WEBVTT 00:00:00.380 --> 00:00:05.839 Human beings have a timeless and universal fascination with superheroes. 00:00:06.660 --> 00:00:11.259 They've been the stuff of every culture from time immemorial. 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:16.440 From Gilgamesh, the ancient Sumerian king, 00:00:16.859 --> 00:00:22.620 whose epic search for immortality is perhaps the oldest written story on earth. 00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:26.580 To Achilles, the great hero of the Trojan Wars. 00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:31.159 To the warriors and nation founders of ancient and modern history. 00:00:31.339 --> 00:00:34.000 To Olympians of every age and nation. 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:38.500 To the supermen and the Wonder Woman and all the marvel characters. 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.500 Whether they're supermen and women who are real or imaginary. 00:00:43.859 --> 00:00:46.200 Contemporary warfare, sports, entertainment. 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:48.299 They are with us everywhere. 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:50.579 There's a particular fascination with them. 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.259 As I mentioned there in terms of marvel characters at the moment. 00:00:54.259 --> 00:00:56.219 You know, popular movies. 00:00:56.579 --> 00:00:59.359 We cannot get enough of superheroes. 00:01:00.199 --> 00:01:05.560 We even have to manufacture our own through TV shows like Australian Idol. 00:01:06.819 --> 00:01:13.379 And what these superheroes tend to do for us is they release us from the boredom of our ordinary lives. 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:15.079 They excite us. 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:16.120 They inspire us. 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:19.280 They even scandal us with their falls from grace. 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:20.500 They fascinate us. 00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:29.359 They give us relief by making our own faults and failings seem so small and excusable compared to their enormous ones. 00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:31.980 And the Bible has its heroes too. 00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:35.900 We're introduced to three of them in this text in front of us. 00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:42.900 But in turn, each one of these heroes points us to a greater hero. 00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:47.420 And in fact, the only true hero of the book of Judges. 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.100 And that is God himself. 00:01:49.860 --> 00:01:56.660 And so, as I said at the beginning, we're exploring Judges 4 and 5 tonight. 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.320 These chapters are an awesome read. 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:00.899 They are really interesting. 00:02:02.259 --> 00:02:09.699 But both chapters 4 and 5 describe the same events, but coming at it from different angles, if you like. 00:02:10.180 --> 00:02:16.659 Chapter 4, which is what I just read, looks at the events from the perspective of a historian. 00:02:17.060 --> 00:02:18.840 It's a narrative, a historical narrative. 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:27.740 Chapter 5 describes the same events that we've just read, but from the perspective of the poet or the theologian. 00:02:28.939 --> 00:02:30.879 So, there's three things that I want us to see. 00:02:30.980 --> 00:02:32.659 We're going to look at very briefly tonight. 00:02:33.099 --> 00:02:37.420 First of all, we're going to look at chapter 4 and be introduced to the ruler and the rescuers. 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:42.659 Then in chapter 5, we're going to see who the true ruler rescuer is. 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:49.560 And then the third point is what it means to live by faith in this ruler rescuer. 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.960 Okay, so chapter 4, let's have a quick squiz at that. 00:02:53.579 --> 00:02:54.680 Get your Bibles open. 00:02:55.379 --> 00:03:01.800 At the beginning of chapter 4, we see the cycle that we were introduced to last week by Takeshi. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:04.340 It starts all over again, very simply. 00:03:04.859 --> 00:03:12.199 Again, the Israelites need evil in the eyes of the Lord now that Ehud was dead. 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:19.979 So, one judge is dead and again, God's people commit evil in the eyes of the Lord. 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:26.859 And their sin leads them to be oppressed by Jabin, king of Canaan. 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:36.120 Now, ironically, this king would not even exist had Israel obeyed God back in chapter 1, 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.699 when he said, go in and take the promised land and destroy him. 00:03:39.699 --> 00:03:42.919 This guy wouldn't even be there, but now he's oppressing God's people. 00:03:44.079 --> 00:03:51.599 And Jabin's main agent of oppression is this Sisera, his commander, his general. 00:03:52.619 --> 00:04:01.780 We're told in verse 3 that Sisera has 900 chariots fitted with iron at his disposal. 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:06.500 And these things are the smart bombs and the drones of their time. 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:10.219 This is military technology at its height. 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:16.839 And we are told here that Sisera cruelly oppressed the Israelites for 20 years. 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:19.860 This is the worst oppression that they have yet to face. 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:28.259 And at the end of chapter 5, we get a measure of this man and how he treated people. 00:04:29.340 --> 00:04:34.800 In chapter 5, verses 28 and 29, Deborah, who will be introduced into a moment, 00:04:35.060 --> 00:04:43.560 pictures Sisera's mother and his mother's ladies-in-waiting, 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:48.459 looking out for him to return victorious from his battle with the Israelites. 00:04:50.019 --> 00:04:55.319 And we learn from the discussion that they're having with each other while they're waiting for him to come back, 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:03.759 that what Sisera likes to do is to steal women, rape them, and enslave them as his sex slaves. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:14.839 And they assume that he's taking his time coming back from the battle with Israel 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:20.920 because he's in the process of taking more sex slaves for himself. 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:23.480 He's in the business of raping women right now. 00:05:23.539 --> 00:05:24.519 That's why he's taking his time. 00:05:28.539 --> 00:05:31.579 It was so common knowledge, even his mother knows about it. 00:05:31.579 --> 00:05:34.859 Don't worry, he'll be home for dinner once he's done with the women. 00:05:37.039 --> 00:05:38.859 He was a cruel oppressor. 00:05:40.099 --> 00:05:46.479 And so it says Israel again cried out to the Lord for help, and God raises up Deborah. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.479 Now, Deborah is different from the other judges. 00:05:48.599 --> 00:05:49.500 First of all, she's a woman. 00:05:49.599 --> 00:05:51.399 She's the only woman judge. 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:57.319 And secondly, she's described as a prophet in verse 4. 00:05:57.860 --> 00:05:59.259 Not a judge, but as a prophet. 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:03.800 And as such, she preaches and teaches the word of God. 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:08.659 And she does it in verse 6 when she says to Barak, 00:06:09.219 --> 00:06:11.959 the Lord, the God of Israel, commands you. 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:17.120 That's her speaking prophecy over Barak's life. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:22.579 Verses 4 and 5 says that she was leading Israel and holding court. 00:06:22.719 --> 00:06:25.980 That is, Deborah was not a military leader. 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:33.379 She was more like a modern-day judicial official. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.740 Verse 5 says the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:39.700 Kind of like a Judge Judy kind of thing. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:43.439 She was recognized as a wise counselor, as a judge. 00:06:43.580 --> 00:06:46.620 I'm not making that comparison with Judge Judy, by the way. 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:54.879 People came to her to settle all sorts of social and legal and relational cases. 00:06:55.459 --> 00:07:01.519 Deborah led the people of Israel from wisdom and for character rather than just pure military might. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:08.560 She was also, interesting, the only judge who led beyond the battlefield. 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:15.939 She didn't just lead them to release them from the oppressor, but she led Israel as a nation from beyond the battlefield. 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.800 She is the savior who rules. 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:23.360 She's more than just a rescuer. 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:24.240 She's a ruler. 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:28.879 In fact, they look to her to reshape society. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:41.980 And in that sense, Deborah is the one judge of all the judges who is the greatest pointer to the monarchy period, 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:46.500 which comes straight after this book and which this book is leading to. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:50.459 She is the greatest pointer to that. 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:56.040 She's the greatest pointer also in this book to the long-awaited Christ. 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:00.600 You see, the Christ of whom Isaiah 9 says, 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:09.600 he will bear the government on his shoulders and he's called wonderful counselor, prince of peace, 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:14.140 establishing and upholding his kingdom with justice and righteousness. 00:08:15.780 --> 00:08:22.160 So right here in the heart of this book of battles and slayings, 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.820 we see a, it's a subtle point, but it's a significant point. 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:31.160 God's people don't just need a mighty rescuer. 00:08:31.900 --> 00:08:33.160 They don't just need a savior. 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:35.259 They need a ruler. 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:36.279 They need a king. 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:44.899 This is something that Israel will get to the point where they cry out for, 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:48.220 but it's also a significant point for us to grapple with now. 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:55.379 All of these judges ultimately find their fulfillment in the person of Jesus. 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:59.179 He is the Christ who Isaiah is referring to. 00:09:00.319 --> 00:09:06.579 So what happens when the modern day person wants to treat Jesus as rescuer but not ruler? 00:09:06.580 --> 00:09:09.400 And there are people who want to do that. 00:09:11.900 --> 00:09:16.000 What happens when you treat Jesus just as your rescuer but not as your ruler, 00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:18.500 just as your savior but not your king? 00:09:20.020 --> 00:09:21.620 The result is liberalism. 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:23.879 It's called cheap grace. 00:09:24.520 --> 00:09:25.379 It's license. 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:31.800 That is, the gospel of salvation in Jesus is just purely about the management of my sin. 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:32.879 It's about dealing with my sin. 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:33.940 It's not about anything else. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:34.420 Just sin. 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:40.179 The gospel is about having my sins forgiven so that I can go to heaven. 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:41.759 It's not about relationship with God. 00:09:41.860 --> 00:09:45.319 It's just primarily my sins forgiven so that I get to go to heaven. 00:09:45.699 --> 00:09:48.399 So I don't get to suffer consequences for my sin. 00:09:48.699 --> 00:09:51.699 And so the thinking is, providing I've asked Jesus to forgive me, 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.379 I've asked him into my heart and he's forgiven me. 00:09:53.979 --> 00:09:55.079 I get to go to heaven. 00:09:55.959 --> 00:10:00.019 It doesn't really matter how I live because he's in the business of forgiving me. 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:00.899 So he's going to do that. 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:05.620 I've got this get out of jail free or get out of hell free card. 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:12.959 And I don't need to do anything about spiritual disciplines or radical generosity or anything like that. 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.720 Because Jesus is my savior. 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:29.800 On the other hand, if we treat Jesus as my lord, my ruler, and not my savior and my rescuer, the result is the opposite. 00:10:29.940 --> 00:10:30.660 It's legalism. 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:33.699 It's a life obeying the rules. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:34.679 Obeying the rules. 00:10:34.819 --> 00:10:42.100 Not totally confident whether I've actually got out of jail for free at all because I'm not sure where I stand. 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:43.559 I just hope I've done enough. 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:58.099 And if I think, convince myself that I have done enough, then the result is self-righteousness and pride and arrogance and judgmentalism and a religious spirit upon everyone else who does not live up to my standard. 