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 Well, good morning. It's good to see all of you this morning.

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 I want to encourage you to open up your Bibles, if you would please, to Judges chapter 16.

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! Judges chapter 16. If you're using the Pew Bibles, it's on page 215. Judges chapter 16.

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 Pastor David already mentioned this, but I want to just bring it to your attention one more time.

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 I want to encourage you to come and take part next Sunday evening at 6 p.m.

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 and we're going to have an opportunity for our mission team, who several months ago had the

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 opportunity to serve the Lord together at Skyview Ranch and many of you not only kind of invested

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 and supported them in being able to go, but also prayed with them along the way. This is a chance

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 for you to hear how God worked in their lives and to get a sense of how that trip went and teens,

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 a chance for you to celebrate God's work in your life as you share next week. Also, there have been

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 several baptisms, as you know, over the last couple of months, and we have a chance then to vote on

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 those people for membership. I trust you've already either heard their testimonies or you've read their

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 testimonies of how God saved them and drew them to himself. Also, we'll have a couple more individuals

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 who give their testimonies of salvation and we'll vote for them in membership as well. So, it's a chance

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 for us to hear what God is doing, to get a taste of the fact that God is still in the saving business

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 and to see and to hear about those stories and to celebrate God's work among us in that way.

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 I trust that you will be a part of that time together as we hear

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 God's work in the lives of our teens and also those who are becoming members.

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 Well, we are winding down. We're just now today and next week away from finishing our time in the book of Judges.

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 And as we get closer to the end,

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 I don't know if you've kind of sensed this gravity, this weight,

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 the moral decline that's taken place in this group of individuals.

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 And to read about this can be a little depressing.

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 There's a heaviness about what's taking place.

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 There is a gravity about the significance and the seriousness

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 of what it looks like for a nation to turn away from the Lord.

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 And I'm telling you, as I prepare to preach and even as I came this morning,

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 I'm like, oh, here we go again.

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 We're going to be looking at this story and man, it can be so depressing.

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 That is not the message of Judges, really.

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 Yes, it is a message of this moral decline.

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 But I want, I hope what comes through in our time together today

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 is that in spite of this moral decline,

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 in spite of a people that keep pushing God away,

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 and it's embodied in Samson,

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 kind of this rescuer who is raised up in a sense,

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 and he's coming to deliver Israel,

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 and he has the hand of God on him.

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 And yet he keeps spending all this power on himself.

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 And it's so easy to get depressed,

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 but I want the message to come through

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 that God does not abandon his people.

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 God does not abandon his people.

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 There can't be a more encouraging truth than that.

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 Especially when we begin to look at ourselves,

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 and we, if we're taking a very serious,

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 a very honest look at our repeated failures,

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 and the times that we continue to mess up,

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 or fall on our face,

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 or blatantly rebel against the Lord,

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 that God still stands ready to forgive.

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 That God still stands ready to save.

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 God still stands ready to deliver on his promises

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 because of his faithfulness.

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 And that's what I want to settle in on our hearts

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 as we look and listen through this passage again

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 in Judges chapter 16.

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 You have a God that stands ready to save.

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 We see this again.

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 We see that God introduces us

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 through this book to 12 different individuals

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 and to varying degrees of commitment to the Lord.

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 But whatever their posture towards God will be,

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 whatever they will do in terms of delivering Israel

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 and answering the call of God on their life,

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 or rejecting the call on their life,

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 the main character of this entire book,

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 and the main character of the entire narrative

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 from Genesis to Revelation,

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 is God himself.

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 God himself stands ready

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 to speak to his people,

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 to invite them,

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 and to participate with him

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 in fellowship that comes

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 through his son Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus Christ who stands ready to save.

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 Whether or not the judge is aware

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 of God's work in his life,

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 everything good that happens

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 in the book of Judges is owing to him.

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 Everything that happens in your life

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 that is good is owing to him.

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 Even in this heightened state

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 of a nation who is rejecting the Lord,

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 we saw last week in Judges chapter 13,

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 we saw spotlighted throughout our time

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 in the book of Judges,

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 and especially here at the end,

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 that the spotlight is on God.

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 And we saw that he is initiating God.

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 That was our first point last week.

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 And just calling us to remember

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 that while this story seems to be about Samson,

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 and certainly he is one of the characters

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 that keeps coming out into view,

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 the real character,

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 the real person,

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 the real hero of this story

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 is God himself.

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 The faithfulness of God

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 who continues to show initiative.

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 We're aware, we're familiar

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 with the initiating work of God.

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 John 3, 16,

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 for God so loved the world

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 that what did he do?

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 He gave his only begotten son

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 that whoever believes in him

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 should not perish

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 but have everlasting life.

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 We have an initiating God.

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 We have a God that takes the first step.

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 We have a God that moves out

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 in the front

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 regardless of a people

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 who resist him,

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 regardless of a people

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 that rebel against him,

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 regardless of a people,

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 by the way,

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 that the Bible calls enemies of God.

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 That God demonstrates his love towards us

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 even though while we were yet sinners,

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 enemies,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Marvel at the fact

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 that we have an initiating God.

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 A God who takes the first step.

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 John will also write in his letter

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 in 1 John 4, 19,

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 it says,

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 we love him.

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 Why?

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 Because he first loved us.

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 And so that's the,

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 that's kind of the story

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 that we're living right now

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 but it rewinds

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 and we see the same God

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 who stands over the entire narrative.

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 In the book of Judges,

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 in initiating God,

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 he takes the first step.

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 It's incredible.

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 And we saw last week

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 in Samson's story

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 a life that was infused

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 by God's initiating power.

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 God's initiating blessing.

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 God's initiating

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 by providing his spirit.

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 Right from the start,

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 God takes the lead.

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 We saw that in Judges 13, verse 1.

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 And the people of Israel

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 again did what was evil

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 in the sight of the Lord.

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 So the Lord gave them

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 into the hand of the Philistines

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 for 40 years.

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 And we saw last week

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 that that word again

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 is probably better translated,

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 they continued

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 or they increased

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 or they added to

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 so that the people

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 didn't just fall into sin again.

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 No, they continued in sin.

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 They increased in sin.

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 They filled themselves up

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 with sin.

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 It was now the pattern

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 that would mark them

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 as a people.

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 And in spite of all of that,

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 God intervenes.

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 In spite of their rebellion,

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 God intervenes.

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 A nation, by the way,

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 that is no longer

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 confessing their sin.

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 A nation that is no longer

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 repenting and turning away

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 from their sin.

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 A nation that is no longer

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 even asking for a deliverer.

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 No longer asking for salvation.

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 No longer asking for someone

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 to help them against the oppression

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 that they're facing.

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 God is still intervening

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 and helping

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 and coming to the rescue.

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 This nation

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 that God comes to personally,

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 He delivers a promise

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 through the angel of the Lord.

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 The promise to a barren woman

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 that she will have a son.

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 And He is to be devoted to God.

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 We saw that in chapter 13, verse 5.

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 For the child shall be

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 a Nazarite to God.

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 He's supposed to be set apart.

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 This word, Nazarite,

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 is the word to consecrate,

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 the word to dedicate.

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 He's supposed to be dedicated

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 or consecrated to the Lord

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 because what God cares about first

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 is not deliverance

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 from an oppressor,

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 but deliverance from sin.

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 Samson is supposed to

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 call a people back

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 to God Himself.

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 And he's supposed

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 to be set apart.

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 God was after a holy people.

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 And this outward expression

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 of this holiness

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 was to have an outward form.

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 In verses 4 and 5

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 of chapter 13,

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 Therefore be careful

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 and drink no wine

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 or strong drink.

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 Eat nothing unclean.

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 For behold,

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 you shall conceive

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 and bear a son.

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 No razor shall come upon his head.

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 For the child

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 shall be a Nazarite to God.

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 From the womb,

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 he shall begin to save Israel

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 from the hand

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 of the Philistines.

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 So God delivers

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 on this promise.

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 And Manoah's wife

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 will conceive.

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 She'll have a baby.

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 A son is born.

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 And God is going to make good

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 on His word.

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 He's faithful

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 to deliver on His promise.

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 And one commentator says this.

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 He says,

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 The conception and birth

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 of Samson declare emphatically

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 God's refusal

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 to let this nation die.

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 I love it.

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 Israel may be doing

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 all in its power

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 to destroy itself

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 from within,

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 but God must preserve

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 this nation.

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 The honor of His name

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 and the cosmic mission

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 of His grace

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 is at stake.

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 God's glory,

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 God's reputation,

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 God's fame

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 is what's at stake.

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 So God will deliver

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 on His promise

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 to His people.

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 We have an initiating God.

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 We also have

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 an empowering God.

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 We saw that last week.

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 In chapter 13,

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 verse 24,

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 we saw in verse 24 particularly,

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 And the woman

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 bore a son

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 and called his name Samson.

