900 --> 00:54:47.880
 Amen