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:04.800 And you can sit on this side and use all the language of Zion. 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:07.620 You can lose all the language of righteousness. 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:13.960 And you'll not have a life or a heart of righteousness. 00:11:15.820 --> 00:11:18.960 Jesus must be both liberator and lord. 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:21.379 He must be rescuer and ruler. 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:36.620 What's interesting in this text is that Deborah is not the one who, in God's strength, rescues Israel by defeating its oppressor. 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:43.039 She's the ruler, but we have two other rescuers here. 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:47.360 And so she sends Barak in chapter 4, verse 6. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:51.860 He will lead the battle against God's enemies. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.220 And Barak's name means lightning. 00:11:57.680 --> 00:11:59.320 I mean, that's awesome, isn't it? 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:00.620 That's the guy you want to pick. 00:12:01.180 --> 00:12:04.720 The guy with the name lightning or crusher or something like that. 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:06.680 So here we have Captain Lightning. 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.340 He's the hero of the story. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.420 Although he doesn't seem to fit when you read verse 8. 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:17.500 Barak said to Deborah, if you go with me, I will go. 00:12:17.599 --> 00:12:19.240 But if you don't go with me, I won't go. 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:22.839 So maybe Captain Lightning's not quite appropriate. 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:27.360 Captain Sissy Pants or something like that might be more appropriate for him. 00:12:28.599 --> 00:12:33.740 He refuses to go into battle unless Deborah comes with him. 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:40.320 Now, he appears at this point to have a timid lack of faith. 00:12:41.060 --> 00:12:44.060 And maybe there is an element of wavering there for him. 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:50.820 But he seems to simply refuse to trust and obey the word that came from God. 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:56.539 And in fact, when you read verse 9, it appears to confirm that conclusion. 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:58.519 Deborah says to him, 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:12.240 Barak then summons the troops. 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:15.879 He prepares to fight. 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.360 But only because Deborah is with him. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:22.519 And it's not until verse 14, 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:28.360 after Sisera has gathered his awesome war machine down by the river 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.860 and Deborah has told Barak to go, 00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:35.899 that Barak charges down Mount Tabor with his men. 00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:41.820 The honour for the victory is still withheld from Barak, however, 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:46.539 because of his lack of obedient, radical faith in verse 8. 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:53.259 That's the pessimistic way to read this text. 00:13:54.699 --> 00:14:01.419 There is a number of commentators land on it that way. 00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:06.759 I think there is a more optimistic way to read it. 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.860 And it's my preference. 00:14:08.099 --> 00:14:10.379 And the Hebrew language defends it. 00:14:11.319 --> 00:14:14.639 And that is to read verse 9 like this. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:18.419 On the expedition you are undertaking, 00:14:18.939 --> 00:14:22.019 the honour will not be yours. 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:27.519 Now with this reading, reading it that way, 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:30.639 Deborah is not rebuking Barak for being weak, 00:14:31.199 --> 00:14:33.139 but simply telling him, 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.360 you are about to charge down a hillside 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:43.940 into the teeth of 900 iron chariots 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:46.800 and you're not going to get the honour for it. 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:49.159 You okay with that? 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:55.080 It's a prophetic statement of fact, 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:58.240 not a critique of his faith. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:04.500 And there's a reason I read it like that 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:06.200 when we get to Hebrews 11. 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:12.039 This reading paints Barak as in fact a hero of faith. 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.899 He wants to take Deborah with him, 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:16.960 not because he's a coward, 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:20.899 not because he's unfaithful, 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:25.980 but out of recognition that Deborah is the leader of God's people 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:29.179 and she leads through wisdom by speaking the word of God. 00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:36.699 The command from Deborah to Barak came from God 00:15:36.699 --> 00:15:39.279 and he wants to make sure 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.879 that he's got the word of God with him 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:43.579 right there, right then 00:15:43.579 --> 00:15:45.579 to go when he's told to go. 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:49.860 He wants to make sure 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:51.280 that he's got a godly woman there 00:15:51.280 --> 00:15:52.960 who speaks the word of God. 00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:57.420 And we see that in verse 14. 00:15:57.540 --> 00:16:00.280 As soon as Deborah tells Barak to attack, 00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.540 he does it immediately. 00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:05.040 He displays tremendous faith. 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.900 But more importantly, 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.480 he displays real faith 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:11.500 in obeying the word of God at that moment. 00:16:12.420 --> 00:16:13.780 He wanted Deborah there 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:15.639 so he could hear from God. 00:16:19.579 --> 00:16:22.699 And what makes this story so incredible 00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:25.879 is that Barak charges down this hillside 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:28.240 into the battle against all odds, 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.379 knowing that he ain't going to get the glory for it. 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:32.259 He's been told that in advance. 00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:33.519 You ain't going to get the glory for this. 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:36.559 There is no Victoria Cross for you. 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:38.839 There's no Congressional Medal of Honor. 00:16:38.959 --> 00:16:40.000 You're not going to be knighted. 00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:42.419 You're not going to be promoted to General Lightning. 00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.559 It's not happening. 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:45.879 No glory for you. 00:16:51.459 --> 00:16:52.439 Would you do that? 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.959 I mean, how many of us even 00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:57.479 live the Christian life 00:16:57.479 --> 00:16:59.479 without the applause of other people? 00:16:59.579 --> 00:17:01.039 It's so much easier to serve 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:02.279 and to give and to sacrifice 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.500 when other people are noticing. 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.379 And it's so embarrassing 00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:07.639 when we've got to point it out to them 00:17:07.639 --> 00:17:08.500 in subtle ways. 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:14.180 He obeys God and leads his men 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:16.240 knowing that the victory will be given to another. 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.660 And when it's all over, 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.900 it's done and dusted, 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:23.039 Barak goes back to his job 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:24.900 and Deborah will still rule. 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:34.180 This is humility on display. 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:38.799 And in his humble faith, 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.820 Barak, the deliverer of Israel, 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.100 really does point us to the great deliverer, 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:46.659 who, though in very nature God, 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:49.459 and therefore the rightful ruler of all things, 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.539 still did not consider equality with God 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.659 something to be grasped, 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:55.740 something to be used for his own purpose, 00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:57.919 for a display of his own glory, 00:17:58.419 --> 00:18:00.339 but made himself nothing, 00:18:01.219 --> 00:18:03.459 humbled himself and became obedient to death, 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:05.480 even death on a cross. 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.799 And so Barak descends the mountain, 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:12.400 Sisera flees, 00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:14.920 all that needs to happen now 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.519 is for Barak to catch up with him 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.480 and to claim victory, 00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.579 and by the time he does, 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.600 Sisera will be dead. 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:27.240 There is this deliciously inexplicable break 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:29.340 in the narrative of Barak's victory 00:18:29.340 --> 00:18:31.960 over Sisera in verse 11. 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:34.000 The battle's about to happen, 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:35.519 and then all of a sudden, 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:39.160 the writer mentions that Heber, the Kenite, 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.680 had left the other Kenites, 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.900 the descendants of Hobab, 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.920 Moses' brother, 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:44.720 and Pishni's tent by the great tree 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.019 of Zanonim near Kadesh. 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:51.200 Who cares about his camping trip? 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:53.420 What's that there for? 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.960 You read the narrative and you go, 00:18:56.120 --> 00:18:58.680 why do we care about this guy? 00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:01.380 Heber, he's on holidays. 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.259 He's pitched his tent. 00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.840 You wonder, what's it there for? 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.400 It's like cutting for a commercial break 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:09.680 right when they're about to announce 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:14.680 the winner of Australian Idol 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.900 or Bachelorette 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.980 or whatever the shows are 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.920 that you watch nowadays. 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.019 I don't. 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:23.220 That's a judgment there I'm just making. 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:31.920 But Heber's wife is integral in this story. 00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:35.200 That's why the little pitch in the tent thing there 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.200 gets in the way. 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.100 She's integral. 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.259 Her name is Jael. 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:42.259 And in verse 17, 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:45.100 we are told that the fleeing Sisera 00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:47.940 reaches this tent which has been pitched, 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.400 the tent of Jael 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.580 and her name means safety. 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.320 What a name. 00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:57.120 How ironic. 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.519 Safety. 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.920 And Jael welcomes him in, 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.680 gives him a drink, 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.740 lets him take a nap. 