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 The young man grew

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 and get this,

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 and the Lord blessed him.

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 And the spirit of the Lord

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 began to stir him

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 in Mahanadan

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 between Zorah

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 and Estol.

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 God graciously

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 gives a son.

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 He's marked out.

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 He's set apart.

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 God blesses him.

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 God puts His spirit

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 upon him.

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 He stirs him up.

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 He moves him forward

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 and immediately

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 we begin to wonder,

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 okay,

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 is this going to be

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 the point

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 where national revival

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 happens?

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 Because God is embedded

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 in this story.

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 His spirit is here.

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 His blessing is here.

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 Is He going to move

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 this man

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 to deliver the people

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 in a way

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 that's going to create

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 some national revival?

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 But as we read

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 through the life of Samson,

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 we observe a life

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 from start to finish.

00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.779
 A life that is marked

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 by going down.

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 A downward spiral.

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 The downward spiral

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 that we saw

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 in chapter 2,

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 verse 19.

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 Every subsequent generation

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 that starts

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 a little further

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 down the path.

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 This moral decline

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 that's taken place.

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 This collapse

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 that is settling in.

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 And the beginning

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 of Samson's story

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 is marked out

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 the same way.

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 This five-fold repetition

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 of a verb

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 to go down.

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 In Judges chapter 14,

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 verse 1,

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 Samson went down

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 to Timnah.

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 In verse 5,

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 Samson went down

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 with his father

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 and mother to Timnah.

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 Verse 7,

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 then he went down

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 and talked with the woman.

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 In chapter 14,

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 verse 19,

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 and the Spirit of the Lord

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 rushed upon him

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 and he went down

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 to Ashkelon.

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 In Judges 15,

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 verse 8,

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 he struck them

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 hip and thigh

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 with a great blow

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 and he went down

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 and stayed

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 in the cleft

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 of the rock

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 of Etam.

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 This moral decline

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 that was true

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 about the people

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 is now characteristic

00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:02.300
 of the life

00:14:02.300 --> 00:14:04.320
 of Samson as well.

00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:04.920
 A man

00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:06.600
 who is dominated

00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.720
 and as we saw

00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:08.360
 last week,

00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:08.860
 a man

00:14:08.860 --> 00:14:09.960
 who is dominated

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.759
 by desire.

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 A man who is driven

00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.259
 forward by his passion.

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 What he craves,

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.720
 what he wants.

00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:18.700
 What Samson wants,

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 he gets

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 and nothing stands

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 in his way.

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 He's controlled

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 by his cravings.

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 And then,

00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:28.620
 as the story continues,

00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:30.860
 we see this tit for tat,

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 this retribution,

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:34.220
 this settling a score,

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 this getting even

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:36.480
 that seems to be true

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.120
 of his life.

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 And we read this

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 several times

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:42.420
 throughout chapter 15.

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 Chapter 15,

00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:44.940
 verse 3 says,

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 And Samson said to them,

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 This time I shall

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 be innocent

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 with regard to the Philistine

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 when I do them harm.

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 Then in chapter 15,

00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.460
 verse 7,

00:14:53.800 --> 00:14:54.700
 Samson said to them,

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 If this is what you do,

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 I swear I will be avenged

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 on you

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 and after that

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 I will quit.

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.139
 Chapter 15,

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 verse 10.

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 The men of Judah said,

00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.600
 Why have you come up

00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.240
 against us?

00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:08.420
 Speaking to the Philistines,

00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.279
 they said,

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.540
 We have come up

00:15:10.540 --> 00:15:11.600
 to bind Samson

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 to do it to him

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 as he has done

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 to us.

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.899
 And then in chapter 15,

00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.480
 verse 11,

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:20.139
 Then the 3,000 men

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.259
 of Judah went down

00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:21.879
 to the cleft

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:23.279
 of the rock of Edom

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 and they said

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:25.300
 to Samson,

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 Do you not know

00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:27.300
 that the Philistines

00:15:27.300 --> 00:15:28.779
 are rulers over us?

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 What then is that

00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:32.040
 you have done to us?

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 And he said

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 to them,

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 As they did to me,

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 so I have done

00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.939
 to them.

00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:42.279
 With brilliant irony,

00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:44.339
 the narrator describes

00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:45.779
 Samson as a free spirit,

00:15:46.439 --> 00:15:47.579
 as a rebel

00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.240
 who is driven

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.719
 by selfish interests,

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.799
 doing whatever

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.419
 he pleases

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.539
 without respect

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.699
 for his parents

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 and with no respect

00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:56.539
 for the claims

00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:56.959
 of God

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 on his life.

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 But in this process,

00:16:01.099 --> 00:16:02.079
 he ends up doing

00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:03.139
 the very thing

00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.579
 that God has called

00:16:04.579 --> 00:16:05.000
 him to do

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.500
 and that is

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.860
 deliver the people

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:09.079
 because out of the hand

00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:09.779
 of the Philistines.

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.539
 And this doesn't

00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:13.279
 condone the activities

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.079
 of Samson,

00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:15.860
 but it helps us

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.679
 to recognize

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.399
 the sovereignty

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:17.980
 of God

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.360
 that even in

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.659
 our rebellion

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.459
 against him,

00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:23.679
 God is still sovereign

00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:25.159
 over those activities.

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.100
 In Judges 14,

00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:27.759
 verse 4,

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:28.959
 it says,

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.819
 His father and mother

00:16:29.819 --> 00:16:30.879
 did not know

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.899
 that it was

00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:32.879
 from the Lord,

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.819
 for he was seeking

00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:35.519
 an opportunity

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.659
 against the Philistines.

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:37.939
 At that time,

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.539
 the Philistines

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.620
 ruled over Israel.

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.860
 God's plan

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:42.620
 will not be thwarted,

00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:44.360
 even in spite

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.319
 of disobedience.

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.419
 And while Samson's

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.000
 activity was

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.459
 completely self-directed,

00:16:49.819 --> 00:16:50.759
 he was still

00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.919
 serving God's

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.699
 purposes.

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 One commentator

00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:56.040
 says this,

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 No other deliverer

00:16:58.160 --> 00:16:59.580
 in the book of Judges

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:01.420
 matches his potential.

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:04.039
 Called from birth

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.240
 by Yahweh,

00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.319
 stirred up

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.600
 as a youth,

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:09.080
 called by the Spirit

00:17:09.080 --> 00:17:09.620
 of God,

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.880
 empowered with

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.900
 extraordinary gifts

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.819
 by God,

00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.279
 granted exceptional

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.900
 opportunities

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.100
 for heroism

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.700
 by God.

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.960
 And the narrator

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:21.140
 devotes more attention

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.800
 to Samson

00:17:21.800 --> 00:17:22.920
 than any other

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:24.020
 deliverer.

00:17:24.020 --> 00:17:25.240
 Despite all

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.020
 of these advantages

00:17:26.020 --> 00:17:27.560
 and this special

00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.240
 attention that

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.900
 Samson accomplishes,

00:17:30.100 --> 00:17:31.259
 he accomplishes less

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:33.200
 on behalf of the people

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.660
 than any other

00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:35.800
 of his predecessors.

00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:38.360
 Samson has all

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:39.120
 of this potential,

00:17:39.800 --> 00:17:40.980
 all of this power,

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:43.000
 all of this strength

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.140
 that's been endowed

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.860
 by him,

00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:45.820
 by God,

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:47.039
 and he spends

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.319
 every ounce

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.480
 of God-given

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.079
 strength

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:51.419
 on himself.

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.339
 Imagine

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.779
 how useful

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.619
 Samson would have

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:55.879
 been

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:57.299
 if he had devoted

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:58.319
 the strength

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.879
 that God had

00:17:58.879 --> 00:18:00.539
 vested in him

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.759
 and he had spent

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.240
 it in the right

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.659
 direction.

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:05.000
 Samson was driven

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.819
 by his cravings.

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.000
 And much of his life

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.740
 was controlled

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.539
 by revenge

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.740
 and settling a score

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:13.160
 and getting even,

00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:14.440
 this retaliation.

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:16.940
 And it sets itself

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:18.579
 apart from what

00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.819
 we learn of Christ's

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.099
 life,

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.519
 don't we?

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.480
 Christ's life

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.400
 was the opposite

00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:24.120
 of that.

00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.519
 Christ came

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.720
 not to be served,

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.779
 but to serve

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.960
 and to give his life

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.859
 a ransom for many.

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:32.620
 And we all understand

00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:33.740
 that Christ offers

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.480
 a better way.

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.079
 We know

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.160
 the two great commands,

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.180
 love the Lord your God

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.700
 with all your heart,

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.099
 soul, mind,

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.559
 and strength,

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.000
 and love your neighbor

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.819
 as yourself.

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.279
 We know

00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:44.059
 that those

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:45.240
 are the commands

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.079
 that the Lord

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:47.159
 lifted up

00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:48.500
 from the Old Testament

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.720
 to help us understand

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.679
 what a life

00:18:50.679 --> 00:18:51.960
 that's driven

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.240
 by love for God

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.940
 will look like.

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.159
 Do you realize

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:57.859
 that in Leviticus

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.519
 chapter 19

00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:00.500
 we find both

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.819
 instances

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.539
 of that

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.559
 second command?

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.220
 It says this

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.379
 in Leviticus 19.18

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:06.819
 it says,

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.879
 you shall not

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.799
 take vengeance

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:10.619
 or bear a grudge

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.539
 against the sons

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.339
 of your own people,

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:14.240
 but you shall love

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.000
 your neighbor

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.460
 as yourself.

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:18.700
 I am the Lord.

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:20.599
 You know

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.159
 what the opposite

00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:22.240
 of loving your neighbor

00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:23.680
 as yourself is?

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.539
 The thing that stands

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:25.960
 in the way,

00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:27.259
 the thing that is

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.519
 most often

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.619
 most visible

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:31.259
 that sets itself

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.980
 against loving neighbor?

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.980
 It's turning

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.240
 revenge

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.059
 revenge

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.740
 on a neighbor.

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.460
 That's what

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.720
 Leviticus wants

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.480
 to draw attention to.

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.779
 Don't

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.819
 carry out

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.279
 your own

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.559
 agenda

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.880
 on your neighbor.

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.279
 Serve your neighbor.

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.880
 And we know this.

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:50.140
 This is what Christ

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:51.220
 draws attention to.

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:52.480
 Christ

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.339
 is the preeminent

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:54.259
 example of this.

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.960
 And he encourages us

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.359
 in Matthew

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:57.200
 chapter 5

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:58.940
 verse 43 and 45

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.279
 he says,

00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.120
 you have heard

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:01.339
 that it was said

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:02.000
 you shall love

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.500
 your neighbor

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.859
 and hate your enemy.

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.859
 But I say to you

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.919
 love your enemies

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:07.459
 and pray for those

00:20:07.459 --> 00:20:08.459
 who persecute you

00:20:08.459 --> 00:20:10.139
 so that you may be

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.919
 sons of your father

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.500
 who is in heaven.

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.539
 For he makes his son

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.299
 rise

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:16.139
 on the evil

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.939
 and on the good

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:18.419
 and sends rain

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.279
 on the just

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.139
 and the unjust.

00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:23.119
 This is what God

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.859
 calls us to.

00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:26.199
 But what is in us

00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:27.500
 what is in me

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.319
 I should say

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.079
 and I think

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.659
 what's probably

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.979
 in all of us

00:20:30.979 --> 00:20:32.019
 what's prevalent

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.839
 in us

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:34.679
 is when we receive

00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:36.319
 a measure of injustice

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.500
 the last thing

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.399
 that we want to do

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:39.679
 is extend kindness.

00:20:40.899 --> 00:20:41.699
 Especially verbally.

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.539
 When we're cursed

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.379
 we want to curse.

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.319
 We don't want to bless.

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.559
 And when we are

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:49.319
 oppressed

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.759
 when we are

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.259
 taken advantage of

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.240
 we want to get even.

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.859
 We want to settle

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.279
 the score.

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.819
 I was just reading

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.740
 a report recently

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.480
 from the AAA

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.059
 Foundation

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:59.879
 for Traffic Safety.

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:01.920
 in 2025

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:03.400
 just last year

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.540
 it says that

00:21:04.540 --> 00:21:06.120
 96%

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:08.160
 of US drivers

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.520
 reported at least

00:21:09.520 --> 00:21:10.860
 one aggressive

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.580
 driving

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.720
 or road rage

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.360
 behavior.

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.660
 96%

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:19.660
 I think that's

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.420
 probably covers

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.580
 a lot of us

00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.420
 in this room.

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.180
 Right?

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:26.799
 And I know

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.700
 that there are times

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.560
 when I feel like

00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:29.980
 I want to get even.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.759
 And by the way

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:34.080
 just this past week

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:36.519
 there was an incident

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.120
 that happened

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:38.539
 while I was

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.980
 well I won't tell you

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.500
 where I was.

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.539
 There was an incident

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.240
 that happened

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.920
 and I thought for sure

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:45.039
 that somebody

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.900
 was going to die

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.920
 because the

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.500
 conflict

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.799
 that took place

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.980
 between two people

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.120
 that were driving

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.379
 and getting out

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.919
 of the car

00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:54.539
 and yelling

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.059
 at one another

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.679
 through the windows

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.759
 and I thought

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.459
 for sure

00:21:57.459 --> 00:21:58.079
 it was

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:59.179
 it was going

00:21:59.179 --> 00:21:59.959
 to go down

00:21:59.959 --> 00:22:00.819
 right in front of me.

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:02.159
 And that's the kind

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.939
 of thing that happens

00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.500
 a lot.

00:22:04.239 --> 00:22:05.199
 And we understand this.

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.039
 We recognize this.

00:22:06.239 --> 00:22:06.959
 It's in us.

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.779
 We are these kinds

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.259
 of people.

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:10.899
 We want to get even.

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.899
 96% of us

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.839
 do this

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.379
 in some

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:16.019
 fashion or the other.

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.299
 And it says

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.639
 that 11%

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.059
 admitted

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:20.979
 to violent behavior

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.759
 such as intentionally

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.759
 bumping

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.079
 another vehicle

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.059
 or confronting

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.759
 another driver.

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:30.079
 Now compare that

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.180
 with just 10 years ago.

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.460
 This is up

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:35.819
 67%

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:37.140
 from 10 years ago

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.259
 cutting off

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.819
 another vehicle

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:41.039
 or honking

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.019
 out of angry

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.660
 anger

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:44.980
 is up 47%

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.880
 from 10 years ago.

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.279
 You see

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.019
 it's a symptom

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.819
 of our society.

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.279
 It's where we are.

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:53.360
 We've all felt it.

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:55.140
 And whether we've

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.279
 carried it out

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.380
 we have

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.259
 probably

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.360
 at least

00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.620
 been whispering

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.420
 or yelling

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.360
 under our breath.

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.720
 It comes out.

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.259
 And this is what

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.460
 we see

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.380
 in the book of Judges.

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.500
 We see a group

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.259
 of individuals

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:12.180
 Samson in particular

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.740
 who stands out

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.940
 as needing

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.299
 forgiveness.

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.480
 Needing help.

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.299
 Needing to

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.779
 submit his life

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.859
 to God.

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.539
 And God

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.720
 is continually

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:26.980
 even in the story

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.980
 of Samson

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.680
 God

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.639
 is still

00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.480
 available.

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.539
 God is still

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.200
 there.

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.399
 God is still

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.460
 carrying

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.299
 Samson

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.319
 in spite

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.039
 of his rebellion.

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.639
 And so

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.099
 when we turn

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.659
 the page

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:41.259
 to chapter 16

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:43.259
 we see

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.119
 another aspect

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.700
 of God

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.220
 that I want to

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.740
 draw our attention to.

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.339
 In chapter 16

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.119
 we're going to see

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.839
 that we

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.720
 have a

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.319
 present

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.000
 God.

00:23:52.959 --> 00:23:53.639
 We have

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.220
 a present

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.579
 God.

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:54.839
 Now

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.819
 here's what's

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.279
 fascinating.

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:59.039
 Through this

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.839
 entire narrative

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:01.819
 chapter 13

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.959
 through chapter

00:24:02.959 --> 00:24:03.819
 16

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.859
 God is

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.299
 silent.

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:06.879
 Now

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:08.279
 in chapter 13

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.779
 the angel

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.199
 of the Lord

00:24:09.199 --> 00:24:10.119
 speaks to Manoah

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.839
 and speaks to

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.299
 his wife

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.539
 but once

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.399
 you move

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.059
 into the narrative

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.839
 where Samson

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.179
 is

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:16.459
 there's no more

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.819
 speaking

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.319
 God has

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.220
 remained

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.960
 silent

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.720
 to his

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.079
 people

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.180
 and yet

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.700
 God is

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.519
 still present.

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.480
 How do you

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.720
 know?

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:23.980
 Well

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.880
 we see

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.319
 that God

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.860
 is present

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.259
 through

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.299
 his continuing

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.840
 power.

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.779
 He continues

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.920
 to empower

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.559
 Samson

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.440
 even at the

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.880
 end of this

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.319
 story.