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.700 Then we read in verse 21, 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.740 Jael, Heber's wife, 00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:08.779 picked up a tent peg 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:10.099 and a hammer 00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:12.299 and went quietly to him 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.720 while he lay fast asleep 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.720 because he's exhausted 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:18.139 and she drove the tent peg 00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:19.940 through his temple 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:21.539 into the ground 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:23.779 and he died. 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:27.759 I'm pretty sure that little bit 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.859 and he died 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:30.920 is superfluous to the whole, 00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:32.420 you don't need to add that. 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.879 I'm just assuming he's dead. 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.240 You know, 00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:37.079 just want to make sure he died. 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.980 You know, he's dead. 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:42.480 This is humiliating death 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.940 for Sisera the great general 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:48.460 because setting up 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:50.079 and taking down tents 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:51.940 in their culture 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:53.579 was considered the work of women. 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.660 Now, when I go camping, 00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:57.079 I do it because I like doing it 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.759 and that doesn't do it. 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.539 Just want to make that clear, 00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.319 I do it, right? 00:20:59.399 --> 00:20:59.819 Not now. 00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.619 In their culture, 00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:03.740 it was considered women's work 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.500 and the tent peg, 00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:07.039 which is not the little things 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.119 you get from BCF. 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.959 This is like, 00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.199 boom, tent peg. 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.379 This is household appliances 00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.959 for a woman. 00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.619 So for Sisera, 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:17.439 this is death by toaster 00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:19.099 is what this is. 00:21:19.459 --> 00:21:19.739 Death by, 00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:21.239 or North Shore version, 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.239 Thermomix. 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.919 Death by Thermomix 00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:25.219 for Sisera, right? 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:28.339 This is a smashing salvation. 00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.599 Pardon the pun. 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:31.899 I'm on a roll. 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:37.539 So this is humiliating. 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:40.599 This is a humiliating death 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.299 for this guy. 00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:44.679 But these verses do raise 00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.679 a dilemma for us. 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.079 You know, 00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:51.339 how does bang, bang, bang 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.359 through a bloke's head 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:56.339 square with Jesus 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.799 in Luke 6 00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:59.000 when he says, 00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.240 love your enemies? 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.439 How do you know? 00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:03.819 Did she not wear her 00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:05.079 what would Jesus do 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.379 ban that day? 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:06.799 Like, 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:08.119 how do you square that? 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.779 Driving a tent peg 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.500 through a temple 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.359 seems at odd 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:12.959 with that. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.879 Command to love, 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.220 bless, 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.099 pray for your enemies. 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.439 Now, 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.199 sometimes 00:22:17.199 --> 00:22:18.240 when the Bible 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.559 has stories like this, 00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.740 we resolve the dilemma 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.579 by remembering 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.159 that we need 00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:23.019 to make a distinction 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.859 between what the Bible 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.639 reports 00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.960 and what it supports. 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.299 What it reports 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.319 and what it supports. 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.859 For instance, 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.419 David had many wives. 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.119 Report. 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.199 It doesn't support 00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:38.819 us having many wives. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:42.240 And so one thing 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.899 it reports 00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:43.559 and over here 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.039 it supports 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.679 and celebrates. 00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:48.220 The problem for us 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.619 in this instance 00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:52.439 is that jail's actions 00:22:52.439 --> 00:22:54.179 are celebrated 00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:55.439 in chapter 5. 00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:04.839 And so what her actions 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.500 are doing 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:08.119 in all the gruesomeness 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.739 of it, 00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.899 they are celebrating 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.739 the salvation 00:23:13.739 --> 00:23:15.199 of God's people 00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:16.899 through a horrible 00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:18.279 and humiliating death. 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.399 That's what's happening. 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.000 God's triumph 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.919 over evil 00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:25.379 and the fact 00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.059 that one day 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.759 all people 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.139 will stand before him 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.500 and be held accountable 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.459 for their actions 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:31.939 are in fact 00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.559 aspects 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:34.199 of the gospel message 00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:36.079 which we should welcome 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.939 and we should rejoice over. 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:40.599 As hard as it is, 00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.619 as difficult as it is 00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.419 for us to grapple with 00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.199 and the consequences 00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:44.079 of what that means, 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.159 we should welcome 00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:48.639 and we should rejoice over. 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:48.960 However, 00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.660 the Christian 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:51.320 should tremble 00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:52.640 as they do so 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:54.380 knowing that they 00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.580 will stand there too 00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:56.300 with Jesus 00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:57.640 alone as their advocate. 00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.680 And Jesus 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.940 is their advocate 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.820 because he's the one 00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.940 who allowed 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:05.160 tent pegs 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.120 to be driven 00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.300 into his hands 00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:08.220 and his feet 00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.700 for our salvation. 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.960 His gruesome 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.020 and humiliating 00:24:13.020 --> 00:24:13.720 death 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:15.940 was for our freedom, 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.620 for our salvation. 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:21.400 Revelation chapter 11 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.860 verses 15 to 18 00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.620 is quite clear 00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.200 that Jesus 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.660 should be praised 00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:27.140 for his victory 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.020 over sin 00:24:28.020 --> 00:24:28.800 and Satan 00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:29.980 and for his final 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.920 and eternal judgment 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.640 and crushing 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.880 of all his enemies. 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.960 It says, 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.860 all the heavens 00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.700 will declare 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:38.540 the praiseworthiness 00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:39.380 of this Jesus 00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:41.259 who defeats 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.860 all of his enemies 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.460 forever. 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:47.059 and we can know 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.559 for sure 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.980 that God 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.079 will bring justice 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.340 because we have 00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:51.120 seen sin 00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:52.180 rightly judged 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.120 at the cross. 00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.860 The cross 00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.680 of Christ 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.840 is not only 00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.819 the place 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.319 where we are 00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.980 made right 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.720 with God, 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.480 it is the proof 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.900 that God 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.880 does in fact 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.380 judge 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.160 and punish 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.799 sin. 