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.740
 Judges 16

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.460
 verses 1 to 3

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:35.720
 says

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.360
 Samson went

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:36.840
 to Gaza

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:38.019
 and there

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.279
 he saw

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.960
 a prostitute

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.960
 and he

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.480
 went into

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.759
 her

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.180
 the Gazites

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.759
 were told

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.559
 Samson has

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.079
 come here

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.700
 and they

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.180
 surrounded

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.820
 the place

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.460
 they set

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.860
 an ambush

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.320
 for him

00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:47.840
 all night

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.120
 at the

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.420
 gate of

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.799
 the city

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.600
 they kept

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.000
 quiet

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.519
 all night

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.900
 saying

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.440
 let us

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.840
 wait till

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.220
 the light

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.519
 of the

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.840
 morning

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.460
 then we

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.880
 will kill

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.180
 him

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.200
 but Samson

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.920
 lay hold

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.720
 excuse me

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.640
 Samson

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.560
 lay till

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.080
 midnight

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.960
 and at

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.240
 midnight

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.820
 he rose

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.240
 and took

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.620
 hold

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.160
 of the

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.440
 doors

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.720
 of the

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:02.900
 gate

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.120
 of the

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.440
 city

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.060
 and the

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.259
 two

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.700
 posts

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.500
 and pulled

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.039
 them up

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.900
 bar and

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.279
 all

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.080
 and put

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.440
 them on

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.000
 his shoulders

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.960
 and carried

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.580
 them to the

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.000
 top of the

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.259
 hill

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.900
 that is in

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.380
 front of

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.720
 Hebron

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.819
 remember what

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.600
 Samson's

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.460
 story has

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.039
 taught us

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.279
 remember how

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.180
 Samson has

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.039
 now repeatedly

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.680
 gone after the

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.180
 things that were

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.779
 right in his

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.140
 eyes

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.579
 we saw that in

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.400
 chapter 14

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.039
 verse 3

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.400
 Samson said to

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.779
 his father

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.279
 get her for

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.480
 me

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.259
 she's right in

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.779
 my eyes

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.400
 and then in

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.960
 verse 7

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.579
 then he went

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.100
 down and

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.819
 talked with

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.160
 the woman

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.539
 because she

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.140
 was right in

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.579
 his eyes

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.420
 everything that

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.019
 is right in

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.700
 Samson's eyes

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.240
 he does

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.920
 and here we

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.420
 are we pick

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.019
 up the story

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.279
 in chapter 16

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.359
 and what does

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.700
 he do

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.440
 well he sees

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.140
 this woman

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:45.079
 he wants her

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.480
 it doesn't

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.279
 matter what

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.940
 God has said

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.660
 about this

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:50.220
 it doesn't

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.420
 matter that

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.120
 God had

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.980
 specifically

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.099
 given some

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.259
 instruction about

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.380
 how these kinds

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.160
 of relationships

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.259
 were to happen

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.700
 because Samson

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.259
 is a law to

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.720
 himself

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.620
 and now he's

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.019
 gotten even

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.460
 bolder

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.900
 now we're going

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.319
 to find he's

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.720
 going to begin

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.420
 to explore

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.440
 he's going

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.759
 to begin

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.500
 to experiment

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.039
 a little bit

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.259
 he's going

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:11.259
 to walk

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.100
 on the edges

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.460
 he's going

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.940
 to see how

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.700
 far he can

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.480
 wander and

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.420
 still enjoy

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.620
 the power

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:18.460
 first he's

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.060
 wandered from

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.420
 home

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.580
 and we don't

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:20.960
 know the

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.539
 geography

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.640
 very well

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.660
 and so we

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.080
 need to be

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:25.019
 instructed

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.820
 you see

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.279
 Gaza

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.460
 was a place

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.960
 that was not

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.940
 just had

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:30.140
 pagan deities

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.500
 as we're going

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.180
 to see at

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.759
 the end of

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.420
 this story

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:34.460
 but geographically

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.400
 it is as far

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.880
 as he could

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.400
 be away

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.900
 from home

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.880
 at least

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.420
 in the

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.180
 Philistine

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.600
 world

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.519
 he's moved

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.200
 to the edge

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.040
 he's moved

00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.920
 as far away

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.240
 as he can

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.519
 be

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:45.519
 and then we're

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.800
 going to see

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.640
 in chapter 16

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:48.340
 there is no

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:50.019
 explicit mention

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.440
 of the spirit

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.900
 of the Lord

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.240
 coming upon him

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.800
 we saw that

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.460
 once in chapter

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.900
 13

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.519
 we saw it

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.160
 once in chapter

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.700
 14

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.300
 we're going to

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:58.700
 see it

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.940
 twice in

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.980
 chapter 15

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.160
 four times

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.700
 the spirit

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.180
 of God

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.259
 comes on

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.200
 Samson

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.820
 in this

00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.299
 narrative

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.900
 and yet

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.259
 in chapter

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.840
 16

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:09.140
 the spirit

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.420
 of God

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.700
 is not

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.019
 mentioned

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.460
 now it

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.860
 doesn't mean

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.340
 that the spirit

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:11.720
 of God

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.259
 is not

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.480
 there

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.620
 he's present

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.700
 he's just

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.279
 not mentioned

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.539
 and

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.240
 the reason

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.580
 he's not

00:27:19.580 --> 00:27:19.960
 mentioned

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.620
 I think

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.200
 is because

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.320
 Samson is

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.880
 beginning to

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.240
 wonder

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.279
 if the power

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.160
 that he enjoys

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.820
 is a power

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.380
 that is

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.799
 resident

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.480
 within himself

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.840
 that's why

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.220
 he's beginning

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.880
 to experiment

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.620
 he's beginning

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.300
 to believe

00:27:31.300 --> 00:27:31.760
 the press

00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:32.260
 reports

00:27:32.260 --> 00:27:32.800
 that he's

00:27:32.800 --> 00:27:33.900
 invincible

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:36.000
 and yet

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.600
 for all of

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.160
 Samson's

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.440
 physical strength

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.680
 in resisting

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.320
 the power

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.880
 of enemies

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.760
 there's one

00:27:41.760 --> 00:27:42.120
 enemy

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.580
 he's been

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:42.940
 unable

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.940
 to address

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:45.400
 the enemy

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.180
 of his

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.640
 flesh

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.880
 succumbing

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.760
 to women

00:27:49.760 --> 00:27:52.240
 what does

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.520
 he do

00:27:52.520 --> 00:27:53.060
 well he gets

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.340
 up at

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.860
 midnight

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.320
 we're to

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:54.600
 presume

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.920
 that it's

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.220
 dark

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.740
 somehow

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.300
 he slips

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.820
 out past

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.260
 the guard

00:27:57.260 --> 00:27:57.920
 he's able

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.720
 to pick

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.280
 up these

00:27:59.280 --> 00:27:59.700
 gates

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.660
 he tears

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.200
 them up

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.259
 he places

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.660
 them on

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.140
 his shoulder

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.059
 he walks

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.660
 to Hebron

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.460
 he sets

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.720
 it in

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.100
 place

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:07.240
 now Hebron

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.460
 is 40

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.400
 miles

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.240
 away

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.920
 40

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.960
 miles

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.700
 away

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:15.140
 how do

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.799
 you suppose

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.620
 Samson

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.160
 did that

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.799
 it was

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.039
 another

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.580
 indication

00:28:19.580 --> 00:28:20.600
 of the

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.120
 power of

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.420
 God

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.000
 that was

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.400
 resident

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.080
 on his

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:23.519
 life

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.759
 even though

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.279
 Samson

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.480
 was completely

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.059
 oblivious

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.340
 to this

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.640
 power

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.100
 and even

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.519
 though the

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.959
 narrator

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.879
 will now

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.339
 begin to

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.759
 conceal

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.639
 this power

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.500
 it's clear

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.399
 through the

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:34.879
 activity

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:36.019
 that God

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.639
 is still

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.159
 allowing

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.399
 his presence

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.219
 to remain

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:39.939
 on

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.759
 Samson

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.480
 to accomplish

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.619
 these miraculous

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.240
 things

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.579
 it wasn't

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.299
 through Samson's

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.719
 strength

00:28:45.719 --> 00:28:47.659
 Samson's

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.079
 confidence

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.439
 though is

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:48.779
 growing

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:50.000
 his boldness

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.639
 and arrogance

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.839
 is growing

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.819
 he's feeling

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.679
 like he is

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.119
 invincible

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.959
 no one can

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.519
 touch him

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.679
 so he's

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.119
 exploring

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:58.359
 he's

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.939
 experimenting

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.959
 he's

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:00.259
 testing

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.679
 the limits

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:00.919
 he's

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.259
 seeing

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.779
 where

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.059
 those

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.479
 boundaries

00:29:02.479 --> 00:29:02.699
 are

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.439
 he's

00:29:03.439 --> 00:29:03.839
 wondering

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.279
 if

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.619
 this

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.099
 strength

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.679
 is really

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.519
 resident

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.299
 in himself

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.699
 but God

00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.239
 continues

00:29:09.239 --> 00:29:09.839
 to empower

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.279
 we move

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.699
 to this

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.539
 next story

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.859
 the one

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.139
 that you're

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:13.399
 familiar

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.779
 with

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.819
 Samson

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.419
 and Delilah

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.419
 in verse

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.799
 4

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.919
 after this

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.279
 he loved

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.599
 a woman

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:18.899
 in the

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.139
 valley

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.299
 of

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.699
 Sorak

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.119
 whose

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.319
 name

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.459
 was

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:20.859
 Delilah

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.899
 the

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.199
 lords

00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:22.419
 of the

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.879
 Philistines

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.259
 came up

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.559
 to her

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.179
 and said

00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:24.399
 to her

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.819
 seduce

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.179
 him

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.140
 and see

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.500
 where his

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.740
 great

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.180
 strength

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.620
 lies

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.340
 and by

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.660
 what

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.160
 means

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.500
 we may

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.019
 overpower

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.320
 him

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.360
 that we

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.600
 may

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.120
 bind

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.500
 him

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.240
 to

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.680
 humble

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.039
 him

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.940
 and we

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.100
 will

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.420
 see

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.799
 we will