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.319 The resurrection 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.519 tells us 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.860 that there will be 00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.959 a future judgment 00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:14.399 as well 00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:16.819 for those 00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.519 whose sin 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.659 has not been punished 00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.479 by the Lord Jesus 00:25:19.479 --> 00:25:20.939 with his death. 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.519 That is, 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.599 for those 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.519 who decide 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.559 to carry 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.159 their sin 00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.679 themselves 00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.199 rather than 00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:27.079 hand it to Jesus. 00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.740 Acts 17 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.199 31 00:25:31.199 --> 00:25:31.939 says that 00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.559 the resurrection 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.319 is proof 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.379 that Jesus 00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.259 will judge 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.819 and he 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.660 will punish 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.240 sin 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.279 forever. 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.220 Having said 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.640 that, 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.099 the death 00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.619 and resurrection 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.160 of Jesus 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.819 fundamentally 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.619 does change 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.140 our attitude 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.859 towards our 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.259 enemies. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.660 It is 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.440 absolutely 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.119 right 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.460 that we 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.960 want to see 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.879 justice done. 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.180 Absolutely 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.700 right. 00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.279 And frankly, 00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.119 if you're a Christian, 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.440 you plead 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.940 for that. 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:02.799 You 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.859 plead to God 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.199 to bring 00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.679 justice 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.039 to this 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.419 world. 00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:07.939 You 00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:09.019 pray 00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.899 for him 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:11.359 for the 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.219 oppressed 00:26:12.219 --> 00:26:13.139 in this 00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.479 world 00:26:13.479 --> 00:26:13.939 to be 00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.639 released. 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.179 For those 00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:16.439 who are 00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:16.899 suffering 00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.179 in the 00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.419 face 00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.539 of 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.039 injustice 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.399 around 00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.599 this 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:18.799 world 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.039 right 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.519 now, 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.799 for God 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.619 to intervene 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.379 and to bring 00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.740 justice. 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.419 You plead 00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.859 for God 00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.179 for that 00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.659 to happen. 00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:25.500 For those 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.199 enslaved 00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.559 to be 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.879 set 00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.339 free. 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.740 But you 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.539 plead for it 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.059 knowing that 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.879 it will be 00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.240 done. 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:38.279 but not 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.899 by us. 00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.240 Not 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.740 by us. 00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.379 The coming 00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:43.819 judgment 00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.479 sets us 00:26:44.479 --> 00:26:45.039 free from 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.479 seeking 00:26:45.479 --> 00:26:46.219 justice 00:26:46.219 --> 00:26:47.059 done in 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.659 this life 00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.319 at our 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.799 hand. 00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.419 There 00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.759 will be 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.399 vindication 00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.000 of those 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.259 who are 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.659 active 00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.119 rightly 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.219 and 00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.659 punishment 00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.179 for all 00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.679 wrongdoing 00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.240 beyond this 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.619 life. 00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:57.559 We can 00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.119 yearn for 00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.679 justice 00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.459 and we 00:26:59.459 --> 00:26:59.859 should 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.319 yearn for 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.740 justice 00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.159 while at 00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.639 the same 00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.079 time 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.079 still pray 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.740 for and 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.480 bless our 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.019 enemies. 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.619 Because of 00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.199 the cross 00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:09.059 we can 00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.419 have the 00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:09.919 attitude 00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:11.819 of Jesus 00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.879 who on 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.439 the cross 00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:13.899 as he 00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.299 looked at 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.839 those who 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:16.279 were nailing 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.019 him down 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.220 killing 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.740 him 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:20.299 said 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.939 father 00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:22.259 forgive 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.559 them. 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.319 The cross 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.039 enables us to 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.419 do that 00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:26.819 with our 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.039 enemies. 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:34.440 As you 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.720 move into 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.379 chapter 5 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.779 we see 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.099 who the 00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.460 true 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.099 ruler and 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.500 rescuer 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.940 is. 00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.879 Sisera's 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.980 death is 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.339 the most 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.980 devastating 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.619 humiliating 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:42.960 defeat 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.500 possible. 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.879 It is 00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.319 at the 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.019 hand of 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.359 a woman 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:48.099 in their 00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.579 culture 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:50.279 devastating 00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.420 and humiliating. 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:53.819 And 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.180 Deborah's 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.539 prophecy 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.039 back in 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.639 verse 9 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:55.960 of chapter 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.379 4 was 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.780 true. 00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.160 The honour 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.540 was not 00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:58.160 Barak's 00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:00.220 but it 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.960 wasn't 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.600 Deborah's 00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.080 either. 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.180 Humanly 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.940 speaking the 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.680 honour was 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.300 if you like 00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:07.220 shared amongst 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.980 three people. 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.440 And yet 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.860 when you 00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.200 move into 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.180 chapter 5 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.400 we notice 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.700 that the 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.360 honour goes 00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:14.800 to no 00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:15.280 human at 00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:15.620 all. 00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.220 Chapter 5 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.560 what it 00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.000 does is 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.440 it looks 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.880 beneath the 00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.780 surface of 00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.480 the events 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.940 of chapter 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.200 4 and 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.400 reveals the 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.020 gods behind 00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:25.500 everything 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.980 anyway. 