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.000
 give

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.299
 you

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.360
 1100

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.740
 pieces

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:37.940
 of

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.299
 silver

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.100
 so

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.539
 Delilah

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.980
 said to

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.299
 Samson

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.700
 please

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.580
 tell me

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:41.860
 where your

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.120
 great

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.560
 strength

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:42.980
 lies

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.880
 and how

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.740
 you might

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.380
 be bound

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.539
 that one

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.220
 could subdue

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.460
 you

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:49.039
 you know

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.580
 the story

00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:50.759
 Samson

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.200
 again is

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.660
 driven by

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.460
 his cravings

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.360
 he sees

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.860
 another woman

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.440
 he wants

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.600
 her

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.139
 he gets

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.319
 her

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.859
 and under

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:58.199
 the cover

00:29:58.199 --> 00:30:00.219
 what we're

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:00.980
 led to

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.679
 understand

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.619
 is even

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.799
 these heathen

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.659
 individuals

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.539
 even these

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.959
 pagan

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.679
 individuals

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.740
 in Philistia

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.819
 who worship

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.399
 Dagon

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.480
 understand

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:12.059
 that Samson's

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.539
 power

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.359
 is coming

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.359
 from somewhere

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:16.519
 Samson may be

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.219
 oblivious

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:18.279
 to where this

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.899
 power is coming

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.639
 from but even

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:21.119
 those that

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.959
 watch

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.659
 and look

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.279
 they know

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.220
 where is

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.740
 the secret

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.279
 to this

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.580
 power

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:27.259
 so they

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.340
 they have

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.940
 this fourfold

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.759
 strategy

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.640
 they want

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.180
 to see

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.500
 where the

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.860
 power is

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.420
 coming from

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.240
 they want

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.140
 to overpower

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.900
 Samson

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.560
 they want

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:37.200
 to bind

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.880
 Samson

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.440
 they want

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.880
 to humble

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.400
 Samson

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.540
 and so

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:40.980
 they pay

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.480
 Delilah

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.700
 1100

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.259
 shekels

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.779
 of silver

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.860
 to get

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.360
 this done

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.519
 now this

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.279
 is 1100

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.960
 shekels

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.680
 by the way

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.440
 for each

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.360
 of these

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.120
 Philistine

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.460
 lords

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.880
 and so

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.940
 it's

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.580
 it's

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.460
 closer to

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.180
 5500

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.120
 shekels

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.799
 not 11

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.279
 shekels

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.660
 because there

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.160
 are five

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.840
 Philistine

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.299
 lords

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:01.080
 and to give

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.519
 you some

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.580
 some comparison

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:04.360
 10 shekels

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.640
 as we're going

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:04.980
 to see in

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.560
 the next

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:06.000
 narrative

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.820
 from chapter

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:08.000
 17 to 21

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.120
 10 shekels

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.600
 of silver

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.279
 is what it

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.519
 was going

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.180
 to cost

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.080
 to pay

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.860
 for the

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.299
 services

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.880
 of this

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.620
 Levite

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.940
 who would

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.420
 come

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.299
 to Micah's

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.620
 house

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.039
 and to

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.460
 perform his

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.700
 duties

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:19.400
 10 shekels

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.140
 in a year

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:22.559
 do the math

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.680
 1100 shekels

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.319
 divided by

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.799
 10

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.100
 110

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.500
 years

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.640
 and then

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.740
 multiply that

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.480
 by five

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:33.160
 550 years

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.080
 of income

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:35.120
 is what they

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.960
 were willing

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.360
 to pay

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.840
 Delilah

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:38.120
 to find out

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.420
 what the

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.220
 secret was

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:41.279
 you're familiar

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.240
 with the story

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.720
 Delilah

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.720
 goes to work

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.940
 she pleads

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.460
 with Samson

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.880
 to tell her

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.360
 the secret

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.400
 and we see

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.660
 that

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.259
 in verse

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.540
 6

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:49.100
 so Delilah

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.880
 says to

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.259
 Samson

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.820
 please tell

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.140
 me where

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.560
 your great

00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:51.920
 strength

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.300
 lies

00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:53.060
 and how

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.340
 you might

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.860
 be bound

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.560
 that one

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.160
 could subdue

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.540
 you

00:31:55.540 --> 00:31:57.019
 Samson

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.080
 will say

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.160
 will bind

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.600
 me with

00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.680
 seven fresh

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.440
 bow strings

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.340
 then I will

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.980
 become weak

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.460
 like any

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.860
 other man

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.240
 that's in

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.759
 verse 7

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:06.200
 what is

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.300
 lost

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:08.200
 with us

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.160
 because of

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.300
 the cultural

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:11.420
 distance

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.120
 from where

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.620
 we are

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.259
 is these

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.080
 bow strings

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:15.660
 were typically

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.560
 made from

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.779
 the carcasses

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.720
 of dead

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.279
 animals

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.640
 the sinews

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.080
 or the

00:32:21.080 --> 00:32:21.560
 ligaments

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.279
 of these

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.660
 dead

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.820
 animals

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.480
 he's asking

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.180
 for fresh

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.519
 seven fresh

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.340
 bow strings

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:27.880
 which means

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.380
 he's defiling

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.940
 himself

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:31.540
 by touching

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:32.320
 a dead

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.660
 animal

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.519
 becoming

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.220
 unclean

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.140
 beginning to

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.779
 flirt a little

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.120
 bit more

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.640
 beginning to

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.259
 experiment

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.660
 a little bit

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.920
 more

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.600
 beginning to

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.080
 push the

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.480
 boundaries

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.500
 just a bit

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.140
 more

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.339
 will this

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.860
 nullify

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.799
 my power

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:48.539
 he's flirting

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.920
 with the

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.360
 edges

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:51.120
 of course

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.980
 these seven

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.860
 fresh

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.519
 bow strings

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.360
 are bound

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:57.079
 on Samson

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.660
 and Delilah

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.120
 will say

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.759
 in verse 9

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.640
 the Philistines

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.339
 are upon you

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.880
 and he'll be

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.559
 able to break

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.360
 those bow

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.680
 strings

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.140
 he'll be able

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.559
 to free

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.059
 himself

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:07.059
 and then

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.680
 he says

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.579
 in verse 11

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.180
 bind me with

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.700
 new ropes

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.220
 that have

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.580
 never been

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.140
 used

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:13.420
 second

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.980
 strategy

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.039
 and Delilah

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.680
 does it

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.480
 and she

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.880
 says in

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.299
 verse 12

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.160
 the Philistines

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.580
 are upon

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:18.860
 you

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.160
 he breaks

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.680
 those ropes

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.220
 he frees

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.680
 himself

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.019
 and the

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.319
 cycle

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.360
 continues

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.640
 and now

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.539
 Samson's

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.980
 playing

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.620
 with fire

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:28.380
 in verse 13

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.819
 Delilah

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.319
 says to

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.680
 Samson

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.160
 until now

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.440
 you have

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.900
 mocked me

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.680
 and told

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.240
 me lies

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.059
 tell me

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.420
 how you

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.720
 might be

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.100
 bound

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:35.400
 and he

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.680
 said to

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.799
 her

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.200
 if you

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.559
 weave

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.059
 the seven

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.420
 locks

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.759
 of my

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.019
 head

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.319
 with the

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.640
 web

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.600
 and fasten

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:39.980
 it tight

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.240
 with the

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.539
 pin

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.119
 then I

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.220
 shall

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.500
 become

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.879
 weak

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.339
 and be

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.599
 like

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.839
 any

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.019
 other

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.359
 man

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:45.339
 so

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.680
 Delilah

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.159
 does it

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:47.420
 we find

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.119
 in verse 14

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.819
 the Philistines

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.200
 are upon

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.440
 you

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.659
 he's able

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:50.980
 to pull

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.240
 out the

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.440
 pin

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.799
 he's able

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.159
 to free

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.599
 himself

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.339
 and he's

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.599
 able

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.359
 to

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:56.799
 remove

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.379
 the oppression

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:59.319
 then we

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.619
 come to

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.680
 verse 15

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.139
 she says

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.519
 to him

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.539
 how can

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.139
 you say

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.659
 I love

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:04.920
 you

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.839
 when your

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.139
 heart

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.579
 is not

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.000
 with me

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.059
 you have

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.460
 mocked me

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.920
 these three

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.400
 times

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.059
 you have

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.360
 not

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.920
 told me

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.420
 where your

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.099
 great strength

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.659
 lies

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.500
 so Samson

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.860
 says

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.400
 he told her

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.699
 all his

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.019
 heart

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.840
 no razor

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.199
 has come

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.619
 upon my

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.800
 head

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.039
 for I

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.280
 have been

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.880
 a Nazarite

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.360
 to God

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.920
 from my

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.320
 mother's

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.599
 womb

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.280
 if I

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.440
 am

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.860
 shaven

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.340
 then my

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.860
 strength

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.420
 will

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.579
 leave me

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.679
 this is the

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.199
 first time

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.480
 that

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.380
 that Samson's

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.820
 acknowledging

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.679
 where his

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.119
 strength

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:32.079
 finally

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.940
 lies

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.980
 and what

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.659
 his calling

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.280
 has been

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.420
 this divine

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.860
 calling

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.260
 on his

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.519
 life

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.820
 to be

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.840
 a Nazarite

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.260
 to God

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.960
 and now

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.680
 he finally

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:41.720
 submits that

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.500
 to Delilah

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.260
 this is the

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.680
 purpose

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.360
 for which

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.840
 God has

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.260
 raised me

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.519
 up

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:48.440
 in this

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.500
 significant

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.940
 moment

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.740
 he refers

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.080
 though

00:34:51.080 --> 00:34:51.900
 to God

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.580
 only as

00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:53.280
 Elohim

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.160
 and not

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.760
 as Yahweh

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:56.580
 see Delilah

00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:57.300
 knows now

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.000
 that he has

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.440
 told her

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.840
 all his

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.140
 heart

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.900
 and so

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.260
 she

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:01.500
 lulls him

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.940
 to sleep

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.420
 she cuts

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.900
 his hair

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.600
 she says

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:04.320
 the Philistines

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.760
 are upon

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.060
 you

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.279
 and then

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.599
 we come

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.960
 to chapter

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.460
 16

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.980
 verse 20

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.539
 he woke

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.840
 up from

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.360
 his sleep

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.840
 and said

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.340
 I will

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.799
 go out

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:14.320
 as before

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.059
 at other

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.500
 times

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.279
 and shake

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.880
 myself

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.299
 free

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:18.119
 but he

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.639
 did

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.400
 not

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.039
 know

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.659
 that the

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.039
 Lord

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:22.099
 had departed

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.039
 from him

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:25.119
 God's

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.699
 presence

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:27.380
 gracious

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.559
 presence

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.659
 had been

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.299
 with

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:31.079
 and on

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.019
 Samson

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.360
 and he

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.440
 was totally

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.619
 oblivious

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:37.179
 all of

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.320
 this

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.800
 strength

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.740
 all of

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:38.880
 this

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.240
 power

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.179
 all of

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.320
 this

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.800
 potential

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.820
 God

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.460
 graciously

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.079
 had given

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.700
 to him

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.579
 and he

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.340
 was totally

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.099
 oblivious

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.559
 and now

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.639
 it's gone

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.960
 and he

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.400
 doesn't even

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.659
 know

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:50.220
 this devastating

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.720
 reality

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.860
 that Samson

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.519
 went out

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.260
 as before

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.000
 he thought

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.500
 I can

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.179
 take care

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.960
 of business

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.559
 I can

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.900
 do

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.380
 what I've

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.740
 done

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.659
 all along

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:00.399
 believing

00:36:00.399 --> 00:36:00.759
 that he

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.819
 was truly

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.539
 invincible

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.539
 not

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.980
 appreciating

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.379
 the fact

00:36:05.379 --> 00:36:05.579
 that it

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.179
 was only

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:07.259
 in all

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.679
 ways

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.619
 of God

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:10.159
 then in

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.839
 verse 21

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:12.139
 the Philistines

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.779
 seized him

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.599
 and gouged

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:13.879
 out his

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.199
 eyes

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.659
 and brought

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.159
 him down

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.639
 to Gaza

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.279
 and bound

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.039
 him with

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.940
 bronze shackles

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.339
 and he

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:19.759
 ground at the

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.259
 mill in the

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.619
 prison

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.399
 but the hair

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:21.980
 of his head

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.799
 began to

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.679
 grow again

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:25.000
 after it

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.219
 had been

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.599
 shaved

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:27.440
 overnight

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.019
 this man

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.699
 is transformed

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:30.099
 transformed

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.940
 by one

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.980
 whose life

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.779
 was governed

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.400
 by what

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.039
 was right

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.139
 in his eyes

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:36.420
 to an

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.880
 individual

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.380
 now

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:38.059
 who has

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:39.159
 no eyes

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:40.360
 who has

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.839
 no sight

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.360
 who has

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.599
 no vision

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.819
 overnight

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.880
 a life

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.400
 of coming

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.059
 and going

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:47.619
 at his

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.119
 pleasing

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.819
 has now

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.420
 turned into

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.880
 a life

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.219
 of bondage

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:53.659
 Samson

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.139
 has now

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:55.119
 been humbled

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.139
 but we

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.579
 have this

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.719
 this glimmer

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.199
 of hope

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:59.239
 in verse 22

00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.139
 but the hair

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.699
 of his head

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.359
 began to

00:37:01.359 --> 00:37:01.719
 grow

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.839
 again

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.599
 after

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.400
 it had

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.539
 been

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:04.980
 shaved

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:07.339
 once we

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.679
 turn to

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.259
 verse 23

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.579
 we not only

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.420
 recognize that

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:11.400
 God is

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.920
 present

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:13.359
 we recognize

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:13.859
 that God

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.519
 graciously

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.420
 continues to

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.039
 answer prayer

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.920
 God

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.920
 continues

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:20.000
 to answer

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.380
 prayer

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.299
 in spite

00:37:21.299 --> 00:37:22.639
 in spite

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.420
 of the wicked

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.099
 heart of

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.539
 Samson

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:26.059
 verse 23

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.320
 says

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.579
 now the

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.000
 lords of

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.519
 the Philistines

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.079
 gathered to

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.440
 offer a

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.099
 great sacrifice

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.579
 to Dagon

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.599
 their God

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.940
 and to

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.480
 rejoice

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.340
 and they

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.840
 said our

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.340
 God has

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.279
 given Samson

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:34.880
 our enemy

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.579
 into our

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.900
 hand

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:37.259
 and when the

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.880
 people saw

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.400
 him they

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.000
 praised

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.880
 their God

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.480
 for they

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.900
 said our

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.420
 God has

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.860
 given our

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.300
 enemy into

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.679
 our hand

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.900
 the ravager

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.300
 of our

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.820
 country

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.480
 who has

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.759
 killed

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.159
 many of

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.500
 us

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.619
 and when

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.019
 their hearts

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.480
 were merry

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.900
 they said

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.820
 call Samson

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.639
 that he may

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.519
 entertain us

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.659
 so they

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.300
 called Samson

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.440
 out of the

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.840
 prison

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.539
 and he

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.940
 entertained

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.360
 them

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.039
 and they

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.639
 made him

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.400
 stand between

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.480
 the pillars

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:01.460
 Dagon was

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.719
 the God of

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.860
 the Philistines

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:05.199
 and it seems

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.780
 that Samson

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.579
 was put on

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.940
 public display

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:10.099
 in this place

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.659
 of humility

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.759
 now Samson

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.539
 will call on

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.280
 God for help

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.980
 we see that

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:15.219
 in verse 28

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:17.359
 then Samson

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.539
 called to

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.959
 the Lord

00:38:18.959 --> 00:38:19.799
 and said

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.879
 oh Lord

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.699
 God

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.399
 please

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:23.519
 remember me

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.679
 and please

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.359
 strengthen me

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:26.179
 only this

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.619
 once

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.199
 oh God

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.899
 that I may

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.539
 be avenged

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.919
 on the

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.539
 Philistines

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.139
 for my

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.679
 two eyes

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:32.179
 now again

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.679
 Samson

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.179
 calls on

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.359
 the Lord

00:38:33.359 --> 00:38:33.799
 he's called

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.219
 on the Lord

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.079
 previously

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.579
 in chapter

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.139
 15

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.619
 verse 8

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.119
 he was

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.480
 thirsty

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.079
 and God

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:39.019
 graciously

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.799
 gives him

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.579
 water

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.719
 miraculously

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.679
 gives him

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:42.980
 water

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.500
 and now

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.919
 here he is

00:38:43.919 --> 00:38:44.179
 again

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.859
 humbled

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.599
 again

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.579
 desperate

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.180
 again

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:48.500
 his strength

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.120
 has failed

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:49.599
 again

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.440
 he's praying

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.820
 now

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.559
 to God

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.539
 one more

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.860
 time

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.460
 but in this

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:54.780
 episode

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.500
 we find

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.680
 that he speaks

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:57.280
 to the Lord

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:58.460
 God

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.200
 the word

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.400
 there

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.760
 Lord

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.300
 is the word

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.720
 Adonai

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:02.320
 it's the word

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.940
 sovereign

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.539
 it's the word

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.140
 king

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:05.579
 and this word

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.059
 for God

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.660
 is the word

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.360
 Yahweh

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.700
 he does

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:09.519
 finally

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.280
 acknowledge

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:11.640
 the Lord

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.099
 God

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.720
 the God

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.120
 of Israel

00:39:13.120 --> 00:39:13.740
 this covenant

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.480
 keeping God

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.300
 and he asks

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.119
 that God

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.800
 would remember

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.199
 him

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.679
 now remember

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.219
 back to

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.579
 Judges

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.079
 chapter 8

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.679
 verse 34

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:22.000
 it says

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.619
 and the people

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.460
 did not

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.099
 remember

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.840
 the Lord

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.659
 their God

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.539
 who had

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.280
 delivered them

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.860
 from the hand

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.579
 of the enemies

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.740
 and now

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:32.059
 Samson is asking

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.360
 God

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.039
 please remember

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.599
 me

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:36.539
 but then we see

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.659
 this motive

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.599
 what was the motive

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.240
 the underlying

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:40.000
 purpose

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.820
 for Samson's prayer

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:44.360
 we see this again

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.119
 in verse 28

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.760
 remember me

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:48.239
 and strengthen me

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.420
 only this once

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.019
 oh God

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:51.159
 that I may be

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:52.340
 avenged

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:53.739
 on the Philistines

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:55.360
 for my two eyes

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:57.099
 he wants

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.980
 strength

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.739
 again

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.579
 to be

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.420
 avenged

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.079
 nothing

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:02.559
 has changed

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.880
 in Samson's heart

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:06.400
 one final act

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.760
 one underlying

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.480
 motive

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.139
 revenge

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:12.000
 settling a score

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:13.119
 getting even

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:14.660
 you see

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:16.460
 Yahweh

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.920
 is the one

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.800
 who needed

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.900
 to be avenged

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.300
 Yahweh

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.180
 was the one

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:23.300
 whose reputation

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.420
 was being

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.039
 violated

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:26.440
 in the company

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.680
 of the Philistines

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:29.460
 as they celebrated

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.139
 their God

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:31.340
 Dagon

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.039
 look what

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:33.220
 Dagon has done

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:34.460
 and all Samson

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.280
 can think of

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.639
 is not the glory

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.820
 and renown

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.880
 and reputation

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:40.099
 of Yahweh

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:41.720
 but the glory

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.639
 and renown

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.519
 and reputation

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.860
 of Samson

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:47.460
 remember what David