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:28.160 God 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.920 receives the 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.740 praise for 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.440 the victory 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.660 here as 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.760 Deborah and 00:28:32.760 --> 00:28:34.560 Barak sing 00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.880 the praises 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.980 of God 00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.540 who's 00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.120 defeated 00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.260 their enemy. 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.599 God 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:50.539 will 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.440 sing. 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.539 When we 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.980 got these 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.900 words up 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.160 here 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.720 one of the 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.559 glorious things 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.220 we get to do 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.740 in corporal 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.079 worship 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.559 is sing 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.379 the praises 00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.200 of God 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.079 to lift up 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.759 our voices 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.180 and our 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.819 hearts 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.619 and declare 00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:08.319 that he 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.359 is worthy. 00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.700 Sing. 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.599 The younger 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.759 generation have 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.519 to hear us 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.039 sing. 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.619 That's what 00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.299 Deborah and 00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.939 Barak are doing 00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.539 here in 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.559 chapter 5. 00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.319 It is just 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.659 singing because 00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.319 of the victory 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.119 that's been won. 00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:31.419 It says here 00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.399 as Israel's men 00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:32.759 were on a 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.099 march, 00:29:33.219 --> 00:29:33.799 God was on 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.299 the march. 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.119 God showed 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.559 his power 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.979 through the 00:29:35.979 --> 00:29:36.679 rain in 00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.799 verse 4 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.819 as his 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.599 people advanced 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.119 down the 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.379 mountain, 00:29:40.479 --> 00:29:40.839 the one 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.279 for whom 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.279 all mountains 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.000 shake and 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.559 tremble, 00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.399 goes to 00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.019 war in 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.879 verse 5. 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.739 The point of 00:29:46.739 --> 00:29:47.479 verses 6 00:29:47.479 --> 00:29:49.000 and 8 is 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.559 that he is 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.399 the only true 00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.799 God. 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.579 Israel fell 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.459 under oppression 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:53.639 because they 00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.539 abandoned God 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.199 and they served 00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:55.879 idols and 00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.519 because of that 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.119 all of their 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.900 society fell 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.559 into decay. 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.680 Deborah was 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.339 their hope 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.819 as the 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.660 restorer of 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.400 the society 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:06.480 but verses 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.599 10 to 12 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.240 revealed that 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.940 it was actually 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.119 God's actions 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.700 that gave them 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.079 hope. 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.379 Then in 00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.500 verses 19 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.119 to 22 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.160 Deborah and 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.579 Barak 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.639 return and 00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.519 confirm again 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.099 that this was 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:20.099 God's victory. 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.139 The God 00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.900 who rules 00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.440 nature, 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.119 even the 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.700 stars, 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.240 was fighting 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.960 for them 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.840 verse 21 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:29.160 reveals how 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.059 Sisera's 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.420 mighty chariots 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.500 were defeated 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.220 in the end. 00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.600 The God 00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.940 who made 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.819 the clouds 00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.680 pour down 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.380 water in 00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.200 verse 4 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.440 caused the 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.019 river to 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.480 flood 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.900 sweeping 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.600 away 00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:45.720 the chariots 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.319 of Sisera 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.220 as Barak 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.819 advanced. 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.100 Sisera's 00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.519 not an 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.799 idiot. 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.880 He would 00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.940 never have 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.720 arranged 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.200 his 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.940 chariots 00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.700 for battle 00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.700 next to 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.240 a river 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.880 if he 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.460 was expecting 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.779 it to 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.019 rain. 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.220 And this 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.519 is the 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.259 dry season 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.960 when this 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.360 happened. 00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.700 But God 00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.440 in verse 6 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.980 through Deborah 00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.320 told Israel 00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:15.440 exactly where 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.019 to fight 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.340 and exactly 00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.480 when to 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.779 fight. 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:21.299 God 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.759 brought the 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.079 rain 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.119 and God 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:25.740 brought the 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.319 rain 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.359 and God 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.420 the 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.839 lesson for 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.079 God's 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.680 people here 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.119 is that 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.359 he wins 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.639 and so 00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.599 blessing is 00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.420 found in 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.039 and with 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.319 him. 00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.740 Blessing 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.240 comes when 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.579 we put 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.180 ourselves in 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.779 his service 00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.819 whatever the 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.200 odds, 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.099 whatever the 00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.879 likely cost 00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.420 it is for 00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.799 us. 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.599 On the 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.019 other hand 00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.079 according to 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.099 verse 23 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.779 there is a 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.099 curse for 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.480 those who 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.079 do exactly 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.500 the opposite 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.980 and those 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.439 who stay 00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:49.019 at home. 00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.379 It is not 00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.000 that God 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.639 needs our 00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.099 help but 00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.759 that he 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.000 allows us 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.519 to be 00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.419 involved in 00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.099 his victory. 00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.259 Even 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.139 Jael here 00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:01.219 despite being 00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:02.019 a Kenite 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.939 and an 00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.659 enemy of 00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.519 God took 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.259 her place 00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.599 in the 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:07.000 story and 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.419 killed the 00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.859 enemy of 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.099 God. 00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.219 It's an 00:32:11.219 --> 00:32:11.679 incredible 00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.099 narrative. 00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:14.099 And it's 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.559 just so 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.439 wonderful and 00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.719 ironic and 00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.359 beautiful how 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.519 the narrative 00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.519 of these 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.240 chapters are 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.119 framed around 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.759 the actions 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.199 of two 00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:22.539 women. 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.059 Deborah 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.379 leads Israel 00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.039 against 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.740 Sisera's 00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.319 oppression 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:31.359 seen most 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.240 horribly the 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.000 way he treats 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:35.459 women and 00:32:35.459 --> 00:32:36.259 then Jael is 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.859 the means by 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.359 which his 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.279 reign of 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.559 rape and 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:41.119 terror come 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.740 to an end. 00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:44.359 two women 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.899 bring him 00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.279 down. 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.339 However, 00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:53.279 neither of 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.519 them are 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.939 mentioned in 00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:54.259 the Bible 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.599 again. 00:32:56.219 --> 00:32:56.740 Neither of 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:56.879 them. 00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.899 Judges 4 00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:04.480 tends to 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.980 play down 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.439 the hero 00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:06.039 status of 00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.379 Barak. 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.380 Barak. 00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.040 On the 00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.540 other hand, 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.160 Samuel, 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.940 the great 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.780 prophet of 00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:12.640 Israel, 00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.560 mentions 00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:16.200 Barak in 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.720 his farewell 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.320 address to 00:33:17.320 --> 00:33:17.800 the nation 00:33:17.800 --> 00:33:18.380 of Israel 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.800 in 1 00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.120 Samuel 00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:20.020 chapter 12 00:33:20.020 --> 00:33:21.660 and he's 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.700 described there 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.180 as a 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.940 deliverer 00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.480 of Israel. 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.980 And 00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.480 Barak is 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.280 also mentioned 00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.780 as one of 00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.460 the greats 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.720 of the 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.620 faith in 00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.480 Hebrews 11 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.200 32 to 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.120 34 where 00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.400 it says, 00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.680 and what 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.539 more shall 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.360 I say? 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.559 I do not 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.519 have time to 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.220 tell about 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.759 Gideon, 00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.400 Barak, 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.819 Samson, 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.380 Jephna, 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.039 about David 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.539 and Samuel 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.079 and the 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.140 prophets who 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.019 through faith 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.920 conquered 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.420 kingdoms, 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.860 administered 00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.880 justice and 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.420 gained what 00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.059 was promised, 00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.779 who shut 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.180 the mouths 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.640 of lions, 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.059 quenched 00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.519 the fury 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:55.740 of the 00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.180 flames and 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.700 escaped the 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:56.960 edge of 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.420 the sword, 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.920 whose 00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.400 weakness 00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.900 was turned 00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.620 to strength 00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.100 and who 00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.440 became 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.240 powerful in 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.200 battle and 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.680 routed 00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.240 foreign 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.279 armies. 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.120 Barak did 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.740 what he 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.740 did according 00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.260 to verse 00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.920 33 of 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.619 Hebrews 11 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.820 through 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:13.280 faith. 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.700 When the 00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.619 command from 00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:19.559 God came 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.860 to go 00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.960 via Deborah, 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.240 he didn't 00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.720 hesitate. 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.179 Down the 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.659 mountain he 00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.240 went with 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:28.200 10,000 men 00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:29.099 following him. 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.659 It was 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.480 inspirational 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.099 leadership. 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.420 An iron 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.819 chariot could 00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.699 cut through 00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.899 a foot 00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:38.000 soldier like 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.339 a hot 00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.960 knife through 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.359 butter. 00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.779 And 900 00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:43.639 chariots would 00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:45.940 defeat 10,000 00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.639 foot soldiers 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.519 in open 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:49.099 plain every 00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.559 day of the 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.839 week. 00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:55.519 And the 00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.219 biggest challenge 00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.219 for Barak 00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.839 came when 00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.300 he hit the 00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.980 valley floor 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.300 at the 00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.579 bottom of 00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:00.980 the mountain. 00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:02.680 When he 00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:02.980 hit the 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.260 bottom of 00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.680 the mountain, 00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.880 it was at 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.420 that point he 00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.640 had to 00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.200 break cover 00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:08.620 and he 00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:08.880 had to 00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:10.180 advance for 00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:11.660 20 kilometers 00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:13.320 across open 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.220 ground 00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:18.680 before he 00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:18.980 hit the 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.180 river 00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.660 Kishon 00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:21.480 and to 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.920 front 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.680 Sisera's 00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.039 formidable 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.980 chariots in 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.720 open country. 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:27.179 Sisera had 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.179 plenty of 00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.739 time to 00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.219 marshal. 00:35:29.859 --> 00:35:30.119 They would 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.339 have been 00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.919 destroyed 00:35:30.919 --> 00:35:31.319 before they 00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.819 even got 00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.099 to the 00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.319 river. 00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.619 That took 00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.799 nerves of 00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.519 steel. 00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:38.219 And most 00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.419 of all, 00:35:38.459 --> 00:35:38.679 it took 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.239 faith. 