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.420
 will eventually say

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.179
 in 1 Samuel

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.619
 17 26

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.400
 when Goliath

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.920
 comes and

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.059
 confronts

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:55.199
 the nation

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:55.740
 of Israel

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.800
 he will say

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.840
 who is this

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:59.039
 uncircumcised

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.579
 Philistine

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.619
 that he

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.820
 should defy

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.960
 the armies

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.820
 of the living

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.179
 God

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:07.039
 David's

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.619
 desire

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.599
 was the reputation

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.679
 of the Lord

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.139
 himself

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:11.440
 of God

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.539
 how

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.579
 can anyone

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.639
 defy

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.619
 the name

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.559
 and renown

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.359
 of our living

00:41:17.359 --> 00:41:17.799
 God

00:41:17.799 --> 00:41:19.059
 may it not

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.759
 be so

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:21.219
 give me a shot

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:22.219
 at making

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:22.940
 this right

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:24.179
 I want God's

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:25.480
 name to be known

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:27.679
 but here we find

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.279
 the same old

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:29.319
 Samson returns

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:31.059
 this Nazarite

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.539
 who'd been set

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.339
 apart for service

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.719
 to God

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.619
 wants to die

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.380
 with the

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.500
 uncircumcised

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.480
 Philistines

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:38.559
 this man

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.799
 who

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.960
 with his

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:41.159
 unprecedentedly

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:42.059
 high calling

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.980
 and his

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.539
 extraordinary

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.480
 divine gifts

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.400
 has wasted

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.059
 his life

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.599
 indeed

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.259
 he has

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.719
 accomplished

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.759
 more for God

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.400
 dead

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.579
 than alive

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:55.019
 but God

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.019


00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.179
 change

00:42:21.179 --> 00:42:21.239
 changes

00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:23.279
 and with that

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:24.319
 I close

00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:24.659
 with

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.880
 with Ezekiel

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.340
 chapter

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.699
 36

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:28.619
 verses 25

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.259
 and 27

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:31.900
 it says

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:33.579
 I will sprinkle

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:34.199
 clean water

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.659
 on you

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:36.360
 and you

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.659
 shall be

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:37.119
 clean from

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.460
 all your

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.079
 uncleanness

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:39.099
 and from

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.519
 all your

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.920
 idols

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.360
 I will

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:40.719
 cleanse

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:40.900
 you

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.259
 and I

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:41.739
 will give

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.019
 you

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:42.759
 a new

00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.179
 heart

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:44.179
 and a new

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.500
 spirit

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:44.900
 I will put

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.279
 on you

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.819
 and I

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:46.380
 will remove

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.860
 the heart

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:47.400
 of stone

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:47.819
 from your

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.239
 flesh

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:51.059
 and I

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.699
 will put

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.000
 my

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.500
 spirit

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.099
 within you

00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:54.019
 and cause

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.339
 you

00:42:54.339 --> 00:42:55.119
 to walk

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.619
 in my

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.279
 statutes

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:56.859
 and be

00:42:56.859 --> 00:42:57.299
 careful

00:42:57.299 --> 00:42:58.099
 to obey

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.799
 my

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:59.399
 rules

00:42:59.399 --> 00:43:01.019
 this

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:02.659
 is the

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.159
 age in

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:03.679
 which we

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.379
 live today

00:43:04.379 --> 00:43:06.399
 the age

00:43:06.399 --> 00:43:07.379
 of God's

00:43:07.379 --> 00:43:07.759
 forgiveness

00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:09.559
 sending

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:10.099
 his son

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.419
 Jesus

00:43:10.419 --> 00:43:10.919
 Christ

00:43:10.919 --> 00:43:12.179
 who

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:13.019
 died

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.639
 for our

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:13.919
 sins

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:14.279
 on the

00:43:14.279 --> 00:43:14.539
 cross

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:15.079
 who paid

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.899
 the price

00:43:15.899 --> 00:43:16.519
 the penalty

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:17.319
 for our

00:43:17.319 --> 00:43:17.500
 sin

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:18.420
 the price

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:18.840
 that we

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.360
 could not

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:19.679
 pay

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:21.199
 that sin

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:22.119
 demands

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:23.840
 punishment

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:25.079
 and that

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.500
 punishment

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.219
 is death

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.219
 and separation

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:28.239
 from God

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.719
 forever

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.400
 but God

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:29.940
 has sent

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.480
 his son

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.820
 Jesus

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.360
 Christ

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:32.360
 to pay

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.199
 that price

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.780
 so that

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:34.219
 anyone

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.840
 who comes

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.300
 to him

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.320
 and believes

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.880
 in him

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:38.000
 for forgiveness

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.440
 of their

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:38.739
 sins

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.519
 and asks

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.880
 and confesses

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.619
 that Jesus

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.440
 Christ

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:43.840
 has died

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.280
 and risen

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.719
 again

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.900
 and that he

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.360
 is Lord

00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:47.720
 will enjoy

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.320
 the benefits

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.480
 of salvation

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:52.460
 the psalmist

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.840
 will say

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.200
 blessed

00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:54.380
 is he

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.599
 whose

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.380
 transgressions

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.920
 are forgiven

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.820
 whose sin

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.460
 is covered

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.120
 blessed

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:59.260
 is the one

00:43:59.260 --> 00:43:59.579
 to whom

00:43:59.579 --> 00:43:59.880
 the Lord

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.300
 does not

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.780
 impute

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.500
 iniquity

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.039
 we are

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.380
 living

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.720
 in a

00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:03.099
 blessed

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.599
 day

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.140
 we are

00:44:04.140 --> 00:44:04.519
 living

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.900
 in an

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.260
 age

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.740
 where the

00:44:05.740 --> 00:44:05.940
 Holy

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.400
 Spirit

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.579
 can change

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:07.940
 us

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.800
 fundamentally

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.660
 from the

00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:10.180
 inside

00:44:10.180 --> 00:44:10.620
 out

00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:11.000
 and what

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.620
 Samson

00:44:11.620 --> 00:44:12.300
 never

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.140
 experienced

00:44:13.140 --> 00:44:13.720
 we can

00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:14.420
 experience

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.599
 not because

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.360
 we deserve

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:17.700
 God's work

00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:18.420
 of initiating

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.880
 power

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:20.039
 but because

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.340
 God is

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.980
 worthy

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:23.300
 God is

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.639