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.079 An unwavering 00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.639 trust in the 00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.259 God who had 00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.759 promised them 00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.480 today's the day 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.819 going to be 00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.219 victory. 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.459 You go now 00:35:45.459 --> 00:35:46.079 and you get 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.539 victory. 00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:50.179 Barak's forces 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.279 were no match 00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.939 for Sisera's 00:35:51.939 --> 00:35:52.339 chariots, 00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:53.019 but Sisera's 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.539 chariots were 00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.219 no match for 00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.619 God. 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:57.539 This is 00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.019 Barak at 00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.559 his best, 00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.119 the man of 00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.460 faith, 00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.139 the faith that 00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.480 acts, 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.079 the faith that 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.239 stakes everything 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.359 on God. 00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.099 And that's why 00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.579 Barak is 00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.359 mentioned in 00:36:05.359 --> 00:36:06.339 Hebrews 11. 00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.839 He did not 00:36:07.839 --> 00:36:08.799 grab victory 00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.440 because of his 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.920 training, 00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.460 because of his 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.039 strategy, 00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.940 because of his 00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.819 raw strength. 00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.579 His victory 00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.420 was a gift. 00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.319 Now this guy 00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:17.559 is by no means 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.039 the greatest 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.500 of biblical 00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.980 heroes. 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.579 Even Hebrews 00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.639 11 gives 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.559 way much more 00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.500 time and space 00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:24.019 to Abraham 00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.780 and Moses. 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.920 This man was 00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.920 no superhero. 00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.679 Among human 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.820 beings, there 00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:33.000 is only one 00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:35.280 whose faith 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.699 in God was 00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.360 perfect. 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.880 And Hebrews 00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.579 12, 00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.759 verse 2, 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.780 calls us to 00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.840 fix our eyes 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.780 on Jesus, 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.280 the pioneer 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.619 and the 00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.599 perfecter of 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.219 our faith. 00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.259 faith. 00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.599 That is, 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.639 Jesus is the 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.639 perfect example 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.259 of faith. 00:36:54.919 --> 00:36:55.519 He is the 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.980 one who had 00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:57.019 complete confidence 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:58.059 in the word 00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:59.639 of God. 00:37:00.899 --> 00:37:01.299 Complete 00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:02.119 confidence 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:04.500 that his 00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.459 death via 00:37:05.459 --> 00:37:06.199 the cross 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:08.579 would result 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.179 in victory. 00:37:11.879 --> 00:37:12.919 This confidence 00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.779 translated into 00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.559 actions. 00:37:15.459 --> 00:37:15.980 It says he 00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.619 endured the 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.019 cross. 00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.179 And further, 00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.980 his faith was 00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.559 based on what 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.139 lay ahead. 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.079 For the joy 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.960 set before 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.719 him, he 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.740 endured the 00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.119 cross. 00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.300 Jesus is 00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:27.099 the perfect 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.880 example of 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.039 faith. 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.659 He is the 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.159 author of 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.280 faith. 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.760 That simply 00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.599 means that 00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.199 Jesus is the 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.960 one who wrote 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.960 the script on 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.639 what it means 00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.400 to be a 00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.880 person of 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.559 faith in 00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:35.840 the word 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.300 of God. 00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.940 Or what it 00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.500 means to live 00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.539 a life of 00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.519 dependence and 00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.159 obedience. 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.360 He is also 00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.159 the perfecter 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.879 of our 00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.440 faith. 00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.819 Because he 00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.219 knew that 00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.719 you and I 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.199 and Barak 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.940 and Deborah 00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.940 could not 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.420 do it. 00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.500 He needed to 00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.179 fulfill it for 00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.639 us. 00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.739 And so he 00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.399 perfected it 00:37:59.399 --> 00:38:00.039 for us. 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.920 Totally 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.619 obeyed his 00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.619 father even 00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.179 to death, 00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.679 even death 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.339 on a cross. 00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:10.079 And so 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:11.219 Hebrews tells 00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.779 us you keep 00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.539 your eyes fixed 00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.139 on Jesus. 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.139 You keep your 00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.259 eyes fixed on 00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.560 him. 00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.920 We are 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.360 called to 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.640 look to 00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.160 him for 00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:21.560 our hope. 00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.040 Verse 3 00:38:22.040 --> 00:38:22.320 says, 00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:23.340 consider him 00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.120 who endured 00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:25.640 such opposition 00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.380 from sinners 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.160 so that you 00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.760 will not grow 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.400 weary and 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.080 lose heart. 00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:32.140 What was the 00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:33.580 problem of the 00:38:33.580 --> 00:38:33.920 people of 00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.420 Israel in the 00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.740 time of 00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.100 judges? 00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:35.620 They 00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.360 consistently 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:37.080 grew weary, 00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.260 they consistently 00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.980 lost heart, 00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:40.120 they consistently 00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:40.880 gave themselves 00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.260 over to the 00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.900 worship of 00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.320 idols. 00:38:43.660 --> 00:38:44.100 And this 00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:44.560 passage says, 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.119 you keep 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.360 your eyes 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.860 fixed on 00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.400 Jesus so 00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.619 that you 00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.980 don't do 00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.239 that. 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.739 He is the 00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.420 one who 00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.279 motivates us, 00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.079 who inspires 00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.679 us, he's the 00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.759 one who can 00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.400 help us to 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.259 overcome our 00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:58.099 weariness and 00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.159 our half-heartedness 00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.739 and our 00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.779 worship of 00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.279 idols. 00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.420 The main 00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.019 point of 00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:04.320 Hebrews 12, 00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.480 and I would 00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.820 argue that 00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.679 it's possibly 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:11.000 the application 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.679 for the 00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.599 entire book 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.219 of Hebrews 00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:14.519 is in 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.099 verse 1 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:16.079 of chapter 00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.039 12, and 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:18.039 it's one 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.840 three-letter 00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:20.119 word right 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.420 there, and 00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.619 it's the 00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.139 word run. 00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.820 That's the 00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:25.139 application, in 00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.960 my view, of 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.300 all of 00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:26.659 Hebrews. 00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.300 You fix 00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:28.860 your eyes on 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.300 Jesus and 00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.360 you run the 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.760 race of 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.260 perseverance. 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.320 I think that 00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.980 everything else 00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.719 supports it, 00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.639 explains it, 00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.320 gives motivation 00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.820 for it. 00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.940 Run the race 00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.659 of faith in 00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.039 Jesus. 00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.300 Run the race 00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.980 of set before 00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.280 you. 00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.599 Endure, 00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.619 persevere, 00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:44.219 run, fight, 00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.139 be alert, be 00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.579 strengthened, 00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.340 don't drift, 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.019 don't neglect, 00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.539 don't be 00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.219 sluggish, don't 00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.940 stroll, don't 00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.159 meander, don't 00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.039 wander aimlessly, 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.579 don't take your 00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:54.519 eternal security 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.159 for granted. 00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.579 Run the race 00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.300 of perseverance. 00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.519 Don't wander 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.760 around half-hearted, 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:03.440 flying over here, 00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.340 worshipping this 00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.300 idol and worshipping 00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:06.099 this idol of the 00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.400 heart. 00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.780 It says he makes 00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.559 it really clearly. 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.860 Fix your eyes on 00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.640 Jesus, run the 00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:11.579 race and get rid 00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.840 of the sin that 00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.599 trips you up. 00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:15.039 Deal with your 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.180 idols is what it 00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.579 says. 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.539 Deal with the 00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.019 idols of the 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.160 heart and not 00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:20.840 just the idols of 00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.260 your heart which 00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:22.059 are clearly sin, 00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.019 it says get rid 00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.480 of everything that 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.180 will slow you 00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:25.519 down. 00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:27.160 Don't ask of your 00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.740 entertainment, 00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.980 don't ask of your 00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:31.059 downtime, don't ask 00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.740 of your work, 00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.500 don't ask of, 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:34.000 is it sin? 00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:35.220 Ask the question, 00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:36.800 is this going to 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.579 slow me? 00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:39.819 Is it going to 00:40:39.819 --> 00:40:40.699 hold me back? 00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.139 Is it going to 00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:43.199 put Jesus in a 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:44.159 second place in 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.819 any way? 00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:45.880 Don't ask, 00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.579 is it sin? 00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.380 Ask, is it going 00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.539 to slow me from 00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.340 running the race of 00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:50.000 perseverance of 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.519 obedience to 00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.900 Christ? 00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.860 This passage is 00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.380 saying risk 00:40:58.380 --> 00:41:00.019 everything for 00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.519 Christ. 00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:05.059 if there's one 00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.679 thing that I want 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.460 to do in my time 00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.280 at St. Paul's and 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.940 have been trying to 00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.559 do with us at 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:10.259 St. Paul's is to 00:41:10.259 --> 00:41:10.840 build a church 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.639 culture that risks 00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.559 everything for the 00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.280 glory of God. 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:15.400 We will stop doing 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.079 things and we will 00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:17.159 start doing things 00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.759 and we will 00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.860 consistently call for 00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.619 sacrifice. 00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:25.239 Because Jesus is 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:26.280 the author and the 00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.000 perfecter of our 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.400 faith. 00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:30.579 So what about 00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:30.820 you? 00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.260 What's he calling 00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.619 you to? 00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:35.200 It's, you know, I 00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:35.720 mean, let's put this 00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.200 in perspective. 00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.840 He's not asking you 00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.680 to run down a 00:41:39.680 --> 00:41:40.900 hill into chariots 00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:42.860 when he's saying 00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.740 take the risk and 00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:44.360 join a community 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.680 group. 00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.139 Is he? 00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.960 Take the risk of 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.500 relationship with 00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.160 people and join a 00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:49.519 community group. 00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.780 He's not asking you 00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:52.400 to charge at 900 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.840 iron chariots when 00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:55.260 he says, you know, 00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:56.480 come to church 00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.740 every week and 00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.760 encourage your 00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.260 brothers and sisters 00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.580 and sing my 00:42:00.580 --> 00:42:01.500 glorious name. 00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.820 That's not a, 00:42:04.540 --> 00:42:05.260 but it's a risk, 00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.760 isn't it? 00:42:07.060 --> 00:42:07.500 When he's 00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.840 calling you to be 00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.660 radically generous, 00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:10.340 he's not asking you 00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.020 to run down a hill 00:42:11.020 --> 00:42:12.480 into 900 chariots. 00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.820 He's asking you to 00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:14.920 bring a friend to 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.720 Christ when he's 00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.860 asking you to 00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.720 surrender the 00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.120 idols. 00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.100 He's not asking 00:42:19.100 --> 00:42:20.840 you to run down 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.080 at 900 chariots, 00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.840 but he is calling 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.580 you to risk. 00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:26.019 Are you hearing 00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.319 him? 00:42:27.319 --> 00:42:28.319 Are you obeying 00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:28.659 him? 00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:33.920 Run as if you 00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.900 are in a race 00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.719 with a finishing 00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.739 line and 00:42:36.739 --> 00:42:37.840 everything is 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.920 hanging on that 00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.699 finish line. 00:42:40.779 --> 00:42:41.319 Everything. 00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:44.019 Fight the fight 00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:45.860 of faith on the 00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:47.219 basis of Christ's 00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:48.380 spectacular death 00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.259 and resurrection 00:42:49.259 --> 00:42:51.900 and show your 00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.599 faith the way 00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.219 the Barak, 00:42:54.799 --> 00:42:55.299 Deborah, 00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:56.659 Jael, 00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:58.319 and the saints 00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.460 of Hebrews 11 00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.860 did, 00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:01.500 not by 00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:03.759 coasting through 00:43:03.759 --> 00:43:04.239 life, 00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.119 but by doing 00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:08.059 what God 00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.940 called them to 00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:10.099 do and doing 00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.980 it immediately, 00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.460 even at great 00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.380 personal cost. 00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.440 Thank you. 00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.480 Thank you.