 worthy

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:25.300
 so wherever

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.740
 you are

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.400
 on the

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:26.820
 continuum

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:28.639
 of spirituality

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:29.980
 if you feel

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.400
 like you've

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.700
 fallen

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:31.680
 you feel

00:44:31.680 --> 00:44:32.240
 like you've

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:32.659
 departed

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.180
 you feel

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:33.920
 like you

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:35.019
 have pushed

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.820
 God away

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:37.159
 God continues

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:38.119
 to extend

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:38.760
 himself

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:39.920
 his offer

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.559
 of forgiveness

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:42.299
 in the

00:44:42.299 --> 00:44:44.619
 joy that

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:44.900
 we can

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.279
 have

00:44:45.279 --> 00:44:46.920
 in the

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:47.360
 presence

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.940
 of God

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:49.039
 the cleansing

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.579
 power

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:49.960
 of the

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.480
 Lord Jesus

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:50.980
 Christ

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.940
 who can

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:52.519
 change us

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.900
 from the

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.480
 inside out

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:55.000
 I love

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.699
 what Paul

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.139
 will say

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:56.940
 in 2 Corinthians

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.619
 chapter 3

00:44:57.619 --> 00:44:58.219
 verse 18

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:59.360
 he talks

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.659
 about

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.299
 the

00:45:00.299 --> 00:45:01.139
 spirit

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.460
 of the

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:01.639
 Lord

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.259
 who changes

00:45:02.259 --> 00:45:02.519
 us

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:03.079
 from one

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.559
 degree

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:04.320
 of glory

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:04.739
 to the

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:04.980
 other

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.679
 and that

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:06.059
 isn't

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.539
 because

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.360
 of us

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:07.539
 that's

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.699
 not

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:08.219
 glory

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:08.900
 to us

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.500
 that is

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.880
 glory

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.619
 to God

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:13.180
 and that

00:45:13.180 --> 00:45:13.720
 offer

00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:14.360
 is available

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:16.980
 here's what

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.660
 often stands

00:45:17.660 --> 00:45:18.140
 in our way

00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:19.760
 is that

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.140
 while the

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.640
 offer is

00:45:20.640 --> 00:45:20.840
 there

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.780
 and many

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.119
 of us

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.539
 have even

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:22.940
 enjoyed

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.579
 the benefits

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.220
 of the

00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:24.660
 spirit's

00:45:24.660 --> 00:45:25.000
 indwelling

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.420
 power

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:26.960
 it is

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.320
 not a

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.920
 guarantee

00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:28.400
 that we're

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.780
 going to

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.000
 be

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.680
 transformed

00:45:29.680 --> 00:45:30.059
 because

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.440
 we can

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.340
 push

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:32.099
 that work

00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:32.420
 away

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.280
 we can

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:33.860
 grieve

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.340
 the Holy

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:34.760
 Spirit

00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:35.880
 we can

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.500
 quench

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:37.180
 the Holy

00:45:37.180 --> 00:45:37.619
 Spirit

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:39.500
 and if

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:39.739
 that's

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:39.980
 true

00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:40.260
 of our

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:40.579
 life

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:40.880
 we're

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:41.019
 not

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.179
 going

00:45:41.179 --> 00:45:41.559
 to enjoy

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.119
 the benefits

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:42.579
 of that

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.900
 transformation

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.320
 that's

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.559
 offered

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:45.059
 to us

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:46.199
 we need

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:46.519
 to have

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.440
 hearts

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.440
 and lives

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.699
 that are

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:51.019
 pliable

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:52.059
 that are

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:52.780
 submissive

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:54.559
 that give

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.159
 way to

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:55.599
 God's

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:55.980
 work

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.239
 in our

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:56.460
 life

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:56.719
 so that

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:56.920
 when

00:45:56.920 --> 00:45:57.739
 the Holy

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.219
 Spirit

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:59.219
 convicts

00:45:59.219 --> 00:45:59.579
 us of

00:45:59.579 --> 00:45:59.920
 sin

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.260
 we not

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:00.619
 just

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.320
 confess

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:01.940
 that sin

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:02.440
 but we

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.900
 turn away

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.360
 from it

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:04.139
 we find

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:04.639
 ways

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.300
 to

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:05.980
 pursue

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.420
 the Lord

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.760
 Jesus

00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:07.780
 so that

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:08.980
 redemptive

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.920
 changing

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:11.040
 transforming

00:46:11.040 --> 00:46:11.480
 work

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:12.200
 can continue

00:46:12.200 --> 00:46:13.000
 to happen

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:13.660
 within us

00:46:13.660 --> 00:46:15.260
 praise the

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:15.460
 Lord

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.480
 for the

00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:16.780
 book of

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.260
 Judges

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:18.380
 in the

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:18.820
 reminder

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:19.940
 that God

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:21.120
 delights

00:46:21.120 --> 00:46:21.720
 in saving

00:46:21.720 --> 00:46:22.100
 sinners

00:46:22.100 --> 00:46:23.400
 he delights

00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:24.360
 in making

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:24.800
 much of

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.240
 himself

00:46:25.240 --> 00:46:26.520
 and as

00:46:26.520 --> 00:46:26.880
 the world

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.400
 around us

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.060
 gets darker

00:46:28.060 --> 00:46:29.480
 it's a

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:29.840
 chance

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.640
 for the

00:46:30.640 --> 00:46:31.060
 light of

00:46:31.060 --> 00:46:31.300
 Christ

00:46:31.300 --> 00:46:31.780
 to shine

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:32.720
 more brightly

00:46:32.720 --> 00:46:33.660
 in and

00:46:33.660 --> 00:46:34.080
 through us

00:46:34.080 --> 00:46:34.560
 may God

00:46:34.560 --> 00:46:35.160
 help us

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.920
 to shine

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.279
 brightly

00:46:36.279 --> 00:46:36.859
 for his

00:46:36.859 --> 00:46:37.199
 glory

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:38.379
 oh God

00:46:38.379 --> 00:46:38.839
 we praise

00:46:38.839 --> 00:46:39.119
 you

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:40.739
 that you

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:41.159
 have not

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:41.759
 given up

00:46:41.759 --> 00:46:43.000
 on us

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.000
 and I

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.339
 pray that

00:46:45.339 --> 00:46:45.639
 you would

00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:46.359
 help us

00:46:46.359 --> 00:46:48.259
 to give

00:46:48.259 --> 00:46:48.639
 way to

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:48.859
 you

00:46:48.859 --> 00:46:49.940
 to submit

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:50.399
 to you

00:46:50.399 --> 00:46:51.779
 not to

00:46:51.779 --> 00:46:52.159
 resist

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.460
 you

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:53.359
 but to

00:46:53.359 --> 00:46:53.839
 allow you

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.179
 to have

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:54.579
 your way

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:54.879
 in our

00:46:54.879 --> 00:46:55.179
 life

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:57.000
 thank you

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.279
 for this

00:46:57.279 --> 00:46:57.659
 story

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:58.319
 and the

00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:58.679
 reminder

00:46:58.679 --> 00:46:59.420
 that you

00:46:59.420 --> 00:46:59.879
 are faithful

00:46:59.879 --> 00:47:01.059
 that you

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:01.539
 will honor

00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:02.000
 your word

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:03.059
 and I

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.379
 pray that

00:47:03.379 --> 00:47:04.019
 our lives

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.279
 would be

00:47:04.279 --> 00:47:04.759
 a testament

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:05.860
 to your

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.340
 working

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:07.420
 and wondrous

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:07.840
 power

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.920
 in Jesus

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.300
 name

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:09.800
 amen

00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:11.520
 you have

00:47:11.520 --> 00:47:11.760
 a great

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.060
 week

00:47:12.060 --> 00:47:12.840
 thanks for

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:13.340
 coming today